Patents Examined by John D. Walters
  • Patent number: 12377722
    Abstract: A motor vehicle may include a drive train which has at least one electric machine. The electric machine can be connected or is connected to an electric energy store that can be charged with a charging interface from an external charging device, which electric machine is designed to generate a torque and transmit it to an output of the drive train. A decoupling device may be included, which is designed to mechanically decouple the electric machine from the output, when required, in order to carry out a charging operation in a decoupling state. In the decoupling state, a rotational movement of the rotor of the electric machine into a target charging orientation of the rotor is decoupled from the output of the drive train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Peterseim, Felix Prauße, Gerhard Müller
  • Patent number: 12371091
    Abstract: A multipurpose riding apparatus having a chair body pivotally attached to a chair base, a seat associated with the chair body, a pair of front wheels rotationally attached to the chair body, a back wheel rotationally attached to the chair base; a brake attached to the chair body and associated with the back wheel, such that selective actuation of the brake prevents the rotation of the back wheel; an orientation lock associated with the chair body and the chair base, wherein the orientation lock is configured to selectively prevent rotation of the chair body about the chair base. The multipurpose riding apparatus may be ridden and controlled by a standing user that is standing on the chair base, while simultaneously holding a sitting user within the seat. The multipurpose riding apparatus may be folded into a compact package while not in use, thus facilitating easy storage and transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Inventor: Samara F. Jalala
  • Patent number: 12365234
    Abstract: A driveline for a military vehicle includes a driver configured to be positioned between an engine and a transmission. The driver includes a housing, a motor/generator, and a clutch. The housing includes an engine mount configured to couple to the engine and a backing plate configured to couple to the transmission. The motor/generator is disposed within the housing and configured to couple to an input of the transmission. The clutch is disposed within the housing and coupled to the motor/generator. The clutch is configured to selectively couple an output of the engine to the motor/generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Smith, Dave Marek, Neil Dekarske, Mike Bolton, Ryan Crabtree, Joseph Dehaan, Rachell Harsh, Michael Koenigs, Shawn Naglik, Mitchel Nordahl, Evan Schertz, Mikel Ullman, Jessica Szymanski, Bradon Zeitler, Deepak Shukla, Ed Trinklein, Tim Voight, Mike Yanacek, Matt Mathison, Nader Nasr
  • Patent number: 12358546
    Abstract: A collapsible or foldable stroller frame is disclosed herein. The stroller frame is configured to be folded into a compact size using a series of connections between a handle portion, front leg portion, and rear leg portion. In one aspect, a basket assembly is also provided that is attached to the stroller frame and is configured to fold into a perimeter defined by the folded stroller frame. In another aspect, an adaptor assembly is provided that allows for a connection or support interface between a carrier and the stroller frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrew J. Horst, Daniel A. Sack
  • Patent number: 12358547
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backrest angle adjusting mechanism including a first support, a second support, a locking member and a reset member. The first and second supports are pivotally connected to each other and are respectively connected to a backrest tube and a stroller frame, and multiple engaging stages are formed between the first and second supports. The locking member is slidably provided between the first and second support, and has a lock position and a release position. The locking member is engaged at any engaging stage when at the lock position; when the driving member moves, the locking member is driven to slide and depart from the engaging stage and becomes located at the release position, thereby implementing angle adjustment of the backrest tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Zhiren Zhong
  • Patent number: 12351226
    Abstract: A transfer trolley and an outdoor transfer device are disclosed. The transfer trolley includes a frame, casters, a drag rod, and constraint components. The frame has a structure of being folded or unfolded in a width direction, the casters are two pairs and fixed to bottom of the frame. One end of the drag rod being rotary fixed to one end in a length direction of the frame, and the other end of the drag rod being flipped upwardly or downwardly around the one end of the drag rod that is rotationally connected with the frame. The constraint components are fixed to and cooperating with the frame to allow the frame in a locked state of keeping unfolded or an unlocked state of being folded in the width direction. By intelligently designing the frame into a foldable structure, greatly reducing the space required for storage of the transfer trolley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventor: Yuwen Chen
  • Patent number: 12342947
    Abstract: A child walker assembly is detachably connected to a stroller so as to extend away therefrom and enable the child to grasp and use a handle of the assembly for balance and support while walking as the parent pushes the stroller. The assembly is adjustable in width and/or length. The handle may be raised or lowered to be positioned at an appropriate height for the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Inventors: Lisa Grayson, Richard Grayson
