Patents Examined by Terence Boes
  • Patent number: 11320031
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of operating a linear differential (100, 600) are described herein. The linear differential (100, 600) contains a slide portion (102) with parallel right-hand and left-hand threaded rods (112, 114). Threaded onto the right-hand and left-hand threaded rods (112, 114) and attached to the slide portion (102) are right-hand and left-hand gears (116, 118). Meshed between the right-hand and left-hand gears (116, 118) and also attached to the slide portion (102) is a driven gear (200). An end effector (104) is attached to the driven gear (200) and is configured to translate along a translation axis (110) and rotate around a rotation axis (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony Crawford
  • Patent number: 11313438
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes an engine core, a fan and a gearbox interconnecting the engine core and the fan. The engine core is configured to drive rotation of at least one shaft. The power gearbox is configured to transfer torque from the at least one shaft to an output shaft at a reduced rate. The output shaft is coupled to the fan to drive the fan at the reduced rate and provide trust for the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Spruce
  • Patent number: 11313448
    Abstract: A harmonic drive including a housing component (4) and a drive element (18) which is held on the housing component, can be deformed by a wave generator (14), is in the form of a flanged bushing and has a toothing region (17) having a cylindrical basic shape and a disc section (19) which adjoins the toothing region (17). Adjoining the disc section (19) there is a bushing section (20) which is concentric to the toothing region (17), overlaps the latter in the axial direction and is held interlockingly between a cylindrical edge section (21), which is thick-walled in comparison with the bushing section (20), of the housing component (4) and an intrinsically rigid component (22) which is likewise solid in comparison with the flanged bushing (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Weber, Marco Hildebrand, Daniel Heise
  • Patent number: 11306799
    Abstract: An inner roller feeding device for a baseplate of a counter-roller driving power spinning equipment includes an inner roller column, an inner roller top plate, an inner roller upper plate, an inner roller lower plate, a cam, a cam mounting cylinder, inner rollers, inner roller shafts, a feed screw, a servo motor and a baseplate. According to the inner roller feeding device, a brake motor serves as a power source, the inner roller is driven by the cam through a worm gear drive to feed along a radial direction of a workpiece, such that an inner roller mechanism is small in size, large in adjustment range and high in positioning precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Xi'an Jiaotong University
    Inventors: Shengdun Zhao, Fan Li, Chengcheng Zhu, Shuqin Fan, Hong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11287019
    Abstract: There is provided an actuator comprising screw shaft and a nut assembly. The nut assembly comprises a primary nut for transmitting load through the actuator along a primary load path, and a secondary nut for transmitting load through the actuator along a secondary load path. The secondary nut comprises first and second portions movable relative to one another. As load is transmitted through the actuator along the primary load path the secondary nut does not transmit load through the actuator, wherein upon failure of the primary load path the first and second portions move relative to each other, such relative movement causing the first and second portions to engage the screw shaft and enable transmittal of load through the secondary nut of the actuator along the secondary load path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Raphael Medina, Rui Amaral
  • Patent number: 11287027
    Abstract: A ballscrew assembly comprises a ballnut having a first helical groove and a ballscrew comprising a second helical groove opposed to the first helical groove so as to form a helical raceway. A plurality of balls is disposed in the helical raceway. A first seal is disposed at a first axial end of the ballnut to seal between the ballscrew and the ballnut. A second seal is provided for selectively sealing between the ballscrew and a second axial end of the ballnut, the second seal comprising a ballscrew seal mounted for axial movement with the ballscrew, and configured to make sealing engagement with the ballnut when the ballscrew is in a first axial position relative to the ballnut to form a chamber between the first and second seals, but not to make sealing engagement with the ballnut when the ballscrew assembly is in a second axial position relative thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventor: Stephen Davies
  • Patent number: 11280370
