Patents Issued in April 30, 2020
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Publication number: 20200130767Abstract: A kick scooter has a steering control device including a seat including an oval hole and two side armrests each having a through hole; a connecting member including an intermediate hollow projection and two wings; two linking assemblies each including a linking bar having one end connected to either front wheel; a limit pin movably disposed in the oval hole and secured to the connecting member; and a restoring mechanism including a biasing member fastened by the limit pin, and two positioning members each moveably disposed through the through hole and having an anchor at one end in either end of the biasing member, a threaded section at the other end, an intermediate flange, and two nuts each secured to the threaded section. The seat and the linking assembly are pivotably fastened together. The seat, the linking assembly, and the connecting member are pivotably fastened together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Neil Owen
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Publication number: 20200130768Abstract: A control system for a vehicle and method for controlling a vehicle component. The control system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor senses vibrations of the vehicle and senses alterations to the vibrations that result from user contact with a handle of the vehicle. The alterations are associated with a particular vehicle component and/or a particular predetermined function to be performed by the vehicle component. The controller receives an indication of the vibrations and the alterations from the sensor, and then causes the vehicle component to perform the predetermined function that is associated with the alterations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Rahul Khanna
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Publication number: 20200130769Abstract: A folding urban mobility vehicle includes a frame, a pair of front wheel assemblies carried by respective front arms articulated to the frame about a first axis, and a rear wheel assembly carried by a rear arm articulated to the frame about a second axis. In a folded configuration of the vehicle the front wheel assemblies are located within the frame and the rear wheel assembly extends within the frame between the two front wheel assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Hydra Consulting S.r.l.Inventor: Mauro ZONA
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Publication number: 20200130770Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating a high-strength, low-weight material suitable for construction of a bicycle. A composition of powdered materials including magnesium, aluminum, copper, zinc, zirconia, and silicon carbide is combined and blended together. The mixture is vacuum hot pressed into a billet and then extruded. The resulting material is suitable for construction of a bicycle having excellent physical properties including strength, flexibility, comfort, and light-weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Ting Chen, Ram Shenoy, Indranil Roy
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Publication number: 20200130771Abstract: A scooter includes a diversity of sensors to adapt scooter characteristics to any one or more than one of safety aspects, and scooter, environmental or driver states. Scooter characteristics susceptible to adaptation include throttle response; motor torque; motor speed; speed; maximum current drawn from energy storage system; braking characteristics, such as distribution, maximum braking power, anti-blocking system parameters or braking; adjusting vehicle dynamics, and suspension parameters such as stiffness, or damping coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Etergo B.V.Inventors: Bart JACOBSZ ROSIER, Marijn Laurens FLIPSE, Joris KOUDIJS, Adriaan AARNOUDSE, Daniƫl Thomas Alexander MUUSERS, Thomas SWART, Martijn DE MILLIANO
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Publication number: 20200130772Abstract: A non-uniform steerer tube. The non-uniform steerer tubes includes an axis-symmetric outer surface and a non axis-symmetric inner surface. The axis-symmetric outer surface and the non axis-symmetric inner surface defining a wall thickness therebetween. The wall thickness varying along an axial length of the non-uniform steerer tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
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Publication number: 20200130773Abstract: A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: William O. BROWN, IV, Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN, Christopher OTTERNESS
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Publication number: 20200130774Abstract: A bushing bypass. The bushing bypass includes a bushing having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bushing also includes an inner diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing also includes an outer diameter surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bushing further includes a channel formed in the outer diameter surface. The channel extends from the top surface of the bushing to the bottom surface of the bushing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Daniel MCCORMICK, Joshua COAPLEN
