Patents Issued in April 2, 2020
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Publication number: 20200102016Abstract: A side frame comprises a center pillar which includes a reinforcement provided on an outward side in a vehicle width direction and an inner panel provided on an inward side in the vehicle width direction. The reinforcement comprises upper-and-lower hinge attachment sections for attaching rear-door hinges and first-and-second recessed beads for promoting bending of the center pillar in a vehicle side collision. The hinge attachment sections are provided to be spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction. The first recessed bead is provided at a higher level than the lower hinge attachment section. The second recessed bead is provided at a lower level than the lower hinge attachment section and configured to be bent before the first recessed bead in the vehicle side collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki HOSHUYAMA, Shuang GAO, Ryota NAKAYAMA, Akihiro KAWANO, Satoshi OKUMURA
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Publication number: 20200102017Abstract: A vehicle mount may comprise a member attach to a frame of a vehicle. Another mount member may comprise limbs. A space between limbs may receive an arm attachable to a component of the vehicle. The second member may attach to the first member such that the space between the first and second limbs forms an opening for receipt of the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Michael Spurling, Joergen Hilmann, Dominik Mueller, Daniel Meckenstock, Marius Sawatzki
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Publication number: 20200102018Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body front structure including a front hood (7) provided in a front part of a vehicle body (3), and a port device (30) mounted to the vehicle body and positioned under the front hood. The front hood includes an outer panel (7A) and an inner panel (7B) attached to a back side of the outer panel, the outer panel and the inner panel defining a port opening (21) facing the port device and passed through the outer panel and the inner panel in a thicknesswise direction thereof, and being welded to each other along a peripheral edge (22) of the port opening, and a garnish (23) is provided on an outer surface of a peripheral part of the outer panel surrounding the port opening, and a lid (58) for selectively closing the port opening is provided on the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Yukinobu NAKANISHI, Daisuke EBIHARA, Seiichi KATO
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Publication number: 20200102019Abstract: A motor vehicle hood assembly includes a hood shell, an insulation layer, carried on the hood shell, and a fluid reservoir packaged between the hood shell and the insulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Enrique Remes
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Publication number: 20200102020Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure includes: an undercover having an opening and a first fixing portion disposed around the opening; a cover member having a second fixing portion and detachably attached to the undercover to close the opening; and a fixing member configured to detachably attach the second fixing portion to the first fixing portion, the fixing member being fixed to the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion from a lower side of the undercover. The undercover includes a general portion and the first fixing portion, and at least the general portion and the first fixing portion are made of a board member having a constant thickness. The second fixing portion of the cover member is thicker than the board member. The second fixing portion of the cover member is located over an upper surface of the undercover.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Kota FUJISAWA
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Publication number: 20200102021Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a first member including a first side and a second side. The vehicle assembly includes a coupler extending from the first side to the second side, the first side and the second side being crimped to the coupler. The vehicle assembly includes a second member and a fastener fastening the first member and the second member to the coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH BOGACHUK, SHAWN MICHAEL MORGANS, STEVE WILLIAM GALLAGHER, MICHAEL WILLIAM DANYO
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Publication number: 20200102022Abstract: A frame joint connecting connection portions to each other, the connection portions being arranged in frame members of a vehicle, includes an inner peripheral wall including abutment surfaces, the abutment surfaces being arranged in the one connection portion and crossing with each other in the radial direction, tapered surfaces being arranged in the other connection portion and facing the inner peripheral wall, an expansion collar movable in the radial direction so as to abut on the inner peripheral wall, and a fastener keeping fitting of the expansion collar in a state where the expansion collar abuts on the inner peripheral wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Katsutaka Hattori
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Publication number: 20200102023Abstract: A mounting part (11) for affixing a composite fiber part of a motor vehicle to at least one adjoining component of a motor vehicle is made from a fiber composite material. The mounting part (11) has a three-dimensionally shape that defines ribs and/or webs and/or protrusions and/or depressions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Thiemo Erb, Markus Brunner, Thomas Meier, Eduard Ene
