Patents Issued in August 1, 2017
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Patent number: 9719529Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for variable flow rate fuel ejection are disclosed. A variable flow rate ejector comprises primary and secondary inlets, primary and secondary nozzles, and a needle. The primary nozzle is connected to receive a first fluid from the first inlet chamber and transmit the first fluid through a primary nozzle opening. The needle is disposed within the primary nozzle opening and is axially movable to vary an area of primary nozzle opening. The primary nozzle opening and the needle are sized to make the flow of the first fluid have a supersonic speed. The secondary inlet opens into a second inlet chamber positioned outside the primary nozzle opening. A portion of the second fluid is entrained in the flow of the first fluid from the primary nozzle. The secondary nozzle opening is sized to make the flow of the first and second fluids have a subsonic speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: University of DelawareInventors: Douglas Brunner, Manish W. Bajpai, John Adam C. Kinzey, Shane Marcks, Ajay K. Prasad, Suresh G. Advani
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Patent number: 9719530Abstract: An electrohydraulic control circuit for driving a hydraulically actuated actuating element (5, 6), by means of which a segment (5.3) of a manipulator, in particular of a large manipulator for truck-mounted concrete pumps, can be adjusted in terms of its orientation, wherein there are provided an electrically driven first valve (2.4), which is connected to hydraulic working lines of the actuating element (5.6) for the drive thereof, and leak-free check valves (2.5, 2.6) provided in the working lines of the actuating element (5.6), which valves are arranged on the actuating element (5.6) or on the segment (5.3) associated with this actuating element (5.6) and can be released for the normal operation of the actuating element (5.6), wherein the release of the check valves (2.5, 2.6) is driven by an electronic control unit (ECU) separate from the first valve (2.4) and the check valves (2.5, 2.6).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TTControl GmbHInventors: Marcus Specks, Marcus Pfeiffer, Stephan Grün, Reiner Vierkotten, Joseph Schnittker, Andreas Lehmann, Wolfgang Tebeek, Wolfgang Kemmetmüller, Johannes Henikl, Andreas Kugi
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Patent number: 9719531Abstract: A device for varying the swept volumes of first and second hydraulic machines, whose swept volumes depends upon pivoting positions of adjustable axes thereof which can be connected to one another by first and second lines. The axes can be coupled to a piston-cylinder device which is adjustable by a control valve unit for pivoting the axes. Pressures in the area of the hydraulic machines can be limited by the control valve unit. The control valve unit can be coupled to a respective first or second line with the highest pressure. A device for determining an existing actual pressure is located upstream of the control valve unit, at least in the area of one of the first and the second lines that connects with the first and the second hydraulic machines. The control valve unit can be actuated based on the actual pressure value determined by the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Jan-Frederik Kuhn, Timo Maise, Marcus Hiemer, Stephan Schinacher, Sven Bieber
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Patent number: 9719532Abstract: A fluid pressure control device for a power shovel includes: a first switching valve configured to permit or prohibit communication between a first pump and a first cylinder; a second switching valve configured to permit or prohibit communication between a second pump and a second cylinder; a third pump configured to allow to supply working fluid to the first cylinder and the second cylinder; a first junction control valve configured to permit or prohibit communication between the third pump and the first cylinder or the second cylinder; and a communication control valve configured to prohibit communication between the third pump and the first cylinder to guide the working fluid discharged by the third pump to the second cylinder by controlling the first junction control valve in a case where the second pump is communicated with the second cylinder by the second switching valve regardless of whether or not the first pump is communicated with the first cylinder by the first switching valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: KYB CorporationInventors: Masanari Kojima, Masayuki Nakamura, Takeshi Terao
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Patent number: 9719533Abstract: A gas-powered actuator is provided. The actuator includes a housing and a piston movably positioned within the housing. A cavity is formed in the piston. The housing includes an opening formed therein. The opening is structured to permit insertion of a piston rod into the opening, then into the piston cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.Inventors: David M. McCormick, Jeremy M. Henck
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Patent number: 9719534Abstract: A modular pneumatic robotic actuator, including a first elongated hollow structure and a second elongated hollow structure connected to each other at a moveable joint; an inflatable bladder comprised of an elastomeric material disposed at the joint and immobilized between the first and second hollow structures, wherein the inflatable bladder inflates preferentially away from the joint; and a restraining membrane comprised of an elastomeric material disposed over the bladder and connecting the first and second hollow structures, wherein the restraining membrane is relaxed when the bladder is deflated.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Yanina Shevchenko, George M. Whitesides, Adam Stokes, Gabrielle Compton