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Publication number: 20200130775Abstract: A shock absorbing and height adjusting structure includes an inner tube, a lower piston assembly and an upper piston assembly. The inner tube includes an upper end, a lower end opposite to the upper end, and an inner space for accommodating a gas. The lower piston assembly includes a lower piston movably inserted into the inner tube, and a lower passage disposed at the lower piston. The upper piston assembly includes an upper piston movably inserted into the inner tube. When the lower passage is opened, the lower piston is moved relative to the lower end, and when the upper piston is forced, the upper piston has movement relative to the upper end toward the lower end to compress the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Kai-Han CHO
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Publication number: 20200130776Abstract: A transmission structure for a bicycle includes two opposite transmission units. Each of the transmission units includes a linear reciprocating pedaling mechanism, a transmission module which is in transmission connection with the linear reciprocating pedaling mechanism, and a resetting module connected with the transmission module. The transmission modules of the two transmission units are connected with a power output mechanism through a unidirectional transmission mechanism. The transmission module includes a first driven wheel and a first transmission gear configured to be coaxial with the first driven wheel. The resetting module includes a connecting piece and an elastic piece. The connecting piece is connected with the first transmission gear. The elastic piece is connected with the connecting piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Liyuan LUO
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Publication number: 20200130777Abstract: A control system is provided to improve riding comfort of a human-powered vehicle. The control system includes an electronic controller and a receiver. The electronic controller is configured to control a first electric component of a first human-powered vehicle. The receiver is configured to receive first reference information related to a vehicle that differs from the first human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to control the first electric component based on the first reference information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Azusa YAMAZAKI, Satoshi SHAHANA, Kazutaka NIKI, Takehiko NAKAJIMA
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Publication number: 20200130778Abstract: A control system includes a detection device and an electronic controller. The detection device is configured to detect passenger information related to at least one passenger of a human-powered vehicle driven by a driver of the human-powered vehicle in which the at least one passenger is different from the driver. The electronic controller is configured to control at least one component of the human-powered vehicle in accordance with the passenger information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Satoshi SHAHANA, Noriko MASUTA, Azusa YAMAZAKI, Megumi NAKABO, Takehiko NAKAJIMA, Fumihide NUMATA, Hiroshi FUJITA, Kenji GOTO
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Publication number: 20200130779Abstract: A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member, a movable member, a chain guide, and a resistance applying structure. The chain guide is rotatably coupled to the movable member about a pivot axis. The resistance applying structure includes a rotational one-way clutch and an elastic portion. The rotational one-way clutch includes a first engagement member and a second engagement member. The first engagement member has a first axially facing surface and a first engagement profile provided to the first axially facing surface. The second engagement member has a second axially facing surface and a second engagement profile provided to the second axially facing surface. The elastic portion is provided to at least one of the first axially facing surface of the first engagement member and the second axially facing surface of the second engagement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SHIMANO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventor: Yun MA
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Publication number: 20200130780Abstract: The present invention is a dual-purpose mounting system for attaching removable hydrofoils along a rideable board. The dual-purpose mounting system reduces repetitive stress exerted on the hull of the rideable board by foil bending and torsion, therefore prolonging the hull life of the rideable board. The dual-purpose mounting system is a solid one-piece constructed foil strongbox having a mounting body that is installed into a surfboard hull. A mounting receptacle is positioned within the mounting body to receive a tuttle style hydrofoil mount through a first hydrofoil aperture at a mounting surface of the mounting body. A pair of second hydrofoil apertures traverses into the mounting surface to further facilitate attachment of a plate style hydrofoil. A plurality of fastener sleeves traverses into the mounting body opposite the mounting receptacle enable attachment of the mounting body to the surfboard hull.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Robert A. Stehlik
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Publication number: 20200130781Abstract: A cockpit extension that extends aft of a boat transom for increasing the afterdeck area of the boat. The cockpit extension includes a deck that can be accessed from the afterdeck of the boat and an under-face beneath the deck that can be above or below the water-line of the boat. The cockpit extension can also include one or more of a gunwale, inner bulkhead, and outer freeboard. A running surface can also be provided on the under-face that improves the backing down process of the boat. The boat has at least two outboard engines, attached on the port and starboard sides of the boat transom, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: ANTHONY KALIL
