Patents Examined by Brian L Swenson
  • Patent number: 12168279
    Abstract: A blade for a skate for skating on ice. The blade includes ice-contacting material with an ice-contacting surface for contacting the ice. The ice-contacting surface has a machined longitudinal profile with a radius of curvature that varies smoothly over a majority of the length of the blade. Such a radius of curvature may, in some cases, be an elliptical arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LTD.
    Inventors: Magnus Eriksson, Linus Berglund
  • Patent number: 12168469
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a spindle for a recreational vehicle, such as a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), or a side-by-side vehicle. The spindle includes a spine, optionally a front fin that extends from a front surface of the spine, and optionally a rear fin that extends from a back surface of the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Arctic Cat Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Charles Moldaschel, Benjamin Taylor Langaas, Nathan Lee Blomker, Steven Janzow, Guy L. Sibilleau
  • Patent number: 12161930
    Abstract: A self-propelled, one-wheeled vehicle may include a board having two deck portions each having a concave front footpad configured to receive a foot of a rider, and a wheel assembly disposed between the deck portions. The concave front footpad has a rider detection sensor in the form of a membrane switch conforming to the shape of the footpad (e.g., facilitated by one or more slots formed in the membrane switch). A motor assembly drives the vehicle in response to board orientation and rider detection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Future Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Jonathan Doerksen, Beau Robertson, Phil Rullman, Ximena Prugue, Daniel Blachinsky
  • Patent number: 12162435
    Abstract: A vehicle mountable shoe cleaner includes a brush plate with a plurality of bristles on the top side and pads on the bottom side. Additionally, a second plate secures to the brush plate such that a vehicle step is clamped between brush plate and the second plate. The shoe cleaner may be configured with a brush plate mounted to two ring clamps for mounting to a tubular vehicle step. In another embodiment of the invention, a retractable cleaner pad is mounted to the frame of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Wesley Thomas
  • Patent number: 12161061
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a body frame, a seat disposed on the body frame, a wheel attached to the body frame to be driven by an electric motor, a battery to supply electric power to the electric motor via an inverter and an electrical component, a plate member placed inside a covered space with a top being covered and on which the inverter and the electrical component are mounted, and a guide supported by the body frame to drawably guide the plate member from a position inside the covered space to a position outside the covered space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nishizawa, Kohei Ogura, Masato Arata, Daisuke Kono
  • Patent number: 12157358
    Abstract: The invention relates to a storage cell unit which has a housing and at least one longitudinal support which forms a lateral wall of the housing or is arranged adjacently to the lateral wall of the housing. The longitudinal support is designed as a hollow support which has at least one hollow chamber that extends in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal support and has a closed cross-section. The hollow chamber is equipped with a reinforcing element which extends over the majority of the length of the longitudinal support. The reinforcing element has a multichamber structure with a number of chambers adjoining one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Simon Haberl, Christian Paul
  • Patent number: 12157605
    Abstract: Difficulties associated with transferring fluids are overcome by providing jugs for such containers that are stackable and attachable to wheel assemblies and a pole that can serve as a handle for pulling or pushing the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Franks
  • Patent number: 12157512
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a folding cart, including a front frame, a rear frame and a side frame, wherein a front end of a front inclined rod is pivotally connected to a lower side of a front frame, and a rear end of a rear inclined rod is pivotally connected to a lower side of a rear frame. A pivoting mechanism is respectively connected to a rear end of a front top rod, a front end of a rear top rod, a rear end of the front inclined rod, and a front end of the rear inclined rod, and enables the four to be pivotally connected to each other. According to the present disclosure, the overall structural strength and folding stability of the folding cart are improved, and use requirements of a user can be guaranteed to a maximum extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Zhongshan Kanglaiya Trade Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zelian Jiang
  • Patent number: 12157362
    Abstract: A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that includes a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The one or more battery units are disposed within the housing. The mounting system is disposed adjacent to a top surface, e.g., on a planar top surface or within an upwardly oriented concavity. The mounting system has a frame member bracket and a housing bracket system. The housing bracket system includes a housing bracket, a load member and a vibration isolator. The housing bracket is configured to be coupled to the frame member bracket. The load member has a first portion disposed adjacent to an upper surface and a second portion disposed along a lateral portion of the housing. The vibration isolator is disposed between the load member and the housing bracket. The vibration isolator is configured to reduce load transmission from the frame member of the vehicle to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hexagon Purus North America Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Todd F. Sloan, Chris Forsberg, Eric M. Coupal-Sikes, Landon Tyerman
  • Patent number: 12139018
    Abstract: A hybrid power assembly and an all-terrain vehicle are provided. The hybrid power assembly includes an engine and a motor. The engine includes a crankshaft and a crankcase, the crankshaft is mounted in the crankcase, the crankcase includes a motor mounting cap, and a first end of the crankshaft extends out of the motor mounting cap. The motor includes a motor housing, a cap of the motor, a stator, and a rotor. The motor housing is mounted between the motor mounting cap and the cap of the motor, the stator is fixed in the motor housing, the rotor is arranged on the inner circumference of the stator and is rotatable relative to the stator, and the rotor is connected to the first end of the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEGWAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhengchang Deng
  • Patent number: 12134024
