Patents Examined by Zakaria Elahmadi
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Patent number: 11965582Abstract: A worm reducer has: a housing having a wheel housing portion and a worm housing portion; a worm wheel; a worm, a support bearing having an inner ring externally fitted to the tip end portion of the worm and an outer ring; an elastic biasing means elastically biasing the outer ring toward the worm wheel side; and an elastic holding means elastically holding the outer ring from both sides in a direction orthogonal to a biasing direction by the elastic biasing means and to a center axis of the worm housing portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Ryou Oosawa, Satoshi Ishikuri, Haruhiko Kiyota, Souta Matsumoto, Toru Ishii, Hiroyuki Sugawara
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Patent number: 11959250Abstract: A first operation mechanism 3 includes a first driving source 30 which generates a driving force based on a drive command and a first driving mechanism 32 which inclines a left-side traveling pedal 1c by the driving force from the first driving source 30. The first driving mechanism 32 has a first abutting portion 32a which abuts a pedal surface of the left-side traveling pedal 1c and a first driving unit 32b which inclines the left-side traveling pedal 1c by inclining the first abutting portion. The first driving unit 32b is arranged in a position shifted to a lateral side from a space in which the first abutting portion 32a moves.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Sasaki, Seiji Saiki, Yoichiro Yamazaki, Kohei Nakamizo
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Patent number: 11953081Abstract: A leadscrew assembly includes a screw shaft along which is formed a first helical groove and a primary nut along which is form a second helical groove. The first helical groove and the second helical groove cooperate to define a track. The assembly also includes a secondary nut along which is formed a third helical groove. The first helical groove and the third helical groove cooperate to define a track with a nominal running clearance. A preload X is provided wherein when a load applied to the screw exceeds the predetermined preload, the secondary nut engages with the track such that load of the screw above preload X is transferred through the secondary nut and thus protecting the primary nut.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventor: Stephen Davies
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Patent number: 11952050Abstract: A kit for reinforcing a rack and pinion steering system includes a bushing to be slid over an end of a steering rack and inserted into an opening of a rack housing of the rack and pinion steering assembly on the driver's side. The kit may also include a retainer to be inserted into the opening of the rack housing to ensure that the bushing remains in position inside the rack housing. The bushing includes a reinforcing side and a retaining side. The reinforcing side has a shape that mimics the shape of the space between the rack rod and the rack housing. The kit may further include an enhanced passenger side housing assembly that includes a bushing made of a wear resistant material. The passenger side bushing is disposed within a passenger side main housing. The enhanced passenger side housing assembly replaces the original passenger side housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BroncBuster LLCInventors: Tyler Mason, Austin Shuman Brackin
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Patent number: 11953086Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating device for controlling lubrication in a stepped transmission comprising a splitter section (10, 20) with an input shaft (I) and a main gear section (30, 40, 50, 60) with an output shaft (O) and a countershaft (C); where the splitter section (10, 20) comprises a first splitter gear set (10) connectable to the input shaft (I) by a first gear shift mechanism (23); and a second splitter gear set (20) connectable to the input shaft (I) by the first gear shift mechanism (23); and connectable to the output shaft (O) by a second gear shift mechanism (33). A lubrication arrangement for the second splitter gear set (20) is arranged to be controlled by the current positions of the first and the second gear shift mechanisms (23, 33); wherein the lubrication arrangement is controlled to at least reduce lubrication when the first and the second gear shift mechanisms (23, 33) are simultaneously connected to or disconnected from the second splitter gear set (20).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Volvo Truck CorporationInventor: Anders Hedman
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Patent number: 11946529Abstract: A sliding table assembly includes a sliding seat unit slidably mounted to a base unit. Two auxiliary sliding seats are slidably mounted to the base unit and disposed on two sides of the sliding seat unit. A connection member is connected between the auxiliary sliding seats. Two roller sets are respectively mounted to the auxiliary sliding seats. Each roller set has rollers to roll on the base unit. A driving screw rod is coupled to the sliding seat unit and embraced by the auxiliary seats. When the sliding unit is moved by the driving screw rod, it pushes the auxiliary sliding seats to slide together therewith.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Toyo Automation Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kun-Cheng Tseng, Ming-Chi Su, En-Tzu Hsu