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Publication number: 20200102024Abstract: A modular support system for a vehicle with multi-component support structures that include a pair of side supports, a pair of base supports, and a horizontal support suspended between the pair of side supports. Each side support can include a vertical portion, a base portion extending from the vertical portion and coupled, directly or indirectly, to the base support.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Robert Crandall, William H. Cord
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Publication number: 20200102025Abstract: A truck may include a cargo box in which cargo is loaded, wherein the cargo box includes a loading portion having an upper side on which the cargo is loaded, a gate having a lower end portion rotatably disposed on an end portion of the loading portion to rotate and configured to open or close a rear of the cargo box, and a gate support device configured to set an opening angle of the gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jin Young Kwon
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Publication number: 20200102026Abstract: Deflector are disposed below, in a vertical direction of a vehicle body, right and left ends of a front bumper to suppress flowing of traveling air from the from side into wheel houses. Splash shields are disposed between a pair of front side frames and a sub-frame to suppress flowing of the air from an engine room into the wheel houses. Ducts are provided at right and left ends of the front bumper. Each of the ducts includes an intake port that takes in the traveling air from the front side, and a discharge port that discharges the traveling air taken in from the intake port into the wheel houses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shuhei NISHIDA, Michiya MIZOKANE, Satoshi OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200102027Abstract: An augmented traction system for a two-wheeled vehicle comprising a CMG (control moment gyroscope) system including a plurality of CMGs to provide a first torque vector to decrease a roll angle of a turn of the vehicle and to increase force on one or more of the tires of the vehicle on a road surface, a steering system for the vehicle, the steering system to determine a steering control for the turn of the vehicle at a particular vehicle speed and roll angle, based on sensor data, and an aerodynamic control system to actuate one or more aerodynamic elements of the vehicle, the one or more aerodynamic elements to provide a second torque vector to decrease the roll angle of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Daniel Kee Young Kim, David Arthur Bailey
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Publication number: 20200102028Abstract: A cradle for a spare tire includes a hub, arms extending from the hub, fasteners configured to secure the spare tire to the cradle, and wheels on the arms to support the cradle for movement. The arms have adjustable radial lengths. The fasteners are adjustable for different tire sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Gonzalo Anzaldo Muñoz, Rafael Uscanga Ruiz, Luis Fernando Hernández Aguilera, Alejandro Sánchez López, Olmo Dario Villegas López
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Publication number: 20200102029Abstract: The present invention is directed to a trailer vehicle apparatus comprising a trailer body, an axle, and a truss suspension structure (“TSS”). The axle comprises a shaft traversing the trailer body width. TSS comprises first and second platforms and truss structures. The first and second platforms comprising a first and second proximate end, respectively. Each truss structure is: perpendicularly oriented relative to the top surface of the platforms; affixed to corner nodes of the first and second proximate ends; and comprises a strut channel perpendicularly oriented relative to the top surfaces of the platforms as well as traverses a length of the truss structure. TSS is affixed to a bottom surface of the trailer body. The axle shaft comprises strut structures each slidably mounted within a strut channel. Strut structures are configured to traverse the strut channel as the trailer vehicle converts between a mobile state and a stationary state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Timothy Donald Blevins
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Publication number: 20200102030Abstract: A rear cross member for a vehicle includes: an upper plate including an upper body, and upper side parts that are formed to extend from opposite ends of the upper body; a lower plate including a lower body that is coupled with the upper body, and lower side parts that are formed to extend from opposite ends of the lower body and are coupled with the upper side parts; and a front panel connected to the upper and lower plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Hee Tae AHN
