Patents Issued in November 14, 2017
  • Patent number: 9815308
    Abstract: A printer is disclosed. The printer is calibrated for use with colored media. The printer is calibrated by converting an original color look up table (CLUT) for use on any colored media to a modified CLUT for use on colored media with a measured color. Each of a plurality of output colors in the original CLUT are modified using the measured color of the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alex Andrea Tallada, Luis Garcia Garcia
  • Patent number: 9815309
    Abstract: A label printing apparatus, comprising a cassette-receiving bay adapted to receive a cassette, said cassette-receiving bay having a base, an opening opposite the base, and side walls extending between the base and the opening; a cassette locking mechanism comprising at least one locking element having a locking position for engagement with a cassette inserted into said cassette-receiving bay; and cassette detection means operable to determine whether said at least one locking element is engaged with a cassette inserted into the cassette-receiving bay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: DYMO
    Inventors: Frank Van Coppenolle, Jimmy Dullaert, Kris Vandermeulen
  • Patent number: 9815310
    Abstract: A tape cartridge to be installed in a tape printing apparatus by which a printing tape is fed out to perform printing on the printing tape. The tape cartridge includes the printing tape, a cartridge casing in which the printing tape is accommodated, and an elastic portion by which a reaction force is generated when the elastic portion is deformed by a pressing force of a pressing portion of the tape printing apparatus. The elastic portion is provided on a front surface of the cartridge casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sakano, Hideo Sodeyama
  • Patent number: 9815311
    Abstract: An ink jet recording method for carrying out recording on a recording medium which is formed of a vinyl chloride-based resin by discharging a solvent-based ink from an ink jet head, in which the recording medium satisfies (1): an FT-IR peak wavenumber is less than 2924 cm?1 (2): a contraction rate before and after leaving at 60° C. for 3 hours is less than 1.8% (3): none of a phthalate ester-based plasticizer, a phosphate ester-based plasticizer, and a fatty acid ester-based plasticizer are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Wataru Ito
  • Patent number: 9815312
    Abstract: In one example, a print medium includes pigment particles sized less than a hundred nanometers and frictional control additives. An undercoating is disposed between the base material and top coating. The undercoat includes a first sub-layer comprising a pigment fixative agent and a second sub-layer comprising a dye fixative agent. The top coating forms a protective and low friction coating over the undercoating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lokendra Pal, Xulong Fu, Julio Cesar Alonso
  • Patent number: 9815313
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method of determining whether or not to perform a decoloring process on a sheet. A front position of a sheet fed in a sheet transport direction is detected. A presence or absence of an identification mark on a front portion of the sheet outside of an image forming area of the sheet is detected, after detecting the front position of the sheet. A determination is made of whether an image formed with decolorable color material is printed on the sheet based on whether an identification mark is detected on the front portion of the sheet. When the image formed with decolorable color material is determined to be printed on the sheet, the image is decolored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9815314
    Abstract: Methods of printing articles using a photo-curable adhesion promoter and varnish composition jetted onto a media substrate, and a printed article are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Industrial Printing LTD.
    Inventors: Eyal Duzy, Shahar Admon, Benjamin Dayan
  • Patent number: 9815315
    Abstract: A locking ring metal includes binder rings each formed by a pair of complementary shaped binder ring halves. The binder rings are of a gap free construction. Each ring half has an end attached a frame. The frames are movable relative to each other to open and close the binder rings and are installed in a housing at one end of which a trigger is mounted. A travel bar installed within the housing above the frames and not connected to the trigger includes blocking elements which fit into respective brackets formed on the underside of the frames when the binder rings are closed to lock the binder rings in their closed position. A coil spring attached to the travel bar and the housing biases the travel bar in the direction to open the binder rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: U.S. Ring Binder, L.P.
