Patents Issued in November 7, 2017
  • Patent number: 9810268
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement (12) for a part to be mounted such that the part rotates about an axis, such as a cylinder, roller, drum or shaft, comprising at least one rolling bearing (23), which is accommodated in a bearing housing (27), which is mounted movably in an arrangement housing (29) in a linearly movable manner by at least one linear guide (28), and also including an actuation device (1) for effecting a linear shifting movement of the bearing housing perpendicularly to the axis between a rest position and a working position. The actuation device includes at least one prestressed spring element, which presses the bearing housing into the working position, and at least one hydraulic or pneumatic device for generating a restoring force acting counter to the spring element for moving the bearing housing into the rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Dittenhofer, Stephan Popp
  • Patent number: 9810269
    Abstract: A constant velocity joint comprises an outer joint part with a longitudinal axis and first and second outer ball tracks. The outer joint part comprises an attachment side and an aperture side. An inner joint part has a longitudinal axis and first and second inner ball tracks. with a torque transmitting ball 14 in each pair of tracks, and a ball cage 15 with cage windows 18 in which the balls 14 are held. In each angular position of the constant velocity joint 11 an opening angle is enclosed between an outer tangent and an inner tangent at the ball. At least one of the first and second pairs of tracks is designed such that, within a small articulation angle range comprising at least the joint central plane, at at least an articulation angle, an opening angle amounts to zero, and within a greater articulation angle range, an aperture-side opening angle of a first pair of tracks widens in the opposite axial direction relative to the aperture-side opening angle of a second pair of tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: GKN Driveline International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hildebrandt, Thomas Weckerling, Stephan Maucher, Rolf Cremerius, Ida Benner, Hans-Jurgen Post, Anna Gremmelmaier
  • Patent number: 9810270
    Abstract: A clutch device having at least one counter-pressure plate, a contact plate that is movable relative to the counter-pressure plate to a limited extent in an axial direction of the clutch device to frictionally clamp a clutch plate between the counter-pressure plate and the contact plate, and a wear adjustment device to compensate for wearing of the clutch plate, where the wear adjustment device has at least one drive ring which is rotatable and is clampable in the axial direction and at least one ramp ring which is rotatable and is clampable in the axial direction, which is connected to the drive ring by means of a torque-transferring link which permits limited relative travel in the circumferential direction of the clutch device, where the rigidity of the connection in the circumferential direction is dependent on the direction, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Raber
  • Patent number: 9810271
    Abstract: Under the condition that the rotation speed of a first rotating shaft is higher than that of a second rotating shaft, supported portions go through right-handed helical flutes to perform an engaging operation. Under the condition that the rotation speed of the first rotating shaft is lower than that of the second rotating shaft, the supported portions go through left-handed helical flutes to perform the engaging operation. In a releasing operation, the supported portions go through the right-handed helical flutes to release a clutch mechanism under the condition that the rotation speed of the first rotating shaft is lower than that of the second rotating shaft, and the supported portions go through the left-handed helical flutes to release the clutch mechanism under the condition that the rotation speed of the first rotating shaft is higher than that of the second rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventor: Isamu Shiotsu
  • Patent number: 9810272
    Abstract: A one-way clutch, including: a load rotor, a driving member, and at least one self-locking gripper. The load rotor is spool-shaped and includes two circular contact races, one race at each end of the rotor. The driving member includes a plurality of inward facing cams on an inner circumference arranged to rotate co-axially with the load rotor. The cams rotate within the space separating the two load rotor races. When in a locking position each gripper presses against both load rotor races and a cam over area-to-area contacting surfaces. Rotation of the load rotor and driving member are locked in the first direction when one or more grippers are in the locking position. The driving member is rotatable independent of the load rotor in the second, free-wheeling direction. During free-wheeling rotation centrifugal force acts to disengage the grippers from the load rotor, thus reducing or eliminating friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventor: Alan Kent Johnson
