Patents Issued in August 14, 2018
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Patent number: 10046595Abstract: A hands-free, belt-worn paint container support apparatus including a receptacle for holding a paint container, a handle rotatably connected to the receptacle, one or more spacers rotatably connected to the handle, a belt tab connected to the spacers, and first and second spaced panels operationally connected to the spacers, where each panel is connected to the spacers, where the handle is rotatably connected to the first side panel, and where the belt tab is connected to the second side panel. In additional embodiments, the belt may be configured to accommodate paint trays as well as paint holders.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Duane Reynolds
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Patent number: 10046596Abstract: An image board for a rotary wheel which is mounted on a rotary wheel of a vehicle and displays a stationary image regardless of the rotation of the rotary wheel, the image board including: a base plate which is uprightly arranged on the outer portion or the inside of a wheel frame provided on the rotary wheel and mounted to be independently rotatable with respect to the wheel frame, and on one side or both sides of which a predetermined image is arranged, the base plate including a chamber on which a space is formed to be extended along the circumferential direction with respect to a rotational axis; a main weight which is fixedly mounted on the bottom of the base plate and applies a load to the bottom of the base plate; and a compensation weight which moves within the space as the main weight rotates in any direction and applies a load to the main weight so that the main weight returns to the original position thereof, the compensation weight being arranged within the space.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MIRYOON W&T CORPORATIONInventors: Chung Sup Yoo, Yoon Hwa Kim, In Sung Oh, Sung Sug Ryu, Sung Hun Kim
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Patent number: 10046597Abstract: An automobile wheel cover includes a central hole and a bearing seat, an annular seat with a plurality of slots, an elastic post provided between each two slots, and an adjusting block which includes a first end and a second end which is larger in diameter than the first end, the first end is inserted in the annular seat. The adjusting block includes a recess and has the first end inserted in the annular seat, a screw horizontally extends outward from the first end of the adjusting block and is inserted into the bearing seat, at least one nut is screwed on the screw and abutted against an outer surface of the bearing seat, rotating the nut can make the second end of the adjusting block move toward an interior of the annular seat, and the posts expand outwardly.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Yen-Ching Wang
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Patent number: 10046598Abstract: In a multi-piece wheel rim assembly for ATV, RTV AND UTV industrial vehicle, the wheel assembly includes a rim base, removable flange and a lock ring. In various embodiments, the rim base and removable flange may be made from aluminum and the lock ring from steel. The lock ring may be made from a one or two piece construction. When the lock ring is made from two pieces, such as two pieces of steel, the lock ring may incorporate removable locking tabs to retain the lock ring within a recess formed in the rim base.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Fredrick Taylor
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Patent number: 10046599Abstract: An electrical brake mechanism for a caster can reliably brake a caster. A switch is mounted on a target to which a caster is attached and outputting an instruction signal to a brake device, a detector is provided on a rotating shaft of the cam and arranged in correspondence with each of positions of a plurality of cam surfaces, a sensor is provided for detecting abutment between each of the cam surfaces and an operation shaft by the detector, a motor is provided for rotating by an input of the switch and for stopping if the sensor detects the position of the predetermined cam surface, and a gear train is provided for transmitting rotation of the motor to the rotating shaft of the cam.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NANSIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriyuki Iiyama, Yuya Kita
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Patent number: 10046600Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a specified rubber composition, thereby achieving a balanced improvement in fuel economy, wet-grip performance, and abrasion resistance while simultaneously having excellent durability. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing: an oil-extended BR having a cis content of 95 mol % or more, a vinyl content of 1 mol % or less, and a weight average molecular weight of 530,000 or more; a SBR having a bound styrene content of 30-50% by mass and a weight average molecular weight of 700,000 or more; silica; and carbon black, the oil-extended BR being synthesized using a rare earth catalyst, the rubber composition containing, based on 100% by mass of rubber solids, 10-67% by mass of the BR component contained in the oil-extended BR and 10-50% by mass of the SBR.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tsuchida, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Soh Ishino
