Patents Examined by James M Dolak
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Patent number: 11718168Abstract: To provide a vehicle drive device capable of efficiently driving a vehicle by using a motor without falling into the vicious cycle between enhancement of driving via the motor and an increase in vehicle weight. The present invention is a vehicle drive device (10) having a motor for driving the wheels of a vehicle and includes a front wheel motor (20) for driving front wheels (2b) of a vehicle (1) and a battery (18) and a capacitor (22) that supply electric power for driving the front wheel motor (20), in which the voltage of the battery (18) and the capacitor (22) connected in series is applied to the front wheel motor (20) and the capacitor (22) is disposed between the left and right front wheels (2b) of the vehicle (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Toda, Seiyo Hirano, Kei Yonemori, Hideki Sanai
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Patent number: 11714415Abstract: An autonomous electronic bicycle comprises a frame, a wheel that can be powered by a first electronic motor, and a pedal assembly connected to a pedal motor. The pedal assembly is not mechanically connected to the wheel, but the autonomous electronic bicycle simulates a mechanical connection by powering the rear wheel proportional to the user's pedaling force. The autonomous electronic bicycle uses a virtual gear ratio based on the cadence of the rider, the current incline of the bicycle, and the current speed of the bicycle. The virtual gear ratio can be a ratio between a torque of the set of pedals and a torque of the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: WEEL AUTONOMY INC.Inventors: Justin Allan Corbett, David Carlyle Hansen
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Patent number: 11713786Abstract: An attachment interface is provided for connecting a vehicle composite component having a plate portion that is made of a fiber reinforced polymer and has a passage extending in a through manner along an axis. The attachment interface provides a metal attachment device, which includes an inner portion engaging the passage and an outer portion defining a connection point suitable to be connected to another vehicle element. The plate portion is axially sandwiched between two layers made of a fiber reinforced polymer composite material selected from the group consisting of BMC (Bulk Molding Compound), LFT (Long Fiber Thermoplastic) and DLFT (Direct Long Fiber Thermoplastic).Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventors: Remi Sarlin, Laurens Verhulst, Michiel Warmerdam
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Patent number: 11713069Abstract: A steer-by-wire system includes: a steering wheel to generate a steering input, a sensor part to measure the steering input of the steering wheel, a controller to calculate a steering angle of a wheel based on the steering input measured by the sensor part, an actuator assembly located at an axle beam and configured to provide a steering driving force to the wheel, and a tie rod engaged with the actuator assembly and configured to vary the steering angle of the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Jeong Soo Kim
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Patent number: 11697320Abstract: A twist beam for a suspension of a motor vehicle comprises a body-side inner part having a bearing-receiving section for receiving a body-side bearing, and a wheel carrier-side outer part having a bearing-receiving section for receiving a wheel carrier-side bearing, the outer part and the inner part being separate components which are made of different materials and are firmly connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE GmbHInventors: Jan Dít{hacek over (e)}, Milo{hacek over (s)} K{hacek over (r)}ivan, Igor Schlender
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Patent number: 11691498Abstract: A vehicle radiator assembly includes: a common inlet tank having a high temperature inlet chamber and a low temperature inlet chamber; a common outlet tank spaced apart from the common inlet tank and including a high temperature outlet chamber and a low temperature outlet chamber; a high temperature radiator core including a plurality of high temperature tubes connecting the high temperature inlet chamber and the high temperature outlet chamber, and a plurality of high temperature cooling fins arranged with the plurality of high temperature tubes; a low temperature radiator core including a plurality of low temperature tubes connecting the low temperature inlet chamber and the low temperature outlet chamber, and a plurality of low temperature cooling fins arranged with the plurality of low temperature tubes; and a bimetal interposed between the high temperature radiator core and the low temperature radiator core.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Seong Bin Jeong
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Patent number: 11685313Abstract: A workpiece support is provided for a pickup truck tailgate. The tailgate includes a retractable step including a pair of step support members. The attachment brackets include a workpiece support bar and a riser that are attached to the step support members and to each other at a right angle. The workpiece support bar and riser may be fixedly attached to each other or attached by a pivot connector. Detachable connectors are provided to connect a workpiece support bar and riser detachably to the step support members.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua R. Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Hemphill
