Patents Examined by Kurt Philip Liethen
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Patent number: 12223777Abstract: A determination device may include an acquisition unit configured to acquire first degradation values that indicate respective degradation degrees of a plurality of components of a same type, and regard the respective first degradation values of the plurality of components as respective first usage values of a plurality of usage environments in which the plurality of components are used. The determination device may include a determination unit configured to determine, based on a target value that indicates a predetermined target degradation degree of the plurality of components, a first combination of the respective first degradation values of the plurality of components and the respective first usage values of the plurality of usage environments.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Kodaira, Takahira Kawata
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Patent number: 12221944Abstract: A remote start system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
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Patent number: 12223781Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes multiple systems, each system including a sensor. The refuse vehicle also includes an automated check system. The automated check system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain sensor data from the sensor of each of the multiple systems, determine which of the multiple systems require manual inspection based on the sensor data, and operate a display screen to prompt a technician to manually inspect one or more of the multiple systems.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Koga, Emily Davis, Jerrod Kappers, Vince Schad, Robert S. Messina, Christopher K. Yakes, Joshua D. Rocholl, Vincent Hoover, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Zachary L. Klein, John Beck, Brendan Chan, Skylar A. Wachter, Dale Matsumoto
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Patent number: 12214635Abstract: An all-terrain rover is provided in which the arrangement of flanges of one or more cylinders of first and second cylinder systems allow for forward and backwards motion, as well as turning and sideways motion of the roller. An all-terrain rover is further provided in which the flanges of the first cylinder system are oriented opposite to an orientation of the flanges of the second cylinder system such that, in counter-rotation, a forward or reverse motion results from contact between the flanges and a surface of travel.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: COPPERSTONE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventors: Michael G. Lipsett, Nicolas A. Olmedo, James D. Yuen
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Patent number: 12203405Abstract: An engine system is provided, including an engine, a circulation system that circulates coolant through a water jacket, and a controller. The circulation system includes a radiator passage including a heat exchanger, a bypass passage, a flow rate control device, and a thermally-actuated valve. The engine has a spark plug that forcibly ignites an air-fuel mixture. The engine switches between a first combustion in which the air-fuel mixture combusts without the forcible ignition, and a second combustion in which the air-fuel mixture combusts by the forcible ignition. The controller is electrically connected to the flow rate control device, and when the engine performs the first combustion, the controller controls the flow rate control device to adjust the flow rate of the coolant flowing through the water jacket according to the engine load, by closing the radiator passage and adjusting the flow rate of the coolant flowing through the bypass passage.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Haruki Misumi, Takuma Yamagaki
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Patent number: 12194834Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for reducing air resistance when a vehicle travels or cooling the inside of an engine room by being coupled to an air inlet of a grill. An active air flap apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame coupled to a rear surface of a grill, a lower flap member and an upper flap member each having rotatably fixed to the frame to open or close an air inlet disposed in the grill, and a link member connecting the lower flap member to an actuator to open or close the air inlet, in which upper ends of the lower flap member and the upper flap member are inclined in a rearward direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jang Ho Kim
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Patent number: 12187115Abstract: An air flow control device for a front face module of a motor vehicle, the control device including a frame and a plurality of vanes extending within and attached thereto in a rotatable manner, each vane being rotatable about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the main extension direction of each vane. The vanes being able to rotate between an open position and a closed position. The frame includes an integral support bar extending in direction perpendicular to the main extension direction of the vanes, with the vanes having fins configured to rest on the support bar when the vanes are closed and pressured towards the support bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventor: Victor Manuel Minero Ramales
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Patent number: 12180916Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a base member being defined by a rectangular aperture configured to receive and engage an automobile intake box, the base member being further defined by a perimeter surrounding the rectangular aperture and having at least one fastener or aperture configured to receive a fastener dimensioned to avoid disturbing the automobile intake box; a gooseneck member fixedly attached to the base member, the gooseneck member having a first end opening and a second end opening, the gooseneck member having an interior cavity configured to direct air into the automobile intake box from the second end opening to the first end opening through the interior cavity; and an interchangeable bell housing removably secured to the second end opening of the gooseneck member, the interchangeable bell housing having a frustoconical shaped cross section on at least one plane.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Velossa Tech Engineering Inc.Inventor: Dan Joseph Becker
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Patent number: 12179852Abstract: A moving body having a steering device and a steering control device which controls the steering device to control steering of the moving body. The steering control device selectively performs a first steering control which controls the steering of the moving body based on a movement status of the moving body and a second steering control which limits the steering of the moving body. The steering control device performs the second steering control based on a steering state of the moving body by the first steering control before occurrence of a failure when the failure related to execution of the first steering control occurs in a state where the first steering control is performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Imafuku, Yoshinori Izumi, Ryota Mose
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Patent number: 12180915Abstract: Provided is a unit attachment structure. The unit attachment structure includes a case and a unit to be inserted into the case. The case includes an opening, paired slits, and a first engagement portion. The unit includes a projection projecting from a facing surface of the unit, and a second engagement portion. At least one of one slit of the paired slits or the projection includes a slanting surface formed along a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Tamami Ina
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Patent number: 12172617Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system including an electronic parking brake provided to provide a clamping force necessary for parking a vehicle by a motor, a warning unit provided to warn a failure of the electronic parking brake, a current sensor provided to detect a current of the motor, and a controller electrically connected to the current sensor, wherein the controller determines whether a clamping force is generated depending on the motor current in a parking operation, counts a clamping force non-generation time when the clamping force is not generated, and warns a suspected failure of the electronic parking brake through the warning unit when the clamping force non-generation time elapses a preliminary failure detection time set shorter than a failure detection time of the electronic parking brake.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Jaehyun Park, Chan Won Lee
