Patents Examined by Vinh Luong
  • Patent number: 11608870
    Abstract: A vehicle handlebar mounting device and system includes a handlebar clamping assembly, a steering clamping assembly and an isolator. The handlebar clamping assembly having an upper clamp component and a lower clamp component each having protrusions that extend outward from one surface and that are joined together to form a single circular opening for receiving a handlebar. An isolator that is constructed from an impact absorbing material includes a circular-shaped main body having a hollow central channel, a plurality of protrusions extending outward from one end and a plurality of apertures extending through the protrusions. Each of the apertures receiving the plurality of protrusions of the handlebar clamping assembly. The vehicle steering clamping assembly includes a riser and a clamp structure that form a circular opening for receiving the isolator and handlebar assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Urmosi & Spaulding, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Urmosi, Wallace Spaulding
  • Patent number: 11608883
    Abstract: A drive device includes a first shaft, a gear portion, a lubricant flow path, and a housing. A gear portion having a second shaft is connected to an end portion of the first shaft in the axial direction. A side plate portion of the housing separates a motor tubular portion surrounding a motor accommodation portion that accommodates a rotor and a stator and a gear tubular portion surrounding a gear accommodation portion that accommodates the gear portion. First and second bearing holding portions disposed in the side plate portion rotatably support the first and second shafts via the first and second bearings, respectively. A lubricant supply portion that is disposed radially outward of the stator and supplies lubricant to the stator includes a lubricant flow path through which lubricant can flow. The lubricant flow path is connected to at least one of the first and second bearing holding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Nakata, Yuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11608137
    Abstract: A handlebar wrap including an elongate main body defining an outer surface, an inner surface, a length, a width that is less than the length and a thickness that extends from the inner surface to the outer surface and is less than the width, and a plurality of damping channels in the main body and closer to the inner surface than the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Extreme Steering, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Stewart
  • Patent number: 11599135
    Abstract: A rotation operation device includes: a rotation shaft including a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from each other in an axial direction of the rotation shaft; a knob having conductivity, the knob being provided at the first end portion of the rotation shaft and being configured to rotate the rotation shaft; a touch sensor configured to detect a contact with the knob; and an elastic body having conductivity, the elastic body including a first end connected to the knob and a second end connected to the touch sensor. The knob includes a surface facing in the axial direction of the rotation shaft towards the second end portion of the rotation shaft, the surface of the knob includes a recess portion recessed in the axial direction, and the first end of the elastic body is disposed in the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Izumi, Yoshihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11597466
    Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, an accommodating structure, and a second electric power source. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The accommodating structure is configured to accommodate a first electric power source. The second electric power source is electrically connected so as to supply electricity to a wireless communicator. The second electric power source is separate from the first electric power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Takaya Masuda, Fumihide Numata, Yoshiyuki Kasai, Tomohiro Takimoto, Nobuhiro Kure, Katsuhiro Tachibana, Hiroshi Tsuda, Yasuyuki Komada, Shun Kakehashi, Yuichiro Hidaka
  • Patent number: 11592101
    Abstract: A gear unit includes a housing, a trough for guiding oil and reducing losses due to splashing surrounding a circumferential section of a toothing part, the trough including at least three parts, e.g., at least one bottom plate and two side walls, the bottom plate being screw-connected to the two side walls, the trough being fastened to the housing, the trough having an opening, the bottom plate and the side walls being stamped bent parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Zili Wu
  • Patent number: 11591039
