Patents Issued in April 14, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160102716
    Abstract: A bearing forming a clutching-declutching bearing for a motor vehicle, the bearing defining a central axis and including an outer ring free to rotate around the central axis, an inner ring, rolling elements disposed between the outer ring and inner ring and a flange mounted on the inner ring. The flange is at least partially inserted in a recess which is provided in a radial end portion of the inner ring and which is distinct from an inner bore of the inner ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Benoit ARNAULT, Philippe WALTER
  • Publication number: 20160102717
    Abstract: A transmission system (10), especially for a motor vehicle, having around an axis (O) at least an input shell (12) that is rotationally connected to a driving shaft and to a drive web (18) in order to rotationally connect said input shell (12) to a double wet clutch mechanism (20) that, having at least a first clutch (E1) and a second clutch (E2) respectively of the multiple-disc type, is controlled to selectively couple said driving shaft to a first driven shaft (A1) and to a second driven shaft (A2), wherein the input shell (12) and the drive web (18) are rotationally connected by connecting means (24), which are constituted in particular by rivets (25), with zero angular clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Rabah ARHAB, Herve RIBOT, Laurent CAUMARTIN
  • Publication number: 20160102718
    Abstract: An electromagnetic active brake which is de-energized in the brake standby state, including—a brake body (1),—a brake device with at least two opposing brake shoes (9, 12) which are spaced from a component to be braked in the de-energized state of the active brake,—and an electromagnet (5) which is arranged in the brake body (1) and the armature (6) of which interacts with a brake lever (2). The armature (6) of the electromagnet (5) is rigidly connected to a spring compressor (3) which is guided in the brake body (1) and which is moved by the armature (6) in the axial direction of the armature (6) when the electromagnet (5) is energized and in this manner clamps a spring (16) against an abutment (20) that interacts with the brake lever (2) and is arranged in an axially adjustable manner in the direction of the path of the spring compressor (3). The active brake according to the invention is highly energy-saving and thus economical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: RINGSPANN GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Polack, Hartmut Bischoff
  • Publication number: 20160102719
    Abstract: A disc brake rotor including a friction portion and a cooling fin located radially offset from the friction portion is provided. The cooling fin is configured to deflect due to a change in temperature in the friction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Etsuyoshi WATARAI, Masashi GOTO, Takuya EDAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160102720
    Abstract: A drum brake module for motor vehicles, the drum brake module being driven by an electric motor and having at least one parking brake function, includes an electromechanical cable pull actuator which is fastened on the anchor plate with the aid of an adapter. The adapter is designed as a one-piece, thin walled frame having at least one fastening flange for receiving the cable pull actuator and is held in place on the anchor plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Uwe Bach, Jens Hoffmann, Niclas Görrissen, Wolfgang Ritter, Ahmed Sefo, Holger von Hayn
  • Publication number: 20160102721
    Abstract: A spring (48) includes successively a portion (50) for fixing the spring to the disk brake, a rigid branch (B2) connected to the fixing portion (50) by a bend (P1) plastically deformable about a first deformation axis (A1), another rigid branch (B3) connected to the aforementioned rigid branch (B2) by a second plastically deformable bend (P2), and a further rigid branch (B4) connected to the aforementioned rigid branch (B3) by a third plastically deformable bend (P3) that cooperates directly or indirectly with an associated portion of the brake shoe, each rigid branch (B2, B3, B4) being a strip that lies in a plane parallel to the first deformation axis (A1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Alexandre FOUCOIN, Didier MONTEGU, Sandra MERRIEN
  • Publication number: 20160102722
    Abstract: A sliding caliper disk brake (10) that includes an exterior brake shoe (18E) mounted to slide in the fixed support of the brake, wherein the disk brake includes a central exterior spring (48E) for returning the exterior brake shoe (18E) to its inactive position that is fixed to an associated central portion (63) of the exterior brake shoe (18E) and a front portion (50) of which is fixed axially to an associated central portion (58) of the fixed support (14). For returning it to its inactive position, the interior brake shoe is constrained to move axially with the brake piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Alexandre FOUCOIN
  • Publication number: 20160102723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a braking system that is designed to give the rider of a vehicle an audible indication of an impending lock-up condition (i.e., a condition where the wheel of a wheeled vehicle or track or a snowmobile is not rotating relative to the vehicle). Preferably, the frequency of the audible indication is proportional to the speed of the wheel or track. In one embodiment, the characteristics of the sound (e.g., frequency) are tuned to achieve an audible indication that can be readily heard and perceived by a rider under specific conditions, such as when the rider is wearing a helmet and also in the presence of other noise, such as engine and exhaust noise. In general, an audible indication in the range of about 6 kHz+/?1 kHz is preferred. The audible indication can be altered by changing the geometry and dimensions of the brake rotor and brake pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Lee A. Pfeil, Steve Fiacchino, Steve Scheibe, Kurt W. Person
