Patents Examined by Aimee Tran Nguyen
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Patent number: 12152636Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya Sakano, Yuichi Tarukawa
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Patent number: 12138958Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hui-Yuan Su
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Patent number: 12140206Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jong Sool Park, Woo Hyun Lim, Yeo Hae Lee, Kyoung Chul Min, Dae In Lee, Ki Seok Kim
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Patent number: 12110929Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: GKN Automotive LimitedInventor: Toshiaki Komatsu
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Patent number: 12110020Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomonori Nonami, Shin Nomura, Takeshi Inoguchi, Yoshihide Nakane
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Patent number: 12092196Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventor: Julian Lüftl
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Patent number: 12083893Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Inventor: Anthony Gregory Walsh
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Patent number: 12078206Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: C&U COMPANY LIMITED.Inventors: Jialiang Xu, Xuefeng Bai, Shuwu Zhang
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Patent number: 12055213Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Iida, Takatoshi Sasaki, Masaya Katou
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Patent number: 12036866Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLCInventors: Andrew T. Brammer, Michael D. Cook
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Patent number: 12024158Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Akshay Bichkar, Corey James Blue, Jason Meyer, Bradley Dean Riedle, Timothy Baxendale
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Patent number: 12013027Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMSInventor: Guillaume Pierre Mouly
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Patent number: 12013019Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: VALEO KAPEC CO., LTD.Inventor: Ju Seok Kang
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Patent number: 11993266Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Dongwon Jeoung, Sunghyun Cho, Sangmo Ha, Jongyun Park, Jungwoo Seo
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Patent number: 11988254Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventor: Martin Ruider
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Patent number: 11965570Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Brembo S.p.A.Inventors: Pierangelo Gherardi, Roberto Arienti, Andrea Odoni, Carlo Cantoni
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Patent number: 11946534Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Erick Arturo Vazquez, Steven Olsen, Victor Alejandro Reyna
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Patent number: 11946543Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Matsuo, Mitsuhiro Hara, Masashi Yuboku
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Patent number: 11927252Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATIONInventor: Johan Folkesson
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Patent number: 11926311Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Changning Tai, Xuewu Liu, Xiaoming Ling, Fenfen Ma, You Zhou, Anwei Zhang, Dongwei Liang, Jiajing Guan