Patents Issued in April 18, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190113088
    Abstract: A brake caliper support element, has a caliper body and at least two tines. Each tine has an element for the connection to the caliper body. Resting counter-surfaces are provided near each element for the connection to the caliper body, which are adapted to couple with connecting seats of the caliper body for a stable and rigid connection between the support element and the caliper body. A stiffening support element connects the two support element tines. The stiffening support element has a stiffening element resting surface for resting and supporting the second pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: FRENI BREMBO S.P.A.
    Inventor: ROBERTO LAVEZZI
  • Publication number: 20190113089
    Abstract: A reinforcing rib type barbed backing plate of brake pad, comprising a main body, wherein the upper surface of the main body is provided with inclined upward barbs connected with friction material, and the inclination of the barbs is less than 90°. The inner side of the root of the barbs inclines and extends downwards to form grooves lower than the upper surface, and the bottom of the groove inclines upward in the opposite side of the barbs for transition to intersect with the upper surface. The Invention can effectively increase the strength of the backing plate of brake pad, adhesion of friction material and brake performance of the brake pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jinbin Xie
  • Publication number: 20190113090
    Abstract: A brake assembly comprising: (a) a caliper; (b) two or more brake pads; (c) one or more pins connecting each the two or more brake pads to the caliper; (d) a retraction device connected to one or more of the one or more pins, the retraction devices including: (i) a lock that connects to an end of the pin opposite a caliper; and (ii) a bias device located between the lock and one of the two or more brake pads; wherein during a brake apply each of the two or more brake pads are moved towards the respective retraction device compressing the bias device between the lock and one of the two or more brake pad so that upon release of the brake apply the retraction device applies a retraction force to the one of the two or more brake pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kirby Wilson, Varun Nathani
  • Publication number: 20190113091
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for designing and manufacturing rotors for disc brake systems and apparatus include, in one aspect, a method including: placing a lattice structure in a ventilation space within a 3D model to create more internal surface area within a disc brake rotor between inner and outer rotor discs; adjusting a number of lattice unit cells for the lattice structure in different regions of the 3D model between the rotor discs to increase air turbulence in the ventilation space; adjusting one or more thicknesses of beams forming the lattice structure in different regions of the 3D model between the rotor discs to prevent structural failure under predefined loading conditions; and providing an updated version of the 3D model of the disc brake rotor that incorporates the lattice structure after adjustment of the number of lattice unit cells and the beam thickness(es).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Abhishek Trivedi, Bhupendra Lodhia, Gonzalo Martinez
  • Publication number: 20190113092
    Abstract: A heat shield assembly for a braking system is provided. The heat shield assembly includes a circumferential heat shield having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along a central axis. A tab member is disposed proximate the second end of the circumferential heat shield. The tab member has a radially extending portion with an aperture extending therethrough. The aperture is configured for mounting the circumferential heat shield to a wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: ROBERT FRENCH, Paul J. Howard
  • Publication number: 20190113093
    Abstract: The present invention provides straw fiber brake friction material production process including wheat straw removal. After the impurities, cut into the first preset length of the broken straw, and the broken straw cooking fat after drying. The dried chopped straw first preset length cut into second preset length broken straw, the first preset length is larger than the second preset length; second preset crushed straw immersion length of the glue pool. Dipping 0.5-1.5 hours, the ingredients of high-speed mixer to stir for 20-40 minutes, until completely fusion. After the release of barrel formation of wheat straw fiber brake friction material. The embodiment of the invention of wheat straw fiber production process of car plate friction material has produced advantages for brake pad friction material low noise and good performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Wanjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20190113094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coil spring, in which a corresponding portion is provided at an end portion in a direction of a coil axis, the corresponding portion having a whole size in the direction of the coil axis of the plurality of wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis equal to a maximum value of a gap in the direction of the coil axis between wire materials adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis of the coil spring, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between the corresponding portion and a wire material adjacent to the corresponding portion on an inner side in the direction of the coil axis is smaller than a wire height in an active coil portion of the coil spring, and at the end portion of the direction of the coil axis, a gap in the direction of the coil axis between a portion extending around the coil axis from the corresponding portion to a distal end portion side of the wire material and a wire material adjacent to the portion on the inner
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinori WATANABE, Hidemasa ITO, Noritoshi TAKAMURA, Fumio YAMAMOTO, Fumio TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190113095
