Patents Examined by Erez Gurari
  • Patent number: 11872183
    Abstract: A rollable user-support device comprising a rigid frame with first legs and second legs, each with a rollable and swivelable wheel, a seat with a seat folding mechanism and/or a seat manipulation mechanism. The seat manipulation mechanism can be operable to move the seat, with a user seated thereon, between a lower rearward seating position and an elevated forward seating position, and the seat folding mechanism can be operable to move the seat between the elevated forward seating position and a folded position, at least one of the devices being connected to a swivel prevention mechanism associated with the first wheels. The device can constitute a bi-directional rollable user-support device operable in three modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Moving Life Ltd
    Inventors: Ruth Reuveni, Yoav Gabriely
  • Patent number: 11873058
    Abstract: Provided is an intelligent electric wheel hub which belongs to the field of bicycle parts. Two ends of a cylindrical wheel hub housing (2) of the electric wheel hub are respectively connected to a wheel hub left end cover (25) and an outer flywheel ring (7) of a flywheel mechanism to form an inner cavity for integrating and accommodating a gear motor, a battery pack and a controller panel. The intelligent electric wheel hub is highly integrated and is energy-saving and environmentally friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG CHAOJI ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Yingzhi Wang, Yichuang Liu
  • Patent number: 11872171
    Abstract: A device (1) that supports the mobility of a person with restricted mobility comprises a trolley (3) and a mast (4) attached to the trolley (3). The mast (4) comprises a backrest (6) and armrests (5) for receiving the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ASP GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Löcker
  • Patent number: 11865053
    Abstract: A powered wheelchair apparatus includes a chair component, a power base component and a wheelchair control system. The wheelchair control system includes a processor and a user input device communicatively coupled to the processor. A display is communicatively coupled to the processor. A memory module is communicatively coupled to the processor that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive user instructions from the user input device and display a message on the display based on the user instructions. The display is on a back of the chair component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Moore, Christopher P. Lee, Melvin Alfredo Dominquez, Thomas Mitchell Dair
  • Patent number: 11865923
    Abstract: A drive device for an electric truck provided with double-tires, the drive device including drive units provided to each of the double-tires on left and right sides of the electric truck, each of the drive units including a drive unit housing integrally accommodating a motor that generates drive power, a reducer that reduces a rotation speed of the motor, and a final gear that is connected to the reducer and transfers the drive power of the motor to a drive shaft of the double-tire. The drive device further including suspension parts one integrally integrated with above the final gear in the drive unit housing of each of the drive units and steering gear parts one integrally integrated with above each of the suspension parts and being configured to be steerable the double-tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Premkumar, Aydogan Cakmaz, Pradeep Kumar Thimmaiyan, Manish Saxena, Karthikeyan Suryanarayanan, Gopinath Murugan
  • Patent number: 11865922
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a vehicle, the drive arrangement comprising a rotatable interface arranged to be mounted to the vehicle, wherein the rotatable interface is rotatably coupled to a mounting arm to allow continuous rotation of the mounting arm in a clockwise and anti clockwise direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal and transverse axis of the vehicle; and a first electric motor having a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is coupled to the mounting arm to allow the axis of the rotor to be substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotatable interface, wherein the rotor is arranged to be coupled to a wheel of the vehicle to allow the electric motor to provide drive torque to the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Protean Electric Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Bernard Ameye, Cyril Aime Gerland, Nicolas Jean Albert Allain
  • Patent number: 11858342
    Abstract: An electric-motor-driven rigid axle for vehicles. The axle has a body with wheel carriers and points for attachment to a vehicle frame such that, in a cross-section, an upper end of the body faces the frame and a body axis forms a vertical axis extending toward the upper end and intersecting the wheel axis. The axle has electric motors and offset transmissions. The motors drive respective carriers. The transmissions are respectively interposed between the associated motor and carrier. The transmissions enable the shafts of the respective motors to be offset from the wheel axis. The transmissions are arranged such that, in the cross-sectional view, the motor shafts and the wheel axis form intersection points on an offset line which is at an angle of between 1 and 90 degrees to the vertical axis and the vertex is at an intersection point between the wheel axis and the offset line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Auer, Sebastian Paulik, Johannes Schweizer, Harald Wendl, Gerhard Obermaier
  • Patent number: 11850207
