Patents Examined by Felicia L Brittman
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Patent number: 12139207Abstract: A steering reaction force generation device for a vehicle may include a housing; a transfer shaft part rotatably installed in the housing, and disposed coaxially with a steering shaft; a stator part fixed to the inside of the housing; a rotor part connected to the transfer shaft part, and configured to rotate the transfer shaft part through an electromagnetic interaction with the stator part; and a power transfer part installed in the rotor part, and configured to transfer a rotational force of the transfer shaft part to the steering shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Il Ryong Kim
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Patent number: 12115112Abstract: A device for supporting a wheelchair includes a frame and a support system. The first end of the frame is attached to an axle of the wheelchair. The second end of the frame is attached to a wheel for allowing translation of the device over a surface. The support system is coupled to the frame and may be positioned to catch a back of the wheelchair upon reclining of the wheelchair during a wheelie. The position of the support system with respect to the frame is adjustable in order to catch the wheelchair at varying angles of reclining. As the user of a wheelchair develops skill in performing a wheelie, the position of the support system may be moved further away from the wheelchair.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Rehabilitation Institute of ChicagoInventors: Amy Huckstep, Elizabeth Ann Petersen, Jacob Wat, Melanie Claire Galantino, Justin Omid Navadzadeh, Jose Roberto Roches, Kevin Brenner
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Patent number: 12115111Abstract: A patient transport apparatus operable by a user for transporting a patient along stairs. A seat section is coupled to a support structure supporting a track assembly having a belt. A motor selectively generates torque to drive the belt. A user interface is arranged for engagement by the user, and has a direction input control for selecting a drive direction of the motor, and an activation input control for operating the motor to drive the belt. A controller in communication with the motor and the user interface is configured to limit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control preceding engagement of the direction input control to prevent driving the belt, and to permit operation of the motor in response to user engagement of the activation input control following engagement of the direction input control to drive the belt in a selected drive direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Isaac A. Schaberg, Daniel V. Brosnan, Cory P. Herbst, Nathan W. Matheny, Trey Thomas Pfeiffer, Kelly Sandmeyer, Melvin Gottschalk, Jr., Jason Anthony Vanderplas, Erik P. Eagleman, Jeffrey R. Staszak, John Wallace, Scott Zufall
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Patent number: 12110074Abstract: A bicycle training aid device comprising a cantilevered handle member for grasping by a user and guiding and/or supporting a bicycle, the cantilevered handle member disposed laterally adjacent to and extending in a direction outwardly away from a rear wheel of the bike and is retained on the frame of the bicycle using a plurality of attachment plates, wherein the plurality of attachment plates are configured to be coupled together with fasteners and each having a plurality clips configured to receive frame members on the frame of the bicycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Inventor: Shaun Greene
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Patent number: 12110078Abstract: A power switching structure includes an input shaft, a detection shaft sleeve fit over the input shaft, an assisting power assembly, and an output assembly selectively drivable by the input shaft and the assisting power assembly. The output assembly includes first and transmission sleeves rotatably mounted to the input shaft. The assisting power assembly includes a power member rotatably mounted to the second transmission sleeve. A one-way bearing is arranged between the first and second transmission sleeves and the power member. An output member is mounted on the second transmission sleeve. A micro-motion static frictional force is induced between the first and second transmission sleeves and the input shaft to allow the detection shaft sleeve to directly and accurately measure a torque value of the input shaft. The one-way bearing arranged between the first and second transmission sleeves and the power member allows for selection among sources of power.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Inventor: Li-Ho Yao
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Patent number: 12103608Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include steering circuits utilizing a controllable cross-feed loop between left and right drive motor sides of an articulated power machine to reduce skidding caused by a turning operation in which an articulation actuator changes an articulation joint angle between a front frame member and a rear frame member of the power machine.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Doosan Bobcat North America Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Zent, Daniel J. Krieger
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Patent number: 12103613Abstract: The present invention relates to a trailer drive unit in the form of a caravan mover comprising a motor 16 (drive means/drive device), a head 14 housing a roller 20 which are linked together by a gear mechanism 22. Specifically, the present invention provides a support and drive transmission system 22 located centrally on the roller 20 with the roller 20 being provided by a first lateral portion/roller 19 and a second lateral portion/roller 21. In this arrangement, the length of the lateral roller 10 portions 19, 21 are individually shorter than a single roller such that the torque created in the central drive transmission portion is significantly less.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: PURPLE LINE LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan Harrison, Ben Hawkins