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Publication number: 20200102031Abstract: A vehicle includes a fragile portion provided in an exhaust passage at a position frontward of a dashboard panel in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a thrusting portion. The fragile portion fractures more easily under a force from a front side of the vehicle than other portions of the exhaust passage. The thrusting portion is provided in one of the exhaust passage, at a position frontward of the dashboard panel and rearward of the fragile portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a framework member that is part of a frame structure of the vehicle and supports the dashboard panel. The thrusting portion protrudes from the one of the exhaust passage and the framework member toward the other one and facing the other one in the vehicle front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryosuke NAGATA, Hiroaki KOSAKA
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Publication number: 20200102032Abstract: An improved locking mechanism for securing a scooter or other vehicle. The locking mechanism can secure a wheel of the scooter in a left or right steering position. The locking mechanism can be manually actuated by the user, such as by a foot or hand of the user. Once the wheel is secured in place, the scooter may be difficult to ride without unlocking. The locking mechanism can be unlocked through a wireless connection with a remote control (e.g. a phone).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Joey Chih-Wei Huang, Robert Chen
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Publication number: 20200102033Abstract: A seat for a pedal-powered vehicle includes a support frame, a left seat element, a right seat element, and a nose. The left and right seat elements and the nose are implemented as separate components supported by the support frame. The two seat elements support a seated rider's weight while the nose does not. The seat elements and the nose form a gap below the seated rider's perineum area. The seat elements pivot forwards and backwards when the seated rider is pedaling. The seat elements counter-pivot when the seated rider is pedaling. Each seat element includes a concave surface that supports the seated rider.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Ian Main, Maxence Petit
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Publication number: 20200102034Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a pivot frame configured to support a swing arm, a step bracket attachment section continuous with a lower side of the pivot frame, and a step bracket attached to an outer surface of the step bracket attachment section outside in a vehicle width direction and configured to support a step, wherein the outer surface of the step bracket attachment section is provided further inside in the vehicle width direction than an outer surface of the pivot frame outside in the vehicle width direction, and an outer surface of the step bracket outside in the vehicle width direction is disposed to be arranged on the same surface as the outer surface of the pivot frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Yuki Kanemura, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada
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Publication number: 20200102035Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a head pipe, left and right main frame pipes, a fuel tank supported on the left and right main frame pipes, an upper gusset plate provided between the left and right main frame pipes, a lower gusset plate provided below the upper gusset plate with an interval, a stay attached to the lower gusset plate below the upper gusset plate, and a fastening bolt configured to detachably fasten the lower gusset plate and the stay.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki
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Publication number: 20200102036Abstract: A force measurement device is arranged in one of axle holes respectively formed in two ends of a crank. The force measurement device includes a sensor seat positioned in one of the axle holes and a plurality of stress detection units arranged on the sensor seat in an annular configuration and spaced from each other by an angle. A calculation and transmission device is electrically connected with the plurality of stress detection units. When a force is applied in a force application direction to the crank, the force is transmitted through the crank to the sensor seat, and the plurality of stress detection units detect the force and generate and transmit a plurality of stress variation signals corresponding to a magnitude of the force to the calculation and transmission device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Yu-Yu CHEN
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Publication number: 20200102037Abstract: A leaning vehicle is equipped with a double wishbone (DWB) type suspension apparatus capable of improving comfort felt by an operator In the leaning vehicle, a connecting member is provided such that a first distance is smaller than a second distance. A distance from the connecting member to a hip point of an operator seat in a leaning-vehicle front-back direction is larger than a distance from the connecting member to a rotational center axis of each axle of a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel in the leaning vehicle front-back direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yosuke HIRAYAMA
