Patents Issued in June 12, 2018
  • Patent number: 9994158
    Abstract: A working vehicle, including: a driving unit into which a worker gets to perform driving, the driving unit being provided to a vehicle-body; a step on which the worker steps when getting in or out of the vehicle, the step being provided at an outer side of a floor of the driving unit with respect to a left-and-right direction of the vehicle-body; a fuel tank provided below the floor so as to be adjacent to the step; and a fuel tank supporting bracket which supports the fuel tank from below, wherein the step has an upper side step part, and a lower side step part, the upper side step part is attached to the floor, and the lower side step part is attached to the fuel tank supporting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Yoshiki, Ryota Nagano, Yoshitaka Takechi
  • Patent number: 9994159
    Abstract: A stair assembly for a work vehicle includes a stepped support and an actuator. The stepped support has one or more steps mountable to a side of the work vehicle. The stepped support is moveable by the actuator between a retracted orientation, in which the stepped support has a first length between first and second ends, and an extended orientation, in which the support structure has a greater length. When mounted to the work vehicle, the second end of the stepped support is at an outward lowered position in the extended orientation with respect to the work vehicle relative to an inward raised position of the second end of the stepped support in the retracted orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Kendall L. Giesmann
  • Patent number: 9994160
    Abstract: A roof rack structure may include a roof rail, which is hollow, including a hook coupling portion formed at one end portion or both end portions of a lower portion of the roof rail in a width direction thereof and integrally formed to extend in a length direction of a vehicle, and a pad including a pad hook formed at one side portion or both side portions of the pad in a width direction thereof such that the hook coupling portion of the roof rail is inserted into the pad hook, the pad formed to extend in the length direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, JIN WON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Cheol Kim, Chanjoo Moon, Jeong Ho Lee, Euihan Jeong
  • Patent number: 9994161
    Abstract: A holder for fastening a unit, in particular a pump, to a motor vehicle, with a damping element and a fastening element which is connected to the damping element, wherein the damping element is connectable to the unit, wherein the fastening element comprises at least one limb and a connecting portion connected to the limb, wherein the limb is designed to stiffen the damping element at least in sections, wherein the connecting portion is connectable to the motor vehicle, wherein a thickness of the limb decreases with increasing distance from the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Samir Mahfoudh
  • Patent number: 9994162
    Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a functional component on a motor vehicle bodywork element includes a trim clipped onto the bodywork element and provided with an outer flange bearing against an outer face of the bodywork element and a support to which the functional component is fixed. The support is clipped to the trim. The support includes a central boss to which the functional component is fixed. The boss is introduced into a housing of the trim so as to position the functional component opposite an opening formed in an end wall of the trim. The support also includes a dished formation inside which the boss is located. Peripheral edges of the dished formation are extended forward to contact and interact with an inner face of the bodywork element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Patrick Perot, Herve Michaud, Damien Godin
  • Patent number: 9994163
    Abstract: A front bumper for a utility vehicle (“UTV”) may couple to the front of the UTV. The front bumper may include a cargo platform for providing additional cargo space to the UTV and for segregating items stored on the front bumper from items stored in the passenger area and/or a cargo bed on the back of the UTV. The front bumper may include a tool exchange system designed to store and hold various tools and equipment on the UTV, such as fishing poles, guns and chainsaws. An attachment rod may be used to couple the tool exchange system to the front bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ryde Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Lance David Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9994164
    Abstract: A display system that temporarily but securely displays a variety of large-sized interchangeable display objects atop vehicle rooftops for eye-catching public broadcast. The display system comprises a display object and a common, reusable base. The display object combines an art ornament with a display object connection assembly that matingly connects to a base connection assembly without the use of tools. The base is releasably secured to vehicle rooftops using an array of magnets. Intended for personal use, the display system is designed to be more convenient and aesthetic than commercial displays allowing users to display a variety of interchangeable display objects with associated art ornaments, communicating different messages based on changes in the seasons, their activities and interests, their mood, or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Murphy, Peter Penn
  • Patent number: 9994165
    Abstract: A vehicle door has a metal door frame having at least one opening, a decorative interior door panel, and at least one post projecting outwardly from an inner side of the decorative interior door panel. The post may have a length, cross sectional shape and cross sectional dimensions to engage within the opening when the decorative interior door panel is secured to the metal door frame. The post and the opening may cooperate to delay separation and movement of the decorative interior door panel upwardly and away from the metal door frame during a side impact crash on the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Alejandro Barrera Torres, Jesus Edgar E. Dominguez Cuevas
