Patents Examined by Zakaria Elahmadi
  • Thread rod assembly with an adjustable axial gap
    Patent number: 11035444
    Abstract: An adjustable axial gap of the thread rod assembly has a brace, a thread rod rotationally deployed onto the brace, a thread bearing for gripping one end of the thread rod is screwed into the first positioning hole of the brace, and one side of the thread bearing withstands against the thrust washer. The user may rotate the thread rod by applying force passing through the thrust washer onto the thread rod and shifting an axial moving of the thread rod to adjust the axial gap of the thread rod assembly which attains the merits of simple installation and easy application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-Zhi Huang
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: 11034374
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes a functional device and a control device, which is electrically connected to the functional device. The functional device includes a functional case, which constitutes a housing of the functional device. The control device includes a control case, which constitutes a housing of the control device. A first connector is partially exposed to an outside of the functional case. A second connector is partially exposed to an outside of the control case. The first connector is coupled to the second connector, so that the functional device is electrically connected to the control device without a harness between the functional case and the control case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Banno, Norio Umemura, Atsushi Nagata, Naoki Tsukamoto, Norio Mizuno, Hiroyuki Yamada, Kazuhiro Terada, Shun Takeuchi
  • Stalk mounted telescoping rotary shift knob
    Patent number: 11014450
    Abstract: A rotary shift knob having a telescopic structure including a knob and a housing that are secured together to move axially and pivotally relative to each other within a limited range in either direction. The knob and housing are moved axially relative to each other to shift into the park position from the other positions. The inner and outer members are pivoted relative to each other to shift between reverse, neutral and drive positions. The knob is connected by a shaft to a piston that moves within a cavity defined by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Keenan, Angelo Patrick Bastianelli
  • Electric linear actuator
    Patent number: 11015686
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric linear actuator, comprising: an electric motor, a transmission assembly in transmission connection with the electric motor, and a sleeve assembly in transmission connection with the transmission assembly, wherein the sleeve assembly comprises a main shaft, and a clutch device for implementing power connection or disconnection between the main shaft and the transmission assembly is provided between the main shaft and the transmission assembly, the clutch device comprising a ball clutch. The present disclosure solves the problem of poor smoothness of the existing electric linear actuators upon power connection or disconnection; besides, the present disclosure has a higher transmission efficiency and a longer service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIECANG LINEAR MOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD .
    Inventors: Xiaojian Lu, Renchang Hu, Yushan Cheng, Donghai Wu
  • Adapter for mounting a gear lift box
    Patent number: 11015681
    Abstract: An improved gear lift box with a reduced number of parts through integration of elements and increased durability, serviceability and versatility through reconfiguration of various elements and accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Grant Shirley
  • Rotary actuator and linear actuator
    Patent number: 11002348
    Abstract: A rotary actuator has a hollow motor and hollow reduction gears arranged coaxially on either side of the hollow motor. A rotary shaft is arranged so as to pass through a hollow motor shaft of the hollow motor. The hollow reduction gears have hollow input shafts connected to the shaft ends on either sides of the hollow motor shaft. The hollow reduction gears have hollow output shafts connected to sections of the rotary shaft protruding from both ends of the hollow motor shaft. The connection position of the hollow output shaft with respect to the rotary shaft can be adjusted in the rotational direction. A load is rotationally driven by the rotary shaft. By increasing the axial length of the hollow motor, it is possible to obtain a small-diameter rotary actuator having a rotational output with large torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshihide Kiyosawa
  • Industrial robot with a weight counterbalance system
    Patent number: 10987817
    Abstract: The invention relates to an industrial robot (1) having a robot arm (2) with a plurality of axes (9, 10) designed for a high payload and having a weight equalization system (12) based on gas for at least one of the axes (9), whose pressurized components (13-15) each have a volume of less than 1 liter and a maximum pressure of less than 1000 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Bayer, Gunther Merk
  • Rotary table device
    Patent number: 10982715
    Abstract: The rotary table device includes a base, a motor, a rotary drive shaft and a cross-roller bearing. An outer ring is rotationally driven through engagement of a pinion gear formed at a shaft end of the rotary rive shaft with a rack gear formed on the outer ring and transmission of a rotary drive force from the rotary drive shaft to the outer ring. The outer ring is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape covering a side of an inner ring, includes a table capable of mounting an external member on one side of the hollow cylindrical shape, and is integrated with the rack gear formed over an entire circumference of the other side thereof. With such a configuration, a rotary table device that can realize reduction in height, size and weight can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Iizumi, Takahiro Mochizuki, Toshiyuki Mukaiyama, Kentaro Nishimura
  • Method and arrangement for controlling driving states of a utility vehicle
    Patent number: 10975962
    Abstract: A method is provided for alternately triggering driving states of a utility vehicle. The method includes providing a control element and a transmission selectively engageable in a forward driving state (F) for forward travel of the utility vehicle, a reverse driving state (R) for reverse travel, and a standstill driving state (S) for a stationary output of the transmission without disconnection of the drivetrain in the utility vehicle. The method further includes operating the transmission in a current driving state, operably selecting a target driving state while operating in the current driving state, and controllably triggering the transmission to the standstill driving state before shifting the transmission to the target driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Christoph Wagner
  • Gear mechanism for a fishing reel
    Patent number: 10952418
    Abstract: A gear mechanism for a fishing reel includes a drive gear, a handle, and a vibration damper. The drive gear includes a gear having a prescribed gear diameter, and a drive gear shaft rotated together with the gear and having a smaller dimension than the prescribed gear diameter. The handle rotates the drive gear shaft. The vibration damper is disposed between the drive gear shaft and the handle, and dampens the transmission of the vibration of the drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Ikebukuro
  • Removable winch handle assembly and method thereof
    Patent number: 10954110