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Patent number: 12097731Abstract: A system for automated trailer weight distribution, including: A system for automated trailer weight distribution, having a tow vehicle with a hitch mount having a spring bar. The system may also include a trailer and a spring bar mount disposed on the trailer and having an initial position relative to the trailer, where the spring bar mount is configured to receive and engage the spring bar. Furthermore, a weight distribution measurement device disposed in association with the tow vehicle and being configured and arranged to determine a weight distribution of the tow vehicle when the spring bar is engaged with the spring bar mount and a weight distribution actuator can be configured and arranged to adjust the height of the spring bar mount while engaged with the spring bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Dexter Axle Company LLCInventors: Jed K. Anderson, David F. Lundgreen, Jason R. Harper
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Patent number: 12090513Abstract: Techniques related to retroreflective surface layers for micro-mobility transit vehicles are disclosed. A retroreflective surface layer may be formed over at least a portion of a component of a micro-mobility transit vehicle by forming a powder coat layer over the portion of the component and baking the powder coat layer to cure the powder coat layer. An uncured clear coat layer may be formed over the powder coat layer. The uncured clear coat layer may be impregnated with a plurality of glass beads via an air-pressure applicator. The uncured clear coat layer impregnated with the glass beads may be baked to cure the clear coat layer. The retroreflective surface layer may include the powder coat layer, clear coat layer, and the plurality of glass beads distributed within the clear coat layer. The retroreflective surface layer may reflect incident light back to its source with minimal scattering of the light.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Abel Lopez, III, Emerson Kelby Halbach, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Oliver Maximilian Mueller
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Patent number: 12090098Abstract: A wheelchair towing coupler that connects a wheelchair for towing behind a bicycle or other vehicle by connecting the wheelchair to a structural member of the vehicle or to an existing towing hitch, that enables towing the wheelchair while occupied by a seated user and that also provides the wheelchair user with the ability to decouple from the vehicle to operate the wheelchair independently as needed.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Inventor: Sean Donahue
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Patent number: 12084145Abstract: Embodiments include an off-road vehicle with a straddle seat, a plurality of ground engaging members, a prime mover and a frame having a removable frame portion overlying the prime mover, wherein at least a portion of the engine extends above at least a portion of the removable frame portion, and wherein at least a portion of the straddle seat extends over the removable frame portion and the prime mover.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Arctic Cat Inc.Inventors: Derek Sorenson, Brent Gilge, Chuck Simenson, Christopher J. Evans, Todd Ethan MacDonald
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Patent number: 12059947Abstract: A mobile object includes drive parts each having one side coupled to each wheel, in which the drive part includes: a first motor including a first rotary shaft and configured to rotate a respective one of the wheels about the first rotary shaft; a second motor including a second rotary shaft spaced apart from the first rotary shaft in a radial direction of the respective one of the wheels, the second motor being configured to rotate the respective one of the wheels about the second rotary shaft; and a third motor including a third rotary shaft extending in a direction intersecting the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft, the third motor being configured to steer the respective one of the wheels about the third rotary shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Geun Sang Yu, Hun Keon Ko, Joo Young Chun, Eun Ho Seo
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Patent number: 12054214Abstract: A dropper seatpost with double gas chambers is revealed. The dropper seatpost mainly includes a hydraulic inner tube and an outer tube in which the hydraulic inner tube is moveably mounted. A second gas chamber is formed between the hydraulic inner tube and the outer tube. While increasing a height of a saddle mounted above the hydraulic inner tube, pressure of high-pressure gas in the second gas chamber not only improves speed and fluency of the hydraulic inner tube being lifted, but also optimizes concentricity and side force resistance of both the hydraulic inner tube and the outer tube. The high-pressure gas in the second gas chamber also reduces abnormal sound produced by bubbles. Each of two ends of the outer tube is provided with a seal member for protecting the outer tube from pollutants outside. Thereby both durability and service life are improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Turnon Components Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching Tung
