Patents Issued in July 14, 2020
  • Glass hand truck
    Patent number: 10710622
    Abstract: A hand truck includes a frame, a handle attached to a rear side of the frame, a platform extending from a front side of the frame, a plurality of feet attached to an underside of the platform, at least one support member attached to the front side of the frame, and an axle supporting a plurality of wheels, wherein the axle is attached to the frame. The hand truck may include a standing configuration and a mobile configuration. In the standing configuration, the plurality of wheels and at least one of the plurality of feet contact a ground surface to support the hand truck such that the platform is arranged at an oblique angle with respect to the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: OLDCASTLE BUILDINGENVELOPE, INC.
    Inventors: William Joshua McDonald, Christopher Todd Herndon
  • Propane tank dolly
    Patent number: 10710623
    Abstract: The propane tank dolly comprises a base platform, a containment wall, a pair of wheels, and a handle. The propane tank dolly may be used to transfer a propane tank from a grill to a vehicle and may also be used to protect both the propane tank and the vehicle while the propane tank is transported to a tank exchange center in the vehicle. The propane tank is placed on the base platform within the containment wall and a lid may be placed onto the top of the containment wall. The handle may be extended from within left and right handle bases to move the propane tank dolly on the pair of wheel. The handle may be collapsed into the left and right handle bases to facilitate placing the propane tank dolly and propane tank into the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Stys
  • Wheeled vehicle light system
    Patent number: 10710624
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light system. In certain disclosed embodiments, the light system is disposed on a stroller, but the system can be disposed on any object. The system comprises one or more LED lights, one or more battery packs, cables connecting the battery backs to the LED lights. Certain embodiments also comprise a stroller, having an upper storage area, a lower storage area, and LED lights disposed on the front and rear of the frame of the stroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GoSafe Tech LLC
    Inventor: Paul Yaeger
  • Insertable window assembly
    Patent number: 10710625
    Abstract: An insertable window assembly for incorporating a window into a canopy on a baby carriage includes an infant transport that has a resting surface and a canopy at least partially covering the resting surface. The canopy has a top surface and a bottom surface, and a receiving aperture extending through the top surface and the bottom surface. The receiving aperture facilitates a caregiver to see the infant in the infant transport. A window is attached to the infant transport and the window is positioned on the canopy to cover the receiving aperture. A cover is attached to the window and the cover is removably positioned over the window. The cover is comprised of an opaque material to inhibit light from flowing through the window and into the infant transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Phyllis Foster
  • Steering wheel cover
    Patent number: 10710626
    Abstract: A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a series of alternating ribs and openings that together form a spring-like structure that more easily fits over a steering wheel while retaining its initial shape once installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn Curtis Strong, Kyle M. Bennett
  • Steering wheel for a motor vehicle steering system and steering column for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10710627
    Abstract: A motor vehicle steering system includes a steering wheel hub which has a longitudinal axis and can be attached coaxially on a rotatably mounted steering spindle, and a steering wheel rim which is attached on the steering wheel hub at a radial spacing from the longitudinal axis and extends in a planar manner transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The steering wheel rim is mounted on the steering wheel hub in a bearing such that it can be inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis between an operating position and a stowed position about an inclination axis which lies transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The steering wheel rim is inclined at a flatter angle with respect to the longitudinal axis in the stowed position than when in the operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kreutz, Sebastian Forte, Tim Bayer
  • Integrated electric power steering apparatus and manufacturing method therefor
    Patent number: 10710628
    Abstract: The motor unit includes a motor case containing a stator and a rotor fixed to an output shaft; the control unit includes a unit case containing constituent members of the control unit that controls the motor unit; the motor unit and the control unit are fixed to each other in such a way that an axle-direction end, at the unit case side, of the motor case is made to abut on an axle-direction end, at the motor unit side, of the unit case and then the both ends are bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihito Asao, Akihiko Mori
  • Steerable vehicle
    Patent number: 10710629