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Patent number: 9719535Abstract: A method of flushing a hydraulic system including a fluid circuit and an in-service fluid flowing therein includes fluidly coupling a kidney loop to the fluid circuit such that at least a portion of the in-service fluid may flow therethrough, the kidney loop including a depth media filter and a micro-glass filter arranged in a parallel flow pattern and introducing a solvent cleaner into the in-service fluid at a concentration level between approximately 2.5% and approximately 6%, the solvent cleaner including at least one hydrocarbon group V fluid. The method further includes maintaining a temperature of the in-service fluid between approximately 100 degrees Fahrenheit and approximately 155 degrees Fahrenheit and controlling the flow of the in-service fluid at a flow rate between approximately 3 gallons per minute and approximately 6.8 gallons per minute.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Reladyne, LLCInventors: Daniel M. Oehler, Douglas James Muennich, David L. Wooton
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Patent number: 9719536Abstract: Provided are assemblies having composite structures interlocked with shape memory alloy structures and methods of fabricating such assemblies. Interlocking may involve inserting an interlocking protrusion of a shape memory alloy structure into an interlocking opening of a composite structure and heating at least this protrusion of the shape memory alloy structure to activate the alloy and change the shape of the protrusion. This shape change engages the protrusion in the opening such that the protrusion cannot be removed from the opening. The shape memory alloy structure may be specifically trained prior to forming an assembly using a combination of thermal cycling and deformation to achieve specific pre-activation and post-activation shapes. The pre-activation shape allows inserting the interlocking protrusion into the opening, while the post-activation shape engages the interlocking protrusion within the opening. As such, activation of the shape memory alloy interlocks the two structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Waeil M. Ashmawi, Jaime C. Garcia, Sahrudine Apdalhaliem, Jeffery L. Marcoe, Moushumi Shome
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Patent number: 9719537Abstract: An adjust support bracket for communication with a wall or wall supports is provided. The support provides a mounting surface for plumbing and other fixtures to be mounted within or on a wall or panel. The support comprises first and second sheet metal support panels that connectively sleeve together to form a single fixture support assembly for spanning between, and fastening to, wall framing members, and allows for various fixtures to be securely attached and thereby retained in a secure fixed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: OLDCASTLE PRECAST, INC.Inventor: Daniel Nyce
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Patent number: 9719538Abstract: In the present invention, a through-hole (2) and a compression periphery part (3a) at which the core of the resin foam (1c) is compressed are provided in a fastening part of a resin-foam core composite plate (1). A cylindrical part (11a) of a metallic fastening member (11) is inserted into the through-hole (2) from the proximal end side of a wall part (4). The fastening member (11) is crimped to the distal end of the wall part (4) via an eyelet member (12) placed on the outside of the wall part (4) so as to forcibly spread the cylindrical part (11a). The fastening member (11) and a counterpart member (A) are fastened together by tightening a nut (14) onto a bolt (13) inserted into the cylindrical part (11a).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventor: Akio Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9719539Abstract: A fastener for superimposing and fastening two sheets of plate-like members, wherein at least one of the plate-like members has a hole formed therein, includes a pair of U-shaped accommodating portions adapted to be inserted with end portions of the two sheets of plate-like members; a pair of connection portions respectively connecting the pair of accommodating portions; a pair of engagement pieces extending from the pair of connection portions in an insertion direction of the plate-like members; an engagement portion formed in each of the pair of engagement pieces, adapted to engage with the hole; and a wobbling suppressing mechanism disposed adjacent to the pair of engagement pieces, and extending from each of the pair of connection portions in the insertion direction of the plate-like members for engaging with the hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Norihide Tachibana