  • Patent number: 12337797
    Abstract: A rack system for a commercial vehicle including at least one guide rail fixable to at least one vehicle structure of the commercial vehicle, and at least one rack slidingly supported by the guide rail back and forth in a lateral direction of the commercial vehicle. To laterally balance a loading of the commercial vehicle the rack system comprises at least one fixing unit for temporary fixing the rack selectively in one of several fixing positions disposed along the guide rail by fixing the rack to the guide rail and/or to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeroen Lem, Keith Allen Godin, Marcel Grein, Nicole Leonarda Wilhelmina Eikelenberg, Johnathan Andrew Line, Joseph Michael Kish, Jimmy Moua, David Longin, Detlef Kuck
  • Patent number: 12330571
    Abstract: A rock rail assembly for a vehicle includes a mounting assembly coupled to the vehicle and comprising a shock absorption pad, and a rail assembly pivotably coupled to the mounting assembly and having a rail. The shock absorption pad is the vehicle-laterally-outboardmost portion of the mounting assembly. The rail assembly is operable to pivot relative to the mounting assembly to move the rail between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position of the rail, a portion of the rail abuts the shock absorption pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Dennis Yee, Aaron Peter Klop, Satvinder Singh Matharu
  • Patent number: 12330517
    Abstract: A working machine includes a vehicle body; a traveling device that supports the vehicle body; a drive that drives the traveling device; and a cabin that accommodates an operator seat. The drive has a drive motor that drives the traveling device; a fuel cell that supplies electric power to the drive motor; a controller that controls power supply from the fuel cell to the drive motor; and a hydrogen tank that supplies a hydrogen gas for fuel to the fuel cell. The hydrogen tank is disposed in an upper portion of an internal space of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Takaki
  • Patent number: 12330492
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an aluminum alloy frame and power cell compartment integration structure, including an aluminum alloy frame and a power cell compartment. The aluminum alloy frame includes left and right longitudinal beams and several cross beams; the power cell compartment includes left and right supports, a bottom plate, a framework, an upper cover, and a charging port; the left and right supports, the upper cover and the bottom plate are respectively mounted on two side surfaces, a top and a bottom of the framework; a power cell is assembled in the framework of the power cell compartment; the charging port connected to the power cell is formed in the framework; and the power cell compartment is detachably assembled between the left and right longitudinal beams of the aluminum alloy frame through the left and right supports on the two side surfaces of the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Jilin University
    Inventors: Dengfeng Wang, Zifeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12325478
    Abstract: A recreational off-highway vehicle includes side-by-side passenger and driver seats held within a chassis. The seats sit low in the chassis and are covered by a roll cage. Grab handles are positioned on the sides of the passenger seat. Select large round tubing protects the vehicle, while rectangular tubing frames the portions of the vehicle beneath body panels. The vehicle is powered by an engine rearward of the seats that is connected to a transaxle. A radiator is positioned above the engine. A cover with an access panel is situated between the engine and the passenger seats. The vehicle is suited for rough terrain travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Arctic Cat Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Spindler, Derek Sorenson, Peter Schoenecker
  • Patent number: 12325490
    Abstract: A wheel hub motor includes a shaft, a stator unit and a rotating unit. The stator unit includes a coreless stator set. The rotating unit includes a rotating seat set sleeved on the shaft, a bearing set, and two rotor sets fixedly mounted to the rotating seat set. The rotating seat set defines a bearing mounting space adjacent to the shaft and receiving the bearing set therein, and a rotor space radially spaced apart from the bearing mounting space and receiving the rotor sets therein. The coreless stator set is disposed between the rotor sets such that, when being energized to generate a magnetic field, the rotor sets rotate about the shaft so as to drive the rotating seat set and the bearing set to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: MOTEK AUTOMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fu-Chang Huang
  • Patent number: 12325491
    Abstract: A hub motor for a pedelec includes a hub housing, a shaft module, a stator unit including a control circuit board, a rotor unit, a freehub module, and a signal wire. The shaft module includes a shaft tube and a casing tube fitting around the shaft tube. The shaft tube has an inner circumference and an outer circumference, which are opposite, the inner circumference encircles to form a perforation. A groove is formed by recessing into the outer circumference. The casing tube fits around the shaft tube to cover the groove, thereby forming a wiring space. The freehub module includes a freehub body for sensing a rotational speed of the hub housing and an output portion electrically connected to the freehub body. The signal wire passes and is restricted in the wiring space, which prevents the signal wire from being torn. An end of the signal wire is electrically connected to the output portion, and the other end is electrically connected to the control circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: TIEN HSIN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Mo Lu, Yu-Chen Wu, Chin-Wen Ou