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Patent number: 10046601Abstract: Techniques are provided for alerting drivers of hazardous driving conditions using the sensing capabilities of wearable mobile technology. In one aspect, a method for alerting drivers of hazardous driving conditions includes the steps of: collecting real-time data from a driver of a vehicle, wherein the data is collected via a mobile device worn by the driver; determining whether the real-time data indicates that a hazardous driving condition exists; providing feedback to the driver if the real-time data indicates that a hazardous driving condition exists, and continuing to collect data from the driver in real-time if the real-time data indicates that a hazardous driving condition does not exist. The real-time data may also be collected and used to learn characteristics of the driver. These characteristics can be compared with the data being collected to help determine, in real-time, whether the driving behavior is normal and whether a hazardous driving condition exists.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Benjamin D. Briggs, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger, Jonathan H. Connell, II, Nalini K. Ratha, Michael Rizzolo
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Patent number: 10046602Abstract: In a general aspect, a system includes circuitry for providing an engine harmonic scaling module and a summer. The engine harmonic scaling module is configured to receive a torque signal and a throttle signal, process the torque signal to generate a calibrated torque value, process the throttle signal to generate a throttle percentage value, determine a control parameter based on an examination of the calibrated torque value and the throttle percentage value, determine, based on the control parameter, a harmonic-specific scaling factor for each of one or more engine harmonic signals of a plurality of engine harmonic signals, and apply the corresponding harmonic-specific scaling factor to each of the one or more engine harmonic signals to generate corresponding scaled engine harmonic signals. The summer is configured to generate, from the scaled engine harmonic signals, a combined engine harmonic signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Bose CorporationInventor: Cristian Marius Hera
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Patent number: 10046603Abstract: Pneumatic radial tire (1) having improved high speed durability and low flatspot feature, and which has polyethylene terephthalate cap ply reinforcement layer (6). The objective is to provide a pneumatic radial tire (1) wherein the pressure on the belt package (5) is increased at high speed and high temperature by increasing the thermal shrinkage force of the cap ply cord.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: KORDSA GLOBAL ENDÜSTRIYEL IPLIK VE KORD BEZI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETIInventors: Kürsat Aksoy, Saadettin Fidan, Bekir Anil Mertol
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Patent number: 10046604Abstract: Crown of a radial tire for a heavy civil engineering vehicle comprises a tread, a crown reinforcement radially inside of the tread, and a carcass reinforcement radially inside of the crown reinforcement. The crown reinforcement comprises, radially from the outside towards the inside, a protective reinforcement comprising two protective layers comprising elastic metal reinforcers which are parallel to one another within each layer and crossed from one layer to the next, forming respective angles A1 and A2 with the circumferential direction and a working reinforcement comprising two working layers comprising inelastic metal reinforcers, parallel to one another within each layer and crossed from one layer to the next, forming respective angles B1 and B2 with the circumferential direction. Angle B1 is at least equal to 50° and strictly less than 90° and angle B2 is non-zero and at most equal to 12°.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventor: Olivier Sejalon
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Patent number: 10046605Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a belt layer between a carcass and a tread portion. The belt layer has first and second main working belts, and a reinforcement belt. A cord angle of the reinforcement belt is not smaller than 6 degrees and not larger than 9 degrees and width thereof is equal to or wider than 50% of a tire-section width and not wider than either narrower one of the first and second main working belts. In a state where the pneumatic tire is mounted on a predetermined rim and filled with a minute internal pressure with no load applied, an arc passing points on both maximum width positions and a point on a tire equatorial plane of the reinforcement belt, in meridian section, has a radius of curvature of not smaller than 2500 mm. A total thickness TCE and TSH satisfy a relationship of 1.05TSH?TCE?1.35TSH.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Akinori Miyake
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Patent number: 10046606Abstract: In a side reinforced type run-flat tire, a relationship between a distance (Do) from a center position of a circumferential primary groove that is positioned outermost in the tire width direction in a vehicle outer side region to a tire equatorial plane and a rim width (Wr) is such that 0.20?Do/Wr?0.30, and a relationship between a distance (Di) from a center position of a circumferential primary groove that is positioned outermost in the tire width direction in a vehicle inner side region to the tire equatorial plane and the rim width (Wr) is such that 0.25?Di/Wr?0.35.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Horiuchi
