Patents Examined by Erez Gurari
  • Patent number: 11230183
    Abstract: A vehicle drive system includes: a primary drive motor and a secondary drive motor; a battery; a capacitor that is connected in-series with the battery; a first power line that supplies a total aggregate voltage of the battery and the capacitor; a second power line that supplies a battery voltage; and a third power line that supplies a cell voltage. The first power line, the second power line, and the third power line are configured such that the battery voltage is higher than the cell voltage and that the total voltage is higher than the battery voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Furukawa, Seiyo Hirano, Hideki Sanai
  • Patent number: 11225133
    Abstract: A motor drive unit for an in-wheel motor includes a housing and one and capacitors and solid state switching devices arranged within the housing. The housing includes: a lower compartment including a bottom plate, sidewalls which extend from the bottom plate, and end sides at the transverse ends of the sidewalls and bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate is provided with cooling channels for receiving a liquid coolant; a separation plate covering the lower compartment, wherein the separation plate is in thermal contact with the sidewalls and with the capacitors. The solid state switching devices are arranged in the lower compartment between the bottom plate and the separation plate and in thermal contact with the bottom plate, wherein the capacitors are connected to DC bus bars and are arranged at a side of the separation plate that faces away from the lower compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: E-TRACTION EUROPE B.V.
    Inventor: Timothy Van Seventer
  • Patent number: 11225279
    Abstract: A child seat is detachably mounted on a foldable stroller comprising a stroller handle and front and rear leg portions. The stroller handle is foldably connected to the rear leg portion. The front leg portion is foldably connected to the rear leg portion and has a first adaptor. The child seat includes a first pivot and a seat frame having a lower seat portion and an upper seat portion foldably connected to the lower seat portion. The first pivot is pivotably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor. When the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Daniel A. Sack
  • Patent number: 11220167
    Abstract: An electric mining dump truck includes a frame, an axle, an electric wheel assembly, a power battery assembly, an electric control system, a hydraulic system, a cooling system, a bed and a cab assembly. The cab assembly is disposed on a front end of the frame, and the bed is mounted on a rear end of the frame; the axle includes a front axle and a rear axle, the front axle and the rear axle is mounted on the front end and the rear end of the frame, respectively, the electric wheel assembly is mounted on the rear axle; and the power battery assembly includes a battery cabinet configured to supply electric energy for various electric components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Long Li, Yingjie Wang, Hongming Pan
  • Patent number: 11220175
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a machine and mechanism of an electrically controlled low-unsprung-mass wheel unit for vehicles. The design incorporates independent propulsion/braking, axle control, steering, and suspension (IPASS) of each wheel during vehicle movement. The purpose of the design is for a traction-adaptively-optimization (TAO) control which include but not limited as the following: 1) better road surface gripping and ride quality by lower unsprung mass; 2) safer, quicker, and sharper turning ability—transformative turning; 3) adaptive obstacle avoidance; 4) a list of new, unique, and advanced vehicle motion features. The mechanism comprises at least: an axle adjustment that controls the distance of a wheel from the vehicle body, which allows for the outward extension of the wheel via a slider. The slider is connected to a linear actuator, which is powered by the first independent electric motor for track width adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ROTAO TECH LTD
    Inventors: Jianlin Tao, Evan Pi Tao
  • Patent number: 11208136
    Abstract: A child stroller includes a stroller frame and a first seat. The stroller frame has two sections capable of being folded and unfolded relative to each other. The first seat is disposed on one of the two sections in a detachable manner. The first seat includes a supporting unit and a first seat frame. The first seat frame is adapted to hold the supporting unit. The first seat frame includes a seat hub, an upper seat tube and a lower seat tube. The seat hub is disposed on the stroller frame. The upper seat tube is disposed on the seat hub, and the supporting unit is slidably disposed on the upper seat tube. The lower seat tube is disposed on the seat hub and detachably connected to the supporting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Taylor, Robert E. Haut
  • Patent number: 11208135
    Abstract: A multi child stroller includes a stroller frame, a first seat and a second seat. The stroller frame includes a front section member, a rear section member, a driving member and a handle member. The driving member is movably connected to the rear section member. An end of the handle member is rotatably connected to the front section member, and a segment of the handle member adjacent to the foresaid end is rotatably connected to the rear section member. When the front section member and the handle member are rotated relative to each other, the driving member is rotated relative to the rear section member, the first link is utilized to rotate the first seat back relative to the first seat body, and the second seat body is utilized to rotate the second seat back relative to the second link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert E. Haut, Andrew J. Horst
