Patents Examined by Jake Cook
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Patent number: 11767900Abstract: A servo includes: a servo body, an upper cover fixedly connected to the top of the servo body, a lower cover fixedly connected to the bottom of the servo body, and a direct-current motor, a motor gear and a gear set which are arranged between the servo body and the upper cover and in driving connection with one another in sequence. The servo further comprises a first part and a second part protruding from the first part, and the gear set comprises an output gear located at the second part.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: ROBOSEN ROBOTICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaosen Chen, Liming Zheng
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Patent number: 11754179Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing, at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft from the rotor, a circuit board for supplying power to the stator and controlling the electric motor, and a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion. The housing defines a first volume in which the electric motor and the circuit board are received. The circuit board is located axially along the axis X1 between the electric motor and the motor pinion. The actuator further includes a cover defining a second volume in which the reduction mechanism is received, the housing and the cover each have guides for guiding the reduction mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain Gautier, Stephane Sorin, Guillaume De La Bourdonnaye Blossac
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Patent number: 11732778Abstract: A speed reducer according to one embodiment of the disclosure includes: a casing; a carrier disposed rotatably relative to the casing; a speed reduction mechanism that is disposed in the casing and reduces rotation inputted from a motor and outputs reduced rotation; and a bolt protruding from the carrier toward the outside of the casing. The bolt has a male threaded portion that is configured to engage with a female threaded portion provided in a second arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuyoshi Makisumi
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Patent number: 11728205Abstract: There is provided a device for transferring a substrate under air pressure. The device comprises a base part, a transfer arm part configured to transfer a substrate, a telescopic shaft part which is provided between the base part and the transfer arm part, and divided into a plurality of division shaft parts having a tubular shape, an annular channel which is provided in a circumference of a surface of a division shaft parts, and an exhaust channel which is connected to the annular channel so as to exhaust the gas flowing into the annular channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: Masahiro Dogome
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Patent number: 11725722Abstract: A powertrain assembly includes one or several electric motors, a gearbox comprising a gearbox housing, an axle comprising: an axle housing, movable parts inside axle housing, comprising a shaft for a wheel, a lubricating system comprising an axle lubricating device comprising an axle oil sump and a gearbox lubricating device comprising a gearbox oil sump inside the gearbox housing which is a dry sump having an oil storage area which is separate from said gearbox oil sump, a scavenge pump and a first duct configured to retrieve oil from gear box oil sump and to convey the retrieved oil up to the oil storage area, and a main pump and a second duct configured to convey oil from the storage oil area to lubricate the gears of the gearbox.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Nicolas Granottier, Baptiste Boutin
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Patent number: 11717918Abstract: A screw element of a ball screw mechanism includes a lead screw which, at an axial end, is joined to a rod element using a friction welding process. In order to improve the friction-welded joint, prior to the friction welding process, the lead screw has a circumferential groove on the end face facing the rod element.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Yannick Vanco, Thierry Leobold, Dieter Eckert, Stefan Grimm, Daniel Hell
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Patent number: 11719310Abstract: A speed reduction mechanism and a motor equipped with the speed reduction mechanism are provided. A pinion gear is provided with one spiral engagement projected part, and a helical gear is provided with a plurality of engagement recessed parts with which the engagement projected part is engaged. The engagement projected part and the engagement recessed part are formed so that their cross-sectional shapes along a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the pinion gear are in arc shapes. A shape of helical teeth and a shape of the engagement recessed part are determined based on a shape of the engagement projected part provided on a spiral tooth.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MITSUBA CorporationInventors: Teppei Tokizaki, Naoki Kojima, Motoaki Kobayashi, Shunji Kumagai
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Patent number: 11713798Abstract: An assembly for converting motion comprises a first arm rotatable at a first position about a first fixed pivot; a second arm rotatable at a first position about a second fixed pivot; a third arm linked at a first position to the second arm at a second position on the second arm, the third arm being linked at a second position to the first arm at a second position on the first arm; wherein one of the first and second positions on the third arm is moveable and the other of the first and second positions is fixed relative to the third arm; and a connecting arm extending between the first arm and the second arm, the connecting arm pivotably connected at a first position to a third position on the first arm and pivotably connected at a second position to the second position on the second arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Ten Fold Engineering LimitedInventor: David Martyn
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Patent number: 11713808Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a transmission housing of a vehicle. In one example, a system comprises a transmission housing comprising at least one cover configured to support a shift fork, wherein the at least one cover is removable from an exterior of the transmission housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLCInventors: Mark W. Leber, Robert L. Vailliencourt, Justin Hall, Langston H. Corn, Michael D. Cook, Shane T. Smith
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Patent number: 11713088Abstract: A leg mechanism of a humanoid robot includes: an upper leg, a lower leg rotatably coupled to the upper leg, a knee module actuator mounted to the upper leg, a foot rotatably connected to the lower leg, a knee transmission mechanism connected to the knee module actuator and the lower leg and configured to transmit rotary motion from the knee module actuator to the lower leg, at least one ankle module actuator mounted to the upper leg, at least one ankle transmission mechanism connected to the at least one ankle module actuator and the foot and configured to transmit rotary motion from the at least one ankle module actuator to the foot.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTDInventors: Liang Huang, Hongyu Ding, Jianxin Pang, Youjun Xiong