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Patent number: 10046607Abstract: A winter tire includes a tread portion provided with first inclined main grooves extending from a first tread edge near a tire equator, second inclined main grooves extending from a second tread edge near the tire equator, a first inner longitudinal groove connecting a pair of first inclined main grooves at the vicinity of the tire equator and a second inner longitudinal groove connecting a pair of second inclined main grooves at the vicinity of the tire equator. Each of the first inclined main grooves includes an axially first inner end portion extending along an axial direction of the tire to the second inner longitudinal groove, and each of the second inclined main grooves includes an axially second inner end portion extending along the axial direction of the tire to the first inner longitudinal groove.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Shotaro Abe
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Patent number: 10046608Abstract: A method for localizing the installation position of wheels in a motor vehicle having at least a first, second and third wheels, includes allocating respective wheel electronics to the wheels for emitting a radio signal with an identifier and allocating at least one vehicle-side rotational angle sensor to at least a first possible installation position. The installation position of the first wheel is determined by output signals of the rotational angle sensor at a first possible installation position. In addition, the installation position of the second and third wheels is determined by measuring the field strength of radio signals with identifiers of the wheel electronics of the second and third wheels by using a vehicle-side receiving device. In this way, precise determination of the location of the wheel electronics can be performed with minimum expenditure on devices, without having to provide a rotational angle sensor on each wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Thomas Haas, Frank Fischer
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Patent number: 10046609Abstract: A writer for a tire pressure sensor is disclosed, which is adapted to hold the tire pressure sensor to write a program to the tire pressure sensor. The tire pressure sensor has a first connection port. The writer includes a housing, a positioning member, and an ejection device. A surface of the housing forms a receiving recess, and a second connection port is provided in the receiving recess. When the tire pressure sensor is received in the receiving recess, the first connection port thereof is connected to the second connection port. The positioning member connected to the housing has a block section abutting against the tire pressure sensor to keep the first connection port being connected to the second connection port. The ejection device is adapted to exert a pushing force on the tire pressure sensor to eject it for separating the second connection port from the first connection port.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MOBILETRON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming-Hung Hsu, Chia-Chang Wu
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Patent number: 10046610Abstract: To obtain a tire anti-slip device including an anti-slip body having a tread portion making contact with the ground, inner and outer link portions formed to protrude respectively from the tread portion to the tire inner and outer sides, and a tightener configured to tightly fit the body to the tire, and can prevent removal of the body from the tire inner or outer side direction in the tightener operation so that the tire anti-slip device can be mounted to a tire optimum position with a simple manipulation, a wire guide portion capable of guiding the tightening wire in the body width direction is formed in a position of one end portion of the body, and one end position (of the wire guide member) and the other end position of the body approach each other in both positions of the inner and outer link portions by tightening the tightening wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: CAR MATE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeru Tanabe
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Patent number: 10046611Abstract: A mechanical connecting link for tow straps and pintle hitches configured to quickly and easily disassemble even during complex pulling scenarios. The mechanical connecting link also is configured to retain its structural integrity even during heavy loads. The mechanical connecting link has at least two modular “wide body” connector components on which looped tow straps may engage. The modular “wide body” connector component configured to keep the bend radius of any engaged tow strap large enough to prevent abrasion and to resist damage to the tow strap loop during pulling scenarios.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Charles Kennith Fincher