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced plastic leaf spring and a method for producing the fiber-reinforced plastic leaf spring are provided, which is suitable in particular for use in a motor vehicle. It has an elongate leaf spring main body which comprises a first eye bushing at a first end and a second eye bushing at a second end. The leaf spring main body and the first and second eye bushings are formed using at least a first layer and a second layer of a composite material. Each of the layers is guided along a centerline of the leaf spring main body to form the leaf spring main body and, to form the first and second eye bushings, is respectively wrapped around a bushing element having a first center axis and around a bushing element having a second center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Friedrich Peter WOLF-MONHEIM
  • Publication number: 20190113096
    Abstract: A mechanism for electronically adjusting a shock absorber includes a cartridge that is located on the fluid path between the main body of the shock absorber and a damping reservoir. A piston valve is mounted for reciprocal movement inside an elongated chamber of the cartridge, and a solenoid is mounted on the cartridge to interact with the piston valve. In operation, the solenoid is electronically controlled to selectively move the piston valve into various positons in the cartridge chamber to thereby vary the volume of liquid flow along the fluid path which will adjust the response characteristics of the shock absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Dan J. Worley
  • Publication number: 20190113097
    Abstract: A spring element for a vehicle shock absorber. The spring element includes a longitudinal axis and a basic body that extends along the longitudinal axis and is deformable resiliently between an uncompressed basic state and a state compressed in the direction of a longitudinal axis, and which includes an end side with a stop surface configured for contact against a damper cap of the vehicle shock absorber. The stop surface is at least partially structured. A passenger motor vehicle car can include such a spring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: Frank THYE-MOORMANN
  • Publication number: 20190113098
    Abstract: A vibration attenuating fluid mount with a partitioned compensator includes an inner member, an outer member, a flexible member having a castellated transition between a fluid passageway and at least one operating chamber. A membrane may be disposed in a volume compensator in fluid communication with one or more operating chambers. The inner member and outer member may be connected via a castellated connection, a swaged lock ring, or a split-lock ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Reaugh Smith, Frank Bradley Stamps, Craig Turner, Maurice Griffin
  • Publication number: 20190113099
    Abstract: A fluid-filled engine mounting apparatus may include a core provided with a center into which a center bolt is inserted; an insulator with an internal lower portion in which a first fluid chamber is formed and with an upper internal circumferential surface adhered to an external circumferential surface of the core; an upper housing mounted on an upper portion of the insulator; upper and lower orifice plates mounted on an internal circumferential surface of the insulator and are provided with a center hole ; a membrane mounted on the center holes between the upper and lower orifice plates; a first case mounted on a lower external circumferential surface of the insulator; a first diaphragm mounted on a lower portion of the insulator that closes the first fluid chamber; and a longitudinal vibration absorbing device provided at an upper portion of the insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sreenivasan. N, Man Seok Oh, Sang Hoon Han, P Raghavendar, B V Krishna Teja, S Chaitanya Kumar Reddy
  • Publication number: 20190113100
    Abstract: Provided is a vibration damping device that reduces parts cost and improves productivity. The vibration damping device includes: a mounting member (10) that is attached to a vibration source; a holder (20) that is attached to a vibration receiver; and an insulator (30) that connects the mounting member (10) with the holder (20), wherein the holder (20) has a base portion (21) to which an end of the insulator (30) is coupled and a stopper portion (22) that rises from the base portion (21), and the insulator (30) has a pair of rubber feet (31 a, 31 b) that faces each other at a distance, wherein the pair of rubber feet (31a, 31 b) defines a cavity (35) therebetween, and the base portion (21) has an opening (25) formed therein at a position corresponding to the cavity (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Hitoshi SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20190113101
    Abstract: A crankshaft assembly which is designed for a reciprocating-piston machine of an internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft, a torsional vibration damper for damping resonance torsional vibrations of the elastic torsion modes of the crankshaft, and an output. The torsional vibration damper has a primary mass inertia and a secondary mass inertia, the primary mass inertia being rigidly connected to a crankshaft and the secondary mass inertia being coupled as a seismic mass with a viscous liquid to the primary mass inertia. The torsional vibration damper is configured to assume the function of a flywheel for reducing rotational non-uniformity in addition to the function of reducing the resonance torsional vibrations of the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Michael STEIDL, Florian KNOPF
  • Publication number: 20190113102
