Patents Examined by John D. Walters
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Patent number: 11465486Abstract: A driveline for a military vehicle includes a driver. The driver includes a housing, a motor/generator, and a clutch. The housing includes an engine mount configured to couple to an engine and a backing plate configured to couple to a transmission. The motor/generator is disposed within the housing and configured to couple to an input of the transmission. The clutch is disposed within the housing and coupled to the motor/generator. The clutch is configured to selectively couple an output of the engine to the motor/generator. The clutch is spring-biased into engagement with the engine and pneumatically disengaged by an air supply selectively provided thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLCInventors: Chad Smith, Dave Marek, Neil Dekarske, Mike Bolton, Ryan Crabtree, Joseph Dehaan, Rachell Harsh, Michael Koenigs, Shawn Naglik, Mitchel Nordahl, Evan Schertz, Mikel Ullman, Jessica Szymanski, Bradon Zeitler, Deepak Shukla, Ed Trinklein, Tim Voight, Mike Yanacek, Matt Mathison, Nader Nasr
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Patent number: 11465491Abstract: A drive unit has engines and a motor that are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction. The engines are provided with an engine oil path and a coolant path for cooling. The motor is provided with a motor cooling oil path for cooling. A first heat exchanger, in which engine oil and motor cooling oil exchange heat, and a second heat exchanger, in which a coolant and the motor cooling oil exchange heat, are provided. A second size in vertical and lateral directions of the motor is smaller than a first size in the vertical and lateral directions of each of the engines. The second heat exchanger is attached to an upper portion of a side circumferential portion of the motor, and the first heat exchanger is attached to a lower portion of the side circumferential portion of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Satoshi Ueno, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Kei Yonemori
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Patent number: 11458825Abstract: An assembly for a hybrid motor vehicle, in particular a partially electrified hybrid motor vehicle, having a vehicle battery and a vehicle seat comprising a seat surface. The vehicle seat is connected or connectable to a vehicle floor of the hybrid motor vehicle by means of a substructure having at least two seat rails. The vehicle battery is arranged or arrangeable beneath the vehicle seat and above the vehicle floor. The vehicle battery is held on the vehicle seat by means of a suspension means attached to the top side, or in an upper region, of the vehicle battery.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Marius Sawatzki, Joergen Hilmann, Daniel Meckenstock, Simon Jesse
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Patent number: 11459010Abstract: A manually movable trolley contains a basket for receiving goods and a tube connected to the basket. The tube has a first tube section which is at a distance from the basket and extends substantially parallel to the rear side of the basket, the tube section forming a handlebar for the shopping trolley. Respective second tube sections border on both sides of the first tube section and in the second tube sections the pipe bends towards the shopping trolley. Third tube sections border on each second tube section, and in the third tube sections the tube extends in a straight line. Fourth tube sections border on each third tube section, and in the fourth tube sections the tube bends at least substantially downwards. The second tube sections contain a sleeve that partially surrounds the periphery of the tube, and the sleeve has a separate handle that projects upward from the handlebar.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Inventors: Franz Wieth, Andreas Filosi
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Patent number: 11453286Abstract: New and retro-fit systems utilized on a chemical fuel-powered vehicle that converts the vehicle into a hybrid chemical fuel-electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: CR FLIGHT L.L.C.Inventor: Randell J. Wishart
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Patent number: 11453425Abstract: An embodiment of a cart for food service has a folding frame and/or removable shelves. Optionally, the frame includes sidewalls pivotally attached to opposite sides of a back. An optional wheeled base may be pivotally attached to a bottom of the back. In some embodiments, removable shelves are supported by the side walls, for example, sliding between walls on parallel tracks. Optionally the number of shelve can be changed in accordance to the depth and/or number of dishes carried. The cart has stable, locked, unfolded configuration on four wheels and approximately the width of a man. The frame optionally folds into a flat shape that is supported on two wheels and/or the shelve are held to the frame, for example in a pocket. Optionally the shelves and/or walls are made of aluminum and/or the wheels and/or base are made of stainless steel.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Inventors: Yohay Maman, Yael Maman
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Patent number: 11453424Abstract: A parcel cart for transporting parcels comprises a substructure, with a frame mounted to and supported by the substructure. The frame defines an internal volume in which parcels are received and stored for transport. The frame also includes: a base; a first end wall; a second end wall; a first side wall; and a second side wall. To facilitate loading or unloading of the parcel cart, the frame can include at least one end wall configured to transition between an upright position and a lowered position. To facilitate autonomous transport of the parcel cart, the substructure and the frame can define a cavity for receiving a mobile robot. To avoid occlusion of the field of view of one or more cameras associated with the mobile robot, the frame can include at least one end wall that is in a non-perpendicular orientation relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Material Handling Systems, Inc.Inventors: Brandon Wayne Coats, Jon Todd Fuchs, Nicholas Anderson Moore, Madhav Devidas Patil, Joshua Alan Wiley, Kurt Michael Wittmer
