Patents Examined by Hilary L John
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Patent number: 12251343Abstract: Portable adjustable frame systems may be used in connection with mobility assistance equipment to improve accessibility for users. Various brackets may be employed to attach the portable adjustable frame system to mobility assistance equipment depending on the type of mobility assistance equipment to which the portable adjustable frame system may be attached. The portable adjustable frame system may include adjustable legs that may help to removably secure the portable adjustable frame system to the mobility assistance equipment. The portable adjustable frame system may be utilized by sliding in relative to the mobility assistance equipment without the need for brackets. Trays and/or baskets may be attached to the portable adjustable frame system to provide other means for accessibility for users.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Inventor: James Russell Adams, Jr.
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Patent number: 12221147Abstract: In one example, a pallet jack cap system includes a stabilization outrigger secured around steer wheels of a pallet jack, a bonnet in an elevated position over forks of the pallet jack, an anchor base for attachment to the pallet jack, and a vertical extension system between the anchor base and the bonnet. The vertical extension system supports the bonnet in the elevated position over the forks of the pallet jack. The vertical extension system can include an elevating vertical support assembly, an elastic counterpoise to assist with positioning the bonnet at a particular elevation based on an extension of the vertical support assembly, and an extension lock to secure the vertical support assembly at the particular elevation. The bonnet can be lowered down over a unit load on a pallet transported by the pallet jack, to secure the unit load and items in transport by the pallet jack.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Patrick Dwyer, Eli Douglas Girod, Ryan Gratias, Nathanael Edmund Deffenbaugh, Robert Matthew Gruendel, Ed Gallagher
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Patent number: 12214668Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling a clutch in a hybrid vehicle with a manual transmission, are provided. With the goal of enabling autonomous/assisted clutch control in a hybrid vehicle, while preserving the familiar mechanical feeling at the clutch pedal that driving enthusiasts prefer, embodiments of the disclosed technology use a shuttle valve to blend control of clutch engagement between a driver and an ECU. In these embodiments, a clutch pedal in the vehicle may be mechanically connected to a piston in a first hydraulic cylinder (just like in a traditional mechanical/hydraulic clutch actuation system), and an ECU may actuate a second hydraulic cylinder. Accordingly, a shuttle valve may be used to route the fluid coming from the cylinder with the greater pressure (i.e. the driver actuated cylinder or the ECU actuated cylinder), to a third hydraulic cylinder which adjusts engagement of a clutch by a mechanical linkage.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Alexander R. Green, Michael Thompson
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Patent number: 12208050Abstract: An exercise apparatus and a method thereof relate to the technical fields of physical exercise, training instruments, life cultivation and health preservation, leisure and entertainment, teaching appliances, smart home and the like. Through reverse thinking, by changing a shape, a structure, a function, a control method or/and a using method of an electric scooter, the electric scooter is switched to the fields of physical exercise or/and learning and education. By means of technical characteristics in an attempt to avoid by the technical staff, unexpected technical effects are achieved, and a new purpose of the electric scooter is achieved. The exercise apparatus carries a user to perform automatic round-trip movement, the user correspondingly adjusts physical and mental states to prevent from falling and the exercise apparatus is helpful for improving abilities of balancing, coordination, relaxation, flexibility, concentration and contingency of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: HANGZHOU GUDI LIFE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Qian Yao
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Patent number: 12202539Abstract: A floor panel comprises a first floor portion and a second floor portion which is located at a higher level than the first floor portion. In a vehicle-body structure, a connecting member which extends from a battery case to a second floor portion and connects the battery case and the second floor portion is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro Kamei, Takayuki Kimura
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Patent number: 12202327Abstract: A vehicle lower structure, including: a base member provided under a floor of a vehicle; a pair of reinforcement members; a slope device accommodated above the base member and between the pair of reinforcement members; and a vehicle body floor, both the slope device and the vehicle body floor being fastened to each of a rear flange of a front reinforcement member and a front flange of a rear reinforcement member of respective pairs of the flanges of each of the pair of reinforcement members, and a first fastening portion being disposed so as not to contact the vehicle body floor, and a second fastening portion at which the vehicle body floor is fastened to the rear flange of the front reinforcement member and to the front flange of the rear reinforcement member being disposed so as not to contact the slope device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Soshiro Murata, Kazuki Ohtake