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Patent number: 9719540Abstract: A hollow groove pipe structure is disclosed and includes a hollow groove pipe, first fixing sliding members, second fixing sliding members, and fixing members. The hollow groove pipe has a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface for surrounding a hollow space. At least two opposite surfaces have grooves, and the bottoms of the grooves are greater (wider) than the opening and provided with trough holes. The plates having a plurality of protruding portions can be clamped in the grooves. The first and second fixing sliding members having protruding portions surround and clamp the plates with the space between the two through holes of the grooves, such that the fixing members pass through the holes of the first fixing sliding member, and the holes of the groove the holes of the second fixing sliding member fix and combine the plates into a whole.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Chien Tsung Ou
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Patent number: 9719541Abstract: This invention relates to a rotatable connector assembly, also referred to as a two-part connector assembly that allows connection of one object or member bearing one part of the assembly to another object or member bearing the other part of the assembly, and further allows rotation of the members with respect to each other in a plane parallel to the plane of the assembled connector, assures that the two connector members remain attached under load and shear forces, and permits ready detachment of the connector members from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Aqua-Leisure Industries, Inc.Inventor: Scott R. de Grasse
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Patent number: 9719542Abstract: A composed element includes at least two panel-shaped elements, such as a locking tongue and groove connection, that are arranged to be coupled to each other at an angle, either directly or indirectly by means of an intermediate piece. The connection includes, at least at one of the panel-shaped elements, a tongue or groove, cooperable with a groove or tongue provided on the other panel-shaped element or on the intermediate piece. The tongue includes a split tongue, with at least a first part and a second part, and a slit located therebetween. A locking part is located at the outer side of at least said first part wherein the slit, seen in cross-section of the tongue, defines at least one side, the course of which, seen in cross-section, deviates from the main direction belonging to the tongue.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: UNILIN, BVBAInventors: Mark Cappelle, Luc Deman
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Patent number: 9719543Abstract: An adapter device for ceramic cutting machines (2) that includes an adapter plug (1) for the hole (8) of the tool holder (7) of a ceramic cutting machine (2. The plug (1) includes a hollow cylindrical shape with a stop (12) that performs an axial fixation in a direction of the plug (1) in the hole (8) of a tool holder (7) of the ceramic cutting machine (2); and a longitudinal slot (13) that leaves open the inner hollow space of the plug (1) along its entire length. The longitudinal slot (13) has a narrower segment in a part of the plug (1) that is nearest the end (21) having the stop (12), and a wider segment in the part of the plug (1) that is near the end (22) of the plug (1) opposite the stop (12).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: BELLOTA HERRAMIENTAS, S.A.Inventor: Josep Baro Cabrero
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Patent number: 9719544Abstract: A glueless shaft joining system, apparatus and method are disclosed. A base insertable into the hollow interior of the shaft can include a plurality of flexible fingers separated by a slot defined between each of the adjacent flexible fingers. The interior of the base is hollow and includes a threaded portion adjacent to the distal end that extends inwards in a proximal direction. A set screw can be inserted into the threaded portion of the hollow interior of the base. The set screw includes a threaded head portion and a non-threaded tail portion that diverges as it extends away from the head portion. The tail portion deflects the flexible fingers laterally outwardly as the set screw is advanced in the proximal direction through the base. A component, such as a broad head or arrow nock can be coupled to the insert as desired.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Clean-Shot Archery, Inc.Inventor: Larry R. Bay
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Patent number: 9719545Abstract: A screw includes a shank and a thread extending spirally around an outer circumference of the shank. The thread includes a plurality of thread convolutions, and a plurality of ribs provided between two adjacent thread convolutions of the thread. A helical groove is formed in the outer circumference of the shank and extends continuously across at least partial of the plurality of thread convolutions of the thread. The helical groove intersects partial of the plurality of ribs, and the helical groove has a width which is 1.5-2.5 times a width of the rib. The helical groove is used to accommodate residues which are generated when the screw is driven in articles to be assembled for speedily driving the screw without degradation of the binding capacity between the screw and the articles.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Kuo-Tai Hsu
