Patents Issued in August 9, 2018
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Publication number: 20180222223Abstract: A printer according to an embodiment includes a communication interface that receives print data from an external device. A print head prints on a sheet, line by line according to the received print data. A motor drives a roller to transport the sheet, line by line according to the received print data. A processor configured determines, for a current print line, a target transport speed for transporting the sheet, and determines one or more intermediate speeds defined in advance and between a current transport speed of transporting the sheet and the target transport speed. The processor controls the motor to transport the sheet at each determined intermediate speed and the target transport speed, sequentially.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Chen Pang LIM, Noriyuki WATANABE
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Publication number: 20180222224Abstract: A media retraction system includes a loadstop shaft rotatable about an axis thereof, and a loadstop paddle rotatably coupled with and slidably mounted on the loadstop shaft such that the loadstop paddle is slidable about the axis of the loadstop shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Keith Jariabka, Kyle Loucks, Mark Groenenboom
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Publication number: 20180222225Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a sheet; a driving unit configured to apply a rotational force to a roll member that is rotatably held; and a pressing unit having a roller configured to apply a pressing force to an outer peripheral surface of a roll sheet wound around the roll member, wherein the pressing unit changes the pressing force during a sequence in which the driving unit applies a rotational force to the roll member and a sheet that has passed through the printing unit is wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Yoshiaki Suzuki, Ryoya Shinjo, Tsuyoshi Mikoshiba, Masaki Komatsu, Ryo Kobayashi, Ryo Harigae
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Publication number: 20180222226Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes: a manifold having a plurality of ink outlets defined in a manifold surface; a plurality of printhead chips mounted to the manifold surface and aligned with the ink outlets; a PCB mounted to the manifold surface and offset from the ink outlets, the PCB being electrically connected to the printhead chips; and a shield plate covering the PCB. The shield plate has one face in thermal contact with the PCB and an exposed opposite face defining a lower surface of the printhead.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Jason Thelander, David Burke, Andrew Thomas
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Publication number: 20180222227Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes: a manifold having an ink supply channel and a lower surface with a longitudinal ink cavity defined therein; a shim attached to the lower surface so as to bridge across the longitudinal ink cavity, the shim having a plurality of shim apertures for receiving ink from the longitudinal ink cavity; and a plurality of printhead chips attached to the shim. A plurality of through-holes are defined in the manifold to provide fluid communication between the ink supply channel and the longitudinal ink cavity. Each through-hole has a first portion with a first end defined in the roof and a second portion extending through a sidewall of the ink cavity such that the shim seals an end of the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Jason Thelander, David Burke, Andrew Thomas
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Publication number: 20180222228Abstract: Printhead carriers and adapters are disclosed. An example disclosed print mechanism includes a printhead carrier including first and second pivot mechanisms; and a toggle assembly to, when in an engaged position, apply a force to the printhead carrier with the printhead carrier in a closed configuration, wherein the closed configuration enables printing operations, when in a disengaged position, allow the printhead carrier to transition to an open configuration via the first pivot mechanism, wherein the open configuration provides access to a printhead carried by the printhead carrier, and when in the disengaged position, allow the printhead carrier to transition to an access configuration via the second pivot mechanism, wherein the access configuration enables removal of the printhead from the printhead carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Robert P. Gotschewski, Timothy T. Anderson
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Publication number: 20180222229Abstract: A lubricating system includes a port to provide access to a reservoir in a carriage base to allow lubricant to be injected into the reservoir and a number of channels molded into the carriage base to extract the lubricant from the reservoir and deliver the lubricant to locations where carriage bearings of the carriage base are in contact with a carriage rod of a printer to reduce friction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2015Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Erikk Arvo Ojala, Mark Christopher Riehl
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Publication number: 20180222230Abstract: An imaging device including a housing, an access door, and a flap. The housing forms an interior and forms an access door opening and a slotted connection on a side of the access door opening. The access door includes a door cover, an arm extending from the door cover, and a hinge pin. The hinge pin extends outwardly at a terminal end of the arm and matingly couples with the slotted connection. The hinge pin rotates and translates along a length of the slotted connection. The flap is rotatably extendable over the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Benjamin P. MERGEN
