Patents Examined by Robert T Reese
  • Patent number: 11180217
    Abstract: A multiple bicycle sprocket assembly is basically provided that is capable of creating a gear ratio in a wide range. The multiple bicycle sprocket assembly includes a first sprocket and a second sprocket. The first sprocket includes a first tooth number that is less than or equal to ten. The second sprocket includes a second tooth number that is more than or equal to forty-four.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Tokuyama, Kenji Ose, Toshinari Oishi, Kenji Kamada, Sota Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11161568
    Abstract: A rear derailleur includes a base member, a movable member, a link and a chain guide. The link is connected to the base member about a first link axis and to the movable member about a second link axis. The chain guide is mounted to the movable member about a tension pivot axis. The chain guide includes a first pulley having a first rotational axis and a second pulley having a second rotational axis. The tension pivot axis is substantially parallel to the first and second rotational axes. A first reference line defines a distance between the tension pivot axis and the first rotational axis with a range between 2 to 70 millimeters. The first link axis and a reference plane define an angle ranging from 3 to 35 degrees. The first reference line and a second reference line define an angle ranging from 20 to 170 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Kenta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11136908
    Abstract: A lubrication circuit for a gas turbine engine comprises a heat exchanger having an inlet pipe which carries a flow of lubricant to the heat exchanger; a heater configured to heat lubricant to produce a flow of heated lubricant to be provided to the heat exchanger; and a sensor operable to measure a measured parameter from which it can be determined whether the lubricant requires heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HS MARSTON AEROSPACE LIMITED
    Inventor: John McCormick
  • Patent number: 11118656
    Abstract: A link chain, in particular bush chain, comprising an inner link plate with a bush, an outer link plate with a pin, wherein the pin and bush form a chain joint, wherein a sealing arrangement is provided for sealing the chain joint, wherein the sealing arrangement is arranged between the inner link plate and the outer link plate, and wherein the sealing arrangement comprises a seal and a seal-accommodating space, characterized in that in that the seal-accommodating space is formed from a thrust washer and an annular cutout, in particular in the outer link plate, wherein a ring, which is designed in the form of a metal ring, is arranged in the seal-accommodating space, or in that the seal-accommodating space is formed from a thrust washer and an accommodating washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ketten Wulf Betriebs GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hebbecker, Christian Hanemann, Frank Padberg, Stefan Kemper
  • Patent number: 11097808
    Abstract: A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a plurality of sprocket teeth, at least one shifting facilitation area, at least one driving facilitation area, and at least one bump portion. The at least one shifting facilitation area is to facilitate at least one of a first shifting operation in which a bicycle chain is shifted from the bicycle sprocket toward a smaller sprocket adjacent to the bicycle sprocket in an axial direction parallel to a rotational center axis of the bicycle sprocket without another sprocket between the bicycle sprocket and the smaller sprocket, and a second shifting operation in which the bicycle chain is shifted from the smaller sprocket toward the bicycle sprocket. The at least one bump portion is provided in the at least one driving facilitation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Akinobu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11085448
    Abstract: An oil circuit for lubrication and cooling of an oil-free compressor with an oil reservoir and a rotary oil pump to drive oil to the compressor element and/or the motor via an oil pipe. The rotary oil pump has a rotor mounted on a rotation shaft, and is driven by the motor of the compressor. The oil circuit is provided with a bypass pipe and a pressure-actuated bypass valve which guide a portion of the oil back to the oil reservoir without this portion of the oil passing through the compressor element and/or the motor during its way back to the oil reservoir. The oil circuit is further provided with an oil cooler in the bypass pipe. The bypass valve is in the oil pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Thomas De Bontridder, Wim Meeusen, Edwin Roskam
  • Patent number: 11084159
