Patents Examined by Keith J Frisby
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Patent number: 10899307Abstract: A deployable headrest airbag includes an airbag chamber configured to be coupled to a headrest of a vehicle seat. The airbag chamber has a stowed position and a deployed position. In stowed position, the airbag chamber is disposed inside the headrest. In the deployed position, the deployable headrest airbag is disposed outside of the headrest to protect a head and a neck of a vehicle occupant.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Chin-Hsu Lin, Yi-Pen Cheng
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Patent number: 10889261Abstract: A system includes a first anchor that is disposed adjacent an upper portion of a seat back and that is selectively positionable between a first position on a first axis and a second position along the first axis. The system further includes a second anchor disposed adjacent a lower portion of the seat back. The second anchor is selectively coupled to the first anchor. The system further includes a third anchor disposed adjacent the lower portion of the seat back, the third anchor being selectively coupled to the second anchor and separated by a distance on a second axis from the second anchor. The first anchor, the second anchor, and the third anchor are jointly positionable when the second anchor is coupled to the first anchor and when the third anchor is coupled to the second anchor.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Philipp Charopoulos, Lukas Satas, John J. Baker, Jonathon R. Folks, Andrew W. Kooker
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Patent number: 10882556Abstract: A bushing for an independent suspension assembly, said suspension assembly being adapted to pivot relative to a trailer or a vehicle frame, the bushing comprising: a sleeve body having a substantially cylindrical outer surface for engaging the suspension assembly; and an inner bore of the sleeve body extending along a first longitudinal axis, said first axis being eccentrically disposed with respect to a second longitudinal axis of the cylindrical outer surface; wherein during use the bore is adapted for engaging a spindle and allowing the suspension assembly to pivot relative to the spindle.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Cruisemaster Australia Pty LtdInventors: Deon Van Deventer, Brayden Minetto
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Patent number: 10875488Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag. The inflator is configured to supply gas. The airbag is configured to deploy to surround a sitting position of a passenger by the gas supplied from the inflator. One end of the airbag is supported on an upper portion of a vehicle, and the other end of the airbag contacts an in-vehicle member and is supported by the in-vehicle member.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Shota Kanegae
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Patent number: 10864790Abstract: A method for producing a mounting arrangement for a link of a motor vehicle suspension that is or can be pivotably mounted on a subframe of the motor vehicle, having the following steps: providing the subframe, which has a first and a second mounting flange for mounting the link; providing at least one intermediate product of a bracket; integrally joining the intermediate product to a mounting flange of the subframe by welding; forming an elongated hole in the intermediate product by punching of the same; and forming at least one stop on the intermediate product for an adjusting eccentric for chassis adjustment by stamping the intermediate product.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Behn
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Patent number: 10850735Abstract: A vehicle driveline including a first axle assembly having a first drive ratio. A second axle assembly in selective driving engagement with the first axle assembly, the first and second axle assemblies having a second drive ratio when in driving engagement. A control system in electrical communication with the first and second axle assemblies, wherein the control system selectively engages the second axle assembly with the first axle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLCInventor: Scott A. Smith
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Patent number: 10843658Abstract: A seat system for a motor vehicle has at least one vehicle seat, which can be adjusted between a first position in the forward direction of travel of the motor vehicle, and a second position counter to the forward direction of travel of the motor vehicle. A safety belt device is provided to secure an occupant seated in the vehicle seat in the first and second position. An optimized system in terms of weight, complexity and manufacturing costs, has the safety belt device include a respective belt system, held on corresponding holding points on the motor vehicle body-in-white side, for the first and for the second position of the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Boese, Matthias Franz, Harald Lathwesen
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Patent number: 10829080Abstract: A side airbag apparatus which allows a reduced amount of base fabric and, enables gas to flow efficiently inside the cushion. An inflator (110) supplies gas, a cushion (104) in which base fabrics are formed into a bag shape and inflates and deploys to protect an occupant (118) during a vehicle emergency, a base fabric joint portion (120) which is provided to join main panels 108a and 108b of the cushion (104) in a linear manner and partitions the cushion (104) into a rear chamber (114), a front chamber (116), and an opening (123) provided midway along the base fabric joint portion (120). The base fabric joint portion (120) includes vent forming portions 125a and 125b arranged in two rows which extend from both ends of the opening (123) towards the front chamber (116) or rear chamber (114) and form a projecting vent (124). The projecting vent (124) permits flow of gas between the rear chamber (114) and the front chamber (116).Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Yutaka Nakajima, Hideho Fukuda, Mitsuo Nogami, Yuto Kobayashi, Makoto Fuma
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Patent number: 10829074Abstract: An inflatable knee airbag having a flexible housing is disclosed. An inflatable knee airbag may provide protection for the lower anatomy of an occupant in a vehicle collision event. The disclosed inflatable knee airbag may include components, such as the inflatable airbag cushion, inflator, etc., within a flexible housing supported by a rigid or semi-rigid mounting plate. The flexible housing may conform to the shape of enclosed components, and may support and protect the enclosed components. The flexible housing may be lighter and more cost-effective than conventional housing methods.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: James Ernie Jacobson
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Patent number: 10829177Abstract: A rolling motor vehicle (4) comprising a forecarriage frame (16), at least one pair of front wheels (10?), a rolling kinematic mechanism (20) to which each wheel (10?) is connected by means of a respective axle journal (60), a roll control system (100) comprising a rod (110) which connects the two front wheels (10?) directly to each other at the respective axle journals (60), the roll movements of the two front wheels (10?) and of the respective axle journals (60) causing changes in the lying position of said rod (110) with respect to a vertical projection plane which is transverse to a centre line plane of the motor vehicle (4), the rod (110) is usable directly or indirectly by the driver (P) as a command element to control the rolling movements of the two front wheels (10?) without having to put his feet on the ground.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. SPAInventor: Andrea Raffaelli
