Patents Issued in January 12, 2017
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Publication number: 20170009809Abstract: The present invention provides a half thrust bearing in a semicircular ring shape for receiving an axial force of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, that include a back metal layer, a bearing alloy layer and a resin slide layer, or a bearing alloy layer and a resin slide layer. The resin slide layer constitutes a slide surface receiving the axial force, and the half thrust bearing includes thrust reliefs formed on a side receiving the axial force and adjacent to both circumferential end portions thereof so that a wall thickness of the half thrust bearing becomes thinner toward the circumferential end portions. At least the thrust relief on a rear side in a rotational direction of the crankshaft has a thrust relief length which becomes larger toward an outer end portion from an inner end portion in a radial direction of the half thrust bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: SHIHO TANAKA, YOSHIHIRO OZAWA
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Publication number: 20170009810Abstract: An object is to provide a floating bush bearing device including a circumferential groove over the entire circumference of an outer peripheral surface of a floating bush while ensuring that a pressing force is applied by lubricant oil to the floating bush to reduce oscillation, as well as a turbocharger provided with the bearing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takaya FUTAE, Tadasuke NISHIOKA, Takashi NAMBU, Noriyuki HAYASHI, Hiroshi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20170009811Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bi-material sliding bearing (1) whereby a metal sliding layer (3) of at least two different particle types is deposited under reduced pressure from the gas phase on a flat, metal substrate (8), and a first particle type forms a matrix with first grains and the second particle type forms grains embedded in the matrix of the metal sliding layer (3), and the metal sliding layer (3) is produced with a thickness (4) of more than 250 ?m and with a Vickers hardness below 100 HV(0.025), and the metal sliding layer (3) is made of a single layer in only one pass and with a maximum grain size of at most 1 ?m for at least 90% of the first grains forming the matrix and with a maximum grain size for at least 90% of the embedded grains, and a maximum particle size of at most 1.5 ?m for the remaining grains making up 100% of all grains.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbHInventor: Walter GAERTNER
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Publication number: 20170009812Abstract: A bearing assembly cover for placement over a shaft mounted bearing assembly comprises a flanged base configured for attachment to a bearing case of the bearing assembly and a hollow frusto-conical portion extending outwardly from the flanged base, and narrowing from the base, to an open end wherein the open end extends about the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Avissai Alcantara Burguete, Arthur C. Valverde, Abundio Silva Luna
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Publication number: 20170009813Abstract: The portion axially opposed to an encoder 13a in a bottom part 23a constructing the cap 19a for closing an opening of an axially inboard end of an outer ring 2 is formed with a through hole 25a pierced in an axial direction. And, the bottomed cylindrical sensor insertion case 26a made of a non-magnetic material is axially inserted into an inside of the through hole 25a with a bottom plate part 35a facing to the lead, and is internally fitted to the inside of the through hole 25a. Also, a rubber O ring 56 is pinched in annular space 55 formed between an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical part 39a constructing the sensor insertion case 26a and an inner peripheral surface of a middle-diameter hole part 53 constructing the through hole 25a in a state having a radial interference.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Harumi TAKANASHI
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Publication number: 20170009814Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rotating element including a cylindrical fitting portion having a pair of circumferential end portions forming an axial slit between the circumferential end portions, the cylindrical fitting portion being serration-fitted to a rotating shaft, includes: clamping the fitting portion by a clamp jig so that the fitting portion is elastically deformed in an elliptical shape; forming a female serration arranged in an elliptical shape by use of a tool having an elliptical section, the female serration being formed on an inner peripheral surface of the fitting portion elastically deformed in the elliptical shape; and releasing the clamping by the clamp jig so that the arrangement of the female serration is changed to a perfect-circle shape from the elliptical shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, KOYO MACHINE INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Taisho HIGUCHI, Takeshi KOYAMA, Taiki YAMAMURA