    Abstract: A bicycle head is configured to be mounted on a bicycle frame. The bicycle head includes a vertical tube, a stem, a handlebar, a first brake lever, and a shift control box. One end of the stem is mounted on the vertical tube. The handlebar is fixed to another end of the stem. The first brake lever assembly is mounted on the handlebar. The first brake lever assembly includes a main body, a brake assembly, a shift switch, and a battery. The brake assembly and the battery are disposed on the main body, and the shift switch is disposed on the brake assembly. The shift control box is disposed on one of the vertical tube, the stem, and the handlebar and electrically connected to the battery and the shift switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TEKTRO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo-Yi Liao, Chia-Hao Yang, Ting Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 11584472
    Abstract: A handle to be installed on an upper bracket that connects upper end sides of a pair of front forks is provided. The handle includes a handle bar and a handle holder. The handle bar includes a base portion installed on an upper surface of the upper bracket. The handle holder extends from a center of the upper surface of the upper bracket toward the pair of front forks. The base portion and the handle holder are fixed to the upper bracket by a fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shota Miike
  • Patent number: 11578761
    Abstract: A bicycle sprocket arrangement comprises an internal spline configured to be engaged with an external spline of a sprocket support body of a bicycle hub assembly. The internal spline includes a plurality of internal-spline driving surfaces configured to transmit a rotational driving force between the bicycle sprocket arrangement and the bicycle hub assembly in a circumferential direction. The plurality of internal-spline driving surfaces includes at least four first internal-spline driving surfaces and at least one second internal-spline driving surface. The at least four first internal-spline driving surfaces are respectively arranged on at least four of nine first internal-spline driving positions equally arranged in the circumferential direction about a rotational center axis at a first internal-spline pitch angle which is equal to 40 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Tomonari Oka
  • Patent number: 11578791
    Abstract: A cam follower includes a shaft and a hub rotatable with respect to the shaft via at least one bearing. A flanged tire is affixed to the outer peripheral surface of the hub, the flanged tire having a main body portion and a flange portion extending radially outwardly therefrom. The main body portion and the flange portion are integrally formed from a polymeric material, and the hub, the main body portion and the flange portion are disposed so as to define a generally planar outer surface. A flange support plate, having a support plate outer diameter that is generally equal to or greater than the flange diameter, is positioned abutting the generally planar outer surface and is rigidly affixed to the hub, the flange support plate being formed from a metal material, thereby providing structural support to the flange portion for axial forces applied to the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Intech Powercore Corporation
    Inventor: Georg Bartosch
  • Patent number: 11572128
    Abstract: A piston assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The piston assembly includes a main body, a primary seal and a secondary seal. The main body is configured to be movable from a rest position to an actuated position along an actuation direction in a cylinder bore. The primary seal includes a primary seal body arranged on the main body, the primary seal body being made of the first seal material. The secondary seal includes a secondary seal body arranged on the main body at upstream of the primary seal with respect to the actuation direction. The secondary seal body is made of a second seal material that is more elastic than the first seal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Obuchi, Yasuyuki Komada, Nobuyoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 11565768
    Abstract: A pedal thickness supplementary device is provided. The pedal thickness supplementary device includes two supplementary assemblies and a plurality of fasteners. The two supplementary assemblies disposed on two corresponding sides of the pedal respectively, in which the two supplementary assemblies clamp and couple to the pedal, so that the thickness of the two supplementary assemblies clamping to the pedal is thicker than the thickness of the pedal. Further, each of the two supplementary assemblies includes two anti-slip portions, a plurality of first fasten grooves, a plurality of second fasten grooves and a through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CYCLINGDEAL USA, INC.