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Patent number: 11685416Abstract: A foldable wagon has a frame with vertical members arranged at four corners of the frame. Each vertical member has an upper bracket, a lower bracket, and a sliding member slidingly disposed on the vertical member between the upper and lower brackets. The frame has first bottom members with inner ends pivotally connected together with a first bottom connecting member and outer ends operatively and pivotally connected to a respective sliding member. The frame has second bottom members with inner ends operatively and pivotally connected together with a second bottom connecting member and outer ends being operatively and pivotally connected to a respective lower bracket.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Zhejiang Hengfeng Top Leisure Co., Ltd.Inventor: Baoqing Yang
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Patent number: 11685329Abstract: A seat for a vehicle may include a seatback including one or more inflatable bladders that may be configured to deploy in response to a triggering signal indicative of a change of velocity, collision, or predicted collision event. As at least a portion of the back of an occupant of the seat pushes against a front surface of the seatback due to the event, the one or more inflatable bladders compress at least partially the comfortable foam or comfort material in the seatback and expedite engagement of the energy absorbing material.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Nirmal Muralidharan, Markus Jost, David Maurice Libeaut, Samantha Lynne Schoell
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Patent number: 11679795Abstract: A pull-behind carriage has an auxiliary wheel mounted on a reconfigurable drawbar. When the pull-behind carriage is converted to a push carriage, the drawbar is folded so that the auxiliary wheel is positioned on the ground to act as an extra, supporting wheel. Joints in the drawbar are palm operated and can be rotated without continuing to hold the joint. The drawbar may also serve to move the axle of the main wheels backwards when the carriage is converted from the pull-behind mode to the push mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventor: Jerry Richmond Johnson
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Patent number: 11679321Abstract: Method and apparatus directed to cushioned concave pads, cushioned traction pads, and/or grip tape for self-balancing vehicles. The method and apparatus includes front cushioned pads and/or front cushioned traction pads having top surfaces and bottom surfaces; attaching the bottom surfaces of the front cushioned pads and/or the front cushioned traction pads to a first deck portion disposed at a first end of a frame; selecting rear cushioned pads and/or rear cushioned traction pads having top and bottom surfaces. The top surfaces of the rear cushioned pads and/or rear cushioned traction pads can have a rear kicktail extending integrally upwardly and rearwardly. The method and apparatus further include attaching the bottom surfaces of the rear cushioned pads and/or the rear cushioned traction pads to a second deck portion disposed at a second end of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventor: Paul Orehek
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Patent number: 11678758Abstract: Devices and methods that assist in the repair of an automobile.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventor: Colin Wood
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Patent number: 11673527Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle is proposed. The airbag includes an inflator configured to generate gas, the airbag cushion connected to the inflator and configured to expand by the gas, and a variable vent provided in a first side of the airbag cushion and configured to control opening and closing state of a vent hole of the variable vent for gas escape from the airbag cushion in response to an operational condition of the airbag cushion.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Hong Gyu Kim
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Patent number: 11674489Abstract: A system for operating a vehicle, which has an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, a front axle with front wheels, a rear axle with rear wheels and a battery. The system is provided that the electric machine is in a direct force-acting relationship to the rear axle. The system includes at least one primary clutch arrangement, via which the electric machine can be connected to the wheels of at least one axle, and a secondary clutch arrangement via which the electric machine can be connected to the internal combustion engine. For starting the internal combustion engine, the electric machine is to be separated from the wheels of the at least one axle via the at least one primary clutch arrangement and is to be connected to the internal combustion engine via the secondary clutch arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Henning Nieβing
