Patents Examined by Bryan A Evans
  • Tractor fender assembly
    Patent number: 10730565
    Abstract: A fender assembly for an agricultural tractor including a carrier bracket which supports a wheel fender adjacent to a vehicle wheel. A steering mechanism is provided as part of the fender assembly, such that the wheel fender can be rotated relative to the carrier bracket. Accordingly, the rotation of the wheel fender can be controlled based on a steering signal generated by the vehicle steering system, to ensure that the wheel fender accurately follows the movement of the adjacent tractor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGCO International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Erich Freytag
  • Air inlet management system for the front panel of a motor vehicle and structure of such a system
    Patent number: 10723218
    Abstract: The invention concerns a structure (2) of a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle, said structure (2) comprising:—a frame (3) intended to be positioned facing a heat exchanger (Ra), —one or more deflectors (7) that are secured to said frame (3) and are arranged in such a way as to intercept a flow of air and deflect it through said frame (3). The invention also concerns a system (1) for managing the air of an air inlet for the front panel of a motor vehicle having such a structure (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventors: Enzo Mitidieri, Frédéric Vacca, Thomas Nore
  • Frame assembly for a vehicle and vehicle having same
    Patent number: 10723389
    Abstract: A front frame assembly for mounting a front suspension and wheel assembly of a vehicle can include a pair of longitudinally extending frame members, a pair of upwardly extending frame members, and a transverse bracket frame member extending transversely from and connected to each of the upwardly extending frame members. The transverse bracket can include mount structures for connecting to various vehicle components, such as a pair of dampers, a radiator, hood cushions, and a headlight assembly. The transverse bracket can be locate in an upper portion of the vehicle engine compartment, and extending above a top most position of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Luke M. Upah, Dakota D. Kirtland, Daniel T. Sellars
  • Collapsible utility cart
    Patent number: 10717454
    Abstract: A bakery cart includes a frame and a top cover. The frame includes corner supports, base rails, shelf ledges and hinged beams. The top cover swings from a cover position to a stow position, and frame moves from an expanded position to a collapsed position to reduce the frame width. Advantageously, the bakery cart is a reliable, lightweight, collapsible cart with a simple, inexpensive construction for holding shelves with food products in the expanded position and compact storage in the collapsed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Maria Alvarez
  • Human graspable propulsion device
    Patent number: 10718344
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a graspable human propulsion device comprising a primary pole, a lateral pole affixed to the fore end of the primary pole, and a ducted fan assembly affixed to one end the primary pole and configured to accelerate airflow along the longitudinal axis of the primary pole. A user wields the graspable human propulsion device by grasping the primary pole with a first hand and the lateral pole with a second hand. The graspable human propulsion device acts to propel the user along the direction in which the longitudinal axis of the primary pole is pointed. This device is intended to be utilized by a user mounted on a personal transportation apparatus, such as a skateboard. In one embodiment the user controls the amount of thrust by use of a throttle lever mechanism. In another embodiment the user controls the direction and amount of thrust by use of a knobbed slide potentiometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: John Christian Colley
  • Isolation switch operation
    Patent number: 10714966
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a starter motor having a dedicated power source, an electric machine, and a controller configured to, responsive to a command for the motor to start an engine, open a switch to isolate the motor and source from a network electrically connected with the machine, and responsive to voltages on both sides of the switch falling within a predetermined range, close the switch to charge the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Shields, Matthew Thomas Loiselle, Brian Keyse, Josephine S. Lee
  • Vehicle
    Patent number: 10696251
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first power distribution branch unit disposed between an energy storage device and a power conversion device and configured to branch current from the energy storage device and supply the current to the power conversion device and an electric auxiliary machine. A travel motor and the power conversion device are supported by a sub frame. The energy storage device is supported by a main frame. The first power distribution branch unit is fixed to a part of a vehicle body that is different from the sub frame or the main frame (for example, fixed to a dashboard).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miharu Muramatsu, Hiroo Yamaguchi
  • Scooter driven by an electric motor for transporting persons and method for operating a scooter
    Patent number: 10696344
    Abstract: A scooter, which is driven by an electric motor, for transporting persons, includes an electric drive motor and a standing platform. A front wheel is arranged along a center axis of the standing platform. A steering rod is coupled to the front wheel. Handlebars pivot the front wheel about a rotational axis, which is formed by the steering rod. Two rear wheels are at a spacing from the front wheel and are each arranged laterally offset with respect to the center axis. A feed-through aperture, which is preferably completely closed circumferentially and is passed through by the steering rod, or in which the front wheel sits, is incorporated into the standing platform. The front wheel is flanked on both sides in each case by at least one support element which projects from an underside of the standing platform that faces an underlying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Augustin, Rainer Daude
  • Universal powerboard linkage
    Patent number: 10696233
    Abstract: A universally mountable articulating step for a vehicle which includes a bypass linkage set which is common to mounting in a plurality of vehicles. The linkage set includes front and rear casting members that enable the step to collapse on itself. An independent mounting adapter which is unique to a particular vehicle is provided including a mounting configuration adapted to be attached to a vehicle and attachment mounting locations on which the bypass linkage set is to be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Bestop, Inc.