    Abstract: An externally toothed gear of a dual-type strain wave gearing is provided with first and second external teeth having different teeth numbers, and a gap formed between these teeth as a cutter clearance area for tooth cutters. Where L1 is the maximum width of the gap, t1 is a depth from the tooth top land of the first external teeth to the deepest part of the gap, h1 is the tooth depth of the first external teeth, t2 is a depth from the tooth top land of the second external teeth to the deepest part, and h2 is the tooth depth of the second external teeth, any one of the following conditions 1 to 3 is satisfied: L1=0.1L?0.35L, t1=0.9h1?1.3h1, and t2=0.3h2?0.9h2??Condition 1: L1=0.1L?0.35L, t1=0.3h1?0.9h1, and t2=0.9h2?1.3h2??Condition 2: L1=0.1L?0.35L, t1=0.3h1?0.9h1, and t2=0.3h2?0.9h2??Condition 3: It is possible to obtain a dual-type strain wave gearing in which wear resistance and tooth bottom fatigue strength are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kimura, Jun Handa
  • Patent number: 11274729
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes an engine core, a fan and a gearbox interconnecting the engine core and the fan. The engine core is configured to drive rotation of at least one shaft. The power gearbox is configured to transfer torque from the at least one shaft to an output shaft at a reduced rotational speed. The output shaft is coupled to the fan to drive the fan at the reduced speed and provide trust for the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Spruce
  • Patent number: 11274736
    Abstract: A bending meshing type gear device includes a wave generator, an external gear which is bent and deformed by the wave generator, and internal gears which meshes with the external gear. One of the external gear and the internal gears is formed of a resin, and the other of the external gear and the internal gears is formed of a high thermal conductivity material having thermal conductivity higher than that of the resin. The gear device further include an abutment member which is connected to the internal gear and abuts the external gear, the internal gear is formed of the resin, the external gear is formed of the high thermal conductivity material, and the abutment member is formed of a high thermal conductivity material having thermal conductivity higher than that of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tamura, Akira Yamamoto, Masahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11268604
    Abstract: A gear device includes an internal gear and an external gear that meshes with the internal gear, in which the internal gear is made of a resin, the external gear is made of a material having a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the resin, and PCDs of the internal gear and the external gear before use of the gear device are set such that lost motion becomes 0 min or more and 15 min or less due to a difference in a thermal expansion amount between the internal gear and the external gear at a time of use of the gear device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Tamura
  • Patent number: 11268593
    Abstract: The present innovation relates generally to propulsion mechanisms for propeller-driven vehicles and vessels, and, more particularly, to gear-driven transmissions for airboats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Shane Lavalette
  • Patent number: 11268498
    Abstract: A system for producing a relative centripetal force differential includes a turntable having a plurality of telescoping spoke elements arranged along radial lines around the center of the turntable. Each of the spoke elements has a fixed end attached to the turntable and a moveable free end opposite the fixed end. As the turntable is rotated the free end of each spoke elements is moved such that it is at a minimum distance through a minimum distance region, at a maximum distance through a maximum distance region that is opposite the minimum distance region, and increased or decreased through transition regions on either side of the minimum and maximum distance regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Arturo Manuel Barbeito
  • Patent number: 11255420
    Abstract: A worm gear for a worm gear system of a motor vehicle steering device may include a hub, a support element, and a gear rim. The support element may be a support ring that by means of an injection-molding method is injected between the gear rim and the hub. The support ring may connect in a form-fitting manner the hub and the gear rim. The gear rim and the support element may configure a multiplicity of teeth. The support element may have support webs that penetrate the gear rim such that radially outward pointing end sides of the support webs are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Gernot Ernstson, Manuel Peter
  • Patent number: 11231095
    Abstract: A linear transmission device suitable for mounting of at least one electronic component includes: an elongated shaft member; a movable member sleeved onto the elongated shaft member and having an end surface; a housing unit disposed on the end surface and includes: a base member, at least one accommodating member and a housing member. The base member is disposed on the elongated shaft member, and includes: an assembling surface and a plurality of assembling portions. The accommodating member is disposed on the base member and includes: a first engaging surface, a second engaging surface, and an accommodating groove for accommodating the electronic component. The first engaging surface has plural connecting portions for combining with the assembling portions. The second engaging surface has plural engaging grooves, the housing member is sleeved on the accommodating member, and includes a plurality of engaging protrusions for engaging with the plurality of engaging grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Meng-Ying Lin, Shang-Hua Tsai, Chi-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11225374
