Patents Examined by Maxwell L Meshaka
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Patent number: 11980115Abstract: A protective frame position control system includes a wheel protective frame for a working vehicle. The wheel protective frame is mounted on a wheel via at least one bearing aligned with a center of rotation of the wheel, and a position guide 55 is associable with an upper cast of a suspension via a pin 56 to prevent rotation of the wheel protective frame and also maintain a position of the wheel protective frame at any height of the suspension of the working vehicle. The position guide comprises includes a geometry oriented vertically and compatible with a path travelled by a first end of a damping element, which is associated with the center of rotation of the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Thiago Kato Perez
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Patent number: 11975600Abstract: An electric truck that travels by electric power supplied from a battery includes a ladder frame including a pair of side rails, where the side rails face each other in a vehicle width direction, and a power supply unit including the battery, where the power supply unit is disposed between the side rails and is connected to the side rails. The side rails each have flanges having a predetermined width provided at each edge of a respective web. At least one of the flanges at a location facing a corner of the power supply unit as viewed in the vehicle width direction has a narrowed flange portion having a width smaller than the predetermined width.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Daimler Truck AGInventors: Kiyoshi Kimura, Shigeru Okonogi
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Patent number: 11975588Abstract: A wheel suspension system for a vehicle having a chassis, comprising an opposing pair of wheel uprights having a plurality of pickup points located thereon, an opposing pair of main axis arms, an opposing pair of integrated axis arms, an internal cambering system comprising opposing pairs of camber links and radius rods, and an internal springing system comprising a single spring shock and an opposing pair of spring levers having tension links attached thereon. An internal roll-controlling weight transfer system comprising an opposing pair of weight transfer links having attached springing shocks may also be included.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Vecodyne, Inc.Inventor: Charles Parsons
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Patent number: 11970035Abstract: The suspension device for vehicles includes: an electric damper which operates by electricity; a fluid pressure damper which operates by hydraulic pressure; a road-surface state detector which detects a road-surface state ahead of a tire of a vehicle; and a controller which causes at least one to operate among the electric damper and the fluid pressure damper, based on a detection result of the road-surface state detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Konada, Takashi Yanagi, Ryosuke Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11965572Abstract: A torsion bar is provided that is easy, quick, and cost effective to manufacture. The torsion bar may extend along an axis and have a first end and a second end that is spaced from the first end. The torsion bar may have an active section positioned between the first and second ends. The active section may also have a length defined along the axis. A cross-section transverse to the axis may define a contour of the torsion bar where the contour may be uniform along the length of the active section. The contour may define at least one of a polygon and a polygon-like shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Eric D. Pattok, Sai Saagar S. Adimulam
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Patent number: 11958434Abstract: Four-point seat belt comprising two thoracic branches configured to anchor the chest of a user to a backrest of a vehicular seat; two abdominal branches configured to girdle and anchor the waist of the user to the vehicular seat; at least one damping device configured to be activated upon exceeding a first predetermined value of a tension force imparted by the user to the belt; wherein the damping device is configured to cause, upon its activation, a controlled advancement of the chest of the user while limiting the acceleration of the head of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.Inventors: Gianluca Fumarola, Elena Pettinato
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Patent number: 11953070Abstract: A bushing includes a body that is cylindrical; a bore through the body; a channel extending along an inner face of the bore; and a groove on a substantially planar surface of the bushing and including a first end intersecting with an end of the channel and a second end extending radially from the bore.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: K.M. Gehman IncorporatedInventor: K. Marlin Gehman
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Patent number: 11938996Abstract: A steering column assembly includes a lower jacket. The steering column assembly also includes an upper jacket operatively coupled to the lower jacket, the upper jacket telescopingly moveable relative to the lower jacket. The steering column assembly further includes a rake bracket operatively coupled to the lower jacket. The steering column assembly yet further includes an energy absorption strap operatively coupled to the upper jacket, at least a portion of the energy absorption strap disposed radially outward of the rake bracket.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding CorporationInventors: Donald A. Buzzard, Floyd E. Eschenbacher, Jr., Michael P. Anspaugh