  • Publication number: 20160102724
    Abstract: A planar torsion spring where the spring comprises a first outer ring and a second inner ring. The inner ring is positioned within the first outer ring and possesses a same axis of rotation. The outer ring is connected to the inner ring with one or more splines. Each spline extends in one or more concentric arc segments to a maximum circumference relative to the position of the next concentric arc between the outer ring and the inner ring. The outer ring, the inner ring and the spline concentric arcs segments are positioned in the same plane. At least one spline connects the outer ring to the inner ring. The spline is positioned in a plurality of concentric arcs segments and sequentially positioning each arc to a maximum circumferential length relative to its position between the outer ring and inner ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Rethink Motion Inc.
    Inventors: Elliott Potter, Aaron Hulse
  • Publication number: 20160102725
    Abstract: An energy absorber comprising a housing for attachment to a first body, a deformer member mounted to the housing, a strip of plastically deformable material extending in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends, an attachment member provided at, or towards, the second end of the strip for attachment to a second body, the strip being arranged with the deformer member such that when a predetermined force is applied to the attachment member, the strip is moved relative to the deformer member from a first position in which a first section of the strip extends from the first end of the strip to the deformer member, to a second position in which at least a part of the first section of the strip is plastically deformed by the deformer member, wherein the strip is arranged such that when it is in its first position, the first section of the strip is substantially flat in the longitudinal direction of the first section of the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: SpanSet Inter AG
    Inventor: John P. Slaven
  • Publication number: 20160102726
    Abstract: A tuned vibration mass damper for isolating vibrations from the steering wheel or other vehicle component includes an elastically cantilever mounted lead mass and a unitary thermoplastic bracket member made from a super tough plastic material and including a first or coupling portion for coupling the tuned vibration damper to a structure of the vehicle, a second portion for coupling the unitary bracket member to the lead mass, and an intermediate bight portion. The second coupling portion includes a plurality of cylindrically shaped legs extending through holes in the lead mass and having their ends formed (in a heading operation) to couple the unitary bracket member to the lead mass and a pair of travel limiters extending beyond the mass for preventing the mass from contacting other structures once the mass damper is installed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: NBJX USA, INC.
    Inventor: David Martin Ford
  • Publication number: 20160102727
    Abstract: An air spring for air suspension system comprises a piston assembly and a damper assembly where the piston assembly is spaced apart from the damper assembly to at least partially define an air chamber. A seal is molded with piston walls to form an integrated piston assembly. The seal includes at least one sealing lip extending radially inward from the piston assembly at an angle that is non-perpendicular to an axis of the damper and the at least one sealing lip contacts the damper assembly when the piston assembly and the damper assembly are assembled together to seal the air chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Schallmeier, Ralf Pielock, Sunny Makkar, Garrett Mark Pniewski
  • Publication number: 20160102728
    Abstract: A vibration damping device includes a first cylindrical attachment member (11) which is connected to one of a vibration generating portion and a vibration receiving portion, a second attachment member (12) which is connected to the other thereof, an elastic body (13) which connects both attachment members (11 and 12), and a partition member (17) which divides a liquid chamber (14), in which a liquid (L) is sealed and which is positioned within the first attachment member (11), into a primary liquid chamber (15) having the elastic body (13) as a portion of a wall surface, and into a secondary liquid chamber (16). Limiting passages (21 and 22) which communicate with the primary liquid chamber (15) and the secondary liquid chamber (16) are formed in the partition member (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira UEKI, Masakazu NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160102729
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for mitigating vibrations in a device towed in water. The apparatus includes one or more tuned elastic sections having a complex spring rate and adapted to attenuate vibrations in a specified frequency range; and a head end coupler adapted to couple the apparatus for vibration mitigation to a component of an electro-mechanical cable or a tow assembly. One of the one or more tuned elastic sections is coupled to the head end coupler with a high impedance material interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew CERNIWAY, Michael MAPLES, Gaetan MELLIER
  • Publication number: 20160102730