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Publication number: 20200102038Abstract: In a leaning vehicle, a shock absorber tower is disposed further forward in a vehicle-body-frame frontward direction than an upper-left-arm-member supported part at which an upper-left arm member to which a first end part of a left shock absorber is connected is supported by the vehicle body frame, and an upper-right-arm-member supported part at which an upper-right arm member to which a first end part of a right shock absorber is connected is supported by the vehicle body frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi TAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20200102039Abstract: An increase in the size of a leaning vehicle that has a double wishbone-type link mechanism is suppressed. A caliper is supported by a vehicle body frame. A disk includes: a disk contact part with which pads are allowed to be brought into contact; and a disk support part that, when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state, is supported by a support arm at a position that is further upward in an upward direction than an arm central shaft. When seen from a frontward direction, the disk support part supports the disk contact part so that an arm passing region through which a portion located between the arm central shaft in the support arm and a second end part of a left shock absorber and a second end part of a right shock absorber passes overlaps with the pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi TAKIMOTO
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Publication number: 20200102040Abstract: An electric self-balancing vehicle including a top cover, a bottom cover, an inner cover, a rotating mechanism, two wheels, two hub motors, a plurality of sensors, a power supply, and a controller is described herein. The top cover includes a first top cover and a second top cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The bottom cover is fixed to the top cover and includes a first bottom cover and a second bottom cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The inner cover is fixed between the top cover and the bottom cover and includes a first inner cover and a second inner cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The rotating mechanism is fixed between the first inner cover and the second inner cover. The two wheels are rotatably fixed at two sides of the inner cover, respectively. The two hub motors are fixed in the two wheels, respectively. The plurality of sensors is disposed between the bottom cover and the inner cover, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Jiawei YING, Shaojun CAO
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Publication number: 20200102041Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. The vehicle further includes an engine supported by the frame assembly and operably coupled to the front and rear ground-engaging members, and the engine includes a throttle body assembly. Additionally, the vehicle includes an air intake assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including an airbox and a mounting plate having a first channel and a second channel. The first and second channels are configured to align with the throttle body assembly. The mounting plate is configured to couple the airbox to the throttle body assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Martin Pelz, Matthias Botta, Scott M. Schwintek, Michael Keller, Jason Warns, Severin Hefti
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Publication number: 20200102042Abstract: A vehicle frame's coupler structure that connects separable frames for easy assembly and disassembly, at a low cost. Further, the couple structure can provide a vehicle that is easy to operate, without affecting the user when in use. The vehicle frame's coupler structure includes combining a Front-side Coupler Inner Face (8) with Rear-side Coupler Inner Face (9), and after making sure all components of (8) and (9) are in place (no protruding edges, etc.), and using Bolt (15) to fasten Part (6) with Part (7). The end result is the coupler system of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Alumis Co. Ltd.Inventor: Yoda Tomohiko
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Publication number: 20200102043Abstract: A self-balancing bicycle system is provided by the present disclosure. The system includes a bicycle, a sensor coupled to the bicycle, a steering control assembly comprising an actuator and being coupled to the bicycle and configured to adjust a steering angle of a front tire of the bicycle, and a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to receive a value from the sensor. The controller is further coupled to the steering control assembly and further configured to adjust the steering angle based on the value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Wenlong ZHANG, Skyler MOORE, Jonathan BUSH, Miles MABEY, Wenhao DENG
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Publication number: 20200102044Abstract: A motorcycle includes: a front swing arm that includes upper arms and lower arms; a fork holder; a front fork; and a front cushion unit. The fork holder of a front-wheel suspension device includes a pair of left and right sideward extended portions which extend in the vehicle width direction. The front ends of the left and right upper arms are attached to the left and right sideward extended portions though connecting shafts, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Hideki Inaizumi, Takahiro Taguma, Takayuki Kitayama, Konomu Hoshi, Hirotaka Nagatani