    Abstract: An intelligent clean energy generator contains: a case mounted on a base and accommodating a body. The body includes an accommodation chamber and an eccentric shaft, wherein a guide structure is defined in the accommodation chamber and includes a guiding face and a groove configured to guide a rotation stein. At least one flywheel is serially connected on the eccentric shaft, and each flywheel includes multiple inertial members, each of the multiple inertial members has a seat, a coupling bolt, and the rotation stein, wherein a distance between the rotation stein and the coupling bolt of each inertial member is identical fixedly. The seat has a slide rod on which a counterweight block is disposed, each flywheel is polygonal, and the rotation stein of each inertial member is movably arranged on each of corners of each flywheel so as to match with an energy release zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: HENG-YUAN LIU, YI-JUNG PENG
  • Publication number: 20190113103
    Abstract: The invention provides a fully modular component based conveyor belt splice with expansible tension links, robust side rails, a component based clamping structure and a modular structurally supported thermal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Shaw-Almex Industries Limited
    Inventor: Timothy Glen Shaw
  • Publication number: 20190113104
    Abstract: Provided is a zipper chain. The zipper chain includes a plurality of chain portions arranged to face each other and engaged with each other at one point while making linear movements. Each chain portion includes a plurality of upper plates connected to each other; a plurality of lower plates arranged to respectively face the upper plates, respectively spaced apart from the upper plates, and connected to each other; a plurality of connecting portions each connecting one of the upper plates to a corresponding one of the lower plates and connecting adjacent upper plates among the plurality of upper plates or adjacent lower plates among the plurality of lower plates; and a plurality of protrusions respectively protruding from the plurality of connecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: HANWHA LAND SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Ki YOON
  • Publication number: 20190113105
    Abstract: A cycloidal reducer includes a housing, an input bushing mounted in the housing for input of a rotational force, and two speed-reduced output units, each of which includes a cycloidal disc, an output member, a cross Oldham coupling member, and a plurality of rolling elements. The cycloidal disc is mounted to the input bushing and has troughs formed in an end face thereof and each having a sidewall forming an inclined surface. The output member has troughs formed in an end face thereof. The cross Oldham coupling member has coupling sections, each having a sidewall forming an inclined surface. The coupling sections are respectively received in the troughs of the cycloidal disc and the output member. The rolling elements are arranged between the inclined surfaces of the cycloidal disc and the cross Oldham coupling member and between the sidewalls of the output member and the cross Oldham coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: CHENG-LUNG WANG, HSU-MIN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20190113106
    Abstract: A rotary actuator has: one motor, two strain wave reduction gears disposed symmetrically on both sides of the motor, and one output shaft. The output rotation of the motor is reduced in speed at the same reduction ratio by the two strain wave reduction gears and is outputted from the output shaft to a load side. The first and second externally toothed gears of the first and second strain wave reduction gears are flexed into ellipsoidal shapes with 90 degrees shifted in phase, and are meshed with first and second internally toothed gears. The angle transmission errors of the first and second strain wave reduction gears transmitted to the output shaft are reduced by cancelling each other out in the output shaft. Reduced-speed output rotation that has the reduced angle transmission errors is outputted to the load side from the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakagawa, Daisuke Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20190113107
    Abstract: A compound planetary gear assembly that can be manufactured at a low cost. The compound planetary gear assembly comprises: a first sun gear to which torque is applied; a second sun gear arranged fixedly and coaxially with the first sun gear; a third sun gear rotating around an axis of the first sun gear; a first planetary gear to which the torque is delivered from the first sun gear; a second planetary gear delivering the torque to the second sun gear; a third planetary gear delivering the torque to the third sun gear; a first pinion shaft supporting the first planetary gear, the second planetary gear and the third planetary gear; and a carrier supporting the first pinion shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isono
  • Publication number: 20190113108
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle, may include an input shaft and an output shaft; a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set provided to transfer a torque between the input shaft and the output shaft and each including three rotation elements; and seven shifting elements connected to the rotation elements of the planetary gear sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ki Tae Kim, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Publication number: 20190113109
    Abstract: A two-speed transmission for a vehicle is provided including a planetary gear set selectively coupling an input shaft and an output shaft. The planetary gear set is configured to provide two forward gear ratios and neutral. The planetary gear set includes at least one sun gear, at least one pinion in meshing engagement with the sun gear, at least one ring gear meshingly engaged with the pinion, and a carrier. The carrier supports the pinion and is connected to the output shaft such that rotation of the carrier drives the output shaft. The two-speed transmission also includes one or more elements that rotatably couple different combinations of the sun gear, the pinion, the ring gear, the input shaft, and the carrier with one another or a ground. Such elements may include combinations of clutches, brakes, and dog clutches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory MORDUKHOVICH, Hamid VAHABZADEH