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Patent number: 11940036Abstract: A roller screw mechanism is provided comprising a screw with an outer thread, and a nut disposed around and coaxially with the screw and comprising an inner thread; and with rollers that each have an outer thread and inserted between the screw and the nut, each roller having two ends each provided with an outer gear teeth, each outer gear teeth having, in cross-section, an outer diameter less than or equal to a root diameter of the outer thread of the rollers; and two synchronizing gear teeth disposed coaxially to the screw and in which the outer gear teeth of the rollers engage, wherein the outer gear teeth of the rollers have teeth with a flank having, in cross-section, a convex hypotrochoidal profile and the synchronizing gear teeth have teeth with a flank having, in cross-section, a hypotrochoidal or epitrochoidal profile.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: ALT BEARINGSInventor: Folly Abevi
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Patent number: 11940046Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing and a cover defining an internal volume in which are received at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft from the rotor, a circuit board for supplying power to the stator and controlling the electric motor, and a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion. The housing or the cover includes an electrical connector which incorporates a semipermeable membrane allowing an exchange of gas between the inside of the actuator and the external surroundings.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Sylvain Gautier, Dominique Gilet, Vincent Bazin
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Patent number: 11933394Abstract: Disclosed is a drive unit (10) with a housing (12), an electric motor (14) arranged in the housing with a rotor shaft (26). At least two oil chambers (30) are arranged in the housing (12). In each case the oil chambers include an oil zone (38) and an air zone (40) with an oil capture pocket (46). The oil chambers are flow-connected to one another via an overflow channel (42). Axial end areas of the rotor shaft (26) project into the oil chambers (30), and the rotor shaft defines a connecting channel (34) which flow-connects the oil chambers (30) to one another. A transmission is coupled to one axial end area or the rotor shaft (26) and an impulse disk (32) is coupled to the opposite axial end area, where each axial end area conveys oil to the respective oil capture pocket (46).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Andreas Holzlöhner, Vyacheslav Brushkivskyy
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Patent number: 11933396Abstract: A gear shifting mechanism includes a drive motor, a shifting drum, and a first shifting mechanism. The first shifting mechanism includes a first shifting fork, an inner shaft, an outer hub, a first coupling pin, and an elastic component. The elastic component is sleeved on the inner shaft and is located between the inner shaft and the outer hub. There is a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion between the outer hub and the inner shaft. The elastic component is located between the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion. The first limiting portion is connected to one of the outer hub and the inner shaft, and the second limiting portion is connected to the other of the outer hub and the inner shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hu Zhong, Xueyu Mei, Huan Wang
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Patent number: 11926391Abstract: A motor is to be mounted on a vehicle as a drive source. The motor includes a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a drive gear provided on the motor shaft, a gear shaft extending in the axial direction, a driven gear provided on the gear shaft and coupled to the drive gear, a rotating member, an inner bearing that supports the gear shaft, and an outer bearing that supports the gear shaft. The rotating member is provided on the gear shaft and is configured to be coupled to a power transmission member that transmits power to a wheel of the vehicle. The rotating member is located between the inner bearing and the outer bearing in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Masaki Nishiyabu, Takuya Noami
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Patent number: 11925996Abstract: An apparatus or actuator system having a motor, a housing and a thrust rod or thrust tube, where the actuator is configured to convert rotational motion of the motor into axial motion of the thrust tube for axial motion of a tool coupling therewith. A guide assembly is coupled to the actuator housing, extending along an axis thereof. The guide assembly comprises a guide shaft and a coupling between the guide shaft and the thrust tube, and is configured to provide positional stability for the tool coupling when positioned along the actuator axis by motion of the thrust tube.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Tolomatic, Inc.Inventors: Gary W. Rosengren, Wyatt A. Grunerud, Ryan H. Bourgoine
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Patent number: 11920649Abstract: An example robot includes: a motor disposed at a joint configured to control motion of a member of the robot; a transmission including an input member coupled to and configured to rotate with the motor, an intermediate member, and an output member, where the intermediate member is fixed such that as the input member rotates, the output member rotates therewith at a different speed; a pad frictionally coupled to a side surface of the output member of the transmission and coupled to the member of the robot; and a spring configured to apply an axial preload on the pad, wherein the axial preload defines a torque limit that, when exceeded by a torque load on the member of the robot, the output member of the transmission slips relative to the pad.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: BOSTON DYNAMICS, INC.Inventors: Zachary John Jackowski, Adam Young
