Patents Issued in May 11, 2017
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Publication number: 20170130752Abstract: Welding methods and welded joints for improving corrosion resistance of the joint between a plurality of high-strength aluminum alloy structural members are described herein. An example method can include applying a first weld at a junction between the plurality of high-strength aluminum alloy structural members using a first filler metal, and applying a second weld on at least a portion of a toe of the first weld using a second filler metal. The second weld can be applied using a fusion welding process (e.g., an arc welding process or a high energy beam welding process). Additionally, the secondary weld can alter a secondary phase of the first weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Wei Zhang, Tyler Borchers
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Publication number: 20170130753Abstract: A passive locking mechanism for a telescoping structure includes a stud fixed to a first panel section, a lower pawl coupled to a second panel section, an upper pawl coupled to the second panel section operable to engage the lower pawl, and a lock wedge coupled to a third panel section. The lock wedge is operable to engage the upper and lower pawls. In a retracted position of the telescoping structure, the lower pawl is engaged with the lock wedge, such that the second panel section is locked in place relative to the third panel section, and the first panel section is free to move relative to the second panel section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Steven P. Kemp, Gary E. Marcelynas, Gregory S. Renaud, Sarah L. Palmer
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Publication number: 20170130754Abstract: A device for the threaded connection of tubular members, particularly as used in the petroleum industry, which provides both the full strength and near full internal diameter of typical oilfield tubular threaded connections, with the ability to securely join two cylindrical members with eccentric internal connections.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: William Bruce Morrow
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Publication number: 20170130755Abstract: A connection is formed between a held member and a holding member with the use of a connector and one or more fasteners. In one aspect, the connector has a main body that has integral nail prong fasteners. In one aspect, the main body of the connector is attached to the held and holding members by means of double-shear fastening. In one aspect, the main body is formed with a bendable end flange to attach the connector to the holding member. In one aspect, the main body is formed with a nail guide for directing the fastener at an angle to the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Dustin P. Muhn, Thomas G. Evans, Timothy M. Stauffer, Sam Thomas Hensen, Lloyd Shawn Overholtzer
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Publication number: 20170130756Abstract: A blind rivet including a sleeve and a flange on one end of the sleeve, and a mandrel including a shaft and a head, the head having a cutting edge for cutting open the sleeve. The sleeve of the rivet body has a thick portion, and a thin which has an inner diameter larger than the thick portion. The shaft of the mandrel has a large diameter portion, a middle diameter portion, a small diameter portion having an outer diameter smaller than the middle diameter portion, and a securing and attaching groove which is between the middle diameter portion and the small diameter portion. When the blind rivet is fastened, the middle diameter portion of the mandrel causes the material of the thick portion to undergo metal flow and to flow into the securing and attaching groove, enabling the mandrel to be tightly secured to the rivet body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Masahiro HAYASHI, Kanji SAKODA
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Publication number: 20170130757Abstract: Blind rivet sleeve for a blind rivet, having a sleeve head which has a bearing face for bearing against a visible workpiece surface, and having a sleeve shank, wherein the blind rivet sleeve has a through-opening through which a mandrel can be guided, wherein the sleeve shank has a head forming portion which, during the setting of the blind rivet, is designed to form a blind head, and has a folding portion which is arranged between the head forming portion and the sleeve head and which, during the setting of the blind rivet, is designed to form a sleeve fold for the purpose of achieving a clamping thickness compensation. In this arrangement, the sleeve head has in the region of the bearing face an axial recess for receiving at least part of the sleeve fold formed during the setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Stefan SCHNEIDER, Horst BAUMANN
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Publication number: 20170130758Abstract: A direct tension indicating washer including an annular body with a central hole, one or more protuberances, and one or more indentations. The one or more protuberances are integral with the annular body, and struck and partially sheared from the annular body to project from a first face of the annular body and leave the one or more corresponding indentations in a second face of the annular body opposite the first face. The one or more indentations are offset from the one or more protuberances and located farther from the central hole of the annular body than the one or more protuberances. By offsetting the protuberances and indentations, the washer is strengthened and is more suitable for use in joint assemblies having enlarged or oversized holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: TurnaSure LLCInventors: F. Jonathan M. Turner, David L. Sharp
