Patents Examined by Hau V Phan
  • Patent number: 10518626
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, a torque converter, and a first one-way clutch. The torque converter has an impeller rotatably coupled to the engine. The torque converter also has a turbine. The first one-way clutch is configured to, responsive to turbine and electric machine speeds being equal, couple the turbine and electric machine in a first rotational direction to transfer power from the turbine to the electric machine. The first one-way clutch is also configured to, responsive to electric machine speed being greater than turbine speed, isolate the turbine from the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Lars Niklas Pettersson
  • Patent number: 10507921
    Abstract: A cart for restocking provisions includes a body having one or more exterior surfaces. The one or more exterior surfaces include a top surface facing a first direction and a bottom surfacing facing a second direction that is away from the first direction and parallel to the first direction. The cart also includes a handle fixedly attached to the body. The cart further includes one or more wheels coupled to the bottom surface. In addition, the cart includes one or more hoppers each including a hollow space having a length that extends from an aperture located on the top surface and through at least a portion of an interior of the body. The hollow space includes at least one curved surface that extends from the aperture along at least a portion of the length to allow the provisions to be stored within the one or more hoppers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Southwest Airlines Co.
    Inventors: Daniel Tarr, Charles Griffith, Alberto Cruz, Helen Greer
  • Patent number: 10505164
    Abstract: The invention provides for a high occupancy or heavy-duty vehicle with a battery propulsion power source, which may include lithium titanate batteries. The vehicle may be all-battery or may be a hybrid, and may have a composite body. The vehicle battery system may be housed within the floor of the vehicle and may have different groupings and arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Proterra Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Hill, Michael Walker, Shaun Onorato, Donald Morris, Stephen Misencik, John Winkel
  • Patent number: 10501106
    Abstract: A folding mechanism for a stroller including a cover, a front leg connector pivoted to the cover, a rear leg connector pivoted to the front leg connector, and a front guard member pivoted to the front leg connector is disclosed. A pair of connection arms extends from the front guard member. The folding mechanism includes a rotatable member pivoted to the cover and detachably connected to the connection arm. An abutting portion protrudes from the rotatable member. When the rear leg connector is unfolding, the rear leg connector abuts against the abutting portion and drives the front guard member rotating relative to the cover to an unfolded position. When the rear leg connector is folding, the rear leg connector is detached from the abutting portion to release the front guard member to a folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Jialiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 10494006
    Abstract: A moving carrier includes a body frame connecting device, an adjustment assembly, a body frame, an axle frame, at least one axle and at least one wheel. The adjustment assembly is disposed on the body frame connecting device. One end of the body frame is connected to the body frame connecting device. The relative positions of the body frame and the body frame connecting device are changed by adjusting the adjustment assembly. The axle frame is disposed on the body frame connecting device. The axle is connected to the axle frame. The wheel is disposed on the axle and connected to the axle frame by the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: UNIQUE PRODUCT & DESIGN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Cheng
  • Patent number: 10493835
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes: a battery pack that is arranged between a left rear wheel arranged outside of a left frame and a right rear wheel arranged outside of a right frame, the front end of the battery pack being located forward of an axle center of a rear wheel unit; a left motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the left rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the left rear wheel; and a right motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the right rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the right rear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ito, Kazuo Koike, Yasuhiro Manji
  • Patent number: 10494980
    Abstract: A device for accommodating a muffler for a two-wheel vehicle, in particular a motorcycle, includes a holder part that can be fastened to a structural component of the two-wheel vehicle. The holder part retains the muffler. A plastic part is used as the holder part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Sievers-Paulsen, Stefan Selinger, Matthias Dressler
  • Patent number: 10494045
    Abstract: A reflector mounting structure includes a fender reinforcement section (13A) that is attached to an inner side surface of a fender which faces a wheel, the fender being configured to cover an outside of the wheel, and a reflector support section (13B) to which a reflector (17) is attached, wherein the reflector support section (13B) and the fender reinforcement section (13A) are formed as an integrated fender assembly (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Koishikawa, Shota Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 10491823
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a mobile vehicle that can effectively suppress an image blur with a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tomomasa, Hisashi Kunihiro
  • Patent number: 10485168
    Abstract: In a riding mower having a frame, a mower deck supported beneath the frame, a chair on said frame and a source of motive power also supported on said frame and including two hydraulic transaxles depending beneath the frame to each selectively rotate a drive wheel. The frame is supported on forward and rear wheel assemblies with a supporting wheel. The transaxles are supported beneath the frame and pivotally secured thereto by a flange captivating vibration pillows and proximate the driven wheel and an inner pivot rod secured to the frame by apertures in downwardly depending tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bad Boy, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Bradley Covington, Warren Russell Long
  • Patent number: 10486763
    Abstract: A folding personal mobility vehicle includes a footboard part including wheels and a handle part including handles. The footboard part includes a front footboard part and a rear footboard part connected to each other through a hinge structure to be folded. The handle part has a length that is changed through sliding and is foldable toward the footboard part. The rear footboard part is folded on the front footboard part through the hinge structure, the handle part is folded on the rear footboard part in a state in which the length of the handle part is shortened through the sliding, and the rear footboard part is positioned between the handle part and the front footboard part in the folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Han Koo, Jae Young Choi, Jun Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 10486052