  • Publication number: 20190113110
    Abstract: A power transmission system is disclosed for infinitely variable speed capability. The power transmission system includes a pair of power units, each configured to deliver a rotational torque to drive an output element. A transmission arrangement receives the rotational torques from the power units and delivers a resulting torque to the output element. The transmission arrangement includes a gear set coupling the one power unit to the output element to deliver torque through a mechanical meshing engagement that is continuously effected between the first power unit and the output element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Dwayne B. Watt, G. William Detrick, Randall L. Long
  • Publication number: 20190113111
    Abstract: A variable-speed speed-up mechanism includes: an electric device which is configured to generate a rotational driving force and a planetary gear transmission device which is configured to change the speed of the rotational driving force transmitted from the electric device to a constant-speed input shaft and a variable-speed input shaft and transmit the rotational driving force to a target to be driven via an output shaft. The electric device includes a constant-speed electric motor including a constant-speed rotor which is configured to rotate the constant-speed input shaft of the planetary gear transmission device and a variable-speed electric motor including a variable-speed rotor which is configured to rotate the variable-speed input shaft of the planetary gear transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okamoto, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190113112
    Abstract: A hydraulic tensioning device for a chain drive, including tensioning piston, which is guided in a holder and which has locking grooves on the outer peripheral surface of the tensioning piston, and including a locking element, which has at least two annular sections and at least two radial extensions, wherein the locking element can be brought into engagement with one of the locking grooves by the at least two annular sections, and including a clamping stop and a sliding stop, which are axially spaced apart from each other. In order to simplify the design, the holder has at least two axial extensions, which extend in the axial direction between the clamping stop plane and the sliding stop plane. The at least two axial extensions and the tensioning piston do not enclose the at least two radial extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Schug, Patrick Wege, Rainer Fuhrmann
  • Publication number: 20190113113
    Abstract: A hydraulic tensioner can include a valve retainer and valve member within a housing including a cavity, passageway, and boss. The passageway provides fluid communication with the cavity through an end face of the cavity. The boss is disposed about the passageway and extends axially outward from the end face. The valve retainer can include a first plate. The first plate can be fixedly coupled to the housing. The valve member can include a second plate that can be axially between the first plate and the boss. The second plate can extend in a radial direction beyond an outermost edge of the boss. The second plate can move axially between a closed position wherein the second plate is in sealing contact with the boss and an open position wherein the second plate is axially spaced apart from the boss. The valve spring biases the second plate toward the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jeremy BENN
  • Publication number: 20190113114
    Abstract: A hydraulic tensioner includes a valve seat, first valve member, retainer, and second valve member. The seat includes a first aperture disposed about an axis and a second aperture radially outward thereof. The first member includes a first plate having a third aperture aligned with the first aperture. The first plate extends radially outward of the second aperture. The first plate is axially movable between a closed position wherein it inhibits flow through the second aperture, and an open position wherein it permits flow through the second aperture. The retainer includes a second plate fixed relative to the seat. The second member includes a third plate between the second plate and valve seat. The third plate is axially movable between a closed position wherein it inhibits flow through the first aperture while permitting flow through the second aperture, and an open position wherein it permits flow through the first aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Jeremy BENN
  • Publication number: 20190113115
    Abstract: Electrical telescopic strut construction, movable between an extended locked position and a retracted unlocked position, comprising: an external cylinder (1); an inner cylinder (2); a screw (3) rotatable disposed within the inner cylinder (2); a drive (4) configured to rotate the screw (3); a nut (5) being movable with respect to the external cylinder (1) responsive to the rotation of the screw (3); at least one segment (6) located in a radial opening of the inner cylinder (2) and movable radially outward and inward in response to the movement of the nut (5) and configured to engage the external cylinder (1) when moved radially outward and not to engage the external cylinder (1) when moved radially inward, a second inner cylinder (7) located external to the first inner cylinder (2) and internal to the external cylinder (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Rosa MACIAS CUBEIRO, Jose Luis CRESPO CHICO, Esteban MORANTE LOPEZ, Francisco Jose AGUADO LOPEZ
  • Publication number: 20190113116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of linear actuators, and in particular, to a high-efficiency high-thrust electric linear actuator for a solar panel. Compared with a conventional electric linear actuator, in the electric linear actuator for a solar panel of the present invention, a drive nut on a screw uses a copper alloy nut. The copper alloy nut used in the present invention greatly improves the strength, toughness, and fatigue-resistance performance and has high hardness and high tensile strength. The copper alloy nut and the corresponding screw are used in combination to bear higher pressure and do not fracture easily. Therefore, a small-structure high-thrust electric linear actuator can be realized. An electric linear actuator having a smaller volume is used to support the solar panel, so that small space is occupied, and transportation and use become more convenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hanwan ZHONG, Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20190113117
