Patents Examined by Aimee Tran Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12152636
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a first sealing member and a second sealing member. The first sealing member has a sleeve mounted on an inner member, and a flange. The second sealing member has a tubular portion mounted on the outer member, a disk portion that faces the flange, a radial lip in slidable contact with the sleeve, and a side lip extending from the disk portion and being in slidable contact with the flange. The first sealing member has an annular first protrusion protruding from the flange toward the disk portion. The first protrusion is disposed radially outside the side lip and overlaps the side lip in radial directions. The second sealing member has an annular second protrusion protruding from the disk portion toward the flange. The second protrusion is disposed radially outside the first protrusion and overlaps the first protrusion in radial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Sakano, Yuichi Tarukawa
  • Patent number: 12138958
    Abstract: A hub structure includes a tubular body defining a hollow cavity. The tubular body includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface defining a first groove extending along an axial direction of the tubular body. The first groove is defined by an inner sidewall surrounding the hollow cavity, an outer sidewall spaced from and configured to face the inner sidewall, and a bottom surface coupling the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hui-Yuan Su
  • Patent number: 12140206
    Abstract: A universal driving device includes a ring gear, a sun gear installed such that the shaft distance between a rotation shaft of the sun gear and a rotation shaft of the ring gear is changeable, and a split gear disposed between the sun gear and the ring gear, and configured to split power, received from the sun gear through one path, into multiple paths and transmit the power to the ring gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Sool Park, Woo Hyun Lim, Yeo Hae Lee, Kyoung Chul Min, Dae In Lee, Ki Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 12110929
    Abstract: A rotary power transmission device includes a housing, a clutch, an actuator and a retaining body. The housing has an annular surface and an interior in which multiple components are received for rotation. The clutch is received within the housing and has a clutch ring selectively engageable with one of said multiple components. The actuator has a limit surface, a coil and a plunger driven for movement along an axis and relative to the clutch, and the plunger is received over and movable along the annular surface. The retaining body has a blocking surface radially overlapped with the limit surface and arranged to be contacted by the limit surface to prevent removal of the plunger from the annular surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventor: Toshiaki Komatsu
  • Patent number: 12110020
    Abstract: A braking/driving force control system, during control for maintaining a target vehicle speed, performs fuel cut and then, when a required braking/driving force for maintaining the target vehicle speed reduces, makes a downshift while fuel cut is continued. The braking/driving force control system causes a brake to generate a braking force such that the sum of a braking/driving force that a powertrain generates and the braking force that the brake generates agrees with the required braking/driving force. Thus, good fuel efficiency and riding comfort are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori Nonami, Shin Nomura, Takeshi Inoguchi, Yoshihide Nakane
  • Patent number: 12092196
    Abstract: A differential lock is configured for locking compensation movements between drive output shafts (4) in a differential gearbox of a vehicle. In the locking condition, at least one of the drive output shafts (4) is connected with interlock to a differential cage (2) connected to a drive input, by means of a sliding sleeve (5) which is connected rotationally fixed to the drive output shaft (4) and can be displaced axially, For axial movement of the sliding sleeve (5), which is prestressed against at least one spring element (7), the action of a pressure (6) is provided. The spring element (7) is arranged, at least partially, radially inside the sliding sleeve (5). In addition a differential gearbox with the differential lock is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Julian Lüftl
  • Patent number: 12083893
    Abstract: An output mechanism for use in a transmission includes an output shaft, a sun gear assembly, a planetary assembly, an outer gear, and an output gear. The sun gear assembly includes: a sun gear around the output shaft and a sun gear sleeve extending from the sun gear. The planetary assembly includes: one or more planetary gears around and meshed with the sun gear; and a casing surrounding the sun gear, joined to the one or more planetary gears, and configured to rotate around the sun gear when the one or more planetary gears rotate around the sun gear. The outer gear has inner teeth meshed with the one or more planetary gears and outer teeth being configured to be selectively meshed with a first external gear. The output gear is rotatably locked to the sun gear sleeve and is configured to be selectively meshed with a second external gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Anthony Gregory Walsh
  • Patent number: 12078206
    Abstract: A pressure plate bearing device assembled by quick connection includes a bearing and a pressure plate. The pressure plate includes a sleeving hole which sleeves outside an outer race of the bearing, a limiting groove provided in a position where the outer race of the bearing is nested in the sleeving hole in a matching manner, and a steel ball arranged in the limiting groove. Based on the limiting match between the steel ball and the sleeving hole and that between the steel ball and the outer race of the bearing, at least the axial limit between the bearing and the pressure plate is at least fulfilled. The outer race of the bearing or the pressure plate is provided with a mounting channel that is in communication with the limiting groove. The pressure plate bearing device assembled by the quick connection is more easily assembled and reliably connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: C&U COMPANY LIMITED.