    Abstract: A steerable, self-propelled vehicle includes a rotatable steering column that is connected to control the steering angle of one or more ground-engaging members of the vehicle. The vehicle includes between the steering column and the ground-engaging member a first steering servomechanism having at least a first steering assistance characteristic; a second steering servomechanism having a second steering assistance characteristic also being connected to act on the steering column. A controller is provided for causing the first and second steering assistance characteristics to influence the steering of the vehicle in dependence on one or more one or more control commands generated in the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Riccardo Morselli, Francesco Canuto, Patrizio Turco, Enrico Raffone
  • System for modification of the steering ratio for a vehicle with a telescopic arm, and corresponding vehicle
    Patent number: 10710630
    Abstract: A modification system is provided for modifying the steering ratio for a vehicle having a tiltable telescopic boom arm (6). The vehicle has steered wheels (11), a steering wheel, and a steering transmission device serving to transmit steering movement between the steering wheel and the steered wheels (11) with a steering ratio R=Alpha/Beta. Beta is the steering angle of the wheels, and Alpha is the turning angle of the steering wheel. The system includes a sensor configured to determine a parameter relating to the telescopic arm. A control module controls the steering ratio that is configured to modify the steering ratio R as a function of the parameter relating to the telescopic arm. A wheeled vehicle is provided, fitted with such a steering ratio modification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MANITOU BF
    Inventors: Antoine Riot, Mickael Christiny
  • Mechanism for swinging and steering support leg for pavement milling machine
    Patent number: 10710631
    Abstract: A mechanism for swinging and steering a support leg for a pavement milling machine is provided having a milling machine frame, a swing rod, a steering rod, a first guiding rod and a second guiding rod, the support leg includes a support leg exterior sleeve and a interior sleeve, the support leg exterior sleeve is sleeved onto the support leg interior sleeve, the support leg interior sleeve rotates relative to the exterior sleeve; one end of the swing rod is hinged to the milling machine frame, and the other end is fixedly connected to the exterior sleeve; one end of the second guiding rod is hinged to the milling machine frame, the other end is hinged to one end of the first guiding rod, the other end of the first guiding rod is hinged to one end of the steering rod, and the other end of the steering rod is connected to the support leg interior sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: DYNAPAC (CHINA) COMPACTION & PAVING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Biao Zhang, Jixue Chen, Tingjian Xu
  • Automatic driving control device
    Patent number: 10710632
    Abstract: An automatic driving control device performs an automatic driving control for causing a vehicle to travel along a reference travel trajectory set in a lane in advance. The automatic driving control device reflects the steering by the driver during the automatic driving control in the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected during the automatic driving control by the steering detection unit and when a position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in an allowance range, and alerts the driver to the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected and in a case where it is determined that the position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in the second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Sato, Masaki Matsunaga, Yuichi Kumai
  • Control of complex parking maneuvers and autonomous fuel replenishment of driverless vehicles
    Patent number: 10710633
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computing software, including autonomy applications, image processing applications, etc., computing systems, and wired and wireless network communications to facilitate autonomous control of vehicles, and, more specifically, to systems, devices, and methods configured to control driverless vehicles to facilitate complex parking maneuvers and autonomous fuel replenishment. In some examples, a method may include computing vehicular drive parameters, accessing map data to identify a boundary, detecting an autonomous vehicle, accessing executable instructions to facilitate vectoring of an autonomous vehicle, and applying vehicular drive parameters to propel the autonomous vehicle to a termination point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie P. Carlson, Yadunandana Yellambalase, Sathya Narayanan Kasturi Rangan
  • Active geometry control suspension
    Patent number: 10710634
    Abstract: An active geometry control suspension may include a first link having one side connected to a wheel carrier engaged to a wheel and the other side extending along a width direction of a vehicle; a second link having one side connected to the wheel carrier and the other side extending in the width direction of the vehicle; a first lever having one side connected to the other side of the first link; a second lever having one side connected to the other side of the second link; a connection lever connecting the other side of the first lever and the other side of the second lever; and an actuator connected to the connection lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: In Seok Seo, Jae il Park