    Abstract: Torsional vibration dampers are disclosed that have a hub having a plate extending radially outward about a shaft-receiving member, a first portion of an inertia member defining a back face and a bore therethrough and having an annular flange concentric about the axis of rotation, a first elastomeric member and a second elastomeric member positioned against opposite sides of the plate, and a second portion of the inertia member fastened to the first portion of the inertia member by one or more fasteners, thereby placing the first and second elastomeric members in compression. The shaft-receiving member of the hub is positioned in the bore with the plate of the hub spaced a distance from an interior surface of the annular flange, and the plate of the hub and the interior surfaces of each of the first and second portions of the inertia member facing the plate define dual common vertices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Dayco IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Suhale Manzoor, Anthony Eugene Lannutti, Christopher R. Buddington, William J. Piepsney
  • Publication number: 20160102731
    Abstract: A balancing weight for balancing a wheel of a vehicle has a body of non-ferromagnetic material providing a major portion of the balancing weight's mass and a ferromagnetic inlay for holding the balancing weight by magnetic force. The ferromagnetic inlay provides a minor portion of the balancing weight's mass. A weight applicator has a magnet for interacting with the ferromagnetic inlay of the balancing weight and holding the balancing weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Markus VOGLER
  • Publication number: 20160102732
    Abstract: In a metal belt for a continuously variable transmission having a saddle face of a metal element and a rocking edge positioned at substantially the same position in the radial direction, a rocking edge is provided at a radially outer end of a front face of a body part, the rocking edge being a fulcrum for pitching of the metal element of the metal belt which is wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley and transmits a driving force between the two pulleys, and a recess is provided extending from a front face of a neck part to a front face of the body part. Thus, it is possible to minimize a space created between the front and rear metal elements and reduce the bending stress applied to the metal elements, thereby minimizing degradation of the power transmission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Yagasaki, Soichiro Sumida
  • Publication number: 20160102733
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus for a vehicle achieves seven forward speeds with a minimal number of input gears disposed on input shafts, since the second speed gear and the fourth speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the second input gear and the third speed gear and the seventh speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the third input gear, and distortion of step ratios at the high-speed region may be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sueng Ho LEE, Chang Wook LEE, JongSool PARK
  • Publication number: 20160102734
    Abstract: A constant mesh gearbox has five parallel rotational axes. The input and output axes are not aligned. Some torque paths are via a sleeve rotatable on a shaft on one of said axes. Up to eight forward speeds are disclosed, with two very low ratios suitable for non-highway travel. The transmission is suitable for two and four wheel drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Russell OSBORN, Alex TYLEE-BIRDSALL, John SPOONER, Steve MULLANE, Steve NESBITT, Gareth THOMAS, Matthew HOLE, Mark FINDLAY, George SCOTT
  • Publication number: 20160102735
    Abstract: A family of transmission gearing arrangements provides between eight and ten forward speed ratios and a reverse speed ratio. Three planetary gear sets are located on the input axis and a fourth planetary gear set is located on an offset axis. Axis transfer gears convey power between the input axis and the offset axis. One axis transfer gear is supported by a front support while another is supported by a center support. The center support also supports a clutch module and supplies pressurized fluid to engage the clutches in the clutch module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: David Allen Janson
  • Publication number: 20160102736
    Abstract: A tensioner force assembly for applying tension to an engine timing chain that changes the direction of the force acting on a chain tensioning arm such that the tensioner piston is oriented in parallel with the long axis of the crankshaft is provided. The tensioner assembly includes a crankshaft sprocket attached to the crankshaft, a cam shaft sprocket attached to the cam shaft, and a timing chain engaging the sprockets. A timing chain tensioner is pivotally attached to the engine block. A chain tensioner mechanism is provided that takes up timing chain slack. The chain tensioner mechanism includes a pivotable force transfer mechanism, a cylinder body having a long axis parallel to the long axis of the crankshaft, and a reciprocating tensioner piston in the body and engaged with the transfer mechanism for moving the transfer mechanism to apply required tension to the timing chain through the timing chain tensioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Suchecki
  • Publication number: 20160102737
    Abstract: A tensioning rail for an endless drive means, in particular for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, comprises a support body and a sliding body arranged on the support body and having a sliding surface for contacting the endless drive means as well as at least one lubricant opening for wetting the sliding surface with lubricant. A press-on area provided on the support body and used for contacting a tensioning device has an inflow opening for the lubricant. A feed passage extending from the inflow opening through the support body and a lubricant passage extending in the longitudinal direction of the support body allow the supply of lubricant to the at least one lubricant opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Henning GEIBEL, Renzo PERISSINOTTO