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a hydraulic hammer includes a body defining a recess in fluid communication with a lubricant inlet and a lubricant outlet. A sleeve, located co-axially within the recess, defines a stepped tubular cavity having first and second portions. The sleeve also defines inlet and outlet ports extending from an outer surface to an inner surface of the sleeve. A piston, located partly within the recess and the first portion of the stepped tubular cavity respectively, has a tubular cavity co-axial with the stepped tubular cavity. A spool is located partly within the tubular cavity and the second portion of the stepped tubular cavity respectively. The spool co-operates with the inlet and outlet ports of the sleeve for reciprocally moving the piston in relation to the body so that lubricant from the lubricant inlet is delivered by the piston to the lubricant outlet via the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Koushik Kabiraj, Cody Moore
  • Patent number: 11078992
    Abstract: A tensioner which adjusts the mean tensioner force to keep the chain tension as low as possible without sacrificing chain control, significantly improving drive efficiency as the chain wears and is subject to low dynamic loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin B. Todd, Mark E. Patton, Dale N. Smith
  • Patent number: 11077916
    Abstract: A bicycle chain guide includes a base and a chain guide. The base is configured to be mounted to a bicycle that includes a solitary sprocket having a rotational center axis. The chain guide is disposed above the solitary bicycle sprocket in a mounted state where the base is mounted to the bicycle. The chain guide includes a first guide plate, a second guide plate, and a bridge. The first guide plate has a first guiding surface. The second guide plate is closer to the base than the first guide plate and has a second guiding surface facing the first guiding surface to define a chain guiding slot between the first guiding surface and the second guiding surface. The bridge connects the first guide plate and the second guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Naoki Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11060603
    Abstract: Transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one clutch unit and at least one actuator unit that allows the clutch unit to be actuated; the actuator unit additionally allows a pump to be actuated such that lubricant is pumped from a lubricant sump into a lubricant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Helmut Martin Waser
  • Patent number: 11034412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-sprocket arrangement for installation on a rear-wheel hub and for engagement with a bicycle chain. The multi-sprocket arrangement includes at least ten adjacent sprockets with different numbers of teeth. In each case of the at least ten adjacent sprockets two adjacent sprockets of the sprockets are arranged with a defined spacing to one another. The defined spacing corresponds either to a smallest spacing or to a larger spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Reinbold
  • Patent number: 11015696
    Abstract: A damper pulley for a crankshaft may include: a hub including a first cylindrical portion, a first closed end provided at one end of the first cylindrical portion, and a first open end provided at the other end of the first cylindrical portion; and a pulley including a second cylindrical portion having a plurality of grooves, a second closed end provided at one end of the second cylindrical portion, and a second open end provided at the other end of the second cylindrical portion. In particular, the first closed end of the hub and the second closed end of the pulley are combined into one unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Yong Kim, Sung Kwang Kim, Tae Hoon Roh
  • Patent number: 11002356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the oil level (h3) in a differential gearbox for a vehicle having an oil sump (3) and an oil reservoir (4) that is pneumatically separated from the oil sump (3). The oil reservoir (4) is connected to the oil sump (3) by way of at least one oil channel (34), and the oil sump (3) is connected to a pneumatic pressure source (8) by way of at least one control valve (7) and an air line (5), wherein in at least one position (B) of the of a the control valve (7), the pressure source (8) is pneumatically connected to the oil sump (3). In order to improve the efficiency, at least one first characteristic operating parameter of the vehicle, according to the invention, is detected, and the control valve (7) is operated in dependence of at least said first characteristic operating parameter, wherein the vehicle speed (v) is selected as first characteristic operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: AVL Commercial Driveline & Tractor Engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Tochtermann
  • Patent number: 10995794