  • Patent number: 9994166
    Abstract: A grab handle spacer includes a first fastener receiver, a second fastener receiver and a first integral articulating joint. The grab handle spacer is dual molded from thermoplastic and thermoplastic elastomer materials which allow flexing, twisting and bending during the assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Luis Miguel Lopez Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9994167
    Abstract: An active trim panel is for covering at least a portion of a pillar in a vehicle interior. The panel may include a body for covering the portion of the pillar. The body includes at least one accordion fold for expanding from a first position with the body closer to the pillar to a second position with the body spaced from the pillar as a result of the expansion of the accordion fold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 9994168
    Abstract: A dent shield for a vehicle door includes a running board having a first position for stepping into the vehicle door. The running board conceals or at least partially overlies a lifter including a linkage in the lowered position. The lifter includes an actuator for actuating the linkage to move the running board to a second position (which may be a tilted position) for at least partially shielding the vehicle door from dents or dings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Jensen, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Howard E. Churchwell, II
  • Patent number: 9994169
    Abstract: A wire harness and a method for manufacturing a wire harness. The wire harness includes a first wire harness to which a clamp is fixed at a predetermined position, and a second wire harness that is provided with a fitting portion into which the clamp can be fitted, and the second wire harness is attached to the first wire harness by fitting the clamp into the fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 9994170
    Abstract: An exterior member end cap, to be attached to an end portion of a tubular shaped exterior member from which at least one conductive path is withdrawn, is provided. The exterior member end cap includes a cap main body and a first sealing member. The cap main body is inserted into the exterior member from the end portion so as to be disposed on an outside of the conductive path. The first sealing member has a elasticity, is disposed on an outside of the cap main body in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the cap main body, is close contact with an inner peripheral surface of the exterior member, and has a continuous bubble structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Yanazawa, Takatatsu Yamamoto, Toshihiro Nagashima, Hideomi Adachi, Shinichi Inao, Hiroyuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9994171
    Abstract: A clamp mark includes a mark main body and flange parts. The mark main body, is made of resin material by molding, and covers a circumference of an electric wire entirely in a circumference direction of the electric wire at a predetermined position of the electric wire in an axial direction of the electric wire. The flange parts are respectively provided on both end portions of the mark main body in the axial direction of the electric wire so as to project outward in a radial direction of the electric wire from an outer peripheral surface of the mark main body. A cross section of the mark main body, which is perpendicular to the axial direction, is not precise circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Yamamoto, Takehiko Uehara, Takahisa Nagatsu
  • Patent number: 9994172
    Abstract: A method of rating driver effectiveness based on vehicle data compared to other vehicles that have driven over the same road segment includes storing driving speed data over a road segment for a plurality of vehicles. The method further includes calculating a nominal speed profile for the road segment based on the driving speed data. The method further includes comparing a speed profile of a subject vehicle to the nominal speed profile for the road segment and displaying a smoothness rating of the subject vehicle based on deviation of the speed profile from the nominal speed profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth James Miller, Douglas Raymond Martin
  • Patent number: 9994173
    Abstract: A driver assistance system of a vehicle includes: at least one ultrasonic sensor for ascertaining the distance of the vehicle from an obstacle, the sensor being supplied with electrical energy by an onboard electrical system of the vehicle; and an undervoltage detector for detecting an undervoltage in the onboard electrical system, in the event of which the power requirement of the ultrasonic sensor is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Rapps, Michael Hering, Albrecht Klotz
  • Patent number: 9994174
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted electronic component with a smart power supply interface includes a smart power supply interface module and a component function module. At the vehicle-side, the smart power supply interface module is connected with the vehicle fuse fox and with the CAN bus of the vehicle, and also is connected with the vehicle transmission gear and the vehicle-mounted sensing module respectively. At the component-side, the smart power supply interface module has an ACC output interface and an ACC enhanced output interface for the gating connection of the ACC interface of the component function module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Auto-Linked Shanghai Info Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Chen Lin, Shouyi Li, Jingting Zhang, Pan Hu
  • Patent number: 9994175
    Abstract: An environmental condition outside of a vehicle can be detected via a camera or sensor. A notification of the environmental condition can be sent to a remote device via a telematics system. A command can be received from the remote device in response to the notification via the telematics system, wherein the command is related to a vehicle system of the vehicle. The command can be communicated to the vehicle system to cause a preconditioning of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Maeshiro
  • Patent number: 9994176
