Patents Examined by Emily R Kincaid
  • Patent number: 11834131
    Abstract: A rear derailleur is provided, including: a base, configured to be mounted to a bicycle; a linkage assembly, connected to the base; a movable member, rotatably connected to the linkage assembly; a chain guide, rotatably connected to the movable member by an axle assembly; a biasing member, located between the movable member and the chain guide, positioned to the movable member and the chain guide; a resistance mechanism, connected to the movable member; and a cap member, covering the resistance mechanism and driving the resistance mechanism, rotatably positionable in either of a first position and a second position, wherein when the cap member is positioned in the first position, the resistance mechanism provides a first resistance, and when the cap member is positioned in the second position, the resistance mechanism provides a second resistance which is different from the first resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AD-II ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Hao Su, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Kai-Hung Hu
  • Patent number: 11821504
    Abstract: A split sprocket for use in a modular conveyor belt is disclosed. The split sprocket includes first and second portions that may be selectively arranged in a first configuration in which the sprocket maintains a fixed axial position on the shaft and a second configuration in which the sprocket can axially float along the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Precision, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Roozeboom
  • Patent number: 11815159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wrapped V-belt including: a tension member layer including a tension member; a tension rubber layer laminated on the tension member layer at a belt outer peripheral side; a compression rubber layer laminated on the tension member layer at a belt inner peripheral side; and an outside cloth covering an entire outer surface of the belt, in which the compression rubber layer includes a first compression rubber layer laminated at the belt outer peripheral side and a second compression rubber layer laminated at the belt inner peripheral side, and the tension rubber layer has a rubber hardness that is higher than a rubber hardness of the second compression rubber layer and lower than a rubber hardness of the first compression rubber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Nishida, Takashi Nishio
  • Patent number: 11808340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an idle gear set for an overhead poultry conveyor, the gear set including a variable structure chain gear capable of being adjusted in size according to the needs of a user. Specifically, an idle gear set for an overhead poultry conveyor includes a chain gear for moving a roller assembly, the chain gear comprises: a pair of plates vertically spaced apart and arranged in parallel; and a plurality of chain guides interposed between the pair of plates, and radially arranged along the circumferences of the plates, wherein the chain guides are arranged to be spaced apart such that a mounting groove into which the roller assembly is inserted can be formed between the chain guide and another adjacent chain guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Jong Il Cho
  • Patent number: 11788682
    Abstract: A quick-injection grease filling device includes an oil cup, a detachable guide seat, a screw, a piston, an oppression part and a rotating drive part. The piston is held inside the oil tank, capable of moving upward and downward. The piston has an oppression surface and a bearing placement surface. The detachable guide seat includes a screw hole and a combination part which is attached to the cup mouth through a detachable assembly unit. The screw is screwed into the screw hole of the detachable guide seat to move forward and backward. The inner end of the screw extends into the oil cup, and the outward extending end extends out of the cup mouth. The rotation driving part is arranged on the outward extending end. The oppression part can move forward and backward along with the screw. The oppression part is used to press against the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: YO LEE AUTO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kun-Wang Wang
  • Patent number: 11780532
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electromechanical rear derailleur for coaxial assembling on a rear wheel axle. The derailleur has a base element, a pivot mechanism, and a movable element having a chain guide assembly. The chain guide assembly is connected to the movable element so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis. A blocking device permits the chain guide assembly to be established relative to the movable element. The blocking device is able to be inserted into the movable element in two different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND, GmbH
    Inventors: Henrik Braedt, Heiko Redecker
  • Patent number: 11772742
    Abstract: A chainring assembly includes a chainring carrier adapted to be coupled to a crank arm. The chainring carrier is rotatable about a rotation axis, and includes an outer periphery having carrier threads. A chainring structure includes an inner periphery having chainring threads and an outer periphery comprising a plurality of teeth. The inner periphery of the chainring structure is threadably engaged with the outer periphery of the chainring carrier. In one embodiment, a power meter device includes a body having a torque input section and a torque output section, with the torque output section including an outer periphery having threads adapted to be coupled to a chainring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Isaiah Miller, Nathan Keck, Joshua Neiman
