Patents Examined by Bryan A Evans
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Patent number: 12043298Abstract: A modular configurable mobile transport apparatus with adjustable folding legs. A modular configurable mobile transport apparatus. The apparatus includes a first roller tip handle facing backwards for grasping the apparatus from behind providing horizontal stability for the apparatus and allowing the apparatus to be rolled on the first roller tip handle, a configurable backwards facing securing and storing portion for securing and storing one or more objects of varying widths to the back surface of the apparatus, a configurable backwards facing securing and storing portion for securing and storing one or more objects of varying widths to the front surface of the apparatus and a second roller tip handle facing forward for providing vertical stability for the apparatus and allowing the apparatus to be rolled on the second roller tip handle.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Inventor: Robert James Suhling
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Patent number: 12036949Abstract: A bracket for mounting a vehicle running board to a vehicle. The bracket includes an L-shaped main body having a bottom support panel adapted to receive and fixedly retain the running board, a top support panel adapted to be fixedly attached to an inboard surface of a vehicle rocker panel, and intermediate support panel adapted to be fixedly attached to a pinch weld formed as part of the rocker panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: ABC TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Farshid Sanjabi, James W. Wells, Richard Louis Hamilton, Peter Bollmann, Michael Kurt Profyt, Jarek R. Gorecki, Avinash Jayakumar
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Patent number: 12036974Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric-power generator, an electric motor and a transmission device. The transmission device includes an input gear, an output gear, an intermediate gear, a case and a connection-disconnection device. The connection-disconnection device is configured to switch between connecting and disconnecting a path along which the drive force is inputted to the input gear. The intermediate gear has a rotational center that is positioned lower in a vertical direction than a straight line that links a rotational center of the input gear and a rotational center of the output gear as seen from an axial direction, which is a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the intermediate gear.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Tsukizaki
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Patent number: 12037038Abstract: A wheeled platform has a base, a plurality of wheels, and a power supply. A connector extends from the wheeled platform. A motor assembly has at least one motor mounted on the connector to couple with a stroller. A controller assembly steers the stroller. The base includes an upper surface for supporting an operator. The base forms a wheel assembly for holding the wheels. The power supply sends power to the motor assembly through the control assembly to drive the stroller.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Inventor: Eddy Cardentey
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Patent number: 12030714Abstract: An attachment includes an implement and a plate coupled to the implement. The plate has a top end, a bottom end, and an attachment interface. The attachment interface includes (i) a hook extending from the top end of the plate and (ii) an aperture positioned proximate the bottom end of the plate. The hook is positioned to selectively engage a hook interface on the vehicle. The aperture is positioned to selectively receive a rotating locking arm on the vehicle to facilitate selectively coupling the plate and, thereby, the implement to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Brian J. Haddick, Jarud H. Hoefker, Leslie H. Schwartz
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Patent number: 12024126Abstract: A ladder system includes a rail, a ladder bracket supported by and configured to slide along the first rail and the second rail, a ladder coupled to the ladder bracket and configured to rotate with respect to the ladder bracket between a lowered position and a storage position, and a bumper coupled to the ladder and configured to apply a force to a bumper stop when the ladder is in the lowered position to keep the ladder bracket from sliding along the rail. An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis supported by a plurality of wheels, and a ladder system carried by the chassis. Related methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: AGCO CorporationInventors: Mark Aron Crowley, Spencer Dale Johnson
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Patent number: 12024906Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile concrete pump (10) having a chassis (12) which has extendable supporting legs (14), and a concrete distributor mast (18), which is arranged on a slewing mechanism (16) of the chassis (12) such that the concrete distributor mast can be slewed and the inclination thereof can be adjusted by means of an actuating cylinder (22), and which comprises multiple pivotable mast arms (20), and a computing unit for carrying out a stabilization calculation by using the vertical and/or horizontal forces on at least two supporting legs (14), and having a control device which is configured, depending on stability check, to delimit a slewing movement on the slewing mechanism (16) and/or a pivoting movement of at least one mast arm (20.1, 20.2 20.3) and/or the initiation of a pumping operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Putzmeister Engineering GmbHInventor: Ansgar Müller
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Patent number: 12012321Abstract: Lift trucks designed with a common chassis can include an ergonomically improved operator compartment, wheels, lift assembly, power plant, energy source, steering, seat, and counterweight components. Modular chassis designs can accommodate different form factors and different energy sources to accommodate different end uses of the lift truck, including lift trucks having a low floor, seatside steering, and/or a combination of operator-inaccessible compartments for high-reliability components and operator-accessible components for components that may require more frequent or convenient access. In one embodiment, the energy source is a lithium-ion battery bank in an operator-inaccessible compartment under a low, broad floor that facilitates easy entry into and exit from the operator compartment as well as ergonomic operation by the operator.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.Inventors: Edmund Stilwell, Ryan McDermott, Nicholas M. Draayer, Dan Miller, Mark Cheyne, John Santiago
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Patent number: 11993178Abstract: A method for operating a drive system for a work machine is described. A first electric motor is associated with a travel drive of the drive system and a second electric motor is associated with a work drive of the drive system. An electric energy store for operating the first and the second electric motors is associated with the travel drive and the work drive. The method includes operating the first electric motor in generator mode to produce braking power of the travel drive, electric power being produced in the generator mode. The method further includes supplying, completely or partly to the energy store and/or to the second electric motor depending on a state of the energy store, the electric power.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventor: Norbert Feuchtner