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Patent number: 12175802Abstract: The present disclosure that relates to automatic generation of activity determinations of a vehicle and generation and provision of notifications thereof. As an example, a trained model is applied that is adapted to execute a contextual analysis of signal data, including activity signal data retrieved from analysis of signals provided by a mobile computing device onboard a vehicle, and generate activity determinations therefrom. Exemplary graphical user interface (GUI) notifications can be automatically generated pertaining to activity determinations of a vehicle (vehicle activity determinations), where the GUI notifications can be automatically provided to one or more users. For instance, a GUI notification is automatically provided to an emergency contact of a driver in real-time (or near real-time) when it is detected that a vehicle has stopped (e.g., on a specific road such as a highway). Additional examples of the present disclosure pertain to an improved GUI for a driving safety application/service.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Rahul Anantha Padmanabha Udipi, Andrew Christopher McLeod
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Patent number: 12168485Abstract: In a steering control device configured to control a steering system where a steering torque required for steering a steering wheel is changed using a motor torque, a processing circuit includes a first calculation situation where a calculational hysteresis component for adding a first hysteresis characteristic to a torque component is calculated and a second calculation situation where the calculational hysteresis component for adding a second hysteresis characteristic to the torque component is calculated. In the second calculation situation after change from the first calculation situation, the processing circuit calculates a value corresponding to an origin in the second hysteresis characteristic at a time when the calculational hysteresis component enabling a value of the calculational hysteresis component at a timing of the change from the first calculation situation to be maintained is calculated, and calculates the calculational hysteresis component using the calculated value as the origin.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Yoshida, Isao Namikawa, Terutaka Tamaizumi, Kosuke Akatsuka, Yoshio Kudo
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Patent number: 12162362Abstract: A power machine can include an engine control module configured to determine a target operational speed of the power machine and control the engine based on the target operational speed. A drive controller can be configured to control operation of a hydraulic drive pump or other work element to decrease engine speed toward a target stabilization speed that is lower than the target operational speed.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Doosan Bobcat North American, Inc.Inventors: Boston Zachmann, Chad Swenson
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Patent number: 12158160Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Hunter Fan CompanyInventors: Charles William Botkin, Douglas Troy Mason, Bobby Neal Norwood, Matthew McPherson
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Patent number: 12157524Abstract: A steering device includes a turning shaft, a turning motor, and a control device that controls the turning motor such that an angle capable of being converted into a turning angle of a turning wheel follows a target angle that is calculated depending on a steering state of a steering wheel. The control device executes a correction process of correcting the target angle. The control device corrects the target angle such that the degree of an increase in the target angle is slower as the target angle approaches a limit value of an angle region, when the target angle increases toward the limit value of the angle region in either of a vehicle stop state or an extremely low speed state.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Miyake, Takashi Kodera, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
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Patent number: 12159490Abstract: A vehicle management system is provided with an onboard device, a server, and a remote control unit. The onboard device includes first memory and a first processor coupled to the first memory. The first processor being configured to acquire information regarding a vehicle. The server includes second memory and a second processor coupled to the second memory. The second processor being configured to determine whether or not a vehicle maintenance service is required based on the acquired information, and to propose implementation of the vehicle maintenance service in a cases in which the vehicle maintenance service is required. The remote control unit includes third memory and a third processor coupled to the third memory. The third processor being configured to use remote operation to move the vehicle to a predetermined location for implementation of the vehicle maintenance service in a cases in which the proposed vehicle maintenance service is to be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Miyako Hayashida, Toshinari Ogawa, Kosuke Fujimoto, Hideo Hasegawa, Shintaro Matsutani, Yosuke Nozaki, Tatsuya Matsunami, Takashi Hayashi, Tomoya Makino, Yohei Tanigawa
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Patent number: 12157526Abstract: An apparatus including a command front wheel angle acquirer to acquire a command front wheel angle, a four-wheel target angle calculator to calculate a turning radius, which is a distance from a center of rotation when a vehicle is turning to a center of gravity in a Bicycle model, using the model in a state in which a front wheel angle of the model is simulated as the command front wheel angle, to calculate a rotation angle at the center of gravity of the model on the basis of a ratio of rotation angles of front and rear wheels of the vehicle calculated from a state parameter of the vehicle, and to calculate a target angle of each of the four wheels on the basis of the turning radius and the rotation angle, and a controller to independently control steering of the four wheels using the calculated each target angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung Bem Yoo
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Patent number: 12157449Abstract: A system for predicting a negative pressure of a brake booster of a vehicle includes: a driving information detector detecting driving information related to driving of the vehicle; and a controller determining a negative pressure of an intake manifold based on a pressure of the intake manifold and an atmospheric pressure which is the driving information and including a booster negative pressure predictor predicting the negative pressure of the brake booster by integrating over time a change rate according to a charging rate and a discharging rate of the negative pressure determined using a negative pressure of the brake booster determined in a previous cycle according to a logic for predicting the negative pressure of the brake booster and the negative pressure of the intake manifold of a current cycle and an imitated brake pedal force signal of the current cycle imitating an acceleration of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Kefico CorporationInventors: Tae Hun Jung, Hyun Sung Park, Young-Jin Kim
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Patent number: 12151549Abstract: An air inlet arrangement of a front fairing of a vehicle includes an air inlet element having at least one air inlet opening, and at least one adjustable air flap which is movable into an open position and into a closed position. The air flap in the open position opens up the air inlet opening and in the closed position closes the air inlet opening. The air flap is formed in two parts with two flap elements which are adjustable in an opposed manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Udo Hafner, Arne Koehler, Haci Korkusuz Janket