Patents Examined by Tony H. Winner
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Patent number: 11794625Abstract: A vehicular vessel mounting system is provided. In one aspect, a vehicular vessel mounting system includes a mount arranged to support a pressure vessel in a substantially vertical orientation. The mount includes a vertically oriented spine and a backing connected to the spine. The backing is shaped to match an outer wall of the pressure vessel. One or more retention mechanisms are arranged to retain the pressure vessel to the backing.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Echeneidae Inc.Inventors: Matthew Lee, Eric Harding
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Patent number: 11794706Abstract: A towing device operably provided on a trailer for powering and controlling the trailer. The towing device has an actuator operably connected with the trailer during a towing operation. The towing device also has at least one switch provided in the actuator and operable to variably control at least one motor/generator provided on the trailer. The at least one switch is also operable to send a first signal to the at least one motor/generator via a first force exerted on the actuator by a vehicle, and wherein a first torque is applied to at least one wheel on the trailer via the at least one motor/generator being operably engaged with the at least one wheel. In addition, the towing device may include a controller operably connected to the at least one switch and to the at least one motor/generator, to control the torque applied by the at least one motor/generator.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Daniel H. Crouse, Steven A. Musick
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Patent number: 11794538Abstract: An under bed hitch mounting apparatus is shown and described. The under bed hitch mounting apparatus may comprise a first bracket attachable to a frame of a vehicle below a load bed of the vehicle and a second bracket attachable to the frame of the vehicle below a load bed of the vehicle, the second bracket transversely spaced from the first bracket. The under bed hitch mounting apparatus may also include a first receiving member attached with the first bracket, the first receiving member configured to engage an accessory member, where at least a portion of the first receiving member extends above the load bed of the vehicle, and a second receiving member attached with the second bracket, the first receiving member configured to engage the accessory member, where at least a portion of the second receiving member extends above the load bed of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Kevin Garner, Matt Dunlavey, Erik Fritz, Brian Ward
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Patent number: 11787486Abstract: A method detects and prevents stall of a drive motor of an autonomous electric tractor. A stall detector receives, at intervals, a motor current value from a drive circuit of the autonomous electric tractor, determines when the motor current value reaches or exceeds a first current threshold and applies brakes, inhibits a throttle controlling the drive motor, and sets a motor stall flag. A method determines a height above the ground of a landing gear of a trailer coupled with a tractor. A lift detector controls a hydraulic pump to pump a hydraulic fluid into a chamber of a piston coupled to a fifth wheel of the tractor to raise the fifth wheel. The lift detector senses, at intervals as the fifth wheel rises, a pressure value of the hydraulic fluid in the chamber and processes the pressure value to determine when the landing gear is lifted off the ground.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Outrider Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tessa Ronan, Vittorio Ziparo, Lawrence Klein, Ky Woodard
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Patent number: 11787245Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a theft-proof trailer hitch tongue is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventor: Michael Munro
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Patent number: 11787487Abstract: The vehicle system can include: a set of vehicle couplings (e.g., a tractor interface, a trailer interface, etc.); a chassis, a battery pack, an electric powertrain, a sensor suite, and a controller. The modular vehicle system can optionally include landing gear, a suspension, and any other suitable set of components. The vehicle system functions to structurally support and/or tow a trailer—such as a Class 8 semi-trailer—and/or to augment/supplement a tractor propulsive capability (e.g., via a diesel/combustion engine) with a supplementary electric drive axle(s).Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Anamnesis CorporationInventor: Ian C. Rust
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Patent number: 11787247Abstract: A trailer coupler assembly facilitates the automatic coupling and decoupling of a trailer. A trailer coupler assembly can include a main body with a frontward-facing opening for receiving a rearwardly oriented trailer ball. A locking assembly can be integrated with the main body and can allow the rearwardly oriented trailer ball to insert into the frontward-facing opening to automatically secure a trailer to a vehicle. A release assembly can interface with the locking assembly to enable the rearwardly oriented trailer ball to be decoupled from the main body.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Mod.al Group, Inc.Inventors: Erick Vega, Kreg Peeler, Angela Brimhall, Jeremy Carter