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Publication number: 20170130759Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide threaded elements alone, in mating pairs, or in conjunction with other elements. Embodiments of the invention also provide for design and fabrication of such threaded elements without violating minimum feature size design rules or causing other interference issues that may result from the fabrication of such thread elements using a multi-layer multi-material electrochemical fabrication process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Microfabrica Inc.Inventors: Uri Frodis, Adam L. Cohen, Christopher R. Folk
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Publication number: 20170130760Abstract: A bolt retention system includes a bolt and a receiver. The bolt has a head formed at the end having a radial thickness greater than an adjacent neck and a threaded portion having a plurality of external bolt threads. The receiver has a spring section, a threaded section, and a bracket section. The spring section has a distal end that springs outwardly from a longitudinal axis of the bolt as the head of the bolt passes through the spring section, the distal end of the spring section being biased to maintain contact with the neck of the bolt after the head of the bolt passes through the spring section to create an interference fit with the head of the bolt. The threaded section of the receiver is adapted to receive the threaded portion of the bolt for securing the bolt to the work piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Steven R. THIELE
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Publication number: 20170130761Abstract: A washer with integrated fluid distribution which includes a body with an outer ring having an aperture located centrally within said ring, a channel enclosed within said outer ring and a release channel in fluid communication with said aperture and an interior surface of said channel and wherein said channel is filled with a dispensing fluid and said release channel is reversibly closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Jerome J. Guidish, Douglas Guidish
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Publication number: 20170130762Abstract: A snap hook with spring may include a main body having a first generally curved shape section and a second generally straight shape section. The generally curved section may include a hole, and the generally straight section may include a cavity. The snap hook with spring may also include a sliding pin and a spring acting on said sliding pin. The snap hook with spring may also be characterized in that a slide formed in the main body may have various geometrical shapes leading to a path, where the path includes sections that may be linear, rotational, curved, angular, or any combination thereof. The sliding pin may include a lever that runs the path of the slide and the path of the slide determines the type of movement of the sliding pin, in such a way that the path of the slide is never limited to a single direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Manuel ZAVALA RIVA PALACIO
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Publication number: 20170130763Abstract: The grip fixes objects made of wire or plastic to smooth surfaces. It is made of a suction cup with a screw embedded in it, a hard dome shaped or cylindrical overlay with a hollow surface on the side of the suction cup with a hole in the middle and a cylindrical nut and a round finishing and a cutting off in the lower part, specific with the fact that the overlay has a centrally situated depression on its outside surface and two channels, and on its edge on the side of the suction cup it has insets, which stick in the peripheral part of the same suction cup in effect of its round shape and a bigger diameter than the overlay.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Slawomir Lech
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Publication number: 20170130764Abstract: One object is to provide a supporting structure for a force transmission member, an aircraft reaction link, a flight control surface driving unit, a method of mounting a force transmission member, and a method of manufacturing aircraft reaction link that enable weight reduction while ensuring necessary strength. In accordance with one aspect, the reaction link includes a bush and a link body formed of a fiber-reinforced plastic and supporting the bush. The link body includes a supporting portion supporting the bush, and the fibers included in the supporting portion are continuous.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Tsutomu YASUI