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Publication number: 20200102045Abstract: A steering damper can minimize a mounting space and can achieve favorable damping force characteristics. A rod member is mounted on a side of a first end of a piston and passes through a side of a first end of the damper case. A cylinder has a stepped configuration including a small-diameter cylinder and a large-diameter cylinder. Insertion of the piston in the cylinder causes an oil chamber filled with damper oil to be divided into a first oil chamber that has the small-diameter cylinder as an outer circumference, a second oil chamber that has the large-diameter cylinder as an outer circumference and that contacts the rod member, and a third oil chamber that has the large-diameter cylinder as an outer circumference and that does not contact the rod member. The piston has a stepped configuration including a small-diameter portion associated with the small-diameter cylinder and a large-diameter potion associated with the large-diameter cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko GOGO, Takeyasu ITABASHI
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Publication number: 20200102046Abstract: An aerodynamic assembly for bike handlebars, includes two distinct extension devices (4a, 4b), each of the two extension devices (4a, 4b) having: a first armrest-forming part (5a, 5b), able to be fastened on a transverse bar of a bike handlebars (1) while extending longitudinally forwards and including a longitudinal extension (6a, 6b) forming a free end portion. An upper surface of the first part with its longitudinal extension forming a receiving surface for a forearm part of a cyclist. A second extension-forming part (8a, 8b), able to be fastened, in a removable manner and in the extension of the first part (5a, 5b), to the free end portion, the second extension-forming part (8a, 8b) being able to slide longitudinally relative to said longitudinal extension (6a, 6b) so as to allow an adjustment of a distance separating a free end of the second extension-forming part (8a, 8b) from the first armrest-forming part (5a, 5b).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Pierre BIGARD
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Publication number: 20200102047Abstract: A steering structure for a saddle riding vehicle includes a suspension arm, a head pipe supported by a tip portion of a suspension arm, a stem shaft pivotably inserted through the head pipe, a front fork structure body integrally pivotably connected to a lower end portion of the stem shaft, a handle support section disposed above the head pipe, a handle steerably supported by the handle support section, and a bending link configured to transmit a steering operation of the handle toward a front wheel, wherein the bending link has an upper end portion connected to a side of the handle and a lower end portion connected to a side of the front fork structure body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Masayuki Tsutsui, Kohei Suzuki, Takafumi Nakanishi, Yuichi Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20200102048Abstract: A motorcycle includes: a front swing arm; a fork holder coupled to the front swing arm in a swingable manner; a front fork steerably supported by the fork holder; and a front cushion unit. In a front-wheel suspension device, one end of the front cushion unit is coupled to the body frame, and the other end of the front cushion unit is coupled to the fork holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Hideki Inaizumi, Takahiro Taguma, Takayuki Kitayama, Konomu Hoshi, Hirotaka Nagatani
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Publication number: 20200102049Abstract: A bicycle pedal comprises a pedal body, a first engagement member, and a biasing member. The first engagement member is movably coupled to the pedal body between a clamping position and a releasing position. The first engagement member is pivotable about a pivot axis in a pivot direction and slidable in a slide direction between the clamping position and the releasing position. The slide direction is different from the pivot direction. The biasing member biases the first engagement member toward the clamping position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventor: Akira INOUE
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Publication number: 20200102050Abstract: A control device and a transmission system are configured to improve riding comfort of a human-powered vehicle. The control device includes an electronic controller that is configured to control a transmission device of a human-powered vehicle so that a transmission ratio at which the vehicle is started becomes equal to a designated transmission ratio. The electronic controller is configured to set the designated transmission ratio based on reference information that excludes information related to a gradient of a road surface, information related to manual operation of the transmission device, and information related to propulsion assistance of the human-powered vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Satoshi SHAHANA, Mitsuhiko KAWASAKI
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Publication number: 20200102051Abstract: A control device includes an electronic controller configured to control a transmission device of a human-powered vehicle in accordance with a shifting condition. The electronic controller is configured to change the shifting condition in accordance with a converging state of a first reference value that changes as the human-powered vehicle travels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Satoshi SHAHANA
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Publication number: 20200102052Abstract: A hydrofoil for a watercraft has at least one wing and one connecting rod for attaching the at least one wing to a mast. A conically tapered projection is provided on the connecting rod and a conical recess is provided on the wing which engage in one another. The wedge angle of the conical recess is greater than the wedge angle of the conically tapered projection in order to allow angular adjustment between the connecting rod and the wing. By means of a fixing device, the connecting rod can be braced against a portion of the conical recess and/or the wing can be braced against a portion of the conically tapered projection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Cornelius Geislinger, Andreas Brandstaetter
