Patents Examined by Paul N. Dickson
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Patent number: 11787257Abstract: A torsion bushing includes a body portion defining a torsion rod-receiving bore, one or more helical flexion ribs defining at least a portion of the torsion rod-receiving bore, and a helical lubrication reservoir adjacent to the one or more helical flexion ribs. The torsion bushing may be included in a torsion busing assembly that further includes a bracket. The bracket may have a saddle to receive the torsion bushing, and one or more flanges for coupling the bracket to a frame. The torsion bushing may be included in a torsion rod assembly that further includes the bracket and a torsion rod.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventor: Jerry A. Edwards
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Patent number: 11787463Abstract: A steering apparatus and an all-terrain vehicle are provided. The steering apparatus comprises a housing provided with a circumferential movement limiting part; an input shaft disposed in the housing; an output shaft disposed in the housing and being in transmission coupling with the input shaft, wherein the output shaft is movable axially in an axial direction of the output shaft in the housing; and a circumferential movement limiting member disposed on the output shaft and being in fit with the circumferential movement limiting part for limiting circumferential movement.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SEGWAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhen Dong
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Patent number: 11787252Abstract: A vehicular suspension control arm comprises a first arm component and a second arm component formed from sheet metal, each arm component comprising an outer wall and two side walls, bushing connecting means adjacent a first end, at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture adjacent a second end, at least one component connecting rivet aperture located between the first end and the second end, a ride bushing and a handling bushing, a ball joint bracket comprising bracket rivet apertures corresponding to the at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture adjacent the second end of each of the first and second arm components and a plurality of rivets.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MULTIMATIC INC.Inventor: Brian William Piva
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Patent number: 11781291Abstract: The working machine includes an operator seat, an armrest arranged adjacent to the operator seat, an operation lever arranged in front of the armrest, and a jug dial arranged adjacent to the operation lever. The jog dial is arranged on a position allowing an operator seated on the operator seat to operate the operation lever and the jog dial with an arm placed on the armrest.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi Nishigori, Ryo Masuda, Kenta Kamakura
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Patent number: 11780284Abstract: A vehicle including a controlled vertical position chassis, in order to be able to be moved into a low position supported on the ground, and, associated with each wheel, a suspension arm, an arm actuator, and a safety device capable of limiting the accidental lowering of the chassis, the device being able to adopt an active state wherein the rotation of the suspension arm can be limited, the device including an actuator, a cylinder of which is mounted on the chassis and a piston of which is mounted on the suspension arm, or vice versa, the actuator defining a first chamber connected to a first and a second fluid passage through the cylinder, the second passage being connected to a first fluid pipe fitted with a safety valve.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: Valery Cervantes
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Patent number: 11780495Abstract: Wheel suspension has a steering knuckle support with two hole openings opposed to one another in an axial direction and form openings of a mounting hole, two axle pins spaced apart axially, extend in axial direction and engage in the mounting hole through the hole openings, and a chassis component supported at axial end portions of the axle pins to be swivelable relative to the steering knuckle. A first contact area at the hole openings has a conical inner circumferential surface. The conical inner circumferential surfaces of the first contact areas narrow in diameter toward one another in axial direction. The axle pins have a second contact area with a conical outer circumferential surface that narrow in diameter toward one another in axial direction and contact the conical inner circumferential surfaces of the first contact areas.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Günter Reddehase, Janina Altmeppen, Frank Scheper
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Patent number: 11780282Abstract: A suspension damping device installed at a chassis of a mobile robot comprises a vehicle frame, a controlling arm set and a damping device. The vehicle frame is fixed to the chassis and arranged on the ground. One end of the controlling arm set is hinged to the vehicle frame, and the other end of the controlling arm set is hinged to a steering device, so the controlling arm set controls the motion stability of the steering device. One end of the damping device opposite to the ground is hinged to the vehicle frame, and the other end of the damping device faced to the ground is hinged to the steering device. A six-wheeled bionic chassis which comprises a chassis frame, a controller, a sensor, front wheel suspension assemblies, middle wheel suspension assemblies and rear wheel suspension assemblies is also disclosed in the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: DALU ROBOTECH, TECHNOLOGY(BEIJING) CO., LTD., SUZHOU DALU ROBOTECH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuan Gao, Chang Hai Zheng