    Abstract: A removable winch handle assembly for engaging a winch gear within a gearbox comprises: a handle receiver having at least a portion thereof exposed outside the gearbox, a seal between the handle receiver and the gear box, an engagement mechanism in the gearbox, the engagement mechanism coupled to the handle receiver to rotate with the handle receiver, wherein rotation of the engagement mechanism engages the winch gear, and a winch handle selectively coupled to the handle receiver, wherein, rotation of the winch handle causes rotation of the handle receiver when attached, the winch handle detachable from the handle receiver, wherein the gearbox opening is sealed by the seal when the winch handle is detached from the handle receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Quadratec, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Bowes
  • Elevation mechanism for a central input selector knob
    Patent number: 10948056
    Abstract: An elevation mechanism for a central input selector knob includes: a cylindrical cam having two cylindrical rails; a central input device mounted on a slider cylinder having two opposite ends of a pin that run in the two cylindrical rails to move the central input device between an operation position and a storage position; a cap that has two opposite guiding ribs configured to slide into rails of a main housing, the cap being attached to the main housing such that the slider cylinder is enclosed by the main housing and the cap; and a motor having an axis where a second gear is mounted, the second gear being configured and arranged to transmit movement to a first gear thereby causing the slider cylinder to move thereby moving the central input device between the operation position and the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Ernesto Quiroz de la Mora, Johan Gomez Martinez, Roberto Arriola Martinez
  • Dual redundant linear actuator
    Patent number: 10927933
    Abstract: A linear actuator includes a planetary gear system includes a sun gear, a ring gear, and a planet carrier. A linear output mechanism is coupled to the planetary gear system. A first motor is configured to drive a first input shaft, and the first input shaft is coupled to the planet carrier. A second motor is configured to drive a second input shaft, and the second input shaft is coupled to the ring gear. A first brake is coupled to the first motor and is configured to be engaged into a braked position that holds the planet carrier fixed. In the braked position, rotation of the ring gear results in rotation of the sun gear for linear displacement of the linear output mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Floyd Richard Emmons
  • Manipulator
    Patent number: 10926420
    Abstract: A manipulator including: an end effector movable about a joint; a motor configured to generate force so as to move the end effector; a wire for transmitting the force from the motor to the end effector; a guide member connected between the end effector and motor. The guide member including: a guide tube comprising at least one lumen extended in a longitudinal direction, the lumen configured to guide the wire; and an outer sheath configured to cover the guide tube in a longitudinal direction and to move relative to the motor in the longitudinal direction, the outer sheath having a rigidity higher than the guide tube. The manipulator further including an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a position of the proximal end section of the outer sheath relative to the motor in the longitudinal direction of the guide tube so as to adjust a tensile-force generated on the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yoshii, Mitsuaki Hasegawa
  • Shift device
    Patent number: 10907728
    Abstract: A shift lever device includes a shift lever that is rotated in a shift direction to change a shift position, and that is capable of moving in a direction different from the shift direction, a main shaft that rotates when the shift lever is rotated in the shift direction, and a housing that rotatably supports the main shaft. When the main shaft is moved in the direction different from the shift direction, a load is input from the shift lever to the main shaft in the opposite direction from a direction in which the main shaft is displaced from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Munetoshi Makimura
  • Mechanism for disengaging hub from output shaft of motor
    Patent number: 10910913
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for disengaging a hub from an output shaft of a motor, which is convenient to propel the scooter/wheelchair manually. For this purpose, the present invention employs the following technical solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG LINIX MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiqiang Zhao
  • Rack-and-pinion steering apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10889316
    Abstract: A steering gear apparatus includes a rack shaft, a pinion shaft, and a housing. The rack shaft has rack teeth and moves in an axial direction to steer front wheels. The pinion shaft has pinion teeth and rotates in accordance with steering operation of a steering wheel. The housing supports the rack shaft and the pinion shaft, and houses a meshing area between the rack teeth and the pinion teeth. When the steering wheel is in its neutral position, the pinion teeth mesh with the rack teeth at a rotational position of the pinion shaft that minimizes torque required to move the rack shaft in the axial direction during one rotation of the pinion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinori Hirokawa
  • Robot including stopper
    Patent number: 10877508
    Abstract: A robot that enables a stopper to be installed even when it is difficult to allow a space for providing the stopper. The robot includes a first component; a second component movably coupled to the first component; a first stopper provided on one of the first component and the second component, the first stopper extending along an axis parallel to a movement direction of the second component relative to the first component; and a second stopper provided on the other of the first component and the second component, the second stopper configured to come into contact with the first stopper when the second component moves relative to the first component and limit a movement range of the second component relative to the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Genki Miyazaki
  • Gear unit having a first and a second housing part
    Patent number: 10871216
    Abstract: A gear unit is described as having a first and a second housing part, an intermediate shaft of the gear unit being mounted via two bearings in a bushing accommodating the bearings, the bushing centering the first housing part against the second housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Miki Tegeltija, Oliver Bühn
  • Shift lever mounting bracket and shift lever device
    Patent number: 10870346
    Abstract: A shift lever mounting bracket includes a vehicle-side fixing plate having a virtually flat shape; a lever-side fixing plate having a virtually flat shape; a connecting plate having a virtually flat shape, and extending virtually parallel to both a direction orthogonal to the vehicle-side fixing plate and a direction orthogonal to the lever-side fixing plate; a vehicle-side bend part connecting a part of an edge of the vehicle-side fixing plate with a part of an edge of the connecting plate; and a lever-side bend part connecting a part of an edge of the lever-side fixing plate and a part of the edge of the connecting plate. The entirety of the shift lever mounting bracket is constituted with a continuous flat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Fujita