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Publication number: 20180222231Abstract: A skew sensor calibration unit including a scanner providing a scanned image of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along a transport path, the scanned image including a leading edge of the sheet and a skew detection pattern printed thereon by a printhead. A calibration module measures a top skew of the sheet based on position signals from a plurality of skew sensors indicating a position of a leading edge of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along the transport path, measure an image skew of the sheet relative to the printhead based on the scanned image, and generates a calibration factor that when applied to the measured top skew provides a calibrated top skew that matches the image skew.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Hsue-Yang Liu, Luke P. Sosnowski, Mark H. Mackenzie
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Publication number: 20180222232Abstract: A printer includes two supporters disposed at a storage section, an adjuster movably supporting at least a specific supporter of the two supporters, a protrusion protruding upward from a second section, the second section being an upper portion of the specific supporter, a locking section locking a first section in a position to which the first section is moved via the adjuster, the first section being a lower portion of the specific supporter, and an engagement section having elastically-deformable engagement pieces arranged at intervals in a particular direction intersecting a vertical direction, the protrusion being configured to, when the cover is closed, engage with at least a specific engagement piece from beneath, the specific engagement piece being maintained elastically deformed upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Hiroaki Kita, Yusuke Ikemoto, Ryuichi Kanda, Yuichiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20180222233Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a printing apparatus includes: a housing including at least one removable portion, a pair of spool supports which are rotatably drivable by at least one motor, a supply spool, a take-up spool, each spool being receivable on a respective spool support, such that, in use, a ribbon extends along a ribbon path between the supply spool and the take-up spool, a ribbon identification system comprising: a tag for storing information concerning a property of the ribbon, a reader, wherein the tag is attached to one of the supply and take-up spools and the reader is attached to the removable portion or one of the removable portions, and wherein a signal emitted by the tag and received by the reader allows the reader to identify a property of the ribbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Nicky Bond, Mohammed Jamal Toudmeri
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Publication number: 20180222234Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-treatment liquid providing improved spreading property when printing an ink-jet image, as well as an ink-jet printing method comprising applying the pre-treatment liquid of the invention on a recording medium prior to printing an ink-jet image and a method of pre-treating a recording medium, comprising pre-treating a recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid of the invention. With the present pre-treatment liquid a combination an improved spreading of the ink on the pre-treated recording medium can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Océ-Technologies B.V.Inventors: Peter R. MARKIES, Jozef P. MOONEN, Peter O. COLIN, Roy W.N. EVERS, Franciscus J.H.M. VAN DEN BEUCKEN, Ke PENG
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Publication number: 20180222235Abstract: An intermediate transfer member (ITM) for use in a printing system to transport an ink image from an image forming station to an impression station for transfer of the ink image from the ITM onto a printing substrate, wherein the ITM is an endless flexible belt of substantially uniform width which, during use, passes over drive and guide rollers and is guided through at least the image forming station by means of guide channels that receive formations provided on both lateral edges of the belt, wherein the formations on a first edge differ from the formations on the second edge by being configured for providing the elasticity desired to maintain the belt taut when the belt is guided through their respective lateral channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Benzion LANDA, Aharon SHMAISER, Itshak ASHKANAZI
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Publication number: 20180222236Abstract: Provided are a transfer film for forming a decorative layer on at least one surface of a film sensor, the transfer film including a temporary support and a coloring composition layer, the coloring composition layer including a black pigment or a white pigment, in which a content a (% by mass) of the black pigment or the white pigment in the coloring composition layer and a film thickness b (?m) of the coloring composition layer satisfy Expression 1; and a transfer film including a temporary support and a coloring composition layer, the coloring composition layer including a black pigment or a white pigment, in which a content a (% by mass) of the black pigment or the white pigment in the coloring composition layer and a film thickness b (?m) of the coloring composition layer satisfy Expression 1, 80>a×b>10??Expression 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Kazumasa MOROZUMI, Shuichiro OSADA, Takashi ARIDOMI
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Publication number: 20180222237Abstract: A decoloring apparatus includes a reading unit that reads an image formed on a sheet and outputs image information corresponding to the read image. A control unit is configured to recognize the image information output by the reading unit and determine whether decoloring using the decoloring unit is performed on the sheet based on the recognized image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Kazumasa TAKADA
