Patents Examined by Vicky A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12292096
    Abstract: A system may include a stacking device having a base portion and one or more walls, the base portion having a first axle receiver that holds a first axle at a first defined position, the one or more walls extending from the base portion, the stacking device receiving one or more flywheel plates onto the first axle. A system may include a clamping device adapted to couple with the stacking device using one or more alignment mechanisms, the clamping device including a second axle receiver that holds a second axle at a second defined position, the first defined position and the second defined position being in line when the clamping device is coupled with the stacking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Torus Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Walkingshaw, Calab Nelson, John Loveless, Zahra Derafshi, Cliff Lambarth, Sean Peterson
  • Patent number: 12291179
    Abstract: A foldable pedal device for vehicles enables an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module, which have different pop-up strokes, to be simultaneously popped up and hidden by operation of one actuator module and blocks introduction of moisture and foreign substances by shielding a gap between a footrest panel and the pedal module using a shield membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Hyeon Uk Kim, Kyung Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 12259033
    Abstract: A work of incorporating a speed reduction mechanism including a scissors gear into a gear case is facilitated. In a state where the angular positions of gear teeth of a first gear and the angular positions of gear teeth of a scissors gear are made to coincide with each other against the elastic force of a torsion spring (19), these angular positions are fixed by a fixing member (position fixing step). The first gear, the scissors gear, and a second gear are housed in a gear case, and the gear teeth of the second gear are made to engage with the gear teeth of the first gear and the gear teeth of the scissors gear (gear incorporating step). The fixing of the angular position of the first gear and the angular position of the scissors gear by the fixing member is released through an opening formed in the gear case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yuta Koda, Keiji Togawa, Hiroshi Osawa
  • Patent number: 12256910
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a heel insert for use with a phacoemulsification foot pedal that may shift a surgeon's foot forward on the treadle of a foot pedal to reduce the force required to actuate the foot pedal. The present invention may be easily attachable and removable and may provide a less complicated and alternative foot position for surgeons preferring different treadle mechanics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Jourdan Colter, Brennen Wears, Stephen Christopher
  • Patent number: 12257660
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a machine tool cable protection device including a universal head having a rotary part and rotatably and tiltably installed in a ram body, a cable having one side connected to a rotary part of the universal head, and the other side connected to a supply source, a rotation unit disposed on the rotary part of the universal head and configured to wind or unwind the cable while rotating in conjunction with a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the rotary part of the universal head, and a movement unit disposed in the ram body so as to rectilinearly reciprocate to compensate for a change in length of the cable that is wound around or unwound from the rotation unit in accordance with a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the rotation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: DN SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eunsoo Seo
  • Patent number: 12258094
    Abstract: A covering tape for bicycle handlebars includes an elongated foldable body extending along a main longitudinal direction (X-X) between opposite axial ends. At one of the axial ends, the body is mechanically integral with a cylindrical closing cap of a hollow end of the bicycle handlebars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SELLE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Bigolin
  • Patent number: 12253875
    Abstract: An electronic pedal apparatus, in which a driver may operate the electronic pedal apparatus with a small effort, may operate by fine displacement when the driver operates a pedal pad, but a spring module is displaced by being pressed by the pedal pad and displaced by being pressed by a rotation lever so that a large change in pedal effort may be implemented, and safety during an operation of a pedal may be further improved by use of a dual detecting structure using first and second permanent magnets and first and second PCBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Hyeon Uk Kim, Kyung Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 12247636
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper or torsional vibration absorber has a rotating system with: a primary mass, which is arranged on a rotatable shaft, for example on a crankshaft of an engine, in particular of an internal combustion engine, and preferably can be fastened for conjoint rotation; a secondary mass, which is movable relative to the primary mass; and an assembly for vibration damping and/or vibration absorption of the relative movement between the primary mass and the secondary mass. The assembly for vibration damping and/or vibration absorption of the relative movement between the primary mass and the secondary mass has at least one accumulator inside the rotating system of the torsional vibration damper or torsional vibration absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Steidl, Mandy Streifler, Stephan Bohmeyer
  • Patent number: 12246406
    Abstract: A spindle drive tool for adjusting a position of a head of a spindle relative to a piston of an electro-mechanical automatic lubrication system in which the spindle and piston are connected by complementary screw threads includes a mounting portion and a coupling portion connected to the mounting portion. The mounting portion includes a bearing surface having a spindle head inlet at a first end, a first cavity and a second cavity. The spindle head inlet opens into the first cavity, the first cavity has a cross section configured to couple with the spindle head such that the spindle head cannot rotate relative to the mounting portion while in the first cavity, and the second cavity is coaxially with the first cavity and has a larger cross section than the first cavity such that the spindle head can rotate freely in the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Karen Elisa Damhuis, Sebastien David, Paola Jimenez Moreno, Sebastian Johannes Kass
  • Patent number: 12248332
    Abstract: An organ-type pedal device includes a housing attached to a vehicle body. A pedal pad of the pedal device is provided rotatably about a predetermined rotation axis with respect to the housing, and a stepped portion of the pedal pad is arranged above the rotation axis in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The pedal pad rotates in a forward direction in accordance with an increase of a pedaling force of the driver, and rotates in a backward direction in accordance with a decrease of the pedaling force of the driver. A sensor unit outputs an electric signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the pedal pad. A full-close stopper comes in contact with a lower part of the pedal pad with respect to the rotation axis, and prevents the pedal pad from rotating in the backward direction when the pedaling force of the driver is not applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Yamamoto, Daisuke Hokuto, Etsugo Yanagida, Yasuhisa Fukuda
