Patents Issued in March 26, 2020
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Publication number: 20200094851Abstract: In an approach, one or more computer processors determine that a user is in a vehicle. The one or more computer processors identify historical vehicle occupancy data of the user. The one or more computer processors monitor one or more driving metrics of the vehicle while the user is an occupant. The one or more computer processors determine whether a vehicle exceeds a threshold based, at least in part, on a comparison of the monitored one or more driving metrics and the identified historical vehicle occupancy data. The one or more computer processors determine an action based, at least in part, on the vehicle exceeding the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Adam J. Smye-Rumsby, Hernan A. Cunico, Paul A. R. Frank, Martin G. Keen
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Publication number: 20200094852Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an autonomous vehicle with an emergency escape mode. When fleeing a scene is critical, embodiments provide an AV that can operate in an emergency escape mode (EEM) to enable the AV to flee a scene, protecting its occupants. Typically, a passenger or operator invokes EEM in an AV when they are in imminent danger from criminal activity such as carjacking. A least resistance route can be computed to determine an escape route that provides for reduced chance of injury and/or increased probability of a successful escape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Michael Robert Kahn
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Publication number: 20200094853Abstract: A haptic feedback system for a work vehicle includes at least one controller that may control haptic feedback through a steering controller, determine a status change associated with the work vehicle, and output a command indicative of instructions to a haptic feedback actuator configured to provide haptic feedback to the steering controller to indicate the status change.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Ivan Tate
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Publication number: 20200094854Abstract: A cable car system has at least two cable car stations and at least one carrying cable between the stations. A cable car vehicle is moved by a hauling cable between the car stations. The travelling positions of the vehicle along the travelling route are determined by a measuring device and transmitted to a control unit and processed and stored in same. A signal is input into the control unit by an input device located on a cable car support such that maintenance or assembly works and similar are carried out on this cable car support. When a cable car vehicle approaches the cable car support, the drive for moving the at least one cable car vehicle is controlled by the control unit such that the cable car vehicle is moved at a significantly reduced speed in relation to the operating speed, or is stopped at the cable car support.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: MICHAEL MATHIS, PETER LUGER, MICHAEL HOFER, IWAN BISSIG
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Publication number: 20200094855Abstract: A control system receives signals representing a presence and position of a secondary movement system onboard a vehicle. The secondary movement system changes movement of the vehicle without generating thrust or propulsion to move the vehicle. The control system creates a schedule of use of the secondary movement system based on the presence and position of the secondary movement system and controls the secondary movement system based on the schedule that is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Bret Dwayne Worden, Brian Douglas Lawry, Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Matthew John Malone
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Publication number: 20200094856Abstract: A side wall for a railcar includes a plurality of integrated side sheets. Each of the integrated side sheets includes a sheet of metal having a top side edge and a bottom side edge extending from a first end to a second end of the sheet of metal. The sheet of metal further includes a flat area portion extending a first distance from the first end towards the second end between the top side edge and the bottom side edge. The sheet of metal further includes a side post portion adjacent to the flat portion, the side post portion comprising a plurality of bends forming a recess. The plurality of bends forming the recess includes at least a first bend, a second bend, a third bend, and a fourth bend. Adjacent integrated side sheets may be coupled together to form the side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Christopher Crisafulli, Matthew Gabriel Westlake, Suman Gachhadar, Percy Elavia
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Publication number: 20200094857Abstract: A locomotive suspension system includes a truck frame coupled with a locomotive body frame by one or more upper suspensions and a first motor suspension coupled with a first motor and the truck frame. The first motor is coupled with a first axle of the truck frame. The locomotive suspension system also includes a second motor suspension coupled with a second motor and the truck frame. The second motor is coupled with a second axle of the truck frame. The first and second motor suspensions are asymmetrically arranged on opposite sides of a bisecting plane of a truck wheelbase of the truck frame. The truck wheelbase extends from the first axle to the second axle along a length of the truck frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Jingjun Zhang, Phani Kumar Venkata Pullabhotla, Ravikumar Dhulipalla, Marcel Philippe Vasconcelos Silva