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Publication number: 20200130782Abstract: A mooring apparatus (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) comprising a socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d) having a seat (15a, 15a?; 15b, 15b?; 15c, 15c?; 15d, 15d?) and a connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d), wherein the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) is receivable, such as removably receivable, in the socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d) and rotatable on the seat (15a, 15a?; 15b, 15b?; 15c, 15c?; 15d, 15d?). A method of configuring a mooring apparatus (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) wherein the method comprises providing a mooring apparatus (5a; 5b; 5c; 5d) and locating the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) in the socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d) and/or on the seat (15a, 15a?; 15b, 15b?; 15c, 15c?; 15d, 15d?), and rotating the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) until the connection member (20a; 20b; 20c; 20d) is retained by the socket (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: David SMITH
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Publication number: 20200130783Abstract: A mooring apparatus (50) comprising a guide portion (55) for guiding a portion of a first mooring line (60), an arrangement (65) for connecting or coupling the apparatus (50) to a second mooring line (70), and a lock (75) or lock means. The guide portion (55) is moveably connected to the arrangement, and the lock is connected to, attached to or provided on the arrangement. A system (250) for tensioning a mooring line, the system comprising the mooring apparatus (50) and the first mooring line (60) and/or the second mooring line (70). A method of tensioning a mooring line, wherein the method comprises providing the system for tensioning a mooring line, and the method further comprises applying a pulling force to a first portion of a first mooring line (60) in a direction away from the apparatus (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Richard TAYLOR
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Publication number: 20200130784Abstract: An observation system and determination method for the re-suspension quantity of submarine sediments by deep-sea internal waves. The observation system comprises a submarine observation platform, a mooring rope, and an anchor mooring counterweight. Acoustic release transponder, a single-point current meter, a turbidity meter, a high-precision temperature and salinity detector, and a sediment catcher are mounted on the submarine observation platform. A main floating body and auxiliary floating bodies are arranged on the mooring rope, wherein the main floating body is located in the middle of the mooring rope and is equipped with acoustic Doppler current profilers, and the auxiliary floating bodies are equipped with turbidity meters and high-precision temperature and salinity detectors. The anchor mooring counterweight is a gravity anchor provided with a square clamping groove and a fixed ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Ocean University of ChinaInventors: Yonggang JIA, Zhuangcai TIAN, Shaotong ZHANG, Bowen ZHANG, Zhiming WEI, Xiaolei LIU, Hongxian SHAN
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Publication number: 20200130785Abstract: A sealed boat seat suspension including a plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is coupled to the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is movable with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a suspension component which is coupled to the boat seat attachment component such that the suspension component provides at least some control of movement of the boat seat attachment component with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventors: Philip TSIARAS, Dennis K. WOOTTEN, Paul HAMMERSTROM
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Publication number: 20200130786Abstract: A boat including first and second aft-facing seats. The first aft-facing seat has a first seating surface. The second aft-facing seat has a second seating surface. The second seating surface is forward of the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be at a level higher than the first seating surface. The second seating surface may be moveable between a retracted position and at least one raised position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: David F. Ekern, Daniel P. Vieira, Michael J. Uggeri, Michael D. Myers
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Publication number: 20200130787Abstract: The invention relates to a boat (1) for servicing shallow canals, lakes, and rivers configured for extracting, cutting, grinding, and casting plant waste, solid waste, or agricultural plantation harvest and sending what is harvested to shore, and comprising an extractor belt (3) configured for extracting the plant waste which is deposited on a horizontal conveyor belt (9) to a grinding mill (4); and further comprising at least one drive turbine (5) and a directional stack (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Manuel Villalba HernƔndez