  • Patent number: 9810273
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving operation of a driveline disconnect clutch for a hybrid vehicle shifting are presented. In one example, pressure of a working fluid supplied to the driveline disconnect clutch is adjusted in response to a rate of change in accelerator pedal position. Further, pressure of the working fluid may be decreased responsive to selected operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Felix Nedorezov, Francis Thomas Connolly, Xiaoyong Wang, Hong Jiang, Mark Steven Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9810274
    Abstract: A secondary brake for commercial vehicles using Magnetorheological (MR) fluid may include a rotor coupled to a transmission output shaft to be rotated together, a stator configured to be disposed between the rotor and a body of a transmission and having a cavity into which the MR fluid is filled and a portion of the rotor is received, and a stator coil provided in a portion of the stator and applying a magnetic field to the MR fluid so that braking torque is generated due to a shear resistance characteristic of the MR fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jong Yun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9810275
    Abstract: A sliding caliper disk brake is provided, in which a stationary brake carrier configured to carry a brake caliper includes two pairs of carrier horns, one pair of which supports a reaction-side brake pad and one pair of which supports an application side brake pad. The spacing between the reaction-side pair of carrier horns is larger than the spacing between the application-side pair of carrier horns. The reaction-side brake pad and reaction-side pair of carrier horns may be shorter than the corresponding application-side brake pad and carrier horns. The arrangement of the brake carrier, the brake caliper and the brake pads permits reduction in disk brake weight, cost and brake carrier stresses while providing desired brake thermal, mechanical and service life performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Rguichi, Philipp Adamczyk, Matthias Klingner, Alexander Werth, Michael Peschel, Robert Theil
  • Patent number: 9810276
    Abstract: A disc brake assembly arranged to be mounted over a rotor. The disc brake assembly includes first and second brake pads, a caliper having an opening for receiving the first and second brake pads, and a spring member for retaining the pads within the caliper. The spring member has a pad alignment feature arranged to prevent the spring member from being properly assembled on the caliper when one or more of the brake pads is inserted with its friction material facing away from a rotor receiving region of the caliper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Paul Roberts
  • Patent number: 9810277
    Abstract: A friction material is disclosed comprising a binding composition based on a hydraulic binder and its use in brake pads and industrial applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A., ITALCEMENTI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberta Alfani, Fabio Corazza, Flavio Rampinelli, Andrea Bonfanti, Paolo Varotto, Laura Sammarelli, Arianna Belotti
  • Patent number: 9810278
    Abstract: A leaf spring (100) comprises at least two spring arms (120, 130) and an inner fixing hole (110). The at least two spring arms (120, 130) are evenly distributed around a center of the inner fixing hole (110); each spring arm is of the same structure, and an outer fixing hole (122) is disposed at an outermost end of each spring arm. Further provided are a leaf spring group and a compressor. The leaf spring group comprises multiple leaf springs, and the compressor comprises the leaf spring group. The provided leaf spring has a structure of multiple concentric circular arms or a structure of concentric vortex arms, and the leaf spring has smaller equivalent mass, so that the rigidity and inherent frequency requirements can be met without the need of increasing the mass of the components, thereby reducing the product mass and saving the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Green Refrigeration Equipment Engineering Research Center of Zhuhai Gree Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Huang, Yusheng Hu, Huijun Wei, Zhong Cui, Jianping Huang, Chuanshun Huang, Zhujin Chen, Yiming Liang
  • Patent number: 9810279
    Abstract: A vibratory isolator in one example comprises at least one uniform mass inertia component and at least one uniform compliant component which are configured to exhibit a vibratory bandgap and which are configured to exhibit shear/bending coupling. A further implementation of the invention comprises a vibratory isolator comprised of an isolator and a plurality of disk inertias affixed to the isolator such that the vibratory isolator exhibits a vibrational bandgap in a predetermined frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Allen J. Bronowicki
  • Patent number: 9810280