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Publication number: 20170130765Abstract: The present invention relates to a sliding bearing arrangement for supporting a shaft in a support element, comprising an inner bearing part with a sliding surface and comprising an outer bearing part with a sliding surface, whereas when the shaft is rotating around an axis, the sliding surface of the inner bearing part performs a sliding movement relative to the sliding surface of the outer bearing part. According to the invention, at least one of the sliding surfaces features at least one recess area which is extending in a circumferential direction of the surface over a circumferential angle (?1, ?2) and which is extending over at least 50% of the axial length of the sliding surface, and the recess area is dimensioned in such a way that over the recess area the clearance distance between the inner bearing part and the outer bearing part is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Metalúrgica Campo Limpo Ltda.Inventors: Luis Antonio Fonseca Galli, Alex de Souza Rodrigues, Diogo Stuani Alves
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Publication number: 20170130766Abstract: A joint connector ring includes a connector body formed as a hollow cylinder defining a hollow surrounding a connector opening, and an annular groove formed in a top surface of the cylindrical connector body as a trench running circumferentially around the cylindrical connector body and having an approximately constant depth within the connector body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Hermann BENTHIEN, Andreas POPPE
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Publication number: 20170130767Abstract: The socket assembly includes a housing with an inner bore which extends along an axis from a first end to an second end. A ball portion of a ball stud is received in the inner bore, and with a shank portion of the ball stud projects through the second end. A backing bearing is disposed in the inner bore and has a bearing surface which is in surface-to-surface contact with an outer surface of the ball portion for enabling relative rotation between the housing and the ball stud. The backing bearing also has a lubricant opening which extends therethrough and a plurality of lubricant wells which are spaced around the bearing surface from one another for holding a lubricant. The backing bearing lubricant grooves which are formed into the bearing surface and extend from the lubricant opening to the lubricant wells for filling the lubricant wells with lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Glen C. Parker, JR., Kurt R. Bretz
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Publication number: 20170130768Abstract: A bearing raceway ring (25) disposed near a mounting section (9) is disposed on the outer periphery of a circular cylinder section (19). A fluid-sealed chamber (40) in which a measurement liquid is hermetically enclosed is provided between a first member (8) and the bearing raceway ring (25) which is disposed near the mounting section (9). Pressure acting on the fluid to be measured changes as the bearing raceway ring (25) moves in the cylinder-axis direction, the bearing raceway ring (25) being disposed near the mounting section (9). The fluid-sealed chamber (40) is provided with a pressure sensor (44) capable of detecting a change in the pressure of the fluid to be measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Yasuyuki MATSUDA, Tohru UEDA, Masafumi HIKIDA
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Publication number: 20170130769Abstract: A rack bushing supported by an annular elastic member in a housing includes a bushing body and a flange portion extending outward in a radial direction from a first axial end of the rack bushing. The flange portion is positioned at a step portion of an inner periphery of the housing. The bushing body includes a second axial slit extending from a second axial end to a middle portion in an axial direction. A gap that communicates with the second axial slit is formed between the inner periphery of the housing and an outer surface of the bushing body. A recessed groove (communication passage) of the flange portion allows a first space, disposed on a housing-end side with respect to the rack bushing in the housing, to communicate with the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuo IKEDA, Hidetoshi SUMIHARA, Satoshi ABE, Rika KAGAWA, Kenji KUBOKI, Kaname JOUSHITA
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Publication number: 20170130770Abstract: A sliding assistance device includes a base and at least one sliding assistance member mounted at the base. The base includes an end portion and a flexible portion bent from the end portion. A space is defined between the flexible portion and the end portion. One of the flexible portion and the end portion has a protruding section. The flexible portion and the end portion are configured to contact each other through the protruding section according to the space when a force is applied to the flexible portion of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: KEN-CHING CHEN, SHIH-LUNG HUANG, YI-SYUAN JHAO, CHUN-CHIANG WANG
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Publication number: 20170130771Abstract: A curvilinear motion rolling guide unit is such that pipe members adapted to form return passages are disposed respectively at undercuts of wings of an arcuate casing, thereby reducing working costs. A slider has a casing and end caps fixed to respective opposite ends of the casing. Pipe members adapted to form return passages are disposed at the respective undercuts formed on the wings of the casing. Cover members have longitudinally extending grooves, respectively, for covering the pipe members. Fitting grooves formed at opposite ends of the grooves of the cover members are fitted to direction changing passages provided in the respective end caps, whereby the cover members are fixed to the end caps.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Hideki KUWABARA, Katsuharu YOSHIDA, Takaaki TSUBOI, Katsuaki NAKANO, Akitomo MINE