  • Patent number: 11209072
    Abstract: An axle assembly having a countershaft transmission. The countershaft transmission may operatively connect a rotor shaft of an electric motor to a drive pinion that may be rotatable about a drive pinion axis. The electric motor and the countershaft transmission may be positioned on opposite sides of a differential assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Chetankumar Ghatti, Rodrigo Soffner, Christopher Keeney, Mark Smith
  • Patent number: 11192597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Peterson, Bryce A. Holm, Brent A. Erspamer, Bradley R. Morisch, Kurt E. Stenberg
  • Patent number: 11192435
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric car with (a) a first axle (12), (b) a second axle (14), (c) an electric motor (18) for driving at least one of the axles, which has an electric motor overall height (hM)t, and (d) a battery (22) for supplying the electric motor (18) with electrical energy, which has a battery overall height (hB), wherein (e) the electric motor overall height (hM) corresponds to the battery overall height (hB). According to the invention, (f) the electric motor (18) is composed of at least two electric motor modules (38.1, 38.2) and (g) the electric motor modules (38.1, 38.2) are arranged one behind the other in relation to a motor rotational axis (D18); (h) the electric motor modules (38.1, 38.2) have a common rotor shaft (4) or coupled rotor shafts (41); (i) the electric motor (18) and the battery are arranged at the same height; and (j) a battery mass centre of gravity (S22) of the battery lies in a central third (Q) between the axles (12, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: FLET GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Meyer, Jochen Grote
  • Patent number: 11192448
    Abstract: An axle assembly for frame rail vehicles is described herein. The axle assembly includes a drive unit that includes a first drive unit assembly, a second drive unit assembly, a first axle shaft, and a second axle shaft. The first drive unit assembly includes a first electric machine, a first output assembly, and a first offset gear reduction assembly. The second drive unit assembly includes a second electric machine, a second output assembly, and a second offset gear reduction assembly. The first electric machine and the second electric machine are orientated in a same direction, and spaced such that the axle centerline axis is positioned between the first electric machine and the second electric machine. The first offset gear reduction assembly is spaced from the second offset gear reduction assembly such that the axle centerline axis is positioned between the first offset gear reduction and the second offset gear reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ALLISON TRANSMISSION, INC.
    Inventors: Shaun Mepham, Christopher G. Baillie, Vikram Chopra
  • Patent number: 11186156
    Abstract: A monobloc device (40) for supporting a motor vehicle powerplant (10) comprising: a support arm (42), a fastening mount (44) that is arranged at a first end of the support arm (42) and that is designed to be rigidly attached to the powerplant (10), and a suspension ring (48) with a given main axis (A) that is arranged at a second end of the support arm (42) and that is designed to be attached to a structural element (38) of the vehicle with an interposed damping ring (50), characterized in that the support arm (42) comprises a connecting-shaft bearing (52) through which a transmission shaft (22) of the powerplant (10) is intended to pass intended to support the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Agrinier
  • Patent number: 11181080
    Abstract: A vehicle has a frame, wheels, left and right seats each having a seat base, an internal combustion engine disposed rearward of the seat bases, an air induction system fluidly connected to the engine, at least one side body panel and an access panel. The air induction system has an air inlet, an air filter, and a throttle body. The at least one side body panel is connected to a side of the frame and defines an aperture. The access panel is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the access panel is connected to the at least one side body panel and covers the aperture. In the second position, the access panel exposes the aperture. The air filter is accessible through the aperture when the access panel is in the second position. A method for removing an air filter is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Sacha Bouchard, Serge Lang, Marc Schuler, Stephane Veillette
  • Patent number: 11180175
    Abstract: A child carrying device comprising a frame mounted on a set of wheels or castors to enable the device to be manually conveyed thereon, and a seat mounted on said frame, said device including adjustment means for selectively reconfiguring the device such that it is operable as any one of a stroller, a child back carrier and a high chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: RSG INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Rajesh Desai, Graham Kingett
  • Patent number: 11180173
    Abstract: The present application describes a monoblock container, with wheels, consisting of two compartments intended, for example, for product storage and transportation. The monoblock container is formed in one piece, which is divided in two compartments of distinct dimensions, favouring the segmentation of products to be stored/transported among said compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: JOALPE INDUSTRIA DE EXPOSITORES S.A.
