Patents Issued in November 6, 2018
  • Patent number: 10119541
    Abstract: A pump device having a drive shaft which has a drive section that can be coupled with a drive system. The pump device includes a vacuum pump that can be driven by the drive shaft. The vacuum pump includes a rotor and at least one blade that can be moved in radial direction in the rotor and that divides pressure chambers. The pump device also includes a lubrication pump that can be driven by the drive shaft. The vacuum pump is arranged between the drive section and the lubrication pump. A locking device is provided between the rotor and the lubrication pump in which, when activated, the at least one blade remains in a radially internal position when the rotor is rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Blank, Torsten Helle, Martin Thoma
  • Patent number: 10119542
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a cover. The cover is reinforced by forming straight ribs, ring ribs, connection ribs, or hexagonal ribs having a honeycomb structure. The straight ribs, rings ribs, connection ribs, or hexagonal ribs are formed on the inner side or the outer side of a body of the cover on a side of an inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Eun Seok Kang, Jung Seon Kim, Sung Jun Park, Seung Hwan Shin, Young Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10119543
    Abstract: An assembly for indicating and communicating a priming charge to a fluid pump to establish self-sustained operation of the fluid pump is disclosed. The priming assembly includes an enlarged inlet associated with a fluid priming chamber and an outlet that is in fluid communication with the working fluid passage associated with the pump. The priming assembly includes one or more of a cap or valve assembly associated with isolating the pump chamber from atmosphere and preferably includes indicia associated with use and/or operation of the priming assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Generac Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mir Khan, Alexander Kobryn, Whitney Montondo, Nic Saeger
  • Patent number: 10119544
    Abstract: An automotive electric liquid pump includes a pump wheel, an EC-motor which directly drives the pump wheel, and a cover disk. The EC-motor comprises a wet motor rotor. The wet motor rotor comprises a ring-like motor rotor cavity, and a motor rotor body comprising a cylindrical rotor body section. The cylindrical rotor body section is permanently magnetized and surrounds a motor rotor cavity which is ring-like. The cover disk is arranged at a longitudinal rotor end opposite to the pump wheel. The cover disk closes the motor rotor cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Alessandro Malvasi, Robin Wegener
  • Patent number: 10119545
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus featuring a signal processor or processing module that may be configured at least to: receive signaling containing information about calibrated motor speed and power data for a hydronic pumping system; and determine system pumping flow rate and pressure associated with an equivalent hydronic system characteristic variable, based at least partly on the signaling received. The signal processor or processing module may be configured to provide corresponding signaling containing information about the system pumping flow rate and pressure determined. The corresponding signaling may contain information used to control the hydronic pumping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Fluid Handling LLC
    Inventors: Andrew A. Cheng, Graham A. Scott, James J. Gu
  • Patent number: 10119546
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a guide section formed in an annular flow path in communication with a suction volute at an inner circumferential side of the suction volute, at which a plurality of vanes are installed in a circumferential direction, and configured to guide a fluid introduced from the suction volute, and an impeller connected to the guide section in the axial direction and into which the fluid guided by the guide section is introduced, wherein the suction volute has an annular opening section in communication with the guide section at the inner circumferential side, and an inner wall surface extending from the opening section toward the axial direction impeller in the axial direction to increase a width dimension in the axial direction and connected to a partition section at an opposite side of the suction nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jo Masutani, Satoru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10119547
    Abstract: A housing device for a compressor stage of a compressor device of an aircraft engine that is embodied in a multi-stage design, including a flange area for connection to at least one housing device of another compressor stage that is adjacent in the axial direction. The housing device has a rotor area that during operation of the housing device directly acts together with the rotor blades of a rotor device in the radial direction of the compressor device. Further, the housing device has at least one reception area that is provided for receiving guide blades of a stator device. At least one part of the housing device is made of a sheet metal part. What is further described is a method for manufacturing such a housing device, with at least one part of the housing device being manufactured by means of a forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventor: Marco Rautenstrauch
  • Patent number: 10119548