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Publication number: 20180222238Abstract: A method for forming an image and a protective layer on a transfer receiving material, by thermal transfer, including supplying a thermal transfer sheet between a thermal head of a thermal printer and a platen roller, wherein the thermal transfer sheet includes color material layers and a transferable protective layer arranged in a face serial manner, and wherein the thermal head includes heat generating portions arranged substantially in parallel with each other; thermally transferring the color material layers to form an image on the transfer receiving material; thermally transferring the transferable protective layer to form a protective layer on the transfer receiving material; and shifting the relative positions of the thermal head and the transfer receiving material with respect to each other, in a direction substantially in parallel with a main scanning direction, after transferring the color material layers at least once.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Suguru YABE, Hideki SEKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180222239Abstract: A sheet binding processing apparatus includes a binding device which performs a binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on a stacking unit and a sheet bundle set at a manual setting portion, the stacking unit stacking introduced sheets, a sheet bundle being set to the manual setting portion from an outside; a moving portion which moves the binding device to a first binding position for performing the binding process on a sheet bundle stacked on the stacking unit and a second binding position for performing the binding process on a sheet bundle set at the manual setting portion; and a controller which causes the binding device, in a case that the binding process is not performed on a sheet bundle stacked on the stacking unit, to wait due to the moving portion at a position different from the first binding position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventors: Eiichi KUBO, Shin TSUGANE, Tatsuya SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20180222240Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet post processing apparatus comprises a processing tray, a gluing section and a control section. Sheets are placed one by one in the processing tray. The gluing section enables glue to be adhered to the glue binding margin part of the sheets already placed in the processing tray. The control section includes a glue supply mode for supplying glue parts in such a manner that a glue part, which is different from a waiting glue part waiting for a next gluing when the previous glue binding is ended, is supplied to a glue adhering section of a first sheet for gluing with a second sheet through the gluing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Yasunobu Terao
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Publication number: 20180222241Abstract: A combined item carrier and greeting card and a method of forming the same are disclosed in which a first panel includes a first portion and second portion joined along a first line of weakness, a second panel is joined to the first panel along a second line of weakness, and the first portion and the second portion are secured to one another to form a package to hold an item therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: James B. Moriarty, Andrew C. Charters
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Publication number: 20180222242Abstract: An anti-counterfeit medium, a method for manufacturing the same and a method for preventing counterfeiting are provided. The anti-counterfeit medium includes a retardation layer having birefringence and a reflection layer, and identification data is recorded in the anti-counterfeit medium. The identification data is divided into a plurality of partial images, and a plurality of transparent areas which correspond to the plurality of partial images are disposed adjacent to each other in the same plane so as to form the retardation layer, the plurality of transparent areas having optical axes which are oriented in different directions from each other in a rotation direction. The identification data includes biometric information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mihoko OHKAWA, Hideki OCHIAI, Kota AONO, Yuki KOTEGAWA
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Publication number: 20180222243Abstract: The anti-counterfeiting structure includes an allochroic part having a characteristic of changing from a first material to a second material in response to laser irradiation, the allochroic part including a discolored part consisting only of the second material and having first information, and a foamable member having a characteristic of changing from an unfoamed state to a foamed state in response to laser irradiation, the foamable member including a foamed part that contains second information, the second information being associated with the first information and constituting, together with the first information, an information group unique to the anti-counterfeiting structure. At least a part of the discolored part does not overlap with the foamed part in a plan view of the discolored part and the foamed part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Shizuka YAMADA
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Publication number: 20180222244Abstract: A writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetics implement or input device for contact-sensitive surfaces, wherein the utensil/implement/device includes at least one shank element made of plastics material or a plastics-containing wood substitute. The at least one shank element has a surface, or in that the at least one shank element has a surface which is sheathed in a material layer having a cover surface. The surface of the shank element or the cover surface of the material layer is in the form of a haptic and/or non-slip layer. The haptic and/or non-slip layer has a structure formed in one piece with the shank element and/or the material layer. The structure is formed by corrugation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Andreas THIES, Markus HANDFEST