    Abstract: A damping valve includes a valve seat member that includes a port and a first valve seat, a shaft member disposed on the valve seat member, an annular main valve element that is mounted on the shaft member, seats on and separates from the first valve seat, and includes a second valve seat on an opposite side of the valve seat member, a sub valve element that is mounted on the shaft member, and seats on and separates from the second valve seat, a valve-element-between chamber that is disposed between the main valve element and the sub valve element, and on an inner peripheral side of the second valve seat, a restrictive passage that causes the port to be communicated with the valve-element-between chamber to provide a resistance to a flow of a passing fluid, a main valve element biasing part biasing the main valve element to the valve seat member side, and a sub valve element biasing part biasing the sub valve element to the main valve element side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Hagidaira
  • Patent number: 9810281
    Abstract: PROBLEM Provided is a damping force control type shock absorber capable of obtaining an appropriate damping force even in the event of a failure independently of the stoke of a valving element of a solenoid valve. MEANS FOR SOLVING A piston 5 having a piston rod 6 connected thereto is fitted in a cylinder 2 having hydraulic oil sealed therein, and a flow of hydraulic oil induced by movement of the piston 5 is controlled by a damping force generating mechanism 26 to generate a damping force. In the damping force generating mechanism 26, damping force is generated by a pilot-type main valve 27 and a normally-open pilot valve 28 which is a solenoid valve, and the damping force is adjusted by energization of a coil 37. A fail-safe valve 100 is provided downstream of the pilot valve 28. During normal operations, the fail-safe valve 100 opens the flow path through excitation of the coil 37 of the pilot valve 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Mori, Fumiyuki Yamaoka, Mikio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9810282
    Abstract: A shock absorber is disclosed having a pressure tube forming a working chamber, and a piston assembly slidably disposed within the pressure tube. The piston assembly may divide the working chamber into upper and lower working chambers. The piston assembly may have a piston body defining a first fluid passage extending therethrough and a first valve assembly controlling fluid flow through the first fluid passage. A second fluid passage, separate from the first fluid passage, extends from one of the upper and lower working chambers to a fluid chamber defined at least in part by the pressure tube. A plurality of digital valve assemblies are included and configured to exclusively control all fluid flow through the second fluid passage, and thus all fluid flow between the one of the upper and lower working chambers to the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew L. Roessle, Karl C. Kazmirski, Jeroen K. Paenhuysen, Darrell G. Breese, Daniel T. Keil, Thomas P. Mallin, Jeffrey T. Gardner
  • Patent number: 9810284
    Abstract: There is a need for a tension-link for belt-splicer that is lighter and where damage to the link is more easily detected. The solution is a tension-link (30) for a belt-splicer with an engagement length that is based on a rope-loop (45) of high-strength synthetic fiber, wound around bosses, where the bosses and the loop are encapsulated in molded plastic (56). The link connects cross-beams of the splicer. Additional features of the link include couplings which permit rotation (52) when the beams deflect in bending. The links can be stored inside the hollow interior of the beams. The couplings include eccentrically mounted blocks (43) that can be orientated to adjust the length of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Shaw-Almex Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Timothy Glen Shaw
  • Patent number: 9810285
    Abstract: An anchor point for a lever binder is disclosed herein. The anchor point includes a collar. The anchor point also includes a cap including a base and at least one arm. The collar and the cap cooperate to form an aperture for receiving a handle of a lever binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventor: Cecil McNeilly
  • Patent number: 9810286
    Abstract: A reverse transmission system for a vehicle for engaging a reverse action on a normally forward action only engine transmission having a longitudinal orientation driveshaft output, the reverse transmission system comprising a gear rotatably connected to the longitudinal orientation driveshaft output of a normally forward action only engine transmission output; a shaft rotatably connected to the gear for transmitting power from the normally forward action only engine transmission output to the shaft; a chain sprocket connected to a chain drive and to the shaft for providing a transverse orientation output to the chain drive to change the direction of rotation of the driveshaft output, thereby for engaging the vehicle in the reverse action; and a reverse fork configured to actuate a reverse dog configured to slide upon the shaft to reversibly engage a reverse gear engaged to a first gear of the engine transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: 9158-7147 Quebec Inc.