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Patent number: 10821797Abstract: A disclosed vehicle wheel sensor module includes a housing having a mount portion for attachment to a vehicle suspension assembly, a wheel speed sensor supported within the housing, a ride height sensor including a lever movable responsive to movement of a vehicle suspension component and a single connector providing electrical communication with the wheel speed sensor and the ride height sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Lee Mawhinney, Steven J. O'Connor
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Patent number: 10800368Abstract: A pair of first airbags and a pair of second airbags are stowed in opposing regions of side wall portions of a vehicle seat. The first airbags are positioned at a seat front side relative to a shoulder area of a seat occupant in a seat side view. The second airbags are positioned at the seat front side relative to a waist area of the seat occupant in the seat side view. The pair of first airbags and the pair of second airbags are supplied with gas, inflate and expand towards the seat width direction inner sides thereof, and are structured such that each pair of airbags, in the inflated and expanded states thereof, push against one another at a seat width direction middle side of the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Kitagawa
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Patent number: 10787217Abstract: This invention relates to a tilting mechanism for wheeled vehicles such as bicycles both electrical and manually powered, motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and the like. The wheeled vehicle, preferably with three wheels or more, driving like a 2-in-line vehicle and handles the same way in the turns and when driving straight. The tilting mechanism for a multiple wheeled vehicle, comprising a tilting mechanism that allows for leaning body and wheels into a turn and independent adjustment of the turning radius, while inducing an effect to the two front wheels similar to Ackerman steering compensation. The principle of the tilting mechanism is a parallelogram structure, which comprises a top rod, a bottom rod and a pair of connecting rods, pivotally connected to each other. To each of the connecting rods a pair of steering elements is pivotally connected and on two steering elements a pair of wheels is connected.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: BUTCHERS & BICYCLES APSInventors: Morten Mogensen, Morten Wagener
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Patent number: 10787074Abstract: An accelerator pedal is located forward of the driver seat. The accelerator pedal is supported by a bracket and is movable by stepping on than accelerator pedal. An accelerator position, sensor is located higher than the bracket and detects a deflection amount of the accelerator pedal. A wire connects the accelerator pedal and the accelerator position sensor to each other. The vehicle can prevent the accelerator position sensor from being splashed with mud and water.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoyuki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10773564Abstract: A swing arm suspension for suspending a rear drive wheel in a three-wheeled electric vehicle has an adjustable arm which allows the tension on the drive belt to be easily adjusted for installing or removing the drive belt or adjusting tension for operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: ELECTRAMECCANICA VEHICLES CORP.Inventors: Daniel Stanley Watt, Jerry Kroll, Scott Stuart Hargrove, Henry Reisner, Edward Theobald
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Patent number: 10766531Abstract: An agricultural vehicle including a front axle assembly having an axle beam with a slot, a wheel assembly including a steering knuckle coupled to a wheel flange assembly, and a steering sensor pin assembly is provided. The steering sensor pin assembly includes a steering sensor pin having a first end and a second end opposite the first end having a flat face, and a kingpin connected to the steering knuckle. The kingpin has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a hole from the top surface to the bottom surface. The hole is aligned with the slot in the axle beam, and the steering sensor pin is positioned in the hole for coupling the kingpin to the axle beam via the flat face of the steering sensor pin being coupled to the slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Michael Jensen, Jie Tu
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Patent number: 10759371Abstract: A pair of first airbags and a pair of second airbags are stowed in opposing regions of side wall portions of a vehicle seat. The first airbags are positioned at a seat front side relative to a shoulder area of a seat occupant in a seat side view. The second airbags are positioned at the seat front side relative to a waist area of the seat occupant in the seat side view. The pair of first airbags and the pair of second airbags are supplied with gas, inflate and expand towards the seat width direction inner sides thereof, and are structured such that each pair of airbags, in the inflated and expanded states thereof, push against one another at a seat width direction middle side of the vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuichi Kitagawa
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Patent number: 10759243Abstract: A wheel suspension (1) for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier (3) which is mounted so that the wheel carrier (3) can pivot relative to a wheel-guiding control arm (4). The wheel-guiding control arm (4) includes a longitudinal control arm section (4a) with a forward body-side bearing (11) and a transverse control arm section (4b) with a rear body-side bearing (12). The rear body-side bearing (12) is designed as a ball joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Clemens Hacker, Knut Heidsieck
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Patent number: 10752200Abstract: An airbag has a main bag portion that is provided with an occupant protective surface which is disposed to face the occupant and an auxiliary bag portion that can be disposed on the left side of the storage part, between the main bag portion and a vehicle body-side member, when the inflation is completed. The auxiliary bag portion is configured to enable an inflating gas to flow into an inside thereof through the main bag portion, is configured to be inflated under control of a control mechanism in association with a collision mode of a vehicle, and is configured to be interposed between the main bag portion and the vehicle body-side member and to be capable of pushing a region of the occupant protective surface on a side of the auxiliary bag portion, which is inflated, toward a side of the occupant, when the inflation is completed.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Naohiko Ishiguro, Ryotaro Ishida, Hiroyuki Nakanishi, Wataru Miuta
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Patent number: 10744919Abstract: An operator seat system is provided that includes an operator seat and an armrest control center with an I/O (input/output) system that is connected to and moves with the operator seat. An armrest control center mount system may include a seat mount and an armrest control center mount that are attached to each other with an adjustment system that allows adjustment of the armrest control center with respect to the operator seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Nathan P. Brooks, Steven N. Winkel