    Abstract: What is described is an aircraft engine with a compressor device and with a fan device. In the area of a compressor shaft, the compressor device is connected via an epicyclic gear to a fan shaft. A planetary web is operatively connected via bearing devices to the planetary gears. A ring gear is coupled with the fan shaft and a sun gear of the epicyclic gear is coupled with the compressor shaft, while the planetary carrier is held at the housing side in a torque-proof manner. The ring gear is connected via a flexible connection device to the fan shaft and/or the planetary carrier is connected via a flexible connection device to the housing. In the area of the connection device, movements between the ring gear and the planetary gears and/or between the planetary carrier and the housing can be at least approximately compensated in the radial and the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Gideon Venter
  • Patent number: 10119549
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) with a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine housing inlet (8) and a turbine housing outlet (9) for exhaust gas, and which has a wastegate duct (19) between the turbine housing inlet (8) and the turbine housing outlet (9), and a flap arrangement (10) having a pivotable flap plate for opening and closing the wastegate duct (19), wherein the flap plate is in the form of an elastic spring disk (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Juergen Tschirschke
  • Patent number: 10119550
    Abstract: In a pump housing having an interior for accommodating a pump rotor, which may be transferred from a radially compressed state into a radially expanded state, and comprises a housing skin revolving in circumferential direction, as well as at least one reinforcement element, a stretch-resistant element revolving in circumferential direction is provided, which is stretched less than 5% in the expanded state as opposed to the force-free state in circumferential direction, and which limits any further expansion of the pump housing in radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Lars Bredenbreuker, Joerg Schumacher
  • Patent number: 10119551
    Abstract: An impeller spinner for a fuel pump can include a head and a shank. The head can have a base at one end and a tip at an opposite end. The shank can have a body portion nearest the head with a first diameter and a fastener portion adjacent to the body portion at an end opposite the head with a second diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon T. Kovach, Joseph Wetch, Adrian L. Stoicescu, Michael F. Cass
  • Patent number: 10119552
    Abstract: A turbofan engine including an axially extending inlet wall surrounding an inlet flow path. A radial distance between the inlet wall and the inner wall adjacent the fan defines a downstream height of the inlet flow path. A plurality of vanes are circumferentially spaced around the inlet, each of the vanes extending radially inwardly from the inlet wall, a maximum radial distance between a tip of each of the vanes and the inlet wall defining a maximum height of the vane. The maximum height of the vane is at most 50% of the downstream height of the flow path. In another embodiment, the maximum height of the vane is at most 50% of the maximum fan blade span. A method of reducing a relative Mach number at fan blade tips is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Hong Yu, Peter Townsend
  • Patent number: 10119553
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a main plate rotating about an axis of rotation, a shroud having an inlet port for introduction of air, and a plurality of blades circumferentially arranged between the main plate and the shroud so as to form a flow of air by accelerating air introduced through the inlet port. Each blade has a pressure surface formed such that a portion thereof near to the shroud is convex and a portion thereof near to the main plate is concave. The shroud has an inside surface formed as a curved surface, and the curved surface has a diffusion section extending radially. The main plate has a curved surface extending radially, and a curved surface of the shroud in the diffusion section at least partially overlaps with the curved surface formed in the main plate when viewed in a direction of the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangyuk Son, Choonmyun Chung, Taeman Yang
  • Patent number: 10119554
    Abstract: A compressor and a method for reducing acoustic energy generated in the compressor are provided. The compressor may include a housing defining a fluid pathway and a shunt hole fluidly coupling the fluid pathway with another component of the compressor. The compressor may also include an impeller at least partially disposed in the fluid pathway and coupled with a rotary shaft. The impeller may be configured to rotate with the rotary shaft to direct a process fluid through the fluid pathway of the compressor. A disk may be disposed between the fluid pathway and the shunt hole. The disk may define a plurality of openings fluidly coupling the fluid pathway with the shunt hole and configured to reduce acoustic energy generated in the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Zheji Liu, Scott D. Wisler
  • Patent number: 10119555
    Abstract: A pneumatic actuator system includes at least an actuator, a compressor providing compressed air to the actuator, a first intake conduit supplying the compressor with external air, and a second intake conduit connected to an exhaust line of the actuator and supplying the compressor with air discharged from the actuator. The pneumatic actuator system also includes a selecting valve which is arranged on the exhaust line of the actuator, between the actuator and the compressor, this valve being able to switch between a recirculation position, where the air flow is directed back to the compressor and an exhaust position where the air flow is directed to a low pressure circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Pierre Carez, Xavier Blanc
  • Patent number: 10119556