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Patent number: 11780484Abstract: In some implementations, a utility cart includes (a) a cargo hold having a cargo bed; (b) an assembly having a wheel arm having a first catch, a handle arm having a second catch, and a wheel; the wheel arm and handle arm coupled together at an angle and adjacent a pivot point; the wheel rotatably coupled to a distal end of the wheel arm; (c) a locking mechanism and a spring member, the locking mechanism having a first locking pin and a second locking pin; and (d) a plurality of bearing wheels disposed below a bottom surface of the cargo bed.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Compass Carts LLCInventors: Todd Hanson, Steve Shae, Matt Mundahl
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Patent number: 11780489Abstract: A turning angle detecting device includes: a first storage unit configured to store a turning angle neutral point correction value being a difference between a median of the turning angles at respective limits in right and left steering and the turning angle in a straight traveling state; a second storage unit configured to store an initial position of a movable portion of an actuator of a wheel turning mechanism in the straight traveling state; a first turning angle calculating unit configured to calculate a first turning angle with respect to the median of the turning angles at the respective limits based on a detection value of a position of the movable portion; and a second turning angle calculating unit configured to calculate a second turning angle based on the detection value, the turning angle neutral point correction value, the initial position and the first turning angle.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Shoya Maruyama, Tetsuya Kitazume
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Patent number: 11780280Abstract: A passageway is formed through a trailer hitch bar allowing an electrical conductor to be threaded through the hitch bar. At a proximal end of the hitch bar the wires are attached to the first half of an electrical conductor. Within a receptacle, a second half of the connector is located to interconnect with the connections on the first half. Conductors are connected to the connector halves and are coupled to electrical contacts on a draw bar on a towing vehicle which connect to an electrical coupling on the vehicle. The wires within the electrical conductor are now connected to the electrical connections already existing in the vehicle allowing the towed vehicle to respond to activations of brakes, turn signals, hazard warnings, headlights, and also engaging the transmission in reverse to activate a solenoid to release trailer brakes to allow a trailer to be moved in reverse.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventor: Daniel Cardenas
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Patent number: 11766370Abstract: This document describes accessory devices for wheelchairs. For example, this document describes wheelchair accessory devices that include a wheel and foot pedals so that a wheelchair user can use his/her legs to propel the wheelchair by pedaling.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventor: Tom Stenson
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Patent number: 11766905Abstract: A trailer hitch lock provides a finned, external shell around a centrally-disposed lock assembly. The material of the shell, its distribution of fins, and the fin dimensions all cooperate to defeat a destructive attack on the lock by a portable angle grinder.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventors: Dylan Cato, Austin Lazo
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Patent number: 11759943Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval systems which include robots that move along ceilings and/or walls to retrieve and/or transport goods. The robots use magnetic adhesion to hold to the surfaces. The robots adjust the magnetic adhesion force in response to changes in weight or other conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Ferromotion Technologies Inc.Inventors: Vira Tarbaieva, Andriy Volodymyrovych Shvydky, Mykhailo Anatolievich Smetaniuk, Victor Anatolievich Smetaniuk
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Patent number: 11760408Abstract: A steering gear mechanism is disclosed for a steering system of a motor vehicle including at least a housing, a gear wheel, a pinion intermeshing with the gear wheel and a pinion shaft comprising the pinion. The pinion shaft is mounted on one side of the pinion in a fixed bearing, which includes a pivot bearing, in which the pinion shaft is received. The pivot bearing itself is received in a fixed bearing sleeve. The fixed bearing comprises a pivot ring, which has an outer ring and an inner ring, which are connected to each other by way of one or more torsion webs in such a manner that pivoting about a pivot axis defined by the one or more torsion webs is enabled, the inner ring being received in the fixed bearing sleeve and the outer ring being mounted within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Martin Zimmermann, Jens-Uwe Hafermalz, Dennis Fuechsel