    Inventor: Paul Whaley
  • Patent number: 9815316
    Abstract: The present invention uses a material that is not conventionally used in fountain pen nibs in order to provide a fountain pen nib that is completely different from the prior art. This found pen nib comprises one of corundum, topaz, emerald, and garnet as a main material. It is also possible to replace the heart hole and the slit of the nib with a groove that is added to the rear surface of the nib. By using one of the abovementioned gems as the main material in a faun-tain pen nib, it is possible to achieve wear resistance and chemical resistance in the fountain pen nib while imparting a luxurious feel and originality to a fountain pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: AKITA GRIND INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadao Abe
  • Patent number: 9815317
    Abstract: A marking instrument having a plurality of removable writing nibs serially aligned so that an operator can remove a spent or fluid-affected writing nib and, thereby, access a fresh writing tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Bezuhly
  • Patent number: 9815318
    Abstract: A method of weathering scale and un-scale models comprising creating a custom illustration of a weathering effect such as rust streak, splashed and splattered mud, oil and grease, grime, a crease, a dent, burns and other effects on a background, making an image of the painting and printing the image onto a receptive coating to create a decal, and the decal is applied to the model thereby creating a weathering effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Steimann, Edward Hoffman Bauer
  • Patent number: 9815319
    Abstract: Holder devices for bulk paint cans comprising planar ergonomic handles having a C-shaped “jaw” that engages only the conventional upper, lip rim of a paint can so that the can may be held at a conveniently inclined angle in one hand during brush painting to permit unobstructed access to the paint. The jaw is common for all sizes of paint cans, as the ring-type can lip is common in its radial dimension and thickness. A slot with optional keeper is provided to retain bails. Three embodiments are shown: a Universal type and two dedicated types, for Quart and Gallon cans, respectively. A magnet provided on the holder retains a paint brush oriented over the paint contents to catch drips. The transition section of the holder is flat to provide a surface on which the holder can be stood upright, and as a hammer to reseal the paint can lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Mark A. Cooper
  • Patent number: 9815320
    Abstract: A chalk line device includes a housing, a spool, a chalk line, a hook, and a cap. The housing defines an outer surface and an internal chamber, and the housing includes an opening. The spool is supported in the internal chamber for rotation relative to the housing. The chalk line extends through the opening of the housing and the chalk line includes a first end and a second end. At least a portion of the chalk line is wrapped around the spool. The hook is secured to the first end of the chalk line and includes a tip adapted to engage a work piece. The cap is removably coupled to the housing to cover the opening. The cap includes a nozzle through which the chalk line extends and a projection for engaging and releasably securing the hook against the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhijeet A. Khangar, Andrew G. Gongola, Christopher S. Hoppe, Michael S. Steele, Collin J. Nelson, Daniel H. Schneider, Roger D. Neitzell, Steven W. Hyma
  • Patent number: 9815321
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel including a rim, a hub, and a plurality of spokes extending with a span portion between the rim hub. The rim and/or hub constitutes a bracing element. A connecting element is connected to the bracing element and includes an external surface, an internal cavity. A spoke has a longitudinal axis and an external spoke surface that that overlaps the internal cavity in an overlap region, and a pre-formed lateral spoke surface. The connecting element is crimped to create a crimped joinder with the spoke such that the connector surface is pressed and plastically deformed to displace the internal cavity toward the spoke surface in the overlap region to cause a lateral connector surface to laterally overlap the lateral spoke surface to create an overlie engagement and/or to increase a lateral overlap between a lateral connector surface and the lateral spoke surface in an overlie engagement. The overlie engagement supports spoke tensile load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Raphael Schlanger
  • Patent number: 9815322
    Abstract: A bicycle hub comprises a tubular body and a spoke attachment part. The tubular body has a rotational axis. The spoke attachment part includes an attachment opening through which a spoke is to extend. The attachment opening includes a first end opening through which the spoke is to extend, and a second end opening through which the spoke is to extend. The second end opening is provided outward of the first end opening in a radial direction perpendicular to the rotational axis. The second end opening has a first maximum length and a second maximum length. The first maximum length is defined in a circumferential direction defined about the rotational axis. The second maximum length is defined in an axial direction parallel to the rotational axis. The first maximum length is larger than the second maximum length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Norihisa Senoo
  • Patent number: 9815323
    Abstract: A cast aluminum wheel includes a rim element having an annular configuration defining an axis and a central element extending radially outwardly between the axis and the rim element. The rim element includes a wall extending circumferentially around the axis between a proximal bead and a distal bead. The central element includes a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly toward the proximal bead and meets proximate the axis with adjacent of the plurality of spokes defining a cooperative feature therebetween for providing stiffness to the wheel. The spokes progressively increase in volume in a direction toward the axis from the rim element thereby providing increased mass of the spokes proximate the axis relative to the rim element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Superior Industries International, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Clay Chenault, III, Timothy Wayne Hood, Parveen Kakar