  • Autonomous all-terrain vehicle frame structure
    Patent number: 10710635
    Abstract: A frame structure for an all-terrain vehicle includes upper main frame members and lower main frame members, each upper and lower main frame member extended in a longitudinal direction of the frame structure. The lower main frame members have forward and rearward portions mounted to the upper main frame members and central portions extended in a lateral direction of the frame structure outward of the upper main frame members. First sub-frame members are mounted to the forward and rearward portions of the lower main frame members. The first sub-frame members separate a component space defined by the frame structure into an upper component space and a lower component space. An electric motor is located in the lower component space, and a battery pack is located in the upper component space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard M. Lowery, Jr., Justin M. Winter
  • Vehicle front portion structure
    Patent number: 10710636
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle front portion structure including: front side members that are disposed at right and left side portions of a vehicle front portion and extend in the vehicle front and rear direction; suspension towers that are disposed so as to project in the vehicle upward direction from the front side members; front joining portions that are provided on the suspension towers, join the suspension towers and the front side members to each other, and at which joining between the suspension towers and the front side members are cancelled at the time of a frontal impact; and rear joining portions that are provided on the vehicle rear sides of the front joining portions in the suspension towers and join the suspension towers and the front side members to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masami Uehata
  • Battery module including a heat pipe positioned in proximity to a terminal component at a positive or negative terminal of the battery module
    Patent number: 10710637
    Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a battery module, including a plurality of battery cell groups that are connected in series with each other, each of the plurality of battery cell groups including a plurality of battery cells that are connected to each other in parallel, a first terminal component at a first terminal of the battery module, the first terminal corresponding to either a positive terminal of the battery module or a negative terminal of the battery module, and a first heat pipe positioned in proximity to the first terminal component and configured to transfer heat away from the first terminal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TIVENI MERGECO, INC.
    Inventors: Heiner Fees, Andreas Track, Alexander Eichhorn, Ralf Maisch, Jörg Damaske
  • Vehicle lower portion structure
    Patent number: 10710638
    Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure includes a pair of rocker panels and an electric power supply device. The rocker panel is configured to include an outer portion, an inner portion, and a first shock absorbing portion. The outer portion is positioned on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The inner portion is formed integrally with the outer portion, is positioned inward of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction, and forms a closed sectional portion with the outer portion. The first shock absorbing portion extends in the vehicle width direction from the outer portion to the inner portion in the closed sectional portion and is disposed to overlap the electric power supply device in vehicle side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Masaki Ito
  • Vehicle rear structure
    Patent number: 10710639
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes: an impact beam; a rocker outer rear and a rocker inner rear extending upward from a rear portion of a rocker; a rear wheel house outer including a front portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and placed between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear; and a bulk. The bulk includes: a first wall provided between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear and joined to the rocker outer rear; a second wall bending from the first wall to extend toward the rocker inner rear; and a third wall placed at a position where the third wall at least partially overlaps with the impact bean as viewed in a vehicle width direction, the third wall being bending from the second wall and joined to the front portion of the rear wheel house outer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Jumpei Nishide
  • Side vehicle body reinforcing structure
    Patent number: 10710640
    Abstract: A side vehicle body reinforcing structure includes: at least two side sills connected to opposite ends of a center floor panel in a width direction of a vehicle body, respectively, and extending in a front and rear direction of the vehicle body, wherein each of the at least two side sills has a tube shape having an interior space therein; a seat cross member having a bottom side connected to the center floor panel and having opposite ends in the width direction of the vehicle body connected to the at least two side sills, respectively, so that the seat cross member crosses the center floor panel in the width direction of the vehicle body; and a center partition spaced apart from an outer plate of each of the at least two side sills to be toward the center floor panel, wherein the center partition has a “U” shape to be convex while being supported by an inner plate of each of the at least two side sills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seongeun Choi, Kun Ho Park