    Inventors: Francois Garneau, Simon-Charles Chicoine, Maxime Gill
  • Patent number: 9810287
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. Each of the plurality of planetary gearsets includes a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier member with pinion gears. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least ten forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge F. Briceno, Phillip McCauley
  • Patent number: 9810288
    Abstract: A transmission (G) is provided with four planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3, P4), several shafts (W1-W8) and a first, second, third, fourth and fifth shift element (B1, B2, K1, K2, K3), the selective meshing of which brings about different transmission ratio relationships between a transmission input shaft (GW1) and a transmission output shaft (GW2). The second shift element (B2) and/or the fifth shift element (K3) is arranged, in a series at a sixth shift element (K4), in the power flow between the fifth shaft (W5) and a sun gear (So-P4) of the fourth planetary gear set (P4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Stefan Beck, Christian Sibla, Martin Brehmer, Josef Haupt
  • Patent number: 9810289
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first rotation shaft selectively connected to a transmission housing, a second rotation shaft, a third rotation shaft selectively connected to the transmission housing, a fourth rotation shaft directly connected to the input shaft, a fifth rotation shaft selectively connected to the second rotation shaft, a sixth rotation shaft, a seventh rotation shaft selectively connected to the input shaft, and selectively connected to the fifth rotation shaft or the sixth rotation shaft, and an eighth rotation shaft directly connected to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Myeong Hoon Noh, Seongwook Ji, Kangsoo Seo, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 9810290
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for vehicles may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first shaft, a second rotation shaft, a third rotation shaft, a fourth rotation shaft selectively connected to the input shaft, a fifth rotation shaft selectively connected to the input shaft or selectively connected to the transmission housing, a sixth rotation shaft directly connected to the output shaft to be continuously operated as an output element, a seventh rotation shaft selectively connected to the transmission housing, an eighth rotation shaft selectively connected to the third rotation shaft, a ninth rotation shaft directly connected to the input shaft to be continuously operated as an input element, and six friction elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, KyeongHun Lee, Sueng Ho Lee, Kangsoo Seo, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, Wookjin Jang, Myeong Hoon Noh, Seongwook Ji, Wonmin Cho, JongSool Park, Hyu Tae Shim, Chang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 9810291
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of claim of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft for receiving an engine torque, an output shaft for outputting a shifted torque, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first shaft directly connected with the input shaft, a second shaft directly connected with the output shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft, a fifth shaft selectively connectable with the second shaft and the third shaft, a sixth shaft, a seventh shaft selectively connectable with at least one of the first shaft and a transmission housing, and an eighth shaft connected with the twelfth rotation element and selectively connectable with the third shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 9810292
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of claim of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft for receiving an engine torque, an output shaft for outputting a shifted torque, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first shaft, a second shaft directly connected with the input shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft, a fifth shaft selectively connectable with the fourth shaft, a sixth shaft selectively connectable with the fourth shaft, a seventh shaft selectively connectable with the sixth shaft, and an eighth shaft directly connected with the output shaft, and selectively connectable with the fifth shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 9810293
    Abstract: Ten forward speeds and one or more reverse speed are achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle including an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotational elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotational elements and a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 9810294
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for the vehicle may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting torque; a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements; a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements; a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements; and a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki Tae Kim, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 9810295