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Publication number: 20170009815Abstract: A novel split boot design for applications that contain CV joints and/or other bearing assemblies where protective boots or similar covers are required to protect the CV joint or bearing assembly from the outside environment while helping to retain necessary lubrication for the CV joint or bearing assembly. The new split boot design includes zippers along one or more axial seams which represents a significant departure from currently available split boot designs, and is more producible than prior protective boot designs with zipper closures. This new split boot design will simplify protective boot installation and/or replacement by reducing installation and/or repair time, and, thereby, overall cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Mark E. Innocenzi, John B. Evans, Marcus Garraway
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Publication number: 20170009816Abstract: Technology is provided for a torque limiting clutch for use with a robot arm. The torque limiting clutch includes a hub including a hub flange and a clamp plate slideably mounted on the hub. A drive member is rotatably mounted on the hub between the hub flange and the clamp plate. The drive member includes a plurality of gear teeth disposed around an annular clutch disc. A first friction disc is positioned between the hub flange and the annular clutch disc, and a second friction disc is positioned between the clamp plate and the annular clutch disc. A plurality of clamp fasteners extend through the hub flange and engage the clamp plate to exert a clamping force operative to urge the clamp plate toward the hub flange, thereby pressing the friction discs against the annular clutch disc in order to transfer torque between the gear teeth and the hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Scott C. Wiley
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Publication number: 20170009817Abstract: Provided is a driving force transmission device that can achieve further reduction in drag torque when it is not in operation and thus is not transmitting a driving force. A driving force transmission device includes: a clutch hub and a clutch drum; inner clutch plates spline-fitted on the clutch hub; outer clutch plates spline-fitted in the clutch drum; and a housing having a second accommodating chamber accommodating the clutch hub and the clutch drum. The inner clutch plates and the outer clutch plates are lubricated by lubricant. The driving force transmission device further includes a fin plate. The fin plate rotates with the clutch hub. By this rotation, the fin plate scoops up the lubricant in the second accommodating chamber to feed the lubricant to a reservoir chamber formed in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Shun OHNO, Akio Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20170009818Abstract: A clutch assembly is provided. The clutch assembly includes a clutch housing. The clutch housing includes an inlet and an annular groove. The annular groove is in fluid communication with the inlet. The clutch assembly also includes a clutch piston adapted to reciprocate based on an application of a pressure field on the clutch piston. A piston cavity is defined by the clutch piston and the clutch housing. Also, the pressure field is applied on the clutch piston by forming a constant circumferential flow path in the piston cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: John Bowman Salomon, Bryant James Whitesel, Jamie William Clark
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Publication number: 20170009819Abstract: A driven accessory that includes an input member, a cover, an output member, a clutch and a clutch actuator. The input member is rotatable about and axis and has a hub, an outer rim, and a radially extending web that couples the hub to the outer rim. The cover is coupled to the input member for common rotation about the axis and cooperates with the input member to define a clutch cavity. The clutch is received in the clutch cavity and selectively transmits rotary power between the input member and the output member. The clutch actuator is selectively operable to change the operational state in which the clutch operates. The clutch actuator has an electromagnetic coil that is disposed outside the clutch cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Shiwei Qin, James Ignatovich
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Publication number: 20170009820Abstract: A clutch system of the present invention executes, when switching a selectable one-way clutch from a lock mode to a free mode, an early mode switching control where while a selector plate is made go into a waiting state that a pawl member protruding from a fixed plate is abutting against a non-formation portion, a negative torque is made to act on a rotational plate in a negative rotational direction, and, by controlling the negative torque, the selector plate of the waiting state is made to rotate up to a release position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji ITAGAKI, Naofumi MAGARIDA
