Patents Examined by Ryan Hardy
  • Patent number: 11530006
    Abstract: A system for pivoting a coupling component for an outrigger, for a coupling between a tractor unit and a semi-trailer includes a rotation configured to pivot the coupling component between a primary position and a secondary position, and at least one line, which is guided into the coupling component via the rotation device, wherein the system is configured such that the at least one line forms a loop in the primary position in a defined area, and the loop is reduced in size when pivoted to the secondary position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11511791
    Abstract: A steering assembly including an electric motor, and a motor shaft coupled to and extending from the electric motor to an end. The motor shaft is rotatable about a motor shaft axis by the motor. The steering assembly further includes a friction pad at the end of the motor shaft, where the friction pad has a coefficient of friction configured to resist rotation of the motor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: George E. Arlt, Joel A. Bickel, Stanley J. Iseler
  • Patent number: 11505018
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle hitch system having a plurality of modular and easily interchangeable accessory attachments. Each accessory attachment may be operable to secure one or more pieces of equipment useful for the user's preferred activities. The system may include a base and a plurality of different accessory attachments, the base comprising a vehicle mount, a connector, and a support frame, and each of the accessory attachments may comprise an accessory mount and an accessory support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Brandon Kato
  • Patent number: 11485404
    Abstract: In a controller for a steering device, the steering device includes a structure where motive power transmission between a steering unit and a turning unit is separated. The controller includes a control circuit configured to control operation of a steering-side motor that is provided in the steering unit to give steering reaction force that is force against the steering input into the steering unit. In a case where turning of the turning wheels to one direction is restricted, the control circuit is configured to calculate restriction reaction force for restricting steering that is to turn the turning wheels to the one direction. The control circuit is configured to calculate the restriction reaction force based on information on the steering unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Anraku, Isao Namikawa, Yusuke Kakimoto, Yoshio Kudo, Tetsuya Morino
  • Patent number: 11420702
    Abstract: Forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle including a forecarriage frame, a pair of front wheels, a roll control system comprising a rod having including a first damper device for dampening rotation movements of the rod, and including a kinematic connecting rod-crank connected to the rod and to a first anchoring portion to define an articulated quadrilateral, an actuator for imparting a shift movement to the rod-crank and to vary the configuration of the rod-crank between: a damped rolling configuration and a rolling configuration, where the first damper device further includes release means to assist the actuator in the passage from the damped rolling configuration to the free rolling configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Raffaelli