    Abstract: A hydraulic system is disclosed for use with a machine. The hydraulic system may have a closed-loop, meterless hydraulic circuit with a first pump fluidly connected to a first actuator. The hydraulic system may also have a closed-loop, metered hydraulic circuit with a second pump fluidly connected to a second actuator. The hydraulic system may further have a combiner valve configured to selectively direct fluid from the closed-loop metered hydraulic circuit to the closed-loop meterless hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Todd Peterson, Jeffrey Lee Kuehn, Bryan E. Nelson, Paul Anthony Dvorak
  • Patent number: 10119557
    Abstract: A hydraulic driving device includes: a hydraulic motor configured to operate by flushing oil from a hydraulic pump through a high pressure oil passage and a low pressure oil passage; a low pressure selective valve configured to operate in accordance with differential pressure between the high pressure oil passage and the low pressure oil passage, and to discharge the oil in the low pressure oil passage inside a motor case; a tank oil passage configured to connect the inside of the motor case with an oil tank; and a choke throttle provided to the low pressure selective valve or to an oil passage lower than the low pressure selective valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Miyata, Shinobu Naitou
  • Patent number: 10119558
    Abstract: A control device, in particular for hydraulically controlling components of mobile working machines, has a pressure supply connection (P) and a tank or return connection (T) in addition to two user connections (A, B). Control and/or regulating valves (10, 14, 16, 18) are connected between the individual connections (P, T, A, B). Two control lines (C, Z) can control at least one of the control and/or regulating valves. A modular-type functional block (24, 26) is connected to at least one of the control lines (C, Z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HYDAC FILTERTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Alexander Biwersi, Marcus Hettiger, Marcus Simon Specks, Christoph Stoenner, Marcus Karl Pfeiffer, Erik Lautner
  • Patent number: 10119559
    Abstract: A fail-safe hydraulic actuator that uses one or more constant force retraction springs to provide fail-safe retraction of the piston and piston rod in the event of loss of hydraulic pressure. The constant force retraction spring(s) can be packaged in a small volume thus decreasing the overall length of the actuator. This allows the actuator to be utilized in areas where length is a concern. The constant force retraction spring(s) are part of constant force retraction spring mechanism(s) that can be mounted within a hydraulic fluid cavity of the fail-safe hydraulic actuator to protect the constant force retraction spring mechanism(s) from the environment surrounding the actuator. A sensor that detects the linear position of the piston within the piston chamber may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Powers, Barry L. West
  • Patent number: 10119560
    Abstract: An axle assembly can include a housing defining a reservoir and cylindrical bore open thereto. A clutch can selectively transmit torque between input and output members. A first inlet/outlet of a pump can be in fluid communication with the reservoir and define first threads coaxial with the cylindrical bore. The pump can be configured to pump fluid from the first inlet/outlet to an actuator of the clutch via a second inlet/outlet. The filter can include a base, port, and filter element. The port can define second threads that threadably engage the first threads. The base can be fixedly coupled to the port and include a cylindrical wall coaxial with the second threads. A seal member can form a seal between the cylindrical wall and the cylindrical bore when the first and second threads are engaged. The filter element can be disposed between the reservoir and the first inlet/outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Paul J. Valente, James P. Downs
  • Patent number: 10119561
    Abstract: A latch module includes a fixing member and a sliding member. A first surface of the fixing member is configured to align and engage with a mounting surface of a detachable device. A sliding unit of the sliding member is relative to a guiding unit of the fixing member and allows the sliding member to slide linearly with respect to the fixing member. The sliding member includes a pushing portion corresponding to a switching column on a resilient arm of the fixing member. While the sliding member is slid to a first position, the switching column is away from the pushing portion and a convex portion of the resilient arm tends to push against the mounting surface. While the sliding member is slid to a second position, the pushing portion pushes the switching column to drive the convex portion away from the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chii-How Chang, Yao-Ju Peng
  • Patent number: 10119562
    Abstract: An end fitting connector assembly includes an end fitting having a first end, a second end and a through opening that extends in a direction that is transverse to an end fitting axis extending through the first and second ends and in which the through opening is defined by a peripheral wall. An elastically deformable race fitted into the through opening of the end fitting includes an exterior surface that engages the peripheral wall and an interior surface configured to provide snap fitting engagement with a spherical ball mount. At least one feature retaining the race within the end fitting creates an increased disassembly force, which may prevent disassembly without employing a release tool or release feature. The interior and exterior surfaces of the race can include spherical surfaces for conforming to the spherical ball and the peripheral wall of the end fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Timothy J. Boerschig