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Publication number: 20200094858Abstract: A process for producing a coupler knuckle and an improved coupler knuckle design are provided. The process produces a coupler knuckle by constructing a mold having the shape of the coupler knuckle. The mold is coated with a material that is resistant to melting at the molten melt temperatures of the molten metal used to form the knuckle. With the mold coated, the cavities in the mold interior are filled by placing an inert material therein. The molten metal used for forming the knuckle contacts the mold and consumes it, while the coating serves to provide a shape for the knuckle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Pennsy CorporationInventors: Zachary Brook, Manuel Tavares
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Publication number: 20200094859Abstract: An articulated joint connection device force-transmits the connection of two components, each extending along a common longitudinal axis in a first working position, and for pivoting one of the two components relative to the other component about a pivot axis, which is arranged perpendicularly and parallel to the longitudinal axis, into at least one other, second working position. Furthermore, a coupling device, particularly for rail vehicles, has a coupling bar with two components which are coupled together via such an articulated joint connection device. The design configuration of the coupling elements is characterized by a drawbar sleeve joint connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: DOMINIK JUERSS
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Publication number: 20200094860Abstract: A system for testing trainline communications includes a command test box, a remote test box, and a controller. The command test box is coupled to a first electric coupler at a first end of a consist including one or more cars of a railroad train. The command test box applies a test signal to the first electric coupler and wirelessly transmits an indication of the test signal. The remote test box is coupled to a second electric coupler at a second end of the consist, and determines whether the test signal is present at the second electric coupler and wirelessly transmits an indication of the test signal. The controller communicates wirelessly with the test boxes to determine whether the test signal has successfully traversed the consist.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Matthew Patrick Rodney
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Publication number: 20200094861Abstract: A control system and method determine an energy demand associated with delivery of cargo in a trip. The energy demand represents how much electric energy is needed to move cargo vehicles that carry the cargo through the trip. Locations of energy tenders and states of charge of the energy tenders are determined. A schedule for the cargo vehicles to deliver the cargo to a delivery location within a delivery time slot is determined. This schedule is determined based on the energy demand, the locations of the energy tenders, and the states of charge of the energy tenders. The system and method direct which of the energy tenders that the cargo vehicles are to couple with, be powered by, and move with for powering the cargo along routes to the delivery location of the trip within the designated time slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Samuel William Golden, rRobert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Nathan Thomas North, Milan Karunaratne
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Publication number: 20200094862Abstract: A motorized apparatus is provided to lift, tilt and transport heavy tank-like objects such as water heaters. Structurally, the apparatus includes a hitching assembly which can be engaged with an elongated tank to hold it on the apparatus. A guide rail, which is mounted for rotation around a pivot point on a chassis of the apparatus, is also engaged with the hitching assembly. Screw-drives, which are engaged between the guide rail and the hitching assembly, are activated to move the hitching assembly in translation on the guide rail. Also, a screw-drive, which is engaged between the chassis and the guide rail, is activated to rotate the hitching assembly and tank together around the pivot point on the chassis. Further, drive wheels on the apparatus can be selectively activated to transport the entire apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Michael S. Logsdon, SR.
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Publication number: 20200094863Abstract: A utility cart for maneuvering trailers and trailer accessories includes a base frame member, caster wheels mounted on an underside of the base frame member, a height adjustable hitch assembly, and a pair of handles extending upwardly from the base frame member. The hitch assembly is mounted to the central support members, and includes a vertical post extending upwardly from the support members and a telescoping frame member with a vertical sleeve that mates telescopically with the vertical post. The telescoping frame member includes a height adjustment mechanism that is operated by a hand crank, so that a user can turn the hand crank to raise or lower the height of the telescoping frame member. The utility cart may attach to trailers, trailer hitch accessories, or may be used as a docking station for the recreational vehicle loading and carrying apparatus set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 9,670,013.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Bryan Lee Parrish
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Publication number: 20200094864Abstract: An operation input device includes a touch detector configured to detect an operation state to an operation unit of a steering wheel of a vehicle, a controller configured to determine an operation command by fingers of an operator to the touch detector based on a touch state of the fingers of the operator to the touch detector and to operate an operation target device, and a notification unit for notifying the operator based on the operation command by the fingers determined by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Masahiro TAKAHASHI, Ryoko NAKANO
