Patents Examined by Michael R Stabley
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Patent number: 11897551Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for controlling a feedback torque actuator in a steering system. The steering system comprises a steering assistance actuator (140) with a torsion bar (128) and a feedback torque actuator (130) with an Electric Control Unit, ECU, for giving feedback to a driver, a steering wheel (120) to which the driver applies a driver torque, TD. Only the torsion bar of the steering assistance actuator (140) comprises a torsion-bar torque sensor, and a target torque for the feedback torque actuator (130) is a target steering feel torque compensated for torque sensed in the torsion bar (128).Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SENTIENT IP ABInventors: Johan Hultén, Jochen Pohl
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Patent number: 11884349Abstract: Spacer for spacing a headset from a stem of a bicycle. The spacer comprises a cable guide, in particular for brake cables and gear shift cables. The cable guide is provided with a cable guide opening and a cable guide wall enclosing the cable guide opening. The cable guide wall is interrupted by a cable insertion gap, allowing lateral insertion of a cable. Optionally, the cable guide comprises cable retaining means for retaining an inserted cable within the cable guide opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventors: Sierd Heida, Richard Hofs
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Patent number: 11878768Abstract: A saddled vehicle includes an air cleaner and a vehicle body movement sensor. The air cleaner takes travel wind in an air cleaner box to purify air of the travel wind and supplies the purified air to an internal combustion engine. The vehicle body movement sensor is received in a recess and measures movement of a vehicle body. The recess is defined by a flat surface that crosses a rear wall of the air cleaner box. This provides a saddled vehicle including a vehicle body movement sensor that is disposed without reducing the volume of an air cleaner box.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Kontani, Takeji Kawazumi, Hiroshi Kurata, Satoru Okoshi, Atsushi Ogahara
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Patent number: 11878750Abstract: A drive component is disclosed. The drive component may include a base of a first material having a first hardness and a plurality of wear inserts of a second material having a second hardness greater than the first hardness. The plurality of wear inserts may extend from an interior of the base to an exterior surface of the base. The base and the plurality of wear inserts may be a composite casting.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Paul Prest, Benjamin Jones
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Patent number: 11872882Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided for a transmission for a rear mid-engine vehicle. The transmission comprises a power transfer portion for receiving torque from the engine and a gearbox for providing conversions of rotational speed and torque. First and second side output portions conduct torque from the gearbox to the rear wheels. A forward output portion conducts torque to front wheels of a four-wheel drive vehicle. An air clutch comprising each output portion controls the degree of torque transferred to each wheel. The output portions are each coupled to a rear wheel by a rear axle, bevel gears, and rear portal gears. The rear axles are aligned with, and positioned above, the trailing arms to protect the rear axles from damage due to rocks and debris. The length and alignment of the rear axles cause CV joints to articulate in the same direction as the trailing arms.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventor: Robby Gordon
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Patent number: 11872866Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly, a plurality of ground-engaging members for supporting the frame assembly, and a cooling assembly positioned below a head portion of the frame assembly and intermediate vertically-extending frame tubes of the frame assembly. A lower end of the cooling assembly is coupled to a lower end of the vertically-extending frame tubes, and an upper end of the cooling assembly is frictionally retained at an upper end of each of the vertically-extending frame tubes.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLCInventors: David L. Bagnariol, Shane K. Pearson
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Patent number: 11857472Abstract: A wheelchair includes a seating portion on which a wheelchair user sits, a body frame that supports the seating portion, a pair of rear wheels and a pair of front wheels rotatably supported by the body frame, and a seat back portion capable of changing the inclination angle with respect to the seating portion. The wheelchair includes push-along handle portions as engaging portions capable of fixing the seat back portion to a side sill as a vehicle body member that forms a door opening of the vehicle when the seat back portion is tilted backward of the wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Iwase, Isao Toda
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Patent number: 11850456Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis defining a longitudinal axis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, and a ladder assembly. The body assembly defines a recess that includes a plurality of angled portions. The plurality of angled portions extend laterally outward at a downward angle away from the longitudinal axis. The ladder assembly has a proximal end disposed within the recess. The plurality of angled portions at least partially facilitate the ladder assembly in traveling through at least one of a sweep angle range or a depression angle range.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Eric D. Betz, David W. Archer
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Patent number: 11840310Abstract: A human-powered vehicle control device for a human-powered vehicle includes an electronic controller that controls an electric brake device and a component of the human-powered vehicle that differs from the electric brake device. The electric brake device and the component are supplied with electric power from a common battery. The electronic controller gives actuation priority to the electric brake device over the component.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventor: Hitoshi Takayama
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Patent number: 11833088Abstract: A kit of parts which when assembled will provide a wheeled chair and include a central frame member to which all other elements are connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Jay Foonberg