  • Patent number: 10119563
    Abstract: An offset bushing for a structural member may include a tubular body having a cylindrical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface. The cylindrical inner surface may have an inner diameter defining an inner axis. The cylindrical outer surface may have an outer diameter defining an outer axis. The inner axis may be spaced apart from the outer axis to define a linear offset. The offset bushing may include a bushing indexing feature configured to align with a member indexing feature of a member when the offset bushing is installed in a member bore. Alignment of the bushing indexing feature with the member indexing feature may cause the linear offset to be oriented substantially parallel to a loading axis of a load on the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Hill, James R. Schnelz, Monte D. Wright
  • Patent number: 10119564
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a first driven gear and a second driven gear, a first conical roller bearing and a second conical roller bearing, and a nut. The first driven gear and the second driven gear mesh with a driving gear. The driving gear rotates through transmission of a rotative power from an engine unit. The first conical roller bearing and the second conical roller bearing are disposed on an outer periphery of a tubular portion of the second driven gear. The first conical roller bearing and the second conical roller bearing are arranged in a front-rear direction in directions opposite from one another. The nut is disposed on the outer periphery of the tubular portion of the second driven gear. The nut is displaceable in an axial direction of the tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Tomokazu Hikosaka
  • Patent number: 10119565
    Abstract: The air bearing includes a main body part having a bearing surface opposed to a guide face, first and second flow path parts, which are provided in the main body part, for allowing compressed air supplied from outside to flow, an air supply hole, which is provided in the flow path part, for supplying compressed air to the guide face to form an air film between the bearing surface and the guide face, and a negative pressure generating part, which is provided in the second flow path part intersecting with the first flow path part, for generating a negative pressure for sucking air between the guide face and the main body part by increasing the flow velocity of the compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ueda, Hisayoshi Sakai
  • Patent number: 10119566
    Abstract: A linear actuator. A guide block for constituting a guide mechanism includes a pair of ball circulation grooves formed in the lower surface of the guide block, the lower surface facing a cylinder body, and balls are mounted in the ball circulation groove. A pair of cover blocks are respectively mounted to the opposite end surfaces of the guide block, and the base section of a cover plate of a plate material is mounted to the lower part of the guide block to thereby retain the balls within the ball circulation groove. Hook sections provided to ends of the base section are engaged with the cover blocks to thereby integrally connect the cover blocks and the guide block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidefumi Ikeda, Toshio Sato
  • Patent number: 10119567
    Abstract: A bearing comprises a resin matrix filled with fluoropolymer, graphite, and other discrete particles of an additive material that is attached to a backing material. A method for manufacturing a bearing comprises depositing to a backing material a fluid polymer bearing material comprised of a resin matrix filled with fluoropolymer, various fillers, and discrete particles of an additive to form a continuous consolidated bearing material, and curing the lining material to bond the lining material onto the backing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GGB, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Hardgrave, Raphael Chantossel
  • Patent number: 10119568
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and a cage. An annular groove for creep suppression is formed in a fitting surface of the outer ring to be fitted with a mating member (housing) to which the outer ring is to be mounted. An outer ring track groove with which the balls make rolling contact is formed in the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring on the side opposite to the fitting surface. The entire contact ellipse generated when each of the balls and the outer ring track groove contact each other is positioned within the axial range of the outer ring in which the annular groove is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ishii, Yuu Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10119569
    Abstract: The manufacturing method notably includes a step (110) for sintering steel powder (10), the chemical composition of which includes, in mass percent, 2.3% of carbon, 4.2% of chromium, 7% of molybdenum, 6.5% of tungsten, 10.5% of cobalt and 6.5% of vanadium, so as to obtain a sintered steel (12) and shaping of the sintered steel (12), for forming a bearing ring (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: SKF Aerospace France, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS
    Inventors: Gwénolé Le Jeune, Yves Maheo, Jérôme Rocchi
  • Patent number: 10119570