  • Publication number: 20160102738
    Abstract: A tensioning rail for a drive chain, in particular for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, comprises a basic body and a spring unit, the basic body including a sliding surface for contact with the drive chain and a press-on surface. The spring unit comprises a tensioning end arranged on the press-on surface and a support end supportable on a counter bearing, a wear protection element being provided, which is arranged at the support end of the spring unit. In addition, the invention relates to a chain drive including such a tensioning rail as well as to the use of such a tensioning rail for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Phillipp VON VOPELIUS-FELDT, Franz STIGLMAIER
  • Publication number: 20160102739
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator, preferably a linear actuator, including a carriage (16) having a lateral support surface (144, 152) for supporting a first longitudinal section of a belt against lateral deflection and a space (164) adjacent to and longitudinally offset from the lateral support surface for partially surrounding a second longitudinal section of the belt that is deflected relative to the lateral support surface to take up slack and/or tension the belt. By containing the slack within the carriage using the space and the lateral support surface, slack may be removed from the belt or the belt may be tensioned in an easy and cost efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas BARIC, Mike BRIDGES, Adis HALIMIC
  • Publication number: 20160102740
    Abstract: An assembly for converting motion comprises a first rotatable arm; a second rotatable arm; a third arm pivotably connected to the second arm; a fourth arm pivotably connected to the second arm; a fifth arm; a first connecting arm extending between the first arm and the third arm, pivotably connected to first arm and the third arm; a second connecting arm extending between the first and second arms, pivotably connected to the first arm and to the second arm; a third connecting arm extending between the first and fourth arms and the fourth and fifth arms, pivotably connected to the first arm, pivotably connected to the fourth arm, and pivotably connected to the fifth arm; and a fourth connecting arm pivotably connected to each of the fourth and fifth arms; the fifth arm pivotably connected to the third connecting arm and mounted to an object to be moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Ten Fold Engineering Limited
    Inventor: David Martyn
  • Publication number: 20160102741
    Abstract: In a continuously variable transmission, driving force from a drive source is transmitted via a path to establish a LOW mode. A large torque that is transmitted in the LOW mode passes through a first output switching mechanism. Since a countershaft is relatively rotatably disposed on an outer periphery of an input shaft, and the first output switching mechanism is disposed on the countershaft, the countershaft which transmits a large torque is disposed on an outer peripheral side of a double tube and supported directly by a transmission case, and the input shaft which transmits a relatively small torque is supported via the countershaft, thereby making it possible to support the first output switching mechanism with high rigidity without carrying out special reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Uchino, Atsushi Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20160102742
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include a first shift module configured to change torque input from an engine into four speed stages and to output the four speed stages, a motor/generator directly connected an output side of the first shift module, a second shift module configured to change the four speed stages input from the first shift module into eight speed stages by using a planetary gear set and to output the eight speed stages, and an output device connected to an output side of the second shift module through an output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Keunseok Lee, Kum Lim CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160102743
    Abstract: A hydrokinetic torque coupling device for coupling together a driving shaft and a driven shaft. The torque coupling device includes a casing rotatable about a rotational axis and having a casing cover shell and an impeller shell, an impeller coaxial aligned with the rotational axis and including the impeller shell, a turbine-piston coaxially aligned with and drivable by the impeller, a stator situated between the impeller and the turbine-piston, an output member including an output bevel gear, a torsional vibration damper operatively connecting the turbine-piston and the output hub, a rotatable input bevel gear drivenly connected to the torsional vibration damper, a carrier configured to connect to a stationary stator shaft, and a bevel pinion supported by and rotatable relative to the carrier. The bevel pinion meshes with gear teeth of the input bevel gear and gear teeth of the output bevel gear of the output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Alexandre DEPRAETE, Eugene KOZAK
  • Publication number: 20160102744