    Abstract: A roller screw structure includes a screw rod, a nut set and planetary rollers. The screw rod includes an outer thread portion having first and second side-recession portions. The nut set includes an inner thread portion having third and fourth side-recession portions. The planetary roller includes a roller-thread portion having first and second side-protrusion portions. In assembling, the first and second side-protrusion portions are tightly engaged with the first and second side-recession portions, with the first and second side-protrusion portions tightly engaging with the third and fourth side-recession portions synchronously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Tzu-Ching Hung
  • Publication number: 20190113118
    Abstract: An input drum of an automotive transmission for motor vehicles is formed from a plurality of components assembled together. The input drum has a hub having outwardly extending tabs, and a clutch cylinder having internal grooves for receiving the tabs when the hub is assembled to the clutch cylinder. The hub and the clutch cylinder are arranged such that openings in the hub and openings in an inwardly extending circumferential flange of the clutch cylinder are in axial alignment when the tabs of the hub are received in the internal grooves of the clutch cylinder. The hub and clutch cylinder are assembled together by connecting elements extending through the aligned openings in the hub and clutch cylinder. An input shaft is permanently or removably attached to the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: David A. Hardin
  • Publication number: 20190113119
    Abstract: An axle assembly having a gear reduction unit and an interaxle differential unit. The gear reduction unit may be operatively connected to an input shaft and may selectively provide gear reduction to a differential assembly and the interaxle differential unit. The interaxle differential unit may operatively connect the gear reduction unit to the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Keeney, Dale Eschenburg
  • Publication number: 20190113120
    Abstract: A drive module includes a Ravigneaux gearset, first and second input shafts, shift member, and differential. The first planet gears of the gearset can engage the first sun gear and the second planet gears, which can engage the second sun gear. The first input shaft can rotate with the second sun gear and receives torque from a first motor. A first gear can be coupled to the carrier of the Ravigneaux gearset for rotation therewith and meshingly engages the differential input. The second input shaft receives torque from a second motor and is drivingly coupled to the differential input. When the shift member is in a first position, the shift member drivingly couples the first sun gear to a first differential output. When the shift member is in a second position, the shift member couples the first sun gear to a housing to prevent rotation of the first sun gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Erik J. Sten, Gabriel Trönnberg
  • Publication number: 20190113121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) comprising a ratio varying unit and a compound epicyclic gear set. The ratio varying unit has a rotating first side and a rotating second side, the rotational axes of the first and second sides being coaxial. The compound epicyclic gear set comprises a first set of planets, being rotationally mounted within a carrier and meshing with a sun gear. The epicyclic gear set also has a first annulus gear and a second set of planets; the second set of planets also being rotationally mounted within the carrier and meshing with a second annulus gear. One of the first or second rotating sides of the ratio varying unit is coupled to the carrier and the other of the first or second rotating sides of the ratio varying unit is coupled to the sun gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Gaskell
  • Publication number: 20190113122
    Abstract: A cage for mounting a set of pinion gears including: at least two support members disposed about a central axis; first and second axially spaced support arms extending circumferentially about the central axis and connecting the first and second support arms to form a cylindrically-shaped cage having an axially extending central passage. The central passage being coaxial with a wheel axle. The first and second arms and the at least two support members define a first window on one side of the cylindrical cage for receiving a pinion gear and a second window on the other side of the cylindrical cage for receiving another pinion gear. The support arms have axially aligned openings positioned at the first and second windows for receiving radially reduced and opposing heads of each of the pinion gears and supporting rotation of the pinion gears. The cage is mounted for rotation about the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: James J. Mehallow, JR., Ned W. Wright
  • Publication number: 20190113123
    Abstract: A mounting body and a cassette suitable for mounting on a bicycle rear wheel hub in combination with the body. The body has an inner radial portion for coupling with rear wheel hub and an outer radial portion for mounting the cassette and a portion with a plurality of attachment areas for attachment to a cassette. The cassette has an axial centering opening for centering on the mounting body and a plurality of cassette attachment areas that align with the mounting body attachment areas to unite the mounting body and cassette for transmission of pedaling torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: CAMPAGNOLO S.r.l.