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Patent number: 9719546Abstract: A wire thread insert comprises besides a cylindrical helix consisting of a plurality of coils a moving tang projecting into the interior of the helix for installing the wire thread insert into a receiving thread. The wire thread insert is connected to the cylindrical helix via a bending portion such that the moving tang can be redressed into the receiving thread after installation of the wire thread insert. The wire thread insert is installed by means of an installation tool with a mounting spindle, which installs the wire thread insert in the receiving thread via a moving shoulder and the moving tang. A compression blade provided at the mounting spindle bends the moving tang back into the receiving thread while the mounting spindle is removed from the installed wire thread insert.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: BÖLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Holger Thommes, Andreas Marxkors
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Patent number: 9719547Abstract: A method and apparatus for fastening structures. A first end of a body is placed into a hole on a first side of the structures. The body has an outer surface with a noncircular cross-section. A nut element is positioned on a flange at a second end of the body. A bolt is moved into a channel at the first end of the body towards the nut element on the flange on the second end of the body on the first side the structures. The bolt and the nut element are fastened to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Randy Allan Southmayd
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Patent number: 9719548Abstract: Apparatus and method for applying pre-molded seal caps to fasteners. The apparatus includes an installation tool and a disposable cap holding fixture. The installation tool includes a body and a handle. A plunger can pass through the body and handle. A disposable cap holding fixture can be connected to an end of the body of the installation tool. The disposable cap holding fixture can grip a surface of a pre-molded seal cap. The pre-molded seal cap can then be placed on a fastener and the disposable cap holding fixture can be rotated to rotate the cap to cover the fastener with uncured sealant in the cap. The body and handle can be rotated by an operator or the body can rotate about the handle and actuation of the plunger can cause the body and the cap holding fixture to rotate. The plunger can then dislodge the cap from the fixture.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Emily Anne Sprik, Matthew W. Benes
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Patent number: 9719549Abstract: A bolt including a head portion, a shaft portion, and an external thread formed in the shaft portion, the bolt having: a plurality of thread collapsed rib portions each of which is composed of projecting portions that are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the shaft portion, each projecting portion being formed by collapsing a top portion of a screw thread of the external thread and by raising both sides of the collapsed top portion of the screw thread, wherein one projecting portion of the thread collapsed rib portion has a shape different from that of another projecting portion that is adjacent in a circumference direction of the screw thread of the adjacent thread collapsed rib portion in the shaft portion, such that an interference position with a counterpart internal thread varies in accordance with screw-engagement with the counterpart internal thread.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: IWATA BOLT KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kota Kondo
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Patent number: 9719550Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a fastener, a washer, and a ratchet plate. The washer includes a washer base, and at least one pawl extending from the washer base. The ratchet plate includes a ratchet base and a ratcheted outer profile extending in a circumferential direction around a circumferential periphery of the ratchet base. The ratchet plate is carried by a head of the fastener, and the ratcheted outer profile cooperates with the pawl of the washer.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventors: Robert E. Stewart, Nicholas Strumbos
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Patent number: 9719551Abstract: An injection-molded plastic roofing membrane plate includes a body and multiple cleats. The cleats extend from a bottom surface of the body. Each of the cleats has a rounded terminal end with a rounded terminal surface. The rounded terminal surfaces make surface-to-surface abutment with an underlying membrane in installation. The rounded terminal surfaces reduce wear on the underlying membrane that may otherwise occur.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Duro-Last, Inc.Inventor: Keith Allan Gere
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Patent number: 9719552Abstract: The invention relates to a carabiner including a metal body, and a gate rotatably assembled to a first end of the metal body between a closed position and an open position of the carabiner, the gate being in contact with a second end of the metal body when the carabiner is in closed position. The carabiner is provided with a separation bar fastened to the metal body and configured to define two distinct confinement areas. The bar is assembled by clipping onto the metal body at first and second opposite ends of the bar, the first end comprising a first fastener totally surrounding the metal body, and the second end comprising a second fastener totally surrounding the metal body. The separation bar being configured to authorize the opening of the gate when the first and second fasteners surround the metal body.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: ZEDELInventors: Julien Moine, Aurèlie Bergez
