Patents Issued in April 21, 2020
  • Patent number: 10626897
    Abstract: A device for cooling and filtering hydraulic fluid comprises a first chamber that includes a fluid inlet connection, a filter cartridge, a bypass manifold, and an inlet to a cooler; and, a second chamber that includes an outlet from the cooler and a fluid outlet connection. The cooler interconnects the first and second chambers through the inlet of the first chamber and the outlet of the second chamber. The bypass manifold is configured to return fluid entering the fluid inlet connection to the fluid outlet connection when a first pressure differential at the bypass manifold is above a first value, and to pass the fluid onto the filter cartridge when the first pressure differential at the bypass manifold is at or below the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: AKG NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Slate, Vykram Vijayasekaran
  • Patent number: 10626898
    Abstract: A holder includes an elongated base having a first end, a second end and a fastening strap extending from the first end of the base to the second end of the base. The fastening strap extends around a device. A first accessory securement loop is disposed around the base for receiving a first accessory therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Kerri Cleveland
  • Patent number: 10626899
    Abstract: A clamping fixture includes a body, a connector, a first clasp, at least one first elastic member and a lock. The connector is movable relative to the body along a first direction. The first clasp includes a first fastener and is disposed at one end of the connector. The at least one first elastic member is configured to apply force to the body and the connector along the first direction. The lock includes a second fastener. The first clasp and the lock are coupled through the first fastener and the second fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Chung Lien, Chia-Wei Fu, Hsien-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 10626900
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a spring connection element, by means of which at least two components can be connected to each other by means of a claw-fit in at least one component opening. The spring connection element is characterized by the following features: a spiral spring-like wire coil with a first and a second end, said coil comprising a plurality of axially spaced windings, a spiral collar which extends radially beyond a circumference of the wire coil and which is arranged at the first end of the wire coil, and a central traction element protruding radially into the wire coil, which is arranged at the second end of the wire coil, which does not extend axially beyond the wire coil, and by means of which the spring connection element can be pulled into a component opening substantially rotation-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Petr Stastny, Alexander Vorderwisch, Michael Kahre
  • Patent number: 10626901
    Abstract: An apparatus to expand and collapse planar board provided. The apparatus includes two planar boards and provides resistance to expansion and collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Todd Norris
  • Patent number: 10626902
    Abstract: A formed steel part includes a first steel plate having a first base, a first intermetallic alloy layer on the first base and a first metal alloy layer on the first intermetallic alloy layer, the first steel part having a first area without the first metal alloy layer and having at least part of the first intermetallic alloy layer; and a second steel plate having a second base, a second intermetallic alloy layer on the second base and a second metal alloy layer on the second intermetallic alloy layer, the second steel part having a second area without the second metal alloy layer and having at least part of the second intermetallic alloy layer in the second area. The first and second steel plates are joined together. The formed steel part may also include a butt-weld joining the first and second steel plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ARCELORMITTAL FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Canourgues, Aurelien Pic, Pascal Verrier, Rene Vierstraete, Wolfram Ehling, Bernd Thommes
  • Patent number: 10626903
    Abstract: A formed steel part includes a first steel plate having a first base, a first intermetallic alloy layer on the first base and a first metal alloy layer on the first intermetallic alloy layer, the first steel part having a first area without the first metal alloy layer and having at least part of the first intermetallic alloy layer; and a second steel plate having a second base, a second intermetallic alloy layer on the second base and a second metal alloy layer on the second intermetallic alloy layer, the second steel part having a second area without the second metal alloy layer and having at least part of the second intermetallic alloy layer in the second area. The first and second steel plates are joined together. The formed steel part may also include a butt-weld joining the first and second steel plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ARCELOEMITTAL FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Canourgues, Aurelien Pic, Pascal Verrier, Rene Vierstraete, Wolfram Ehling, Bernd Thommes
  • Patent number: 10626904