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Publication number: 20170009821Abstract: A rotation transmission device is provided in which a collision sound by an armature and a rotor is less likely to occur, and further the armature is stably attracted to the rotor. A buffer is provided between the armature and the rotor. The buffer is constituted by a metal annulus axially movably supported by the armature, and a rubber annulus configured such that as the armature approaches the rotor, the rubber annulus is axially compressed by the metal annulus and the armature. The rubber annulus has different axial thicknesses at different circumferential locations thereof such that when the degree of axial compression of the rubber annulus is large, the rubber annulus is axially compressed in its longer circumferential area than when the degree of axial compression of the rubber annulus is small.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Marina FUKUNARI, Takahide SAITO, Koji SATO, Makoto TOKUDA, Kyohei SASANUMA, Motohiro TADA, Naotsugu KITAYAMA
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Publication number: 20170009822Abstract: A clutch transmits rotation drive force of a rotation shaft to a driven shaft and restricts transmission of a rotation force from the driven shaft to the rotation shaft. The clutch includes a grease accommodation portion and a rotation member. Grease is arranged in the grease accommodation portion. The grease accommodation portion opens in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. The rotation member is at least partially inserted into the grease accommodation portion and rotated with the rotation shaft about a center axis of the rotation shaft. The rotation member includes a leakage restriction wall that is located toward a radially outer side of the rotation shaft from the opening of the grease accommodation portion and extended in the axial direction of the rotation shaft. The leakage restriction wall is located toward an outer side of the grease accommodation portion from the opening of the grease accommodation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryousuke Oguri
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Publication number: 20170009823Abstract: A method for preventing overheating of a clutch for a vehicle may include determining, by a controller, whether a state of the vehicle satisfies a hill hold condition; acquiring, by the controller, a temperature of a clutch between an engine and a transmission when the hill hold condition is satisfied; applying, by the controller, a first torque having a predetermined square wave shape to the clutch when the temperature of the clutch reaches a first temperature; and applying, by the controller, a second torque having a predetermined sine wave shape to the clutch when the temperature of the clutch reaches a second temperature higher than the first temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Woon Ki CHO
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Publication number: 20170009824Abstract: An apparatus for controlling engagement of a clutch comprises at least one distance sensor adapted to provide a signal proportional to the movement of a gear selector in a gearbox along a path for selecting one gear ratio, a clutch engagement control unit adapted to gradually engage the clutch connected to the gearbox in response to the signal of the distance sensor and a clutch signal control unit adapted to receive the signal from the at least one distance sensor and to provide a corresponding control signal to the clutch engagement control unit. A method for controlling the engagement of a clutch comprises receiving a signal proportional to distance of a gear selection lever from the Neutral zone of a gearbox along at least one gear selection path of the gear selection lever and providing a control signal to a clutch control unit to control the engagement of said clutch in response to said signal proportional to the distance of the gear selection lever from the Neutral zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Oleg DOUNAEVSKY
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Publication number: 20170009825Abstract: A method for learning a contact point of an engine clutch configured to control connection of power between an engine and a motor of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes performing a first learning of the contact point of the engine clutch by increasing a contact speed of the engine clutch and storing information of a first contact point learned by the first learning. A second learning of the contact point of the engine clutch is then performed by decreasing the contact speed of the engine clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Do Hee Kim, Joonyoung Park
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Publication number: 20170009826Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for learning a touch point of an engine clutch of a hybrid electric vehicle that learns the touch point of the engine clutch based on a change of an engine torque while the hybrid electric vehicle is running The method includes determining whether an engine clutch coupling after shifting is required and whether a learning condition based on a running state of the hybrid electric vehicle is satisfied when the engine clutch coupling after shifting is required. A coupling pressure of the engine clutch is increased when the learning condition is satisfied and a changing amount of an engine torque based on the increased coupling pressure of the engine clutch is compared with a predetermined value. The touch point of the engine clutch is learned when the changing amount of the engine torque is greater than or equal to the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Do Hee Kim, Joonyoung Park