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Publication number: 20180222245Abstract: A dual purpose ink pen that includes: a top lighter portion; a bottom pen portion; a lighter at a distal end of the top portion; a fill valve at a midpoint of the pen, where the fill valve is adapted to receive fuel for the lighter; and an ink pen assembly in the bottom portion below the fill valve, where the ink pen assembly includes a trigger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Roderick Hawkins
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Publication number: 20180222246Abstract: A container for storing items may include a container body; a lid designed to engage with the container body; and a rewriteable magnetic display built into the lid or the container body. The rewriteable magnetic display may be removably attached to the lid or container body. Moreover, the container may include a stylus designed to create erasable marks on the rewriteable magnetic display. The container may also include food storage guidelines printed or otherwise displayed thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Eric Lee Martin
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Publication number: 20180222247Abstract: A dual cutter-carrier assembly that includes a rotatable carrier having a front portion, a rear portion, and a center portion, wherein the center portion defines an interior cavity that is adapted to receive a pencil to be sharpened; a first cutter pin mounted on the carrier, wherein the first cutter pin has a front portion having an annular groove formed therein; a first cutter rotatably and slidably mounted on the first cutter pin; a second cutter pin mounted on the carrier, wherein the second cutter pin has a front portion having an annular groove formed therein; a second cutter rotatably and slidably mounted on the second cutter pin; a contact plate mounted within the interior cavity at the rear portion of the carrier, having a first yoke mechanically coupled to the first cutter and a second yoke mechanically coupled to the second cutter, wherein the contact plate moves in the direction of a pencil that is being sharpened when the tip of the advancing pencil touches the contact plate, wherein the first anType: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Michael J. Schumacher, Chris W. Cicenas
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Publication number: 20180222248Abstract: A method of making a temporary tattoo that in one embodiment art is placed onto a non-stick panel. An absorbent layer with an adhesive side down is placed over the art where the adhesive sticks to both the art and the non-stick panel. An impermeable layer with an adhesive side is stuck completely over the art and at least partially covering the absorbent layer. The then combined art stuck to the absorbent layer in turn stuck to the impermeable layer is removed from the non-stick panel and is placed on the skin for a predetermined period of time while the art is transferred onto the skin using only skin generated moisture captured in the absorbent layer by the impermeable layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Tomer Arie
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Publication number: 20180222249Abstract: Paint brush holsters and liners are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Ryan Treacy
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Publication number: 20180222250Abstract: Mechanical strength of a second shaft portion of a position fixing bolt is larger than that of a first shaft portion of a positioning bolt. Cross-sectional shape of a positioning through-hole, cross-sectional shape of the first shaft portion, cross-sectional shape of each of position fixing through-holes, and cross-sectional shape of each of the second shaft portions are designed so that a total dimension of a first clearance in a circumferential direction about the rotation center axis is larger than a total dimension of a second clearance in the circumferential direction, the second clearance formed between an inner peripheral surface of each of the position fixing through-holes and an outer peripheral surface of the second shaft portion of each of the position fixing bolts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20180222251Abstract: A system. The system includes a wheel, a tire mounted on the wheel, a tire shield, elastomeric members and an extension limiting member. The elastomeric members are coupled to the wheel and the tire shield. The an extension limiting member is coupled to the wheel and the tire shield. The elastomeric members are configured to allow for controlled radial and rotational displacement of the tire shield relative to the wheel in x and y directions while the wheel is rotating during a collision event involving the tire shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Larry W. Stuck, Colin G. Vogel, Charles J. Tabone
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Publication number: 20180222252Abstract: A high temperature warning system for a vehicle steer axle an air pressure supply, a normally-closed valve in fluid communication with pressure supply, a heat sensitive control capable of opening the normally-closed valve upon a predetermined temperature, the heat sensitive control mounted adjacent to the wheel end assembly in a heat exchange relationship therewith, and a warning system connected to the air pressure supply for actuation upon opening of the normally-closed valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Mark Kevin Hennig
