Patents Examined by Vinh Luong
  • Patent number: 12202535
    Abstract: An electrode structure disposed on the outer circumference of a core metal of a steering wheel provided in a vehicle includes an insulator and a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the insulator that is on an opposite side of the insulator relative to a surface of the insulator that faces the core metal of the steering wheel. The insulator includes an engagement portion that engages a first engagement-target portion included in the core metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamashita, Takumi Yamada, Takateru Sawada
  • Patent number: 12196188
    Abstract: A mechanical energy amplification system and method, where the system includes a frame that supports a cylindrical rotary reactor magnet assembly, an oscillating reactor magnet assembly, and an input impulse magnet assembly. The input impulse magnet assembly rotates an axial shaft connected to both the rotary reactor magnet assembly and a flywheel, and the oscillating reactor magnet assembly when pivoted back and forth, and generates a greater output energy than an energy input at the input impulse magnet assembly by increasing the pivoting of and torque of an output pivot shaft by the rotation of the shafts of the rotary reactor magnet assembly and the oscillating reactor magnet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BOLD EARTH SCIENTIFIC LLC
    Inventor: Andy Coppock
  • Patent number: 12194976
    Abstract: With the safety parking braking system, the security of a parking brake is required to be engaged before detaching the trailer. When the safety parking brake lever is lifted, the brakes are applied, the Index plunger pin locks the lever in place and the lock out bar rises thus allowing the trailer to safely be detached from the vehicle without having to remember the tire chock blocks. With little modifications, the safety parking braking system can be retrofitted to any trailer, new or old.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventor: Robert F Trepanier
  • Patent number: 12179876
    Abstract: A bicycle handlebar, for a bicycle, is arranged for providing at least one function for the purpose of at least one subsystem of the bicycle. The bicycle handlebar includes a head tube part that during use, at least partly, substantially extends along the head tube, a left handlebar bend with a handle end that extends to the left side from the head tube part, and a left handlebar bend with a handle end that extends to the right side from the head tube part. The bicycle handlebar includes at least an internal feedthrough channel from at least one of the left handlebar bend and right handlebar bend and wherein the at least one internal feedthrough channel extends into the head tube part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MA Micro Limited
    Inventor: Ties Jonan Midas Carlier
  • Patent number: 12158201
    Abstract: An internal meshing type gear device includes: an internal gear; and an external gear that meshes with the internal gear, in which, when a straight line passing through an external gear center and an internal gear center is defined as a gear center line, a pitch point between the external gear and the internal gear is positioned radially inside an external tooth tip circle and an internal tooth tip circle, an intersection point between a normal line to a contact point locus between the external gear and the internal gear and the gear center line is positioned between the pitch point and the external gear center, and the contact point locus is positioned in a meshing region between the external and internal tooth tip circles within an angle range in which an angle centered on the pitch point from the gear center line is 0 to ?/2 [rad].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Teijiro Yamanaka, Akira Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12151780
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a threaded bottom bracket comprising: an internal sleeve, a ball bearing, wherein an inner race of the ball bearing is an extended inner race, a cup fit to concentrically hold the ball bearing, wherein the cup is coupled to the internal sleeve, a labyrinth, the labyrinth coupled to the ball bearing and fit to prevent water and debris from entering the ball bearing, wherein the labyrinth and the cup form a path, and a rotary seal disposed between the ball bearing and the labyrinth, the rotary seal having an external seal that seals against the extended inner race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Alexander Chalmers, Paul Klawer, Bjorn Borgers, Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Bart Scicchitano, Fraser Andrew, Aljonn Lacerna
  • Patent number: 12145439
    Abstract: A clutch pedal locking device includes a clutch pedal, a stay attached to the clutch pedal, a plate attached to a lower surface of the stay and extending backward from the stay, a fixed portion provided to a lateral side of the clutch pedal and fixed to a work vehicle body, and a rotation plate suspended from and supported on the fixed portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft. In a case where the rotation plate rotates until a longitudinal direction becomes substantially horizontal, the rotation plate comes into contact with an upper surface of the plate and a back surface of the stay, and the clutch pedal is locked in a state of being stepped on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12145691
    Abstract: A crank impact and wear protection article. The crank arm includes a crank body and an impact and wear protection article coupled with the crank body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Fraser Andrew, Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Douglas Alexander Chalmers, Robbie Roberts, Marco Rota
  • Patent number: 12134441
    Abstract: A lever system using a linkage assembly creates linear movement from a rotational movement of a lever. The lever system may be arranged as a grip assembly to activate a braking system of a vehicle. The linkage assembly may include a slide linkage, a bearing linkage, and a pivot linkage such that the lever may cause an end of the bearing linkage and an end of the pivot linkage to move toward the slide linkage, which causes the slide linkage to move in a linear direction. The grip assembly may have a lever that is pivotally connected with a housing of the grip assembly at a predetermined distance and with a contact region to prevent rotational movement in one direction while allowing rotational movement in the opposite direction. Further, the grip assembly may include a bearing linkage that is pivotally connected to the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dextera Brakes, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Vorhies, John Doane Nichols, III, Nathaniel Bartholomew Egging, Scott Miller Padiak
  • Patent number: 12122047
    Abstract: An articulated multi-link robotic tail (MLRT) system is provided comprising a rigid housing, an actuation unit coupled to the rigid housing, and an MLRT having a proximal end that is coupled to the rigid housing and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The MLRT comprises N segments, where N is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to one. Each segment comprises i links, where i is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to two. Each link is mechanically coupled to an actuator of the actuation unit and capable of being actuated by the actuator to which it is mechanically coupled to adjust a pitch, yaw and roll of the MLRT. The articulated MLRT system is well suited for being integrated with a mobile robot to assist in stabilizing and maneuvering the mobile robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, Wael Saab, William Rone, Yujiong Liu
