Patents Examined by Thomas C Diaz
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Patent number: 11865920Abstract: A controller for vehicle air conditioner includes a base defining a mounting cavity; a knob assembly rotatably mounted to the base, wherein at least a portion of the knob assembly is located in the mounting cavity; and at least one bearing element arranged between the base and the knob assembly. Such a design reduces the friction between the base and the knob assembly and thus reduces the noise.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jundi Hu, Junjie Yang, Liying Zhang
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Patent number: 11867276Abstract: The present invention relates to a spur gear transmission (251), comprising a transmission housing (12), an output gear (14) rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a first axis of rotation (16), a drive gear (18) that is rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a second axis of rotation (20), wherein the first axis of rotation (16) and the second axis of rotation (20) run parallel to each other and spaced apart by a fixed center distance (A), and an idler gear (22), which meshes with the output gear (14) and the drive gear (18) and is rotatably mounted in a carrier part (26) about a third axis of rotation (24), wherein the third axis of rotation (24) runs parallel to the first axis of rotation (16) and to the second axis of rotation (20) and the carrier part (26) can be placed in a receptacle (37) of the transmission housing (12) and is designed in such a way that the third axis of rotation (24) can be moved perpendicular to the first axis of rotation (16) and/or to tType: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAA, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Michael Lauble, Johann Jungbecker, Wilfried Synovzik
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Patent number: 11859706Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a gearbox lockout device. It may be desirable in certain vehicles to lock a drive shaft within a gearbox for a period of time. Lockout embodiments under the present disclosure include a shaft configured to selectively engage the drive shaft via teeth. An inner and outer collar surrounding the shaft can be manipulated to restrict the movement of the shaft once the shaft's teeth are engaged with the teeth of the drive shaft. The system can be torqued up and locked in place. This can allow for more safe transporting of the vehicle, easier maintenance, or other advantages.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Matthew M. Wilcox, Jacob P. Speed, Cody C. Anderson
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Patent number: 11858080Abstract: A changing device for rotary indexing tables has a stand component (12) used as a base component. Through the stand component (12) a shaft (18) passes defining the axis of rotation of tables (2) rotatable by an electric motor which having an interface (20) for coupling concerned tables (2). Tables 2 can be fixed in predeterminable rotational positions relative to a table unit (8) by a clamping device (60). At least two table units (8), differing from each other at least with respect to their clamping devices (60), together with their assigned table (2) as exchange components can be fixed in an interchangeable manner on the base component for their operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KOLIBRI BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KGAAInventors: Matthias Beck, Markus Ludwig
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Patent number: 11859655Abstract: A coupling mechanism includes a cable including a cable end at an end portion, a slider including a coupling part coupled with the end portion, and a joint case including a slider housing space, wherein the coupling part includes a cable end housing part, and a separation restraining part restraining cable separation from the slider, and wherein the separation restraining part includes an installation space where the cable extended from the cable end is disposed with the cable coupled with the slider, an inlet opening in a direction perpendicular to a cable axis and allowing the cable to move in the direction and pass through the inlet, a passage part allowing the cable to move to the installation space through the inlet, and a first restriction part blocking a cable movement direction when the cable in the installation space moves in a direction parallel to a passage part's extending direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Hi-Lex CorporationInventors: Ryochi Kuribayashi, Satoshi Hirose
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Patent number: 11850939Abstract: A steering column assembly module having an operating device for setting an operating parameter of a motor vehicle comprises a static central element that annularly surrounds a steering axis, and a recess, and has an elongated rotary element with a longitudinal axis, and comprises a grip section, and a bearing section that is fixedly connected to the grip section. In this context, the bearing section of the rotary element is disposed in the recess of the central element at least sectionally, and is mounted in the central element rotatably about the longitudinal axis, wherein a rotation sensor is configured to detect a rotational position of the rotary element, and in dependence upon the detected rotational position, to generate a control signal for setting the operating parameter.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Arne Viohl
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Patent number: 11852220Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a speed reducer including a supporting block, an input gear rotatably supported on the supporting block, an intermediate gear meshing with the input gear, an output gear meshing with the intermediate gear, and a gear position changing mechanism configured to change a position of the intermediate gear relative to the input and output gears.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Nabtesco CorporationInventors: Koji Nakamura, Yuta Nagaya, Mitsuru Shimamoto, Takayuki Okimura
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Patent number: 11852123Abstract: An oil bath geartrain for a powermill includes a gear casing defining an interior area having an oil reservoir that maintains a predetermined oil level and which includes structures for continuously distributing oil to gear teeth and babbitt bearings so that recurrent servicing of gear-related components is not necessary. The oil bath geartrain includes an oil lift gear having teeth that lift oil from the oil reservoir and then lubricates and input shaft bearing and communicates that oil via an oil ring so as to lubricate an intermediate shaft bearing. The oil ring acts as an oil scraper. The oil bath geartrain includes a main pinion gear, intermediate pinion gear, and accommodation of miter gears coupled to the output shaft. Another oil scraper plate communicates oil from the main pinion gear to the output shaft miter gear teeth. The gear casing includes passages for communicating oil to input shaft bearings.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Mark A. Henry, Jr.