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Publication number: 20170130772Abstract: A bush assembly includes a porous inner unit being axially embedded in an outer unit adapted to be press-fitted with each other via mating surfaces at both ends of the embedded two units between which a storage chamber is formed to store lubricating media therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: WEN-CHEN LAI
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Publication number: 20170130773Abstract: A Planetary roller bearing having an outer ring with a tooth profile formed on the inner circumference by grooves, an inner ring with a tooth profile formed on the outer circumference by grooves, and a plurality of planetary rolling elements which are accommodated on the end side in cage disks and have a tooth profile formed by grooves. The tooth profiles of the planetary rolling elements engage in the tooth profiles of the rings, wherein a height, viewed axially, of at least one first tooth of the planetary rolling elements or of the outer or inner ring is less than that of the following second tooth, or that an axial distance (d1), viewed axially, of at least one first tooth to the following second tooth less than a distance of the second tooth to the third tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thomas STAHL, Horst GREDY
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Publication number: 20170130774Abstract: A bearing arrangement comprises a rolling element bearing assembly including a bearing cage. The bearing cage comprises an annular cage body having an inner surface defining a coaxial bore. The bearing cage has a plurality of circumferentially spaced pockets and each pocket houses a rotatable rolling element. A first annular skirt extends axially from a radially inner end of a first axial end of the cage body and at least one first support member extends radially and axially from the remote axial end of the first annular skirt to the radially outer end of annular cage body. The bearing cage is hollow and has a high stiffness to weight ratio. The bearing arrangement is particularly suitable for use for a planet gear of a planetary gearbox. The planetary gearbox may be for a gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventor: Jason J. MADGE
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Publication number: 20170130775Abstract: A bearing arrangement is disclosed having a bearing and a bearing support. The bearing is coupled to the bearing support at an axial side. The bearing provides first and second bearing rings that define a bearing interior there between. A first groove is formed at the first bearing ring's radial side facing the second bearing ring. A coupling element is arranged at the bearing's axial side facing the bearing support. The coupling element includes a first, preferably nose-shaped, radial protrusion that is in engagement with the first groove, and a second radial protrusion, which at least partially encompasses the bearing support at a side facing away from the bearing, so that the coupling element fastens the bearing to the bearing support. A coupling element for such a bearing arrangement is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Jürgen Barthelme, Alexander Dilje, Helmut Hauck, Daniel Ludwig, Stefanie Seufert
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Publication number: 20170130776Abstract: A halfshaft assembly in a vehicle is disclosed. The halfshaft assembly includes a hub and a mating universal joint, such as a constant-velocity joint. The hub has a plurality of hub-teeth arranged annularly about an axis. The constant-velocity joint has a plurality of joint-teeth arranged annularly about the axis and engaged with the hub-teeth. Between each joint-tooth is a joint-root. The top, outermost surface of each tooth facing away from adjacent roots extends at a first angle with respect to the central axis. The root extends at a second angle with respect to the central axis. The angles are different such that the height of the tooth varies along the same tooth along the length of the tooth. Each tooth has involute side surfaces. The joint-teeth form a conical or inverse-conical shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Wayne UHRICK, Dennis William ISKEN, II, Nathan WIESELER, Kevin BROOKS, Djamel BOUZIT, Benjamin GRAVES, Mark WESTON
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Publication number: 20170130777Abstract: In at least some implementations, a clip for restricting the axial movement of at least one of an inner shaft or an outer shaft relative to the other shaft includes a first free end, a second free end, an opening defining an open end of the clip between the first free end and the second free end, a closed end opposite the open end, at least three control zones, and a plurality of intermediate zones. Each intermediate zone has a varying width and each is disposed adjacent to at least one of the at least three control zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Samuel J. Oram, Crittenden A. Bittick, Tony N. Arden