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Patent number: 11932303Abstract: A steering device includes a pipe, a housing, a telescopic mechanism, and a load absorbing mechanism. The load absorbing mechanism includes an extending portion provided in the telescopic mechanism and extending in a front-rear direction, a first sliding portion provided on a first side in the left-right direction with respect to the extending portion, and a second sliding portion provided on a second side in the left-right direction with respect to the extending portion. The sliding portion includes a front pressing portion that comes into contact with a side surface of the extending portion, and a rear pressing portion provided behind the front pressing portion, and in which a distance in the left-right direction between the rear pressing portion and the other sliding portion facing the one sliding portion across the extending portion is shorter than a distance in the left-right direction between the front pressing portion and the other sliding portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Taisuke Homma, Toru Sekiguchi, Hiromitsu Baba
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Patent number: 11897295Abstract: An axle assembly includes a connection assembly having a stationary portion and a rotary portion. The stationary portion is configured to couple to an inlet airflow assembly configured to be non-movably coupled to a beam housing, the rotary portion is configured to couple to an outlet airflow assembly configured to be non-movably coupled to a steering knuckle, the stationary portion forms a cavity configured to facilitate flow of pressurized air from the inlet airflow assembly to the rotary portion, and the rotary portion forms an airflow path configured to facilitate flow of the pressurized air from the cavity to the outlet airflow assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Jie Tu, Michael Jensen
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Patent number: 11890928Abstract: an electric powertrain integrated into a vehicle axle. Such electric axle (or “E-axle”) is a front or rear axle that includes an axle body (or “housing”) adapted to receive a powertrain, which is arranged to provide torque to the wheels of the axle. The “E-Axle” is a compact and economical electric drive solution for battery electric vehicles, fuel cells and hybrid applications. The electric motor(s), electronics and transmission are combined in a compact unit that directly drives the wheels provided at the longitudinal ends of the axle.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventors: Vincent Brolles, Thomas Barillot
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Patent number: 11878651Abstract: Variable behaviour control mechanism with a variety of motion characteristics, the mechanism comprising means to measure a plurality of motion characteristics and to activate systems when a threshold of the motion characteristics is reached. The mechanism described is, for example, a vehicle seat belt and the mechanism minimises or prevents unwanted activation of line extension or retraction of the seat belt. A first mechanism is described where activation occurs between at least one primary system and at least one secondary system when a combination of the sensed motion characteristics achieves a threshold. A second mechanism is described where activation occurs between at least one primary system and at least one secondary system when at least one sensed motion characteristic achieves a threshold, the threshold being modified based on at least one further motion characteristic. A method of use of the above mechanisms is also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: EDDY CURRENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventors: Andrew Karl Diehl, Peter Scott, Benjamin Woods, Lincoln Frost
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Patent number: 11872859Abstract: A top mount assembly includes an attachment bracket having a flange section, a piston rod mount section, and a cylinder section, the flange section includes a plurality of apertures for receiving a plurality of fastener bolts, the piston rod mount section being configured to receive a piston rod, and the cylinder section of the attachment bracket includes an annular chamber that receives an annular working piston.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Sean Gaw, Douglas Arbour, Dominick Sterley
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Patent number: 11866000Abstract: A seat-belt retractor comprising a seat-belt spindle which is rotatably mounted in a housing, an electric motor for driving the seat-belt spindle, and a gear mechanism that transmits the rotational motion from the electric motor to the seat-belt spindle, where the gear mechanism, when deactivated, can be driven as an assembly for driving the seat-belt spindle with a first torque; the seat-belt retractor has a first part, which, when a tensile force exerted by the seat-belt is exceeded, is driven in a rotational motion opposite to the rotational direction of the electric motor; and a braking device, which brakes the rotational motion of the first part, thereby actuating a blocking device blocking a second part of the gear mechanism, the blocking device activating the gear mechanism to transmit the rotational motion of the electric motor in a reduction ratio to the seat-belt spindle.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventor: Ronald Jabusch