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Publication number: 20170009827Abstract: A brake disk includes: a disk portion, having a first side face and a second side face facing opposite to the first side face, the first side face being for being assembled with a wheel and facing the wheel, the disk portion including an inner annular member and an outer annular member, the inner annular member being circumferentially formed with a first assembling mechanism, the outer annular member having a second assembling mechanism, the first assembling mechanism and the second assembling mechanism being correspondingly connected with each other; at least two connecting assemblies, being connected with the first assembling mechanism and the second assembling mechanism respectively, each connecting assembly including a helical spring, the helical spring being on the first side face and abutting against between the connecting assembly and the first side face.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: HUI-CHUAN CHEN
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Publication number: 20170009828Abstract: An internally ventilated brake disc cooling air flow enhancement arrangement is provided. Between a radially inner region of a brake disc that includes brake disc-to-axle hub mounting elements and cooling vanes between the parallel friction rings of the brake disc there are provided cooling air flow-modifying features. The flow-modifying features are circumferentially arranged around the radially inner region and are sized, shaped and positioned in a manner that deflects cooling air entering the internally ventilated brake disc in the radially inner region toward the entrances of cooling channels between the vanes to increase cooling air mass flow and thereby increase heat transfer an removal from the brake disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Manouchehr SABETI
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Publication number: 20170009829Abstract: An electric linear motion actuator includes a linear motion mechanism for converting the rotation of a rotary shaft to a linear motion of an outer ring member. The electric linear motion actuator further includes a reaction force receiving member adapted to receive an axially rearward reaction force, and a stationary member provided axially rearward of the reaction force receiving member. A magnetic pole row is mounted to the reaction force receiving member, while the magnetic sensor is mounted to the stationary member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NTN CorporationInventors: Toru Takahashi, Yui Masuda
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Publication number: 20170009830Abstract: Provided is an electric brake device that can achieve improved control accuracy without involving a cost increase. The electric brake device includes an electric motor, a brake rotor, a friction pad, a transmission mechanism, a braking force command section, a braking force estimation section, a motor rotation angle detector, and a controller. The motor rotation angle detector, which is used in a partial region of a braking force from a minimum braking force to a maximum braking force, has a higher resolution than a motor rotation angle that causes a braking force fluctuation equivalent to a minimum braking force resolution of the braking force estimation section. The controller includes a resolution interpolation section configured to interpolate, by using a motor rotation angle detected by the motor rotation angle detector, a minimum resolution of the braking force obtained by the braking force estimation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Yui MASUDA
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Publication number: 20170009831Abstract: A transmission brake device includes: a friction plate set configured such that a plurality of rotation-side friction plates; an engaging piston disposed on an axial side of the friction plate set; a clearance adjustment piston disposed on a side of the engaging piston opposite to the friction plate set,; a clearance adjustment hydraulic chamber configured to move the clearance adjustment piston; and an engaging hydraulic chamber configured to move the engaging piston; a biasing member disposed between each adjacent pair of the fixed-side friction plates, the biasing member being configured to bias each adjacent pair of the fixed-side friction plates in directions away from each other. The biasing member distributes the clutch clearance in a gap between each adjacent pair of the fixed-side friction plates when a hydraulic pressure is supplied only to the clearance adjustment hydraulic chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuhiko IWASAKI, Shinya KAMADA, Yasuhiro OGAUCHI
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Publication number: 20170009832Abstract: An expansion device for drum brakes, which is floatingly and approximately centrally arranged between two substantially symmetrical brake shoes, the expansion device including at least two gear levers articulated to each other and each supported on a brake shoe, at least one of the gear levers of the expansion lock being coupled to an actuating element of an actuator system such that the brake shoes carry out an even, translationally directed expanding movement, which is converted by a gearing, in the direction of the brake drum. At least one of the gear levers of the spreader lock has a spring element integrated into it that can be elastically reversibly deformed by a brake application force about a defined elasticity ?S of at least 1 mm in a defined manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Martin Gädke, Uwe Bach, Stephan Becker, Volker von Aken, Holger van Hayn, Jens Hoffmann, Ahmed Sefo, Wolfgang Ritter