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Patent number: 11987211Abstract: An electric pedal for an automobile comprises a driving support, a driving mechanism, and a pedal. The driving support and driving mechanism are both mounted on the same side of a bottom of an automobile body. The driving support comprises a first transmission mechanism and a first connecting rod, a front end of the first connecting rod is fixedly connected to the pedal, and the first transmission mechanism drives the first connecting rod to be extended and retracted. The driving shaft of the driving mechanism is directly fixedly connected to the first transmission mechanism and drives the first transmission mechanism to be extended and retracted, such that the first connecting rod is extended and retracted.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Shanghai Essenway Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiancheng Li, Guilan Zhou
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Patent number: 11970200Abstract: The present invention discloses a stroller handle lock auxiliary structure disposed in a stroller frame of a stroller. The stroller frame includes a lower frame and a stroller handle pivotally connected on the lower frame. The lower frame includes a first linking rod. The first linking rod is provided with a fitting portion protruding toward an outer side of the lower frame, and the stroller handle is provided with a reversing sliding sleeve matching with the fitting portion. The stroller handle lock auxiliary structure includes a rib that pushes the first linking rod toward the outer side of the lower frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventor: Xiaolong Yi
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Patent number: 11970136Abstract: A step is connectable to a receiver tube on a trailer hitch. The step includes a main body having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A resilient cover extends over the second surface. A mounting plate is connected to the main body. A mounting flange is connectable to the mounting plate. A hitch tube is connected to the mounting flange, with the hitch tube being configured to be connectable to the receiver tube on the trailer hitch. The main body is configured to be transitional relative to the hitch tube between a first position and a second position, with at least a portion of the main body moving away from the hitch tube as the main body transitions from the first position toward the second position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NAADE, Inc.Inventor: Timothy J. Wymore
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Patent number: 11964629Abstract: A retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle or truck, such as at the rear portion. The vehicle step facilitates access to a cargo hold of the vehicle. Advantageously, the vehicle step provides clearance space relative to a tailgate of the vehicle by displacing a stepping member of the vehicle step in a generally lateral direction. The vehicle step desirably has a covered and protected biasing mechanism for transitioning between retracted and extended positions of the stepping member. Another advantage is that the vehicle step is readily attachable to the vehicle using already existing connection members, thereby generally eliminating or mitigating the need for customized retrofitting and avoiding undesirable installation cost and time. Further, the vehicle step may be pulled out from under the vehicle by the foot of a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Lund Motion Products, Inc.Inventors: Horst Leitner, Anthony Nicholas Smith
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Patent number: 11964607Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Patent number: 11958520Abstract: A foldable cart having a rectangular frame composed of a front wall and a back wall which are symmetric with each other, two symmetric side walls, and a bottom frame. Four wheels are disposed at four corners of a bottom surface of the rectangular frame. The front wall has two sliding seats, two vertical tubes, a folding assembly, two upper fixing seats and two lower fixing seats. Each side wall has two X-shaped side assemblies, a middle support tube, and a sliding sleeve slidably disposed around the middle support tube, wherein middle fixing seats are disposed at an upper end and a lower end of the middle support tube respectively, and each X-shaped side assembly is formed by two side cross tubes which are riveted together.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ZHEJIANG PRIDE LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Benlong Sun
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Patent number: 11945405Abstract: An extendable and a retractable vehicle step may comprise one or more assemblies. An assembly may comprise a first support arm pivotably coupled to a second support arm for extending and retracting a vehicle step. The second support arm may pass through a sleeve that may support and/or guide the second support arm. The sleeve may be rotatable and/or may comprise one or more rollers that may facilitate movement of the second support arm.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: WINBO-Dongjian Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yongbo Chen, Peiquan Lai, Yongxin Liang, Jie Yang
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Patent number: 11938789Abstract: A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a transmission, a motor generator an HVAC compressor and a controller. The transmission has an input shaft, a mainshaft, an output shaft and a countershaft offset from the input shaft. The countershaft is drivably connected to the first input shaft and a mainshaft. The motor generator is selectively couple to the countershaft. The HVAC compressor is selectively driven by the motor generator. The controller operates the transmission system in various modes based on operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventor: Thomas J. Stoltz
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Patent number: 11919603Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle (100) includes a frame (20) and an engine (10) mounted on the frame (20), the engine (10) includes a cylinder head (11) positioned toward the rear end of the frame, and located below a saddle seat (80). The cylinder head laces toward the rear end of the frame, which allows the heated cylinder head of the engine and the exhaust pipe connected to the cylinder head to avoid contact with the vehicle the user's legs while riding the vehicle, so the effect of heat emitted from the cylinder head on the rider's experience is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Zhejiang CFMoto Power Co. Ltd.Inventors: Qianjin Li, Zhiyong Chen, An He, Ying Fang
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Patent number: 11919480Abstract: A side step assembly includes a side step assembly including a step body having an elongated length that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The step body includes a first elongated body part having a first exterior facing surface that defines a stepping area and a second elongated body part having a second exterior facing surface that faces away from the first exterior surface. The first and second elongated body parts being formed as separate parts and connected together forming a divide that extends the elongated length of the step body.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Dee Zee, Inc.Inventor: Eric Schuling
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Patent number: 11919481Abstract: The present invention includes a foldable step assembly for a vehicle. The step assembly includes a linkage arrangement for connection to a vehicle and articulating a step assembly from a deployed position to a stowed position. A drive mechanism is positioned remotely from the step assembly and is operatively in communication with the linkage arrangement for articulating said step assembly between the deployed position to the stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: MAGNA EXTERIORS, INC.Inventor: Bradley E. Watson