    Abstract: A lashing assembly with straps is provided for use with rollators. A rollator has a body two sections. The first section has two legs each having a handle with brake lever at a first end and a wheel at a second end. The second section has two legs, each having a first end pivotally connected to a first section leg and a second end with a wheel and brake thereon. A hinge assembly having two side supports and a crossbar interconnect the first section and second section. The body can be in a folded position or a deployed position. The lashing assembly has a two straps each with a ring at one end and an optional handle at the other. The straps can be fastened with fasteners. The lashing assembly can secure the rollator in a folded position and can be used to hang the rollator from a hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Nicholas Ryan Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 11845328
    Abstract: An electric drive unit having an electric motor, a differential assembly, a transmission, which transmits rotary power between the electric motor and the differential assembly, a pair of axle shafts, which are drivingly coupled to output members of the differential assembly, and a housing assembly in which the electric motor, the differential assembly, the transmission, and the axle shafts are housed. The electric motor includes a stator, a rotor and a motor housing that houses the stator and the rotor. The motor housing is fixedly coupled the housing assembly. Bending loads transmitted through the motor housing are not transmitted through the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Downs, Paul J. Valente
  • Patent number: 11839572
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure. The support structure comprises a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. One or more handle assemblies are coupled to the frame to maneuver the patient transport apparatus. The handle assemblies comprise one or more handles to be manipulated by a user. The handles are capable of being adjusted to facilitate maneuvering of the patient transport apparatus, such as pushing/pulling the patient transport apparatus along a floor surface, lifting the patient transport apparatus over obstacles, loading the patient transport apparatus into an emergency vehicle, and/or unloading the patient transport apparatus from the emergency vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Matheny, Michael T. Brubaker, Christopher Gentile, Ross T Lucas
  • Patent number: 11833105
    Abstract: A safety walker having a frame with a set of spherical caster wheels connected to the lower portion of the frame to provide omnidirectional movement with reduced force. A braking system is provided, where when a weight exceeding a threshold weight is applied to the frame, the brake is engaged to inhibit movement of the walker on the ground. The brake may use a mechanism in which each spherical caster wheel is retractably mounted within a lower end of a corresponding leg of the frame. Each spherical wheel is spring-loaded to urge the spherical wheel downward from the lower end of the corresponding leg. As weight is applied to the frame, the spherical caster wheel is pushed into the lower end of the leg, allowing the lower end of the leg to contact the ground surface and maintain stationary contact between the leg and the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Curtis Roach, Aaron Guerrero Flores, David Dong Wang
  • Patent number: 11827275
    Abstract: A support device (1) of an engine support structure (2) of a motor vehicle includes at least a support part (4), comprising an upper face (10) and a lower face (12) defining between them a hollow volume (14), and at least one fixation device (8) intended to attach the support part to a vehicle body. The fixation device (8) comprises a fixation part (16) and a base part (18) extending at least partially inside the hollow volume (14) of the support part (4), at least a portion of the upper face (10) and at least a portion of the lower face (12) being applied against at least a portion of the base part (18) on either side of said base part (18. The fixation part (16) and the base part (18) are formed of at least two distinct parts attached together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Colmont, Thierry Derchu, Sébastien Albeaux, Guillaume De Taillac
  • Patent number: 11827104
    Abstract: A sunken wheel-side motor drive axle that includes an axle beam assembly, two drive motor assemblies, two reducer assemblies and two hub assemblies. The two drive motor assemblies, two reducer assemblies and two hub assemblies are respectively disposed at left and right ends of the axle beam assembly. Moreover, the drive motor assemblies are symmetrically disposed at a bottom of the left and right ends of the axle beam assembly respectively; and the drive motor assemblies transmit power to the reducer assemblies, and the reducer assemblies drive the hub assemblies to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Jing-Jin Electric Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping Yu, Zhongyang Chen, Yang Lu, Kuizhu Shao
  • Patent number: 11806288
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robotic mobile support system configured to autonomously follow a subject with impaired mobility from a close but safe distance behind the subject and react to movements of the subject's torso and upper body to provide dynamic support for the subject and stop the subject from falling. The system comprises a mobile base vehicle, a robotic arm installed on the mobile base vehicle, and a LIDAR sensor for detecting the distance to a subject and the direction/speed of the subject. The robotic arm comprises one or more adjustable rear and side soft supports configured to support the subject and stop the subject from falling. The system can also comprise an onboard computer configured to process LIDAR data to control the movement of the mobile base vehicle and the robotic arm to stop the subject from falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ambulatus Robotics LLC