  • Vehicle pillar structure
    Patent number: 10710641
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes: a pair of frame components that extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle pillar; and a transparent component that is formed so as to be transparent, and that bridges a gap between the pair of frame components. Each of the pair of frame components is in a cylindrical shape having no seams in a cross-section thereof, and a planar transparent component joining surface to which the transparent component is joined is included as part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the pair of frame components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Ikeda, Motoya Sakabe, Kazuki Furukawa
  • Vehicle front structure
    Patent number: 10710642
    Abstract: In a vehicle front structure including a cowl top side, a front pillar, and a side member outer, an upper wall portion of an inner of the cowl top side is provided with an inclined portion provided continuously with a top face portion extending downward toward the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction from a boundary portion between the side member outer and a base of the front pillar, and a flat portion connected to a front face portion along the vehicle up-down direction in the side member outer in a state where the flat portion is brought into surface contact with the front face portion of the side member outer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Saeki, Takanori Uehata
  • Vehicle rear structure
    Patent number: 10710643
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes rear side members, a lower back panel, and a rear floor panel. The lower back panel includes a wall plate panel, and is joined to the rear side members. The rear floor panel includes a joint flange, joint portions, and coupling plate portions. A rear end of a central portion of the rear floor panel in a vehicle width direction is provided behind, in a vehicle front-rear direction, rear ends of both of side portions of the rear floor panel in the vehicle width direction. A bent portion that is projected toward a front side of the vehicle is formed by the joint flange and each of the coupling plate portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takuya Nakamura
  • Body floor of vehicle
    Patent number: 10710644
    Abstract: A body floor of a vehicle includes seat rails having seats mounted to the seat rails, a center floor including center side members provided on opposite sides of a tunnel member and a center cross-member connecting the center side members to the tunnel member, a rear floor having a rear side member connected to the center side members, a side reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the center side members and the rear side member, and a center reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the tunnel member, where rigidity of peripheral parts of the center floor, the rear floor, and the tunnel member is ensured by the side reinforcement member and the center reinforcement member, and the center floor and the rear floor provide an installation structure for the seat rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Byeong Cheon Lee, Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
  • Vibration dampening system for a work vehicle with chassis dampers
    Patent number: 10710645
    Abstract: A vibration dampening system for a work vehicle may include a chassis frame extending lengthwise between a front end and a rear end. The chassis frame may include a first sidewall extending lengthwise along a first side of the frame between the front and rear ends and a second sidewall extending lengthwise along a second side of the frame between the front and rear ends. The system may also include a cab frame supported relative to the chassis frame via a suspension assembly, and a vibration damper coupled between the opposed first and second sides of the chassis frame. The vibration damper may extend lengthwise between a first end coupled to the first sidewall and a second end coupled to the second sidewall. The vibration damper is configured to reduce an amount of vibrations being transmitted through the chassis frame to the cab frame via the suspension assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Nathaniel J. Keller
  • Truck bed extension assembly
    Patent number: 10710646
    Abstract: A tailgate assembly capable of extending the volume of a truck bed having a first panel with a first end and a second end, with the first end rotatably connected to a truck bed, a second panel with a first end, a second end, and at least one side end, with the first end of the second panel rotatably connected to the second end of the first panel, and at least one folding panel rotatable connected to a side end of the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Joshua Reyna
  • Motor vehicle including device for delimitation of extended loading area and method of use
    Patent number: 10710647
