Patents Examined by Sherry L. Estremsky
  • Patent number: 11668374
    Abstract: A traction device including a ring member, a carrier, and a sun member and an electric motor, wherein the electric motor is coupled to at least one of the ring member, the carrier, and the sun member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Limited
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. David, Daniel J. Dawe, Charles B. Lohr, III, Gordon M. McIndoe, Travis J. Miller, Sebastian J. Peters, Patrick R. Sexton
  • Patent number: 11655890
    Abstract: An axle system is provided herein. In one example, the axle system includes a gearbox housing at least partially enclosing a gearbox and a planetary gearset that is rotationally coupled to an output of the gearbox and positioned co-axial with a rotational axis of an axle shaft in a differential. The planetary gearset includes a ring gear grounded by a planetary support that is attached to the gearbox housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas W. Laforce, Andrew T. Brammer
  • Patent number: 11655879
    Abstract: A motor unit having a motor shaft, and a speed reduction mechanism connected to the motor shaft are included. The speed reduction mechanism includes a sun gear unit disposed on the motor shaft, planetary gear units meshing with the sun gear unit and arranged in the circumferential direction, a carrier at least a part of which surrounds the planetary gear units, and an output unit connected to the planetary gear units. The carrier includes a first cylindrical portion disposed outward of and above the sun gear unit and extending in the axial direction. The first cylindrical portion rotatably supports the output unit via a bearing, and the bearing is at least partly disposed radially inward of the radially outer end of the planetary gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Ohiro, Takuya Ogawa, Ryosuke Takahashi, Toshitsugu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11649884
    Abstract: A vehicle powertrain may include a differential assembly having a housing disposed partially in a lubrication reservoir. The differential assembly translates rotational motion of a pinion gear to a pair of axle shafts extending from the housing and permits different rotational speeds of the axle shafts. One or more components of the differential assembly, e.g., one or more side gears, may include a plurality of radial grooves configured to distribute a lubricant from the lubrication reservoir while the first side gear rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mason Verbridge, Gary Allen Pinkley, Caleb Alex Morris, George Zalanca
  • Patent number: 11644085
    Abstract: A reducer for high precision control includes a pin gear housing and two-stage reduction components disposed therein: a first-stage reduction component including an input shaft, a sun gear and a planet gear; and a second-stage reduction component including 2-3 eccentric shafts distributed uniformly, cycloidal gears, a pin, a left rigid disk and a right rigid disk, and bearings, wherein the cycloidal gears are supported by bearings on two eccentric sections of the eccentric shaft, shaft extensions on two sides of the eccentric section of the eccentric shaft are supported by bearings on the left rigid disk and the right rigid disk, and the left rigid disk and the right rigid disk are supported by bearings in inner holes of two sides of the pin gear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUZHOU HUAZHEN INDUSTRY RV REDUCER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11643983
    Abstract: Spark ignition engine operation at higher RPM so as to reduce alcohol requirements in high efficiency alcohol enhanced gasoline engines is disclosed. Control of engine upspeeding (use of a higher ratio of engine RPM to wheel RPM) so as to achieve an alcohol reduction objective while limiting any decrease in efficiency is described. High RPM alcohol enhanced gasoline engine operation in plug-in series hybrid powertrains for heavy duty trucks and other vehicles is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Daniel R. Cohn, Leslie Bromberg
  • Patent number: 11639746
    Abstract: A gearbox is disclosed. The gearbox can have planetary gears. Each planetary gear can revolve around a rotational center of itself while concurrently revolving around a rotational center of the gear system as a whole. The gearbox can be used to deliver rotational output energy at a right (or other angle) from the direction of a received input energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Gabrael T. Levine
  • Patent number: 11639165
    Abstract: The gear assembly can be operatively connected on the input side to a drive machine and on the output side preferably to an actuating element of the electrically operable brake and comprises at least one gear stage. The at least one gear stage comprises at least two intermeshing gear wheels, of which at least one gear wheel is rotatably mounted on an axle element by engagement of the axle element in a receptacle of the at least one gear wheel. The receptacle and the axle element have mutually corresponding peripheral surfaces, of which, in the axial direction, at least one peripheral surface has an outwardly curved contour and the other peripheral surface has a contour designed such that the peripheral surfaces roll against one another on the contours in order to bring the at least one gear wheel and the axle element into an oblique position relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Niklas Baer
  • Patent number: 11639751
    Abstract: A ring gear assembly includes a ring gear, a gear box case, and a set of bolts. The ring gear includes a set of gear teeth inside the ring gear and arranged in a circle around the ring gear axis. The ring gear further includes a set of flanges arranged along at least one side of the ring gear. Each flange has a respective flange bolt hole therethrough, and each flange bolt hole has a respective bolt axis that is oriented perpendicular to the ring gear axis. The gear box case has a set of gear box bolt holes therethrough, each gear box bolt hole corresponding to a respective one of the flange bolt holes. Each of the bolts passes through a respective one of the gear box bolt holes and its corresponding flange bolt hole to fasten the ring gear to the gear box case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Aaran Ashley Barnes, Eric S. Olson
  • Patent number: 11629650
    Abstract: A planetary gearbox having a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a plurality of journal bearing pins. At its axially forward face side and/or at its axially rearward face side, each planet gear forms a recess that extends inside the planet gear starting from the face side. The planet gear forms a protrusion at its axially forward face side and/or at its axially rearward face side. The protrusion has an axial extent and a radial extent, wherein the radial extent is limited at the respective face side to the area between the planet gear inner bore and the radial inner limit of the respective recess in the planet gear, and wherein the protrusion is configured to provide for a flow path for oil emerging from the journal bearing that guides the oil away from the journal bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: Martin Berthold, Colin Young
  • Patent number: 11624424