    Abstract: A bumper module for a vehicle includes a cross beam and two fastening flanges for fastening the cross beam to a longitudinal body beam. A layer included of fiber-reinforced plastic extends continuously from the cross beam until into the fastening flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Holderried, Fabian Fuerst, Tommy Hechtel, Theobald Hock
  • Patent number: 9994177
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle occupant protection device, the device including (1) a rear detection section that detects an object approaching obliquely from a rear of an occupant's vehicle, (2) a signal output section that outputs an actuation signal, and (3) a seatbelt device that includes a mechanism to, in cases in which the object has been detected by the rear detection section, increase restraint force on an occupant by taking up webbing after being input with the actuation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuya Shimazu
  • Patent number: 9994178
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems for repositioning a steering wheel and/or airbag cushion prior to and/or during deployment of the airbag cushion resulting from an impact event. Some embodiments may comprise a steering wheel configured to be positioned between a first, operational configuration and a second, deployed configuration, wherein in the second configuration the steering wheel is positioned laterally relative to the first configuration, and wherein the steering wheel is configured to be repositioned between the first configuration and the second configuration. A steering wheel actuator may be configured to move the steering wheel laterally from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.
    Inventors: Donald James Paxton, Dino Anthony Forton, Chandrakanth Siddharthan, David Keyser, Dion Karl-Axel Kruse
  • Patent number: 9994179
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement is provided, the circuit arrangement including a receiver configured to receive signal information from a sensor circuit; a discharge circuit configured to discharge a capacitance by providing a discharge pulse; and a modulation circuit configured to modulate a bit pattern onto the discharge pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG
    Inventors: Dirk Hammerschmidt, Timo Dittfeld
  • Patent number: 9994180
    Abstract: A restraint system is provided for a manned vehicle. The restraint system may optionally be automatically actuated; that is, hands-free to the seat occupant or occupants where the restraint system is vehicle-wide. The restraint system may comprise a first component including an upper restraint and at least one secondary restraint apparatus such as an airbag or a belt system. The restraint system may have a manual override so an occupant can exit when circumstances require, even if the automated parameters would otherwise keep the restraints locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PRATT & MILLER ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, INC.
    Inventors: Celyn M. Evans, Steven Reini, Erik Hardy, Benjamin K. Bosworth, Benjamin L. Brooke
  • Patent number: 9994181
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback extending from a first side to a second side. An airbag assembly having a housing is supported by the seatback at one of the first and second sides. An airbag is inflatable from the housing to an inflated position. In the inflated position, the airbag has a first leg extending away from the seatback and a second leg spaced from the seatback, and extending from the first leg in a cross-seatback direction to a distal end of the second leg. A panel extends from the distal end of the second leg to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Adnan Dubaisi, Brian Robert Spahn
  • Patent number: 9994182
    Abstract: An airbag assembly includes an airbag, roof mounting tethers, guide tethers and guides. The airbag when inflated has an upper part at a roof and a lower part above a floor and extends laterally across a vehicle interior. The roof mounting tethers are on a left side and a right side of the upper part. The guide tethers at a left side and a right side of the lower part connect to left and right guides. The guides are slidably engageable with first and second guide tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 9994183
    Abstract: A rear seat side airbag device comprising: a case that is disposed at a vehicle width direction outer-side of a seatback of a rear seat and configured including, in vehicle plan view, a bottom wall extending along a vehicle width direction and a pair of side walls extending toward a vehicle front from respective vehicle width direction end portions of the bottom wall, one of the side walls being formed with a shorter vehicle front-rear direction length than the other of the side walls; and an airbag module that is housed in the case and configured including a side airbag and an inflator, the inflator supplying gas to the side airbag and including a stud bolt projecting out in a vehicle width direction and fastened to the one side wall or the other side wall by the stud bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yusuke Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9994184
    Abstract: A side curtain airbag that has a rear chamber, a front chamber and a secondary chamber affixed to said front chamber. The side curtain air bag has tear stitching and permanent stitching connecting the secondary chamber to an inboard panel of the air curtain such that, in a deployed state, the secondary chamber occupies a gap between a driver airbag and the curtain airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Luis Enrique Castillo jaime, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Nial James Wykes
  • Patent number: 9994185
    Abstract: A side air curtain includes an inner panel and an outer panel defining an inflation chamber. The inflation chamber is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The side air curtain includes a tether attached to the inner panel and the outer panel. The tether includes at least one hole extending through the first tether and spaced from the inner panel and the outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Krishnakanth E. Aekbote, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
  • Patent number: 9994186