  • Patent number: 12319134
    Abstract: The electric tractor is equipped with a battery, a transmission unit, a machine body frame, a rear axle unit, and a front axle unit. The transmission unit shifts the input power and outputs the shifted input power. The machine body frame is fixed to the transmission unit. The rear axle unit supports the rear wheels, and transmits, to the rear wheels, the power output from the transmission unit. The front axle unit supports the front wheels. The rear axle unit and the front axle unit support chassis including the machine body frame and transmission unit. The battery is supported by the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Hashimoto, Taihei Daiyakuji, Masashi Matsumoto, Tomohiko Miyamoto, Hirotsugu Iwamoto, Tomohiro Sato
  • Patent number: 12311754
    Abstract: A military vehicle including a chassis, a cab mounted to the chassis and defining a rear wall, an engine mounted to the chassis, a transfer case coupled to the engine and including a driven output providing mechanical power to the military vehicle and a generator output, and an electric machine positioned rearward of the rear wall of the cab and coupled to the generator output of the transfer case and generating electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Smith, Nader Nasr, Rachell Harsh, Mike J. Bolton, Bradon Zeitler, Ryan Crabtree, Eric E. Braun
  • Patent number: 12315948
    Abstract: Power supply device includes: battery stack in which a plurality of battery cells each having electrode terminal formed on a top surface thereof are stacked; a pair of end plates respectively covering end surfaces in a stacking direction of battery stack; fastening member that fastens the pair of end plates to each other; and insulating member interposed between a side surface of battery stack and fastening member. Insulating member has groove extending in a stacking direction of battery stack on a surface facing battery stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotake Yoshida, Eri Kohira, Kazuhiro Harazuka
  • Patent number: 12311993
    Abstract: A convertible stroller assembly may be convertible between a single-occupant configuration and a dual-occupant configuration. The convertible stroller assembly includes a stroller frame being convertible between a laterally contracted configuration and a laterally expanded configuration. The assembly further includes a plurality of rear wheels coupled to the stroller frame. The assembly further includes a front wheel coupled to the stroller frame. The convertible stroller assembly is convertible between (i) a single-occupant configuration in which the stroller frame is in the laterally contracted configuration with the rear wheels being separated by a first spacing, and (ii) a dual-occupant configuration in which the stroller frame is in the laterally expanded configuration with the rear wheels being separated by a second spacing greater than the first spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Baby Jogger, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Emil Dziak, Megan Cahill Roe, Minsung Danny Jeong, Darren Zhen Kit Tan
  • Patent number: 12296667
    Abstract: A soil processing machine, in particular a soil compactor, comprises a machine frame and a casing (26, 28) carried on the machine frame and/or at least partially providing it and bounding a unit receptacle space (24), wherein the casing (26, 28) has a cooling air inlet area (30) and a cooling air outlet area (32) for cooling air flowing through the unit receptacle space (24), wherein a plurality of units around which cooling air can flow through the unit receptacle space (24) from the cooling air inlet area (30) to the cooling air outlet area (32) are arranged in the unit receptacle space (24), wherein at least two of the units arranged in the unit receptacle space (24) have maximum permissible operating temperatures different from one another and at least one unit having higher maximum permissible operating temperature is arranged upstream in a cooling air flow direction from the cooling air inlet area (30) to the cooling air outlet area (32) with respect to at least one unit having lower maximum permissible
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Hamm AG
    Inventors: Josef Dagner, Thomas Klein, Stefan Braunschläger, Ronny Pieske, Markus Golbs
  • Patent number: 12291255
    Abstract: A collapsible cart configured to convert from a collapsed position to an expanded position, the cart having opposing side walls and a bottom wall, and, in the expanded position, forming one or more open compartments which may be enclosed by a cover comprising one or more panels. The side walls may include one or more pairs of panels rotatably together connected at joints such that distal edges of each pair of panels are rotatable inwardly toward each other and a collapsed position or outwardly away from each other toward an expanded position. Also, disclosed is a motorized collapsible cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: dbest products, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Elden