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Publication number: 20180222253Abstract: A pneumatic tire is provided in which an inner tie rubber layer and an outer tie rubber layer are selectively disposed between a carcass layer and an innerliner layer in a region on both sides in a tire width direction excluding a center region of a tread portion. End portions of the inner tie rubber layer and outer tie rubber layer on a tire equator side are disposed within a range of from 10 mm to 25 mm on an inner side in the tire width direction from an end portion on an outermost side in the tire width direction of a belt layer. A rubber thickness t1 of the inner tie rubber layer differs from a rubber thickness t2 of the outer tie rubber layer. A rubber thickness of the outer tie rubber layer is from 120% to 200% a rubber thickness of the inner tie rubber layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Takahiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20180222254Abstract: According to the present invention, when a first point (P1) is set on an end edge on an outer end portion (15a) side of a coupling member (15) and a fifth point (P5) is set on an end edge on an inner end portion (15b) side of the coupling member (15), and when a distance (H1) from the fifth point (P5) to the second point (P2) along a reference straight line (RL) passing through the first point (P1) and a tire axis is set to 0.80 times a reference distance (H) from the fifth point (P5) to the first point (P1) along the reference straight line, a distance (H2) from the fifth point (P5) to the third point along the reference straight line is set to 0.65 times the reference distance (H), and a distance (H3) from the fifth point (P5) to the fourth point (P4) along the reference straight line is set to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiko ABE
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Publication number: 20180222255Abstract: A heavy-duty tire includes a tread portion including a crown land portion, a shoulder land portion with a tread edge and a middle land portion disposed therebetween. In a tire cross-section of a 5% inflated state, the tread portion comprises a surface profile which comprises an inner arc portion having a radius (R1) of curvature with a center located in a tire equatorial plane and an outer arc portion having a radius (R2) of curvature smaller than the radius (R1) of curvature of the inner arc portion and intersecting the inner arc portion at an inflection point (P). The inflection point (P) is located on the middle land portion, wherein a distance (Lp) in the tire axial direction from the tire equatorial plane to the inflection point (P) is in a range of from 0.35 to 0.50 times a tread half-width (Wt).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi MAEHARA
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Publication number: 20180222256Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a specified mounting direction with respect to a vehicle, the pneumatic tire including: an inner main groove on a vehicle inner side and an outer main groove on a vehicle outer side, which are provided in a tread surface on both sides of a tire equator; and an inner circumferential direction groove that is provided between the inner main groove and an inner tread surface end and that has a smaller groove width than the inner main groove and the outer main groove, wherein an inner side land portion is defined between the inner main groove and the inner circumferential direction groove, and an inner shoulder land portion is defined between the inner circumferential direction groove and the inner tread surface end, and wherein, if L is a distance from an outer side wall of the inner main groove to the inner tread surface end, M is the groove width of the inner circumferential direction groove, and N is a width of the inner side land portion, a value of the groove width M divided by the diType: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Koji ASANUMA
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Publication number: 20180222257Abstract: A tire for a construction vehicle, provided with a pair of bead cores constituting a bead portion, and a carcass straddling the bead cores and having a folded ply folded back at the bead cores. The bead portion is provided with a plurality of recessed portions arranged at intervals around the tire circumferential direction so as to be recessed from the outside of the tire towards the folded ply. When SH represents the tire section height, H1 represents the height from the rim radius to the tire-radial-direction inside edge of the recessed portions, and H2 represents the height from the rim radius to the tire-radial-direction outside edge of the recess parts, the relationships H1/SH >0.04 and H2/SH <0.30 are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Shinsuke NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180222258Abstract: A steer axle spindle may have one or more channels formed therein. A rotary union may be mounted to a steer axle wheel end assembly. The rotary union may be sealingly connected to a pressurized fluid source through the channel, and sealingly connected to a vehicle tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Tim Musgrave, Mark Kevin Hennig
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Publication number: 20180222259Abstract: A system is disclosed included but not limited to a wheel having a wheel pressure chamber; a tire having a tire pressure chamber, wherein the tire is mounted on the wheel; a tire pressure sensor inside of the tire pressure chamber for measuring a tire air pressure inside of the tire pressure chamber; a wheel outlet valve between the wheel pressure chamber and the tire pressure chamber; a processor that reads a measure of the pressure inside of the tire pressure chamber from the tire pressure sensor and controls the wheel outlet valve to allow gas from the wheel pressure chamber to flow into the tire pressure chamber to increase the pressure in the tire pressure chamber when the tire pressure is less than a reference tire pressure. A method is provided for using the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Electronic Power DesignInventor: John Bradford Janik