    Abstract: A hub bearing and a seal device therefore are disclosed. In one example, the hub bearing seal device includes inner and outer rings, a ring-shaped seal, and a seal retaining ring. A metallic framework is provided inside the seal. The seal is fixed to the outer ring via the metallic framework and a seal lip edge is provided on the metallic framework of the seal. The seal lip edge is in contact with the seal retaining ring in interference fit. The seal is further provided with another layer of metallic framework having a different thermal expansion coefficient from that of the metallic framework. Together, the metallic frameworks form a bimetallic sheet type framework. During the operation of the seal device, the bimetallic sheet type framework can adjust the amount of interference between the seal lip edge and the seal retaining ring dynamically according to temperature change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES G & CO KG
    Inventors: Jianchang Zhang, Chenxi He, Zhongdong Chai
  • Patent number: 10119571
    Abstract: A sealing device configured to seal a gap on a flange portion side between an outer member and an inner member by being attached to the outer member. A circular plate portion of a metal ring has an extending portion extending opposite to a flange portion. A seal body has a projecting portion and a weir portion, the projecting portion being positioned inward in a diametrical direction from the extending portion and extending toward the flange portion, the weir portion being positioned outward in a diametrical direction from the extending portion and extending toward the flange portion. The projecting portion and the weir portion overlap the extending portion in a diametrical direction, the projecting portion and the weir portion being provided adjacent to the extending portion, thereby forming a labyrinth. The labyrinth has a plurality of labyrinth constituting portions folding back along inner and outer faces of the extending portion in a diametrical direction, and the labyrinth is configured to meander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Seno, Ai Shiotsuka
  • Patent number: 10119572
    Abstract: A magnetic bearing assembly for a rotary machine, having a rotor circuit and a stator magnetic circuit secured to a stationary support element having at least one body of ferromagnetic material and at least one coil, both being fitted in a protective annular housing leaving uncovered a surface of revolution of said ferromagnetic body and a surface of revolution of said one coil facing a surface of revolution of the rotor circuit. The bearing assembly comprises at least one row of blades secured on the rotor circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE SRL
    Inventors: Andrea Massini, Luciano Mei, Manuele Bigi
  • Patent number: 10119573
    Abstract: A piston bearing unit having an actuating piston which has a receiving region. The actuating piston is designed to actuate an element by way of a linear movement. The piston bearing unit also comprises a bearing having a first raceway and a second raceway, wherein the bearing is designed for mounting the actuating piston rotatably with respect to the element. The first raceway and the second raceway are at least partially accommodated in the receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Benoit Arnault, Eric Baudez, Andreas Heile, Gwenael Le Bars, Robert D. Pecak, Lance A Petzold, Thomas Wolf, Roland Worsley
  • Patent number: 10119574
    Abstract: A device for transmitting torque on an axis from a drive to an output has a first connection for connecting with the drive and having a vulcanization surface, and a second connection for connecting with the output and also having a vulcanization surface. An elastic element formed of rubber-elastic material is in the power transmission path between the two connections, is constructed so as to be radially soft, permitting a radial offset of up to 1 mm between the first connection and the second connection, is torsionally rigid to permit an only very small torsion angle of at most 1.5° between the first connection and the second connection, and is vulcanized to the vulcanization surface of the first connection and to the vulcanization surface of the second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CENTA-ANTRIEBE KIRSCHEY GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Hartmann
  • Patent number: 10119575
    Abstract: In a yoke for a cross shaft universal joint, the forming direction of a through hole (17a) and a screw hole (18a) is inclined relative to the axes of circular holes (19a, 19a) formed in a pair of engaging arm parts (12, 12). And, by fastening a bolt (32) to thereby put first and second flange parts (14a, 15a) nearer to each other, mutually approaching forces are applied to the connecting arm parts (12, 12) in a direction inclined relative the axes of the circular holes (19a, 19a). Thus, cup bearings (29) incorporated in the circular holes (19a, 19a) are pressed against the end of a shaft part (28a) constituting a cross shaft (27), thereby enabling suppression of occurrence of shaking motion between the bearings incorporated in the circular holes and the end of the shaft part of the cross shaft supported rotatably by the bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakamura, Yoshifumi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 10119576
    Abstract: A torque transfer device can include a housing and a clutch. The housing can define a clutch cavity and a pocket. The pocket can be formed at an axial end of the clutch cavity and have a generally arcuate shape that extends circumferentially about the clutch cavity above a static lubrication level. The clutch can include an outer carrier, an inner carrier, a plurality of first and second interleaved friction plates. One of an outer and an inner plate carrier of the clutch can be coupled to an input member for common rotation. The other of the carriers can be coupled to a differential case for common rotation. Rotation of the outer carrier relative to the housing through a fluid in the clutch cavity can sling a portion of the fluid toward an inner surface of the housing to cause the portion of the fluid to collect in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Phelps, Jeffrey L. Kincaid, John C. Hibbler, Paul W. Kornosky, James P. Downs