    Abstract: A planetary gear train may include an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets having first to twelfth rotation elements, a first shaft connected with the first rotation element and selectively connectable with a transmission housing, a second shaft interconnecting the second and fourth rotation elements, and connected with the input shaft, a third shaft interconnecting the third rotation element and the tenth rotation element, a fourth shaft connected with the fifth rotation element, a fifth shaft interconnecting the sixth and seventh rotation elements, and selectively connectable with the first shaft, a sixth shaft connected with the eighth rotation element and selectively connectable with the respective third and fourth shaft and selectively connectable with the transmission housing, a seventh shaft interconnecting the ninth and twelfth rotation elements, and selectively connectable with the transmission housing, and an eighth shaft connected with the eleventh rotation element and the output
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: KyeongHun Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9810296
    Abstract: A belt tensioning device comprises a base member having an attachment portion and an opening for a drive shaft; first and second tensioning arms that are pivotably supported by first and second bearings on the base member around first and second pivot axes and have first and second tensioning rollers 5, 7. A spring arrangement pretensions the two tensioning arms in a circumferential direction towards each other; wherein the spring arrangement has at least one bow-shaped spring that has a circumferential extension of less than 360° around the first and the second pivot axis; wherein the at least one bow-shaped spring has first and second support portions that are supported on the first and second tensioning arm as well as a spring portion extending between the first and second support portion; wherein the at least one bow-shaped spring has an axial length in the area of the first and the second support portion which is axially shorter than a total axial length of the bow-shaped spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Muhr und Bender KG
    Inventors: Simon Pfeifer, Joachim Jud, Stefan Schattenberg, Jan Rueenauver
  • Patent number: 9810297
    Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner for an engine accessory is provided where a sleeve fit-in hole is formed at an upper surface of a bottom portion of a cylinder accommodating a hydraulic oil, a lower end portion of a sleeve is press-fitted in the sleeve fit-in hole, and a lower end portion of a rod is slidably inserted in the sleeve to define a pressure chamber inside the sleeve. A lower end face of the sleeve is in abutment with a divided bottom surface of the sleeve fit-in hole to trap burrs produced when the lower end portion of the sleeve is press-fitted into the sleeve fit-in hole between the divided bottom surface of the sleeve fit-in hole and the lower end face of the sleeve, so that burrs are prevented from mixing into the hydraulic oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitano, Tsuyoshi Fukahori, Aisaku Satomura, Masayoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9810298
    Abstract: A rotary seal comprising: a shaft with a chromium oxide coating provided at a seal contact area; wherein said coating has a hardness of at least 55 Rockwell-C. The coating may have a surface roughness parameter (Ra) of between 0.2 and 0.4 circular. The coating may have a thickness of at least 0.1 mm. The coating layer forms part of a rotary seal with a flexible seal element that is biased into contact with the surface of the coating. The flexible seal element may be biased against the shaft by a spring to increase the pressure of the flexible seal element against the coating. The coating is preferably deposited by a plasma spray process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: MICROTECNICA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Marco Gianfranceschi
  • Patent number: 9810299
    Abstract: A power shiftable multi-stage transmission of a planetary design and disposed between an input drive shaft and an output shaft for a vehicle. The multi-stage transmission has two parallel shaft trains, six shift elements, at least two spur gear stages and three planetary gear sets. Each of the planetary gear sets has a sun gear, a ring gear and a planet carrier combined in a carrier having multiple planetary gears. The two shaft trains may be connected to one another via the at least two spur gear stages. Different transmission ratios, between the input drive shaft and the output shaft, may be achieved by selective engagement of the six shift elements such that a plurality of forward gears, at least nine forward gears, and at least one reverse gear, may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Stefan Beck
  • Patent number: 9810300
    Abstract: A power-split, continuously variable transmission includes a summing planetary transmission, at least one additional planetary gear set and a variator, which are in operative connection with each other a plurality of shafts, the shafts of the plurality of shafts are couplable to each other with a plurality of shift elements in order to provide at least three transmission ratio ranges. The variator is a mechanical friction wheel variator with at least three shafts. The summing planetary transmission, the at least one additional planetary gear and the variator are arranged coaxial to one another. In one of the transmission ratio ranges of the at least three transmission ratio ranges, a total power is guidable between a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft by the variator. A friction wheel of the variator is approximately cone-shaped, at least in sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Viktor Warth, Matthias Reisch, Bernhard Sich