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Patent number: 11780400Abstract: An airbag comprises an airbag panel defining an inflatable volume. A discharge port having a closure is formed in the airbag panel. A tether extends through the inflatable volume from a first end tightly connected to the airbag panel in the direction of the discharge port to an opposite second end. The discharge port closure is connected to the second tether end and the airbag panel. The tether at least in portions has a two-ply design and includes two strap layers. A control strap extends transversely to the tether through the inflatable airbag volume. A first control strap portion is fastened to the airbag panel and to the first strap layer. A second control strap portion is fastened to the airbag panel and to the second strap layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: DALPHI METAL ESPANA S.A.Inventor: Diogo Rocha
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Patent number: 11780504Abstract: A frame device for a vehicle, including a subframe which can be attached to a structure of the vehicle and which has two side members spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction of the subframe and at least one cross member via which the side members are interconnected. The frame device also includes at least one support element, which is formed separately from the subframe and has at least one attachment element by which at least one component of the vehicle can be attached to the support element, and a steering gear which is formed separately from the subframe and separately from the support element for a steering system of the vehicle. Both the steering gear and the support element are attached to the subframe by one and the same fastening element.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Gilbert Schantl, Ruben Goldberg, Thomas Klinger, Marek Bujak, Hans-Peter Frensch, Martin Dobel, Eike Malte Manske
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Patent number: 11780283Abstract: A suspension and drive mechanism for a steerable wheel of a vehicle, comprising a wheel support assembly supporting the wheel having a rolling axis and a wheel width defined by inner and outer wheel edges. Front and rear upper control arms coupled between a chassis and the wheel support assembly, and front and rear lower control arms between the chassis and the wheel support assembly. The front and rear upper control arms being coupled to the wheel support assembly above the rolling axis and inboard of the wheel inner edge, and front and rear lower control arms being coupled to the wheel support assembly below the rolling axis and inboard of the wheel inner edge. The control arms are angled so as to establish a virtual steering pivot axis for the wheel support assembly, the virtual steering pivot axis extending transverse of the rolling axis and located within the width of the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: APPLIED ELECTRIC VEHICLES LTDInventor: Julian Broadbent
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Patent number: 11772443Abstract: A shock bracket brace to fortify a roll cage shock bracket, the shock bracket brace comprising an integral brace body comprising roll cage mount that transitions to a bracket mount through a transition radius having a top surface and bottom surface where at least one through hole can extends from the top surface to the bottom surface. A slot that substantially extends from the bottom surface to near the top surface configured to accommodate a vertical extending portion of the roll cage, wherein the bracket mount comprises a first tab and a second tab extending substantially orthogonally from the bottom surface of the roll cage mount to form a slot configured to accommodate the shock bracket, wherein the first tab and the second tab comprise at least one through hole aligned to accommodate a fastener to pass through the through holes.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Jason Weller
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Patent number: 11772705Abstract: A side sill assembly for an eco-friendly vehicle protects a high voltage battery mounted therein from shock upon side collision. The side sill assembly includes: a center member 11 fastened to a side surface of a center floor panel 23 for a vehicle, a front outer member 12 fastened to a front end of the center member 11, and a rear outer member 14 fastened to the rear end of the center member 11, in which each of the center member 11, the front outer member 12, and the rear outer member 14 has a cylindrical cross section and at least one partition wall for partitioning the inside thereof horizontally and vertically to absorb collision energy upon side collision.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Pil-Won Kang, Kyung-Bin Kim, Min-Uke Han
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Patent number: 11772445Abstract: A construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, comprising a machine frame, a traveling mechanism with front and rear traveling devices with at least one pair of front traveling devices and/or one pair of rear traveling devices, at least one pair of the front or rear traveling devices being connected to the machine frame via lifting columns each having a hydraulically adjustable piston-cylinder unit, a drive device for driving the hydraulically adjustable piston-cylinder unit of the lifting columns separately from one another, and a control device configured to control the lifting adjustment of the lifting columns by means of the hydraulically adjustable piston-cylinder units, and to a method for controlling the lifting position of a piston-cylinder unit of a lifting column of a construction machine, in particular a construction machine according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: BOMAG GMBHInventor: Joachim Ponstein