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Publication number: 20200094865Abstract: A cover which may be useful for preventing irradiation of a steering wheel. The cover includes a cover-face, a lip, and a radiant barrier. The cover-face is flat, is constructed of a flexible material, and may be defined by a diameter. The lip is affixed to the cover-face and is rounded away from the cover-face, being shaped to deform about and grasp the curved outer surface of a steering wheel. The lip may be sufficiently flexible to be expanded in diameter up to one inch, such that it may be bent about a steering wheel during installation. The radiant barrier is attached to the cover face. The radiant barrier is able to reflect ultraviolet radiation, thereby preventing irradiation of the steering wheel when the cover is installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Darlene Love
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Publication number: 20200094866Abstract: A steering apparatus having inner and outer columns. The outer column is made of an extrusion molded product, and includes a pair of side plate sections respectively extending in the axial direction, located on both sides in the width direction of the inner column, and has a column-side through hole that passes through in the width direction on one side than the inner column with respect to the height direction in a part in the axial direction thereof, and a column pressing section is provided in at least one of the pair of plate sections and able to press the inner column in a direction away from the column-side through holes with respect to the height direction when displaced inward in the width direction, and a widening section in at least one of the pair of plate sections and pressed outward in the width direction via the inner column that is pressed by the column pressing sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Yoshifumi Kurokawa
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Publication number: 20200094867Abstract: A vehicle steering assembly and method for steering a vehicle includes an array of electromagnets fixed relative to the vehicle, and a charged plate that is moveable with respect to the array and connected to a wheel that determines the travel direction of the vehicle. When activated, the electromagnets produce a charge that is opposite that of the charged plate, thus attracting the charged plate. The electromagnets are selectively activated to move a centroid of a charged region about the array to thereby move the charged plate in a desired direction. Movement of the charged plate causes a corresponding movement of the wheel to which it is connected. Movement of the wheel thus establishes a travel direction for the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Timothy A. Abke
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Publication number: 20200094868Abstract: In a steered shaft in a steering system, when a section of a first end portion having a prescribed length shorter than a length from an end face to an outer peripheral rolling groove is defined as a first section, a section of the first end portion other than the first section and adjacent to the outer peripheral rolling groove is defined as a second section, a section, in the outer peripheral rolling groove, starting from a boundary between the second section and the outer peripheral rolling groove and having a prescribed length shorter than an axial length of a section along which the outer peripheral rolling groove extends is defined as a third section, a maximum value of a hardening depth in the second section is larger than a hardening depth in the first section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Eiji YAMAZAKI, Hideya KATO
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Publication number: 20200094869Abstract: A rack assist electric power steering apparatus. Shock between a rotary support member and a housing is absorbed. Backlash and friction in the rotary support member are reduced. The length of a ball nut is minimized, and the rotary support member is supported by a portion in which the ball nut and a rack bar are coupled, so that noise is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: In Hwan JEON
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Publication number: 20200094870Abstract: A motor control device for controlling drive of an electric motor that controls a steering angle of a steering device, the motor device includes: a torque sensor and an electronic control unit. The torque sensor is configured to detect steering torque acting on a steering member. The electronic control unit is configured to: generate a steering angle command value based on the steering torque by using an equation of motion that is a reference model of the steering device; control driving of the electric motor so that an actual steering angle follows the steering angle command value; and limit a virtual reaction force that is a reaction force component of the equation of motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki SHOJI
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Publication number: 20200094871Abstract: A steering apparatus, a steering method, and a steering control device. A steering motor includes a first winding and a second winding respectively receiving three-phase power. A first steering controller controls the power supplied to the first winding. A second steering controller controls the power supplied to the second winding. A detector detects whether or not a phase among three phases corresponding to each of the first and second windings is open; and a controller. If the phase among the three phases is detected to be open, the controller controls one steering controller corresponding to the open phase, among the first steering controller and the second steering controller, in accordance with an angular velocity of a steering wheel and the rotational speed of the steering motor, so that the steering motor generates additional torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Jong Hoon LEE, Jong Hak Jin