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Patent number: 10046612Abstract: A receiver hitch includes a receiver with a rearward opening for receiving a forward end of a mount shank. The receiver has a side hole for receiving a hitch pin and a bottom hole for receiving a clamping bolt. The bottom hole is disposed forward of the side hole. When the mount shank is disposed in the receiver tube with the hitch pin inserted, tightening the clamping bolt urges a portion of the mount shank forward of the hitch pin upward into engagement with an upper interior surface of the receiver tube and also urges a portion of the mount shank rearward of the hitch pin into engagement with a lower interior surface of the receiver tube. in this configuration, movement of the mount shank within the receiver tube is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: U-Haul International, Inc.Inventors: Marco Garcia, Dan Hamby
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Patent number: 10046613Abstract: The present invention relates to sensors for guiding a trailer while backing that can easily be installed or removed, and in particular to trailering system sensors that can be utilized for both measuring the angle formed by the vehicle and a coupled trailer (i.e., the angle formed by the centerline of the vehicle intersecting the centerline of the trailer) and the direction and/or distance to back up the vehicle during coupling. The present invention is a means and a method for sensing both the hitch angle during towing maneuvers and the direction and/or distance to the trailer to assist a driver to couple a vehicle and trailer together.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Daniel Robert Shepard
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Patent number: 10046614Abstract: Relates to a reinforcing unit and a running gear system with a reinforcing unit, comprising a first shell element and a second shell element, wherein the first shell element and the second shell element each comprise an engagement region on the tube side and an engagement region on the link side, wherein the first shell element and the second shell element each comprise a flange portion, wherein between the flange portion of the first shell element and the flange portion of the second shell element a tensile force can be established, which presses the first and the second shell element against an axle tube in such a manner that the reinforcing unit can be non-positively fixed on the axle tube, wherein the engagement region on the link side can be brought into engagement with a link unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbHInventors: Florian Borde, Rolf Spielmann, Roman Seitz
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Patent number: 10046615Abstract: A vehicle height adjustment device includes a changer, a vehicle height controller, and a malfunction detector. The changer is drivable when supplied with a current and configured to change a relative position of a body of a vehicle relative to an axle of a wheel of the vehicle. The vehicle height controller is configured to perform such control that a target current set based on the relative position is supplied to the changer so as to control a vehicle height, which is a height of the body of the vehicle. The malfunction detector is configured to detect a failure to make the target current flow to the changer.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATIONInventor: Masayoshi Ikeda
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Patent number: 10046616Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle may include a cooling duct provided with a cooling duct inlet at a first end of the cooling duct, and a cooling duct indoor outlet and a cooling duct outdoor outlet at a second end of the cooling duct, a heating duct provided with a heating duct inlet at a first end of the heating duct, and a heating duct indoor outlet and a heating duct outdoor outlet at a second end of the heating duct, and including a condenser disposed in the heating duct, an extension duct extending from both the cooling duct indoor outlet and the heating duct indoor outlet, and channeling air supplied from both the cooling duct indoor outlet and the heating duct indoor outlet to a passenger compartment, and a passage control door provided at an indoor outlet end portion of a partition wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Gee Young Shin, Keon Soo Jin, Dae Ig Jung, June Kyu Park, Dong Ho Kwon
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Patent number: 10046617Abstract: A traction battery thermal management system is provided. The thermal management system includes a battery loop for regulating the traction battery temperature. A motor loop is provided for regulating a motor temperature. The thermal management system also includes a radiator. A radiator valve selectively controls fluid flow through the radiator. A battery valve selectively couples the battery loop and the motor loops. The battery loop, the motor loop are in fluid communication and arranged in parallel to be cooled by the radiator.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mark G. Smith, William Samuel Schwartz, Kenneth J. Jackson, David Fabricatore
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Patent number: 10046618Abstract: A method for vehicle control integrating environmental conditions including receiving a current physiological parameter from a wearable device associated with a vehicle occupant, and upon receiving the current physiological parameter, determining a current position of the vehicle from a position determination device, wherein the current the current physiological parameter correlates with the current position of the vehicle. The method including determining a physiological overload level including querying a geodatabase with the current physiological parameter and the current position of the vehicle and controlling one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based on the physiological overload level.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: David M. Kirsch, Harinkumar Vashi, Bonnie Chen