    Inventors: Jialiang Xu, Xuefeng Bai, Shuwu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12055213
    Abstract: A clutch includes a clutch disk that rotates by receiving motive power from an engine and a clutch plate switched between an engaged state in which it is engaged with the clutch disk and a disengaged state in which it is not engaged with the clutch disk. A controller calculates a coefficient of friction ? between the clutch disk and the clutch plate based on a time period ?t elapsed from a first time point when the number of relative rotations of the clutch disk and the clutch plate attains to a first number of rotations to a second time point when a second number of rotations smaller than the first number of rotations is attained, in a state in which the clutch disk rotates while transfer of motive power from the engine to the clutch disk is cut off and in the engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Iida, Takatoshi Sasaki, Masaya Katou
  • Patent number: 12036866
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a drive arrangement for a vehicle including a housing, a double planetary gear set partially or fully contained within the housing, an input shaft selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set, a first clutch assembly coupled to the input shaft and selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set, a second clutch assembly coupled to the input shaft and selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set, and a sliding spline coupled to the input shaft and selectively engaged with the double planetary gear set. The double planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a second sun gear, a first set of planetary gears, a second set of planetary gears, a planetary gear carrier, and a ring gear, wherein components of the double planetary gear set are lockable thereby providing three different gear ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew T. Brammer, Michael D. Cook
  • Patent number: 12024158
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a driveline disconnect clutch of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a driveline disconnect clutch is positioned according to whether or not there may be slip across the driveline disconnect clutch. In one example, slip may be inferred from vehicle speed and a torque converter impeller speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Akshay Bichkar, Corey James Blue, Jason Meyer, Bradley Dean Riedle, Timothy Baxendale
  • Patent number: 12013027
    Abstract: A planet carrier for a speed reduction gear of a turbomachine has a main axis X and includes a cage carrier with an annular row of axial fingers around the axis X, which carry first connecting elements. The carrier further includes a cage having at its periphery housings and second connecting elements that are mounted in the housings and that cooperate with the first connecting elements to form connections between the cage carrier and the cage, which allow at least one degree of freedom. The cage comprises two shells that are axially fastened to each other and separated from each other by a plane. The housings are formed respectively in the shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Guillaume Pierre Mouly
  • Patent number: 12013019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a torque converter that may reduce production cost by a simple structure compared to the conventional art, reduce the overall size of the torque converter by minimizing an installation space of an anti-resonance damper, and improve damping performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO KAPEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ju Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 11993266
    Abstract: A transmission control system of an electric vehicle includes a motor configured to generate drive torque; a transmission configured to perform multi-stage shifting using a dog clutch in a restraint relationship with a one-way clutch configured to transmit forward power of the motor; a speed sensor configured to measure a rotation speed on an output side of the transmission; a motor control unit configured to control the drive torque from the motor according to a driver's accelerator position signal (APS) value; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the multi-stage shifting of the transmission according to a torque command based on the APS value, and to perform clutch alignment control by moving up a sleeve in a reverse direction to contact a hub through a reverse rotation operation of gear teeth by applying reverse rotation torque of predetermined drive force through the motor in a pre-engagement state of the dog clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dongwon Jeoung, Sunghyun Cho, Sangmo Ha, Jongyun Park, Jungwoo Seo
  • Patent number: 11988254