    Abstract: An automobile occupant protection device is provided including: a driver's seat airbag; and a curtain airbag that is configured including a main chamber, an auxiliary chamber that is provided at a vehicle front side of the main chamber and that is disposed at a position bent toward the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the main chamber as viewed along a vehicle up-down direction from inside the vehicle cabin, a non-inflating portion that is disposed between the main chamber and the auxiliary chamber, and a first gas supply path that is capable of supplying gas from the main chamber to the auxiliary chamber. The non-inflating portion is disposed at a position facing, in the vehicle width direction, a maximum external diameter portion of the driver's seat airbag where an external diameter of the driver's seat airbag is largest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Atsushi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 9994187
    Abstract: A folding completion body of a head-protecting airbag includes a compressed portion which is compressed to have a small sectional shape in an axis orthogonal direction in the folding completion body is provided in at least one end in a front and rear direction, wherein: the compressed portion is formed in such a manner that a thin-plate folded portion is disposed by folding back an end periphery in the front and rear direction to be directed to a center in the front and rear direction in a state where the head-protecting airbag is flatly deployed, and a folded-up portion in which the lower periphery is brought close to the upper periphery is provided; and the thin-plate folded portion is configured such that a tip extending from a crease is disposed to be positioned on an end side of the gas guidance path in the front and rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Okuhara, Koji Kawamura, Yuji Sato
  • Patent number: 9994188
    Abstract: A gas generating system includes a first housing and a second housing contained within the first housing and engaging the first housing in an interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventors: Kyle W. G. Herfert, Gene G. Bishop
  • Patent number: 9994189
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator wherein a diffuser portion having a gas discharge port is disposed at one end of a cylindrical housing; an ignition device is disposed at the other end of the cylindrical housing; an axially-movable metallic partition wall having a plurality of through-holes is disposed between the ignition device and the diffuser portion; a space between the partition wall and the ignition device is an ignition device chamber charged with a molded article of a first gas generating agent; a space between the partition wall and the diffuser portion is a combustion chamber charged with a molded article of a second gas generating agent; the partition wall has a circular bottom surface and an annular wall extending, in a single direction, perpendicularly to an outer circumference of the circular bottom surface, and the circular bottom surface is disposed so as to be on the diffuser portion side; the ignition device has an igniter having a disk-shaped ignition portion protruding towar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Imoto, Teppei Hanano, Haruhiko Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9994190
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator including a combustion chamber cup which is disposed in the housing provided with a gas discharge port and includes a combination of a cup member and a cylindrical member, a combustion chamber being separated by the combustion chamber cup into an inner combustion chamber and an outer combustion chamber, the cup member having, in a circumferential wall surface thereof, a dropout-preventing slit formed in an axial direction from a first end on the side of a bottom surface to a second end on the side of an opening and a plurality of through holes formed in a circumferential direction, the cylindrical member having a first end opening fixed to a bottom plate of the housing and a protrusion protruding radially outward in a circumferential wall surface thereof, the cup member covering a second end opening of the cylindrical member, and the bottom surface of the cup member being positioned on the side of a top plate of the housing, the plurality of the through holes bei
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Izuma
  • Patent number: 9994191
    Abstract: A gas bag arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The gas bag arrangement contains a gas bag which can be deployed for the protection of a person present outside the motor vehicle along at least a section of the outside of the windshield or another portion of an outside of the motor vehicle, at least one pressure reducing device for reducing the internal pressure at least of a partial region of the at least partly inflated gas bag, and a means for moving at least a section of the at least partly inflated gas bag out of the field of view of a vehicle occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: TAKATA AG
    Inventors: Ingo Kalliske, Dieter Markfort, Walter Kisler, Tobias Pausch, Norman Steinke
  • Patent number: 9994192
    Abstract: A vehicle pop-up hood device includes: a hinge base; a first arm that has a rear end portion coupled to the hinge base, and that has a front portion disposed offset toward the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the rear end portion; a second arm that is coupled to the front portion of the first arm so as to be capable of swinging, and that moves the hood toward a vehicle upper side; an actuator that spans between the first arm and the second arm, and that lifts the hood from a closed position to a lifted position; and a link mechanism that includes a first link and a second link. A coupling location of the hinge base to the first link is disposed further to the vehicle width direction inner side than a coupling location of the hinge base to the first arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sotaro Narita, Yoshinori Uozumi
  • Patent number: 9994193