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Publication number: 20170009833Abstract: A brake caliper may include a housing having a cavity. The brake caliper also includes a brake pad and a heat shield disposed in the cavity. The heat shield may be positioned substantially orthogonal to the brake rotor and include a slot to receive a portion of a brake rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: PAUL D. GALLAGHER
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Publication number: 20170009834Abstract: Provided is an electric brake device that can prevent a pad wear from progressing beyond its limit, and can estimate the wear of the friction pad without an increase in cost and space. The electric brake device includes: an electric motor; a brake rotor; a friction pad; a linear motion mechanism; a braking force command section; a braking force estimation section; a motor rotation angle detector; and a controller. The controller is provided with a pad wear amount estimation section configured to estimate a wear amount of the friction pad at a present time by comparing a correlation between the motor rotation angle detected by the motor rotation angle detector and the braking force obtained by the braking force estimation section with a defined correlation between a motor rotation angle and a braking force when the friction pad is unworn.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Yui MASUDA
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Publication number: 20170009835Abstract: A wheel carrier assembly (104) for a vehicle (110) is clamped on a frame (14) and a carbon composite brake disc 41 of the assembly is bedded by pneumatically applying the brake pads to the brake disc so as to heat the disc in cycles, the wheel carrier assembly then being removed from the frame and fitted to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Alastair Booker, Steve Cornforth, Ananda Haputhanthirige
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Publication number: 20170009836Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a frequency tuned damper having a vibration body (19) and at least one elastic element (11, 13, 15, 17) which connects the vibration body to a surface (21), the vibrations of which is to be dampened. The elastic element has a wide portion (29) and a narrow portion (31) disposed at different locations on an axis (39) which is substantially parallel with the normal of the surface. The wider portion has a cavity (41), and the wide and narrow portions are inter-connected by a transition portion (43). The part of the narrow portion that is closest to the transition portion fits inside the cavity, as seen in the direction of the axis, such that the narrow portion can be pushed at least partly into the cavity, thereby flexing the transition portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: TRELLEBORG AUTOMOTIVE FORSHEDA ABInventor: Bengt-Göran GUSTAVSSON
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Publication number: 20170009837Abstract: A damper device is configured so that a piston moves in a cylinder. A seal ring member is provided to the outer periphery of the piston to device the inside of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber. A transmission member is connected to the piston and can transmit external force to the piston. A cutout section is formed with a predetermined circumferential width in a first stopper surface. A communication section has an opening in an annular outer peripheral section located closer to the second chamber than the cutout section. When the seal ring member is pressed toward the first stopper surface, the seal ring member is deformed so as to partially enter the cutout section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Jun SAITO
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Publication number: 20170009838Abstract: A damper device includes a stator, a rotor, and a viscous fluid imparting a resistance to a rotation or a relative rotation of the rotor, and forms a braking force by the resistance. In the rotor, an annular seal portion made of soft synthetic resin is provided by integral molding. The stator includes an annular space in which the viscous fluid is filled, and a main member portion of the rotor is housed in the annular space. The annular seal portion comprises an outside annular portion provided in an outer circumferential portion of the rotor; an inside annular portion provided in an inner circumferential portion of the rotor; and a connection portion therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Makoto MURANAKA
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Publication number: 20170009839Abstract: A vibration damper includes a piston rod (2) which transitions into a piston rod neck (4) while forming a contact shoulder (6) and guides a piston valve (1) at this piston rod neck (4), this piston valve (1) is pretensioned against the contact shoulder (6) of the piston rod (2). To reduce variances in damping force in batch fabrication of the vibration damper, a compensating disk (20) is fitted axially between the contact shoulder (6) and the piston valve (1), which compensating disk (20) is produced from a material with a lower yield strength compared to the piston rod (2) and/or compared to an immediately succeeding component of the piston valve (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Helmut BAALMANN, Hassan ASADI, Hans GONSCHORREK, Lothar KRILL, Alexander KRUSE, Oswald LICHTLEIN, Dirk LITTERSCHEID, Thomas MANGER, Harun TUCOVIC, Heinz SYDEKUM