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Publication number: 20200102053Abstract: An actuator comprises a housing and a drive tube assembly disposed within the housing. The drive tube assembly includes a drive tube provided with internal threads, a piston nut provided with external threads which threadedly engage the inner threads of the drive tube, and an output shaft connected to the piston nut. A motor rotates the drive tube to cause the piston nut to reciprocate along a length of the drive tube and the output shaft to reciprocate relative to the housing. There are bearings which transmit axial loads from the drive tube to the housing and transmit radial loads from the drive tube to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Davor Baros
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Publication number: 20200102054Abstract: An autonomous anchor device, involving a streamlined body configured to freefall through a water column and to drive itself into sediment of an aquatic environment and a plurality of blades operably coupled with the streamlined body and configured to deploy itself into the sediment as well as retract itself from the sediment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Leif Roth, Josh Bianchi, Adam White, Brian Daniel Shook
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Publication number: 20200102055Abstract: An arrangement for evacuating people from an offshore installation having a lifeboat and an arrangement for a free-fall based lifeboat launch with a tilted ramp characterised in that the ramp of the free-fall launching arrangement is mounted on the ramp axle, has a wire rope winch and is movable. The power hydraulic mechanism of the ramp consists of an arrangement of the two lower and upper identical hydraulic cylinders, a gear bar, a gearwheel of the ramp axle and the additional gearwheel of the gear bar. Piston rods of hydraulic cylinders are arranged on two opposite sides of the gear bar and are connected to the ends of the gear bar. The gear bar engages with the additional gearwheel engaging with the gearwheel of the ramp axle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Jacek Jankowski
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Publication number: 20200102056Abstract: A flexible surfboard is provided in an embodiment. The surfboard includes a foam body having a length, width, and thickness. The surfboard includes a flexible structural component tapered in at least one dimension, and disposed within the foam body. The flexible structural component has as dimensions a length, width, and thickness, and is configured to flex under induced forces during use. The flex characteristics of the flexible surfboard are primarily dependent on flex characteristics of the flexible structural component. The tapered flexible structural component is oriented within the foam body such that the length, width, and thickness of the tapered flexible structural component align with the length, width, and thickness of the foam body, respectively. The thickness of the soft body is less than the width of the soft body, and the width of the soft body is less than the length of the soft body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Brenton Mac Woo
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Publication number: 20200102057Abstract: Systems, assemblies, and methods for providing a bonded marine information display for a watercraft are provided herein. An example bonded marine information display assembly for installation on a vessel includes a plurality of user interface displays for displaying marine data to a user. Each of the plurality of user interface displays includes a front face and a screen. The assembly includes an overlay pane defining a front face and a rear face. The rear face of the overlay pane is bonded to the front face of each of the plurality of user interface displays such that each screen of the plurality of user interface displays is visible through the overlay pane. An integration hub may be included, where the integration hub includes a communication interface configured to provide data communication between the plurality of user interface displays and one or more peripheral devices. Methods of manufacturing accordingly are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Paul Robert BAILEY, Alan Van Gerve, Ruan Van Vuren, Matthew W. Laster, Rafael De Santos Rouzaud, David Urrutia Luna
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Publication number: 20200102058Abstract: A floating and manoeuvrable hull washing and cleaning plant for ships, includes cleaning and washing means submerged below the water level and operating against the hull, propulsion members for moving the plant in the engagement and washing against the hull in its length, members for controlling and changing the buoyancy displacement of the plant with control of the immersion level; a basin with side walls within which the cleaning and washing means are positioned, the cleaning and washing means being arranged in said basin and brought into contact with the hull during the cleaning with the control of the plant floating and of the position of the support members of the cleaning and washing means with respect to the basin itself; and guiding members for engaging and positioning the ship during the treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Guido BARDELLI
