Patents Examined by Daniel D Yabut
  • Floor-to-height object retrieval robot
    Patent number: 11052535
    Abstract: Provided is a robot for retrieving objects with different sizes, shapes, weights, placements, configurations, and/or other characteristics from a floor or raised height. The robot may include a motorized base, a lift that raises to a plurality of heights from the base, an upper platform attached over the lift, a vertical extension extending downwards from a frontside of the upper platform and in front of the lift, a lower platform with a proximal end coupled to the vertical extension and a distal end extending in front of the robot and directly over a ground surface on which the motorized base moves when the lift is in a lowered position, and a retriever for retrieving an object onto the lower platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: inVia Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Parks, II, Randolph Charles Voorhies, Lior Elazary
  • Rotational angle limiting mechanism
    Patent number: 11040443
    Abstract: A Z slider includes a rotating shaft capable of at least one revolution centered on a rotation axis, in a state Where the rotating shaft supports a measurement head that is connected to a plurality of cables; a ? axis drive motor that causes the rotating shaft, to perform normal rotation in a clockwise direction and reverse rotation in a counterclockwise direction; and an oscillating link that oscillates in a state of contact with the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft is performing normal rotation in the clockwise direction and limits normal rotation in the clockwise direction that is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, and that oscillates in a state of contact with the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft is performing reverse rotation in the counterclockwise direction and limits reverse rotation in the counterclockwise direction that is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromu Maie, Tomohiro Arizono
  • Bearing assembly equipped with a rolling bearing and scissors gear, in particular for a balancing shaft
    Patent number: 11035434
    Abstract: A bearing assembly comprising a rotating shaft, a rolling bearing and a scissors gear. The bearing assembly further comprises an axial retaining arrangement for the scissors gear onto the rolling bearing. A lock washer is arranged in a groove of an outer massive ring of the rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Nicolas Tronquoy, Bruno Montboeuf, Philippe Walter
  • Variable moment flywheel
    Patent number: 11009099
    Abstract: A method for storage of excess energy which would otherwise be lost, the regulation of angular velocity, and prevention of excessive velocities is disclosed. The device consists of a bowl shaped container, divided into sections by radially oriented vertical walls, which holds a fluid (any appropriate liquid or set of small solid particles), and spins on its vertically oriented axis at various angular velocities. The floor of the device is formed in successive shapes of bowls and shelves, which allows for a kind of “gearing”. The invention allows more and more energy to be input into the device while the angular velocity is regulated within a particular range. A typical embodiment of the invention would include its attachment by a shaft at the axis to a vertical axis wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel Anthony Maiullo
  • Crank and connecting rod mechanism which can realize miller cycle and its control method
    Patent number: 11008937
    Abstract: A crank and connecting rod mechanism which can realize a Miller cycle and its control method, wherein an interior of a crankshaft is provided with a drive oil channel and a lock-up oil channel. A connecting rod neck of the crankshaft is arranged with an eccentric connecting rod bearing. In a crankshaft balance weight, a drive gear meshing with an outer meshing gear ring of the eccentric connecting rod bearing through an idle gear is installed. A planetary gear is installed in a drive gear hollow shaft. A lockpin is designed for the drive gear hollow shaft so as to lock with the crankshaft balance weight or with a planetary gear shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: XIHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Tian, Yunlu Chu, Mingyan Hu, Bang Xiao, Xueshun Wu, Zhiqiang Han
  • Plug for venting a transmission
    Patent number: 11009115
    Abstract: The venting plug is adapted to be mounted around an end of a hose intended to be connected at the other end to an opening provided in a case of an automotive component, said plug including a cylindrical peripheral sidewall around a main axis X closed by an end wall, a central rod member projecting axially from an inner surface of the end wall and being provided with a venting internal channel opening radially at least at the base of the rod member in the mounted position of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: AKWEL
    Inventor: Julien Hugues
  • Motorcycle drive device with adjustable backlash
    Patent number: 10995848
    Abstract: A motorcycle drive device includes a shiftable transmission set up to transmit drive power which can be provided by an engine crankshaft toward a drivable wheel. The transmission includes an input shaft having a rotation axis when is displaceable to adjust a spacing between the rotation axes of a primary gearwheel on the transmission input shaft and a primary pinion transferring the drive power from the crankshaft. A transmission input shaft bearing supporting the transmission input shaft is arranged in a bearing plate that is rotatable relative to a housing of the transmission. The bearing plate includes an adjusting mechanism arranged to change the position of the bearing plate with respect to the transmission housing to adjust the axial spacing of the rotation axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wolff, Thomas Steinle
  • Remote control assembly
    Patent number: 10982709
