Patents Examined by James M Dolak
  • Patent number: 10518800
    Abstract: A magnetically adhering robot has a body and a first travelling assembly configured to move the body in a first direction. A second travelling assembly is provided which is configured to move the body in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction. An elevator assembly is provided which moves the second travelling assembly between a raised position and a lowered position. In the lowered position, the second travelling assembly is lower than the first travelling assembly and solely supports the body. In the raised position, the second travelling assembly is above the first travelling assembly, with the first travelling assembly solely supporting the body. At least one magnetic assembly is provided for magnetically adhering the body to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: INUKTUN SERVICES LTD.
    Inventors: Colin E. Dobell, Kienan J. Warder
  • Patent number: 10518629
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling system (1) of a motor vehicle comprising heat exchange elements with at least one heat exchanger (14) designed to allow the exchange of heat between a fluid to be cooled and a flow of air, said cooling system comprising an inlet for said flow of air and an outlet for said flow of air and a housing comprising a sealed structure for encapsulating said heat exchange elements to avoid leaks of air between said inlet and said outlet for said flow of air. According to the invention, the cooling system (1) is designed to be fixed onto the support (10) of a front-end module of a motor vehicle, said support (10) forming, in the assembled position of the cooling system (1), a part of said sealed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Herlem
  • Patent number: 10518816
    Abstract: A method of managing water entering through a hood vent includes steps of: collecting the water in a water collection tray of the hood vent, delivering the water, through a first water drain of the hood vent, to a water channel of a hood insulator and discharging the water from a second water drain in the hood insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Lawson Overgaard, Bryn Arthur Davies, Keith Brown, Martin Hagen
  • Patent number: 10511207
    Abstract: An electric machine (10) includes a stator assembly (50) and a rotor (16) positioned within the stator assembly. The electric machine (10) further comprises a rotor carrier (20), and the rotor (16) is mounted on an outer surface (62) of the rotor carrier (20). The rotor carrier (20) includes a hub portion (22), a radial portion (24) extending from the hub portion (22), a first cylindrical portion (60) extending from the radial portion, and a second cylindrical portion (66) extending from the first cylindrical portion. The hub portion (22), the radial portion (24), the first cylindrical portion (60) and the second cylindrical portion (66) are provided as an integrally formed unitary component. An engine disconnect clutch (30) and a transmission clutch (40) are positioned within the rotor carrier (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley D. Chamberlin, Sven N. Altlay, Jomon Kaniampalackal
  • Patent number: 10492604
    Abstract: A cart for moving product over a floor surface includes a folding frame assembly having a first shelf support member and a second shelf support member pivotable with respect to the first shelf support member. A shelf is pivotable with respect to the first shelf support member and supportable by the second shelf support member. The second shelf support member and the shelf are movable between a first operable position and a second stored position. The second shelf support member and shelf are both rotatable relative to the first shelf support member when moving from the first operable position to the second stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SPG INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Gonzalez, Steven M. Kessell
  • Patent number: 10486602
    Abstract: A vehicle side or step rail includes a longitudinal extending vehicle side rail having a vehicle frame-facing side arranged to mount to the frame of a motor vehicle and an outward-facing side to which a leading end of one or more steps is connected to the rail but the trailing end is not. The connection may be in the form of a brace. Depending on where the vehicle mounting points are located relative to the leading end of the step, one or more additional braces can be added. Regardless of whether additional braces are used, the trailing end of the step is not braced or connected to the rail and always extends past the brace. The step surface of the step is always spaced apart from the rail, leaving a gap between it and the outward-facing side of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Iron Cross Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy D. Bundy, Don Bundy, Eric Long, Cole Stevens
  • Patent number: 10479389
    Abstract: A collapsible seat assembly is mounted on a frame of a stroller, and includes a joint member, a backrest support member, a leg support member and a locking mechanism. Each of a pivot portion of the backrest support member and a pivot portion of the leg support member is pivotably mounted on the joint member. The locking mechanism is disposed between the pivot portions to lock or unlock the backrest and leg support members. The locking mechanism is configured to be actuated to move from a locking position to an unlocking position by the operation of the frame of the stroller from an unfolded state to a folded state. A stroller having the collapsible seat assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Zhi-Ren Zhong