    Inventors: Nuno Goncalo Pereira Lourinho, Marco Joao Oliveira Pereira, Kevin Mickael Lopes Batista
  • Patent number: 11167779
    Abstract: A folding dolly system, a base unit of a folding dolly system, and methods of forming and using a folding dolly system are presented. A folding dolly system comprises a plurality of interconnectable base units connected to form a substantially planar holding surface, each base unit comprising a first edge with a number of knuckles configured to form a joint, a second edge with a number of knuckles configured to form a joint, and a surface forming a portion of the holding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Rebecca L. Cook
  • Patent number: 11148038
    Abstract: A personal conveyance including a flexible substrate, a wheel and an electric motor mounted to a first wheel assembly, the wheel rotatably supported by the first wheel assembly and the electric motor configured to drive the wheel, wherein the first wheel assembly is mounted to the flexible substrate, a battery mounted to the flexible substrate and configured to power the electric motor, and a processor configured to control operation of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NEUTRON HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: John Ulmen, Sanjay Dastoor
  • Patent number: 11148743
    Abstract: A front fender fixing structure for a dirt bike includes a front fender and a fixing plate. The front fender includes a connecting portion and a plurality of first locking holes. The connecting portion includes a plurality of first engaging members arranged in an array. The fixing plate includes a plurality of second engaging members arranged in an array and a plurality of second locking holes. The second engaging members correspond to the first engaging members. The first locking holes correspond to the second locking holes. The fixing plate is fixed to the connecting portion by the first locking members and the second locking members that are arranged in an array. Because the first and second engaging members are arranged in an array, when the fixing plate is placed on the connecting portion, the fixing plate can be fixed at the adjustment position without moving because of locking screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Yin Jing Traffic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsan-Hao Yeh
  • Patent number: 11135910
    Abstract: An electric kart has a frame, a seat, four wheels, an electric motor operatively connected to two of the wheels, and at least one battery operatively connected to the electric motor. The at least one battery has a support structure mounted to the frame of the electric kart, and battery cells positioned on the support structure such that there is at least one air passage defined between the battery cells. Air passes through the at least one air passage when the electric kart is in motion to cool at least some of the battery cells. A battery for an electric kart is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG, SOLAREDGE e-MOBILITY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Dominik Kronsteiner, Heinz Kusel, Stefan Gruber, Giuliano Tironzelli, Emilio Stopponi
  • Patent number: 11135912
    Abstract: A dump body includes: a side plate; an exterior plate which is arranged on an outer surface side of the side plate; a suspension member which is fixed to the side plate and has a through-hole connecting a space on an inner surface side of the side plate and a space on an outer surface side of the exterior plate; a flow path which is defined in at least a part between the side plate and the exterior plate and through which an exhaust gas of an engine flows; and a heat insulation member which is arranged between the side plate and the exterior plate, the heat insulation member being configured to suppress contact between the exhaust gas and the suspension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Utsumi