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Patent number: 11752857Abstract: A wheel-driven vehicle (1), comprising a front vehicle unit (1 A), a rear vehicle unit (1B), a power source (4), a first centre beam (8) and a second centre beam (9), a first driving means (10) and a second driving means (11) provided on each opposite sides of the first centre beam (8), a third driving means (13) and a fourth driving means (14), provided on opposite sides of the second centre beam (9), wherein the respective driving means (10, 11, 13, 14) comprises at least a driving wheel (16), a power-transmitting arrangement for transmission of power from said power source (4) to the driving wheel (16) that is included in each of the driving means (10, 11, 13, 14), wherein the power-transmitting arrangement comprises an engine (19) and a transmitting arrangement (20).Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Komatsu Forest ABInventors: Erik Nilsson, Espen Miland
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Patent number: 11745825Abstract: A direct-drive bicycle include a bicycle body, which extends to include a front fork. A front wheel is pivotally provided at a tube fixedly provided at the terminal end of the front fork. A shaft passes through the tube. A rotary disc is connected to the shaft. A pedal is provided at each end of the shaft through a connecting rod. A transmission assembly include a rotatable spline shaft provided, a friction wheel slidably provided at the spline shaft to press against a friction disc provided at a side of the front wheel, and a rotating wheel fixed to the spline shaft. The rotary disc is located between the spline shaft and the front wheel, and drives the rotating wheel to change the position where the friction wheel presses against the friction disc. Thus, the front wheel can be directly driven and provides continuously variable transmission.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventor: Junghsen Lieh
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Patent number: 11745821Abstract: A straddled vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a steering shaft supported by the vehicle body frame, a handlebar that includes a left grip and a right grip and is connected to the steering shaft, a steering wheel, and a steering assist device that applies assist force in a same direction as that of a steering torque that has been input to the handlebar by a rider to the steering shaft. The steering assist device causes the assist force to decrease as speed of the vehicle increases in a first vehicle speed zone and causes the assist force to increase as the speed of the vehicle increases in a second vehicle speed zone that is higher than the first vehicle speed zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeshi Toyota, Nobuo Hara, Yukihide Fukuhara, Tatsuya Nagata
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Patent number: 11745818Abstract: The present invention provides a straddle type vehicle, comprising: a taillight disposed in a rear portion of a vehicle and configured to emit light to rearward of the vehicle; a license plate disposed at the rear portion of the vehicle; and a detection unit configured to detect surrounding conditions behind the vehicle, wherein the detection unit is connected to a vehicle body frame via a support stay and is disposed to be lower than the taillight and higher than the license plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Hagimoto, Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kiyoshi Katagiri, Hiroshi Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka
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Patent number: 11738817Abstract: A seat post assembly for a bicycle has a first tube with a first distal end and a second tube with a second distal end. The first and second tubes are movable relative to one another to establish a distance between the first and second distal ends. A first pressure chamber has a loaded pressure proportional to a load applied along the tube axis. A second pressure chamber has a second pressure not proportional to the load. A flow path connects the first and second pressure chambers. A valve is disposed along the flow path and is configured to move between a closed position closing the flow path and an open position opening the flow path between the first and second pressure chambers. An isolator of the valve is configured to nullify any resultant force produced by the loaded pressure of the first pressure chamber acting on the isolator.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Christopher Shipman, Brian Jordan
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Patent number: 11738813Abstract: An endless vehicle track includes a body having an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface includes a carcass and a series of ground engaging profiles longitudinally spaced along the outer surface. The inner surface includes a wheel path and a series of longitudinally spaced guide-drive lugs. One or more of the series of ground engaging profiles, the series of longitudinally spaced guide-drive lugs, the carcass and the wheel path comprise a urethane material.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Loc Performance Products, LLCInventors: Matthew A. Linn, David Michael Burtchin