    Abstract: An aluminum-extruded frame curve module structure includes at least one coupler and at least one curved board. The coupler includes a connection bar and a connection block connected thereto. A side of the connection block that is not connected with the connection bar is provided with a first fitting section. The curved board has a side that is provided with a second fitting section and an opposite side that is provided with a third fitting section. The second and third fitting sections are selectively connected with the first fitting section of the coupler. In this way, the connection bar of the coupler is connectable with an aluminum-extruded plate and the connection block of the coupler is connectable with the curved board. Two aluminum-extruded plates can be jointed to each other with more than one curved board therebetween to provide a curved form at a desired angle for extension and assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Ruei-Hsing Lin
  • Patent number: 10626905
    Abstract: A shelving assembly includes at least one first post having an L-shaped section and including first apertures, two connection members at first ends respectively, and a retainer disposed on an outer surface of each connection member and including a neck and an enlarged head. A second post has an L-shaped section and includes second apertures and two T-shaped aperture members at second ends respectively. A size of the aperture member is greater than a diameter of the head. A length of the aperture member is at least 1.5 times of a diameter of the head. A width of a vertical part of the aperture member is greater than a diameter of the neck and smaller than the diameter of the head. The retainer passes through the aperture member to lock the neck in the vertical part, thereby joining the first and second posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Wu Hsu Chiu
  • Patent number: 10626906
    Abstract: A fastener structure includes a fixing member and an operating member. The fixing member includes a limiting section and a body portion; and the operating member includes an operating section, a retaining section and an engaging section connected to the body portion. The body portion can be mounted to an object, and the operating section can be manipulated to move the engaging section on the body portion and to fasten the retaining section to another object. When the operating section is manipulated reversely, the retaining section can be released from the other object to thereby separate the two objects from each other. Therefore, with the fastener structure, two objects can be quickly fastened together and easily released from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FIVETECH TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Jui Wang, Yi-Shien Chou
  • Patent number: 10626907
    Abstract: In a joining method for joining a first plate material and a second plate material by screwing a self-tapping screw from one direction in a state where the first plate material and the second plate material are put on top of each other, a recessed portion is formed in at least one of the first plate material and the second plate material, and in a state where the first plate material and the second plate material are put on top of each other such that the recessed portion is opened in a contacting face between the first plate material and the second plate material, the self-tapping screw is screwed from the one direction. When the self-tapping screw penetrates through the first plate material due to the screwing of the self-tapping screw, an excess part generated from the first plate material flows into the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Iwano, Kosuke Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10626908
    Abstract: An electromagnetic effect suppressing termination part is provided for a fastener formed of a metallic material, the fastener having a head, a shank, and a threaded portion opposite the head. The termination part includes a main body defining an internally threaded portion configured to threadably receive the threaded portion of the fastener, the internally threaded portion defining a thread major diameter. A collar is coupled to a distal end of the main body by a frangible web, wherein the main body, collar, and frangible web are formed of a metallic core coated by a layer of dielectric material. The frangible web, when broken, presents an exposed portion of the metallic core, wherein the frangible web includes an inner surface radially outwardly offset from the thread major diameter of the internally threaded portion by a setback distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sean D. Morden, Blake A. Simpson, Tanni Sisco, Kwok-Tung Chan, Monica J. Brockway
  • Patent number: 10626909
    Abstract: A screw capable of drilling holes easily and discharging dregs effectively includes a head; and a stem. The head is formed by an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is a round disk. The annular ring of the round disk of the head is formed with a plurality of inclined protrusions. Recesses between the protrusions extend from an inner edge of the round ring to an outer edge of the round ring and are arranged along un-radial paths. A periphery of the lower portion of the head is formed with at least one knife sheet which extends from the annular ring of the round disk of the head to the stem; and the direction of the knife sheet is inclined to an axis of the lower portion of the head. At a connection of the head and stem, the knife sheet has a maximum height and width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Shu-Chin Huang