  • Patent number: 9815324
    Abstract: An antitheft nut may include a virtual reference line extending in a circumferential direction on a basis of a center with respect to one surface of a nut body, a plurality of key assembling portions continuously protruding or depressed along the virtual reference line, and an assembling line having the plurality of key assembling portions repeatedly formed while being spaced apart from each other in an inside direction and an outside direction of the virtual reference line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seok Hwan Yun, Hyung Seob Kim
  • Patent number: 9815325
    Abstract: This invention relates to a universal brake system (UBS) that combines features from an adjustable wheel traction system (WTS) and an improved anti-lock brake (ABS) system. The WTS provides a plurality of extendable and retractable spikes contained in a wheel assembly or wheel adapter to increase traction (friction) between a vehicle's wheel and its supporting surface. To further improve wheel traction each wheel spike has different types of changeable heads for different types of terrain and road surfaces. When operating in dry road mode, the UBS operates as an anti-lock braking system except the spikes can operate during emergency braking to provide additional traction between the tire and wheel support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Reginald Bertram Howard
  • Patent number: 9815326
    Abstract: A method for balancing a wheel comprises at least the steps of extruding a profile of an uncured and/or non-vulcanized viscoelastic polymer comprising at least one filler having a total density of more than 0.9 kg/dm3, cutting a section from an extruded profile of said polymer, wherein the length of the section correlates with the required mass for balancing, applying the balancing weight to the rim of the wheel, and curing of the balancing weight at the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: WEGMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dietmar Wagenschein
  • Patent number: 9815327
    Abstract: A quick release apparatus for a bicycle tire or tube is provided, which reduces time and effort spent in changing the tire or tube. A main wheel frame and a sub wheel frame are provided. These two frames with rim respectively can be assembled to construct a complete wheel frame set. When said main wheel frame connects with the sub wheel frame, it provides a complete rim with two walls for containing the tube. When said main wheel frame leaves said sub wheel frame, it generates a gap between these two frames for removing the tube easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuan-Ping Luh, Hong-Wai Iao
  • Patent number: 9815328
    Abstract: Provided is a hub unit bearing wherein a cover can be firmly fitted with an outer ring member, and it is difficult for foreign matter to enter inside through a water drainage hole formed in the cover. The cover that covers the inside end section in the axial direction of the hub unit bearing includes a disk section, a small-diameter cylindrical section bent in the axial direction from the outer perimeter edge section of the disk section and a large-diameter cylindrical section. A cut and raised section that is cut and raised toward the inside in the radial direction is formed in the small-diameter cylindrical section, and a water drainage hole that passes through from inside to outside the cover is provided in the portion that is cut and separated from the small-diameter cylindrical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9815329
    Abstract: A hub assembly, including: an axle with an axial opening; a hub shell; a frame, including first and second frame members with respective first and second retaining surfaces; and a control shaft within the axial opening. The control shaft includes: an engagement end; a clamping end with an enlarged head portion with an inwardly facing grip face; a shank extending between the engagement and clamping ends; first and second engagement surfaces proximal the engagement and clamping ends respectively. The second frame member includes an open slot to receive the control shaft. The control shaft is axially displaceable between: a retracted position radially disengaged from both first and second frame members; and a pre-engaged position, where the first and second engagement surfaces are overlapping the first and second retaining surfaces in respective first and second radial engagements to radially retain the hub assembly with the first and second frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Raphael Schlanger
  • Patent number: 9815330
    Abstract: The laminate according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin film-containing layer and a rubber layer, in which the rubber layer contains a modified diene polymer, and the rubber layer has a dynamic storage modulus E? at ?20° C. of 1.0×105 to 1.0×108 Pa. This laminate can improve the resistance to the fractures and the cracks of the inner liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ogasawara, Hideyuki Chiashi, Hideki Kitano
  • Patent number: 9815331
    Abstract: Disclosed is a combined tire, including a tire casing and a core. The tire casing is an annular member having a core groove around the periphery; the core is an annular member nested within the core groove of the tire casing in an interference fit, and forms a gap with the inner wall of the core groove of the tire casing. The present invention can ensure high production efficiency. The tire casing and the core of the present invention can employ materials of different hardness, offering better comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: XIAMEN LENCO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Garyg Gong
  • Patent number: 9815332
