Patents Examined by Nicholas R. Kandas
  • Patent number: 12083904
    Abstract: A fastening arrangement for attaching a battery pack to a vehicle frame of a vehicle. The fastening arrangement comprises one or more main brackets arranged attachable to the vehicle frame, each main bracket comprising a receiving member arranged to hangably support a corresponding mounting element. The fastening arrangement also comprises one or more of the mounting elements configured attachable to the battery pack. The fastening arrangement further comprises one or more mounting straps arranged to press the battery pack against the one or more main brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Sébastien Ragot, Jonatan Hörder, Sondre Landvik, Mikael Boisen, Gustav Andersson
  • Patent number: 12071039
    Abstract: The vehicular battery tray and cabinet is an energy storage device. The vehicular battery tray and cabinet stores chemical potential energy. The vehicular battery tray and cabinet converts the stored chemical potential energy into electric energy used to power an electric load. The vehicular battery tray and cabinet is a rechargeable and hot swappable structure. By rechargeable structure is meant that the chemical potential energy can be renewed. By hot swappable is meant that the components of the vehicular battery tray and cabinet can be replaced as electric energy is flowing into and out of the vehicular battery tray and cabinet. The vehicular battery tray and cabinet incorporates a plurality of battery trays, a monitor circuit, and an external power source. The plurality of battery trays, the monitor circuit, and the external power source are electrically interconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventor: Pierre-Richard Presna
  • Patent number: 12071198
    Abstract: A dual-pedal driven scooter includes a frame having a front end and a rear end. Front wheels and a rear wheel that are connected to the frame at the front end and the rear end, respectively. A transmission mechanism is configured to drive the rear wheel to thereby drive the scooter. A pedal is configured to drive the scooter wherein. The transmission mechanism is provided with a transmission rope that links the pedal and the rear wheel. The pedal is fixedly connected to the transmission rope to thereby drive the rear wheel by pulling the transmission rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI CHANGYI MACHINERY MANUFACTURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bang Chen
  • Patent number: 12065182
    Abstract: A trolley includes a trolley body which in turn includes a wheel that is freely movable on a floor, and a first support that supports a component of a substrate processing apparatus that slides in a lateral direction and is pulled out to an outside of the substrate processing apparatus. The trolley also includes a second support that is connected to the trolley body so as to be freely movable between a first position where a width of the trolley in the lateral direction is a first length and a second position where the width in the lateral direction is a second length longer than the first length, and configured to support the component at the second position together with the first support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuto Fujita, Jun Fujihara
  • Patent number: 12059971
    Abstract: Various electric scooters are disclosed that include a battery receptacle configured to releasably retain a rechargeable battery therein. The electric scooter may include a deck and a strut extending between the deck and a rotatable shaft connected to a handlebar assembly. The battery receptacle may be supported by the strut, and the battery may be insertable into and removed from the battery receptacle through translation of the battery in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the strut. The battery may be configured for use in a power tool in addition to the electric scooter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Razor USA LLC
    Inventors: Ian Desberg, Marco Alferez
  • Patent number: 12060039
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tread device for walking on a crawler carrier of a work machine having a caterpillar drive, wherein the tread device has a holder that can be installed at the crane, in particular at the crawler carrier, at which at least one tread surface is provided, characterized in that the tread surface lies on the upwardly disposed surface of a crawler chain of the caterpillar drive in the state installed at the work machine and the lower side of the tread surface comprises at least one sliding element to ensure a sliding or rolling relative movement between the crawler chain and the tread surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK EHINGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Mebus
  • Patent number: 12051820
    Abstract: A battery pack, including: a plurality of battery cells, where each of the plurality of battery cells includes a top cover and a case, the top cover is hermetically connected on a top of the case, the case includes opposite first surfaces and opposite second surfaces, and an area of each first surface is larger than that of each second surface; and a lower housing, including a bottom plate disposed at a bottom, side plates disposed at sides, and an opening is disposed at an upper part, each of a pair of opposite side plates of the lower box is disposed with a reinforcing beam. At least one first surface of the plurality of battery cells is in contact with a side plate of the lower housing or the reinforcing beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Haihua Huang, Weigang Shi
  • Patent number: 12049130
    Abstract: A lower structure of a vehicle may include a transmission disposed in a floor tunnel, a rear propeller shaft that transmits power from the transmission to rear wheels, and left and right battery units disposed on the left and right sides of the floor tunnel, in which a rear portion (transfer 4a) of the transmission is disposed in proximity to the portions on the front side and the upper side of the battery units, and inner protectors that cover inner side surface portions in the vehicle width direction of the battery units from the inner side in the vehicle width direction may be mounted to the front end portions of the inner side surface portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Harugaichi, Sho Yoshida, Yosuke Sawada, Yasushi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12043100
    Abstract: Described is a stabiliser (1) for a telehandler, comprising a supporting frame (11) designed to be mounted on the carriage (2) of a telehandler (1) and two telescopic arms (12, 13) fixed to the frame (11), each of which includes a first hollow segment (121, 131) directly connected to the frame (11) and a second hollow segment (122, 132) inserted in a slidable fashion in the first segment (121, 131). A pull-out linear actuator (18) of the electric type is positioned inside each arm (12, 13) and has one end fixed to the first segment (121, 131) and one end fixed to the second segment (122, 132).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marco Iotti
  • Patent number: 12046769
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery structure and a carrier vehicle. The battery structure includes a battery main body, a plug component, and a handle. The handle is detachably connected to the top or the side of the battery main body. The plug component includes at least one plug end. The plug end can be plugged into the battery main body and the plug component is powered on when plugged into the battery. The handle is provided with a locking piece. When the handle is connected to the top of the battery main body, the locking piece is vertically docked for locking. When the handle is connected to the side of the battery main body, the locking piece is transversely docked for locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG E-P EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongpeng Xu, Qichen Ma, Jingsong Cao