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Patent number: 9719553Abstract: A rotation drive device includes a crankshaft which has two ends dynamically connected to a drive source and a driven device, respectively. The drive source drives the crankshaft to rotate the driven device. The crankshaft structurally changes to make the two ends of the shaft portion connected to the rotation drive portion and the driven portion, respectively, at different central angles, which divides the space into two subspaces which are located two sides of the shaft portion, so that the wire can be arranged in the subspaces at both sides of the shaft portion, thus enhancing the flexibility of wire distribution while improving rotation range of motion.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.Inventors: Yi-Ting Lo, Chin-Yen Su
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Patent number: 9719554Abstract: A ball joint is manufactured by molding a holder through casting by using a ball as a core and joining a shaft member to the ball after the casting through electric resistance welding. The ball joint includes: the ball; a resin sliding contact member including a first opening portion and a second opening portion that expose a spherical surface of the ball in opposite directions; the holder molded through the casting by using the ball and the resin sliding contact member as a core, the holder being obtained by integrally molding a closing portion that is held in contact with a part of the ball, which projects from the second opening portion of the resin sliding contact member; and the shaft member joined to another part of the ball, which is exposed from the first opening portion of the resin sliding contact member, through the electric resistance welding.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: THK CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuhiro Nishide, Tsutomu Tokairin, Haruki Shoji, Junya Suenaga
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Patent number: 9719555Abstract: A lockable hinge arrangement comprising a first hinge plate and a second hinge plate, wherein the first and the second hinge plates being hingedly connected to one another at one elongated first edge thereof to comprise the hinge arrangement. The hinge arrangement further a longitudinally displaceable elongated locking plate slidably attached to a second elongated edge of the second plate, the displaceable locking plate arranged to secure and release the first plate and the second plate from one another. A locking plate cam arrangement effects and permits the locking and forced separating release of the first plate and the second plate from rigid securement with one another. The elongated locking plate is acted upon by both a first cam arrangement and a second cam arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FTR Systems, IncInventor: Chunghsin Lee
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Patent number: 9719556Abstract: A journal foil air beating includes: a top foil located to face an outer circumferential surface of a rotating shaft and surround the rotating shaft; a bump foil being an elastically deformable member and located to surround the top foil; a base foil located to surround the bump foil, and a coupling unit configured to couple the first end portion of the top foil, the first end portion of the bump foil, the first end portion of the base foil, and the second end portion of the base foil, wherein the base foil, the bump foil, and the top foil are modularized into one piece by the coupling unit. According to the present invention, the journal foil air bearing may be easily assembled in advance and modularized into one piece, may be very conveniently mounted or disassembled on a bearing housing in a workplace.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TNE KOREA CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyeong Su Kim
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Patent number: 9719557Abstract: A bearing for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include an annular body and a centrally arranged passage opening for bearing a shaft at least one of axially and radially with respect to a rotation axis. The body may include an oil pocket, a wedge surface extending at least partially in a circumferential direction, and a detent surface circumferentially spaced from the oil pocket via the wedge surface. The detent surface may include a predetermined wear height configured to be worn down over an operating lifespan of the bearing. A radially inner flange may extend at least partially along the wedge surface in the circumferential direction and define an inner sealing web. A radially outer flange may extend at least partially along the wedge surface in the circumferential direction and define an outer sealing web.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Gauger, Fabian Haslinger
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Patent number: 9719558Abstract: A bearing for a turbocharger may include an annular body and a centrally arranged passage opening for bearing a shaft at least one of axially and radially with respect to a rotation axis. The body may include at least one segment extending at least partially about the passage opening in a circumferential direction. The at least one segment may include an oil pocket, a circumferentially extending wedge surface and a detent surface circumferentially spaced from the oil pocket. The segment may also include a radially inner flange extending at least partially along the wedge surface in the circumferential direction. The inner flange may define an inner sealing web that may continue uninterruptedly into the detent surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Gauger, Fabian Haslinger