  • Patent number: 9810301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a torque converter in a vehicle, in which a torsional damper reduces a natural frequency and absorbs vibration energy in an anti-resonance state for enhancing a vibration isolation function. The torque converter in a vehicle includes a torsional damper including a retaining plate coupled to the piston, a plurality of springs arranged at the retaining plate for imparting elastic force in a circumferential direction, a driven plate coupled to a spline hub which acts as a reaction force on the springs and forwards driving power to a transmission, and an inertial lever arranged between the piston and the driven plate, the inertial lever including a fixed pivot coupling portion coupled to the piston with a fixed pivot and a movable pivot coupling portion coupled to the driven plate with a movable pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Powertrain Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Kwon, Gi-Woo Kim, Soon-Seok Hong
  • Patent number: 9810302
    Abstract: A torque converter comprising: an axis of rotation; a first seal at a first radial distance relative to the axis of rotation; a second seal at a second radial distance relative to the axis of rotation; an impeller shell and a balancing plate defining at least a portion of a first hydraulic chamber; a piston plate sealed via the first seal to the balancing plate defining at least a portion of a second hydraulic chamber; a cover sealed to the piston plate via the second seal defining at least a portion of a third hydraulic chamber. A clutch plate is radially outward relative to the balancing plate. The sealing arrangement, effective at preventing drift-on or drift-off of the clutch due to dynamic pressure, features a first radial distance that is the same or equal to the second radial distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Sayre, Matthew Smith
  • Patent number: 9810303
    Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover; a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell; a stator at least partially located between the impeller and the turbine; and including a body portion with at least one stator blade and a first frusto-conical surface; a stator cone clutch including the first frusto-conical surface and a flange including a second frusto-conical surface; and a first thrust bearing axially disposed between the stator cone clutch and the impeller shell. In a stator locked mode: the body portion and the flange are non-rotatably connected; and the stator cone clutch is arranged to urge the first thrust bearing against the impeller shell in a first axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.
    Inventors: Markus Steinberger, Patrick M. Lindemann
  • Patent number: 9810304
    Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover; an impeller including an impeller blade, and an impeller shell with a first surface extending beyond the impeller blade in a radial direction and at an acute angle with respect to a first line in the radial direction; a turbine including a turbine blade, and a turbine shell with a second surface axially aligned with the first surface and at the acute angle with respect to the first line; a turbine clutch including the first and second surfaces and friction material disposed between the first and second surfaces; a torus at least partially enclosed by the impeller and turbine shells; and a pressure chamber at least partially formed by the turbine shell and the cover. For torque converter mode, the turbine and the impeller are independently rotatably with respect to each other. For lock-up mode, the first and second surfaces are non-rotatably connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick M. Lindemann, Matthew Payne
  • Patent number: 9810305
    Abstract: A transmission device (1) with secondarily coupled power splitting in which part of an applied torque can be conducted, in a first power branch (3) at least by way of a hydrostatic system (4), and the other part of the torque can be conducted in a second power branch (5) via mechanical system (6), located between a transmission input (7) and a transmission output (8). The hydrostatic system (4) of the first power branch (3) includes at least one pump (12) and at least one motor (13) that is functionally connected to the pump by way of a hydraulic circuit, and both of the pump and motor are adjustable. The two power paths (3, 5) can be summed by a summing gear system (9). The pump (12) is made smaller than the motor (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 9810306