    Inventors: George C. Stickles, Frank A. Borke
  • Hydraulic motor drive assembly and system and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 10683635
    Abstract: A motor drive assembly for selective rail or track operation of an excavators or other mobile platform via a source of hydraulic pressure. The motor drive assembly may include one or more drive arm assemblies mounted at ends of the mobile platform underbody, with the drive arm assembly including a motor, a gearbox, and hydraulic features for operation, including a counterbalance valve assembly, as well as improved gearbox and coupler elements operable therewith. The counterbalance valve assembly may include a cross-port relief valve and may have a first hydraulic operating circuit and a second hydraulic operating circuit. The first hydraulic operating circuit may communicate hydraulic pressure to the gearbox to enable movement of the mobile platform, and the second hydraulic operating circuit may prevent undesired communication of hydraulic pressure to the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED RAIL CONCEPTS
    Inventor: Wendell A. Malmberg
  • Ultralight front jaw
    Patent number: 10682564
    Abstract: A front jaw for a touring ski binding, includes a base and at least one recess or transit opening in the base. Lateral sole retainers lie opposite each other in relation to a longitudinal axis of the front jaw each include a boot retainer pin and, in a pivoted-in state, co-operate with bearings formed on a ski boot, defining a pivoting axis for the boot extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the front jaw, and are adjustable between the pivoted-in state, where the bearings of the boot engage the boot retainer pins, and a pivoted-away state where the bearings of the boot are not engaged with the boot retainer pins; spring elements for tensioning the lateral sole retainers; a tensioning lever for moving the sole retainers from the pivoted-in state to the pivoted-away state to release the ski boot from a downhill skiing position or a walking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MARKER Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Brandl, Markus Krumbeck
  • Control strategies for a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 10676080
    Abstract: Hybrid vehicles and methods of operating the same are disclosed. Example methods may include providing a powertrain for the vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine configured to provide rotational power to a rotatable input of a transmission by way of a starting device, and an electric motor-generator comprising a rotor configured to selectively provide rotational power to the rotatable input. The method may further include selectively disconnecting the engine from the rotatable input using a disconnect device separate from the starting device, thereby allowing the rotatable input of the transmission to be driven at a speed faster than an output speed of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dongxu Li, Norman K. Bucknor, Chunhao J. Lee, Venkata Prasad Atluri, Neeraj Shidore, Farzad Samie, Derek F. Lahr
  • Cooling control system for working machine and the working machine
    Patent number: 10669920
    Abstract: A cooling control system includes a prime mover, a fan to be rotated under rotational power of an output shaft of the prime mover, a housing to which the fan is attached, a rotor to be rotated under rotational power of the prime mover, the rotor and the housing, under the agency of a fluid, rotating together, a fluid setting circuit to determine an injection quantity of the fluid to be introduced into the gap, a fan rotation detection device to detect a fan actual rotation speed, a target rotation obtaining circuit to obtain a fan target rotation speed. The integral controlling circuit does not execute the integral control with a difference between the fan actual rotation speed and a fan target rotation speed being greater than or equal to a threshold, and executes the integral control with the difference being less than the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nozomu Minagawa
  • Wheelchair
    Patent number: 10667968
    Abstract: A wheelchair includes right and left side frames and a connection unit connecting the side frames to each other. The side frames each include a unit fixture for detachably fixing the connection unit. The connection unit is selectable from a foldable connection unit connecting the right and left side frames with a distance therebetween changeable or a non-foldable connection unit connecting the right and left side frames with the distance therebetween kept constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Yosizuka Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Ueda, Masatsugu Takanabe