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Publication number: 20170130778Abstract: A planar flexure member for resisting rotation about a central axis thereof includes, in various embodiments, a central portion comprising a plurality of attachment points; and at least one serpentine flexure arm extending from the central portion in a plane. The arm(s) terminate in an arcuate mounting rail that includes a series of attachment points. The rails are positioned in opposition to each other to partially define and occupy a planar circular envelope radially displaced from but surrounding the central portion of the flexure member. A portion of the serpentine arms may extend to (or substantially to) the envelope between the mounting rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Matthew Knoll, Jonathan Bond, Robert White, Umberto Scarfogliero, Andrew Wallace
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Publication number: 20170130779Abstract: A method of manufacturing an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint includes forming cup and shaft members using medium carbon steel, preparing, as the cup member, a cup member having cylindrical and bottom portions integrally formed, and a joining end surface formed on an outer surface of the bottom portion, preparing, as the shaft member, a shaft member having a joining end surface to be joined to the bottom portion of the cup member, and bringing the joining end surfaces of the cup and shaft members into abutment against each other. The method also includes welding the cup and shaft members from an outer side of the cup member to an abutment portion between the cup and shaft members in a radial direction of the cup member under a state in which a hollow cavity portion is formed inside the abutment portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Shintaro SUZUKI, Yoshiya MANO, Tsuneaki HIRAOKA, Tatsuro SUGIYAMA, Masazumi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170130780Abstract: A method of manufacturing an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint includes forming cup and shaft members of medium carbon steel, preparing, as the cup member, a cup member having cylindrical and bottom portions integrally formed by forging, and a joining end surface formed on an outer surface of the bottom portion, and preparing, as the shaft member, a shaft member having a joining end surface to be joined to the bottom portion of the cup member. The method also includes bringing the joining end surfaces of the cup and shaft members into abutment against each other, and welding the cup and shaft members from an outer side of the cup member to an abutment portion between the cup and shaft members in a radial direction of the cup members.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Takeshi SHIMASAWA, Naoki NAKAGAWA, Tsuneaki HIRAOKA, Shintaro SUZUKI, Tatsuro SUGIYAMA, Masazumi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170130781Abstract: A propeller shaft has a first yoke having a fixing portion, a pair of first bifurcated yoke portions extending from one end portion of the fixing portion in an axial direction, and a first bearing hole formed at each first yoke portion and securing therein a first bearing that holds a cruciform shaft; a second yoke coupled to the first yoke through the cruciform shaft and secured to a predetermined member, and having a mounting flange, and a bolt insertion hole which is formed at the mounting flange and into which a bolt to secure the second yoke to the predetermined member is inserted; and a securing member securing the mounting flange of the second yoke to the predetermined member through the bolt by a fastening tool. Each first yoke portion is provided with a first concave portion that slides thereon an outer circumferential surface of the fastening tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Kenichiro ISHIKURA, Hidekazu AOKI, Hiromichi KOMAI
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Publication number: 20170130782Abstract: A clutch disc for a disengaging torque transmission device includes a carrier plate on which a friction lining is provided for non-positive closure of the torque transmission device. At least one vibration-influencing area is formed on the carrier plate for influencing the vibration behaviour of the clutch disc, in particular for damping at least one defined clutch disc vibration, the vibration-influencing area being formed by an opening and/or by an impression on the carrier plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Bernhard Schneider
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Publication number: 20170130783Abstract: A device that employs shear forces to transmit energy includes an outer housing assembly, a disk, and a reservoir with a working fluid. The disk is received in and rotatable relative to the outer housing assembly. A working cavity is formed between a rotor portion of the disk and the outer housing assembly into which the working fluid is received to create shear forces. A plurality of flow altering structures are disposed on the outer housing assembly and are configured to reduce a thickness of a boundary layer of the working fluid in the working cavity in areas that are local to the flow altering structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Jonathan B. Stagg, Samuel E. Settineri