  • Patent number: 10479390
    Abstract: A collapsible seat assembly is mounted on a frame of a stroller, and includes a joint member, a backrest support member, a leg support member and a locking mechanism. Each of a pivot portion of the backrest support member and a pivot portion of the leg support member is pivotably mounted on the joint member. The locking mechanism is disposed between the pivot portions to lock or unlock the backrest and leg support members. The locking mechanism is configured to be actuated to move from a locking position to an unlocking position by the operation of the frame of the stroller from an unfolded state to a folded state. A stroller having the collapsible seat assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Zhi-Ren Zhong
  • Patent number: 10480390
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower unit rotatably supported to a vehicle body between a closed position and an open position, and a position adjustment portion configured to adjust a vertical position of the blower unit when the blower unit is at the closed position. The position adjustment portion includes a first plate that is provided on the vehicle body and includes a first through portion vertically penetrating, a second plate that is provided on the blower unit, vertically penetrates, and includes a second through portion communicating with the first through portion from below when the blower unit is at the closed position, and an adjustment bolt that includes a shaft portion inserted into the first through portion and the second through portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10464388
    Abstract: In a vehicle provided with an in-wheel motor disposed below a spring of a front wheel, an anti-dive angle of a front suspension is set to form an angle which is inclined towards an upper side of the vehicle with respect to a horizontal line drawn from a ground contact point of the front wheel to a rear side of the vehicle, and an arc-shaped trajectory of a wheel center resulting from displacement of the front suspension is set to be movable towards the upper side of the vehicle and towards the rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10464431
    Abstract: A power maintaining method of electric vehicle includes the following step. In step 01, an energy power is provided by a main battery pack to drive a first electric vehicle (EV) moving to a first power supply station. In step 02, a first swappable battery pack is installed on the first EV at the first power supply station, and the first swappable battery pack is electrically connected to the main battery pack of the first EV so that the main battery pack is charged by the first swappable battery pack. In step 03, the first EV is driven to a second power supply station from the first power supply station. In step 04, the first swappable battery pack is uninstalled from the first EV at the second power supply station. In addition, an electric vehicle and a power supply station is disclosed in the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Chih-Chan Ger
  • Patent number: 10456658
    Abstract: A self-stabilizing, one-wheeled electric skateboard may include improved features. In some examples, the vehicle includes a status indicator viewable through a slot formed in an upper surface of the board. In some examples, the vehicle includes a convertible carrying handle transitionable between stowed and deployed positions. In some examples, the vehicle includes an interchangeable fender and fender substitute that may be removably coupled to an upper surface of the board. In some examples, a motor controller of the vehicle may operate a field-oriented control (FOC) scheme configured to control the electric motor by manipulating a direct current aligned with a rotating rotor flux angle and a quadrature current defined at ninety degrees from the rotating rotor flux angle. In some examples, the motor controller may be configured to permit intuitive dismounting of the vehicle by tilting and/or moving the vehicle backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Future Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Jonathan Doerksen, Beau Robertson, Daniel J. Wood, Julian De La Rua
  • Patent number: 10457130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock assembly for a battery lock-up mechanism, a power battery comprising the lock assembly, a battery lock-up mechanism, a new energy vehicle, and a method for installing/detaching a power battery onto/from a new energy vehicle by using the battery lock-up mechanism of the invention. The lock assembly for battery lock-up mechanism comprises a casing and a stop end plate which define an accommodation space. A returning spring, a push rod, a locking pin or the like are installed in a central pull shaft. The technical solutions of the invention have a low cost, are easy to operate and are stable and reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIO NEXTEV LIMITED
    Inventors: Jan Bengtsson, Nan Li
  • Patent number: 10441483