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Publication number: 20180222260Abstract: A system and method for tire management is provided. The method includes: generating, by an activator, an activation signal; transmitting, by the activator, the activation signal to a sensor; receiving, by the sensor, the activation signal from the activator; generating, by the sensor, tire information relating to a tire on which the sensor is installed, if the sensor receives the activation signal; transmitting, by the sensor, the tire information to a computing device; receiving, by the computing device, the tire information from the sensor; and generating, by the computing device, an event based on the tire information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Ji XUE
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Publication number: 20180222261Abstract: The present invention regards a group for supporting and tightening a rim of or for a tired wheel, and such group includes a base, a wheel-holder table, an upright or column projecting upward from the base and supporting at the top the wheel-holder table, a shaft or pin mounted in or alongside the upright or column, a sleeve element or ring nut element constrainable or mountable on the shaft or pin and means for the relative movement of the shaft or pin and of the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Tullio Gonzaga
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Publication number: 20180222262Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrally formed apparatus selectively operable for winching and/or towing operations mountable to and removable from a vehicle end-mounted trailer hitch receiver. The integrally formed apparatus comprises a low-profile hitch ball mounting distal portion, a low-profile winch mounting central portion, and a trailer hitch receiver insertable portion. The low-profile ball mount and winch mount adjoin the apparatus with a vertically-spaced interval provided therebetween, wherein no portion of a fastened hitch ball, or coupler lock-mechanism above the ball, impedes or obstructs a tensioning or pull-force exerted on a winch cable extending outwardly principally in alignment with a horizontal axis, or in close parallel alignment with a bed of a trailer coupled to the hitch ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Jimmie D. Vetkos
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Publication number: 20180222263Abstract: In order for a trailer hitch, comprising a bearing unit mountable on a rear end portion of a vehicle body, in fixed relation to the vehicle, said bearing unit having a bearing base and a ball neck carrier supported for movement on the bearing base, and further comprising a ball neck which at a first end is fixedly connected to the ball neck carrier and at a second end carries a hitch ball and which is movable, by the movement of the ball neck carrier relative to the bearing base, between two final positions, one of which is an operating position and the other one of which is a rest position, to be improved such that the position of the ball neck can be detected as simply and unambiguously as possible, it is proposed that a sensor system be provided for detecting the position of the ball neck relative to the bearing base, which sensor system detects the positions of the ball neck relative to the bearing base mounted in fixed relation to the vehicle and generates position information representative of the respeType: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Aleksej Kadnikov, Wolfgang Gentner, Bernhard Rimmelspacher
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Publication number: 20180222264Abstract: The disclosed inventive concept provides a vertically articulating trailer hitch assembly for use with a vehicle, and particularly for use with an autonomous vehicle. The trailer hitch assembly is pivotally attached to the vehicle frame. The hitch assembly is allowed to swing away from the vehicle frame from a lowered position in which the trailer ball is uncoupled from the hitch coupler of the trailer to a raised position in which the trailer ball is coupled to the hitch coupler. The hitch assembly typically includes a receiver that has a long axis. The vehicle frame has a long axis. When the hitch assembly is in its lowered position, the long axis of the receiver is out of alignment with the long axis of the frame. When the hitch assembly is in its raised position, the long axis of the receiver is aligned with the long axis of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Eric Emil Jackson, Joseph L. Buchwitz, James Adam Drozdowski
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Publication number: 20180222265Abstract: In order for a trailer hitch, comprising a pivot bearing unit mountable on a rear end portion of a vehicle body, in fixed relation to the vehicle, and a pivot element supported on the pivot bearing unit for pivotal movement about at least one pivot axis, said pivot element having fixedly connected thereto a ball neck carrying a hitch ball, said ball neck being pivotable, by pivoting the pivot element about the at least one pivot axis relative to the pivot bearing unit, between two final positions, one of which is an operating position and another one of which is a rest position, to be improved such that the location of the pivot element can be detected as simply and unambiguously as possible, it is proposed that a sensor system be provided for detecting at least one location of the pivot element relative to the pivot bearing unit with respect to the at least one pivot axis, which sensor system detects the locations of the pivot element relative to the pivot bearing unit mounted in fixed relation to the vehiclType: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Dirk Recker, Wolfgang Gentner