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Publication number: 20200130788Abstract: A safety release mechanism for kite surfing with a safety release member by which a kite surfer is attached to the body. A locking element detachably secures an attachment end of the safety release member to the body. A resilient element urges the locking element into the unlocked position, such that upon release for the locking element, the resilient element moves the locking element to the unlocked position thereby resulting in a release of the attachment end of the safety release member, regardless of the orientation of the device, the orientation of the kite, or the available strength of the kite surfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Liam Kenneth Maynard McLEAN
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Publication number: 20200130789Abstract: A method for increasing cargo capacity of a floating vessel with a buoyant hull for cargo, with a load line presentation device affixed to the buoyant hull without interrupting water flow along the buoyant hull the load line presentation device presenting: a baseline load line indicator plimsoll mark and a plurality of increased capacity load line indicator plimsoll marks, with an increased capacity model in memory connected to a processor in communication with the load line presentation device; the increased capacity model configured for automatically integrating a plurality of variables including: wave size, wave period, wind speed, surface current, vessel length, type of vessel, quantity of disconnected superstructures, quantity of sheer, and bow height and identifying increased capacity load line plimsoll mark for a voyage of the floating vessel, the load line presentation device displays the increased capacity load plimsoll mark improving baseline capacity of the buoyant hull from 1% to 30%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Anthony Beebe, Jose H. Vazquez
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Publication number: 20200130790Abstract: A life jacket vest including a life jacket member having a pair of arm openings and a lining having a pair of sleeve members and a perimeter. The lining is positioned in mating relationship with at least a portion of the life jacket member and is attached along at least a portion of the perimeter of the life jacket member. The sleeve members are received and extend through the openings of the life jacket member and are not attached to the life jacket member. The life jacket member may include a fastener member and a size adjustment member. The lining may include a neck portion and a collar portion. By attaching the lining to the life jacket member in places other than the arm openings, the present life jacket vest allows for a greater range of motion and less constraints in the arm openings of the life jacket member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Yiyun Culp
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Publication number: 20200130791Abstract: A pneumatic rescue system; the pneumatic rescue system includes a housing having a tank-section, a connector-section, and a barrel-section; and a flotation-device configured to provide buoyancy to an individual stranded in a body of water. The pneumatic rescue system provides a rapid response designed to reach stranded individuals by firing the flotation-device to the individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Thomas McKellips, Cody McKellips
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Publication number: 20200130792Abstract: A full-face diving mask includes a mask and a breathing tube. The mask includes an outer frame, a lens housing and a fitting mask. The fitting mask includes a partition plate. The partition plate and the inner surface of the lens housing define an observation chamber on the top and a breathing chamber below. The partition plate includes at least one air intake port to allow inhaled air to be guided and circulated through at least one air intake passageway from the observation chamber toward the breathing chamber. The breathing chamber is further provided with an air compartment partition plate connected to the partition plate to define an air discharge compartment. The air compartment partition plate is provided with at least one air discharge port to allow exhaled air to be guided through at least one air discharge passageway from the air discharge compartment and discharged along the breathing tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Shuiyong Huang, Bo Wu, Yuyan Liu
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Publication number: 20200130793Abstract: A diving device includes an air pump with a rigid housing including an interior and an opening closed by a sack-shaped flexible part to form a variable pump volume delimited by the housing and the flexible part. The air pump is designed such that if surrounding water causes overpressure, the flexible part is pressed into the interior, thereby reducing the pump volume, and rests against an inner wall of the housing at least partly in a contact section of the interior. The flexible part can be pulled out of the interior against the overpressure by the muscle force of a diver, thereby increasing the pump volume. The air supply line can be releasably secured to a support device, in particular a waist belt of the support device, centrally behind the back of the diver, and a quick ejection device is provided for releasably securing the air supply line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Joerg TRAGATSCHNIG