    Abstract: A remote control assembly includes a sheath (22) having a longitudinal axis along a length thereof and defining an interior. A core element is disposed within the interior and extends along the length. A liner is disposed within the interior and coupled to the sheath (22). The liner surrounds the core element along the length. An outer layer (38) comprising a first material is coupled to the sheath (22). An intermediate layer (41) comprising a second material different from the first material is coupled to the outer layer (38). An inner layer (42) comprising a third material different from the first and second materials and is coupled to the intermediate layer (41). The second material of the intermediate layer (41) comprises an elastomeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Jusick
  • Foot pedal apparatus for use with a workstation controlling a robotic surgery system
    Patent number: 10969817
    Abstract: A foot pedal apparatus for use with a workstation operated by a seated user in controlling a robotic surgery system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a platform mountable to the workstation proximate a floor surface on which the workstation is located. The apparatus also includes a first pedal mounted on the platform and having an upwardly disposed actuation surface, and a second pedal mounted vertically elevated with respect to the first pedal and having an upwardly disposed actuation surface, the second pedal having at least a proximate portion vertically overlapping a distal portion of the first pedal such that the first and second pedals have a mounted depth in a direction away from the user that is less than a sum of the respective individual depths of the first and second pedals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Titan Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Chad C. Walters, Kyle R. Millard, Perry A. Genova
  • Actuation device for a control cable for a bicycle gearshift
    Patent number: 10946934
    Abstract: A bicycle control cable actuation device having: a casing, configured for fixing to bicycle handlebars, a cable-winding bush, on which the control cable is wound and which is angularly mobile in the casing about a main axis of the device, an indexing bush that is coaxial to and associated with the cable-winding bush to removably hold the cable-winding bush in predetermined positions that are angularly spaced from each other by predetermined indexing angles, a manoeuvring mechanism, operative on the cable-winding bush to rotate it in a first angular direction about the main axis of the device, to obtain an upward gearshifting; and, a predetermined circumferential clearance corresponding to a predetermined gearshifting extra-stroke angle is provided between the cable-winding bush and the indexing bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Minto, Christian Marangon
  • Resettable electro-mechanical cam actuated shaft disconnect for generators
    Patent number: 10941842
    Abstract: A disconnect assembly for an input shaft and an output shaft includes a sleeve configured to be disposed about the input shaft and the output shaft. A cam is disposed about the sleeve. A cam follower is configured to contact the cam. An interfacing element is configured to operatively interface the sleeve, the input shaft, and the output shaft. The sleeve, the cam, the cam follower, and the interfacing element are configured to move between a respective connect position and a respective disconnect position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Jens Gehrke, Cesar Abraham Davila, Arturo Maceda, Tom Phielix, Balwinder Singh Birdi
  • Arm fixing device and reducer replacement method
    Patent number: 10933524
    Abstract: Provided is an arm fixing device that includes: a bracket having close-contact surfaces that are brought into close contact with a mounting surface provided in a supporting member, and a mounting surface provided in an arm or a link for transmitting drive force to an arm, also having one of a screw hole or a through hole that is formed to penetrate each of the close-contact surfaces at a position corresponding to a position of the other of a screw hole or a through hole provided in each of the mounting surfaces, and bridged over the mounting surfaces such that each of the close-contact surfaces is brought into close contact with a corresponding one of the mounting surfaces; and a fastener that penetrates the through hole and is fastened to the screw hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Chikara, Shun Suyama, Tsuneyoshi Nakashima
  • Drive transmission device for brakes
    Patent number: 10920841
    Abstract: A drive transmission device for brakes comprises a frame (2); a first rod (8) movable along a first direction (D1) and having a first end (8a) configured to be connected to an actuator (a) and a second end (8b), opposite the first end (8a); a second rod (9) movable along a second direction (D2), tilted with respect to the first direction (D1), and having a first end (9a) configured to be connected to a brake actuating member and a second end (9b), opposite the first end (9a); an oscillating element (10) having a first portion that is rotatably constrained to the frame (2) and a second portion movable along a circumferential arc trajectory; the second ends (8b, 9b) of the first (8) and of the second rod (9) being connected to the second portion of the oscillating element (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DROMOS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luca Lipparini, Davide Barani
  • Noise reducing cable splitter
    Patent number: 10920820
    Abstract: A latching system includes a first lever connected to a first cable having a first cable end, a second lever connected to a second cable having a second cable end, a latch connected to a third cable having a third cable end, and a cable splitter assembly. The cable splitter assembly has a housing with a first end and a second end and a body with an interior surface defining an interior chamber. A carriage is configured to translate within the interior chamber. The carriage includes a carriage body with a plurality of cavities arranged to seat the respective first, second, and third cable ends and a plurality of resilient arms integrally formed as one piece with the carriage body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA CO.