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Publication number: 20200094872Abstract: A method for operating a transportation vehicle having a control unit for electrically actuating an electromechanical coupling unit of a steering system of the transportation vehicle, wherein the control unit actuates the coupling unit according to a steering wheel characteristic curve which forms a ratio between a wheel lock angle of wheels of the transportation vehicle and a steering wheel rotational angle which is assumed by a steering wheel of the transportation vehicle, wherein a normal steering wheel characteristic curve is made available as a standard setting of the steering wheel characteristic curve in the control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Jana SEELAND, Christian HOPP
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Publication number: 20200094873Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating steering wheel reaction torque. Steering wheel reaction torque is generated in an SBW system so as to be able to maintain constant hysteresis regardless of a steering angle or rack force. The apparatus for generating steering wheel reaction toque in an SBW system for a vehicle includes: an offset determiner determining an offset on the basis of input factors; a target reaction torque determiner determining target reaction torque on the basis of at least one of the input factors and the offset; and a reaction torque generator generating steering wheel reaction torque on the basis of the determined target reaction torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: SeungGyu HONG
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Publication number: 20200094874Abstract: A method of detecting steering wheel angle instability in an auto-guided vehicle includes measuring a steering wheel angle at a plurality of time instances within a pre-determined time window to obtain an array of values of the steering wheel angle, performing a frequency analysis of the array of values of the steering wheel angle to obtain a frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle, comparing the frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle to a pre-defined threshold frequency spectrum to determine whether a magnitude of the frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle at any frequency exceeds a magnitude of the threshold frequency spectrum, and upon determining that a magnitude of the frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle at one or more frequencies exceeds a magnitude of the pre-defined threshold frequency spectrum, determining that a steering wheel angle instability is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Brandon Sights, Justin Creaby
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Publication number: 20200094875Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a surrounding recognizer that is configured to recognize a surrounding environment of a vehicle; a lane change controller that is configured to perform lane change control of the vehicle by controlling at least steering of the vehicle; a side mirror that is configured to reflect an image of a landscape of a rear side of the vehicle including an adjacent lane adjacent to an own lane in which the vehicle is running and allows a vehicle occupant of the vehicle to visually recognize the image; a display unit that is disposed in the side mirror; and a display controller that is configured to cause the display unit to display a notification image used for giving a notification of execution of the lane change control.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Yoshitaka Mimura
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Publication number: 20200094876Abstract: A vehicle auxiliary storage compartment comprising a floor, a back wall that extends upward from the floor, and a front wall that extends upward from floor opposite the back wall, and a pair of opposing sidewalls disposed at opposing ends of the front wall and the back wall. The front wall is defined by a back side of a seating structure of a vehicle in which the auxiliary storage compartment is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Philip Jhant, Matthew Baekelandt, Christopher Furman
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Publication number: 20200094877Abstract: A front pillar includes a front-side front pillar and a rear-side front pillar disposed apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The front-side front pillar is formed in a pipe-like shape in which end faces of a plate member are joined to each other. The front-side front pillar includes a first pillar part having a first circumference, and a third pillar part having a second circumference different from the first circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshihiro IWANO
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Publication number: 20200094878Abstract: A vehicle roof structure includes a roof panel, a side member outer panel, and a roof side molding. The roof panel includes a flange portion superposed on and coupled with a top surface of a flange portion of the side member outer panel. The roof side molding engages with a plurality of clips and mounted on the flange portion. The flange portion includes raised portions protruding upward between the clips and facing a lower edge of the roof side molding in the vehicle height direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Yasuhiro TOMITA
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Publication number: 20200094879Abstract: A vehicle body front structure, including a front bumper face positioned in front of a front bumper beam, and an ornamental front panel located above the front bumper face; wherein the front panel includes at least a substantially vertically extending vertical surface and an inclined surface continuous with the vertical surface, and the inclined surface is provided with a transmitting member configured to transmit radio wave or light, a radar device or an image capturing device being positioned behind the transmitting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Shinya TANABE, Takafumi MIKI