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle, and more specifically relates to a motor vehicle including a device for the delimitation of an extended loading area. This disclosure also relates to a corresponding method of using the subject device. In particular, the disclosed device comprises a plurality of braces (or, posts). Each of the braces comprises a longitudinal axis. The braces are connected to one another such that the spacing is variable. In one example, adjacent braces are connected by a connection element that can be deformed perpendicularly relative to the longitudinal axes. In particular, the connection elements can be elastically deformed such that they are capable of returning to their original shape after deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
  • Methods and apparatus for resiliently mounting trailer skirt
    Patent number: 10710648
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods and apparatus for flexibly attaching a trailer skirt to a trailer. This can include attaching a trailer mounting bracket to a trailer and attaching a bi-modulus bending member to the trailer mounting bracket in a cantilevered configuration at a bracket end of the bi-modulus bending member. The bi-modulus bending member includes a bending element set configured to elastically buckle when a lateral force component exceeds a threshold force, and the bi-modulus bending member is configured to return to a straightened configuration after buckling and bending to a buckled configuration when the threshold force is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Philippe Macherel, Calvin Rhett Bradley, David C. Lung, Larry Satterfield
  • Aerodynamic system and adjustable fairings
    Patent number: 10710649
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an aerodynamic fairing system that may comprise a base configured to mount to a vehicle, an arm coupled to the base at a proximate end and extending laterally, and a fairing mounted to the arm having an inboard and an outboard surface. The fairing outboard surface may provide an aerodynamic outer surface to direct flow to an angle to the rear. The arm may a fixed or adjustable length arm. The arm may provide a mounting area for a mud flap such that aerodynamic system may act as a mud flap hanger. Embodiments also provide an adjustable mud flap hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FLOWBELOW AERO, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Butler, Kyle Walker, Redza Shah, Timothy Uys
  • Spare tire holder
    Patent number: 10710650
    Abstract: This present invention relates to a spare tire mount on a vehicle, particularly for use on pick-up trucks and similar vehicles having an open cargo area. More particularly, the present invention relates to a spare tire mount which is held at an angle within a cargo bed area of a pick-up truck in which can be moved to an elevated position to allow for greater utilization of the cargo area of a pick-up truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Shannon Cassell
  • Multi-tread vehicles and methods of operating thereof
    Patent number: 10710651
    Abstract: Provided are multi-tread vehicles and methods of operating such vehicles to access small interior spaces. A multi-tread vehicle may include two or more tread sections such that each pair of adjacent tread sections is interconnected by a connector section. Furthermore, each pair may have one or more degrees of articulations, such as being pivotable with respect to each other around one or more axis and/or being bendable with respect to each other around one or more axis. These articulation degrees may be provided by the connector section and/or by couplings between the connector section and each tread section. In some embodiments, each tread section may include two portions detachably coupled to each other. This detachable coupling may be used for disassembly of the multi-tread vehicle after or even during its use, for example, when only a portion of the vehicle needs to be retrieved from an interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Gregg W. Podnar
  • Rounded track idlers
    Patent number: 10710652
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle has a chassis with a drivetrain and at least one rubber track assembly with a rubber track belt. The rubber track assembly has at least one idler, each of which has two idler wheels spaced apart on an axle. The idler wheels each have a tapered outer surface that together define a tapered profile that causes the rubber track belt to self-center upon the rubber track assembly. The tapered profile may define a pair of straight lines at a shallow angle, a portion of a circle, a portion of an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Bart De Brouwer, Patrick Piens, Jean-Pierre Vandendriessche, Carlos J. A. Verheye
  • Self aligning idler wheel design for rubber tracks
    Patent number: 10710653
    Abstract: A vehicle track assembly includes an endless track having a first surface displaying a series of ground engaging profiles longitudinally spaced along the first surface and a second surface displaying a series of wheel engaging drive lugs spaced longitudinally along the second surface, a drive wheel for engaging the drive lugs and at least one idler wheel defining an inside diameter and an outside diameter, where the inside diameter of the at least one first idler wheel is greater than the outside diameter of the first idler wheel per meter of idler wheel width. The at least one idler wheel is a plurality of idler wheels, which may include a first idler wheel and a second idler wheel. The first and second idler wheels may be parallel one another, and may be separated by a distance of greater than the width of the drive lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ContiTech Transportbandsysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Peterson