  • Patent number: 12234859
    Abstract: Provided is a position adjustment mechanism including: a case; a moving member including a first engaging part and a second engaging part; a lock member provided in the case so as to be movable between a lock position for regulating movement of the moving member in a first direction with respect to the case and a separate position for allowing relative movement of the moving member with respect to the case; and a long member. The lock member includes: a first engaged part engaging with the first engaging part in the first direction; and a second engaged part engaging with the second engaging part in the first direction. When the lock member is at the separate position, the lock member regulates separation of the moving member from the case by engagement of the first engaging part with the first engaged part in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Okada, Tatsuhiko Hasegawa, Atsushi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12235669
    Abstract: An electronic pedal device includes an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module that operate in a pressure operation manner, whereby a driver may operate the same with a small force. The driver may easily recognize the operational state of the pedal based on a haptic signal generated during operation of the pedal. Because operation of the pedal is detected through a dual detecting structure using a Hall sensor and a pressure sensor, safety may be further ensured during operation of the pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DONG HEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Wi Sang Park, Jae Hyun Cho, Jung Min Lee, Seong Ju Jo
  • Patent number: 12232840
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an input device supported by a housing and coupled to a shaft. The input device comprises a drive shaft comprising a first bore, a capstan comprising a second bore, and a set screw coupling the capstan to the drive shaft. The set screw extends through at least a portion of the first bore of the drive shaft and the second bore of the capstan. The first bore of the drive shaft and the set screw are in threaded engagement with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Grant M. Kadokura, William A. McDonald, II
  • Patent number: 12228200
    Abstract: Gearbox (1) having a tooth carrier (40) for receiving teeth (7) of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis (5) of the gearbox, wherein the teeth (7) are disposed in the tooth carrier (11) so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction, a cam disk (20) which is rotatable about the rotation axis (5) and for driving the teeth (7) in the radial direction has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference, wherein bearing segments (24) which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk (20) are disposed between the teeth (7) and the cam disk (20), and wherein the bearing segments (24) have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk (20), wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk, and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Bayer
  • Patent number: 12230461
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes an electronic control unit and a pedal assembly. The electronic control unit switches from a powered off state to a powered on state during predetermined intervals. The pedal assembly includes pedal arm, a target, and a switch. The pedal arm moves between a plurality of positions. The target moves with the movement of the pedal arm. The target generates a magnetic field strength. The switch activates when the magnetic field strength of the target exceeds a predetermined threshold. When the switch activates, a signal is sent to the electronic control unit to activate the electronic control unit from the powered off state to the powered on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: KSR IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Lingmin Shao
  • Patent number: 12222743
    Abstract: A lever device includes a movable bracket and a lever supported on a support shaft on a base such that they are pivotable between lowered and raised positions, first engagement portion(s) on the movable bracket, second engagement portion(s) on the lever, a cam member attached to the support shaft such that it is movable in an axial direction of the support shaft but not rotatable about the support shaft, and a biasing member to bias the cam member to engage with the first and second engagement portions. When the movable bracket etc. are in the lowered position and when they are in the raised position, the first engagement portion(s) engage(s) with the cam member to restrict the movable bracket from pivoting. When the lever pivots upward from the lowered position or downward from the raised position, the second engagement portion(s) disengage(s) the cam member from the first engagement portion(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hatta, Yoichi Nishigori
  • Patent number: 12214994
    Abstract: A turning device includes a hand disc coupled to an input shaft; a reduction gear set accommodated in a housing and connected to the input shaft and an output shaft; and a shaft connector for connecting the output shaft and a motor spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: FengKun Zhu, Hongliang Wu, James L. Hubbard
  • Patent number: 12214765
    Abstract: A brake lever support structure includes: a brake lever movable between a working position at which a parking brake of an off-road vehicle works and a cancel position at which the parking brake is cancelled; and an interior panel defining an inner surface of a cabin of the off-road vehicle. The brake lever extends from inside of the cabin to outside of the cabin through the interior panel. The interior panel includes a stopper that contacts the brake lever at the cancel position to restrict movement of the brake lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Naoto Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12209655
    Abstract: An actuator system for a flight control surface of an aerial vehicle includes a shaft. The shaft includes at least one roller to rotate with the shaft and a plunger. The at least one roller includes a plurality of roller threads. The actuator system includes an inverted nut defining an inner bore including a plurality of nut threads. The inverted nut is coupled about the shaft such that the plurality of nut threads are to engage with the plurality of roller threads to move the inverted nut relative to the shaft. The inverted nut includes a source of a lubricant in fluid communication with the inner bore and the plunger is to be received within the inner bore to supply the lubricant to the at least one roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michal Nozka, Antonin Skarolek
  • Patent number: 12203494
    Abstract: A shaft lockout has a clamp body that is configured to open and close for locating around a shaft of an electric machine. The clamp body has a clamp bottom portion and a clamp top portion that are hingeably coupled together and form a shaft aperture configured to extend around the shaft of the electric machine. An eyebolt extends between the clamp top portion and clamp top portion and has a bolt extension with bolt threads configured to receive a nut to secure the clamp body in a closed configuration. The shaft is restrained from rotating by a shaft set screw configured to thread into a set screw aperture in the clamp body to press against said shaft and a machine wedge screw configured to thread into a machine wedge aperture, also in the clamp body, and wedge against said electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Keith Byard