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Publication number: 20200094880Abstract: The front vehicle-body structure includes: a hinge pillar extending vertically; a suspension housing spaced forward from the hinge pillar; an apron reinforcement that extends forward from an upper part of the hinge pillar, has a closed section perpendicular to a front-rear direction, and supports the suspension housing; a bracing reinforcement that extends rearward to be inclined downward so as to couple a lower part of the apron reinforcement and the hinge pillar in a bracing manner, and has a closed section perpendicular to a direction of the extension; and a first reinforcing member that is provided inside the closed section of the apron reinforcement and partitions the closed section in the front-rear direction. The bracing reinforcement includes, at a bottom thereof, a wheel well outer rear part extending rearward to be inclined downward, and the first reinforcing member is connected to the wheel well outer rear part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Yuki Kataoka, Shigeaki Watanabe, Takeshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200094881Abstract: A D seat front beam has an inner end in a vehicle width direction fixed to a first column support point, and a point of fixation of the D seat front beam to the front lower pillar is provided further on a rear side in a vehicle front and rear direction than a first column support point. The D seat front beam extends toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction and toward the front side in the vehicle front and rear direction, from the point of fixation to the front lower pillar toward the first column support point.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Masaya IKEDA, Yukihiko NAKAGAWA, Osamu OKITSU, Yuuichi SUZUE
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Publication number: 20200094882Abstract: A gusset is joined to an instrument panel reinforcement and a floor brace. The instrument panel reinforcement includes a D seat rear beam extending from a portion to be joined to the floor brace to a portion for supporting the steering column. The D seat rear beam includes a D seat upper beam having a hat-shaped cross section open toward a lower side. The gusset includes a reinforcement joint portion that is joined to the D seat upper beam to form a closed cross section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Masaya IKEDA, Yukihiko NAKAGAWA, Osamu OKITSU, Yuuichi SUZUE
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Publication number: 20200094883Abstract: The instrument panel reinforcement includes a column attachment portion, a side end portion, and an inclined portion. The side end portion is fixed to a front lower pillar. The inclined portion is provided between the column attachment portion and the side end portion, extends toward an inner side in the vehicle width direction and toward a rear side in a vehicle front and rear direction from a bent portion at an inner end in the vehicle width direction of the side end portion, and is connected to the column attachment portion. A cowl to brace has a rear end fixed to the bent portion of the instrument panel reinforcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Tetsu MITSUO, Masaya IKEDA, Yukihiko NAKAGAWA, Osamu OKITSU, Yuuichi SUZUE
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Publication number: 20200094884Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle including a frame, a vehicle body, a motor connected to the frame, left and right suspensions, left and right wheels operatively connected to the left and right suspensions, each wheel having a rim and a tire mounted on the rim, both wheels being outside the vehicle body, and left and right fenders. Each fender includes an arcuate outer wall adapted for extending over at least a portion of an upper part of the tire of its corresponding wheel and a side wall having an outer portion extending from an edge of the outer wall, the outer portion covering at least a portion of a sidewall of the tire on a vehicle facing side, and an inner portion extending from the outer portion, the inner portion covering at least a portion of the rim of its corresponding wheel on the vehicle facing side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Thomas DRIANT, Nicolas LABERGE
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Publication number: 20200094885Abstract: A hat member 1 includes a top-plate portion 13, first ridges 113, and two side walls 11. The two side walls have a middle hardness Dc of 300 HV or higher. Each of the two side walls 11 includes a softened portion L and a strength-transition portion T adjacent to the softened portion L. The softened portion L has a hardness Dn lower than the middle hardness Dc by at least 8% (Dc?Dn?0.08Dc). The strength-transition portion T extends 0.5 mm or longer from the softened portion L toward the first end of the side wall. The strength-transition portion T has a hardness Dt that transitionally changes within the range of 8% to 1% lower than the middle hardness Dc (0.92Dc?Dt?0.99Dc). The hat member 1 further includes two second ridges 114 and two flanges 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Masahiro Kubo, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Naruhiko Nomura, Toshiya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200094886Abstract: A structural member for automobiles to be disclosed includes a press formed product. The press formed product includes two vertical wall sections and a top plate section that joins the two vertical wall sections to each other. At least part of the top plate section is provided with a protruding section that is a steel sheet extending from the top plate section and so folded over against itself as to protrude. The protruding section protrudes from the top plate section toward the interior of the press formed product and extends along the longitudinal direction of the press formed product. With the thus configured structural member, a structural member for automobiles that has a good characteristic in a three-point bending test is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichiro OTSUKA