    Abstract: A dog clutch arrangement for a motor vehicle having a clutch body. The clutch body has first teeth in a first toothing and an axially movable sliding sleeve arrangement with second teeth in a second toothing. The sliding sleeve arrangement has a shift ring and a sleeve with the second toothing. The shift ring and the sleeve at least partially overlap in axial direction and are arranged to be axially displaceable relative to one another. The shift ring and the sleeve enclose an intermediate space, a pneumatic damping which damps the movement of the sleeve and the shift ring relative to one another being formed with the intermediate space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Martin Ruider
  • Patent number: 11965570
    Abstract: An actuator device of a braking device and a clutch may have a pump provided with a single operating device for pressurizing a fluid by a float, and a first delivery circuit and a second delivery circuit fluidly connected to an outlet of the pump. The first delivery circuit may be fluidly connectable to a braking device, the second delivery circuit may be fluidly connectable to a clutch. The actuator device may have a diverter device suitable for fluidly connecting the output of the pump alternately with the first delivery circuit and with the second delivery circuit, so as to alternately actuate the braking device or the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.
    Inventors: Pierangelo Gherardi, Roberto Arienti, Andrea Odoni, Carlo Cantoni
  • Patent number: 11946534
    Abstract: A torque converter assembly having a cover including a tubular body, and a pump including a shell. The shell of the pump is received in the tubular body of the cover, and the shell of the pump is joined to the cover with a circumferential weld. The tubular body of the cover can include a circumferentially extending groove, and the circumferential weld can be at least partially aligned in an axial direction with the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Erick Arturo Vazquez, Steven Olsen, Victor Alejandro Reyna
  • Patent number: 11946543
    Abstract: A parking mechanism includes an actuator having a manual shaft rotating around the first axis, a flange provided on an outer periphery of the manual shaft, a cam rod having a coupling portion coupled to the flange and a rod body moveable along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis with a movement of the flange, a coil spring attached to the rod body, a cam that is attached to the rod body and moves along the second axis by motion of the rod body transmitting via the coil spring, a pawl member having a meshing portion and operating with a movement of the cam, and a parking gear having a tooth portion with which the meshing portion meshes. The self-holding torque of the actuator is larger than the torque applied to the manual shaft at the time of maximum compression of the coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuo, Mitsuhiro Hara, Masashi Yuboku
  • Patent number: 11927252
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle includes an input shaft, a planetary gearset comprising a sun gearwheel, one or more planet gearwheels, a planet gearwheel holder and a planet ring gearwheel, a first gearwheel, a second gearwheel, a third gearwheel, a fourth gearwheel and a fifth gearwheel, an output shaft, and at least two gear engaging devices which are configured to provide at least four selectable gear connections. The planet ring gearwheel is rotatably connected or connectable to the first gearwheel. A first gear engaging device is configured to be provided in a first state where it rotationally connects the second gearwheel to the fourth gearwheel and in a second state where it rotationally disconnects the second gearwheel from the fourth gearwheel. The third selectable gear connection is provided by at least setting the first gear engaging device in the first gear engaging device first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Johan Folkesson
  • Patent number: 11926311
    Abstract: A hybrid driving system and a hybrid electric vehicle. The hybrid driving system includes an engine, an input element (20), an output element (23), a box body (24), a first motor (13), a second motor (14), a first planet row, a second planet row, a third planet row, a first clutch (15) and a first brake (16). According to the hybrid driving system of the present disclosure, a basic three-planet-row planet gear configuration is provided through the planet row mechanical structure and the reasonable layout of multiple operating elements (the clutches and the brakes), which can realize at least two E-CVT working modes to obtain higher transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changning Tai, Xuewu Liu, Xiaoming Ling, Fenfen Ma, You Zhou, Anwei Zhang, Dongwei Liang, Jiajing Guan