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Patent number: 11667182Abstract: A chassis platform module for an electric vehicle may include: a main frame having a battery mounted thereon; and a front wheel-side support frame unit connected to a front of the main frame. The front wheel-side support frame unit may include: a pair of first support frames disposed in a width direction of a vehicle, and each having a first connection groove formed at a front end thereof; a pair of second support frames disposed at a front of the pair of first support frames, respectively, and each having a second connection groove formed at a rear end thereof; a connection frame having connection protrusions inserted into the first and second connection grooves, respectively; an adhesive part adhered to the inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second connection grooves; and a fastening member coupled to each of the connection protrusions through each of the first and second support frames.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyung Jin Woo, Hyoun Young Oh
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Patent number: 11664520Abstract: A fuel cell assembly is mounted on a vehicle via a mounting portion. The fuel cell assembly includes a first fuel cell unit, a first frame portion on which the first fuel cell unit is mounted and fixed, a second fuel cell unit, a second frame portion on which the second fuel cell unit is mounted and fixed, and a connecting portion that connects the first frame portion and the second frame portion such that the second fuel cell unit is located above the first fuel cell unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HINO MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiko Ohhashi, Hiroshi Yamagata, Yuta Komatsu, Kohei Hamano
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Patent number: 11654764Abstract: A vibration-damping device body (10) is provided that includes a first mounting member (11) mounted on one of a vibration-generating portion and a vibration-receiving portion via a bracket (2), a second mounting member (12) mounted on the other of the vibration-generating portion and the vibration-receiving portion, and an elastic body (13) connecting the first mounting member (11) and the second mounting member (12). The first mounting member (11) is fitted into a fitting hole (2a) formed in the bracket (2). A first guide portion (30) is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first mounting member (11). A second guide portion (20 is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the fitting hole (2a). The first guide portion (30) is fitted into the second guide portion (2f).Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Prospira CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Matsumoto, Fumiaki Arie
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Patent number: 11654852Abstract: A side airbag module for being attached to a seat frame (40) is described. Said airbag module has an inflator and at least one mounting stud (14) extending from said inflator. An airbag defining a gas space and being in fluid communication to said inflator is provided and is at least partially rolled and/or folded to an airbag package (20). The airbag package (20) is held by a wrapper (23) encircling at least a part of the airbag package (20). In order to simplify the mounting process of upholstery, at least one additional flexible flap (30) extends from the wrapper (23) and said additional flexible flap (30) has or carries at least one connection means for connecting the flexible flap to the frame (40) of a vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: David Baldreus, Johan Fritzen, Oskar Callerud, Andreas Adolfsson
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Patent number: 11648971Abstract: A foldable golf trolley comprising a chassis; at least one electrically powered rear drive wheel; a wheel support arm mounted to the front of the chassis supporting a front wheel; a stabilizer arm mounted to the rear of the chassis supporting a stabilizer wheel; a main support mounted to the chassis and a handle mounted to the main support; wherein the main support, the wheel support arm and the stabilizer arm are rotatably mounted to the chassis and movable between an operative configuration and a folded configuration; and gears connecting the stabilizer arm and main support, wherein rotation of the main support between the operative configuration and the folded configuration cause rotation of the stabilizer arm between the operative configuration and the folded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: STEWART GOLF LIMITEDInventors: Mark Stewart, Jon Stewart-Miller, David Funnell, Duncan Ross Stewart
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Patent number: 11652254Abstract: A high energy density battery module may comprise a plurality of battery units. The battery units may be electronically coupled to at least one other battery unit and may further comprise a plurality of electrochemical battery cells. The battery units may comprise a cell retainer to fix cells in a predetermined arrangement comprising a first and second column of battery cells. The battery units may comprise protective wrapping of thermally insulating material woven between at least a portion of the first and second column of battery cells. An electrical contact may be may be disposed in or on each of the plurality of battery units.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Sean Richard Donovan, Raffaello Verna, Herman Wiegman, Braedon Andrew Lohe