  • Patent number: 10119577
    Abstract: A dual-clutch for a motor vehicle includes an input, first and second outputs, friction plates for producing a drive connection between the input and the first and second outputs alternately, a housing including an inlet and an outlet, containing at least a portion of the friction plates, and a cooling system including a fan impeller rotating with the input and producing an air stream flowing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Johann Kirchhoffer
  • Patent number: 10119578
    Abstract: A vehicle driveline having a torque transfer device and a fluid circuit for operating the torque transfer device. The fluid circuit has a motor, a pump driven by the motor, an actuator, and a pair of valves. The valves are arranged in the fluid circuit to control fluid circulation within the fluid circuit and can be operated such that fluid pressure in the actuator can be maintained (i.e., to maintain engagement of the torque transfer device) without operating the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Pump, Charles G. Stuart, John C. Hibbler, Chad Umscheid
  • Patent number: 10119579
    Abstract: Forward movement of a bicycle results when force is transfer from the chain or belt to a sprocket on a cassette. The cassette is splined to the cassette driver and causes the wheel of the bike to rotate when torque is applied from the cassette to the cassette driver. The cassette driver is typically made of a strong hard material such as steel to withstand the forces in parted thereon by the cassette. The present disclosure provide a hub configuration and method that enables the cassette driver to be made with construction of a lighter weight material such as aluminum yet still withstand the toque applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Christianson Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Gerhardt, Shannon Hansen, Patrick Robert Jensen
  • Patent number: 10119580
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission, a gear mechanism and a controller. The continuously variable transmission and the gear mechanism are provided in parallel with each other between an input shaft and an output shaft. The controller is configured to i) when the vehicle travels in a state where both a first clutch and a third clutch provided on the gear mechanism side are released, gradually increase a hydraulic pressure of the first clutch such that the first clutch is engaged, ii) calculate a command hydraulic pressure for setting the first clutch to a pressure regulating state on the basis of a command hydraulic pressure of the first clutch at a timing at which the amount of change in an output-side rotation speed of the first clutch becomes larger than a predetermined value, and iii) control the first clutch by using the calculated command hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Sakamoto, Atsushi Ayabe, Hiromitsu Nitani, Hiroki Kondo, Kenji Matsuo, Mitsuhiro Fukao
  • Patent number: 10119581
    Abstract: A disc brake having an actuation mechanism, a disc brake rotor, first and second brake pad mounting structures, and first and second brake pads. The first and second mounting structures may have formations that affect fitting of the first and second pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Adrian Bull, Paul Anthony Thomas
  • Patent number: 10119582
    Abstract: A parking mechanism part (12) including a clamp member (39) and a thrust generation mechanism (40) is integrally arranged in a caliper (8) constituting an opposed-piston type disk brake (2a). The clamp member (39) is supported on the caliper (8) to be movable along the axial direction with respect to an inner body part (14) of the caliper (8), a spindle (45) of the thrust generation mechanism (40) is rotatably supported on the base part (42) of the clamp member (39), a nut (46) threadedly engaged with the tip end of the spindle (45) is arranged inside a combined-use piston (10) fitted in an enter-side inner cylinder (18b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Noguchi, Yoshio Totsuka, Tomoki Yachi
  • Patent number: 10119583
    Abstract: Friction assembly (1) comprising a support plate (2) and at least one brake pad (4), made by co-molding of at least one heat-resistant resin, the heat-resistant resin of the support plate (2) being partially loaded with non-metallic reinforcement fibers. The support plate (2) identifies one or more accessory-connection seat, made by co-molding. This invention further relates to a method for the manufacture of a friction assembly and a brake calliper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luca Maestrini, Laura Sammarelli, Paolo Varotto
  • Patent number: 10119584
    Abstract: A disk brake device has a first component, a universal set, and a second component. The first component has a first assembling hole axially formed through the first component. The universal set is mounted in the first assembling hole and has a base having a supporting protrusion and a first clutch. The first clutch has a fixed plate and a movable plate. The fixed plate has a flange embedded in and fixed to the first assembling hole. The movable plate is capable of axially reciprocating and has a feeding shaft and a recess. The feeding shaft is mounted through the fixed plate. The recess is mounted on the supporting protrusion and contacts the supporting protrusion in a point-contact relationship. The second component is fastened to the first component and has a second assembling hole formed through the second component and assembled by a second clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lee Chi Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bing Hong Lin, Chien I Hung