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Patent number: 11447169Abstract: A push apparatus attachment can include a frame connecter for connecting at two points to a push apparatus frame; a height-adjustment frame pivotally connected to the frame connector; and a pivot assembly structured and configured to be gripped by a user's hands. The pivot assembly can include a swing bar pivotally connected to the height-adjustment frame and a grip bridge having at least two hand grips, one on each end of the grip bridge, the grip bridge being pivotally connected to the swing bar. The various pivot connections enable the device to accommodate users of different heights, enable the pivot assembly to remain parallel to the ground when the height-adjustment frame rotates relative to the frame connector, and enable free movement of the outer ends of the grip bridge in three dimensions to allow for a user to maintain natural running form while pushing the push apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Fred Sklenar
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Patent number: 11447167Abstract: A shopping trolley (10) comprising a basket (12) having first and second side walls (22, 23), first and second end walls (20, 21) and a base wall (18). The basket 12 includes first and second front legs (26, 27) and first and second rear legs (28, 29). The first and second front legs (26, 27) are rotatable from an extended position, in which they extend downwardly from adjacent a front of the basket 12, to a collapsed position, in which they are located adjacent outer sides of the first and second side walls (22, 23). The rear legs (28, 29) are rotatable from an extended position, in which they extend downwardly from adjacent a rear of the basket, to a collapsed position, in they are located adjacent and above upper edges of the first and second side walls (22, 23) of the basket (12).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventors: Jeanne Louise O'Donnell, Edward Joseph Khoury, Ross Khoury
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Patent number: 11440575Abstract: A motorized cart assembly for use in gardening and other outdoor chores includes a first motor that is operationally coupled to a rear axle of a rolling chassis. The first motor is configured to selectively rotate the rear axle to locomote the rolling chassis. A lift module that is coupled to the rolling chassis is configured to selectively raise and lower an item that is positioned upon an upper plate of the lift module. A handle, which is coupled to at least one of the rolling chassis and the upper plate, is configured to be grasped in at least one hand of a user to steer the rolling chassis.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventor: Michelle Baldridge
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Patent number: 11433936Abstract: A foldable baby carriage frame which includes a handle assembly, a front leg assembly, a front leg support assembly, a rear leg assembly, a rear leg connecting assembly, a horizontal support rod and a torsion spring. The torsion spring is provided at the connection between the front leg support assembly and the rear leg connecting assembly, and the torsion spring controls the opening and closing of the front leg support assembly and the rear leg connecting assembly by the rotation. When downward force is applied to the rear leg assembly, the rear leg assembly pivots downward with the torsion spring as the pivot point, so that the front leg support assembly and the rear leg connecting assembly realizes the effect of automatic folding. After the downward force is released, the front leg support assembly and the rear leg connecting assembly return to the state when the baby carriage is in use.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: NEW CENTURY PRODUCTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jianshe Li
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Patent number: 11433935Abstract: An improved cargo dolly for transporting cargo is described having a mobile dolly frame, a main shaft on the frame, a lever proximate to a first part of the frame (where the lever is movable relative to the frame and in responsive communication with the main shaft), a first set of transfer sprockets mounted to the main shaft, a secondary shaft rotatably disposed at a second part of the frame (where the first part is remote from the second part), a second set of transfer sprockets mounted to the secondary shaft, a chain disposed about the first set of transfer sprockets and the second set of transfer sprockets, and a locking pin having a first end fixed to the secondary shaft and a second end configured as an angled latch. Rotation of the lever responsively causes the locking pin to remotely rotate at the second part of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Reuben F. Burch, V, Katherine King, Howard McKinney, Aaron Prather, Kevin Frommelt, Shaq Khan
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Patent number: 11427121Abstract: A vehicle can include a base assembly, a rack assembly, and a processing system. The base assembly can include a platform, a plurality of wheels and a motor for driving at least one of the plurality of wheels. The rack assembly can include a storage shelf connected to the base assembly through a coupling, which includes a bearing assembly enabling the storage shelf to rotate with respect to the platform. The processing system can be configured to communicatively couple with the rack assembly and include one or more processors configured to: determine a location of a target good; cause the storage shelf to move based on the determined location.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Elias Aljallis, Jeremiah Bruno Miele, Vikranth Gopalakrishnan, Walter Gunter, Jr., Brooke Anne Benham, Ryan Christopher Greenhill, Haaris Hemani