    Abstract: A modular drive device for driving a first driven module of a first emergency patient motion device or a second driven module of a second emergency patient motion device, the first driven module being different from the second driven module. The modular drive device comprises a motor, and an output device operatively coupled to and drivable by the motor. The output device transmits mechanical force from the motor to the first driven module when said output device is coupled to the first emergency patient motion device and from the motor to the second driven module when said output device is coupled to the second emergency patient motion device. The modular drive device further comprises a controller operable in a first motor mode and a second motor mode. The first motor mode corresponding to the first driven module, and the second motor mode corresponding to the second driven module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Ross Timothy Lucas, Daniel Vincent Brosnan, Aaron Douglas Furman, Christopher J. Cummings, Janani Gopalkrishnan, Thomas Alan Puvogel, Genevieve Cherie Sertic
  • Patent number: 10434866
    Abstract: A radiator shutter for a motor vehicle includes a carrier, which has a cross-sectional surface, through which air can flow, at least one lamella, which is arranged on the carrier, and which has a longitudinally extended flexible and elastic bending rod and at least one planar segment, wherein the planar segment is connected to the bending rod along a side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wiech, Fabian Fuerst
  • Patent number: 10421352
    Abstract: An air flap apparatus for a motor vehicle having a driving force source to drive a plurality of air flaps between their operating positions; the apparatus having at least two sub-groups of air flap(s) which are displaceable separately from one another between their operating positions but are drivable by the shared driving force source; there being arranged between the driving force source and the at least two sub-groups a gated control configuration which in order to transfer driving force to different sub-groups has, on a groove carrier rotatable around a rotation axis, at least two control grooves embodied separately and arranged at a distance from one another, into each of which a control pin penetrates, each combination of control pin and control groove being motion-transferringly coupled to a different sub-group, the at least two control grooves are embodied on an enveloping surface of the groove carrier at an axial distance from one another and are coded such that for two sub-groups, they permit at lea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Patrick Urbach
  • Patent number: 10421006
    Abstract: A self-balancing vehicle includes a vehicle body having a housing with a top cover and a bottom cover. It includes a unitary support bar disposed between the top and bottom covers, about which the top and bottom covers are mounted, and which extends entirely along the top and bottom covers between opposed left and right ends of the unitary support bar. The vehicle further includes a left drive wheel and an opposed right drive wheel, each indirectly coupled to the unitary support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Bowen Li
  • Patent number: 10421499
    Abstract: An automotive splash guard includes first and second molded pieces. The first molded piece has a shape configured to have at least a portion thereof installed outside an automobile wheel well, and the second molded piece has a shape configured to be installed in an automobile wheel well. The first piece has an exterior painted surface, the first piece is separate from the second piece while the first piece is being painted and is attached to the second piece after being painted by mechanical joining or adhering. A method for manufacturing a splash guard includes molding the first piece; molding the second piece; painting the first piece while it is separate from the second piece; and then attaching the second piece to the first piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: REHAU AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Edward Daniels, Ioan Hefin Jones, Benjamin Wayne Munson, Christian Herbert Peter Hauser, Lucien William Barksdale, Jr., Thomas J. Mett, Mark Francis Murphy, Vikas Grover
  • Patent number: 10421405
    Abstract: A step hitch assembly providing a platform surface elevated from the ground level of a vehicle for facilitating access to a rooftop surfaces and elevated objects on or about the rooftop surface including a trailer hitch member attachable to a vehicle hitch receiver, a step platform having at least two substantially planar surfaces in substantially parallel alignment adjoined by a transverse panel to thereby define a space therebetween fastenable to the vehicle hitch receiver in alternative horizontally and vertical orientations and having a plurality of corresponding transverse spaced perforations sized and spaced in transverse alignment for detachable coupling of a tow accessory hitch receiver having receiver holes to corresponding spaced perforations and a locking member capable of alternatively securing the hitch receiver in an extended position wherein the hitch receiver ball protrudes from the step platform or in a retracted position wherein the tow accessory hitch receiver ball is retracted in the space
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED ENGINEERING GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Good, Arvinder Singh, Hardeep Singh
  • Patent number: 10399632
    Abstract: An adjustable rear wheel hood system has a movable hood, so to be longitudinally adjusted to accommodate shrinking wheels (due to wear), or other requirements. A longitudinal slot is aligned between the rear wheel hood and the deck, and after adjusting the hood-to-rear wheel separation to a desired amount, the hood is secured to the deck via a shaped protuberance and securing mechanism, preventing lateral movement of the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Glorious Empire, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Broussard