    Abstract: A lock-up device for a torque converter for transmitting a torque and for absorbing and attenuating a torsional vibration includes an input rotary member, an output rotary member disposed on both axial sides of the input rotary member and rotatable relatively to the input rotary member, and a plurality of first coil springs disposed in radially inner positions. The first coil springs are compressed in series by rotation of the input rotary member relative to the output rotary member whereby the torque is inputted therein from the input rotary member. The lock-up device also includes at least one second coil spring compressed when the input rotary member and the output rotary member are rotated relatively to each other at a predetermined relative angle or greater. The lock-up device additionally includes a float member disposed radially inward of the first coil springs and coupling the plural first coil springs in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Yuki KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20160102745
    Abstract: A starter element for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle having a housing, the housing being mounted on at least one shaft and the housing being coupled by means of an elastic element to a component located in a power stream of the starter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Stephan Maienschein
  • Publication number: 20160102746
    Abstract: A hydrokinetic torque coupling device for coupling together a driving shaft and a driven shaft. The torque coupling device includes a casing rotatable about a rotational axis and having a casing cover shell and an impeller shell, an impeller coaxial aligned with the rotational axis, a turbine-piston coaxially aligned with and drivable by the impeller and including a turbine-piston shell, a stator situated between the impeller and the turbine-piston, a torsional vibration damper configured to operatively connect the turbine-piston shell to an output hub having radially outer gear teeth, a rotatable damper hub drivenly connected to the torsional vibration damper and having radially inner gear teeth, a carrier configured to connect to a stationary stator shaft, and a planet gear rotatably supported by the carrier and meshing with the radially inner gear teeth of the damper hub and the radially outer gear teeth of the output hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Alexandre DEPRAETE, Eugene KOZAK
  • Publication number: 20160102747
    Abstract: The present teachings provide for a differential assembly including a pair of plates and a keeper. A pair of pinion gears can be rotatable within a case for common rotation about a first axis and relative rotation about a second axis. A pair of side gears can meshingly engage the pinion gears, each being coupled for rotation with an output shaft. Each plate can be received in a groove defined by a respective output shaft, and can have a radial width greater than a depth of the groove. The keeper can be axially between the pinion and side gears, and can include releasably coupled first and second bodies, that cooperate to define first and second bores. Each bore can define an inner surface that surrounds a respective one of the plates to prevent its escape from the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: William E. Worman, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160102748
    Abstract: A rack includes a plurality of thin plates laminated with each other, wherein each of the plurality of thin plates is formed with a set of rack teeth, and adjacent thin plates, which are laminated adjacently to each other, of the plurality of thin plates are fixed together such that respective rack-tooth positions of the adjacent thin plates are displaced from each other in axial directions of adjacent sets of rack teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichiro Aoki, Yoshiharu Kiyohara, Takehito Dei, Yoji Ishizaki, Yasuhiro Aoki
  • Publication number: 20160102749
    Abstract: A damper pulley manufacturing method includes an arranging process in which a circular hub having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface and a circular pulley having a cylindrical inner peripheral surface are arranged such that the cylindrical outer peripheral surface opposes the cylindrical inner peripheral surface, a centering process in which a tapered portion of a first centering jig is made to abut on an axial end portion of the hub and a tapered portion of a second centering jig is made to abut on an axial end portion of the pulley to perform centering of the hub and the pulley, and a press-fitting process in which after the centering process, a damper rubber is press-fitted between the cylindrical outer peripheral surface and the cylindrical inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohito ISHIKURA
  • Publication number: 20160102750
    Abstract: A toroidal-type stepless transmission includes: at least a pair of an input disc and an output disc; a power roller tiltably provided between the pair of the input disc and the output disc, the power roller being configured to transmit a driving force from the input disc to the output disc; and disc shrouds covering the input disc and the output disc, respectively. Each of the disc shrouds has an outer peripheral portion formed with an oil discharge groove configured to discharge an oil within each disc shroud to the outside, the oil discharge groove penetrating from an inner surface of the disc shroud to an outer surface of the disc shroud and extending in a circumferential direction of the disc shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichiro TANAKA, Hideyuki IMAI, Tatsuhiko GOI, Hidenori ARISAWA, Masahide KAZARI
  • Publication number: 20160102751
    Abstract: A fluid transfer coupling includes a first and second shaft assembly. The first shaft assembly includes a shaft and annular fin attached to shaft, annular fin having one or more internal passages extending therethrough. The or each internal passage connects a centre portion of shaft to a radially outwardly facing side of annular fin. The second shaft assembly includes a shaft and annular trough extending radially outwardly of shaft. The first shaft is concentrically accommodated within second shaft with annular fin being accommodated within annular trough. In use, first shaft assembly rotates at a first rotational speed and second shaft assembly rotates at a second rotational speed, with second rotational speed being greater than first rotational speed. The difference between second and first rotational speeds cause a fluid contained within annular trough to be driven radially inwardly through the or each internal passage to centre portion of first shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: David Peter SCOTHERN