  • Patent number: 10626910
    Abstract: A fastener is configured to maintain electromagnetic interference characteristics of metamaterial shielding. The fastener includes a head having an interior side and an exterior side, a shank extending from the interior side of the head and configured to be driven into a receiving surface, and a seal being formed as a loop and disposed on the interior side of the head. The seal may include a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Grossman, Joseph A. Miragliotta, Adam J. Maisano, Douglas B. Trigg
  • Patent number: 10626911
    Abstract: A connecting rod of an example in the present disclosure is divided into a rod body and a cap at an oblique division at a large end, the rod body and the cap fastened by bolts. The connecting rod includes a joining plane and first and second restricting parts. The joining plane is a flat joining surface parallel to the division surface of the large end and is formed on at least one of two abutting portions on which the rod body and the cap join. The first and second restricting parts restrict lateral deviations of the rod body in first and second directions with respect to the cap, respectively. The first and second directions are opposite directions. Each of the first and second restricting parts restricts the lateral deviations by a single set of first or second opposing surface provided between the rod body and the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tada
  • Patent number: 10626912
    Abstract: Head assembly for keeping and positioning an optical or electronic device, that has a housing (1) in which a shell (3) is arranged by spherical connection that allows guided movement in any direction, wherein the shell (3) has a cylindrical symmetric cavity, and the housing and the shell can be fixed to each other in any adjusted position, and a body (4) holding the device is arranged in the cavity of the shell (3) so that the body (4) can be turned around two mutually normal axes with respect to the cavity and the position thereof can be fixed and released by a single adjustment means, wherein the connection between the shell (3) and the body (4) is independent from the connection between the shell (3) and the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CSABA KARAL
    Inventors: Csaba Karai, Balazs Karman, Laszlo Novak
  • Patent number: 10626913
    Abstract: The ball joint device (10) for suspending a turbine engine from a strut or suspending equipment on the body of a turbine engine. Said device comprises a first member (12), one end of which carries a ball joint (14) and is interposed between the two lugs (16, 17) of a second member (18), the ball joint comprising a bore (28) for the passage of a shaft (30), the ends of which shaft pass through openings (20, 22) in the lugs. A first (16) of the lugs comprises or carries first means for axially holding the shaft on the side opposite the ball joint, which means comprise a cover (52, 52?), and a second (17) of the lugs comprises or carries second means (38) for axially holding the shaft on the side opposite the ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Nicolas Marc Florent, Marc Patrick Tesniere
  • Patent number: 10626914
    Abstract: A spherical bearing device includes a shaft member, a turnable body, and a bearing. The shaft member has a shaft body and a spherical body having a first engaging portion. The turnable body has a second engaging portion that is engaged with the first engaging portion in a first rotational direction about a first axis passing through a center of the spherical body, and allows other rotations. The bearing is provided with a first space and a second space. The first space accommodates the spherical body spherically slidably. The second space accommodates the turnable body such that the turnable body is turnable, and allows the shaft body to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Nishinakama
  • Patent number: 10626915
    Abstract: A vertical control arm bushing for allowing rotation of a control arm relative to a vehicle frame is provided and includes a housing extending along and annularly disposed about an axis and defining central bore extending axially therethrough. A stud has a pair of diametrically opposing end portions extending along the axis through the central bore of the housing. A pair of dust boots each includes a boot body defining an interior cavity and having a housing opening at a first longitudinal end attached to the housing and a stud opening at a second longitudinal end opposite the first longitudinal end sealingly engaging one of the end portions of the stud. The boot body defines a plurality of longitudinal strengthening portions formed therein for resisting rotation of the dust boot in response to a rotation of the stud and for improving sealing of the dust boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Byrnes, Jr., Steven D. Schmitt
  • Patent number: 10626916
    Abstract: A wing foil bearing may include one or more wing or tab foil layers. A tab foil layer may comprise a thin material with a two-dimensional array of tab shapes. A tab shape may be defined by a boundary of material separated from the thin material and having an integral edge and a free edge. Tab shapes may include one or more free-state bends relative to the thin material, forming a two-dimensional array of cantilever wings or tabs. Tab arrays may be one or more of various types or two-dimensional arrays, and a tab foil layer may include additional tab arrays and tabs. One or more tab foil layers may be engaged with a mounting surface layer and a counter-surface layer to form a wing foil bearing. Tab foil layers may be stacked and or nested, including partial nesting and complete nesting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: XDOT ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS, PLLC