    Abstract: A working vehicle according to the present invention is configured with a fuel tank, a fuel sensor for detecting an amount of fuel stored in the fuel tank, and an informing device (a controller, informing switch, and speaker) for informing the stored amount of fuel detected by the fuel sensor, by changing the informing pattern in response to this stored amount of fuel. The working vehicle is also configured with an exhaust gas purification system for purifying exhaust gas using urea water, a urea water tank, a urea water sensor for detecting the amount of urea water stored in the urea water tank, and an informing device (the controller, informing switch, and speaker) for informing a stored amount of urea water detected by the urea water sensor, by changing the informing pattern in response to this stored amount of urea water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: TAKEUCHI MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Jinno, Shumpei Okutani
  • Patent number: 9815333
    Abstract: A method for managing a self-balancing vehicle includes establishing a first Blue Tooth connection with the self-balancing vehicle, acquiring traveling state data of the self-balancing vehicle through the first Blue Tooth connection, determining whether a smart warning mode is enabled, establishing a second Blue Tooth connection with a smart wearable device if the smart warning mode is enabled, acquiring a preset monitored item and a preset warning event, monitoring the monitored item in the traveling state data for determining whether the warning event has occurred, and sending a warning message to the smart wearable device through the second Blue Tooth connection if the warning event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Xie, Tian Ren, Yue Cheng
  • Patent number: 9815334
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a pneumatic tire with sufficiently reduced rolling resistance. The pneumatic tire according to the present invention including a carcass having a carcass main portion extending from a tread portion via a sidewall portion to a bead portion in a toroidal shape and locked on a bead core embedded in the bead portion, and a belt disposed on a crown portion outer peripheral side of the carcass, characterized in that, when mounted on an applicable rim and put under a predetermined internal pressure no-load condition, a minimum value R1 of a curvature radius of a tire width direction cross-section in a tire radial direction outer portion of the carcass main portion positioned on an tire radial direction outer side than a position where a distance measured from a tire radial direction inner end of the carcass outwardly in the tire radial direction becomes ½ of a carcass cross-sectional height is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9815335
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with circumferentially extending main grooves and lateral grooves. The main grooves include an inboard shoulder main groove, an outboard shoulder main groove, an inboard center main groove and an outboard center main groove. The lateral grooves includes a plurality of first outboard shoulder lateral grooves each having an axially inner end positioned between the outboard shoulder main groove and the outboard center main groove, and a plurality of first inboard shoulder lateral grooves each having an axially inner end positioned between the inboard shoulder main groove and the inboard center main groove, wherein the number of the first inboard shoulder lateral grooves is greater than the number of the first outboard shoulder lateral grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventor: Naoya Nagahara
  • Patent number: 9815336
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion 2 provided with shoulder axial grooves 10 extending from a shoulder main groove 3 to a tread edge Te while inclining to a first-side in the tire circumferential direction. The shoulder axial groove 10 has a first-side groove edge, a second-side groove edge, a first-side groove-sidewall 14 extending radially inward from the first-side groove edge 12, and a second-side groove-sidewall 15 extending radially inward from the second-side groove edge 13. The shoulder axial groove 10 has a part where the inclination angle ? of the first-side groove-sidewall 14 with respect to a normal line passing through the first-side groove edge 12 perpendicularly to the tread surface 2s is more than the inclination angle ? of the second-side groove-sidewall 15 with respect to a normal line passing through the second-side groove edge 13 perpendicularly to the tread surface 2s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Susumu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9815337
    Abstract: A tire is a tire in which circumferential grooves, and lug grooves comprising opening portion in tread end and which extend in the tread width direction from the tread end to the circumferential groove, are formed. Projection parts are provided in the groove bottom of the circumferential grooves. The projection parts extend from one side wall forming a circumferential groove to the other side wall opposite the one side wall. Multiple lug grooves are formed at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. In the tread surface view of the tire, given points of intersection as the points at which a circumferential groove extension that passes through a circumferential groove intersects with a lug groove extension that passes through a lug groove, the projection parts are provided between a first point of intersection and a second point of intersection adjacent to the first point of intersection in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Matsuzawa, Shun Ogane, Yuki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9815338