  • Patent number: 12037044
    Abstract: This lower vehicle body structure includes: suspension components; a cross member including a pair of part cross members connected to the suspension components, and a reinforcing part coaxially connected between the pair of part cross members; a plurality of body mounts; and a plurality of connection members directly connecting each of the plurality of body mounts and the reinforcing part. A minimum sheet thickness of the reinforcing part at connection positions with respect to the pair of part cross members is 1.6 times or more an average sheet thickness at connection ends of the pair of part cross members with respect to the reinforcing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Kimoto, Takeshi Kawachi
  • Patent number: 12037071
    Abstract: In an aspect, a collapsible scooter is provided and includes a footboard, a front bridge, a head tube, a steering member with a front wheel, and a second wheel. The front bridge is hingedly connected to the footboard for movement between a use position in which a front bridge end is positioned forward of the front end of the footboard, and a front bridge stowage position in which the first front bridge end is positioned rearward of the front end of the footboard. The head tube is hingedly connected to the front bridge for movement between a use position and a stowage position, in which the head tube is positioned rearward of the front end of the footboard. The steering member passes through the head tube and is pivotable therein about the steering axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: RAFA DESIGN & INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventor: Clayton Alexander Dukoff
  • Patent number: 12030392
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery case, a side sill, and a case-mounting frame. The case-mounting frame has a frame main body portion and a battery case reception flange. The battery case reception flange extends to an inward side in a vehicle width direction from the frame main body portion and is joined to a lower surface of a bottom wall of the battery case. A battery support frame extending in a vehicle body forward-rearward direction and supporting a battery is fixed to the bottom wall of the battery case. A recessed portion protruding downward is provided between a joint portion with respect to the battery case reception flange and a joint portion with respect to the battery support frame in the bottom wall of the battery case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Iemura, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui
  • Patent number: 12017523
    Abstract: A front closing cross-member includes a medial portion having an airfoil-like shape arranged between left and right end portions of greater height than the medial portion. The medial portion includes a trailing edge having a height less than a height of a leading edge thereof. The end portions are configured to be mounted to at least a portion of a chassis frame of a road vehicle. The cross-member may exhibit the same or greater stiffness and torsional rigidity as a conventional member, while exhibiting reduced drag and facilitating formation of a laminar airflow wake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Mahesh Boraiah, Stephen Gelgot
  • Patent number: 12017603
    Abstract: An exterior protection apparatus includes an exterior airbag device, a collision detector, a controller, and engaging members. The exterior airbag device includes a bag body, and an inflator that expands the bag body rearward from a front part of a vehicle body of a vehicle so as to overlie a hood of the vehicle body. The collision detector predicts or detects contact between the vehicle body and a movable body. The controller causes the exterior airbag device to be expanded when the collision detector predicts or detects the contact. The engaging members are disposed in a vehicle width direction at the front part. The engaging members engage with the expanded bag body. At least the engaging members at both ends in the vehicle width direction are disengageable from the bag body when a load component in the vehicle width direction acts on the bag body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12012058
    Abstract: Battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles may include a polymer-based enclosure having features for sealing external joints, retaining components inside the battery pack, securing electrical and coolant lines to the polymer-based enclosure, etc. The proposed designs reduce the number of overall parts in assembly, such as fasteners and brackets, and simplify the overall battery pack manufacturing and assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Smith, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Kanchana Perumalla, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Saravanan Paramasivam, James Maurice Boileau
  • Patent number: 12011958
    Abstract: An exemplary self-locking actuator mechanism includes a floating plate and a linear actuator. The floating plate defines a first slot that includes a first central portion, a first jog extending laterally from a first end of the first central portion, and a second jog extending laterally from a second end of the first central portion. The linear actuator includes a shaft pivotably connected to the floating plate, and is operable to drive the shaft between a first shaft position and a second shaft position to thereby move the self-locking actuator mechanism between a first locking state and a second locking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: William Douglas Graham, Anand Mudanur, Anant Dnyanoba Nimbalkar, Pravin Pawar
  • Patent number: 11998825
    Abstract: An assembly for lifting and transporting sports equipment, such as a goal. The assembly 100 can be fitted to numerous variations of sports equipment 200 to enable both lifting of the sports equipment and horizontal transportation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Net World Sports Limited
    Inventor: Alexander Loven
  • Patent number: 11993141
    Abstract: A vehicle structure includes side sills, pillars, a first battery arrangement portion provided inside the vicinity of the pillars in a vehicle width direction below a floor panel, and a second battery arrangement portion provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel in a region inside an outer portion of the first battery arrangement portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Takayuki Kimura, Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruo Ohe, Masaya Hiramatsu, Masanobu Fukushima, Takao Fukuda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Patent number: 11993496
    Abstract: Described is an electrically powered telehandler (1) equipped with an electric motor, a containment compartment (100) for receiving an electric battery (200) for powering the motor. An electric battery (200) which can be inserted in and removed from the compartment (100). The compartment (100) is equipped with an access opening to allow replacement of the battery (200) and guide means (103, 104) for the sliding of the battery (200) during insertion and extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marco Iotti