    Inventor: Eugene John Ficyk
  • Slider for an actuator
    Patent number: 10914363
    Abstract: A slider for an actuator, the slider comprises a driving plate that moves under a driving force of a driving unit of the actuator, and a linkage lever channel arranged in the driving plate. A sliding track channel is disposed inside the driving plate, and the slider is sleeved on a sliding track of the actuator through the sliding track channel. When the slider moves along the sliding track of the actuator, a component to be driven is driven to move together. The slider for the actuator of the application has simple assembly process, convenient and quick assembly method, and can be applied to connecting different kinds of components to be driven to meet different user's requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: LIMOSS (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Christian Gassner
  • Flywheel system
    Patent number: 10907701
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flywheel system. The flywheel system comprises a rotation axis and a flywheel rotor connected to the rotation axis. Further, the system comprises a drive and/or a power generator connected to the flywheel rotor. According to the invention, the flywheel rotor has an outer radius in radial direction of at least 0.85 meter, preferably at least meter, and more preferably at least 1.30 meter. The invention further relates to flywheel rotors having a thickness in axial direction of at least 0.30 meter, preferably at least 0.45 meter, and more preferably at least 0.60 meter. Finally, the invention also relates to a flywheel system of which the rotor has a weight of at least 2.5 tons, preferably at least 4 tons and more preferably at least 5 tons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: S4 Energy B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Teerlink
  • Cam mechanism for the implementation of a variable stroke
    Patent number: 10907623
    Abstract: A cam mechanism for converting a swiveling movement of a drive-side shaft into a linear output movement. A cam disk is attached to the drive-side shaft, a slider is shiftable in a linear guide, and a cam follower is applied against the circumferential surface of the cam disk. Swiveling movement of the cam disk leads to a linear output movement of the slider in the linear guide. The circumference of the cam disk is spiral-shaped at least in sections, and the radius of the cam disk increases monotonically in the spiral-shaped section from a start radius to an end radius along a swiveling direction. By selecting two reversal points within the spiral-shaped section, the setting of a variable stroke can occur. A piston pump is provided with the cam mechanism and a method is provided for using the cam mechanism and the piston pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH
    Inventor: Julian Emanuel Bleisch
  • Device operating structure and device
    Patent number: 10907708
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention achieves a reduction in size of a movable structure for a device. A right link (6) is fixed to a rotary shaft (51) of a right motor (5). The right link (6) has a tip (61) which can slide in a sliding region (31). A portion of the tip (61) which can make contact with a connecting part (3) has a spherical shape. A left link (8) is fixed to a rotary shaft (71) of a left motor (7). The left link (8) has a tip (81) which can slide in a sliding region (32). A portion of the tip (81) which can make contact with the connecting part (3) has a spherical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo Sakai, Atsuki Oi
  • Motorcycle clamp and handlebar assembly
    Patent number: 10899413
    Abstract: A handlebar assembly for a motorcycle has a cylindrical connecting rod having opposing first and second ends, a first end joint connected to the first end, and a second end joint connected to the second end, with each end joint having a vertical channel. The assembly also includes two handlebars, each handlebar having a vertical bar that has a lower end that is removably secured inside the vertical channel of one of the end joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: RJB Design
    Inventor: Rikki Martin Battistini
  • Torsional vibration damper with discretized hub
    Patent number: 10883563
    Abstract: The disclosed invention is a novel method for constructing a Torsional Vibration Damper (TVD). The traditional means used to construct the hub of the TVD was to employ a single material. The disclosed invention essentially discretizes the construction of the TVD hub into three regions: nose, spokes, and flange, and simultaneously aligns unique materials and manufacturing methods for each region with the structural loads borne thereby. Consequently, the invention helps in reduces four unwanted characteristics: (1) mass; (2) polar mass moment of inertia; and (3) casting scrap; and (4) cost. Furthermore, because of this construction other enhancements to the axial and angular structural integrity of the TVD can be reaped in certain cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: OPTIMIZED SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Suhale Manzoor