    Abstract: To improve durability performance and rolling resistance performance in a well-balanced manner. It is a tire for heavy loads including a carcass ply (6A). A sidewall rubber (3G) includes an inside rubber part (15) on the carcass (6) side, and an outside rubber part (16) disposed on the outside thereof and forming a tire outer surface. The inside rubber part (15) has a loss tangent tan ?1 less than the outside rubber part (16), and their difference is 0.010 to 0.035. The inside rubber part (15) has a complex elastic modulus less than the outside rubber part (16), their difference is 0.5 to 1.4 (MPa). The outer end (15s) in the tire radial direction of the inside rubber part (15) contacts with the outer surface (2h) in the tire axial direction of the tread rubber (2G), and the inner end (15u) in the tire radial direction is disposed radially inside the outer end (6e) in the tire radial direction of the turned up portion (6b) of the carcass ply (6A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9815339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire (1) of radial design having a carcass (4) and having components (9, 10) which adjoin the carcass (4), wherein thread-shaped elements (11) are arranged on at least one of the two surfaces of the carcass (4) and preferably serve to discharge occluded air between the carcass (4) and the adjoining components (9, 10) during the construction of the tire. In order to improve the electrical conductivity of the pneumatic vehicle tire (1), at least one thread-shaped element (11) has a coating which is electrically conductive and jointly forms an electrically conductive, thread-shaped element (12) which has an electrical resistance of <1×107 Ohm/cm. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the electrically conductive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schunack, Lars Sonnenberg, Güenter Wahl, Carole Justine, Mehmet Sadettin Fidan, Norbert Kendziorra, Christian Weber
  • Patent number: 9815340
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling pressure of a tire. The method may include executing a low supply pressure operating mode when an available supply pressure of pressurized gas is less than a target tire pressure. The tire may be inflated with pressurized gas provided at the available supply pressure when an estimated tire pressure is not within a threshold amount of the available supply pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Trostle, Jonathan Honig, John Ustick, Stephen Rumple, Jonathan Stauffer
  • Patent number: 9815341
    Abstract: A tire inflation apparatuses is provided for maintaining a predetermined inflation pressure of a pair of tires mounted a dual wheel unit of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a first and a second pump unit that are connected to a housing that includes a mounting structure for engaging a complementary mounting structure of the dual wheel unit. The first and second pump include first and second pump rods configured to translate in response to rotation of the dual wheel unit. A gearset and an eccentric drive mechanism are arranged to reciprocate the first and second pump rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
    Inventors: Traian Miu, J. R. Scott Mitchell, Gabriele Wayne Sabatini, Todd Deaville
  • Patent number: 9815342
    Abstract: A controller may be configured to generate commands to position a vehicle relative to primary inductive charge coils that are configured to charge TPMS arrangements. A controller may further be configured to generate commands based on data indicative of electromagnetic field strength between TPMS arrangements and a corresponding coil to reduce a difference in power received by the arrangements during a charge period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aed M. Dudar, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
  • Patent number: 9815343
    Abstract: A method for tire sensing includes providing a tire comprising (a) a tire body having an outer wall for contact with a surface and opposite side walls, and an inside surface and (b) at least one flexible strain gauge positioned along the inside surface of the tire body, wherein the at least one flexible strain gauge is positioned to sense tire deflections or strain. The method further includes sensing tire data indicate of the tire deflections using the at least one flexible strain gauge and communicating the tire data to a data acquisition system, control system, or computer system. The flexible strain gauge(s) may be soft dielectric capacitive sensors, soft resistive sensors, or soft capacitive/resistive sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Laflamme, Randall L. Geiger
  • Patent number: 9815344
    Abstract: A tire sensing system of kinetic parameters is provided, including: at least one wave-emitting source configured to rotate with a tire, and emit at least one detection wave towards an internal surface of said tire; at least one wave sensor configured to rotate with said at least one wave-emitting source, and output a measurement signal according to a physical parameter of said at least one detection wave being reflected off said internal surface; and a processing unit configured to receive said measurement signal, record at least two instants in time during which said at least one detection wave sweeps across the footprint of said tire, and compute a kinetic parameter of said tire with said at least two instants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Yi-Chuan Lin
  • Patent number: 9815345
    Abstract: Transformation method of hybrid transportation vehicle for ground and air includes the following transformation and reciprocal steps: Tilting the compensation cover (7) on. Expansion of both whole wings (1) from the transportation vehicle longitudinal position around two vertical axes (2) into the flying position. Expansion of rear parts of wings (1) from the top front parts of wings (1) into the spread flying position by tilting the rear of each wing (1) around a horizontal axis (3). The take-off and landing tilting of wings (1) by an angle of attack alpha=0 to 40° of the wings onset. Front wheels track (5) is reduced by axially shifting the front wheels (5) towards the fuselage. Furthermore, a corresponding hybrid transportation vehicle for ground and air is described which contains reciprocal transformation mechanisms for transformation from a sterling double or four-track automobile into a sterling aircraft for take-off and landing on the ground or water, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: AEROMOBIL, S.R.O.