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Publication number: 20200130794Abstract: A marine propulsion system, supported by a strut, comprising an inner propeller shaft supporting a first propeller adjacent a trailing end thereof, and the inner propeller shaft is connected to the drive shaft for receiving and supplying a first portion of torque to the first propeller as well as transfer thrust, generated by the first propeller, along the inner propeller shaft back to the drive shaft. An outer propeller shaft supports a second propeller adjacent a trailing and thereof, and the outer propeller shaft surrounds the inner propeller shaft. A differential gear set receives a second portion of the torque and supplies the second portion to the outer propeller shaft so that the second propeller rotates in an opposite rotational direction to the first propeller. The thrust, generated by the first and the second propellers, is conveyed along either the inner or the outer propeller shafts, to the drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Keith STANLEY, Andrew ORVIETO, Dave GRUENWALD, Bryan DANNER
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Publication number: 20200130795Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to interconnectable tiles configured for operation in an aquatic environment or a near-zero/zero gravity environment. The interconnectable tiles are configured to interconnect relative to one another to form interconnected surfaces, and individual interconnectable tiles provide thrust, ballast, and/or buoyancy to the overall interconnected surface so as to move the interconnected surface in a desired configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Austin C. Fikes, Seyed Ali Hajimiri
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Publication number: 20200130796Abstract: A cover device for at least partially closing an underwater opening in a hull of a watercraft includes a variable-volume hollow-chamber lip assembly including at least two hollow-chamber lips and one buoyancy body. The at least one hollow-chamber lip is volume-variable by supplying a fluid to or removing a fluid from an interior thereof, and the at least one hollow-chamber lip assembly is shiftable between an expanded state and a contracted state by supplying or removing the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Holger SPARDEL, Frank ALBRECHT, Ulrich ALBRECHT, Kai DANNEBERG, Uwe LEITLOFF
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Publication number: 20200130797Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Makoto MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20200130798Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive arrangement for propelling a boat, for example a kayak, having an electric drive motor with a shaft, a receiving device for receiving the shaft and a holder for holding the receiving device on the boat. In some embodiments, the receiving device is pivotable for pivoting the electric drive motor between an operating position and a tilt position relative to the holder. A switchable fixing device is provided for fixing the receiving device in the operating position. The fixing device has an overload protection for disconnecting the fixing in the operating position when a predetermined pivot force in the direction of the tilt position is exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Frank Despineux, Dominik Busse
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Publication number: 20200130799Abstract: Combination of boat and outboard engine, in which at least one outboard engine is fastened to the transom of the boat in a prearranged position, the engine being mounted to translate along a path with at least one motion component having a vertical orientation in a direction away from or close to the waterline of the boat, that is, of smaller or greater propeller draft, and a motion component having a horizontal or longitudinal orientation in a direction away from or close to the transom of the boat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Marcella Gai, Marco Campagna
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Publication number: 20200130800Abstract: System and methods are provided that relate to a drive arrangement for propelling a boat, in particular a kayak. In some embodiments, the drive arrangement can include an electric drive motor with a shaft and a receiving device for receiving the shaft. An arresting element can be provided for determining a first desired distance along the shaft between the receiving device and the drive motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Frank Despineux, Dominik Busse
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Publication number: 20200130801Abstract: An outboard motor includes a shaft including a second spline that upwardly extends from a housing. The second spline is meshed with a first spline disposed inside either an engine cowl or an upper housing. The second spline includes a distal end and a body. The distal end is provided on an upper end of the shaft. The body is provided below the distal end. In the second spline, a groove width in the circumferential direction at the distal end is larger than a groove width in the circumferential direction at the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Yuki IKEGAYA, Kenji YUKISHIMA