    Inventors: Erik Swanson, Patrick O'Meara
  • Patent number: 10626917
    Abstract: A metallic-composite joint fitting is provided. The fitting may comprise a frustoconical internal bearing, an internal bolt coupled within a bore of the frustoconical internal bearing, a metallic end fitting coupled to the internal bolt, wherein the metallic end fitting comprises a bearing portion disposed within the bore, a conical sleeve disposed about the frustoconical internal bearing, and an external nut coupled to the metallic end fitting and the conical sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bradley William Baird
  • Patent number: 10626919
    Abstract: A sliding-hearing composite material includes a steel supporting layer (10), an intermediate layer (12) based on an aluminum alloy that is free of lead, and a bearing metal layer (14) based on an aluminum alloy that is free of lead, wherein the aluminum alloy of the intermediate layer (12) has a composition having 3.5 to 4.5 wt % copper, 0.1 to 1.5 wt % manganese, 0.1 to 1.5 wt % magnesium, and the usual admissible impurities, the remainder being aluminum, and wherein the aluminum alloy of the bearing mental layer (14) has a composition having wt % tin, 1.0-3.0 wt % nickel, 0.5-1.0 wt % manganese, 0.5-1.0 wt % copper, 0.15-0.25 wt % chromium, 0.1-0.3 wt % vanadium, and the usual admissible impurities, the remainder being aluminum. A sliding bearing element and the use of the sliding-bearing composite material for sliding bearing element, particularly sliding bearing shells, sliding bearing bushes, or thrust washers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GMBH
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Lindner
  • Patent number: 10626920
    Abstract: An anti-friction bearing includes a pair of rotatable tracks, a pair of extension members removably securely mounted to one of the pair of tracks, spaced load-carrying rolling members rotatably engageable between the two tracks, and individual spacers disposed to roll on the surfaces of the pair of extensions members. Each of the individual spacers is engageable with and cooperatively separates an adjacent pair of the rolling elements. All of the components of the bearing are disposed in corresponding pure rolling contact, i.e., without sliding, relative one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Alberto José Román Negrón
  • Patent number: 10626921
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic or liquid metal or bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for operating the bearing structure is provided that includes a bearing shaft rotatably disposed in a bearing housing or sleeve. Adjacent but separated by a gap from the portion of the sleeve enclosing the thrust flange is located an electromagnet. The electromagnet can be selectively operated in order to exert a magnetic force upon a permanent magnet disposed within the sleeve on the opposite side of the gap. The force exerted on the permanent magnet in the sleeve causes the sleeve to move axially along the shaft, such that the sleeve can engage one side of the thrust flange, landing the sleeve against the thrust bearing/surface to greatly reduce the wear on the sleeve as the sleeve rotation slows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Michael William Gorrilla
  • Patent number: 10626922
    Abstract: A system includes a device with at least one recess with a wall. The at least one recess includes a first hole with a first diameter. At least one bearing surface is configured to be inserted into and removed from the at least one recess. The at least one bearing surface includes a second hole with a second diameter that is less than the first diameter. At least one cross-pin is configured to be positioned within the first hole and the second hole. At least one washer is positioned within the recess provides a biasing force to urge the bearing surface upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Extreme Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gilbert Troy Meier, Joseph Aschenbrenner, Joshua J. Smith, Lane Snell
  • Patent number: 10626923
    Abstract: A hub of a centrifugal clutch is mounted to a crankshaft of an engine. The hub includes: a hub boss at a center of the hub; a hub flange contiguous to an outer periphery of the hub boss; and a clutch element held to the hub flange. The hub boss is fastened to one end portion of the crankshaft with a plurality of fastening members extending parallel to the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jun Takagi
  • Patent number: 10626924
    Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member and a joint internal component received in the outer joint member. A shaft is fitted into an inner joint member. The outer joint member has a cup bottom formed on a side opposite to a shaft-fitting side. The cup bottom is configured to regulate movement of the joint internal component toward the side opposite to the shaft-fitting side in a normal state in which an impact generated in an abnormal state is not applied. The cup bottom has a cut portion which is to be cut by the impact generated in the abnormal state involving movement of the joint internal component toward the side opposite to the shaft-fitting side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahide Miyata, Shin Tomogami