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Patent number: 11427070Abstract: A driveline for a military vehicle includes a driver. The driver includes a housing, a motor/generator, and a clutch. The housing includes an engine mount configured to couple to an engine and a backing plate configured to couple to a transmission. The motor/generator is disposed within the housing and configured to couple to an input of the transmission. The clutch is disposed within the housing and coupled to the motor/generator. The clutch is configured to selectively couple an output of the engine to the motor/generator. The clutch is spring-biased into engagement with the engine and pneumatically disengaged by an air supply selectively provided thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLCInventors: Chad Smith, Dave Marek, Neil Dekarske, Mike Bolton, Ryan Crabtree, Joseph Dehaan, Rachell Harsh, Michael Koenigs, Shawn Naglik, Mitchel Nordahl, Evan Schertz, Mikel Ullman, Jessica Szymanski, Bradon Zeitler, Deepak Shukla, Ed Trinklein, Tim Voight, Mike Yanacek, Matt Mathison, Nader Nasr
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Patent number: 11420666Abstract: A support roller (30, 30?) for supporting a vehicle on an underlying surface, comprising at least one bearing element which is at least indirectly connectable to at least one supporting structure of the vehicle, at least one fork connected to the bearing element, and at least one wheel (90, 90?) which is mounted in the fork so as to be rotatable about a first rolling axis (R) and can be brought into contact with the underlying surface, at least one sensing device (190) for sensing at least one supporting force with which the wheel (90, 90?) is supported on the underlying surface. A vehicle, in particular an industrial truck, comprising at least one support roller and a method for stabilizing a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: BLICKLE RÄDER + ROLLEN GMBH U. CO. KGInventor: Rolf Hölle
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Patent number: 11420106Abstract: A multi-degree of freedom ice skate post that connects an ice skate blade to the sole of an ice-skating boot generally comprises a plurality of adjustable elements that include a pronate/supinate platform, a bi-directional module and a side/side module. In some configurations, the pronate/supinate platform is configured to move the ice skate blade in a pronate and supinate direction. In some configurations the pronate supinate platform is connected with the bi-directional module providing movement of the ice skate blade in the fore and aft position. In some configurations the side/side module is connected with the bi-directional module providing movement in a side by side direction. Additional configurations can include vertical adjustments as well.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Inventor: Edward L. Altshuler
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Patent number: 11414831Abstract: A pair of right and left supporting bases (10) provided on a sidewalk (9) of a revolving body (4) and both right and left sides (16) of a movable ladder (12) are connected by trajectory restricting members (22) in a swingable manner. In positions of the left supporting base (10) which are apart from each other, main body base ends (20a and 21a) of first and second hydraulic cylinders (20 and 21) are pivotally supported, and rod tip ends (20b and 21b) of the respective hydraulic cylinders (20 and 21) are pivotally supported in a common position of the left side (16) of the movable ladder (12). By operating the first and second hydraulic cylinders (20 and 21) in directions reverse to each other (extension and retraction), in-common pivotally supported parts (20b and 21b) are moved, thereby switching a position of the movable ladder (12) between an extended position and a retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Hamano
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Patent number: 11414113Abstract: A foldable beach wagon with steerable front wheels is disclosed. The wagon has a frame having a first end assembly, an opposing second end assembly and a floor assembly connected between the first end assembly and the second end assembly. A steering link is pivotally connected to the wagon frame adjacent the first end assembly, and a handle is pivotally connected to the steering link. When the steering link is pivoted by the handle a tie rod moves laterally to pivot the front wheels for turning the wagon. A hanger assembly is connected to the wagon frame adjacent the second end assembly. The hangar assembly is adapted to receive one or more chairs. Fenders are provided over the rear wheels to block engagement of the chairs with the rear wheels of the wagon.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.Inventor: Garrett DeBry
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Patent number: 11413950Abstract: A power flywheel motor is generally disclosed. In use, a flywheel assembly includes at least one motor-generator and a housing adapted to receive the flywheel assembly. The flywheel assembly is rotatable in the housing about a central axis. The motor-generator is configured to convert between electrical energy and kinetic energy associated with a rotation of the flywheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventor: Ethan Ethmer Jackson
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Patent number: 11407317Abstract: A gas supply system has a chamber, a front manifold, a circulation pipe, and a fusible plug valve. The chamber stores hydrogen gas. The front manifold is connected to the chamber, and hydrogen gas flows through the front manifold. The circulation pipe is provided such that hydrogen gas can flow through the front manifold, and has higher thermal conductivity than the chamber. The fusible plug valve is provided in the front manifold apart from the chamber. Heat is transferred to the fusible plug valve from the circulation pipe. The fusible plug valve discharges the hydrogen gas in the chamber and the hydrogen gas in the front manifold to the outside by being opened at a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined opening temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chiaki Kataoka