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Patent number: 11772598Abstract: A safety harness retaining device for a child seat has first and second parts. The first part has a body, a cover removably attached to the body to cover a first side of the body, a magnet enclosed by the cover and body, a pin attached to and extending from a second side of the body for piercing a covering of the child seat, and a clasp removably connectable to the pin for securing the first part to the covering. The second part has a strap configured to be wrapped around and secured to a safety harness belt of the child seat and has an encased ferrous material. And the first part and the second parts are removably connectable through a magnetic force between the magnet and the ferrous material.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventors: Elise Britton, Robyn Adams
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Patent number: 11772441Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a body, a wheel hub unit, an upright, which is fixed to the wheel hub unit, a fender, which is arranged to cover the wheel hub unit, and a suspension, which couples the upright to the body in a movable manner along at least one axis, which is transversal to a driving direction of the motor vehicle; wherein the suspension comprises at least one movable element, which is movable along said axis, and wherein the fender is carried by said element in a movable manner relative to the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventor: Sandro Lumini
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Patent number: 11766990Abstract: A hood assembly for a vehicle includes a hood having a vehicle-rearward edge, a vehicle-forward edge, and a top side. The hood assembly includes an airbag supported by the hood and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag extends vehicle-forward from the vehicle-rearward edge toward the vehicle-forward edge along the top side in the inflated position. The hood assembly includes a spooler supported by the hood, the airbag being between the vehicle-rearward edge and the spooler. The hood assembly includes a tether extending from the spooler to the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 11766913Abstract: A coupled torsion beam axle (CTBA) bushing is press-fitted into a bushing bracket provided at a tip of a trailing arm at each of two opposite sides of a CTBA suspension system. In particular, the CTBA bushing includes: an outer pipe including a through-hole formed therein; an inner pipe positioned in the through-hole; and a bushing rubber disposed in the through-hole and positioned between an outer peripheral surface of the inner pipe and an inner peripheral surface of the outer pipe, in which the bushing rubber includes: first compounds extending in a first direction, which is a diameter direction of the inner pipe, with the inner pipe interposed therebetween; and a second compounds integrated with the first compounds and extending in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, with the inner pipe interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAEHEUNG R&T CO., LTD.Inventors: Taehee Lee, Dae Un Sung, Jieun Song, Jin Wook Park
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Patent number: 11767060Abstract: A universal assembly platform for lightweight vehicles, wherein the platform comprises a main vehicle chassis structure, a front suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which one or more front wheel assembly is mountable, and a rear suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which one or more rear wheel assembly is mountable. The rear suspension system is connected to the main vehicle chassis structure such that when the one or more rear wheel assembly is mounted to the rear suspension system a rear wheel of the one or more rear wheel assembly defines the distal end of an overall length of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.Inventors: Donny Lee Hammond, Jr., Sam Dean Smith, Trevor Douglas Roebuck, Landon Niles Ball
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Patent number: 11767008Abstract: An anti-rollover apparatus and control method for heavy-duty vehicles with a pneumatic brake system includes an anti-yaw module, an anti-roll module, an electronic control unit (ECU) (10), a yaw velocity sensor (12), and a vehicle roll angle sensor (18). The ECU (10) controls solenoid valves (4, 9, 11, 19, and 24) to achieve braking of part of wheels to obtain anti-yaw torques and improve the yaw stability of the heavy-duty vehicles. The ECU (10) controls gas switch valves (21 and 22) to spray high-pressure gases recovered in brake chambers (1, 13, 16, and 26) out, anti-roll torques are obtained through the jet reactive force, and the roll stability of the heavy-duty vehicles is improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Zhilin Jin, Jingxuan Li, Shuwei Huang, Biao Qian, Yurou Li, Zhining Peng
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Patent number: 11767052Abstract: According to embodiments, it is possible to prevent vibration and gaps in a coupling structure between rotation shafts, thus allowing for reduction in noise, enhanced responsiveness, accurate steering, and a better straight driving performance.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Kyung Min Ko