    Abstract: A device for injecting a fluid into a mechanical system that may undergo heating, comprising at least one body containing a thermally triggered charge generating combustion gas, ignition of the charge being able to be triggered under the action of an ignition command and/or under the effect of a heat contribution, from a heating area of the body toward the charge, a reservoir containing the fluid, means for fastening the device to the mechanical system, the fastening means adapted to put the reservoir in fluid communication with the mechanical system, and means for delivering pressurized fluid outside the reservoir through the action, directly or through intermediate means, of the combustion gases. Within the device, the fastening means comprise at least one injection sleeve provided with an outer thread coated with an anti-loosening adhesive film. The invention also relates to a mechanical system equipped with at least one such device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SKF AEROENGINE FRANCE
    Inventor: Hervé Carrerot
  • Patent number: 10989274
    Abstract: A synchronous belt with a tensile member layer having a tensile member embedded in an elastomeric body; a toothed surface with a plurality of regularly spaced, transverse teeth protruding from the body; and a jacket covering the toothed surface; wherein the teeth comprise a plurality of fabric insert layers that increase the stiffness of the tooth, the insert layers separated from each other by layers of an elastomer composition. The layers may be oriented parallel to the tensile member layer, perpendicular to the tensile member, or following the contour of the tooth. The layers may be a single piece of fabric folded into layers, or separate pieces of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Ochoa, Cynthia Decker, Karla J. Bier, Jennifer E. Pease, Patrick Joseph McNamee
  • Patent number: 10981625
    Abstract: A bicycle rear derailleur or gear changer may include a mounting portion mountable to a bicycle frame, an electrical portion attached to the mounting portion and including power supply alignment and attachment features, and an electrical cable electrically connected to the electrical portion and electrically connectable to a printed circuit board (PCB) of a movable member movably coupleable to the mounting portion. The mounting portion and the electrical portion may be formed of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Brown, Paul Feuerstein, David Reyes
  • Patent number: 10975933
    Abstract: A power transmission belt (B) has a reinforcing fabric (13) covering a pulley contact surface thereof. A cover layer (15) adheres to the reinforcing fabric (13) to cover surfaces of fibers or yarns constituting the reinforcing fabric (13), and is exposed outside. The cover layer (15) contains crosslinked polyolefin particles (16) in which polyolefin molecules are crosslinked with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kunisada
  • Patent number: 10968989
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a chain guide, which allows easy assembling of a guide shoe to a base member, and reliably prevents detachment of the guide shoe from the base member resulting from vibration or the like during the running of a chain. Provided is a chain guide wherein a base member includes an attachment extension extending upward from a base body part beyond a support surface, and a base-side engaged part formed in the attachment extension, a guide shoe includes a flexible extension extending from a shoe body part, and a shoe-side engaging part formed in the flexible extension, and the shoe-side engaging part is hooked to the base-side engaged part from below, or diagonally from below, or from front or back, to be positioned on the far side of the base-side engaged part during engagement therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
    Inventors: Masahiko Konno, Munehiro Maeda
  • Patent number: 10968979
    Abstract: A power transmission belt includes: a belt body and a cover fabric made of a fabric containing synthetic fibers as a main component and covering a surface of the belt body toward a pulley contact surface. The cover fabric has a surface toward the belt body, and the surface is in contact with a rubber composition containing cellulose-based short fibers. The rubber composition includes a rubber component in which the cellulose-based short fibers are dispersed. The cover fabric and the rubber composition containing the cellulose-based short fibers are exposed on a pulley contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuya Shindo
  • Patent number: 10946931
    Abstract: A bicycle rear sprocket assembly is configured to be mounted to a sprocket support body of a bicycle rear hub assembly. The bicycle rear sprocket assembly comprises a plurality of bicycle sprockets. The plurality of bicycle sprockets comprises a first sprocket and a second sprocket. The first sprocket includes a first opening having a first minimum diameter that is smaller than a minimum outer diameter of the sprocket support body of the bicycle rear hub assembly. The second sprocket includes a second opening and at least ten internal spline teeth. The second opening has a second minimum diameter that is equal to or larger than the minimum outer diameter of the sprocket support body of the bicycle rear hub assembly. The at least ten internal spline teeth are configured to engage with the sprocket support body of the bicycle rear hub assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Fujita