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Patent number: 12049103Abstract: A rotary drive device in a mobile body includes a main wheel and a pair of drive assemblies opposing each other and each driving the main wheel. The main wheel includes driven rollers. One of the pair of drive assemblies includes a motor, a motor case, a drive force transmission, and driving rollers. The driving rollers are in the drive force transmission along a circumferential direction, and contact at least a portion of the driven rollers from one side of the rotary drive device of the axial direction. The drive force transmission rotates to transmit a drive force of the motor to the main wheel via the driving rollers. At least a portion of the motor case opposes at least a portion of the driving rollers in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Taihei Tsubone, Kyohei Haizumi, Wataru Yada, Tomokazu Sakamoto, Takeshi Echizenya, Seiji Kato
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Patent number: 12049282Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to an automatic bicycle, particularly to a hydraulic automatic transmission bicycle which can automatically and adaptively change gear ratios. More particularly, this disclosure relates to those hydraulic automatic transmission bicycles which use fluid pressure to change such gear ratios, and which include various hydraulic automatic transmissions which may be provided in various configurations and may operate in various methods and sequences to provide automatic and infinitely variable gear ratios.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Inventors: Dong Won Lee, Youngtack Shim
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Patent number: 12036910Abstract: The equipment trailer has an A-frame on the front end thereof; a hitch on a forward end of that A-frame and a mechanical landing gear on a back end of the A-frame. This equipment trailer also has a pneumatic landing gear mounted to the A-frame between the hitch and the mechanical landing gear. The mechanical landing gear is operable for hitching and unhitching the equipment trailer to and from the truck at overnight parking locations, and the pneumatic landing gear is operable for hitching and unhitching the equipment trailer to and from the truck at job site locations.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Inventor: Gary Belliveau
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Patent number: 12024138Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, an implement assembly coupled to the chassis, a stability system coupled to the chassis, and a control system. The stability system includes extendable components that selectively engage a ground surface. The control system is configured to control the stability system to level the vehicle and enable the stability system to lean the vehicle when an operational capability of the implement assembly is at a limit thereof while the vehicle is level to effectively improve the operational capability relative to when the vehicle is level.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Eric D. Betz, David W. Archer
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Patent number: 12024249Abstract: The present invention relates to a transport wagon consisting of a base frame, wherein the base frame comprises a rotatable bogie assembly on its front side for attachment to a powered tow or push truck and comprises one or more front steering wheels placed on the front side of the base frame and one or more rear steering wheels placed on the rear side of the base frame, wherein the one or more front steering wheels and the one or more rear steering wheels are coupled in such a way to the rotatable bogie assembly, that in operation the one or more front steering wheels rotate along with the rotatable bogie assembly and that the one or more rear steering wheels rotate in opposite direction with respect to the rotatable bogie assembly, wherein the base frame comprises at least one longitudinal beam to which a front cross beam, a rear cross beam and at least one intermediate cross beam are arranged with intermediate spaces, wherein at least one intermediate space is arranged for receiving goods, wherein an interType: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Artiq B.V.Inventor: Arjen Roth
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Patent number: 12017711Abstract: There is provided a singly steerable, serpentine steel track crawler. The single-track crawler can steer independently in a serpentine fashion. Two or more single crawler tracks side-by-side can be transformed into a multi-track crawler vehicle. The single-track crawler or multi-track crawler vehicle can be fitted with rubber tires for plying on paved roads. This makes it a versatile, multi-terrain vehicle for agriculture and earth-moving applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: KOKEROD HOLDINGS B.V.Inventor: Anil Tukaram Dhonde
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Patent number: 12005008Abstract: A rough terrain cart for a wheel chair includes a frame operable to support a wheel chair and a wheel chair user. A pair of cart drive wheels are rotationally mounted to the frame. A locking mechanism is engaged with the frame. The locking mechanism is operable to secure the wheel chair to the cart. A rotational mechanism is engaged with the frame. The rotational mechanism is configured to support a pair of wheel chair drive wheels of the wheel chair and is operable to enable the wheel chair drive wheels to rotate when the wheel chair is secured to the cart by the locking mechanism. A transmission system is engaged with the frame. The transmission system is connectable to the wheel chair drive wheels. The transmission system is operable to transmit torque from the wheel chair drive wheels to the cart drive wheels.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventor: Tyrel Diamond