  • To-be-cooled body protection structure of saddle-ridden vehicle
    Patent number: 10661852
    Abstract: In a to-be-cooled body protection structure of a saddle-ridden vehicle, a guard member protects at least a front portion of a to-be-cooled body requiring cooling with a travelling air, straddles over a pair of left and right frame members, is supported to the body frame, and located at a rear of a front wheel. A plurality of through-holes are provided on the guard member, each include at least one linear edge portion linearly extending, and are formed into non-circular shapes. The non-circular through-holes are arranged such that linear ribs are formed between linear edge portions, as said linear edge portion, facing each other of adjacent ones of the non-circular through-holes. Accordingly, while protecting the to-be-cooled body from a small stone etc. jumped up by the front wheel, a larger amount of travelling air is guided to the to-be-cooled body side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kanemura, Yuji Noguchi, Kazuki Seri
  • Scooter with rear swivel wheel
    Patent number: 10661853
    Abstract: A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: RAZOR USA LLC
    Inventor: Robert Chen
  • Folding walker with wheels
    Patent number: 10653252
    Abstract: A child's folding walker with caster wheels that is adjustable in height to permit a child to sit and touch the ground and move the walker. The walker includes four vertical legs, and upper platform that attaches to a suspended seat with leg holes configured to hold a sitting child in a suspended position above the floor. A folding support frame holds the four legs in a fixed position when used as a walker but collapses into a folding configuration for compact storage. In one embodiment, the walker includes four X-shaped leg assemblies that enable the walker to collapse into a compact vertical configuration. In another embodiment, the walker has two X-shaped leg assemblies that enable the walker to collapse into compact horizontal configuration. In a third embodiment, the walker has four vertical legs and two collapsible side frames that enabling the walker to collapse into a vertical configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Greg Diep
  • Compact architecture of electric power train for automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 10658907
    Abstract: An electric power train for an automotive vehicle includes an electric motor, a power electronics system, a first casing containing the power electronics system, a second distinct casing that contains the motor, and a third distinct casing. The first casing includes a bottom and an opening for access to the power electronics system. The second casing bears on an exterior wall of the first casing bottom. The opening is opposite the second casing. The third casing is assembled on the first casing and contains an electric filtering system. The first casing includes a platform, which juts out relative to at least one portion of the first casing and on a face of which platform an assembly contour for assembling the third casing on the first casing is defined. The assembly contour is substantially parallel to an axial direction of the motor. The platform overhangs the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Fabrice Meunier, Herve Duval, Philippe E. Dubois, Remi Oudart
  • Transmission for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10647191
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a hydraulic transmission control unit, a transmission housing, an oil pan mounted onto the transmission housing, and a power electronics unit which acts as a power converter for an electric machine and is supported on the transmission housing and/or the oil pan. The hydraulic transmission control unit and the power electronics unit are at least partially arranged next to each other tangentially and/or axially relative to a transmission central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSCHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Martin Brehmer, Michael Herrmann
  • Dual steerable vehicle
    Patent number: 10647375
    Abstract: A tricycle may be operable between a first mode of operation steerable by a tricycle rider, and a second mode of operation steerable by an individual pushing the tricycle. In both such first and second modes, the frame of the tricycle is configured to rotatably support the rear wheels and configured to support the head tube at a distance from the rear wheels such that a distance between the head tube and rear wheels need not necessarily be changed even when the front wheel axis location is changed from one mode to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SMART TRIKE MNF PTE LTD
    Inventor: Yoram Baron