    Inventor: Haidong Gu
  • Patent number: 11549575
    Abstract: A roller tappet for a fuel pump includes an integral and hollow-walled guide housing, which has a drive-side edge that encloses a roller mounted on a pin. The ends of the pin are seated in openings in arranged in indented flat surfaces that originate from the drive-side edge and are diametrically opposite each other. An output-side edge of the guide housing has a bridge piece that extends continuously from an inner wall of the one of the flat surfaces to an inner wall of the other flat surface. The bridge piece projects beyond the inner wall towards the outer wall of the particular flat surface, and the output-side outer face of the bridge piece has a contact surface for a pump piston. The flat surfaces are completely continuous from the drive-side edge to the output-side edge of the guide housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Norbert Geyer
  • Patent number: 11536359
    Abstract: An arrangement of at least one sensor track-scanning rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) of an electric machine (EM) in a hybrid transmission housing (2) that includes a torque converter (3) and a housing-affixed oil supply plate arrangement is provided. The rotor position sensor (1, 1 A) is attached on an oil-supply-plate side, and a sensor ring (8), as a sensor track, is attached on a converter side. A hybrid transmission housing (2) including the arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Thomas Riedisser, Carl Schilling, Andreas Geiger, Gerald Viernekes, Matthias Weidner, Monika Rößner, Christopher Allnoch
  • Patent number: 11511876
    Abstract: Briefly, the disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods to form a gearbox enclosure comprising an external liner, an internal liner, and a variable porosity region disposed between the external liner and the internal liner. The variable porosity region may be configured to accommodate flow of the lubricant, thereby providing a capability to cool, for example, a lubricating fluid at an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Russell L Mueller, Tyson Henry, Colton Gilliland
  • Patent number: 11505277
    Abstract: A crank arm comprises an arm body, an axle fastener, and a biasing element. The arm body includes a crank-axle receiving opening and an axle-fastener receiving opening. The axle-fastener receiving opening has a second opening axis. The axle-fastener receiving opening is partly in communication with the crank-axle receiving opening by a connection opening. The axle fastener includes a fastener body having a splined portion. The splined portion is configured to engage with the splined end of the crank axle in a mounted state where the crank arm is mounted to the crank axle. The biasing element is configured to bias the axle fastener in a biasing direction parallel to the second opening axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11492069
    Abstract: A brake lever assembly includes a body, a seat and a pin. The body is connected to the seat and includes an outer surface which is engaged with an inner surface of the seat so that the body cannot rotate relative to the seat. The seat is connected to a brake lever and a handlebar. The body is connected to an adapter which is connected with a hydraulic oil pipe. A piston is located in the body and activated by the brake lever. The pin extends through the seat and the body to prevent the body from dropping from the receiving hole axially. The brake lever assembly is easily installed to the handlebar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ALHONGA ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Teng Shih, Jhe-Wei Syu
  • Patent number: 11492068
    Abstract: A control device of a bicycle hydraulic brake, comprising a cylinder, a tank, a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder to move between at least one first rest position in which the cylinder and the tank are in fluid communication and at least one second position in which the piston interrupts the fluid communication between the cylinder and the tank, a stop device that acts directly or indirectly on the piston. The cylinder and the tank are filled with hydraulic fluid and the stop device can take up a storage and transportation configuration in which it arranges the piston in said at least one second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L.
    Inventors: Davide Zenere, Michele Fassina
  • Patent number: 11492067
    Abstract: A bicycle braking and locking mechanism is configured to be mounted on a handlebar. The bicycle braking and locking mechanism includes a brake assembly, a first driving component, and a second driving component. The brake assembly includes a main body, a piston, and a link. The main body is configured to be mounted on the handlebar and has a pressure chamber, the piston is movably located in the pressure chamber, and the link is connected to the piston. The link is configured to be selectively driven by the first driving component or the second driving component so as to move the piston with respect to the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TEKTRO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Szu-Fang Tsai, Bo-Yi Liao
  • Patent number: 11480259
    Abstract: A fluid-drive device includes a base, a fluid container, a pressing mechanism, and a rotation mechanism. The fluid container is disposed on the base. The pressing mechanism is disposed on the base, and configured to press the fluid container. The rotation mechanism is connected to the pressing mechanism. The pressing mechanism presses the fluid container by rotating the rotation mechanism. The fluid-drive device may guide the flow of the detection fluid in the fluid container in a non-contact manner to reduce the contamination of the fluid specimen and increase the reliability of the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Yi Fan Hsieh, Chen An Sung, Chia Liang Lai