    Inventors: Jess H. Lonner, Hashem Ashrafiuon
  • Patent number: 11807093
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a vehicle may selectively couple a motor of the vehicle to a mobility assembly of the vehicle. The drive assembly may include a worm gear assembly having a worm engaged with a worm gear. The worm may be operably coupled to the motor of the vehicle, and the worm gear may be selectively coupled to a shaft of the mobility assembly. The drive assembly may be configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration. In response to the drive assembly being in the first configuration, the worm gear assembly and the shaft of the mobility assembly may be operably coupled, and the worm gear assembly may be configured to selectively transfer power from the motor to the mobility assembly to provide mobility to the vehicle. In response to the drive assembly being in a second configuration, the worm gear assembly and the shaft of the mobility assembly may be decoupled, and the worm gear assembly may be prevented from transferring the power from the motor to the mobility assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Mark Wagner, Jake Bagwell, Scott Andermann, Hope Guzewicz
  • Patent number: 11807091
    Abstract: An axle drive (1) for a motor vehicle axle includes at least a first drive unit (2), a second drive unit (2), and an output axle (6). The first and second drive units (2) are arranged such that an overall center of gravity (7) of the axle drive (1) is situated proximate to a center of the output axle (6) and/or an axis of rotation of a vehicle wheel of the motor vehicle driven by the axle drive (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, ZF DRIVETECH (SUZHOU) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Seemann, Paul Lenz, Andreas Grossi, Werner Hechberger, Kai Borntraeger, Maik Woerl, Marco Di Sarno, Cong Ren
  • Patent number: 11806303
    Abstract: A robotic walking assistant includes a wheeled base having a base and one or more position adjustable wheels connected to the base, a body disposed in a vertical direction, positioned on the wheeled base and having a handle, and a control system that receives command instructions. Each of the one or more wheels is slidable with respect to the base between a retracted position and an extended position in a direction that is substantially parallel to a surface where the wheeled base moves. In response to the command instructions, the control system moves the one or more wheels between the retracted positions and the extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: UBTECH NORTH AMERICA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CORP, UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: ChengKun Zhang, Luis Alfredo Mateos Guzman, Houzhu Ding, Zhen Xiu, Huan Tan
  • Patent number: 11801881
    Abstract: The support dolly for hitch-mounted accessories includes a center plate, a plurality of outrigger tubes, a plurality of wheel assemblies, a right angle adapter, and a plurality of lock pins. The support dolly for hitch-mounted accessories may be operable as a stationary stand for storing a hitch-mounted accessory when the plurality of wheel assemblies are not deployed or as a dolly for moving the hitch-mounted accessory when the plurality of wheel assemblies are deployed. As non-limiting examples, the hitch-mounted accessory may be an accessory that couples to a trailer hitch receiver tube of a tow vehicle such as a bike rack, a winch, a generator, a cargo basket, or a dirt bike carrier. The support dolly for hitch-mounted accessories may be reconfigurable to alter the footprint of the support dolly for hitch-mounted accessories or to couple multiples of the center plates together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel Alion
  • Patent number: 11786436
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a walker comprising a portable lift toilet seat. Particularly, the walker is defined by a frame that supports a toilet seat, a cover, and a pair of actuators. The cover provides a privacy feature, hiding the toilet seat from view during normal operation of the walker. When needed, the cover can be lifted or folded away to allow the user to access the toilet seat. The toilet seat can then be lifted and/or lowered by actuators positioned on either side of the walker. In this way, a user can easily be positioned over a toilet to use the bathroom without the need for a caregiver to lift and lower him. The user can also be lifted after they are done using the bathroom to return to a standing position or sitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Munton, Lauren Munton
  • Patent number: 11780328
    Abstract: A drive device for an electrically driven axle of a motor vehicle may include at least one electric machine, a shiftable transmission connected downstream from the at least one electric machine, and a differential coupled to the transmission for distributing drive torque to the axle. The transmission has first and second planetary gear sets connected in series. The at least one electric machine engages with an external toothing of a ring gear of the first planetary gear set. A carrier of the first planetary gear set is rotationally fixed to a sun gear of the second planetary gear set. A sun gear of the first planetary gear set is detachably couplable to a housing. A ring gear of the second planetary gear set is coupled to the housing. A carrier of the second planetary gear set is an output of the transmission. The first planetary gear set is interlockable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, ZF DRIVETECH (SUZHOU) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Seemann, Paul Lenz, Andreas Grossl, Werner Hechberger, Kai Bornträger, Maik Wörl, Marco Di Sarno, Cong Ren