  • Hydraulic drive system
    Patent number: 10710654
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive system is disclosed. The hydraulic drive system includes a body housing, a rotor assembly, a motor assembly, and an engagement assembly. The first rotor assembly is attached to a first side of the body housing, while the first motor assembly is disposed inside the body housing and includes a first motor actuator. The engagement assembly positions the first motor actuator to engage and disengage with the first rotor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: New Heights, LLC
    Inventor: Aaron Jay Beiler
  • Wiper linkage sub-assembly and linkage blocked in a position for transport by means of a blocking element, and method for blocking a wiper linkage by way of a blocking element
    Patent number: 10710655
    Abstract: The present invention consists in a subassembly (1) of a linkage (2) of a wiper mechanism comprising: a bearing (3), a crank (5) articulated on the bearing (3) having a first end (51) connected to the bearing (3) and a second end (53) including a ball joint (7), and a link (9) one end of which is connected by the ball joint (7) to the crank (5), characterized in that at least the crank (5) includes a first through-opening and in that the subassembly (1) comprises a locking element (11) intended to be positioned in the first through-opening and configured to block relative movement between the link (9) and the crank (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Nicholas Kuchly, Pascal Renoux, Frédéric Baud, Robin Viard
  • Windshield assembly system
    Patent number: 10710656
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a windshield on a motor vehicle includes a base, a handler, one or more spring assemblies positioned between the base and the handler, the one or more spring assemblies connected to the base and coupled to the handler to allow the handler to float relative to the base, a vibrator attached to the base, and one or more stoppers attached to the base, the one or more stoppers configured for placement between the base and the windshield for transmission of vibration generated by the vibrator to the windshield while the one or more spring assemblies minimizes the transmission of vibration from the base to the handler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Guilherme Paz, Cristian E. Silveira, Claonir Oliveira de Souza
  • Suspension assembly mounting method
    Patent number: 10710657
    Abstract: The suspension assembly mounting method includes: a step of mounting the suspension assembly on a pallet having a support body and a movable member relatively movable with respect to the support body, so as to fix the base body to the support body and engage the arm member with the movable member; a step of causing the movable member to press the arm member upward so that the suspension assembly becomes a position where its own weight load equivalent to the vehicle body weight is applied; a step of lifting the pallet from under the vehicle body and contacting the suspension assembly to the vehicle body; a step of raising the pallet while stopping the movable member from pressing after the contacting; and a vehicle mount step of mounting the suspension assembly on the vehicle body while causing the movable member to press the arm member upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Osada, Takeshi Hara, Hideari Kamachi, Takeshi Iura, Hiroki Sakabe, Shinji Sawada
  • Apparatus with high security for bicycle
    Patent number: 10710658
    Abstract: An apparatus, which is connected to a bicycle, includes a case having a chamber, a main device received in the chamber of the case, a locking member connected to the main device, a lid connected to the case to seal the chamber, wherein the lid has a bore and the bore is received in the chamber of the case, and a transceiver received in the chamber of the case and electrically connected to the locking member, wherein the transceiver receives a signal to control the locking member accordingly. The apparatus can be opened by the outside signal transmitted to the transceiver only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Microprogram Information Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Teng Yan Wu
  • Vehicle
    Patent number: 10710659
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided which enables a storage portion and a maintenance lid to be arranged by taking into consideration the position of a body component and the shape of a carrier. A radiator and a reservoir tank are disposed below a front center upper cover. A storage portion is disposed ahead of the radiator and the reservoir tank. A maintenance lid configured to cover the radiator and the reservoir tank from above is provided on the front center upper cover, and the maintenance lid is positioned behind the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Kobayashi, Koichi Ishigami, Tetsutaro Takasugi
  • Pannier system
    Patent number: 10710660