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Publication number: 20170130784Abstract: A one-way clutch includes a clutch body and body bore. A clutch plate stack includes first, second, and third clutch plates, the first and third clutch plates fixed to the clutch body. The second clutch plate rotates axially on a longitudinal axis. The first clutch plate includes a first strut cavity and the second clutch plate includes a second strut cavity. A forward strut is rotatably connected to the second clutch plate and biased toward the first clutch plate. The forward strut when positioned in the first strut cavity defines a clutch engaged position preventing second clutch plate rotation in a first rotational direction, while allowing rotation in a second rotational direction. A reverse strut slidably disposed in a strut bore extends through the third clutch plate, is partially positioned in the second strut cavity and is displaced in the strut bore during rotation of the second clutch plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Kelly E. Eber, Todd R. Berger, Christopher G. Benson
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Publication number: 20170130785Abstract: A method for operating a transmission device for a motor vehicle, wherein the transmission device has an automatic clutch and a manual transmission. During one operation of the transmission device, the clutch is closed before a driving gear is engaged at the manual transmission if, when the clutch is at least partially open, actuation of the manual transmission is identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Andreas SCHIERGL
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Publication number: 20170130786Abstract: A diagnostic method of determining clutch failure of a dual clutch transmission (DCT) includes comparing, by a controller, a wheel torque of a vehicle with a driving load torque of the vehicle, confirming, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle is driving, if, as a result of comparing step, the wheel torque is greater than the driving load torque, releasing, by the controller, a gear engaged with a non-drive shaft, if, as a result of the confirming step, the vehicle is in a stopped state, reconfirming, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle is driving, after the releasing step, and judging, by the controller, that a transmission clutch of the non-drive shaft fails, if, as a result of the reconfirming step, the vehicle is driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Young Min YOON
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Publication number: 20170130787Abstract: A method for operating a drive train of a vehicle having a clutch assembly, in particular for distributing torque to a primary axle and a secondary axle of the vehicle and/or for distributing torque between two wheels of one axle of the vehicle, comprises at least the following steps: a) determining temperature data at least from an electronic control unit which is assigned to the clutch assembly, or from an actuation unit of the clutch assembly; b) evaluating the temperature data determined in step a); and c) reducing an effective value of a control current at least of the electronic control unit or of the actuation unit by pulsing the control current if the evaluation in step b) reveals that a temperature at least of the electronic control unit or of the actuation unit exceeds a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Kai Sorge, Serkan Öztürk, Erik Resvoll
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Publication number: 20170130788Abstract: A parking mechanism part (12) including a clamp member (39) and a thrust generation mechanism (40) is integrally arranged in a caliper (8) constituting an opposed-piston type disk brake (2a). The clamp member (39) is supported on the caliper (8) to be movable along the axial direction with respect to an inner body part (14) of the caliper (8), a spindle (45) of the thrust generation mechanism (40) is rotatably supported on the base part (42) of the clamp member (39), a nut (46) threadedly engaged with the tip end of the spindle (45) is arranged inside a combined-use piston (10) fitted in an enter-side inner cylinder (18b).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Tetsuya NOGUCHI, Yoshio TOTSUKA, Tomoki YACHI
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Publication number: 20170130789Abstract: A back-plate composition of the present invention is a composition for forming a back plate of a brake pad, the brake pad having a friction material and the back plate bonded to the friction material. The back-plate composition includes a resin, a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers having an average length shorter than an average length of the first fibers. In the case where the average length of the first fibers is “L1” [?m] and the average length of the second fibers is “L2” [?m], “L2”/“L1” is in the range of 0.001 to 0.5. This makes it possible to provide a back-plate composition having excellent moldability, as well as a back plate formed of the back-plate composition, a brake pad including the back-plate and a caliper device provided with the brake pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Hideaki Inokuchi, Hidemi Yazawa