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Publication number: 20200102059Abstract: A rotatable folding diving mask includes a mask, a snorkel, and an elastic binding strap. By connecting the snorkel and the mask through a rotating shaft and combining with the structural design of a control button, a rotating and folding structure is provided, and the operation is simple and it is easy to fold, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the occupied space. The elastic binding strap is connected to the mask through a buckle connection structure, so that the elastic binding strap can be easily disassembled and replaced, and the structure is simple and ingenious.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Chin-Hsien Wung
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Publication number: 20200102060Abstract: A device for capturing underwater vehicles. The device comprises a cap member connected to a first rib member and a first plate member connected to the first rib member. The device further comprises a bell member with a first bell hole formed therethrough. The first bell member also has a first bell slot formed therethrough. A damper and a shim are slidably received in the first bell slot. The first rib member is slidably received in the first bell hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Brandon J. Wiedemeier, Nathan T. Miller
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Publication number: 20200102061Abstract: A heat dissipation structure includes a housing configured to receive a heat generating device. The housing includes a first air inlet, a first air outlet, and an alloy heat dissipation device disposed in the housing and including heat dissipation fins disposed in parallel. A heat dissipation air channel is formed between two adjacent heat dissipation fins. The heat dissipation air channel includes a second air inlet and a second air outlet, the second air outlet being connected with the first air outlet. The heat dissipation structure further includes a heat dissipation fan configured to provide a heat dissipation air flow to an inside space of the housing. The heat dissipation fan is disposed inside the housing, and includes a third air inlet and a third air outlet. The third air inlet is connected with the first air inlet and the third air outlet is connected with the second air inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Zhiwei CAI, Yawen ZHANG
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Publication number: 20200102062Abstract: An aircraft structure and its method of construction avoids the inefficiencies involved in current methods of constructing the aircraft structure, reduces the manufacturing time required for constructing the aircraft structure and reduces the cost involved in constructing the aircraft structure. The aircraft structure and its method of construction is comprised of a geodesic or multi-grid framework of intersecting thermoplastic composite strips that are joined to an interior surface of a thermoplastic composite fuselage skin panel through overmolding/co-consolidation of the grid framework and the skin panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber
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Publication number: 20200102063Abstract: The present disclosure corresponds to a floating floor attachment device connecting a flooring panel to a structural floor comprising a floor puck fixed to the structural floor and a puck housing connected to the flooring panel. The puck housing has a receptacle connected to the floor puck, wherein the receptacle forms with the floor puck a gap, which allows the floor puck to move within the receptacle. Additionally, the floating floor attachment device includes a gap control media, which is connected between the floor puck and the receptacle, wherein the gap control media allows aligning the floor puck with respect to the puck housing during non-load conditions and provide resistance to displacement to the floor puck during load conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: Tuan Huat Jerry Koh
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Publication number: 20200102064Abstract: A free-streamline airfoil includes a front portion, the front portion including a leading edge geometry configured to force a sudden separation of the flow, and a contouredType: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Matteo DI LUCA, Kenneth BREUER
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Publication number: 20200102065Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle with deployable components (UAVDC) is disclosed. The UAVDC may comprise a fuselage, at least one wing, and at least one control surface. In some embodiments, the UAVDC may further comprise a propulsion means and/or a modular payload. The UAVDC may be configured in a plurality of arrangements. For example, in a compact arrangement, the UAVDC may comprise the at least one wing stowed against the fuselage and the at least one control surface stowed against the fuselage. In a deployed arrangement, the UAVDC may comprise the at least one wing deployed from the fuselage and the least one control surface deployed from the fuselage. In an expanded arrangement, the UAVDC may comprise the at least one wing telescoped to increase a wingspan of the deployed arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Nicholas Robert Alley, Joshua Lemming Steele, Jesse Owen Williams, Daniel Kuehme, Jonathan Caleb Phillips