  • Patent number: 10119585
    Abstract: In some examples, an article may include a carbon-carbon composite, an antioxidant in pores in a surface of the carbon-carbon composite, and a hydrophobic coating on the surface. The hydrophobic coating includes an oxide of a metal. The metal has a Pauling electronegativity of less than about 1.7. In some examples, the article may be a carbon-carbon composite brake disk that includes a carbon-carbon composite substrate defining a friction surface and a non-friction surface. The antioxidant may be a phosphate-based antioxidant, and the antioxidant may be in pores in the non-friction surface. In some examples, the hydrophobic coating is on the non-friction surface over the phosphate-based antioxidant. In some examples, the hydrophobic coating may include a majority of at least one of yttrium oxide, scandium oxide, or zirconium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Richard George Rateick, Jr., Stephen Frederic Yates
  • Patent number: 10119586
    Abstract: A brake element is sensorized by at least one piezoceramic sensor arranged between a metallic support element and a block of friction material of a brake element, the sensor being completely embedded within the block. An electrical voltage signal generated by at least one piezoceramic sensor, without the need for a power supply, is picked up by an electrical circuit integrated into the metallic support element. The electrical voltage signal is processed in the form of equal length of samples per unit of time of the detected signal by successively processing in real time each sample of equal length of time sample of the signal by applying an algorithm. The algorithm is selected from at least one of a sequence of integrations of voltage values in the sample carried out in an interval of time in the order of milliseconds; FFT voltage data sample; and integral of the voltage data sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ITT ITALIA S.r.l.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Merlo, Luca Martinotto, Daniele Donzelli, Mattia Solari
  • Patent number: 10119587
    Abstract: A shock absorbing device that has high strength rigidity and good attenuation characteristics, that can be reduced in weight and size, is free from degassing, and has stable temperature characteristics. The device connects between a first and second member so as to be applicable to shock absorption therebetween, and includes: a first and a second shock absorbing member; and a holding and connecting mechanism which holds the first member via the first and second shock absorbing members and which is connected to the second member. The first shock absorbing member, the first member, and the second shock absorbing member are disposed in that order. The holding and connecting mechanism sandwiches the first shock absorbing member, the first member, and the second shock absorbing member from outside the first and second shock absorbing members, thereby holding the first member while applying stress to the first and second shock absorbing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: WEL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10119588
    Abstract: [Object] Damage to a surface of a resin bush caused by press-fitting is prevented even when a configuration for positioning during welding is added. [Solving Means] A rolled collar (40) is a steel rolled collar into which a resin bush (90) is pressed-fitted, and which is joined to a joining member by welding. The rolled collar includes a main body part (50) formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, and a clinch part that joins both end surfaces of the main body part together by fitting. The rolled collar includes a notch part (70) formed by cutting off a portion of an annular edge (53) in the main body part. Here, a convex jig determining a position of the main body part at a time of welding is fit into the notch part. The rolled collar includes a cavity part (80) formed to be hollow from an inner circumferential surface side on a wall surface around the notch part to form a clearance (81) between the press-fitted resin bush and an edge portion (71) of the notch part on the inner circumferential surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Yorozu Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kuroi, Shingo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10119589
    Abstract: Described is a micro-lattice damping material and a method for repeatable energy absorption. The micro-lattice damping material is a cellular material formed of a three-dimensional interconnected network of hollow tubes. This material is operable to provide high damping, specifically acoustic, vibration or shock damping, by utilizing the energy absorption mechanism of hollow tube buckling, which is rendered repeatable by the micro-lattice architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Tobias A. Schaedler, Alan J. Jacobsen, William Carter, Christopher P. Henry, Chia-Ming “Gavin” Chang, Geoffrey P. McKnight, Andrew P. Nowak
  • Patent number: 10119590
    Abstract: End member assemblies are dimensioned for securement to an end of a flexible spring member for forming gas spring assemblies. An end member assembly can include an end member body and at least one connector fitting. The end member body includes a base section and a cap section that are secured together at a single flowed-material joint. The base section and the cap section together at least partially define a reservoir chamber within the end member body. The at least one connector fitting is at least partially embedded within the end member body. Gas spring assemblies including at least one end member assembly and suspension systems including at least one gas spring assembly are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC
    Inventor: Corey S. Hart