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Patent number: 12202533Abstract: A driving device for a campervan. The driving device includes a wheel hub, a motor, and a tire, where the tire is sleeved on the wheel hub and rotatable relative to the wheel hub, the motor is fixedly disposed on the wheel hub and configured to drive the tire to rotate through a transmission mechanism. An axis of the output shaft of the motor is parallel to an axis of the wheel hub. The transmission mechanism includes an active small gear fixedly connected to the output shaft of the motor, a driven large gear fixedly connected to the tire, and a reduction gear set rotatably disposed on the wheel hub and meshing with the active small gear and the driven large gear. The driven large gear is detachably arranged on the tire by means of a socket structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Inventors: Xiong Wang, Jiawu Zhang, Hua Wang
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Patent number: 12194857Abstract: A drive device for an electric truck includes drive unit housings provided to each of drive wheels on left and right sides of the electric truck, each of the drive unit housings 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 the drive wheel. The drive device further includes suspension parts one provided over the final gear in each of the drive unit housings, steering gear parts one being provided over each of the suspension parts, pairs of hinge parts, and pairs of body-connecting parts, one of the pairs connecting each of the steering gear parts to a vehicle body of the electric truck through each of the pairs of hinge parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Daimler Truck AGInventors: Karthikeyan Premkumar, Aydogan Cakmaz, Pradeep Kumar Thimmaiyan, Manish Saxena, Karthikeyan Suryanarayanan, Gopinath Murugan
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Patent number: 12194906Abstract: A tow dolly cross rail assembly includes a male bar and a pair of female bars arranged in a slidable relationship, forming an arched configuration that creates a positive camber effect at dolly tires at the outer ends of the bars. The male bar comprises an apex that forms an angle that orients upwardly, forming an angle between about 165° to 179°. The center male bar and pair of female bars are arranged in a slidable relationship with each other. The midpoint of the center male bar forms an apex. The inner end of female bars is in a slidable relationship with free ends of center male bar. The female bars telescopically slide along the free ends of center male bar for increasing and decreasing length of cross rail. The arched configuration of the center male bar slopes the female bars to create a positive camber at the dolly tires.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Inventor: Curtis Collins Hassell
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Patent number: 12187375Abstract: A frame and a mobility scooter. The frame includes a first longitudinal beam, a second longitudinal beam, a head tube and a first cross beam. A first end of the first longitudinal beam and a first end of the second longitudinal beams are both coupled to the head tube. The first cross beam has a first end coupled to the first longitudinal beam and a second end coupled to the second longitudinal beam. The first longitudinal beam is divided into a first front tube section and a first rear tube section by the first cross beam, the second longitudinal beam is divided into a second front tube section and a second rear tube section by the first cross beam, and the first and second rear tube sections form a rear fork of the mobility scooter.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Ninebot (Changzhou) Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zefang Qi, Hui Su
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Patent number: 12187383Abstract: A drive device includes a motor, an output part outputting torque to the outside, a gear part transmitting torque of the motor to the output part, and a housing having an internal space. The gear part includes at least one gear shaft extending in an axial direction, to which at least one gear is fixed, and a gear case accommodating the gear. The gear case includes a wall part facing an outer circumferential surface of the accommodated gear in a radial direction and extending in a circumferential direction and an opening adjacent to the wall part in the circumferential direction and penetrating in the radial direction. The opening faces the housing in the radial direction, and in a rotation direction of the gear, the wall part includes a front end disposed on a front side of the opening and adjacent to the opening. The front end contacts the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Kuramoto, Toshiyuki Sasaki, Takeshi Ohiro
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Patent number: 12187111Abstract: A lower structure for a vehicle includes a battery unit which is provided under a vehicle body floor, a frame member which extends in a front-rear direction on a vehicle-width-direction outer side of the battery unit, a high-voltage cable which extends forward from a front portion of the battery unit, and a fixing member which fixes a rear portion of the battery unit to the frame member, and the fixing member is configured to be fractured when an inward collision load in a vehicle width direction is input to a position in front of a position of a center of gravity of a first battery unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Harugaichi, Daisuke Sakagami, Sho Yoshida, Daisuke Tsuji, Shuang Gao, Yoshie Nishimoto