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Publication number: 20200094887Abstract: An operator station is provided. The operator station may include a platform. The platform may at least partially extend along a plane. The operator station may include a first linkage member attached to a first portion of the platform and a second linkage member attached to a second portion of the platform. The first linkage member may be pivotal with respect to a first pivot axis, and the second linkage member may be pivotal with respect to a second pivot axis. The operator station may include an actuating member attached to the first linkage member. The actuating member may actuate the first linkage member for pivoting the first linkage member in a first direction and pivoting the second linkage member in the first direction. The platform may linearly translate in the plane during pivoting of the first linkage member and the second linkage member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventors: Nick JOHNSON, Ryan Hutar
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Publication number: 20200094888Abstract: A wheel spoiler arrangement, encompassing: a wheel spoiler carrier; a wheel spoiler received displaceably relative to the spoiler carrier between inactive and active positions constituting operating positions; a motion guide arranged between the spoiler carrier and the wheel spoiler and guides the displacement of the wheel spoiler between its operating positions; a displacement drive system which is coupled motion-transferringly to the wheel spoiler by a coupling member that drives the wheel spoiler relative to the spoiler carrier to perform a displacement motion between its operating positions; the coupling member is a reversibly deformable component arrangement which has a first predetermined conformation under an operational load that does not exceed a predetermined limit load and which is embodied to deform into a second conformation, different from the first conformation, under an extraordinary load that exceeds a predetermined limit load, the reversibly deformable component arrangement being deformableType: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Karsten Grebel
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Publication number: 20200094889Abstract: A spoiler device includes a link mechanism and a spoiler member. In the link mechanism, a drive link, an intermediate link, a driven link, and a fixed link are annularly connected. The drive link is driven by an actuator, thereby causing the link mechanism to operate as a four-joint link. The spoiler member is fixed to the intermediate link or the driven link. Any one of the drive link, the intermediate link, and the driven link is configured so as to include, two division links whose one end portions are connected by a connection portion. The two division links are rotatable around the connection portion, and are pressed in rotational directions by a pressing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tokuhiro SHIGA, Yukihide SHIBUTANI, Hideki MIZUNO
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Publication number: 20200094890Abstract: A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body comprising a first body panel; and a first variable aerodynamic device comprising: a first spoiler that is resiliently deformable between a lowered position and a raised position, the first spoiler being formed from part of the first body panel; and a first actuator configured to move the first spoiler between the lowered position and the raised position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Dan Parry-Williams, Tom Cordingley-Clark, Alex Alexiev
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Publication number: 20200094891Abstract: A remotely-engaging handle for a fifth wheel hitch system is provided. The remotely-engaging handle may comprise a body and a latching assembly that may be securely attached to the body and capable of engaging with a fifth wheel hitch. The latching assembly may comprise a locking member and an actuating member. The actuation of the actuating member may position a portion of the locking member from an unlocked position to a locked position. The locking member may comprise a latching arm rotating about a pivot point and a biasing member operatively attached the body. The biasing member may bias the locking member into a transitory position. In one embodiment, the actuating member may further comprise an electrically-operated button or a software-based interface. In particular embodiment, the locking member may further actuated by a solenoid and the connecting member may further comprise a wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Curt NOWACK, Gregoire MERCIER
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Publication number: 20200094892Abstract: The invention relates to a forest machine, comprising a chassis having sides, a swing bogie mounted on bearings to the chassis, comprising a swing frame, second sides and at least two wheels, a swing bearing attaching the chassis to mount the swing bogie, a power transmission arranged through the swing bearing in connection with the chassis, a support formed by two pairs between the chassis and the swing frame, each pair having a protrusion as a support surface and a rail as a counter surface to transmit lateral forces between the chassis and the swing frame during contact between the two surfaces, wherein each pair is located at a distance from the swing bearing on separate side of the swing bearing, and in each pair, one of the protrusions and the rail is attached to the side of the chassis and other to the second side of the swing frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Ponsse OyjInventors: Pentti HUKKANEN, Kalle EINOLA, Jorma HYVONEN
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Publication number: 20200094893Abstract: An anti-scrubbing mechanism in the track of a tracked robot or a tracked vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, a tracked robot includes one or more tracks coupled to a chassis of the tracked robot. Each of the one or more tracks include one or more track segments along a length of each of the one or more tracks and a plurality of rollers coupled to the one or more track segments along the length of each of the one or more tracks, wherein each of the plurality of rollers and the one or more track segments are arranged alternately along a width of each of the one or more tracks. The tracked robot further includes a drive system mechanically coupled to the one or more tracks and the chassis of the tracked robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.Inventor: Suhas S. Malghan