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Patent number: 11834122Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a situation of a detection area on one of a rear side and a lateral side of a self-vehicle; a distance determination unit configured to determine a change in a relative distance between the self-vehicle and another vehicle detected in the detection area and a notification control unit configured to make a notification to a driver based on one of a detection result of the detection unit and a determination result of the distance determination unit. The notification control unit makes the notification by first notification output if the other vehicle is detected in the detection area by the detection unit, and makes the notification by second notification output if it is determined by the distance determination unit that the relative distance to the other vehicle has become short.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Tetsuka, Tsubasa Fukuoka, Hiroaki Uchisasai
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Patent number: 11827309Abstract: A ride-along vehicle may include both handles and foot rests each capable of providing power to the pump arm. An improved pumper arm and steering mechanism may include a pivot joint that is provided by rods, pins, or bolts attached to opposite sides of the pumper arm. The universal joint between the steering arm and the pumper arm can be aligned with the center of the pivot point to prevent rocking of the steering arm as the pumper arm is actuated.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Columbia-Inland CorporationInventor: Micheal D. Jones
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Patent number: 11814192Abstract: An aircraft transport trailer having a frame, a wheel assembly, a lower bracket, and an upper bracket. The wheel assembly is rotationally installed on the frame to support and move the frame. The lower bracket is fixedly installed on the frame, and the top of the lower bracket is provided with a body slot. The preset first surface of the inner wall of the body slot is fitted with the part of the lower surface of the body, the aircraft body can be partially seated in the aircraft body slot under the action of gravity.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: AUTOFLIGHT (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.Inventor: Yu Tian
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Patent number: 11814129Abstract: The present invention is in connection with the field of the cycling industry, and in particular it refers to a front suspension system of a bicycle, of the single-stem type, thus adapted to be arranged inside the steering head tube and specially conceived, thanks to its compactness, to equip road “racing” bikes but not exclusively intended for this category of bicycles.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: HIRIDE SUSPENSION S.R.L.Inventors: Domenico Borgese, Luca Ceresoli, Fabio Noce
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Patent number: 11807338Abstract: A drive unit is configured to be provided to a human-powered vehicle. The drive unit includes a base on which a crankshaft is provided, and a holder mount provided on the base. The holder mount is configured to selectively mount a battery holder, which is configured to hold a battery unit, at a plurality of positions in a predetermined linear direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kameda, Shinichiro Noda, Kento Mitsuyasu, Toshio Tetsuka
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Patent number: 11801718Abstract: A trolley that couples to a tow saddle is provided. The trolley includes an upper plate and a lower plate. The upper and lower plate are secured against a rear portion of a tow saddle. One or more support bars are coupled to the upper plate. The bars provide structural support for the upper plate and deflect a chain that transits apertures in the upper plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: ATC Transportation LLCInventor: Donald W. Schuettenberg
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Patent number: 11793693Abstract: Provided is a steering mechanism (8) including a swing bar (81a) which swings in response to input from a rider, a cam guide (83c) slidable on a peripheral surface of a column section (5a), a ball joint (82a) which slides the cam guide (83c) in response to the swinging of the swing bar (81a), a cam follower (83b) vertically provided on the peripheral surface of the column section (5a) to rotate the column section (5a) in response to the sliding of the cam guide (83c), and a coil spring (83e) which returns the cam guide (83c) to a predetermined rotation angle. The cam follower (83b) comes in contact with a cam surface (83c4) of the cam guide (83c) which has a recess surface shape, at two positions on the peripheral surface, in a state where the column section (5a) is located at a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Takado, Hiroshi Gomi, Yasushi Yoneda
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Patent number: 11794838Abstract: The present invention provides a straddle type vehicle, comprising: a storage unit arranged at a rear portion of a vehicle to be capable of storing an article; and a detection unit configured to detect a surrounding situation in a rear side of the vehicle, wherein the storage unit includes an outer case and an inner case which defines a storage space capable of storing the article, and wherein the detection unit is arranged between the outer case and the inner case, at a rear portion of the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Hagimoto, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kiyoshi Katagiri, Hiroshi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka
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Patent number: 11794837Abstract: There is provided with a straddle type vehicle. A direction indicator is formed to project outward in a vehicle width direction and shows a traveling direction of the vehicle. A sensing device detects an obstacle around the vehicle using an ultrasonic wave. The sensing device is arranged in a distal end portion of the direction indicator.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyoshi Katagiri, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Hiroshi Maeda
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Patent number: 11787496Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame, a suspension assembly and a steering assembly. The frame includes a head tube that rotatably receives a front fork assembly. A steerer tube extends axially away from a fork crown of the front fork assembly. The suspension assembly includes an upper tubular support longitudinally slidable relative to a lower tubular support. The upper and lower supports receive a first positive biasing means and a first negative biasing means. The lower and upper supports are respectively connected to the steerer tube and a stem of the steering assembly such that the upper support slides longitudinally relative to the lower support adjacent the stem and above the fork crown.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.Inventors: Christopher P. D'Aluisio, Jean-Luc Callahan, Tyler Kraus, Conner Swarthout, Michael McAndrews