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Patent number: 12178764Abstract: A modular ride-on is provided that is adjustable based on the needs of the operator. The modular ride-on offers children and young adults with disabilities a higher degree of freedom and comfort over traditional mobility devices—such as wheelchairs. The modular ride-on includes a chassis configured to removably couple a plurality of adjustable modules. The independently adjustable modules include a front-end module, first and second drive modules, a seating module, a harness module, an armrest module, a footrest module, a leg support module, a body module, and a control module.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: University of North Florida Board of TrusteesInventors: Juan Aceros, Matthew Cantwell, John Prisco
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Patent number: 12180679Abstract: A shovel includes an upper swing structure, a lower traveling structure, a first switch configured to stop an engine, and a hardware processor configured to control the engine. The hardware processor is configured to determine to start an automatic cooling operation in response to recognizing a predetermined operation and recognizing that an operation to stop the engine has been performed on the first switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuyuki Ishii
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Patent number: 12179088Abstract: A truck includes a base plate, a hanger, a kingpin, and a bushing assembly. The base plate includes a coupling portion and a contact portion. The kingpin is disposed within a portion of the hanger to rotatably couple the hanger to the base plate. The bushing assembly includes at least one bushing disposed in a recess of the contact portion and in contact with the hanger. The bushing assembly including a bushing adjustment coupled to at least one of the base plate or the hanger and configured to selectively engage the at least one bushing to transition the bushing assembly between a first configuration in which the at least one bushing exerts a first force in response to rotation of the hanger and a second configuration in which the at least one bushing exerts a second force different from the first force in response to rotation of the hanger.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SKATE ONE CORP.Inventors: George A. Powell, Michael T. Mete
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Patent number: 12173473Abstract: To achieve the improvement of maintainability, simplification of structure, upon arranging a cooling fan on an outdoor side of a heat exchanger. To configure such that heat exchangers are arranged so as to face an openable/closable cover in a closed state, in a main accommodating chamber having an opening part which is opened or closed by the openable/closable cover; on the other hand, cooling fans are mounted in the operable/closable cover, and the cooling fans faces heat exchangers to supply cooling air in the closed state of the openable/closable cover; on the other hand, the cooling fans are separated from the heat exchangers in an open state of the openable/closable cover to allow the heat exchangers to be accessible from the opening part.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Caterpillar SARLInventor: Takuya Nishioka
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Patent number: 12162358Abstract: In a wheel drive apparatus, a clutch is configured to switch a coupling mode between a first rotating shaft of a first rotating electrical machine and a second rotating shaft of a second rotating electrical machine to any one of (i) a power transmission mode in which power transmission is enabled between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft; and (ii) a power interruption mode in which power transmission is interrupted between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Yuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 12162058Abstract: A structural component for a vehicle may include an extrusion that is extruded into a first state and then expanded into a second state. The extrusion in the first state has a reduced size relative to a desired final size. The extrusion in the first state is placed within a die that defines the desired final size. Pressurized water is distributed within internal cells of the extrusion in the first state such that the walls defining the internal cells are expanded into engagement with the surface of the die, thereby creating surface features or sealing interfaces with tight tolerances. The relative shape of the die and the extrusion in the first state defines an open space therebetween, into which the extrusion may expand to define the final shape. Some of the internal cells may be plugged such that they are not provided with pressurized water.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: Nikhil Bolar
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Patent number: 12160012Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules; a pack housing in which the plurality of battery modules are accommodated; and an energy consumption unit accommodated inside the pack housing, connected to at least one of the plurality of battery modules, and configured to convert electrical energy stored in the battery module into thermal energy as a temperature inside the pack housing increases and dissipate the thermal energy through at least one of the pack housing and a heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventor: Jin-Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 12156838Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly having a collapsible wheelchair and an anti-rollback assembly to brake rotational movement of the wheelchair when a user is unseated, while simultaneously maintaining the ability of the wheelchair to collapse into a storage configuration. The anti-rollback assembly may include a brake bar pivotable between a lock state and an unlock state, a biasing member engaging the brake bar to exert a biasing force to move the brake bar into the lock state, and an actuator configured to engage a seat surface of the wheelchair to move the brake bar into the unlock state when the individual occupies the seat surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Direct Supply, Inc.Inventor: Justin T. Morgan