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Publication number: 20200094894Abstract: An undercarriage assembly for a tracked vehicle with a prime mover that provides a torque to the tracked vehicle, a final drive sprocket configured to provide a final drive torque on a track, a transmission mechanically coupled to the prime mover and the final drive sprocket to selectively transfer at least some of the torque generated by the prime mover to the final drive sprocket, at least one idler wheel that contacts the track, and an electric motor that provides an idler torque to the at least one idler wheel. Wherein, torque is distributed to the track through both the final drive sprocket and the idler wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Edwin R. Kreis, Dennis A. Bowman, Charles N. Warren
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Publication number: 20200094895Abstract: A track system for traction of a vehicle (e.g., a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) etc.). The track system comprises a track and a track-engaging assembly for driving and guiding the track around the track-engaging assembly. The track system may have features to enhance its traction, floatation, and/or other aspects of its performance, including the track that may comprise reinforcing material (e.g., reinforcing polymeric material) that is stronger (e.g., stiffer, harder, and/or more resistant to wear) than elastomeric material of the track, such as to improve rigidity characteristics of the track, reduce noise generated by the track system, improve a resistance to wear of the track, and/or reduce a weight of the track. The reinforcing material may be provided as one or more thin layers constituting at least part (e.g., of a periphery) of one or more components of the track (e.g., a carcass, traction projections, and/or drive/guide lugs).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Jules Dandurand, Andy Levesque
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Publication number: 20200094896Abstract: A vehicle includes front suspension assemblies; rear suspension assemblies; a left driven wheel and a right driven wheel with first left and right brake assemblies; a left wheel and a right wheel with second left and right brake assemblies; an anti-lock braking system (ABS) module; a drive mode coupler connected between the transmission and the left and right wheels for changing between a 2×4 and a 4×4 drive configuration; and a drive mode switch for controlling the drive mode coupler, the ABS module selectively performing brake traction control of at least one wheel based on the position of the drive mode switch. A method for controlling traction of the vehicle includes sensing the drive mode switch position and when the drive mode changes from a 2×4 position to a 4×4 position, causing the ABS module to perform brake traction control on at least one wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Christian NOLIN, Antoine BEZEAU-TREMBLAY
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Publication number: 20200094897Abstract: A jig apparatus is used for assembling a trunk lid including an upper panel, an extension panel, and a lower panel. The jig apparatus may include: a jig frame; a first activation jig unit configured to align and fix the upper panel and the extension panel and installed at the jig frame in front and rear directions to be tilting-rotatable; and a second activation jig unit aligning and fixing the lower panel and installed at the jig frame to be linearly movable in the front and rear directions with respect to the first activation jig unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Taeheun Jin, Minsun Sim, Yunheui Lee
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Publication number: 20200094898Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bicycle security system (130). The system comprises an alarm circuit having an alarm mechanism; and a sensor for sensing the displacement of a bicycle. The sensor is in communication with the alarm mechanism for activating the alarm mechanism if the displacement of the bicycle is greater than a predetermined threshold. A power source for powering the alarm circuit is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventor: Patrick Johnson
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Publication number: 20200094899Abstract: A seat for a bicycle comprising: a seating surface having a longitudinal length, a longitudinally forward portion, a longitudinally rearward portion, and a lateral width between a first lateral end and a second lateral end laterally opposed to the first lateral end; an underside surface below the seating surface; an opening extending through the seating surface and the underside surface; where the opening has an opening length between a longitudinally forward periphery and a longitudinally rearward periphery and an opening width between a first lateral periphery and a second lateral periphery laterally opposed to the first lateral periphery; where the seating surface includes a bridge portion longitudinally located between the opening and the rearward portion of the seating surface; and where the opening has a lateral width greater than its longitudinal length.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Mark J. Slate, Patrick M. Seidler, Raphael Schlanger
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Publication number: 20200094900Abstract: A seat structure includes a substrate structure and a pad structure affixed to a top surface of the substrate structure. The seat structure has a support region configured to provide a support for a user's buttocks, and a downwardly sloped nose portion. The seat structure is bump-less in that there is no raised portion at an area between the user's legs which would extend upwardly from adjacent laterally outward portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Ani Supowitz, Bryan Visintin, Ian Fettes