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Publication number: 20170009840Abstract: Vibration damper with an end stop operated through a damping medium, includes a cylinder in which a piston rod is guided so as to be axially movable, wherein the piston rod controls a choke ring which limits a compression space starting from a defined stroke position of the piston rod at a cylinder-side wall having reduced diameter, wherein the cylinder has at least one working chamber which is filled with the damping medium and which is connected to the compression space via at least one choke orifice, wherein the choke ring has at least one pressure compensation channel via which a surface of the choke ring facing in direction of the wall on the cylinder side is connected to compression space with respect to the cross section of the choke ring, and the outflow from the pressure compensation channel to the working chamber can be closed in a stroke-dependent manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Wolfgang Hertz
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Publication number: 20170009841Abstract: A valve for a vibration damper having a valve housing and a valve slide movable in the valve housing for at least partially closing at least one flow path of a fluid flowing through the valve. The valve has an input side and an output side. The pressure impingement surfaces of the valve slide for an opening pressure and for a closing pressure are substantially equal, and the valve slide has a constriction via which a pressure difference between opening pressure and closing pressure can be generated. At least one channel connects the interior space of the valve slide to the exterior space of the valve slide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Andreas FÖRSTER
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Publication number: 20170009842Abstract: A vibration damper with at least with at least two tube elements that are arranged one inside the other and a piston rod that is movable in a piston rod guide. A valve having a valve slide for at least partially closing at least one flow path of a fluid flowing through the valve is arranged in a region of one end of the piston rod guide. The valve has an input side and an output side. Pressure impingement areas of the valve slide are substantially the same size for an opening pressure and for a closing pressure, and the valve has a constriction via which a pressure difference between opening pressure and closing pressure can be generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Andreas FÖRSTER
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Publication number: 20170009843Abstract: An original type damping-adjustable shock absorber is revealed. An adjustment rod is mounted into a through hole of a piston body while a knob is disposed on a top end of a main body of the adjustment rod and a tapered-end rod is connected to a bottom end of the main body. A tapered-head of the tapered-end rod is inserted into a channel under the through hole. An insertion hole is located at a wall of the piston body and communicated with the channel. The depth of the tapered-head of the tapered-end rod inserted into the channel can be adjusted so as to change resistance of hydraulic oil flowing through the channel and damping level of the shock absorber. Thus an original car runs smoothly over roads with various surfaces. Therefore features of the original car including a comfort rid and a sense of value are highlighted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: SHU-PING WENG
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Publication number: 20170009844Abstract: A device for damping torsional oscillations comprises a support rotatable around an axis. At least one pendulum body is movable with respect to the support. At least one bearing member interacts with at least one raceway integral with the support and with at least one raceway integral with the pendulum body. The bearing member rolls along each raceway around an inactive raceway position. The first region is shaped to filter a first order value of the torsional oscillations by the pendulum body when the bearing member rolls along that first region. Two second regions are beyond an end of the first region. Each second region is shaped to filter a second order value of the torsional oscillations by the pendulum body when the bearing member rolls along one of those second regions. The second order value is strictly lower than the first order value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Roel VERHOOG