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Patent number: 11906027Abstract: A light-weight gear including: an annular tooth portion made of metal; a shaft extending along a central axis of the tooth portion and made of metal; and a coupling element configured to couple the shaft to the tooth portion and made of a resin, in which a joining part between the shaft and the coupling element and a joining part between the tooth portion and the coupling element are provided with irregularities configured to be engaged with one another in a circumferential direction, and corners of the irregularities are rounded to release a stress. Also, provided is a manufacturing method of a light-weight gear including: disposing the tooth portion and the shaft in a mold and injecting a molten resin into a cavity of the mold, thereby simultaneously performing injection molding of the coupling element and joining the coupling element to the tooth portion and the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Kazutaka Nakayama
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Patent number: 11890973Abstract: A gearing arrangement for a spindle drive arrangement may have a gearing housing and a gearing holder. The gearing holder may have at least two receiving openings, one for each fastening screw or one for each fastening bolt for fastening to another component, in particular to a vehicle seat. The at least two receiving openings may be oriented at right-angles and/or obliquely with respect to one another. A spindle drive arrangement having such a gearing arrangement, and also to a vehicle seat having such a spindle drive arrangement is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Adient US LLCInventor: Ivica Stanic
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Patent number: 11867272Abstract: Gearwheel for structure-borne sound reduction in electric drives, having a toothed ring and a wheel hub, which has a structured annular or corrugated web between a shaft seat and the toothed ring. The web has a structure designed with deviations from uniform stiffness and mass distribution about an axis of rotation of the gearwheel, and has an axial symmetry to avoid imbalance. The gearwheel has a two-fold, four-fold, six-fold or eight-fold cyclic axial symmetry.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Josef Otta, Christoph Schwarzbauer, Anton Sänger, Johannes Luka
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Patent number: 11859694Abstract: A linear actuator assembling method includes a semi-finished product assembling step and a threaded shaft assembling step. The semi-finished product assembling step is to form a semi-finished product, and the semi-finished product includes a case, a main gear, and a main gear bearing. The main gear and the main gear bearing are surrounded and restricted by the case, and the main gear bearing is sleeved on the main gear. In the threaded shaft assembling step, a threaded shaft is reversely assembled, and one end of the threaded shaft is inserted into the main gear to allow the end of the threaded shaft to be restricted by the main gear.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: J-STAR MOTOR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei-Fan Wu
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Patent number: 11859705Abstract: Harmonic drives are used widely in robotics as a method for achieving high gear reductions and for driving force transmissions. The harmonic drive is made a three components: a wave generator, a flexspline, and a circular spline. Embodiments described flexsplines for a metal strain wave gearing. The cup of the flexspline is free from sharp edges and with a rounded bottom with a curvature maximized based on the geometry of the flexspline. Compared to a steel flexspline, implementations of flexsplines will have the same outer diameter, the same number of teeth and profile, the same input shaft/base, the same wall thickness near the teeth, but comprise a rounded bottom where the input shaft/base transitions to the straight wall of the flexspline, providing improved performance of BMG flexsplines by reducing low cycle fatigue failures due to stress concentrations.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Douglas C. Hofmann, Robert P. Dillon, Scott N. Roberts
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Patent number: 11850731Abstract: Various embodiments include a robot unit for a technical apparatus comprising: a base connecting the robot unit to the technical apparatus; a first member pivot-mounted on the base; and a second member pivot-mounted on the base or the first member. The first member and the second member are each movable in one direction relative to a degree of freedom by a separate actuator. The first member and the second member are only movable together counter to the direction relative to the degree of freedom by a single counter actuator device.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Christian Bachmann, Guillaume Pais, Iason Vittorias, Wolfgang Zöls
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Patent number: 11835116Abstract: An inner circulation ball screw includes a screw shaft, a nut, and a return member. The nut is disposed on the screw shaft to form a load path with the screw shaft. The return member is disposed in an accessory slot of the nut to form a non-load path connected with the load path to form a circulation path for circulation of balls. The return member has a ball-discharging channel provided with one end connected with an ineffective thread section of the nut and the other end communicating with a ball-discharging hole of the nut. Therefore, the balls are allowed to move to the outside of the nut through the ball-discharging channel and the ball-discharging hole for preventing the balls from being stuck in the ineffective thread section, thereby solving the problems of high resistance and damaging to related accessories.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.Inventors: Szu-Wei Yu, Chih-Ching Tsai, Shang-Hua Tsai