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Publication number: 20180222266Abstract: A control arm for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle. The control arm including a base body having a spring seat for receiving a helical spring of the wheel suspension. The control arm having a first end region connected to a spring-loaded component of the motor vehicle and a second end region connected to an unsprung component of the motor vehicle. The base body includes a first partial shell composed of steel and a second partial shell composed of a composite material, the shells undetachably fixedly connected to one another at least in one region of the spring seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
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Publication number: 20180222267Abstract: A stabilizer includes a stabilizer main body, and eyes formed on both ends of the stabilizer main body. Through-holes are formed in fastening surfaces of the eyes, respectively. The stabilizer main body is covered with a main body coating film. The eye is covered with an eye coating film whose thickness is less than a thickness of the main body coating film. An inner surface of the through-hole is covered with an inner surface coating film. An incomplete coating portion is formed at a part of the inner surface of the through-hole in a circumferential direction. The incomplete coating portion is located on an extension of a straight line connecting a center of the through-hole and the center of gravity of the stabilizer main body in a side view of the stabilizer main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuharu SAKURAI, Yoshihiro KOSHITA, Akihiko NISHIKAWA, Akifumi OTANI
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Publication number: 20180222268Abstract: A motor vehicle wheel suspension, comprising a guide wheel having an outer jacket comprising a wheel attachment for the connection of the guide wheel to a rotation pin of a wheel. The guide wheel extends between opposite axial upper and lower ends in correspondence of which it comprises attachments for its connection to connection elements of an associated frame, wherein said outer jacket internally encloses a damper and a spring. The outer jacket, in correspondence of one of said axial upper and lower ends comprises a slot for realizing a first attachment to connection elements of the frame, said slot housing a pin axially guided by said slot, the slot connecting a cavity inside the outer jacket with said pin. The outer jacket, in correspondence of the other of said axial upper and lower ends comprises a tilting hinge for realizing a second attachment to connection elements of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Andrea RAFFAELLI
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Publication number: 20180222269Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a wheel height adjustment assembly. The wheel height adjustment assembly includes a mounting bracket, a tapered insert, a drawbar and a wheel connected together. The mounting bracket has a first end, a second end and a sidewall. A tapered opening is formed in the sidewall of the mounting bracket for receiving the tapered insert. The tapered insert has a first end, a second end a body portion positioned between the first end and the second end. The first end and the second end are provided with threaded openings. The openings are offset from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Jeff Rosenberg
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Publication number: 20180222270Abstract: A machine includes a chassis, a plurality of ground engaging elements supporting the chassis above a ground surface, a motor for driving at least one of the ground engaging elements and a plurality of assemblies supporting the chassis on the ground engaging elements. Each of the assemblies is configured to selectively raise and lower the chassis relative to the ground surface and includes a first attachment component for attaching the assembly to one of the ground engaging elements, a second attachment component for attaching the assembly to the chassis, an adjustment component for shifting the first attachment component between a plurality of operating positions relative to the second attachment component. A control system allows an operator to remotely control the adjustment components of each of the assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: James Slawson
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Publication number: 20180222271Abstract: An active chassis for a two-track vehicle provided with a wheel suspension. A wheel carrier carrying a vehicle wheel is connected via connecting rod to the vehicle structure. The camber behavior of the vehicle wheel is defined by a mechanical camber curve of the vehicle wheels that is predetermined by the rigid kinematics of the connected rods, which defines a mechanical adjustment of the camber angle of the vehicle wheel depending on a spring path of the vehicle structure, and which is controllable with an actuator controller which can be controlled by a chassis control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Andreas UNGER, Wolfgang SCHMID, Uli SCHAAF
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Publication number: 20180222272Abstract: In a vehicle provided with an in-wheel motor disposed below a spring of a front wheel, an anti-dive angle of a front suspension is set to form an angle which is inclined towards an upper side of the vehicle with respect to a horizontal line drawn from a ground contact point of the front wheel to a rear side of the vehicle, and an arc-shaped trajectory of a wheel center resulting from displacement of the front suspension is set to be movable towards the upper side of the vehicle and towards the rear side of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventor: Toru KAMIYA