    Inventor: Stefan Klein
  • Patent number: 9815346
    Abstract: A recreational off-highway vehicle ROV includes a first connection subframe connected to a first rear subframe and a main frame, and an arm connector disposed rightward of a left upper arm and leftward of a right upper arm and supporting the right and left upper arms. A distance between first and second upper connections connecting the first rear subframe and the first connection subframe is longer than a distance between first and second lower connections connecting the main frame and the first connection subframe. A first upper end portion of a left shock absorber and a second upper end portion of a right shock absorber are disposed between the first and second upper connections in a rear view of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Masayuki Kubo, Kazunari Takata
  • Patent number: 9815347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner with at least one air conduction device and a switching device. Provision is made that in a first operating state, the air conditioner has air passing at least partially through it in a first direction, that the air conditioner has air flowing through it at least partially in a second direction different from the first direction, and that the air conditioner has at least one switching device, to alter the flow direction of the air in the air conduction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: GENTHERM GMBH
    Inventor: Jonathan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9815348
    Abstract: A method of controlling an automotive air conditioning system includes: a mode checking step of checking whether the air conditioning system is in an auto-mode; an operation recognizing step of recognizing whether the air conditioning system is manually operated in the auto-mode; and a learning step of setting and storing at least one manual operation value, when the air conditioning system is manually operated, and then operating the air conditioning system in accordance with the at least one stored manual operation value in a next auto-mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jae Woong Kim, Jae Woo Park, Man Ju Oh
  • Patent number: 9815349
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to integrate and control in one circuit the systems, such as electric power components, a driving motor, a stack, and an AC condenser which have the maximum enthalpy under similar operational temperature and use conditions, by using an integrated radiator. Therefore, it is possible to minimize air-through resistance of the radiator for cooling the stack and the electric power components and ensure smooth and stable cooling performance of the stack, electric power components, and AC condenser while improving fuel efficiency by reducing the condensation pressure of the air conditioner. Further, it is possible to improve cooling efficiency by non-repeatedly arranging heat exchangers, and reduce the weight of a vehicle, volume of the parts, and the manufacturing cost, by avoiding using too many parts, such as a radiator, a water pump, and a reservoir tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jaeyeon Kim, Manhee Park
  • Patent number: 9815350
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is installed at an upper portion of a vehicle and includes an apparatus main body which includes an outdoor unit chamber and an indoor unit chamber, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an outdoor blower, a second heat exchanger, an indoor blower, and an electrical component box which houses an inverter that controls the compressor. A return port for taking in in-vehicle air is provided at a lower portion of the indoor unit chamber, and the electrical component box is installed in a space inside the indoor unit chamber so as to be close to the ceiling of the indoor unit chamber, the space defined above the return port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomonaga, Hidetaka Adachi
  • Patent number: 9815351
    Abstract: A combination of a window covering assembly and a window frame can be used in a vehicle. The window frame has an outer face including at least one groove having a depth direction in a direction substantially orthogonal to a pane of the window frame. The window covering assembly is provided with one or more snap elements for snap-fixing the window covering assembly to the at least one groove of the window frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Eduardus Leonardus Gennissen
  • Patent number: 9815352
    Abstract: An impact beam for reinforcing a vehicle door includes an elongated beam having a hollow interior spanning a length of the elongated beam. The elongated beam includes an impact portion spanning the length and configured to face an exterior side of the vehicle door. The elongated beam also includes a cross-sectional shape having a top wall section and a bottom wall section that interconnect at a bend section of the cross-sectional shape, which includes the impact portion. The top and bottom wall sections each include an intermediate bend to define a substantially horizontal section and an angled section on opposing sides of the intermediate bend, where the intermediate bends are configured to limit inward displacement of the elongated beam from an impact force at the exterior side of the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Shape Corp.