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Patent number: 9719559Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly including a nut for providing a preload is disclosed. A first plurality of rolling elements is supported between an inner bearing ring and an outer bearing ring. A first one of the inner bearing ring or the outer bearing ring includes an extension in an axial direction including a first engagement surface, and a second one of the inner bearing ring or the outer bearing ring includes a first axial end face defining a first axial bearing surface. A nut includes a second engagement surface configured to matingly engage with the first engagement surface, and a second axial end face of the nut defines a second axial bearing surface. The first axial bearing surface and the second axial bearing surface form an axial bearing.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Majkol Spirovski, Rajesh Shanbhag
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Patent number: 9719560Abstract: A rotary joint which, in order to limit the mutual rotation of the outer bearing ring (2) with respect to the inner bearing ring (2), is provided with a raceway (11), which is limited by one or two stops (14) and in which a projection connected to the outer bearing ring engages. In order to ensure that a rotation greater than 360° is possible, the raceway is of helical design.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Dreizler, Jorg Bauer
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Patent number: 9719561Abstract: A damper device includes a first member, a second member, an elastic member and a supporting member. The first member has two wall members separated from each other. The supporting member includes projections (preventing portion) that make contact with one of two wall portions (wall members) so as to prevent the supporting member and an elastic member from being inclined (falling, rotationally moving) in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Nakagaito, Tomohiro Saeki, Yusaku Nishio, Hiroshi Kawazoe, Miki Torii
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Patent number: 9719562Abstract: A transmission device that includes a first clutch that includes a first clutch drum, a first piston, and a first engagement oil chamber; and a second clutch that includes a second clutch drum fixed to an outer circumferential portion of the first clutch drum, a second piston, and a second engagement oil chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Azumai, Mitsunari Ishida
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Patent number: 9719563Abstract: An axle assembly having a tapered spline arrangement. The axle assembly may include a first shaft that may have a first spline and a clutch collar that may have a clutch collar spline that may be disposed in a hole that may receive the first shaft. The first spline and the second spline may be tapered in opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLCInventor: Wagner Hirao
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Patent number: 9719564Abstract: A synchronizer mechanism for synchronizing the rotation of gears between a power input shaft and a power output shaft in a manual transmission includes a hub and a synchronizer sleeve disposed about the hub and moveable relative thereto into and out of engagement with adjacent gears to synchronize the rotation of the adjacent gears with the rotation of the power input shaft. An indexing mechanism is employed for indexing the synchronizer sleeve into and out of engagement with adjacent gears. The indexing mechanism includes a retaining mechanism and a detent portion having a main synchronization detent and at least one second synchronization detent disposed laterally adjacent the main synchronization detent. The main synchronization detent causes an intermediate clutch ring to contact a cylindrical cone portion on a gear and begin the change in angular velocity of the gear and to begin the synchronization sequence of the mechanism at a first time.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Edward Perosky, Lawrence Laba, Christopher J. Stiefel
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Patent number: 9719565Abstract: A shift device includes an output shaft, a hub, a speed gear, a sleeve, a synchronizer ring, lever members, and a spring. The lever members have torque receiving portions contactable with projections of the synchronizer ring to receive friction torque from the projections. Contact positions of the torque receiving portions and the projections in a synchronization operation are set at a hub side of the lever members and an axial-directional distance between points of support and the contact positions is less than a thickness of the lever member.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: KYOWA METAL WORKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyoshi Hiraiwa