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Patent number: 10046619Abstract: A dust sensor includes: a main body in which a dust inlet is formed and including an optical sensor and a lens for collecting light scattered by dust which enters into the main body through the dust inlet; a button unit protruding outwardly from the main body and having one end that is inserted into a coupling hole formed in the main body, wherein the button unit is selectively moved, by a pushing operation of a user, upward and downward with respect to an interior of the main body in which the lens is installed; and a cleaner installed on the one end of the button unit that is inserted into the main body, wherein the cleaner is repeatedly brought into contact with the lens by the upward and downward movement of the button unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, ONEGENE ELECTRONICSInventors: Dong Ho Kwon, Gee Young Shin, Kwang Woon Cho, Dong Won Yeon, Young Oh Kim, Hyun Hoo Jang, Jin Young Lee
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Patent number: 10046620Abstract: A cooling fan control system is provided. The system includes a sensor unit that includes a temperature sensor that generates a first output value corresponding to a coolant temperature and an air-conditioner pressure transducer that generates a second output value corresponding to an air-conditioner pressure and a cooling control portion. The cooling control portion generates a control condition based on the first output value and the second output value and adjusts a rotation speed of a cooling motor based on the control condition. The control condition includes a target control condition formed as a region including a cross point of the first output value and the second output value. The cooling control portion adjusts the rotation speed of the cooling motor to cause the first output value and the second output value to correspond to the target control condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Munsoon Kwon, Jae Woong Yoo
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Patent number: 10046621Abstract: The present invention discloses a golf cart windshield including an upper panel having a bend, a lower panel having a bend, and a connecting bar. The connecting bar includes two grooves in which the bends of the upper and lower panels can be clamped respectively. In the present invention, by inserting the bend of the upper panel into one of the grooves of the connecting bar and inserting the bend of the lower panel into the other one of the grooves of the connecting bar, the upper and lower panels are connected by the connecting bar. The installation is convenient, the fixing is stable, and there is no need for glues or screws. In addition, the golf cart windshield does not easily fall off even under strong vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: CHONGQING RICHLAND MOLD CORP.Inventor: Lin Ye
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Patent number: 10046622Abstract: A door curtain assembly configured for adjusting shading amount may include a fixed curtain wound around a fixed curtain take-up roll mounted at a door trim, a variable curtain wound around a variable curtain take-up roll mounted at the door trim, and a shade bar coupled to both a first end of the fixed curtain and a first end of the variable curtain such that the fixed curtain and the variable curtain are unwound and pulled up when the shade bar moves upward, wherein an upward position of the variable curtain can be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Do-Won Kim
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Patent number: 10046623Abstract: A fitting assembly for receiving and restraining a stud includes a sleeve defining a bore extending along a longitudinal axis of the fitting assembly. The sleeve includes one or more restraining members that selectively restrain the stud within the bore such that an axial position of the stud is limited to a selected one of a plurality of positions within the bore. The one or more restraining members are moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein axial movement of the stud within the bore is inhibited when the one or more restraining members are in the first position, and wherein axial movement of the stud is permitted when the one or more restraining members are in the second position. A clamp attachable to the one or more restraining members prevents movement of the one or more restraining members from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover LimitedInventor: Ross Jones
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Patent number: 10046624Abstract: A vehicle back door including: an inner panel; an outer panel that has an attached member attached to a vehicle outer portion of the outer panel; a first adhesive that has at least a part arranged in a region overlapping the attached member as viewed from a vehicle rear side, and that joins the inner panel and the outer panel together; and a second adhesive that has a higher elasticity than the first adhesive, that has at least a part arranged in a region overlapping locations of the outer panel excluding a location where the attached member is attached as viewed from the vehicle rear side, that forms a frame shape together with the first adhesive, and that joins the inner panel and the outer panel together.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Jumpei Motohashi