    Inventor: Mirco CIVIERO
  • Publication number: 20190113124
    Abstract: A product and method for assembling multiple components using an interference fit. An assembled product includes a first component, with a second component configured to mate with the first component so that the second component is removable from the first component for a positional adjustment. A third component is configured to mate with the first component and to be engaged therewith by a first interference fit. The first interference fit is configured to impart a resultant reaction in the first component that creates a second interference fit between the first and second components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Darren J. Ziskovsky, Jeffrey S. Turner, Austin B. Stephens
  • Publication number: 20190113125
    Abstract: A vehicular power transmitting device comprising: a power transmitting shaft rotated by a drive power source; a housing accommodating the power transmitting shaft and rotatably supporting the power transmitting shaft through a tapered roller bearing; and a breather device including a breather plug, and a breather chamber for communication between an outside atmosphere outside the housing and an inside space within the housing, through the breather plug, the vehicular power transmitting device being characterized in that: the housing includes an oil passage for communication between the breather chamber and a small-diameter end side space partially defined by a small-diameter end face of a tapered roller of the tapered roller bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi OMI, Shingo MINEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190113126
    Abstract: An assembly (400) for a horizontally mounted planetary gearbox comprises high speed components of the gearbox; a housing (402) for the high speed components; and a collar (404) located at the output end of the housing and extending radially inward from an outer surface of the housing (402). This arrangement means that the collar retains lubricant (406) in the gearbox when the gearbox is stationary. The collar includes a gap (502), which means that one or more of the high speed components pass through the gap in the collar. It also means that components offset from the central axis of the gearbox are not impeded by the collar. The high speed components include a high speed shaft (408) and a mechanical pump (410), both of which are offset from the central axis of the gearbox. The housing comprises a cover (410) comprising one or more holes (510). This means that one or more of the high speed components can pass through the holes in the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: SAYSELL David
  • Publication number: 20190113127
    Abstract: An epicyclic gearbox assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a sun gear assembly; a planet gear assembly engaged with the sun gear assembly; and a ring gear assembly including one or more ring gears engaged with the planet gear assembly. The epicyclic gearbox assembly further includes a lubrication fluid collection assembly having a rotating oil scoop extending in a circumferential direction around the ring gear assembly, the rotating oil scoop coupled to the ring gear assembly at a location forward of one or more ring gears of the ring gear assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: Michele Gravina
  • Publication number: 20190113128
    Abstract: An epicyclic gear train for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a gutter having an annular channel, a sun gear rotatable about an axis, intermediary gears arranged circumferentially about and meshing with the sun gear, and a carrier supporting the intermediary gears, and a ring gear arranged about and intermeshing with the intermediary gears, the ring gear having an aperture axially aligned with the annular channel. The ring gear includes axially spaced apart walls that extend radially outward to define a passageway, and the passageway is arranged radially between the aperture and the annular channel such that the walls inhibit an axial flow of an oil passing from the aperture toward the annular channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Michael E. McCune, Lawrence E. Portlock
  • Publication number: 20190113129
    Abstract: A ball screw with a cooling passage includes a ball screw, a nut and a sealing unit. The nut is provided with the input and output cooling holes parallel to the axis, and the axial flat surface is provided with the guide groove. A first radial hole and a second radial hole are disposed between the guide groove and the input cooling hole and the output cooling hole, respectively, and then a sealing unit seals the guide groove, so as to form the cooling passage. The guide groove, the first radial hole and the second radial hole all extend along the axial direction of the nut, and the cooling passage can be formed simply by sealing the guide groove with the sealing unit, which effectively reduces the assembling steps and time, consequently decreasing the assembling cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: YOU-XIN FANG, YU-WEI CHUANG, SHENG-HAO HONG
  • Publication number: 20190113130
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission lever for receiving a change speed command and including a knob, and a transmission apparatus for changing a speed of the vehicle according to the change speed command received by the transmission lever, wherein the transmission lever is located at any one gear position among a reverse (R) gear position, a neutral (N) gear position and a driving (D) gear position, and a shape of the knob is changed according to the gear position at which the transmission lever is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Daeyun AN, Seunghyun WOO, Gi Beom HONG
  • Publication number: 20190113131