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Publication number: 20170130790Abstract: System and methods for retaining a clip to a rotor are provided. A retainer for retaining a clip to a rotor may have a first end and a second end defining a length between the first end and the second end, the retainer being partially positionable within an opening in the rotor such that at least one of the first end and the second end protrudes axially from the opening at a greater radial location of the rotor than a flange of the clip, the retainer being configured to radially retain the clip to the rotor, the length of the retainer being between 105% and 200% of a width of the rotor at the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Nathan Tremblay
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Publication number: 20170130791Abstract: System and methods for retaining a clip to a rotor are provided. A retaining system for radially retaining a clip to a rotor may include at least one fastener configured to be at least partially positioned within an axial aperture in a rotor; and a retainer circumferentially surrounding a portion of the fastener protruding axially from the axial aperture, the retainer configured to engage a surface of the clip facing radially outward relative to the rotor when the clip is positioned against the rotor, wherein a perimetrical dimension of the retainer is between 25% and 200% of a perimetrical length of the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Nathan Tremblay
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Publication number: 20170130792Abstract: A pressure generator for a hydraulic power braking system. The pressure generator is designed to have a ball thread drive and a planetary gear, a spindle nut of the ball thread drive forming a planetary carrier for planetary wheels of the planetary gear. A sun wheel is non-rotatably fixed to a hollow shaft of an electric hollow shaft motor and together with the hollow shaft rotatably supported. The electric hollow shaft motor surrounds the ball thread drive and the planetary gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Juergen Tandler, Matthias Mayr, Andreas Weh
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Publication number: 20170130793Abstract: A friction material for a clutch comprising a plurality of fibers and a filler material including crystalline silica. The crystalline silica is cristobalite in an example aspect. A friction material for a clutch comprising: a plurality of fibers; and, a filler composition including: an amorphous silica-containing material; and, a plurality of crystalline silica particles, said particles having a Mohs hardness at least 6 and characterized by a rounded morphology. A friction material for a clutch comprising: a plurality of fibers; a filler composition including: diatomaceous earth; and, cristobalite including a plurality of particles characterized by a median particle size in a range from about 0.5 ?m to about 5 ?m; and, a resin; and, the friction material includes cristobalite in a range of from about 2% to about 20% by weight based on total weight of the friction material and has a static friction coefficient of at least 0.115.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Murat Bakan, Rashid Farahati
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Publication number: 20170130794Abstract: In a default-to-park system for a transmission, a lever member has a cylindrical hub configured to rotate about a spindle. The lever member has a transverse plate including a lever arm connected to a park release actuator and to a link to a park pawl of the transmission. Under normal operation, a transmission controller shifts the actuator to turn the lever arm and release the park pawl so the transmission can rotate. In an absence of a signal from the controller to the actuator, a bias spring restores the lever arm so that the transmission is locked. The bias spring comprises torsion coils disposed over the hub, a fixed end, and a drive end. The drive end has a heel segment bearing against a transverse surface of the transverse plate facing the torsion coils and a loading hook wrapped around an edge of the transverse plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: TODD C. SPAULDING, SUSAN M. WYATT
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Publication number: 20170130795Abstract: A fluid damper device and an apparatus with thereof are provided. In a damper chamber of this fluid damper device, a protruded part of a valve body protrudes from a base part toward the outside in the radial direction of a turning shaft, and toward one side around the axial line of the turning shaft, and a valve body support part of the turning shaft is equipped with a base part support part between a first protruded part and a second protruded part. An inner side portion of the protruded part of the valve body has a first portion and a second portion separated from each other in the direction in which the protruded part protrudes, and when the valve body is in the open position this first portion and second portion are supported by a receiving part formed on the first protruded part of the turning shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATIONInventor: Naoya MIHARA