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Publication number: 20170009845Abstract: A flywheel system including a rotor shaft. The rotor shaft includes an inner passage therethrough, and a dam with a central opening disposed on a first end of the inner passage. An outer passage surrounds the inner passage. The inner passage is open at a second end, and the outer passage is closed on an end surrounding the second end of the inner passage. The outer passage is open on an end surrounding the first end of the inner passage. Fluid flows into the inner passage at the first end, via the central opening of the dam. Rotation of the flywheel rotor causes the fluid to accumulate along a wall of the inner passage, and to propagate to the second end, where the fluid exits into the outer passage. The fluid propagates along the outer passage to the open end of the outer passage, where it is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: BEACON POWER, LLCInventors: James Arseneaux, David Ansbigian, Daniel DeSantis, Norman Brackett
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Publication number: 20170009846Abstract: Balancing weights for cars have an adhesive tape with at least a first tape layer and a second tape layer, for attaching the balancing weights to a rim. The first tape layer is held in close proximity to a rim by a first adhesive layer. The second tape layer is held in close proximity to the balancing weights by a second adhesive layer. The first tape layer is stiffer and less flexible than the second tape layer, the second tape layer is softer and more flexible than the first tape layer. This allows easy removal of the balancing weights from the rim by pushing a wedge shaped tool between the first tape layer and the rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Ingo HEGER, Felix BODE
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Publication number: 20170009847Abstract: The present invention relates to a frictional power transmission belt having a frictional power transmission surface covered with a warp knitted fabric, in which the warp knitted fabric contains a water absorptive thread in a proportion of 30% by mass or more based on the total amount of threads constituting the warp knitted fabric and a wale direction of the warp knitted fabric is substantially parallel to a belt longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Manabu MITSUTOMI, Tsuyoshi TAKEHARA, Kazuyo KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20170009848Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft configured to output changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, and a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Seongwook JI, Kangsoo SEO, Jae Chang KOOK, Seong Wook HWANG, Hyu Tae SHIM, Wonmin CHO, Hyun Sik KWON, Wookjin JANG, Myeong Hoon NOH
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Publication number: 20170009849Abstract: A guide rail or a tensioning rail for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, comprises two separate sliding elements associated with the same span of the chain drive and arranged on a support, the sliding elements having a sliding surface that exhibits a convex curvature in the direction of movement of the chain. This kind of rail is to be improved with respect to its producibility and its tensioning and guiding effect. The angle bisectors of the two opening angles of the two convex sliding surfaces extend relative to each other at an angle other than 0°, the sliding elements being attached to the support as separate modular components. Kits for a guide rail and a tensioning rail as well as a chain drive are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Franz STIGLMAIER, Tobias SCHMID, Renzo PERISSINOTTO, Henning GEIBEL
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Publication number: 20170009850Abstract: A belt tensioner for a generator belt drive of an internal combustion engine, is provided having: —an annular housing part which is secured on the generator housing so as to enclose the generator shaft, —an annular tensioning part which is mounted on the housing part in a pivotal manner about the generator shaft, —a single tension roller which is mounted on the tensioning part and pretensions the belt, —and a spring which is clamped between the housing part and the tensioning part and which applies a torque to the tensioning part in order to generate the belt tension. The spring should be a bow spring which extends parallel to the belt plane (?) and circumferentially and completely outside of a pivoting range of the tension roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Bernd Hartmann, Zoran Maricic, Alexander Weidner
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Publication number: 20170009851Abstract: A shaft supporting device supports an output shaft of a motor. The shaft supporting device comprises a bearing which supports the output shaft in rotatable manner and a mounting part which fixedly holds the bearing in a position spaced apart from the motor body. One end of the mounting part is fixed to the bearing. The other end of the mounting part has a shape which fits on the motor body, and is removably fixed to the motor body. The mounting part is formed so that a center axis of the bearing coincides with a rotation axis of the output shaft when the other end is fitted on the motor body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Yuusuke Fukushima
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Publication number: 20170009852Abstract: A plate link chain for a continuously variable transmission in a motor vehicle. The chain includes longer and shorter chain links that include longer and shorter link plates that are coupled to each other by pairs of rocker pressure pieces. The plate link chain includes only two types of link plates, namely shorter link plates and longer link plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan PENNER, Jürgen OCHS, Konstantin BRAUN