    Abstract: A rotation driving device includes: a body 10, made of resin, and having an accommodation hole 13 in a cylindrical shape with an axis S as a center; a motor M, comprising a rotor 60 provided in an accommodation hole of the body and rotating around the axis and a rotation shaft 40 integrally rotating around the axis with the rotor and extending in an axial direction; a first bearing B1 fixed to an end side of the body and a second bearing B2 fixed to the other end side of the body in the axial direction, so as to rotatably support the rotation shaft; and a first cover member 110 connected to the one end side of the body and a second cover member 120 connected to the other end side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Shiokawa, Daiki Ihara, Shota Yagoh, Katsushi Takami
  • Patent number: 11623510
    Abstract: An electric drive axle in a vehicle is provided. The electric drive axle includes, in one example, an electric motor-generator, a gearbox, and a differential. The gearbox comprises a planetary gear set that includes a sun gear configured to rotate on a sun gear shaft directly coupled to a rotor of the electric motor-generator and an intermediate shaft that includes an idler gear rotationally coupled to a pinion gear that is rotationally coupled to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventor: Eric M. Engerman
  • Patent number: 11619289
    Abstract: Provided is a continuously variable transmission, comprising an outer shell (1), wherein a middle shell (101) is provided in the middle of the outer shell (1), two sides of the middle shell (101) are respectively provided with a first end cover (102) and a second end cover (103), a third shaft (12) is arranged in the middle of the first end cover (102) in a penetrating manner, the third shaft (12) is connected to a bucket-wheel sun gear (501), the inside of the third shaft (12) is a hollow structure, a second shaft (11) is arranged in the middle of the second end cover (103) in a penetrating manner, the second shaft (11) is connected to a second sun gear (401), the middle of a first sun gear (301) is fixedly provided with a first shaft (10), the first shaft (10) passes through the third shaft (12), the inside of which is a hollow structure, in a penetrating manner, and the radius of rotation of a bucket-wheel planetary gear (502) rotating around the bucket-wheel sun gear (501) is greater than the radius of ro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: WEIHAI TUANZHONG TRANSMISSION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Tang, Yuning Tang
  • Patent number: 11614152
    Abstract: The description is directed broadly to a locking differential, comprising; a pair of rotating bevel gears engaged with one another via at least one pinion gear rotatably supported within a carrier; a locking member disposed within the carrier and engagable with each of the bevel gears, the locking member being movable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, such that in the unlocked configuration the locking member allows free rotation of the bevel gears in engagement with the at least one pinion gear to equalise torque between a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear of the pair, and in the locked configuration the locking member locks the first bevel gear to the carrier and locks the second bevel gear to the carrier, simultaneously, to prevent relative movement therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony David Roberts, David John Roberts
  • Patent number: 11608876
    Abstract: A speed reducer according to the present invention includes: at least one gear member for changing a speed of rotations input from a rotary device and outputting the rotations; a case housing the gear member; and a heating unit provided on the case and configured to heat the case or an inside of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Yuto Nakai
  • Patent number: 11608785
    Abstract: A mechanical reduction gear of a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft. The reduction gear includes a sun gear, a ring gear surrounded by a ring gear carrier, and planet gears meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear. The ring gear carrier includes an axial abutment on which the ring gear is configured to bear, and helical external splines which are engaged in complementary internal splines of the ring gear carrier and which are configured to cooperate by sliding with the internal splines so as to force the ring gear to be held against the abutment in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Adrien Louis Simon, Simon Loic Clement Lefebvre
  • Patent number: 11608882
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a water cooled planetary system comprising a planetary gearing system and a cooling assembly integrated into the planetary gearing system. The cooling assembly further comprises a stationary shaft, a main rotary union housed within the stationary shaft and a coolant tubing disposed on the main rotary union configured to deliver a coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Vacuum Technology Associates Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Pollara, Jr., Ramya Chandrasekaran, Thomas Foley
  • Patent number: 11603914
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission. The continuously variable transmission is provided with an outer housing (1), an inner cavity (2), a first planetary gear set (4), and a second planetary gear set (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: WEIHAI TUANZHONG TRANSMISSION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Tang, Yuning Tang
  • Patent number: 11603908
    Abstract: A speed reducer according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: an input gear; a plurality of spur gears configured to rotate in mesh with the input gear; one or more eccentric cams formed on each of a plurality of shafts, each of the plurality of shafts being coupled to corresponding one of the plurality of spur gears; and one or more eccentric gears each having a plurality of first through-holes and a plurality of second through-holes, each of the plurality of first through-holes rotatably supporting corresponding one of the one or more eccentric cams, the second through-holes being disposed adjacent to the first through-holes and formed asymmetrically as viewed from a direction of a central axis, and the one or more eccentric gear are configured to rotate eccentrically relative to a rotational axis of the input gear in conjunction with rotation of the one or more eccentric cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi, Yuto Nakai
  • Patent number: 11603922
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission device for a household electrical appliance, including a drive shaft and an output shaft assembly. The output shaft assembly includes a planetary carrier, a planetary gear train mounted on the planetary carrier, an output shaft and a follower shaft. The planetary gear train includes a sun gear and at least one planetary gear engaged with the sun gear. The planetary carrier is connected to the output shaft. The sun gear is connected to the follower shaft. The planetary carrier is provided with a first bearing and a second bearing that are disposed coaxially with the output shaft. One end of the follower shaft protrudes from the sun gear and is connected to the first bearing. One other end of the follower shaft passes through the second bearing, protrudes from the planetary carrier and is connected to the drive shaft in a clearance fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Gexin Han