    Abstract: An assisting element structure for a paddle shifter of a vehicle includes: an operating body having a centrally-disposed flange, with a first and second extending portions disposed at two ends of the operating body, respectively, the flange having therein a receiving chamber which the paddle shifter is fitted in; a groove corresponding in position to the first extending portion is concavely disposed on the flange, wherein a first through hole, a second through hole and a threaded hole are disposed at two ends and a middle of the groove, respectively, and a baffle corresponding in position to an inner wall of the second extending portion is disposed on the flange; a pressing element disposed in the groove and having two ends with a first and second elastic segments corresponding in position to the first and second through holes, respectively; and a screwing component disposed in the threaded hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventor: HSIN-CHENG YEH
  • Publication number: 20190113132
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus for a vehicle includes a shift lever in which a cover is movably disposed. The transmission apparatus, which performs a gear shift according to a gear shift command received by the shift lever, includes a bottom portion capable of moving linearly so that gear shift stages including a first gear shift stage and a plurality of second gear shift stages are mutually shifted, a body rotatably coupled to an upper side of the bottom portion so that the plurality of second gear shift stages are mutually shifted, and a cover movably disposed on an upper end of the body so that a position of the cover is varied according to the mutual shift of the gear shift stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Gi Beom Hong, Daeyun An
  • Publication number: 20190113133
    Abstract: A vehicle configured to receive an input of a shift command corresponding to a change in position of a vehicle accessory seated in a shift command input portion and a control method for the same, may include a vehicle accessory; a shift command input portion in which the vehicle accessory is configured to be seated and which receives an input of a shift command corresponding to a change in position of the seated vehicle accessory; a shift device configured to change a shift range; and a controller configured to control the shift device to change the shift range in accordance with the shift command input by the shift command input portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Gi Beom Hong, Daeyun An
  • Publication number: 20190113134
    Abstract: A vehicle shifter mechanism comprises a shift control member configured with an outer threaded portion proximate an upper end, and an inwardly tapered bore proximate the upper end. A shift lever is configured with an outwardly extending annular shoulder proximate a lower end. The annular shoulder has a tapered lower portion configured to register with the tapered bore of the shift control member. A locking nut is configured to fit over the shift lever and to mate with the threaded portion of the shift control member to compress the tapered lower portion of the annular shoulder to the tapered bore to fix the shift control member to the shift lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin S. Ford, Van Walls
  • Publication number: 20190113135
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a rotary electric machine includes a first supply pipe that is disposed vertically above a rotary electric machine and that has a discharge hole through which a refrigerant is discharged toward the rotary electric machine; a second supply pipe that is disposed in parallel with the first supply pipe vertically above the rotary electric machine and that has a discharge hole through which the refrigerant is discharged toward the rotary electric machine; and a pump configured to deliver the refrigerant to the first supply pipe and the second supply pipe such that a direction of the refrigerant flowing through the first supply pipe and a direction of the refrigerant flowing through the second supply pipe are opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko MIYAMOTO, Keisuke ITO, Hiroki KATO
  • Publication number: 20190113136
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing shift changes of a multi-speed automatic transmission of a vehicle are provided. The multi-speed automatic transmission being capable of establishing a plurality of forward speed ratios. The vehicle may include a transmission shift selector having at least one operator selectable shift request input to request a shift change of the multi-speed automatic transmission. A control circuit operatively coupled to the multi-speed automatic transmission is provided which shifts the multi-speed automatic transmission from a first forward speed ratio to a second forward speed ratio in response to shift criteria. The shift criteria may be based on a plurality of operational characteristics related to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Brent Maurer, Mark A. Rains, Edmond M. Etchason
  • Publication number: 20190113137
    Abstract: A device synchronizes primary speed of a primary shaft receiving an electrical torque from an electric machine with a secondary speed lower than the primary speed of a secondary transmission shaft. The primary shaft and secondary shaft are decoupled. The primary shaft has a kinetic energy associated with the primary speed. The device provides electrical braking torque to the primary shaft until the primary speed is substantially equal to the secondary speed. The device also at least partially recovers, in the form of electrical energy, the kinetic energy lost by the primary shaft and transmits the electrical energy to an energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Pedro KVIESKA, Ludovic MERIENNE