    Inventors: Paul Michael Roehm, Corey J. Hoff
  • Patent number: 9815353
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a door for a vehicle includes molding a door inner panel using a polymer composite; molding a door frame assembly using an aluminum alloy or a steel alloy, the door frame assembly defining a space to be opened or closed by a door glass; molding a door outer panel using an aluminum alloy or a steel alloy; molding an impact beam using an aluminum alloy or a steel alloy, the impact beam serving to increase rigidity of a side surface of the door; coupling the molded door frame assembly and the molded impact beam to the door inner panel; and coupling the door inner panel, which is coupled to the door frame assembly and the impact beam, to the door outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Ho Jang, Hoon Mo Park, Kyung Moon Lee
  • Patent number: 9815354
    Abstract: A rollo assembly for use in a vehicle comprises a rollo screen having opposite forward and rearward sides and two opposite lateral sides, a winding tube for the rollo screen at the rearward side, an operating beam connected to the forward side and having two outer ends, and two longitudinally extending guides for guiding respective ones of the outer ends of the operating beam and respective ones of the lateral sides of the rollo screen. Said lateral sides are provided with retention members cooperating with corresponding parts of the guides for retaining said lateral sides in said guides. The rollo screen is provided with light transmitting and emitting members which have an end portion extending at least up to a first one of the lateral sides of the rollo screen. At least one elongate light bar extends longitudinally along said guide to transmit light into said end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus Franciscus Jacobus Haumann, Suyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei, Eduardus Christianus Henricus Van Boxtel, Mathijs Maessen
  • Patent number: 9815355
    Abstract: A canopy assembly for a ride-on vehicle includes a canopy having a plurality of receivers positioned on a bottom surface of the canopy, and a plurality of canopy supports that matches in number that of the plurality of receivers. Each of the plurality of canopy supports includes at a top a connector that is configured to securely engage one of the receivers. Additionally, each of the plurality of canopy supports includes a bottom end that is configured to securely fit within a receiving aperture formed in the body of the ride-on vehicle, thereby attaching the canopy assembly to the ride-on vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Radio Flyer Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Byrne, Michelle Warner
  • Patent number: 9815356
    Abstract: A soft panel top assembly for a vehicle in sealing engagement with a hard top portion of a roof. The soft panel top assembly has a fixed portion attached to the vehicle and a lightweight pivotal portion that folds back to provide the occupant a quick and easy open air effect. Two door rails of the soft panel top assembly are connected to the vehicle. Two side rail linkage assemblies are attached to header, which is secured to a windshield frame when in a closed position, and are connected at pivot points created with a bracket attached to the door rails to allow the pivotal portion to pivot to an open position. The soft panel top assembly includes a rear header that is lightweight and engages with the existing seal of the hard top roof portion to provide a weatherproof seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Bestop, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Haberkamp, George C. Stickles, Duane C. Junkin
  • Patent number: 9815357
    Abstract: A cover includes multiple panels pivotally connected together and foldable between a stacked arrangement and a deployed arrangement. Side rails are attachable to opposite sides of the cargo box and include ledges. The stack can be rotated between an intermediate position and an upward position in which the stack extends above the plane with the upper surface of at least one section disposed at an angle intersecting the plane. A slidable member can slide along a side rail and support a cam lock mechanism moveable between locked and unlocked positions. A link arm can be coupled between the slidable member and the stack to require movement of the slidable member longitudinally along the side rail in response to movement of the stack between the intermediate position and the upward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Laurmark Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Hall