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Patent number: 11851103Abstract: An independently driving wheel module includes: a base frame including an upper end fixed to a coupling surface of a vehicle body, and a rotation part coupled to the upper end of the base frame such that the rotation part is rotatable with respect to the upper end of the base frame; a connection link including a first end integrally coupled to the rotation part, and a second end having a shape extending downward from the first end of the connection link; a driving wheel disposed at a side of the second end of the connection link and coupled to the second end of the connection link; and a rotation plate including an upper and lower surfaces extending obliquely in misaligned directions, the rotation plate being interposed between the base frame and the vehicle body so as to be rotatable with respect to the base frame or the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Heon Lee, Won Hyok Choi
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Patent number: 11851113Abstract: A self-stabilizing vehicle includes a mass gyroscope which is fixed at an occupant compartment chassis corresponding to a portion where occupants sit. The occupant compartment portion may tilt outwards in response to the centrifugal force. If the vehicle has three or more wheels, the load is evenly distributed on the left wheel and the right wheel which move oppositely up and down about an effectively centrally-mounted shaft pin. Further, the present disclosure proposes a method for operating the self-stabilizing vehicle. According to the self-stabilizing vehicle and the operating method thereof, a vehicle having a narrow body may be used. When the vehicle undergoes external forces such as the centrifugal force and the crosswind, the occupant compartment can maintain the vertical stability even though the wheels may slide sideways.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: DAHON TECH (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventor: David Tak Wei Hon
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Patent number: 11840121Abstract: A suspension includes a housing, a radius arm, a radius arm bush, and a shock absorber. Inclination angles ?1 and ?2 satisfy ?F·tan ?2>M·tan ?1, in which: ?1 is an inclination angle at which a straight line coupling the center of the radius arm bush to the center of a rear wheel is inclined to a horizontal line, to lower toward the rear wheel, viewed from a side of the vehicle in a steady state; ?2 is an inclination angle at which an axis of expansion and shrink of the shock absorber is inclined to a vertical direction, to allow the shock absorber's upper end to more forward from the shock absorber's lower end; M is an unsprung mass of the suspension; and ?F is an amount of increase in a vertical load on the rear wheel from the steady state during a shrinkwise stroke of the shock absorber.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Furuse, Koichi Uchikawa, Ryuma Mine
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Patent number: 11827069Abstract: Some embodiments may provide a suspension unit that may include a rail having a longitudinal axis, a sliding member slidably connected to the rail, and shock absorption and springing means adapted to damp motions and support forces along the longitudinal axis of the rail, wherein, the rail and the sliding member are shaped to have transverse cross-sectional profiles that prevent a rotational movement of the sliding member with respect to the rail about the longitudinal axis of the rail. In some embodiments, the suspension unit may be part of an in-wheel system further including at least a steering unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: REE AUTOMOTIVE LTDInventors: Ahishay Sardes, Ran Dekel, Amit Aknin, Tomer Segev, Eran Starik, Dan Hermann, Eylon Avigur
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Patent number: 11827073Abstract: A suspension assembly for a commercial vehicle includes a first linkage, an air spring, a carriage, and a second linkage. The first linkage is pivotally coupled at a first end with a structural member of a frame. The structural member extends downwards from the frame. The air spring is coupled with the frame and a second end of the first linkage. The air spring drives the first linkage to pivot about the first end relative to the structural member. The carriage is pivotally coupled with the first linkage at a position between the first end and the second end of the first linkage. The second linkage is pivotally coupled at a first end with the structural member, and pivotally coupled with the carriage at a second end. The structural member, the first linkage, the second linkage, and the carriage define a four-bar linkage.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Austin Dowdy, Paul Dumitru
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Patent number: 11827067Abstract: A reinforcing structure for suspension, includes: a spring seat coupled to a torsion beam and a trailing arm, and configured for supporting a spring; and a shock absorber bracket coupled to the spring seat and the trailing arm, and configured for supporting a shock absorber for damping vibrations of the spring, wherein the shock absorber bracket includes, a side coupling portion coupled to the trailing arm, wherein the side coupling portion is coupled to a side surface of the trailing arm in a width direction (Y) of a vehicle body in a state of being inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to each of a longitudinal direction (X) and a height direction (Z) of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HWASHIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Gi Ryung Jung, Bong Su Kim, Hye Jin Han, Hyun Jin Chung, Su Heon Seo