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Publication number: 20170009853Abstract: A variator is disclosed comprising first and second races disposed for rotation about a variator axis, at least one rolling element disposed in a cavity between the races. In a drive configuration, drive is transmitted between the races and the or each rolling element; and in a neutral configuration, the or each rolling element and races are configured whereby the races can move independently of one another. In a method of operating the variator, the neutral configuration is obtained by moving the or each rolling element to a position in which it ceases to make contact with at least one of the races. The drive configuration is obtained by moving the or each rolling element to a position in which it makes contact with both of the races.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: John FULLER
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Publication number: 20170009854Abstract: A speed change mechanism includes a housing, a guiding disc, a plurality of rolling columns, an input shaft, an output disc, and plural sleeves. The housing includes an orifice, the guiding disc includes a connecting hole, a plurality of notches, and the plurality of rolling columns equidistantly arranged and fixed in the plurality of notches. The input shaft includes a first stem, a second stem, and a cam, the output disc includes an aperture, an output shaft, and plural posts. The plural sleeves are fitted on the plural posts and between the housing and the plurality of rolling columns, and the plurality of rolling columns abut against the cam, such that when the input shaft rotates, it drives the plurality of rolling columns to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventor: Chun-Tang Hsu
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Publication number: 20170009855Abstract: A linear rotary mechanism includes: a pair of elongated guide rails in parallel to each other: a linear motor having a tubular primary side slidably disposed on the guide rails and a shaft-shaped secondary side coaxially extending into an internal hole of the tubular primary side, the shaft-shaped secondary side being axially linearly reciprocally movable along the tubular primary side; and a rotary motor fixedly disposed on the guide rails and connected with one end of the shaft-shaped secondary side. Accordingly, the rotary motor is linearly reciprocally movable along the tubular primary side in synchronism with the shaft-shaped secondary side and the guide rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Kou-I SZU, Yu-Jung CHANG, Chih-Kai FAN, Ying-Jung CHEN
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Publication number: 20170009856Abstract: A drive apparatus of a chair assembly for a 4D theater according to the present disclosure includes: a lower plate which is in contact with the ground; an upper plate which is positioned above the lower plate so as to be spaced apart from the lower plate; a first actuator which is positioned at a left portion between the lower plate and the upper plate; a second actuator which is positioned at a right portion between the lower plate and the upper plate; and a spline device, in which the spline device is installed to be positioned on a vertical centerline of the lower plate, and the first actuator is installed to have a predetermined first angle with respect to a horizontal centerline of the lower plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: CJ 4DPLEX CO., LTDInventors: Jong Su CHOI, Tae Young KU, Min Jong KIM
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Publication number: 20170009857Abstract: The invention relates to a cable cylinder comprising a pin and nut device (2, 3), one of the elements of which is rotated about an axis of rotation (X) by a motor (10) and the other element is made to slide without rotating about the axis of rotation owing to an anti-rotation device, the sliding element being coupled to a cable (6) wrapped around a drive pulley (7) such that rotating the motor causes the linear movement of the sliding element, said sliding element pulling on the cable and thus rotating the drive pulley. The anti-rotation device comprises at least one elongate element (10) which is flexible but rigid when twisted, one end (11) of which is attached to the sliding element and a second end (12) of which is attached to a stationary portion of the cylinder, such that the elongate element is substantially curved in a plane parallel to the axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: Philippe GARREC
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Publication number: 20170009858Abstract: An electromechanical actuator (EMA) is provided. The EMA may comprise a ball nut having an annular geometry centered about an axis. A dual ball screw may be disposed radially inward from the ball nut and configured to rotate about the axis. The dual ball screw may also be mechanically coupled to the ball nut. A ball screw may be disposed radially inward from the ball nut and configured to rotate about the axis. The ball screw may also be mechanically coupled to the dual ball screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Harald Klode