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Patent number: 10046625Abstract: A vehicle top assembly having a housing and a pair of rails that are perpendicular to and extend away from the housing. A roller is rotatably mounted within the housing. A layer of material is attached to the roller and has one or more locking members attached to a side edge.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Theodore J. Hammerle
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Patent number: 10046626Abstract: An apparatus for shedding material accumulated on a surface is disclosed. The apparatus is an elastic expandable vessel with fluid inlet and outlet. The elastic expandable vessel is fixed to the surface in a flat shape. Upon the introduction of fluid into the expandable vessel, the expandable vessel expands into a domed shape so that material accumulated on the surface slides off under the influence of gravity. Upon the egress of fluid out of the expandable vessel, the expandable vessel flattens.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ADAGIO INDUSTRIES INC.Inventor: David A. Maclean
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Patent number: 10046628Abstract: An extendable and retractable truck cap for a truck having a bed assembly having opposed first and second bed sidewalls that define first and second sidewall recesses, and having a cross wall that defines a cross wall recess. Extendable and retractable post assemblies are mounted on the bed in the first and second wall recesses and wall raising arms are mounted thereon. The wall raising arms raise and lower first and second roll-up sidewalls. A roll-up cover wall is disposed in the cross wall recess and are movable over the wall raising arms thus protecting the bed. In another embodiment there is provided an extendable and retractable panel cap where in the roll-up sidewalls are replaced with first and second cap panels. In another embodiment there is an extendable and retractable cab deployable panel cap having a cab panel that is extendable retractable over the bed.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Job Fulton
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Patent number: 10046629Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic cover apparatus for a cargo compartment of a truck, the apparatus including a cover for opening and closing the top of the cargo compartment and two supporting rods installed on either side of the cover to transfer the cover (200) from the front to the rear of the cargo compartment. A winding drum is installed between the two supporting rods, for winding and withdrawing the cover, with two winding drum reinforcing portions installed a certain distance apart at the center thereof. A stopper is installed a certain distance apart on both sides at the upper rear of the cargo compartment and has a downward slope of 35° and 80°.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Kyung-Min Kim
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Patent number: 10046630Abstract: A foldable roof assembly having 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 bows are attached to a first bow member, which is secured to a windshield frame when in a closed position, and are connected at a pivot point 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 a wireframe and engages with seals in the hard top roof portion to provide a weatherproof seal.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Bestop, Inc.Inventors: William H. Haberkamp, George C. Stickles, Duane C. Junkin
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Patent number: 10046631Abstract: A cover for the deck of a utility vehicle may be formed from a single shell of thermoplastics material and reinforced with an extrusion that, by virtue of being formed in aluminum or another suitable material, has a lower co-efficient of expansion relative to the shell. The two parts of the cover, shell and extrusion, may be secured in such a way that there can be some degree of independent movement between them. Effectively, limited thermal expansion of the shell is allowed without overly compromising the connection between it and the aluminum extrusion. A flexible extrusion may connect the cover to the utility vehicle at one end and act as a hinge such that as it is raised, it is not only displaced in a vertical orientation, but also in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Proform Plastics LimitedInventors: Andrew Porter, Philip Butler
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Patent number: 10046632Abstract: A pickup truck having a tonneau cover is provided. The tonneau cover includes a first panel section pivotable with respect to the opposing first and second upward-extending side walls. A first latching assembly is attached to the first panel section and is configured to selectively secure and release the first panel section with respect to the first and second side walls of the pickup truck. The first latching assembly includes first and second pinch latch assemblies. The first pinch latch assembly is located adjacent the first upward-extending side wall of the pickup truck and the second pinch latch assembly is located adjacent the second upward-extending side wall of the pickup truck.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Truck Accessories Group, LLCInventors: Eugene A. Dylewski, II, Adrian Cook, Justin J. McGraw, Christopher David Mattison, Ernest M. McDonald, II