    Abstract: This electronic key system includes: an electronic key which is enabled to engage in radio communication with a vehicle on condition that a vibration is detected by a vibration detection part; and the vehicle which has an on-board control part for starting an engine on condition that the radio communication with the electronic key is established, and a push switch installed in the vehicle is operated. The on-board control part causes the vehicle to be vibrated by the engine on condition that the push switch is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwashita, Kohei Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 9994194
    Abstract: A sealing shroud is provided for blocking the port through a panel of the service compartment on an RV vehicle, or the like, through which the sewage outlet hose is connected to the external sewage line. This sealing shroud includes a pervious section preferably fabricated from a wire mesh which prevents rodents or other varmints from chewing an opening therein. The sealing shroud is carried by the external sewage line and blocks a rodent from entering into the RV through the space between the sewage line and the RV port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Randy Greene
  • Patent number: 9994195
    Abstract: A heatable luminaire cover is described. The heatable luminaire cover has a polymeric main body, a first busbar, a second busbar and at least two conductor tracks on the inside of the polymeric main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Lothar Lesmeister, Andreas Schlarb, Sebastian Schmidt, Marcus Guldan
  • Patent number: 9994196
    Abstract: A wiper device includes: a wiper motor including an output shaft configured to be forward-and-reverse rotated and causing to-and-fro operation of a wiper blade, the wiper blade being connected to the wiper motor via a wiper arm; an acquisition section that acquires positioning data or ambient temperature data; and a controller that controls the wiper motor such that the output shaft forward-and-reverse rotates within a first rotation angle to stop or return the wiper blade at or to a first lower position where the wiper blade is hidden by a rear end of an engine hood of the vehicle, and such that the output shaft forward-and-reverse rotates within a second rotation angle to stop or return the wiper blade at or to a second lower position above the first lower position where the wiper blade is not hidden by the rear end of the engine hood in a cold environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Natsume
  • Patent number: 9994197
    Abstract: The car cleaner includes a collecting part having a collecting space to collect dust or foreign substances; a suction/discharge pipe of which one side is coupled with the collecting part to be in communication therewith, and which has a suction and spray nozzle configured to transfer the dust or the foreign substances in the car to the collecting part; a vacuum suction unit having a sucking part connected with the collecting part and a discharging part configured to discharge sucked air; an external air suction switching unit installed between the collecting part and the sucking part of the vacuum suction unit so that air in the collecting part or external air is selectively sucked into the sucking part; and a suction/discharge switching unit provided so that air discharged through the discharging part is discharged through the suction/discharge pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NAMDO MOLD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Jong Oh, Jae Seung Cho, Nam In Jeong, Hye Sun Song
  • Patent number: 9994198
    Abstract: A cleaning implement has one or more strategically placed brushes, stubs and/or permanent/disposable towels which engage the surfaces of a movable surface (including wheels or tires), and unique mechanical motion assistance means powered by motion, inertia and/or mechanical/electrical batteries to allow for the cleaning of a wheel or tire with a single hand operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Eduardo Emanuelli
  • Patent number: 9994199
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an electromechanical braking device having an electric brake motor, at least one wheel, and a steering actuator that is operable to adjust the at least one wheel. A method for securing the vehicle at a standstill includes applying brake force via the brake motor and actuating the steering actuator to adjust the at least one wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert
  • Patent number: 9994200
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an automatic stopping device for a forklift, and more particularly, to an automatic stopping device for a forklift, which forcibly stops the forklift by simultaneously operating a forward clutch and a reverse clutch when an operator moves away from the forklift in a state in which an engine is turned on. According to the automatic stopping device for a forklift according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, first, it is possible to prevent a safety accident by forcibly stopping the forklift in the absence of the operator, and second, the automatic stopping device for a forklift is economical because it is possible to effectively stop the forklift using an additional simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Doosan Corporation
    Inventor: Ui Gon Choi
  • Patent number: 9994201
    Abstract: An electro-pneumatic braking system including a pneumatic pressure supply pipe, a generator for generating a vehicle load signal, a weighting system designed to supply a weighted pressure which defines a maximum braking pressure, limited as a function of the load signal, and braking control units connected to the weighting system and having a relay valve connected between the pipe and at least one brake cylinder, to cause the application to this cylinder of a controllable braking pressure, equal to or less than the weighted pressure. The weighting system includes an electro-pneumatic drive assembly, interposed between the pipe and the drive inlet of the relay valve and is connected to the pipe through a pressure limiter, and an electronic weighting control unit which controls this drive assembly as a function of the load signal, so as to modulate in predetermined ways the pressure at the drive inlet of the relay valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S. p. A.