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Publication number: 20200130802Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ballast water treatment device including a bypass pipe having both ends connected to a ballast pipe which is connected to a ballast tank and through which ballast water flows, the bypass pipe being configured to allow a part of ballast water flowing through the ballast pipe to form a divided flow from the ballast pipe and to allow the divided flow to be merged with the ballast pipe, a chemical holding part in which a chemical is stored and a chemical pipe configured to connect the chemical holding part and the bypass pipe with each other and supplies the chemical from the chemical holding part to the ballast pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji YAMAMOTO, Mitsuaki YAMAMOTO, Takeshi MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20200130803Abstract: A frame and a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The frame includes a triangular arm and a center frame. An apex of the triangular arm is hinged with the center frame. The triangular arm includes a first arm, a second arm, and a telescopic arm. The first arm, the second arm, and the telescopic arm are hinged together to form a triangle. When the telescopic arm moves from an extended state to a retracted state, the triangular arm is folded toward a direction close the center frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Wenlong XIAO, Guibin LIANG
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Publication number: 20200130804Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for flight crew areas onboard aircraft that are only accessible via a door to the exterior of the aircraft. The flight crew areas may be included within the same section of the fuselage of the aircraft as the aircraft cabin, or may be included within a different section of the fuselage. One embodiment comprises an aircraft that includes an aircraft cabin and a flight crew area. The aircraft cabin is configured for passenger seating. The flight crew area includes a door opening to an exterior of the aircraft that is sized for a person, and a cockpit that is only accessible by a flight crew via the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Brian Paul Colletti, Manuel G. Banda
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Publication number: 20200130805Abstract: An aircraft that includes a body that defines a cabin interior, a divider member that divides the cabin interior into a cargo hold and a passenger cabin, front and back rows of seats positioned in the passenger cabin, a forward door that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, and an aft door that is pivotable between a closed position and an open position. Pivoting one of the forward door or the aft door from the closed to the open position causes the other of the forward door or the aft door to pivot from the closed position to the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Eric Heimbach, Christopher Schuttera, Scott Savian, Ian Geoffrey Scoley
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Publication number: 20200130806Abstract: An aircraft door sealing system comprises a resilient sealing element secured to an aircraft door arrangement first element and comprising a sealing lip extending from a sealing member. A rigid counter-bearing element is secured to an aircraft door arrangement second element and cooperates with the sealing element to seal a gap between the first and second elements. The counter-bearing element comprises a first portion cooperating with the sealing member and a second portion cooperating with the sealing lip. The sealing lip and the second portion are positioned relative to each other, and the sealing lip can be resiliently deformed, so that the sealing lip is applied to the second portion and a contact face between the sealing lip and the second portion is formed or increases, when an external pressure acting on an outer face of the sealing lip via the gap, exceeds a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Jens HEEREN
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Publication number: 20200130807Abstract: An elongate primary structural element 200, such as a spar or rib, for a primary structure 22 of an aircraft aerodynamic structure 20, such as a wing. The primary structural element 200 has a shear web 210 comprising a twist 211 about a longitudinal axis of the shear web 210 so that a face 220 of at least a portion of the shear web 210 is non-planar when the shear web 210 is free from a torque applied about the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Antony PEACOCK, Ross SALISBURY, Geoffrey Richard WILLIAMS, Daren HEALY
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Publication number: 20200130808Abstract: A device to fasten a system to a structure of a vehicle includes a drive unit that provides rotary movement of a drive element relative to the structure. The device has first and second supporting elements. The first supporting element is rotatably coupled to the drive element via a first rotation axis, and is rotatably mounted to the structure via a second rotation axis. The second supporting element is rotatably coupled to the first supporting element, and a first connecting element, which is rotatably mounted to the structure via a third rotation axis. The first connecting element is rotatably coupled to the second supporting element via a fourth rotation axis. The second supporting element is rotatably coupled to the first supporting element via a fifth rotation axis. During movement, the first supporting element has a different rotational speed than the second supporting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Robert Cheikh Sarraf