  • Patent number: 11767949
    Abstract: A grease packing tool includes a support member and an alignment member. The support member includes a radially outward section, a radially inward section, and an annular passage. The radially outward section has an inner surface that includes an annular seat for receiving a cage of a bearing assembly. The radially inward section has an outer surface that includes an annular ledge for supporting an inner ring of the bearing assembly. The annular passage is arranged between the radially outward section and the radially inward section and is configured to deliver grease between rolling elements of the bearing assembly. The alignment member includes a projection that has an exterior surface for contacting the inner ring of the bearing assembly to ensure that the cage of the bearing assembly and the inner ring of the bearing assembly are respectively seated in the annular seat and the annular ledge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Todd M. Blindt, Quinton Burcar
  • Patent number: 11767079
    Abstract: A sprocket for a bicycle drive train comprising an outer ring having external teeth for engaging in a bicycle chain, and an inner ring coaxially disposed with the outer ring and is connected to the outer ring in a rotationally fixed manner. The inner ring has a central opening. A circumferential collar is configured to be integral with the inner ring and projects axially to one side of the inner ring and is configured as a continuous collar. An internal profile having a plurality of radially inward-projecting radial protrusions is provided on the radially inner side of the collar, and an external profile having a plurality of radial depressions, which in number and arrangement correspond to the radial protrusions of the internal profile, is provided on the radially outer side of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SRAM DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Geist
  • Patent number: 11760438
    Abstract: A bicycle gearshift including a first body associated with a bicycle frame, a second body connected to, and moveable relative to, the first body, a rocker arm rotatably connected to the second body at a rotation axis, and a shaft extending coaxially to this axis and fixedly associated with the rocker arm. A unidirectional rotation device is arranged between the shaft and second body to allow rotation of the shaft relative to the second body only in a first rotation direction. An elastic element is associated with the second body and the rocker arm to push the rocker arm in rotation about the axis in the first rotation direction. A damping device is arranged between the shaft and unidirectional rotation device to generate a friction force when the rocker arm is rotated in a second, opposite rotation direction, and has a friction surface in contact with the unidirectional rotation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Piero Peruzzo, Cesare Schiavi
  • Patent number: 11745826
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated flywheel with shared cylinders and a manufacturing method therefor, comprising gear rings and support portions comprising a plurality of bridge portions with a spoke and a cylinder. Between adjacent bridge portions, the first spoke overlaps one end of a cylinder on a next-stage support portion to form a first overlap joint, one end of the first cylinder overlaps an inner side of the first spoke, and the other end of the first cylinder overlaps and is fixed with an outer side of the second spoke to form a second overlap joint. A first gear ring with a greater diameter is fixed at the first overlap joints, and a third gear ring with a less diameter is fixed at the second overlap joints. The integrated flywheel has advantages of low mass, good manufacturability and high production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HUNAN SROAD TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Xie, Xiaoran Zheng, Jizhou Ou, Hui Xue, Lang Wang, Yaoyao Huang
  • Patent number: 11739817
    Abstract: An improvement to continuously variable transmissions whereby power is transmitted from a driver axle to a driven axle through a variable transmission mechanism. A plurality of unidirectional sprocket wheels positioned radially around a driver axle within a set of frustoconical members is provided so that the distance from the driver axle can be adjusted. The unidirectional sprocket wheels are connected by a chain to a similar driven axle portion. This low vibration, high torque capable transmission is superior to variable transmissions that rely on friction-based power transmissions that can slip during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Keith Nicholas Jourden
  • Patent number: 11732782
    Abstract: A transmission system can include a drive sprocket and a drive member adapted to mesh with the drive sprocket. The drive sprocket can include a plurality of teeth for meshing with the drive member to transmit rotary motion, and the drive member can include a plurality of engagement pockets adapted to engage the teeth of the drive sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NEW MOTION LABS LTD.