    Abstract: In a differential device, paired side gears include shaft portions and intermediate wall portions formed in a flat plate shape intersecting an axis of the output shafts, the intermediate wall portions integrally connecting the shaft portions to toothing portions of the side gears separated outward from the shaft portions in a radial direction of an input member, respectively. Each of the intermediate wall portions is formed with a width in the radial direction which is longer than a maximum diameter of a pinion. A cover portion includes a boss portion and a side wall portion connected to the boss portion and having an outer side surface as a surface orthogonal to the axis of the output shafts. A back surface of at least one of the intermediate wall portion and the toothing portion is supported on an inner side surface of the side wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoya Nishimura, Hiroyuki Mori
  • Patent number: 9810307
    Abstract: A filler cam apparatus having an upward directing portion and an insert member. The upward directing portion having a generally circular configuration, and includes a main body with an upper cam surface extending therealong. The upwardly directing portion includes at least one insert slot. The insert member is releasably attachable to the main body, positionable in the insert slot. The insert member has a body defining a base, an outer surface and an inner surface. The base of the insert member interfaces with the base of the main body. The insert member further includes an upper cam surface including an entry and an exit and a central valley. The entry and exit correspond to opposing portions of the upper cam surface of the main body on either side of the at least one insert slot, with the central valley defining a downward depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Fogg Filler Company
    Inventors: Michael Fogg, George Herrala, Larry Rillema
  • Patent number: 9810308
    Abstract: A pulley device comprising a rolling bearing including an inner ring defining a central bore, and outer ring and rolling elements mounted between the inner ring and the outer ring, a pulley secured in rotation with the outer ring and provided with a feature for engaging with a transmission member. The pulley additionally includes a screw comprising a head and a shank housed in the central bore of the inner ring, the screw being configured to fix the pulley device to a motor support. The pulley device also comprises a first sleeve arranged between the inner ring and the screw, on the side of the motor support. The first sleeve includes an inner surface that has a frustoconical portion having an increasing diameter toward the head of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Claude Quincay, Mickael Cousinery
  • Patent number: 9810309
    Abstract: A supporting structure for a reverse countershaft of a transmission includes a transmission case, a partition wall and a boss, wherein the transmission case, the partition wall and the boss are formed integrally; a reverse idler gear installation space is provided between a side, close to a transmission main case, of the partition wall and the boss; and the partition wall is provided with a second reverse countershaft supporting hole and an auxiliary case countershaft supporting hole which are not concentric. In supporting structure for the reverse countershaft of the transmission, multiple ribs are used to support the boss of the reverse countershaft, the boss of the reverse intermediate shaft is cast until reaching the rear auxiliary case partition wall, and in combination with machining work, the reverse idle wheel space is milled by a disc milling cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Shaanxi Fast Gear Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Chen, Rui Jia, Chunxiu You, Jing Yu, Chongyi Yin
  • Patent number: 9810310
    Abstract: A multi-component fluid distribution system includes a first substrate component having an inlet for receiving fluid and an internal channel for communicating lubricant. A second substrate component is interlocked to the first substrate component. The second substrate component includes an inlet to receive fluid from the first component. The fluid distribution system also includes an over-molded portion sealing a joint between the first and second substrate components. The fluid distribution system further includes at least one outlet nozzle connected to the second substrate component to discharge fluid to a predetermined fluid receiving component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond Bruce McLauchlan
  • Patent number: 9810311
    Abstract: A vehicle axle includes a housing defining a sump, a gear assembly and a baffle. The gear assembly includes a ring gear disposed within the housing. The ring gear is configured to pump fluid throughout the housing. A pinion gear is meshed with the ring gear. The baffle is disposed within the sump and connected to the housing. The baffle has a first part being configured to control fluid flow across the ring gear and a second part attached to the first part. The second part is configured to control fluid flow across the pinion gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dengfu Zhang, Michael Carter, Mark Steward, Marc Thomas Wilkins
  • Patent number: 9810312