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Patent number: 10046633Abstract: A vehicle rear portion structure that includes: rear wheel wells provided as a right and left pair in a vehicle rear portion; reinforcement members that are attached to vehicle width direction inner surfaces of the right and left pair of the rear wheel wells and project inward in the vehicle width direction to form closed cross sections with the rear wheel wells; and a battery that is placed between the right and left pair of rear wheel wells and on a rear floor panel and that is provided with abutting portions that are formed at both vehicle width direction end portions of the battery and that are disposed opposing the reinforcement members in a vehicle forward and rearward direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Akihiko Shimoda
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Patent number: 10046634Abstract: An engine mount structure capable of efficiently absorbing vibration input from an engine is provided. The engine mount structure includes a front mount device 20 which is connected to an engine 1 and a subframe 10 to suppress vibration transmission from the engine 1 side to the subframe 10 side. A dynamic damper 26 connected to the subframe 10 to suppress vibration of the subframe 10 is disposed in a hole portion 11b, and an opening of the hole portion 11b is formed in an upper surface portion 11a of a front subframe member component 11 located on a lower side of the front mount device 20.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiya Takahashi, Yasunori Kobayashi, Takaaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 10046635Abstract: The present invention relates to a powertrain for a hybrid type vehicle with a thermal engine (10), notably of internal-combustion type, an electric machine (12) connected to an axle shaft (24) of the vehicle and a transmission device (36) comprising a primary transmission shaft (38) connected to drive shaft (18) of thermal engine (10) through a disengageable coupling (44) and carrying at least two first gear wheels (56, 58) cooperating with at least two second gear wheels (60, 62) carried by a secondary transmission shaft (40) connected to the axle shaft. According to the invention, primary transmission shaft (36) is connected to an auxiliary electric machine (14).Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventor: Stephane Venturi
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Patent number: 10046636Abstract: A saddle type vehicle which can cool a battery efficiently by a simple configuration. The saddle type vehicle includes a battery case accommodating a battery therein and is provided in a space positioned above an engine, which configures part of a power unit, below a seat (occupants' seat) and overlapping with the engine and the seat in an upward and downward direction of a vehicle body. A cooling fan configured to discharge air rearwardly is provided at a rear end of the battery case.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuichi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10046637Abstract: A personal device may include a display and a processor. The processor of the personal device may be programmed to send, to the display, a vehicle interior map overlaid with indications of in-vehicle components, create a group of the in-vehicle components responsive to receipt of a swipe gesture to the display selecting a subset of the indications, receive input from the display of a location on the map, and aim outputs of the in-vehicle components of the group based on the location.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Pietro Buttolo, Stephen Ronald Tokish, James Stewart Rankin, II, Stuart C. Salter, Gary Steven Strumolo
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Patent number: 10046638Abstract: An arrangement is provided for opening and closing an opening in a covering surface of an interior trim piece in a vehicle via an adjustable cover element. The cover element has two parallel, spaced-apart racks which extend in the adjusting direction of the cover element and each mesh with an associated toothed wheel. The toothed wheels are rotatably mounted on a frame element connected to the interior trim piece and are interlinked by a rotatingly driven shaft; at least one toothed wheel is connected to the shaft for conjoint rotation therewith. The cover element is adjustable relative to the frame element and thus to the opening as a result of a rotation of the toothed wheels that mesh with the racks. Preferably, the cover element slides under the covering surface of the interior trim piece, delimiting the opening, when the opening is opened.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christoph Schaellert, Robert Mielke
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Patent number: 10046639Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a dial having a first surface, a second surface and an opening; a meter; a decorative part at a peripheral part of the meter; a display at a second surface side and displaying an image; and a controller controlling an image display state. An outermost area of the display overlaps with a part of the meter. The decorative part includes: a body member having a light-transmitting property; and a surface-treated layer having a light-transmitting property and a light-reflecting property. The controller switches the state of image display in the outermost area and a non-overlapping area. The decorative part is visually recognized due to the light-reflecting property of the surface-treated layer when the image is in the non-overlapping area. The image is visually recognized in an overlapping part of the decorative part due to the light-transmitting property when the image is in the outermost area.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Seigo Tane, Satoru Tamura