  • Patent number: 10626925
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a geared turbofan arrangement with a gearbox in a drive shaft assembly driven by a turbine is provided. A driving side of the gearbox being driveably connected with at least one propulsive fan, with at least one mechanical fuse in the drive shaft assembly enabling a controlled disengagement of at least one engine part from the drive shaft assembly in case of a mechanical failure of the gas turbine engine or a part thereof and at least one load stop for bearing a load, in particular an axial or radial load in case of the mechanical failure of the gas turbine or a part thereof. A first mechanical fuse is positioned in a torque carrying shaft or a torque carrying part of a shaft, in particular in a torque bearing coupling between the shaft and the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventor: Dominic Boniface
  • Patent number: 10626926
    Abstract: The lubricating structure includes a rotary shaft, a power transmission apparatus having a power transmission element disposed on an outer circumference of the rotary shaft and formed by alternately stacking frictional members, and a flow channel guides a lubricating liquid to the power transmission element. The power transmission element includes an inner circumferential cylindrical section rotated integrally with the rotary shaft, an outer circumferential cylindrical section rotated integrally with the frictional member, and a disk section configured to connect the inner circumferential cylindrical section and the outer circumferential cylindrical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Yamaguchi, Sayako Sato
  • Patent number: 10626927
    Abstract: An actuator includes a motor, a first gear coupled to the motor, a second gear that meshes with the first gear, and a clutch. The clutch includes an outer ring and an inner ring. A plurality of wedge spaces are formed along a circumferential direction between an inner peripheral surface portion of the outer ring and an outer peripheral surface portion of the inner ring. The clutch further includes rolling elements provided in the wedge spaces. While a radial load is not applied to the outer ring, each rolling element does not engage with the outer peripheral surface portion or the inner peripheral surface portion, so that a clearance is generated. While the radial load is applied to the outer ring, each rolling element engages with the outer peripheral surface portion and the inner peripheral surface portion without the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gento Aramoto, Tomoya Yamatani
  • Patent number: 10626928
    Abstract: Assembly for a synchronization unit of a variable ratio gear transmission. Assembly has a synchronizer ring and a friction ring. The friction ring has a friction surface and an installation surface and the synchronizer ring has a contact surface directed toward the installation surface. To allow a high efficiency of the synchronizing unit and simultaneously a functionally safe and comfortable operation of the variable ratio gear transmission, the synchronizer ring and the friction ring are configured and arranged such that the geometrical shape of the installation surface of the friction ring differs from the geometrical shape of the contact surface of the synchronizer ring in a relief state of a synchronizing process; and that the geometrical shape of the installation surface of the friction ring corresponds to the geometrical shape of the contact surface of the synchronizer ring in a load state of the synchronizing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OERLIKON FRICTION SYSTEMS (GERMANY) GMBH
    Inventors: Ulf Christoffer, Ralf Frede, Marcus Spreckels
  • Patent number: 10626929
    Abstract: A dual clutch that includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a ball ramp assembly and at least one actuator is provided. The first clutch engages and disengages a first set of gears. The second clutch engages and disengages a second set of gears. The at least one ball ramp assembly includes at least one ball, first member and a second member. The first member includes a ball pocket for each ball. The second member has at least one ball ramp. The at least one ball partially received in an associated ball pocket of the first member and ball ramp of the second member. The at least one actuator is configured and arranged to rotate one of the first member and the second member to cause the at least one ball ramp assembly to activate at least one of the first clutch and the second clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TEAM Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. Younggren, Ronald Joseph Wendt, Brandon P. Lenk, Jeffrey Joseph Haack, Thomas Richard Rosenbush, Michael Allen Mueller
  • Patent number: 10626930