    Abstract: A planetary gear device includes: a sun gear; a plurality of planet gears that mesh with the sun gear; and a baffle unit disposed in a circumferential gap between the adjacent planet gears. The baffle unit includes: a first introduction opening portion open in a radially inward direction to introduce lubricating oil, which has lubricated the sun gear and the planet gears, into the baffle unit; an end wall forming one end in an axial direction of the first introduction opening portion; a discharge opening portion to discharge lubricating oil in the baffle unit; and a guide portion disposed at a side portion of the baffle unit on a rear side in rotation direction of the sun gear, and configured to cover the first introduction opening portion in the circumferential direction and to guide the lubricating oil to an outer circumference of the adjacent planet gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Obayashi, Yoshihiro Yamasaki, Yoshiyuki Noguchi, Hidenori Arisawa, Seiji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9810313
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus including a transmission, a case that accommodates the transmission, a counter drive gear to which power from the transmission is transmitted, a counter driven gear that meshes with the counter drive gear, and a drive pinion gear that is disposed and spaced apart in an axial direction from the counter driven gear and that rotates together with the counter driven gear, the power transmission apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Ike, Nobutada Sugiura, Takeshi Torii, Hiroaki Sanji, Masayuki Uchida
  • Patent number: 9810314
    Abstract: A shifter assembly for changing gears in a vehicle transmission, including a housing and a shift rod rotatably supported in the housing. The shift rod is selectively movable between a plurality of radial positions. A disc is in rotational communication with the shift rod for concurrent movement between the radial positions. The disc defines a plurality of gates each having respective first and second ends. A plurality of solenoids are disposed in the housing adjacent the disc. Each of the solenoids has a plunger selectively movable between a first position spaced from the disc and a second position disposed within one of the gates. The gates are spaced equally from each other and are radially aligned about a common reference circle. Rotation of the shift rod is selectively limited by at least one of the plungers in the second position engaging at least one of the ends of the gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONGSBERG DRIVELINE SYSTEMS I, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Behounek, Thomas Blicharz, Jeffrey Dulzo, Terrentha Hill, Jonathan Love, Kenneth Shepard, Harry Edward Koontz
  • Patent number: 9810315
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission having a fluid pump, a high pressure fluid circuit, a low pressure fluid circuit, and an accumulator. The vehicle also includes a controller that is programmed to, in response fluid demand exceeding a capacity of the pump, isolate the low pressure circuit from the pump. The controller is also programmed to, in response to vehicle speed exceeding a threshold while the low the pressure circuit is isolated from the pump, discharge the accumulator into the high pressure circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley Ronald Heuver
  • Patent number: 9810316
    Abstract: When throttle valve opening degree is larger than predetermined throttle valve opening degree Y in the case where a decision on shift to gear stage at which maximum load is applied to predetermined rotary member of automatic transmission is made, the gear stage is not formed. Therefore, large load is restrained from being applied to the predetermined rotary member of the automatic transmission. Besides, gear stage that is lower in vehicle speed than the gear stage by one stage or gear stage that is higher in vehicle speed than the gear stage by one stage is formed depending on whether acceleration requirement is large or small. Therefore, driving torque corresponding to the acceleration requirement is likely to be obtained. In consequence, the load applied to the predetermined rotary member of the automatic transmission can be reduced, and feeling of strangeness can be restrained from being caused by the driving torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Natsume
  • Patent number: 9810317
    Abstract: A method for controlling driving of a vehicle includes diagnosing whether or not a wheel speed sensor has failed when a shift lever is changed to an R-range while a vehicle travels in a lowest forward gear provided on a same shaft as a reverse gear is provided, disengaging the lowest forward gear and then engaging the reverse gear when the wheel speed sensor is diagnosed to be in a normal state, and calculating a vehicle speed using the wheel speed sensor in a simultaneous disengagement range, in which an odd gear and an even gear are simultaneously disengaged, during gear engagement in the disengagement of the lowest forward gear and then engaging the reverse gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Young Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 9810318
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electric oil pump (EOP) of a torque assist automated manual transmission (AMT) using a multi-plate wet clutch and a dry clutch, may include correcting an EOP operating line on a shifting pattern graph such that the EOP operates prior to up-shifting from a first gear to a second gear while driving in the first gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Young Min Yoon