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for lifting and collapsing a collapsible cargo container includes a frame, and vertical guides for aligning the actuator with the cargo container. First and second pusher assemblies engage the end walls of the container to pivot the end walls against the ceiling of the container, where uplocks retain the end walls in a stowed away position. Foldable side walls are then buckled by the weight of the ceiling with assistance from the actuator, until the side walls occupy a predominantly horizontal position between the ceiling/end wall combination and a floor of the cargo container, resulting in a compact configuration. The actuator unfolds the container using steps discussed above in a reverse order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander R. Bellehumeur, Michael Wells
  • Patent number: 11225283
    Abstract: A worm gear for a worm gear mechanism of a motor vehicle steering system includes a carrier body and a multiplicity of teeth with tooth surfaces. The teeth point radially outward and the carrier body is formed from a plastic including reinforcement fibers and has a multiplicity of ribs with rib surfaces which point radially outward from a central encircling ring-shaped web of the worm gear. The teeth are applied to the ribs of the carrier body by injection molding, and the reinforcement fibers are oriented, wherein the multiplicity of reinforcement fibers, in terms of their orientation, follow the adjacent rib surfaces of the carrier body and/or the adjacent tooth surfaces of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Gernot Ernstson, Manuel Peter
  • Patent number: 11215264
    Abstract: A roller gear cam mechanism is equipped with a cam and a rotating member along the outer circumferential direction of which multiple bearings are arranged. The bearings are equipped with a shaft member and an outer ring portion capable of rotating around the shaft member. The outer circumferential surface of the outer ring portion has an arc shape, and in a cross section of the cam that includes the cam axis line, a contact portion of a cam rib making contact with the outer circumferential surface of the outer ring portion has an arc shape. The arc shape of the outer ring portion is formed so as to conform to the arc shape of the cam rib. The radius of curvature of the arc of the outer ring portion and the radius of curvature of the arc of the cam rib are determined in association with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SANKYO SEISAKUSHO CO.
    Inventor: Makoto Onoda
  • Patent number: 11215267
    Abstract: A gearbox has a partly toothed drive gear wheel with a toothed segment and a toothless segment on its circular peripheral surface. A driven gear is completely toothed and meshes with the toothed segment of the drive gear when it is presented to a mesh point between the gears. Pawls on the gear shafts synchronize the initiation of the mesh. The number of teeth on the drive gear is selected so that 360 degrees of rotation of the drive gear results in 360 degrees of rotation of the driven gear. As the drive gear toothless segment just reaches the mesh point, a brake on the driven gear shaft is actuated to accurately stop the motion of the driven gear shaft. The driven gear shaft is thereby halted while the drive gear is free to turn until its teeth once again reach the mesh point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sealstrip Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Lincoln
  • Patent number: 11209078
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a transmission gear and a deceleration mechanism including the same. The transmission gear includes a metal ring; and a plastic gear member integral with the metal ring by injection molding, the metal ring is coaxially wrapped in the plastic gear member and provided with a locating portion for locating the metal ring in an injection mold, the plastic gear member having an outer circumference that is tooth-shaped, and the plastic gear member being formed with an input hole thereon through which an input shaft passes, an outer ring surface of the metal ring being adjacent to the outer circumference, and an inner ring surface of the metal ring having a diameter greater than or equal to that of the input hole. Since almost no shrinkage occurs to the plastic gear member during injection molding, such a transmission gear has good dimensional accuracy, strength and rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Hao Gu, Zhiqiang Tao
  • Patent number: 11174920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission apparatus of an agricultural working automobile, the transmission apparatus comprising: a first gear-shifting part for performing gear-shifting to adjust the speed of an agricultural working automobile; and a second gear-shifting part for performing gear-shifting to adjust the speed of the agricultural working automobile, wherein the second gear-shifting part comprises a sub-gear-shifting drive mechanism for performing gear-shifting, using one operation selected from among an operation transferred through a first power transmission path from the first gear-shifting part and an operation transferred through a second power transmission path from the first gear-shifting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LS MTRON LTD.
    Inventor: Kyu Beom Choi