  • Patent number: 12122475
    Abstract: A handle grip for a bicycle, the handle grip including: a first grip portion coupled to a first side of a handlebar for the bicycle; a first electrode portion disposed to be exposed to the outside of the first grip portion so that the first electrode portion comes in contact with a first body surface of a user; a cable portion having one end connected to the first electrode portion and the other end extending outwardly from the first grip portion; and a module accommodating portion provided in a portion of the first grip portion and having a space for accommodating a predetermined electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Wrightbrothers Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 12103635
    Abstract: A bicycle including a frame with a fork, the fork having dropouts between which a wheel axle is mounted. The wheel axle includes a sensor and/or an electric component arranged to be connected to a control element. A detachable electric connection is provided between the sensor and/or electric component and the control element. The detachable electric connection is positioned between the wheel axle and the thru-axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Roƫll Marie Van Druten, Johannes Gijsbertus Antonius Van Den Brand
  • Patent number: 12097927
    Abstract: A control device for a hydraulic brake for a bicycle includes a reservoir for hydraulic fluid. The reservoir has a variable volume. The control device also includes a reservoir cover at least partially defining the reservoir, and a support that is attachable to a handlebar of the bicycle via an inner annular surface of the support. A handlebar proximity zone is radially outer relative to the inner annular surface of the support and is within two centimeters of the inner annular surface of the support. At least part of the reservoir cover is within the handlebar proximity zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Dunlap, Brian Jordan, Braden Snead
  • Patent number: 12097832
    Abstract: In a work vehicle, a through-hole in a stay includes first and second regions. When a grip is pulled in an unlocked state in which a collar is located inside the first region and a grip assembly is not locked inside the through-hole, a state is transitioned into a locked state in which a compression spring is compressed by a pin and a plain washer, a brake lever rotates, a claw moves toward a notch, and a rod is located inside the second region and the grip assembly is locked inside the through-hole. When a brake pedal is stepped on in this locked state, the claw and the notch engage with each other, and the brake pedal is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoko Takahashi, Shinsuke Ishii, Marina Nagatomi
  • Patent number: 12097649
    Abstract: A steering wheel damper for a vehicle, and a manufacturing method thereof, the method includes putting a plate which is directly fixed to a steering wheel and has a plurality of through holes and a mass member having a predetermined weight to reduce vibration and a central pin in a mold in order, injection-molding rubber, and molding a connection member for connecting the plate and the mass member and a cushion member for limiting movement of the mass member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: AIA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Yeo, Sang Ho Seok, Sung Soo Jin
  • Patent number: 12091131
    Abstract: The insert is metallic and has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), the insert comprising an outer wall of a first retaining feature; and an undercut shape formed exterior to the outer wall of the first retaining feature such that there is a groove between the outer wall of the first retaining feature and the undercut shape. A composite component having a second CTE different from the first CTE, wherein the insert including the groove is at least partially within the composite component when the composite component is being formed, such that the difference in the first CTE and the second CTE causes the groove between the outer wall of the first retaining feature and the undercut shape of the insert to contract about the composite component to provide a compression to a portion of the composite component within the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Fraser Andrew
  • Patent number: 12090593
    Abstract: A control device generates, for each command cycle on the basis of machining line information expressing a plane machining line with a function displayed by a prescribed parameter and tangential line information showing a tangential line direction at respective positions of the machining line, a position command on a rotational axis and two linear axes with a position on the machining line obtained when the parameter is changed by a prescribed amount set as a machining position. The position command generated by the control device includes a command on a position of the rotational axis at which the tangential line at the machining position forms a prescribed angle set in advance with respect to any one of the linear axes and a command on the position of the two linear axes at which a tool is set at the machining position when the rotational axis is located at the position of the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Takayuki Koyama
  • Patent number: 12083407
    Abstract: Device for switching over the operating mode of a dynamic pylon for dances comprises as follows: the latch (2) at least one detail of pylon assemble with main recess (1) for the latch (2) at least one detail of another pylon assemble with counter-recess (8) for the latch (2) one magnet lock comprising at least one permanent magnet (7), whereas the main recess (1) for the latch (2) performed opened from the side of its lateral wall towards the outer space around the pylon detail wherein the main recess (1) is located, whereas the latch (2) is a member of the magnetic lock (the second or the third one). Switching over the mode of pylon operation is possible without interrupting the performance of exercises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Nikolai A. Koriushenkov
  • Patent number: 12083673
    Abstract: An adapter assembly for a robot arm includes: an inner shaft configured to receive a tool supply cable therethrough and configured to attach to the tool supply cable; an outer member disposed annularly around the inner shaft and attached thereto in a telescopic configuration with the inner shaft movable with the tool supply cable between a retracted position and an extended position; and a compression spring configured to bias the inner shaft to the retracted position. A robotic assembly includes: a robotic arm including at least two linkages configured to articulate relative to each other; a tool attached to the robotic arm; a tool supply cable extending along the robotic arm for providing functionality to the tool; and an adapter assembly connected to the robotic arm. The adapter assembly includes a spring bias toward a retracted position, thereby taking-up slack in the tool supply cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: James Highfield
  • Patent number: 12077240
    Abstract: A handlebar with directional performance characteristics is disclosed. The handlebar includes a stem clamp region, a plurality of control end regions, and a plurality of transition regions. A cross-section of at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of transition regions includes an asymmetric cross-section based on an intersection of plurality of ellipses and defined by four different radii R1, R2, R3, R4 and an angle (?) of an axis of symmetry of said ellipses, wherein said plurality of ellipses have coincident centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Bart Scicchitano