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Patent number: 11708898Abstract: This application provides a gear shifting mechanism, a gearbox, and a powertrain. The gear shifting mechanism includes a gear, a gear hub, a one-way clutch, and a sliding apparatus. The gear has a first convex wall and a second convex wall that are disposed around a shaft hole. A first toothed structure is disposed at an end of the first convex wall, and a diameter of the second convex wall is less than that of the first convex wall. The gear hub is sleeved on the second convex wall. The one-way clutch is disposed between the gear hub and the second convex wall. The sliding apparatus is sleeved on the gear hub, and the sliding apparatus is capable of sliding in a direction toward or away from the gear. The gear shifting mechanism can improve stability for transmitting a gear shifting power, thereby improving driving performance of an electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hu Zhong, Xueyu Mei, Huan Wang
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Patent number: 11707819Abstract: A tool assembly includes a first selectively flexible tool including a first plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position; and a second selectively flexible tool including a second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position, the second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable over or through the first plurality of sequentially arranged links.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Andrew Crispin Graham
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Patent number: 11698255Abstract: Method of servicing or maintaining a gyroscope of an anti-roll stabilizer onboard of a seacraft. The method comprising a step of providing a seacraft provided with an anti-roll stabilizer. The stabilizer comprises a gyroscope comprising a container housing a rotor including a flywheel and a flywheel shaft that is rotatably mounted within said container by means of two support devices placed inside said container and arranged to support a respective end of said flywheel shaft so as to allow the relative rotation of said shaft with respect to said container. The container comprises a base portion mounted on a suspension held by a frame of the anti-roll stabilizer so as to be able to oscillate around a first axis transverse with respect to a rotation axis of the flywheel shaft. The container further comprises two end portions removably connected to said base portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Smartgyro S.R.L.Inventor: Paolo Salutari
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Patent number: 11697451Abstract: An electric powered recirculating ball assembly includes a shaft having a plurality of sector teeth extending therefrom. The assembly also includes an eccentric sleeve defining a bore containing a portion of the shaft, the eccentric sleeve comprising an upper sleeve segment and a lower sleeve segment that are separate components, the eccentric sleeve defining an opening that the sector teeth extend through.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Christopher R. Case Myers, Eric D. Pattok, Brian J. Magnus, Travis L. Palmer, Ryan D. Harris
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Patent number: 11697446Abstract: An adjustment drive for a motor-adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle includes a drive unit having a transmission in which there is mounted a drive wheel. The drive wheel can be driven to rotate about a drive axis and is in operative engagement with a transmission wheel which is mounted in the transmission so as to be rotatable about a transmission axis. The transmission has a drive module, which includes the drive wheel, and a transmission module, which includes the transmission wheel. The drive module and the transmission are connected to one another by a joining connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Arne Schacht, Sebastian Huber, Jean-Pierre Specht
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Patent number: 11691299Abstract: A tool includes a transmission mechanism, a shaft rotatable relative to the transmission mechanism, and a stop mechanism associated with the shaft, the stop mechanism being transitionable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the shaft is free to rotate in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In the second state, the shaft is constrained from rotating in one of the first direction or the second direction by a defined first endpoint of a range of rotational motion of the shaft. Devices and methods relate to rotation stop mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Grant M. Kadokura, Andrew C. Waterbury
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Patent number: 11691300Abstract: Mechanisms to realize lightweight rotational joints having passive, high torque braking in one or more degrees of freedom are presented herein. In addition, robotic systems incorporating one or more rotational joints with passive, high torque braking as described herein are also presented. Each degree of freedom includes a spring element to preload the braking assembly to maintain high torque braking. The force generated by the spring is multiplied to a much larger force applied to the braking elements by a lever structure and an eccentric mechanism. A human user manually displaces the spring element and effectively reduces braking torque to a desired amount. In a further aspect, a two degree of freedom mechanical shoulder joint and brake device is disposed in a structural path between the harness assembly of an upper body support system and a surface of a working environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Empower Robotics CorporationInventor: John W. Meincke, II
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Patent number: 11685062Abstract: The oil content of at least two kinematic modules in different axes of the industrial robot is connected by the oil line to the closed circuit of the oil between interconnected kinematic modules. The system includes the pump engaged in pushing the oil in the upper-mounted kinematic module and the filtration device for filtering the oil in the circulating circuit or in a separate circuit with the oil tank. The system includes at least one diagnostic element, for example an oil temperature sensor or an oil pressure sensor or an oil pollution sensor connected to the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit is interconnected with the industrial robot control system, thus, the oil economy is controlled and planned depending on the actual load of the individual kinematic modules.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: eROBOT, j.s.a.Inventor: Lubomir Ilecko
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Patent number: 11673259Abstract: This application describes multi-stage stop devices for robotic arms. During a first stage, rotational motion of a link of a robotic arm compresses a compressible member of the multi-stage stop device to absorb and dissipate at least some of the force generated by the collision. A second stage provides a hard stop the stops any further rotation. The multi-stage stop devices described herein can include a collapsing pin configured to compress a compressible member during the first stage. After the pin has collapsed a rigid sidewall provides a hard stop preventing further rotation during the second stage.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Omron CorporationInventor: Daniel P. Norboe
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Patent number: 11662004Abstract: A disconnection assembly has a one-way clutch. The one-way clutch serves to either connect or disconnect the power connection of a vehicle. The disconnection assembly is installed in a reducer including an intermediate shaft, a bushing, an outer gear and a one-way clutch. The bushing is secured to the intermediate shaft by spline. The one-way clutch is disposed between the bushing and the outer gear. The one-way clutch is locked to drive the rotation of the intermediate shaft through the bushing when the outer gear rotates in a first direction, and the one-way clutch is released to allow the outer gear rotates freely when the outer gear rotates in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI XPT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Hongxia Chen, Chuanwei Ren