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Patent number: 10046640Abstract: A dashboard for a road vehicle; the dashboard having: a digital screen; and an analog instrument, which is provided with a circular support element and a pointer that moves inside the support element; the analog instrument can be arranged in an operating position, in which the analog instrument overlaps the digital screen so that the support element of the analog instrument covers a corresponding part of said digital screen; and the support element of the analog instrument is opaque and has a plurality of through openings, through which the light generated by the underlying digital screen can come out.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Ferrari S.p.A.Inventor: Giovanni Stefani
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Patent number: 10046641Abstract: A vehicle carries an energy storage system that powers mobility of the vehicle. The vehicle further carries a direct current input coupling to be connected to a direct current (DC) electrical power source, a DC output coupling, an alternating current (AC) input coupling, an AC output coupling, and electronics carried by the vehicle to control both AC and DC voltage and power levels.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Motivo Engineering LLCInventors: Praveen Varma Penmetsa, Zachary Meyer Omohundro, Damon Christopher Pipenberg
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Patent number: 10046642Abstract: A control method of a dual clutch transmission for a hybrid electric vehicle includes: determining, by a transmission controller, whether a vehicle has entered a power-off down-shift state; determining, by the transmission controller, whether a transmission including a first input shaft, a second input shaft, and an output shaft has entered a torque phase, when the first determining step determines that the vehicle has entered the power-off down-shift state; calculating a compensatory torque for compensating for a change in a regenerative braking force according to a change of a gear ratio in accordance with a completion percentage of the torque phase, when it is determined that a transmission has entered the torque phase; and compensating for regenerative torque of a motor by applying the compensatory torque.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Hyun Cho, Young Jun Lee
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Patent number: 10046643Abstract: In order to enable satisfactory vehicle motion control to be carried out while wheels (10) are being braked, on a vehicle in which each of the wheels (10) is braked by a regenerative braking force by a motor (30) and a friction braking force by a friction brake mechanism (40), a brake ECU (53) acquires at least one parameter out of a steering angle, a steering velocity, a lateral acceleration of a vehicle body, a yaw rate of the vehicle body, a sprung vertical acceleration, and an unsprung vertical acceleration, and when a magnitude of the parameter is more than a threshold, decreases a ratio of the regenerative braking force out of a driver-requested braking force, and increases a ratio of the friction braking force.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masatoshi Nakatsu
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Patent number: 10046644Abstract: Systems and methods for energy storage and management may be useful for a variety of applications, including launch devices. A system can include a direct current (DC) bus configured to operate within a predetermined range of voltages. The system can also include an array comprising a plurality of ultra-capacitors connected to the DC bus and configured to supply the DC bus with energy. The system can further include an input configured to receive energy from a power grid, wherein the power grid is configured to supply fewer than 250 amps of power. The system can additionally include an output configured to supply more than 250 amps of power. The system can also include a controller configured to control charging and discharging of the array of ultra-capacitors and configured to control the DC bus to remain within the predetermined range of voltages.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Velocity Magnetics, Inc.Inventor: Domenic P. Marzano
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Motor drive apparatus, method of controlling motor drive apparatus, and electrically powered vehicle
Patent number: 10046645Abstract: An ECU (Electronic Control Unit) controls a converter such that the converter is stopped when a fail signal FCV is output. The ECU further controls an inverter such that power operation and regenerative operation by a motor generator are performed in a state in which output of an ON signal to an IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) element is set non-executable, when the fail signal FCV is output due to the IGBT element becoming short-circuited.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoko Oba, Atsushi Nomura