    Inventors: Josh Daniel Palmer, Lucas Lobmeyer, Marcel Fowler
  • Patent number: 11725575
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an accessory drive device. In one example, the accessory drive device comprises an input belt coupled to a pulley of a two-speed device and an output pulley coupled to an output belt configured to provide energy to an alternator or a belt integrated starter generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Vaughn, George Papaioannou, John Brevick
  • Patent number: 11724772
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toothed wheel assembly for a cassette having a first toothed wheel and a second toothed wheel that are concentric. The second tooth wheel has a greater number of teeth than the first toothed wheel; a radially inner cylindrical portion to engage a sprocket support body; a plurality of spokes comprising respective first constraining portions to the first toothed wheel and second constraining portions to the radially inner cylindrical portion; and a plurality of connection bodies that connect the first. The second toothed wheel has an axially-extending portion with at least one pair of spokes having connection bodies that include axially-extending portions in the circumferential direction and at least partially contained in the minimum circumferential extension a respective spoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventors: Christian Marangon, Marco Porro, Marco Marchi
  • Patent number: 11719327
    Abstract: The present disclosure periodically monitors an oil condition through a temperature sensor installed in a driving motor of an in-wheel-type running gear, the generated torque of the driving motor, or the like and transmits oil condition information to a driver through a vehicle warning light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Jun Yang, Yeo Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11713095
    Abstract: A bicycle derailleur includes a base member mountable to a bicycle frame and a cage assembly moveably coupled to the base member. One or both of a motor and/or electrical generator system may be coupled to and moveable with the cage assembly. The motor is operable to move the cage assembly. The electrical generator system includes a generator and a generator drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Shipman, Sage Hahn
  • Patent number: 11703181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for reducing rotor vibrations, in particular the variability thereof, in shafting, in particular turbine shafting, in which the temperature of the bearing (6) of the shaft is measured and the oil (8) supplied to the bearing is adjusted to a temperature as is assigned as the output variable in an allocation for minimised rotor vibrations with the measured temperature of the bearing as the input variable. The allocation can, for example, be provided by an initial measurement of the rotor vibrations or by a self-learning system. According to the invention, the variability of the rotor vibrations is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andrey Mashkin, Robin Burzan, Sebastian Zahn, Gerta Zimmer, Esteban Grau Sorarrain, Alexander Münnekhoff, Florian Röhr, Christian Jäkel, Matthias Kowalski
  • Patent number: 11686383
    Abstract: The present disclosure periodically monitors an oil condition through a temperature sensor installed in a driving motor of an in-wheel-type running gear, the generated torque of the driving motor, or the like and transmits oil condition information to a driver through a vehicle warning light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Jun Yang, Yeo Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11661998
    Abstract: A power transmission chain (2) for use with a drive member (4) having a plurality of teeth (6), and wherein: (i) the power transmission chain (2) comprises a plurality of chain links (8) which are pivotally connected together by connecting members (9) and pivot arrangements (10) so that the power transmission chain (2) can pass around the drive member (4) in use; (ii) each one of the pivot arrangements (10) comprises first and second pivots (12, 14) which extend towards each other from opposite sides (16, 18) of the chain links (8); (iii) the first and second pivots (12, 14) have adjacent ends (20, 22) which face each other and which are spaced apart; (iv) the power transmission chain (2) comprises a plurality of engaging formations (24) for enabling engagement with the drive member (4); (v) the engaging formations (24) are positioned between the adjacent ends (20, 22) of the first and second pivots (12, 14); and the engaging formations (24) and the spacing apart of the adjacent ends (20, 22) of the first and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NEW MOTION LABS LTD.
    Inventor: Marcel Fowler