    Abstract: A rotatable binding interface for a snowboard for facilitating usage of the snowboard in at least two different orientations is disclosed herein. The rotatable binding interface includes a fixed assembly that is coupled to a snowboard body. A rotatable assembly is coupled to the fixed assembly, wherein the rotatable assembly is configured to allow fitment of a binding thereon, wherein a user may rotate the rotatable assembly using a foot placed in the binding by applying a twisting motion drive to the rotatable assembly. The rotatable assembly is configured to be locked in at least two different orientations for the user. The rotatable binding interface further includes a locking assembly configured to lock the rotatable assembly in at least two different orientations. There is a hinged binding interface that can tilt up when the rotatable assembly is rotated to an orientation where the user's boot is parallel to the length of the snowboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Frederick Lloyd
  • Patent number: 12128292
    Abstract: High W-Heels are stylish mobility devices, worn on each foot designed left and right, combining wheeled chassis below attached to fashionable boot above. Their unique three wheeled chassis design, featuring two same sized smaller diameter wheels in front (attached by axle) and a single larger diameter (high) wheel in the back, forms a triangle which provides the user the desirable combined stability of roller skates with the agility of roller blades. This forward leaning (high wheel) design aids momentum and promotes good posture while offering the renowned fashion of a stylish high-heeled demi-boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: John Brian DiBitetto
  • Patent number: 12128750
    Abstract: An energy store-floor assembly for a motor vehicle includes an electrical energy storage device that has a plurality of battery modules and that is accommodated in a multipart storage housing and arranged on the underside of a vehicle floor of the motor vehicle. In order to provide an energy store-floor assembly for a motor vehicle in which the energy storage device is connected to the motor vehicle bodyshell in an improved manner, the battery modules of the energy storage device are connected to the vehicle floor in a central region of the storage housing by way of a plurality of mechanical connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus Amsz, Jan Danneberg, Andre Heckert, Michael Kreitz, Juergen Leschhorn, Andreas Wolf
  • Patent number: 12126038
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a floor panel, a battery case, a frame that that supports a suspension, and a brace. The brace is fixed to the frame by a first fixing portion situated on a right side of the vehicle with respect to a middle line. The brace is fixed to the frame by a second fixing portion situated on a left side of the vehicle with respect to the middle line. The brace is fixed to the battery case by a third fixing portion situated on the right side of the vehicle with respect to the middle line. The brace is fixed to the battery case by a fourth fixing portion situated on the left side of the vehicle with respect to the middle line. The brace includes a first plate and a second plate which is fixed to the first plate and covers a recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenori Hashida, Takayuki Nakamura, Osamu Shimasaki, Hyuga Atsumi, Satoshi Ikeda, Daisuke Suewaka
  • Patent number: 12117070
    Abstract: A torque-transmitting device has a first input side, a second input side, an output side, a hydrodynamic converter, a lockup clutch, a first torque-transmitting path which runs between a splitting point and a merging point, and a second torque-transmitting path which is configured so as to be parallel with respect to the first torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter is arranged in the first torque-transmitting path and the lockup clutch is arranged in the second torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter has a pump wheel and a turbine wheel which is hydrodynamically connectable to the pump wheel. The splitting point is connected to the first input side for conjoint rotation. The pump wheel and a first clutch input side of the lock-up clutch are each connected to the splitting point for conjoint rotation. A second input side is connected downstream of the merging point in a torque flow of a first torque from the first input side to the output side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Thorsten Krause
  • Patent number: 12115845
    Abstract: A battery compartment for a traction battery, having a lower housing part with housing side walls and a housing bottom; a housing cover; and a crash frame with a closed hollow profile form along the housing side walls. In order to enable a low weight and outstanding crash behavior, it is proposed that the crash frame be provided in the lower housing part and have crash profiles, wherein the housing side walls and the crash profiles respectively form a profile section in the closed hollow profile form of the crash frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: voestalpine Metal Forming GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Wiemann, Claudio Canalini
  • Patent number: 12115437
    Abstract: A moving wheel platform that minimizes wheel interactions with noncontinuous and uneven surfaces. The platform provides rotation-inhibiting structures onto or into the moving wheel platforms that aids with eliminating wheel bite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan R. Cappello, David L. Petersen, John A. Solheim
  • Patent number: 12109481
    Abstract: A skateboard truck system is configured so that a hanger assembly can be quickly and easily removed and replaced without use of tools and while maintaining stability and high performance. The truck system comprises a deck plate that is configured to be permanently attached to a skateboard deck. A base can be releasably coupled to the deck plate. A conventional hanger assembly can be attached to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventor: Sean D. Stagner
  • Patent number: 12090884
    Abstract: Battery exchange system for an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery unit; a battery receiving unit adapted for being fixed at or near a bottom surface of an electric vehicle and comprising a housing with an opening at a bottom side of housing for at least partially receiving the battery unit in the housing through the opening, wherein the battery receiving unit has a central axis which extends through the opening; wherein the battery receiving unit is adapted for allowing movement of the battery unit along its central axis between an unmounted position below the battery receiving unit and a mounted position at least partially within the battery receiving unit, wherein the battery unit comprises first engagement elements and the battery receiving unit comprises second engagement elements, each of the first and second engagement elements being adapted for engaging each other while moving relative to each other along an associated sloping path in order to lift the battery unit from the unmounted position to t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: R U Engineering & Detachering B.V.
    Inventor: Robbert Maria Uiterloo
  • Patent number: 12083411
    Abstract: A multi-wheel truck that minimizes wheel interactions with discontinuous and uneven surfaces. The truck provides a suspension system that absorbs impact force caused by uneven surfaces and a unique attack angle that allows obstacles to be traversed when approached from a wide range of angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan R. Cappello, John A. Solheim, Jordan D. Shoenhair, Justin A. Paselk