    Abstract: The application discloses a blank configured to be mounted on a bicycle rack. The blank includes a bottom section that forms an item supporting surface when the blank is folded into a folded pannier configuration. The blank includes a lateral face section hingedly connected with the bottom section at a first fold line. The blank includes a central, vertical axis extending between proximal and distal ends of the blank. The blank is adapted to be folded from an unfolded blank configuration into a folded pannier configuration. In the unfolded blank configuration, opposing sides of the blank relative to the central, vertical axis are asymmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Abraham Samuel Dubb
  • Grip heater device
    Patent number: 10710661
    Abstract: A grip heater device includes a display unit provided at a grip and including a first light source and a second light source, and a controller including an electric power control section which controls an amount of electric power to be supplied to the heater in response to an operation of a temperature adjustment member, and a light source control section which controls the first light source and the second light source. The display unit is configured to perform: a first color display, a second color display, and a third color display. The light source control section causes the display unit to perform a temperature display with a blinking pattern corresponding to an amount of the electric power supplied to the heater, by use of the first color display, the second color display, or the third color display, in response to the operation of the temperature adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomo Yamamoto
  • Saddle adjustment system
    Patent number: 10710662
    Abstract: A bicycle assembly comprises a saddle adjustment assembly, the saddle adjustment assembly comprising: a saddle post configured to attach to a bicycle frame; an actuating member slidably coupled with the saddle post such that the actuating member can translate, in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the saddle post, between at least first and second predetermined positions, the actuating member comprising a saddle angle locking device that selectively locks the actuating member in the first and second predetermined positions; and a saddle support arm configured to couple to a bicycle saddle, the saddle support arm rotatably coupled to the saddle post and the actuating member such that translation of the actuating member with respect to the saddle post causes the saddle support arm to rotate with respect to the saddle post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. Bowers, Brian D. Robinson, Ian McPherson
  • Two-wheeled vehicle frame, in particular for a pedelec
    Patent number: 10710663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-wheeled vehicle frame with two frame half-shells (1, 1?) which are joined so as to form a support frame (3), thereby forming at least one inner cavity (2). The support frame (3) has at least one separating surface (4) on which the two frame half-shells (1, 1?) rest against each other. The support frame (3) preferably has receiving areas (5, 6, 7) for a handlebar tube and/or a bottom bracket and/or an operator seat tube. The support frame (3) forms a rear structure (8) for assembling a rear wheel (9) at the rear end when seen in the travel direction (z). In order to form the rear structure (8), a left-hand support brace (10) when seen in the travel direction (z) and a right-hand support brace (11) when seen in the travel direction (z) are provided such that the rear wheel (8) can be mounted between the two support braces (10, 11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: REHAU AG + CO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN, STORCK BICYCLE GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Jedrzejowski, Christian Garthaus, Martin Pohl, Michael Stegelmann, Michael Krahl, Werner Hufenbach, Georg Luttermann, Jens Buder
  • Reverse tricycle support structure
    Patent number: 10710664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tricycle component, and in particular to a reverse tricycle support structure in which two steering wheels are arranged in the front and a driving wheel is arranged in the back. The reverse tricycle support structure includes a frame, a front two-wheel fixing bracket and a rear flat fork. The frame includes a frame rear section, a frame middle section and a frame front section, the frame front section is fixedly connected to the front two-wheel fixing bracket, the frame rear section is movably connected to the rear flat fork, the front two-wheel fixing bracket is fixed on two front wheels, an upper end of a rear center single shock absorption member is hingedly fixed on the frame, and a lower end of the rear center single shock absorption member is hingedly fixed on the rear flat fork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG LANGXIANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhipeng Cao, Weitao Tuo, Qian Wang
  • Vehicle body frame structure for saddle riding type vehicle
    Patent number: 10710665
    Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure for a saddle riding type vehicle, the vehicle body frame structure includes main frames formed by coupling main tubes extending rearwardly downward from a head pipe supporting a front wheel via a front fork to pivot frames supporting a rear fork by rear end portions of the pivot frames, and a rear frame in a rear of the main frames, the rear frame being formed of a fiber reinforced resin and supporting a seat. The rear frame includes upper side attaching portions attached to the main frames, a pair of left and right upper side portions linearly extending rearward from the upper side attaching portions, and a cross member laterally coupling the upper side portions to each other. The cross member includes a bulging portion bulging above the upper side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Matsuo, Shinya Morooka, Hikaru Tsuchihashi, Yohei Suzuki, Tomohiko Yashiro
  • Motorcycle frame
    Patent number: 10710666
    Abstract: A motorcycle frame includes a head pipe, a pair of front main frames, and a pair of rear main frames. The pair of front main frames separates in a vehicle width direction from the head pipe, extends toward a power engine that is located on a rear side of the head pipe, and includes power-engine fixing parts that are fixed to the power engine at positions that overlap with the power engine as viewed in the vehicle width direction. The pair of rear main frames extends rearward from the power-engine fixing parts of the pair of front main frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Makihara, Hideaki Kawai
  • Handlebar mount assembly
    Patent number: 10710668
    Abstract: A handlebar mount assembly for isolating a cycle handlebar from vibrations emanating from operation of a cycle, the assembly including a bottom bracket assembly configured for attachment to a cycle steering mechanism, a top bracket assembly configured for attachment to the bottom bracket assembly, a pair of polymer sleeves configured for placement around the handlebar, a tension clamp configured for clamping the handlebar and a clamp bushing configured for placement between the tension clamp and the top bracket assembly. The sleeves prevent direct contact between the top bracket assembly and the bottom bracket assembly, and the bushing prevents direct contact between the tension clamp and the top bracket assembly. In this manner, the handlebar mount assembly prevents direct and indirect contact of the steering mechanism to the handlebar through the metal components of the handlebar mount assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Lance Smith
  • Foldable fork for a bicycle
    Patent number: 10710669
    Abstract: A foldable fork of a bicycle, comprising a stem having a first end and a second end; a pair of prongs configured to receive an axle of a bicycle wheel; and a pivot having an axis that is angled with respect to the axle of a bicycle wheel when connected to the prongs, the pivot connected to the second end of the stem on a top section of the pivot and connected to the pair of prongs on a bottom section of the pivot. The top section of the pivot is configured to receive the bottom section of the pivot. When the bottom section of the pivot is rotated away from the top section, a wheel connected to the prongs is offset by a distance to a side of a frame connected to the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Valentin Jordanov Vodev
  • Rigid frame with high-compliance seat tube and internal cable routing
    Patent number: 10710670
    Abstract: A bicycle can include a forward frame triangle that can include a top tube, a bottom tube, a bottom bracket, a structural seat tube, a compliant seat tube, and a pair of seat stays. The top tube can have a first end connected to a head tube and a second end. The bottom tube can have a first end connected to the head tube. The bottom bracket can be connected to the bottom tube. The structural seat tube can be connected to the bottom bracket and the top tube. The compliant seat tube can extend in an upward direction from the bottom bracket to the top tube and within the structural seat tube. The compliant seat tube can be coupled to the forward frame triangle such that the compliant seat post can bend within the structural seat tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Trek Bicycle Corporation
    Inventors: Reggie Lund, Steven Moechnig
  • Handlebar controls
    Patent number: 10710671
    Abstract: A handlebar control for use with a vehicle operated by a user. The vehicle includes a handlebar operable to steer the vehicle and at least one brake configured to slow the vehicle when the at least one brake is activated. The handlebar control includes an actuator assembly mounted on the handlebar and configured to be actuated manually by a hand of the user. When actuated, the actuator assembly being configured to activate the at least one brake and/or another component of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: EARTH PUNCHED, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Henry, John Desautels
  • Bicycle rim brake
    Patent number: 10710672
    Abstract: Responsive to a hydraulic piston advancing out of a piston housing in a second brake arm and contacting a piston cam surface of a first brake arm, the second brake arm pivots around a second pivot. As this is happening, a cam surface in the second brake arm lifts a contact surface of a first force transfer member of the first brake arm, imparting torque to the first brake arm which then pivots around a first pivot. The cam surface is shaped to impart synchronous motion to the first and second pad holders. Splitting one of the brake arms with a centering member permits a centering adjust feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Dunlap, III, Brian Jordan