  • Publication number: 20160102752
    Abstract: A planetary gear drive system in which the planetary gears are made of a resilient plastic or polymer compound so as to allow slippage within the system in response to over-torqueing, and a reverse drive incorporating the planetary gear drive system for use on motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Richard D. Yelvington
  • Publication number: 20160102753
    Abstract: A method for operating an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes initiating a synchronization of a positive shifting element of the automatic transmission while the automatic transmission is operating at less than a threshold output speed. The method also includes closing a first non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission and positioning a second non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission at an engaged configuration of the second non-positive shifting element during the synchronization of the first positive shifting element in order to synchronize the first positive shifting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Georg Mihatsch, Ruben Cueppers, Max Trautwein, Thorsten Schaetzle
  • Publication number: 20160102754
    Abstract: A control device is provided for a transmission having at least three shift actuators for the gear selection, a plurality of valves for actuating the shift actuators and a further plurality of valves for actuating the clutch. The shift actuators, the valves for actuating the shift actuators and the valves for actuating the clutch are combined in a common housing and that, within this housing, the shift actuators are grouped into a spatially connected shift group, the shift actuator valves are grouped into a spatially connected valve group and the clutch actuator valves are grouped into a further spatially connected valve group, wherein the shift group and the two valve groups and do not spatially overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen SCHUDY, Daniel GEIS-ESSER
  • Publication number: 20160102755
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cartridge valve including a hydraulic bushing including at least one connection which is configured as a slotted hole extending over a defined portion of a circumference of the hydraulic bushing with respect to a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic bushing and which is protected by a screen insert inserted into the slotted hole. According to the invention the slotted hole includes a receiving groove that is configured at least over a portion of a circumference of the slotted hole, and the screen insert is arrangeable so that its outer edge is at least partially supported between a shoulder configured in the receiving groove and a cover tongue of the receiving groove wherein the cover tongue is arranged opposite to the shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: FALK MUELLER, Thorsten Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160102756
    Abstract: A method for operating an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes initiating a synchronization of a positive shifting element of the automatic transmission. The method also includes closing a first non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission and positioning a second non-positive shifting element of the automatic transmission at an engaged configuration of the second non-positive shifting element during the synchronization of the first positive shifting element in order to synchronize the first positive shifting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Markus Maurer, Ruben Cueppers, Max Trautwein
  • Publication number: 20160102757
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a torque device providing input torque, a transmission, an axle connected to drive wheels, a final drive unit, and a controller. The controller includes proportional-integral (PI) logic, and is programmed to determine a speed of the drive wheels and output shaft. The controller executes a method to calculate a reference output speed using the drive wheel speed and applies a calibrated offset profile to the calculated reference output speed during a lash state transition of the final drive unit, output shaft, and axle. This controls, via the PI logic, a speed difference between the output shaft and drive axle. The calibrated offset profile is higher in an early portion of the lash state to speed a transition from the lash state, and lower in a later portion of the lash state to reduce driveline clunk upon transition from the gear lash state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Shaochun Ye, Robert L. Morris, Houchun Xia
  • Publication number: 20160102758
    Abstract: A method for detecting a malfunctioning shift element in an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes operating the automatic transmission in an intermediate gear. A selected shift element of the automatic transmission is commanded to a disengaged configuration in the intermediate gear. The method also includes measuring a gear ratio of the automatic transmission while the automatic transmission is operating in the intermediate gear, and determining whether the selected shift element of the automatic transmission is malfunctioning based at least in part on the gear ratio of the automatic transmission in the intermediate gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Klaus Steinhauser, Jens Weller, Georg Mihatsch, Jörg Arnold