    Abstract: A wedge clutch, including: outer and inner races; a wedge plate radially between the inner and outer races; and an electromagnetic actuator. The electromagnetic actuator includes: a coil; a first coil core piece including a first end disposed within the coil and a second end connected to the wedge plate; and a second coil core piece including a first end disposed within the first coil and a second end connected to the wedge plate. In a locked mode of the clutch, the inner race and outer races and the wedge plate are non-rotatably connected for rotation of the inner race in a circumferential direction. In a free-wheel mode of the clutch, the inner race is rotatable, with respect to the outer race, in the circumferential direction. To transition from the locked mode to the free-wheel mode, the electromagnetic actuator is arranged to be energized to radially contract the wedge plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicholas Hrusch, Md Wasi Uddin, Kevin Rauh
  • Patent number: 10626931
    Abstract: An electromagnetic clutch mechanism includes: a driving-side rotatable body; a driven-side rotatable body; an electromagnet; a flat spring; and an elastic member that alleviates a collision impact generated between the driven-side rotatable body and the driving-side rotatable body. The driven-side rotatable body includes a recess recessed in an A direction, which is opposite to a direction that is directed from the driven-side rotatable body toward the elastic member in an axial direction. The recess functions as an urging portion that exerts an urging force to the elastic member through contact of the recess against the elastic member at the time of energizing the electromagnet. The elastic member includes an urging-force receiving portion, and the urging-force receiving portion receives the urging force from the recess through contact of the urging-force receiving portion to the recess at the time of energizing the electromagnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakamura, Toshihiro Konishi
  • Patent number: 10626932
    Abstract: Provided is a centrifugal clutch having a simple configuration and configured so that a clutch capacity can be increased. A centrifugal clutch (200) includes a drive plate (210) to be directly rotatably driven by drive force of an engine. The drive plate (210) includes swing support pins (214) and protrusions (218). The swing support pin (214) is fitted in a pin slide hole (231) formed at a clutch weight (230), and swingably supports the clutch weight (230). The protrusion (218) includes a cylindrical roller, and contacts a driven portion (235) of the clutch weight (230). The pin slide hole (231) is formed in a long hole shape allowing the clutch weight (230) to displace backward in a rotary drive direction of the drive plate (210). The driven portion (235) is formed to extend inclined outward to a rear side in the rotary drive direction of the drive plate (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yuta Yokomichi, Yuta Kine, Kaoru Aono, Makoto Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10626934
    Abstract: A non-asbestos frictional material composition is provided, which is capable of provide a frictional material with low environmental load and with excellent friction coefficient, anti-crack properties, and abrasion resistance compared with conventional ones. Furthermore, a frictional material and a friction member formed by using this non-asbestos frictional material composition are provided. The non-asbestos frictional material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a fiber base material, includes: copper in a content of 5 mass % or less as a copper element; a metal fiber other than a copper fiber and a copper alloy fiber in a content of 0.5 mass % or less; cashew dust in a content of 1.5-4.5 mass % as the organic filler; zirconium oxide with a particle size of 30 ?m or less in a content of 30-45 mass % but not containing zirconium oxide with a particle size of more than 30 ?m as the inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kikudome, Mitsuo Unno, Kazuya Baba
  • Patent number: 10626935
    Abstract: A brake rotor has a circumferential brake track disposed about an axis of rotation of the brake rotor. The rotor has an outer peripheral edge circumferentially around the brake rotor. The rotor has two surfaces that face axially outward away from one another and that are on axially opposed sides of the brake rotor. The two surfaces define a thickness therebetween. The rotor has an edge surface facing radially outward on the outer peripheral edge. The rotor has a transition between each of the two surfaces and the edge surface. At least a portion of the edge surface is not perpendicular to the two surfaces in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Wesling, Yenpang Liu, Charles Dunlap
  • Patent number: 10626936
    Abstract: A disc brake rotor for a small vehicle including a bicycle has an inner member configured to be coupled to a wheel of the small vehicle and an outer member outwardly provided with respect to the inner member in a radial direction of disc brake rotor. The outer member includes a brake surface, a pair of first through holes extending through the brake surface in an axial direction of the disc brake rotor, and a recess provided in the brake surface so as to be recessed in the axial direction at least between the pair of the first through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuya Kuwayama, Yusuke Hosomi, Natsuki Noma
  • Patent number: 10626938
    Abstract: A subassembly for an electromechanical brake actuator and electromechanical brake actuator comprising the subassembly, wherein the subassembly comprises a drive device for generating a torque and a gear mechanism for transmitting the torque, the gear mechanism comprising, one behind the other, a first, a second and a third gear stage. The second gear stage is configured as a planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sagar Sambhaji Kumbhar, Andrew Hoodless, Joern Borowski, Christoph Muenz