    Inventors: Roberto Correndo, Roberto Tione
  • Patent number: 9994202
    Abstract: A method is described for operating a hydraulic braking device of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, including at least one brake booster, which sets a brake boost as a function of a driver's braking command. It is provided that the driver's braking command is ascertained via a vacuum sensor assigned to a pneumatic brake booster and a hydraulic brake boost is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Epple
  • Patent number: 9994203
    Abstract: A method for the temperature-dependent control of a pressure control valve of a vehicle comprising an inlet valve and an outlet valve includes detecting a predefined pressure difference to be controlled by the pressure control valve, determining a present valve body temperature, wherein, for this purpose, a temperature change proceeding from a starting temperature is considered depending on at least one detected valve body influencing variable, determining, depending on the pressure difference to be controlled and on the determined present valve body temperature, at least one of a temperature-adjusted pulse duration for the inlet valve and a temperature-adjusted pulse duration for the outlet valve, and controlling at least one of the inlet valve and the outlet valve of the pressure control valve via the particular temperature-adjusted pulse duration in order to effectuate the detected pressure difference at the determined valve body temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Eckert, Florian Schwagmeyer
  • Patent number: 9994204
    Abstract: The vehicular brake system includes a hydraulic brake device and an electromechanical brake device. The electromechanical brake device includes: an electric motor; a braking force application mechanism to apply, to wheels, a braking force having a value based on an output from the electric motor; and a control device to control the electric motor. A brake operation input detector to detect an input of a brake operation is provided. The control device includes: determination section to determine whether a vehicle speed detected by vehicle speed detector is less than or equal to a predetermined vehicle speed; and operation limiter to limit or halt an output from the electric motor even when the brake operation input detector detects an input of a brake operation in a case where the determination section determines that the vehicle speed is less than or equal to the predetermined vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Yasui
  • Patent number: 9994205
    Abstract: A land vehicle with a disk brake, in particular a utility vehicle with a disk brake, has an axle with a first and a second flange surface for flanging a brake carrier of the disk brake. A first through-opening opens into the first flange surface and a second through-opening opens into the second flange surface. The first through-opening in a first region has a smaller clearance width than in a second region. The first region is located closer to the first flange surface than the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: WABCO Europe BVBA
    Inventor: Eugen Kloos
  • Patent number: 9994206
    Abstract: A screw drive for an electromechanical brake booster of a braking system of a motor vehicle includes: a threaded nut; and a threaded spindle engaged with the threaded nut. The threaded nut includes an outer section which is connectable to a drive unit for driving the threaded nut, and an inner section having a thread for accommodating the threaded spindle. The inner section and the outer section of the threaded nut are connected by a damping unit for damping the torsion of the threaded nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Ignaz Hatt, Harald Guggenmos, Ben Ferguson, Remy Garnier
  • Patent number: 9994207
    Abstract: An autolift-resistant piston assembly is provided for an air compressor. The piston assembly comprises an unloader piston having an interior chamber. The piston assembly further comprises a first coil spring for biasing the unloader piston to a loaded position when the piston assembly is installed in the air compressor. The piston assembly also comprises an inner member disposed in the interior chamber of the unloader piston and including (i) a body portion, and (ii) a tapered end portion extending from the body portion and facing an unloader air passage of the air compressor when the piston assembly is installed in the air compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Padraig B. Yeats, Jeffrey M. Geither, Shane A. Harte