  • Publication number: 20160102759
    Abstract: The present subject matter provides a method for operating an automatic transmission in a limp mode. The method includes actuating a first non-positive shifting element to an engaged configuration and actuating a second non-positive shifting element to the engaged configuration. A positive shifting element is substantially synchronized after actuating the second non-positive shifting element. The method also includes commanding the positive shifting element to actuate from a disengaged configuration to the engaged configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Ruben Cueppers, Max Trautwein
  • Publication number: 20160102760
    Abstract: A method for operating an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes disengaging a shifting element of the automatic transmission and measuring an input speed of the automatic transmission while the shifting element is disengaging. A command pressure of the shifting element is adjusted to a target command pressure based at least in part on the input speed of the automatic transmission while the shifting element is disengaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Christoph Hess, Philipp Kölbl, Ruben Cueppers
  • Publication number: 20160102761
    Abstract: A shift apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes: a shift switching member including valley sections according to a shift position; a positioning member provided to establish the shift position in a state of being fitted into any of the valley sections; an actuator for driving the shift switching member; and a driving force transmission mechanism including a driving-side member on an actuator side and a driven-side member on a shift switching member side, and rotating the shift switching member, wherein the driving-side and driven-side members are able to relatively rotate in an engaged state by a predetermined amount of backlash, and a position of a valley bottom of the valley section is configured to be learned, based on a difference between rotational angles on the actuator side and the shift switching member side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya KUWAHARA, Yutaka UCHIDA, Shinya HORII
  • Publication number: 20160102762
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes: a shiftable transmission for driving a drive shaft, which transmission is situated in a gear housing and is shiftable at least between a first gear and a second gear via a shifting member; and a pivotably supported actuating element, which is configured as a bistable spring element and situated, at least in sections, in the area between the shifting member and the gear housing, is associated with the shifting member. The bistable spring element is actuatable for the gear shifting, and assumes a stable shift position in at least one shift position of the shifting member associated with the first or second gear, and assumes an unstable position in an intermediate position of the shifting member which is situated between shift positions of the shifting member associated with the first and second gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jens Brennenstuhl, Heiko Roehm, Andreas Heber
  • Publication number: 20160102763
    Abstract: A fluid seal system for a hydrocarbon recovery capsule includes a plurality of interconnected fluid seals each comprising an elongated sealing member clamped to a bulkhead plate and biasing a geomembrane to the bulkhead plate. A compression plate is positioned between each elongated sealing member and the bulkhead plate, thereby clamping the geomembrane to the bulkhead plate. An enclosed channel of each elongated sealing member receives a slurry. Clay amended soil surrounds and compresses the plurality of interconnected seals to provide a fluid seal that is capable of withstanding high temperatures while sealing off fluid and gas from the environment. A method of sealing a hydrocarbon recovery capsule is disclosed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Sean Hinchberger
  • Publication number: 20160102764
    Abstract: A device to provide a seal between a housing for a moving element such as a drill chain, piston or the like and the moving element. The device comprising a storage well to retain seal material, the block having an outlet connecting with an aperture in a housing enabling seal material to flow into the space between a housing and the moving element and form a seal, the device further including an inlet port enabling seal material precursor to be added into the block, and pressurising means to pressurise the seal material precursor and force it out of the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Martin McKenzie
  • Publication number: 20160102765
    Abstract: A system for securing a valve actuator to body of a valve assembly includes an actuator housing having housing lugs protruding radially to define a plurality of housing slots therebetween. A bonnet has bonnet lugs protruding radially to define a plurality of bonnet slots therebetween. Each of the housing lugs are sized to pass axially through a respective one of the bonnet slots when the actuator housing is in a released position and, after passing through the bonnet slots, the actuator housing is rotatable to a locked position where at least a portion of one or more of the housing lugs is axially aligned with a portion of a respective bonnet lug to prevent axial movement of the actuator housing, the actuator housing rotating less than one full revolution between the released and locked positions. A securing mechanism prevents relative rotation between the actuator housing and the bonnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Travis Kyle McEvoy, Keith M. Adams, Lloyd R. Cheatham