    Abstract: A mobility device is provided and includes a base panel that supports a passenger. A plurality of wheels are disposed at a plurality of points of the base panel and are coupled to the base panel to be rotated with respect to a vertical axis. A rotary portion provides a rotational force to rotate the wheel with respect to the base panel. Additionally, a braking portion is disposed on the rotary portion to adjust the plurality of wheels to be rotated with respect to the base panel or positions of the plurality of wheels to be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 10486521
    Abstract: A hybrid drivetrain (100) is provided. The hybrid drivetrain comprises a power source (102), a first motor generator assembly (104), and an electric axle drive unit (106). The first motor generator assembly includes a primary clutch (114) for drivingly engaging the power source with a first motor-generator (116). The electric axle drive unit comprises at least a second motor generator (140) drivingly engaged with the first motor generator and a pair of wheel assemblies (112). The power source, the first motor generator assembly, and the electric axle drive unit facilitate operating the hybrid drivetrain as a series-parallel hybrid drivetrain in a plurality of operating modes. The hybrid drivetrain meets the exacting needs of commercial vehicles while providing fuel efficiency improvements for vehicles incorporating the hybrid drivetrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond J. Haka, Krishna Kumar, Steven J. Wesolowski, James F. Ziech
  • Patent number: 10479192
    Abstract: A vehicle radiator grill that is manufactured by integrally combining plastic resins of different colors by using double injection and thus has two different colors is provided. The vehicle radiator grill includes a base component that has a first color and forms an exterior of a radiator grill while providing a vent component which has a plurality of air passages formed therethrough and blocked parts are disposed at both sides of the vent component. Additionally, an image component which has a second color different from the color of the base component is integrally formed with the base component by using double injection and exposes the second color toward the front of the radiator grill through the air passage to form an image of two different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Plakor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Hyun Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Ki Hong Lee, Han Mo Kang, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jeong Du Noh, Yong Whan Lee, Youn Woo Park, Seok Heon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10471334
    Abstract: A ski shoe harness includes a sole, a receiver, and a heel strap. The sole includes a binding mechanism adapted to engage a binding system of a ski. The sole and the receiver are attached and define a space to receive the front portion of a shoe. The heel strap, attached to the receiver, wraps around the rear portion of the shoe, interlocking the ski shoe harness with the shoe. Further, the heel strap includes an adjustment mechanism. Using the ski shoe harness of the present invention, non-ski shoes and boots of a various designs and sizes may be used to share and utilize skis having common cross-country binding systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas K Iverson
  • Patent number: 10464535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle (1), in particular a truck-mounted concrete pump, having a pivotable turntable (3), arranged on a frame (2), with a boom (4) constructed thereon, and a frame outrigger (5) which has carriers (6, 6a) that are retractable into the vehicle profile and/or extendable out of the vehicle profile, wherein the carriers (6, 6a) are each guided on an extension portion (7, 7a) fixed to the vehicle and form a telescope (8, 8a) therewith, wherein the extension portions (7, 7a) fixed to the vehicle are arranged behind a cab (9) in the direction of travel, wherein a folding part (11, 11a) connected via a joint (10, 10a) is arranged in each case at a free end of the carriers (6, 6a), wherein a support leg (12, 12a) is arranged on each folding part (11, 11 a), wherein the joint (10, 10a) is arranged outside the respective extension portion (7, 7a) in the retracted transport position of the carriers (6, 6a), such that the folding part (11, 11a) is foldable laterally into the vehicle profile in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Schwing GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Sacken, Bernd Segschneider
  • Patent number: 10457136
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a baffle for regulating air flow around an object. The baffle can be of unitary construction and can be made by a single shot injection molding process. The baffle can have an edge portion that is more flexible than the base portion. The baffle has also can have a base portion with a base portion thickness and an edge portion with an edge portion thickness that is less than the base portion thickness. A method of making a baffle by an injection molding process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GDC, Inc.
    Inventor: Suresh Ayyasamy
  • Patent number: 10449801
    Abstract: A wheel assembly including a cover portion permanently attached to a wheel. The wheel includes a wheel central hub portion, a wheel outer peripheral rim portion, a plurality of wheel spoke portions extending between the wheel central hub portion and the wheel outer peripheral rim portion, and a plurality of wheel turbine openings disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of wheel spoke portions. A cover portion is configured to overlie a portion of the wheel portion. The cover portion is configured to overlie one or more of the wheel central hub portion; the plurality of wheel spoke portions, and the plurality of turbine openings or the wheel outer periphery. An adhesive is disposed between an outboard surface of the wheel and the inboard surface of the cover portion to permanently secure the cover portion to the wheel portion. When the cover portion is secured to the wheel, substantial portions of the plurality of wheel spokes, the wheel central hub, or wheel outer periphery remain exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Lacks Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Stratton, Brian Lutt, Brian Wrase, Kevin Chinavare, Mark Nowicki
  • Patent number: 10442451
    Abstract: A mobile child support and entertainment device includes a base panel having roller elements for rolling support along a support surface, an upper support body having a seat positioned generally centrally therein for receiving a child, and at least one support leg extending between the base panel and the upper support body. The device allows a caregiver to move the child in the device from location to location, and provides entertainment and activity for the child. Embodiments of the device are configured for ease of maneuverability and access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Burns, Jacob Sclare
  • Patent number: 10446816
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module. The battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a plurality of end plates at least partially surrounding the battery cell stack; and a support member coupled to the plurality of end plates and supporting the plurality of end plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Ho Lee, Jae-Yeong Kim, Hyuk An, Young-Sop Eom