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Publication number: 20200130809Abstract: A trailing edge flap actuation mechanism has a flap drive link with a first end pivotally coupled to a fore flap structure of a flap and a second end pivotally coupled to an underwing support structure. An aft tension link has a leading end pivotally coupled proximate an aft end of the underwing support structure and a trailing end coupled to a mid-section structure of the flap. An actuator, when actuated, rotates the flap drive link about a first pivot axle to move the flap between a retracted position and a deployed lowered position. The actuator, including a ball-screw drive shaft having a universal joint, is positioned in a cove above the underwing support structure whereby the extent that the underwing support structure protrudes below the wing is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Kevin R. Tsai, Bruce A. Dahl, Gregory M. Santini, Kyle A. Johnson, Seiya Sakurai, Stephen R. Amorosi
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Publication number: 20200130810Abstract: An aerial vehicle has a wing and a fuselage. A tether is anchored at opposing ends of the wing and/or the fuselage. The tether is arranged to prevent one or more parts of the aerial vehicle from separating from the remainder of the aerial vehicle in the event of structural failure of the aerial vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Andrew Charles ELSON
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Publication number: 20200130811Abstract: A pressure relief assembly (24) includes an aircraft engine cowl (26) having radially outer and inner skins (28,30) having an opening. A door frame (32) is joined around the perimeter of the opening and defines a door seat (34) surrounding a central portal (36). A pressure relief door (38) is joined to the cowl (26) to cover the portal (36). The door (38) has inner and outer surfaces (40,42) terminating in a perimeter rim (44), with the inner surface (40) of the rim (44) overlapping the door seat (34) to define a primary seal (46) with the door stowed closed. A fireproof secondary seal (48) bridges the door inner surface (40) and frame (32) around the inner perimeter of the primary seal (46) to pre-seal flow to the primary seal (46).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: DARWIN DEAN CRAWFORD, CLIFFORD FRANK SHAEFFER, JEROD KENNON MATLOCK
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Publication number: 20200130812Abstract: A trailing edge flap mechanism for an aircraft incorporates a flap actuator 28 and a fore flap link 30 that pivots by actuation of the flap actuator. The fore flap link has a hinged end 32 pivotally coupled to a fore flap structure 34 and a clevis end 36 pivotally coupled to a fixed wing structure 18 at a first hinge axle 38. A rocking lever 40 is pivotally coupled to a second hinge axle 42 on the fixed wing structure. A connector bar 44 has a first end 46 pivotally coupled to the fore flap link at a first connection axle 48 and a second end 50 pivotally coupled to the rocking lever at a second connection axle 52.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Kevin R. Tsai, Kyle A. Johnson
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Publication number: 20200130813Abstract: A method of increasing a stability speed of a tiltrotor aircraft includes pivoting a rotor assembly having at least three rotor blades from a first position for operating the tiltrotor aircraft in a helicopter mode to a second position for operating the tiltrotor aircraft in an airplane mode, and increasing a stiffness of the rotor assembly when the rotor assembly is in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Jouyoung Jason CHOI, Frank STAMPS
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Publication number: 20200130814Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a fixed-wing aircraft during flight are disclosed. The aircraft comprises first and second flight control surfaces of different types. The method comprises determining that a pilot command of the first flight control surface will excite a structural flexible mode of the aircraft and then executing the pilot command of the first flight control surface in conjunction with a command of the second flight control surface to mitigate the effect of the excitation of the structural flexible mode of the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Sylvain THERIEN, David REIST
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Publication number: 20200130815Abstract: An aircraft assembly with a hot air exhaust outlet. The aircraft assembly has an assembly surface over which a hot-air exhaust flow from the hot-air exhaust outlet is exhausted. The aircraft assembly also has a vortex generator with a flow surface. The flow surface lies in an air flow over the vortex generator. The flow surface is arranged to interrupt the hot-air exhaust flow and generates a flow vortex to cool the air flow over the assembly surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Denys CUSTANCE, Daren HEALY
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Publication number: 20200130816Abstract: An aircraft (1) including a fixed wing (7) and a wing tip device (9) moveably mounted thereon. The wing tip device (9) is movable from a load-alleviating configuration to a flight configuration. The wing tip device includes an airflow channel (88) extending between respective apertures (83, 84) on the upper surface and lower surface of the wing tip device. The channel (88) is configurable between an open state in which air can flow through the channel and a closed state in which the airflow through the channel (88), via the apertures (83, 84), is blocked. The channel (88) is configured such that when the wing tip device (9) is in the load-alleviating configuration and the channel (88) is in the open state, the aerodynamic loading on the wing tip device in flight urges the wing tip device towards the flight configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Ciaran O'ROURKE