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Patent number: 9719566Abstract: A one-way clutch includes a first rotational member, a second rotational member, and a first rotational body. The second rotational member has plural first through holes in which bolts are inserted. A dimension of the first through hole in a circumferential direction is larger than a dimension of the first through hole in a radial direction. A first region and a second region are obtained by dividing the first through hole into two regions in the circumferential direction. The first region is located ahead of the second region in a rotatable direction of the second rotational member. The bolts are inserted such that the each of the bolts is located in the first region of the first through hole, and the second rotational member and the first rotational body are fastened by the bolts.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seitaro Nobuyasu, Yosuke Suzuki, Takahito Endo, Suguru Hirai, Yuji Iwase, Koichi Kato
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Patent number: 9719567Abstract: A mechanical front wheel drive roller wedging control system includes a 4WD switch in a vehicle operator station, a roller cage drag mechanism electrically activated by the 4WD switch and providing a drag on a roller cage if the 4WD switch is in an on position, and a throttle pedal switch actuated by the throttle pedal and that deactivates the roller cage drag mechanism when the throttle pedal is released.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey A. Lawrence, Erhardt Wowerat, Robbie B. Quinn, Brian D. Seegert, Eric A. Howard
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Patent number: 9719568Abstract: A method may be provided for correcting a raw signal supplied by a pressure sensor in an all wheel drive system having a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic fluid. The method may include measuring the raw signal supplied by the pressure sensor, determining when the all wheel drive system is in a state where the hydraulic fluid is at a known pressure determined independently from the pressure sensor, determining a new zero-point offset by comparing the raw signal to a voltage value associated with the known pressure, and creating a corrected voltage signal by adjusting the raw signal based on the new zero-point offset. This corrected voltage signal may be converted into a pressure reading for controlling the all wheel drive system.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Steven P. Turner
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Patent number: 9719569Abstract: A brake is provided. The brake may include a rotor having a plurality of magnets and a plurality of ferromagnetic poles radially disposed thereabout, and a stator having a plurality of shunts and a plurality of teeth radially disposed thereabout. At least one of the plurality of shunts and the plurality of teeth may be configured to selectively move between an engagement state and a free engagement state. The teeth may be configured to generate magnetic flux with the ferromagnetic poles so as to generate a braking torque during the engagement state. The shunts may be configured to redirect the magnetic flux therethrough and reduce the braking torque between the teeth and the ferromagnetic poles during the free engagement state.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Zbigniew Piech, Kyle W. Rogers, Daryl J. Marvin
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Patent number: 9719570Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration-damping device having an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder arranged at a distance on an outer diameter side of the inner cylinder, a rubber elastic body interposed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder for elastically coupling the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and an intermediate plate embedded in the rubber elastic body. A plurality of cutout parts positioned on both end sides in the axial direction of the outer cylinder for joining an inner side rubber elastic body and an outer side rubber elastic body are formed in the intermediate plate. At least one of the cutout parts is arranged to overlap on an area that is sandwiched between two parallel imaginary planes that are adjacent to the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: YAMASHITA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeo Kojima
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Patent number: 9719571Abstract: A bumper for a closure, such as a tailgate, acts between the tailgate and a frame to bias a striker in to engagement with a latch. The bumper is moved to a retracted position during closing to reduce the force needed to close the tailgate. After latching, the bumper is conditioned to an extended position to assert the bias between the tailgate and frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Multimatic Inc.Inventors: Rudolf Gruber, Dennis Tak-Man Loui
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Patent number: 9719572Abstract: A hydraulic damper (2) includes a first piston body member (233), a second piston body member (234), a third piston body member (235), and a compression stroke disc assembly (231) compressed at a radially inner side thereof between the first (233) and said second (234) piston body members. The hydraulic damper includes a rebound stroke disc assembly (232) compressed at the radially inner side thereof between the second (234) and third (235) piston body members, and the compression stroke disc assembly (231) additionally includes an annular supporting member (2319) positioning discs (2311-2318) of the compression stroke disc assembly (231) at radially inner side thereof, while a radially inner axial passage (23191) is defined at the radially inner side of the supporting member (2319).Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: BEIJINGWEST INDUSTRIES CO., LTDInventors: Pawel Slusarczyk, Jakub Wrzesinski, Robert Kapolka