  • Patent number: 10626939
    Abstract: A spring brake actuator having a push rod plate and a diaphragm. A rim projects from the diaphragm for engaging a housing containing the push rod plate. A sidewall is connected to the rim, which is connected to a bottom surface, forming an outer diameter of the diaphragm. Flanges, perpendicular to the diaphragm, extend from the diaphragm forming an inner diameter for which the push rod plate is inserted into. An adhesive is placed between the diaphragm and the push rod plate, wherein the adhesive maintains an attachment and a seal between the diaphragm and the push rod plate keeping the diaphragm and the push rod plate in line with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HALDEX BRAKE PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: David C. Rhoads
  • Patent number: 10626940
    Abstract: A disc brake, preferably actuated by compressed air, for a motor vehicle, has a brake caliper which has a brake application section with a brake application device with a rotary brake lever, at least one wear adjusting device for adjusting wear of brake pads, and a brake disc with a synchronization unit which includes an adjusting device, a drive device and a synchronizer. The adjusting device and the drive unit are inserted in each case into a threaded plunger of a spindle unit and are attached by way of a mounting arrangement on a bearing wall of the brake application section of the brake caliper. The synchronization unit is installed with the adjusting device and the drive device as a preassembled group into the brake application section of the brake caliper, wherein the synchronizer is arranged in the region of the mounting arrangements on the bearing wall within the brake application section. A method for installing a synchronization unit is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Peschel, Alexander Asen, Christian Stoeger, Christian Brandl, Matthias Klingner, Abdelaziz Rguichi
  • Patent number: 10626941
    Abstract: A disc brake including a piston driving mechanism. The piston driving mechanism includes an input member extended in a cylinder in a protruding direction of a piston, including a threaded portion formed on a circumferential surface of the input member, and configured to be rotated with transmission of torque from an electric motor; a tubular rotation linear motion member including an engaging threaded portion that is engaged with the threaded portion of the input member, and configured to move in an axial direction of the cylinder by rotation of the input member to transmit a torque of the electric motor to the piston; a tubular support member supported on a caliper main body to be not rotatable and placed on an outer side in a radial direction with respect to the rotation linear motion member; and a rolling element placed between the support member and the rotation linear motion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayasu Sakashita
  • Patent number: 10626942
    Abstract: A lower-side spring-receiving member of a suspension device, receiving a suspension spring structured to have a rising section at a lower side of the suspension spring, having a partially annular shape and including: a base end portion arranged at one end of the lower-side spring-receiving member wherein an end of the suspension spring is inserted into the base end portion; a slope portion arranged at the other end of the lower-side spring-receiving member and having a thickness in a cross-sectional view varying so as to follow a shape of the rising section of the suspension spring; and a holding portion that is arranged between the base end portion and the slope portion and holds the suspension spring, wherein the slope portion has a recess portion (Nk) formed on its bottom-surface; the recess portion includes a ridge portion is formed in a substantially mountain shape in a cross-sectional view taken along a radial direction of the partially annular shape and may be or may not be in contact with a mounting s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Ohmura, Shohei Hosomi, Jun Umeno
  • Patent number: 10626943
    Abstract: A grommet is formed by integrally fitting a substantially annular flange of a grommet interior to a substantially annular flange fitting groove of a grommet exterior. The grommet exterior includes a large-diameter cylindrical portion in which the flange fitting groove is formed inside, an anti-rotation rib that projects from the flange fitting groove toward inside of the large-diameter cylindrical portion, and a first reduced-diameter cylindrical portion that is provided on an attachment side of the grommet interior to the large-diameter cylindrical portion and that has a diameter smaller than that of the large-diameter cylindrical portion. The flange of the grommet interior is provided with a notch portion into which the anti-rotation rib is fitted. Further, the first reduced-diameter cylindrical portion includes a protrusion on the outer surface thereof that indicates the position of the anti-rotation rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Namiki, Satoshi Uematsu
  • Patent number: 10626944