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Publication number: 20170130796Abstract: Methods for servicing shock struts are provided. In various embodiments, a method for servicing a shock strut may comprise deflating the shock strut; compressing the shock strut until the shock strut is in a fully compressed position; and charging the shock strut with a liquid until a pressure of the liquid decreases a volume of a residual air located inside of the shock strut. In various embodiments, charging the shock strut with liquid under pressure may reduce the volume of trapped air inside of the shock strut to a negligible volume, eliminating the servicing variations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Amir Fazeli, Adnan Cepic, Susanne Reber
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Publication number: 20170130797Abstract: System and methods for servicing and monitoring shock struts are provided. A method for servicing a shock strut may include calculating a first fluid level; generating a first datum corresponding to the first fluid level; moving fluid into the shock strut in accordance with the first datum; calculating a second fluid level; generating a second datum corresponding to the second fluid level; and storing a final fluid level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventors: Amir Fazeli, Adnan Cepic, Susanne Reber
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Publication number: 20170130798Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process suitable for constructing the multiple stage air shock. The multiple stage air shock is unique among shocks in that the multiple stage design possesses qualities not available to other shock absorbers. The process includes a means for determining the compressed and extended lengths of the air shock based on the lengths of the parts for each stage. This means refers to one methodology and offers the air shock an extended length that is greater than twice its compressed length, an optimized extended length, and a construction capability based on adding stages. In particular, the extended length-compressed length relationship is a quality inherently unobtainable by current shock absorbers. The process also includes a means of determining the spring rate. This means refers to a second methodology and offers the capability to both set-up the air shock with a relatively linear spring rate and make the relatively linear spring rate more linear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Ronald Scott Bandy
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Publication number: 20170130799Abstract: A hydraulic energy absorption device including a cylindrical housing having an interior hollow compartment, the interior hollow compartment having a distal end and a proximal end, a resilient member arranged within the distal end of the cylindrical housing, a piston arranged adjacent to the resilient member within the cylindrical housing, the piston including a piston head and a piston rod extending from the piston head toward the proximal end and a compressible accumulator arranged within the cylindrical housing and connected to the piston. When the piston rod is displaced toward the distal end of the cylindrical housing in operation, the piston head and the compressible accumulator are displaced toward the distal end of the cylindrical housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Gerald J. Spyche, JR., Joseph A. Schoen
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Publication number: 20170130800Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic bearing (2) comprising a bearing spring (36), a working chamber (4) that is at least partially surrounded by the bearing spring (36) and that is filled with a hydraulic fluid, a first compensation chamber (6) and a first restrictor channel (10) for exchanging hydraulic fluid, said channel being formed between the working chamber (4) and the first compensation chamber (6). The hydraulic bearing (2) has a controllable valve (34) for shutting-off or restricting the flow of hydraulic fluid through the first restrictor channel (10). The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising a hydraulic bearing (2) of this type.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: ContiTech Vibration Control GmbHInventors: Robert Genderjahn, Bernhard Uhrmeister, Peter Marienfeld
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Publication number: 20170130801Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic bearing (2) with a support spring (36), a working chamber (4) which is at least partly surrounded by the support spring (36) and which is filled with a hydraulic fluid, a control membrane (12) which is designed to change a working chamber volume of the working chamber (4), and an electromagnetic actuator (16) for deflecting the control membrane (12), wherein the actuator (16) comprises a stator (18) and an armature (20) which can be moved in the longitudinal direction L of the stator (18); the armature (20) is mechanically connected to the control membrane (12); the stator (18) has a stator conductive element (26) made of a ferromagnetic material; the stator conductive element (26) has an upper stator collar (32) which extends in the transverse direction Q of the stator (18) and a lower stator collar (28) which extends in the transverse direction Q of the stator (18); the armature (20) has an armature conductive element (72) made of a ferromagnetic material; the armature cType: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: ContiTech Vibration Control GmbHInventors: Robert Genderjahn, Max Werhahn, Peter Marienfeld