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Patent number: 9719573Abstract: A shock absorber includes: a communication passage configured to cause a working fluid chamber formed in a cylinder to communicate with a reservoir for reserving a working fluid therein; a damping force generating mechanism configured to apply resistance to the working fluid passing through the communication passage; a low-speed compression-side damping adjuster configured to change a damping force when a stroke speed is in a low-speed range during compression; a high-speed compression-side damping adjuster configured to change the damping force when the stroke speed is in a high-speed range, the high-speed range representing higher speed than the low-speed range during compression; and an extension-side damping adjuster configured to change the damping force during extension. The low-speed compression-side damping adjuster, the high-speed compression-side damping adjuster, and the extension-side damping adjuster are attached to a tank side of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: KYB CorporationInventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Patent number: 9719574Abstract: Shock absorber and method for operating a shock absorber for a bicycle wherein a relative motion of a first and a second component interconnected via a damper device is dampened. The damper device includes a controllable damping valve with a field generating device with which a field-sensitive medium can be influenced for influencing a damping force of the damper device by applying a field intensity of the field generating device. A parameter for the current relative speeds of the first and second components is obtained in real time. For damping, a current field intensity to be set is derived in real time by way of the parameter from a characteristic damper curve and the field intensity to be currently set is generated by the field generating device in real time for setting in real time a damping force which results from the predetermined characteristic damper curve at the parameter obtained.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DT Swiss Inc.Inventors: Stefan Battlogg, Martin Walthert, Gernot Elsensohn, Juergen Poesel
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Patent number: 9719575Abstract: A vibration-damping device (10) of the invention includes a tubular first attachment member (11) and a second attachment member (12); an elastic body (13); a partitioning member (17) that forms a main liquid chamber (14), a first auxiliary liquid chamber (15), and a second auxiliary liquid chamber (16); a first diaphragm (18) that constitutes a portion of the wall surface of the first auxiliary liquid chamber (15); and a second diaphragm (19) that constitutes a portion of the wall surface of the second auxiliary liquid chamber (16) and that has a smaller deformation resistance than the deformation resistance of the first diaphragm (18).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Kojima
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Patent number: 9719576Abstract: A vibration isolator includes a partition member (15) that partitions a liquid chamber (16) in a first mounting member (11) into a primary liquid chamber (16a) using an elastic body (13) as a part of a wall surface thereof and a secondary liquid chamber (16b), and a movable member (23) housed in a housing chamber (20) provided within the partition member (15), the movable member being free to be deformed or displaced in an axial direction of the first mounting member (11). The partition member (15) is provided with a plurality of communicating holes (22) that extend from a portion of the partition member (15) which is exposed to the primary or secondary liquid chamber (16a or 16b) toward the inside of the partition member and are open toward the movable member (23).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Masakazu Nagasawa, Akira Ueki, Shuhei Ono, Yasuyuki Nagashima
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Patent number: 9719577Abstract: A wedge assembly for holding a rope in a socket includes an inner wedge. The inner wedge includes a tapered body and a threaded hole. The inner wedge includes a first guide feature and a second guide feature. The wedge assembly includes a first outer wedge and a second outer wedge, each outer wedge including a receiving feature. The receiving features of the first outer wedge and the second outer wedge are configured to receive the first guide feature and second guide feature. The wedge assembly includes a fastener configured to actuate the inner wedge between the two outer wedges.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Michael Robert Stolz
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Patent number: 9719578Abstract: A gear device is provided with a crankshaft including a shaft main body and an eccentric portion, a linking member including external teeth and configured to transmit the rotation of the input gear to the crankshaft, a carrier configured to rotatably support the crankshaft, an oscillation gear oscillating and rotating, and an outer cylinder including internal teeth engaged with the oscillation gear. The carrier and the outer cylinder are configured to concentrically relatively rotate according to the rocking rotation of the oscillation gear. The linking member is configured to selectively take a first position where the external teeth are engaged with a first input gear and a second position where the external teeth are engaged with a second input gear.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Okimura, Takashi Naruse