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Patent number: 11841073Abstract: A shaft retention mechanism of the present invention includes: a casing forming a housing space containing a lubricant; an input shaft penetrating a through-hole formed in the casing, the input shaft extending through the casing; a sealing ring encircling the input shaft in the through-hole, the sealing ring sealing between the input shaft and the casing; and a bearing disposed on an opposite side of the sealing ring to the housing space, the bearing rotatably supporting the input shaft in the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATIONInventor: Masato Kihira
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Patent number: 11833899Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organ-type electronic pedal apparatus including a high-load spring module 500 and a hysteresis lever 400 and capable of tuning a pedal effort, a stroke, and a hysteretic force, which are required to vary depending on the types of vehicles, by changing components of the hysteresis lever 400, as necessary.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KYUNG CHANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Hyeon Uk Kim, Ji Soo Kim, Jong Hwan Han
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Patent number: 11835122Abstract: A final drive differentially for distributing torque input into a shaft via a differential device to a pair of axles is provided with a ring gear coupled via gearing to the shaft to transmit the torque to the differential device. A housing unitarily includes a main portion supporting the shaft and enclosing the differential device, and a wall portion including a first opening through which one of the axles passes and supporting a first end of the differential device. A cover included a second opening through which the other of the axles passes, and is combined with the housing to support a second end of the differential device, wherein the wall portion, the ring gear, and the shaft are arranged, from the wall portion toward the cover, in an order of the wall portion, the ring gear, and the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: GKN Automotive LimitedInventors: Shungo Numabe, Hiromichi Fukuda, Isao Hirota
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Patent number: 11827307Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base structure, a switch unit, an electric component, and an electric-component housing. The base structure is configured to be mounted to the human-powered vehicle. The switch unit is configured to be activated in response to a user input. The electric component is configured to be electrically connected to the switch unit. The electric-component housing is configured to be detachably coupled to the base structure. The electric-component housing is configured to support the electric component such that the electric component is detachably coupled to the base structure via the electric-component housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventor: Kentaro Kosaka
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Patent number: 11820349Abstract: A pneumatic brake pedal module for a “brake-by-wire” brake system of a vehicle is disclosed. The brake pedal module has a pivotably mounted brake pedal and having a damping unit, which is mechanically coupled to the brake pedal to generate a resistance when the brake pedal is actuated, such that the damping unit is subjected to tension when the brake pedal is actuated.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Erwin Michels, Peter Polke
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Patent number: 11822361Abstract: Provided is an operating device comprising: an operating part for receiving an operating signal; a frame part having an inner hole part into which the operating part is inserted; a lock part rotatably provided to the frame part, and inserted into a side surface of the operating part by a rotating operation so as to restrict the movement of the operating part; and a moving part which is connected to the lock part and which moves in a linear direction or rotates the lock part by a rotating operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: KORTEK CORPORATIONInventor: Moon Bae Park
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Patent number: 11808320Abstract: A rolling vibration reduction device for an internal combustion engine includes: a main inertial system configured to rotate with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; a driving force transmission mechanism configured to transmit a rotational driving force of the crankshaft, a direction of the rotational driving force being reversed by the driving force transmission mechanism; and a sub-inertial system configured to rotate by the rotational driving force transmitted from the driving force transmission mechanism and to reduce rolling vibration of the internal combustion engine associated with rotation of the crankshaft by rotating in an opposite direction to the crankshaft. A torsional resonance frequency in the rolling vibration reduction device is set to a value higher than an explosion primary frequency at a maximum engine speed in a preset operating region of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Iguma, Ryota Tsuda, Tomohito Ono, Keiju Tomoda
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Patent number: 11808341Abstract: A rotating device includes a motor, a gear, and a housing configured to accommodate the motor and the gear. The housing includes a first housing, a second housing, and a joining element for joining the first housing and the second housing. The first housing includes a first attaching part attached to an external device. The second housing includes a second attaching part attached to the external device. The first attaching part and the second attaching part include surfaces opposing each other after the housing is assembled. The first attaching part and the second attaching part include the joining element.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventors: Koichiro Hirabayashi, Yukimasa Matsumura, Jun Ohmura, Kodai Kameoka
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Patent number: 11801923Abstract: A gyroscopic roll stabilizer comprises a gimbal having a support frame and enclosure configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, one or more bearings for rotatably mounting the flywheel inside the enclosure, a motor for rotating the flywheel, and bearing cooling system for cooling the bearings supporting the flywheel. The bearing cooling system enables heat generated by the bearings to be transferred through the flywheel shaft to a heat sink disposed within a cavity in the end of the flywheel shaft, or to a liquid coolant circulating within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: WAVETAMER LLCInventors: Grady F. Smith, David Holden, Jeffrey Peterson
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Patent number: 11787291Abstract: An operation device is an operation device of a work vehicle having a load-carrying platform, which includes a gearshift instruction part configured to change a speed of the work vehicle by being operated in a forward/rearward direction, an elevating/lowering instruction part disposed in front of the gearshift instruction part and configured to operate elevation of the load-carrying platform, and a partitioning part configured to partition a space between the gearshift instruction part and the elevating/lowering instruction part in the forward/rearward direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventor: Kota Kurihara
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Patent number: 11789483Abstract: Various implementations include an assistive driving device including a base, a first post, a second post, a third post, and a selector. The first post is for receiving a portion of a palm of a hand of a user and has a proximal end and a distal end. The second post has a proximal end and a distal end. The third post has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal ends of the first, second, and third posts are coupled to the base. The second post and the third post are positioned to receive a portion of an arm of the user. The selector is spaced apart from the first post and positioned such that the selector is actuatable with a dorsum of the hand of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Ohio State Innovation FoundationInventors: Mark Ruegsegger, Sandra Metzler, Luke Lemmerman, Jenna Tabbaa, Ilya Gulko, Kezhuo Wang, Riley Hulbert, Lauren Mershad, Kaitlin Finch
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Patent number: 11773957Abstract: Systems are provided for a gear set housing. In one example, a system comprises a gear box housing configured to house a four stage gear set in combination with a shift actuator and a differential lock, wherein the four stage gear set comprises an input shaft, a first layshaft, a second layshaft, and an output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLCInventors: John Paoff, Seth Metzger, Brian Thisse