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an actuator, comprising a first torsion spring body and a second torsion spring body, each of the first torsion spring body and the second torsion spring body comprising: an inner ring; an outer ring; and a plurality of elastic units, connected in parallel between the inner ring and the outer ring. An outer ring of the first torsion spring body and an outer ring of the second torsion spring body are rigidly connected, and an inner ring of the first torsion spring body and an inner ring of the second torsion spring body are aligned with each other. The actuator further includes a motor element and a braking element. The motor element is for providing an output torque, and is connected with the inner ring of the first torsion spring body. The braking element is for providing a braking torque, and is connected with the inner ring of the second torsion spring body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Wei-Hsin Liao, Bing Chen, Ling Qin, Xuan Zhao, Hao Ma
  • Patent number: 10626945
    Abstract: A vibration absorber for reducing vibrations of a structure comprises a rigid solid body providing an absorber mass, and two spring elements for elastically coupling the absorber mass to the structure. The spring elements are arranged at opposing ends of the absorber mass, and each of the two spring elements comprises a tube-shaped section made of elastomeric material which is positively connected to the rigid solid body and which extends away from the rigid solid body up to a fixation contour at its outer circumference. Each of the fixation contours is configured for fixation in an opening of a mounting base of the structure. A pin-shaped amplitude delimiter which is part of the rigid solid body is arranged in each of the two tube-shaped sections for delimiting amplitudes of deflections of the absorber mass with regard to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: WEGU GMBH SCHWINGUNGSDAEMPFUNG
    Inventors: Willi Gebhardt, Sebastian Glampke, Horst Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 10626946
    Abstract: A damper includes a piston and a cylinder housing the piston, and generates a braking force based on a movement or relative movement of the piston. The piston includes a trunk portion and a seal ring surrounding the trunk portion. A first seal portion against an inner wall of the cylinder is formed on an outer peripheral portion in the seal ring, and a second seal portion against a circumference wall portion projecting from the trunk portion is formed in a front end portion positioned on a pressure chamber side. Also, a support rib portion is provided outside the trunk portion, which allows the seal ring to move within a predetermined range along a moving direction of the piston in a state wherein a movement gap for a fluid is formed between the trunk portion and an inner peripheral portion of the seal ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Kei Shimozaki
  • Patent number: 10626947
    Abstract: The fluid damper device includes a rotor inserted into a case, and a cover fixed to an opening portion of the case. A thin portion is formed at an end portion of the case on one side in an axis direction, and a contact portion which is in contact with a small-diameter portion of the cover in the axis direction is formed at four positions of an inner circumferential surface of the thin portion at equal angular intervals. A partitioning convex portion which partitions a damper chamber in a circumferential direction is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the case, and the contact portions are formed at positions corresponding to the partitioning convex portion in the circumferential direction. A concave portion recessed radially outward is formed at a position different from the contact portion in the circumferential direction, and a welding convex portion is formed in the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoya Mihara
  • Patent number: 10626948
    Abstract: A damper includes a tubular member that internally forms an action chamber, an annular rod guide secured to one side opening of the tubular member, a rod inserted through an inside of the rod guide so as to be axially movable, an oil seal installed to the action chamber side of the rod guide and seal an outer periphery of the rod, and a sealing member stacked on a side of the rod guide opposite to the action chamber, wherein the sealing member includes a dust seal that seals the outer periphery of the rod, and an outer peripheral seal that seals a gap between the tubular member and the rod guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventor: Hideaki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10626949
    Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes a mass body, first and second centrifugal elements, and first and second cam mechanisms. The mass body is rotatable with a rotor and is also rotatable relatively to the rotor. Each of the first and second centrifugal elements receives a centrifugal force to be generated by rotation of the rotor and the mass body. When a relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in a rotational direction, the first cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force that acts on the first centrifugal element into a first circumferential force directed to reduce the relative displacement. When the relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in the rotational direction, the second cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force that acts on the second centrifugal element into a second circumferential force directed to reduce the relative displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Tomiyama, Yoshiyuki Hagihara, Koichi Higuchi