Patents Issued in August 13, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200254805
    Abstract: A resin dispersion for dye receiving layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, including a polyester resin particle and an aqueous medium. The polyester resin particle includes a polyester resin that is a polycondensate of an alcohol component including at least one of a propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, and a carboxylic acid component including an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less. A molar ratio of the propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane in the alcohol component is 0/100 or more and 40/60 or less. A molar ratio of the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less is 2.1 or more and 15 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro FUKURI, Hiroto SOMA, Christopher JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20200254806
    Abstract: A journal book including wet erase pages releasably bound between a front cover and a back cover. The back cover includes an extension extending past the pages and beyond a corresponding front edge of the front cover. A pen catch is formed in the extension to hold a wet erase pen to the journal, adjacent to the pages opposite a binding. The pen is clipped on the pen catch with a portion of the extension between a pen clip and a pen body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Davis W. Jaspers
  • Publication number: 20200254807
    Abstract: A method of inserting guilloche patterns in a document, each guilloche pattern being capable of encoding variable alphanumeric data ensuring a different aspect at each guilloche pattern so as to render said document secure using an operation of determining an insertion intensity of each guilloche pattern previously generated on the basis of a mid-gray level of the document near said guilloche pattern. A device for implementing this insertion method. The method further provides for extracting guilloche patterns from a secure document likely to be degraded by determining a contrast card of at least one portion of the secure document that includes the guilloche patterns, identifying, on this contrast card an optimal percolation trajectory, and extracting the optimal percolation trajectory, said trajectory corresponding to the guilloche pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph LEIBENGUTH, Michel JOURLIN, Maxime Carré, Mohamed BOUABDELLAH
  • Publication number: 20200254808
    Abstract: A method of illumating an item is disclosed. The method includes applying adhesive to the item, interspersing a taggant in the adhesive, illuminating the item with an excitation signal, sensing luminescence emitted by the taggant in response to illumination by the excitation signal, and determining the authenticity of the item based on the sensed emitted luminescence. The item can include any item benefited by authentication, and can include a postage stamp. A method of customizing an item is disclosed. This can include the steps of preparing a substrate, applying a security feature to the substrate, printing non-customized information on the substrate, receiving image information, and printing the image information on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Khalid Hussain, Marie Therese Dominguez, David E. Failor, William G. Ackerman
  • Publication number: 20200254809
    Abstract: A door skin featuring a facing having an exterior surface and an interior surface can be provided. A wood grain pattern portion can be formed in the exterior surface of the facing. The wood grain pattern portion can feature a plurality of grooves formed in the exterior surface of the facing, the grooves are recessed from a first plane of the exterior surface, and tonal portions formed in the exterior surface of the facing. The tonal portions can include at least a first protrusion, a second protrusion, and a third protrusion. Spacing between the first protrusion and the second protrusion can be different from spacing between the second protrusion and the third protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Robert C. ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20200254810
    Abstract: A method of continuously drawing a series of alpha-numerical characters, an image, or a design or scene on a surface with a drawing instrument in which no line intersects any other line and no portion of characters is retraced. Images and designs can also be incorporated with continuous alpha-numerical characters. Also disclosed is a method of drawing an image on a surface that simulates a three-dimensional object or scene. Products can be created using any of the above-described techniques. Such products can include, but not be limited to greeting cards, postcards, apparel, coffee mugs, toys, games, puzzles, and the like. The surface on which the image is drawn can be made of material suitable for three-dimensional reliefs, so that visually impaired individuals can appreciate the work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Kim Johnson, Jonathan Applegate
  • Publication number: 20200254811
    Abstract: The current invention is a process, method and device for enhancing an art composition. The device for enhancing an art composition is comprised of specialized pieces that make up completed and non-completed illustrations within a user's art composition or drawing. The invention can be used with any art medium including but not limited to, chalk, paint, marker, ink, pencil and charcoal. It can be used by people with autism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: David Joseph Catanzaro
  • Publication number: 20200254812
    Abstract: An automobile hub of a multilayer rim includes a wheel disc and a rim that is composed of at least two layers of metal rings by nesting, and a gap is preset between two adjacent metal rings; an outer side of one end of the wheel disc includes axial rim mounting grooves, and one end of the rim is inserted into the rim mounting grooves to fix the rim to the wheel disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan CHENG, Changhai LI, Xu WANG, Hongbiao LI, Zhen LI, Yule ZHOU, Zenglei HE
  • Publication number: 20200254813
    Abstract: A hub for partially muscle-powered vehicles, including a hollow hub axle with a cylindrical inner through hole for the passage of a clamping axle, a hub shell rotatably supported relative to the hub axle by two hub bearings, a rotor rotatably supported relative to the hub axle, and a freewheel device with a hub-side freewheel component and a rotor-side freewheel component, each having axial engagement components for engagement with one another. The hub shell is rotatably supported relative to the hub axle in a rotor-side end region by a rotor-side hub bearing, and in an opposite end region of the hub shell by another hub bearing. The hub-side freewheel component is non-rotatably connected with the hub shell. The rotor-side freewheel component is non-rotatably connected with the rotor and is movable in the axial direction relative to the rotor and the hub shell between a freewheel position and an engagement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan SPAHR, Simon HAAS, Martin WALTHERT
  • Publication number: 20200254814
    Abstract: An interchangeable hub system for a bicycle having an internal component holding a wheel cassette and a hub shell having wheel (spokes, tires) built thereon. The hub system allows for the internal component with the cassette to be interchanged between hub shells allowing for cassettes to be interchanged between wheels sets without a number of specialized tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ray Tandog, Lynn Perrando
  • Publication number: 20200254815
    Abstract: A tire for a heavy vehicle of civil engineering type, intended to be fitted onto a rim, is provided. The nominal diameter of the tire is at least equal to 25 inches. The tire comprises a tread having a radial thickness HT at least equal to 30 mm. The tread has a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler predominantly comprising a filler at least partially covered with silica, an agent for coupling the filler to the east one diene elastomer and a crosslinking system. The dispersion of the filler in the elastomeric matrix has a Z score of greater than or equal to 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Olivier GONCALVES, Jean-François OLAGNON
  • Publication number: 20200254816
    Abstract: The invention provides a heavy-duty tire rubber composition excellent in wet grip performance and steering stability, and a tire tread, a bead filler, a tire belt and a heavy-duty tire which each partially include the composition. The heavy-duty tire rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound with a specific structure, and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying the following (i) and (ii): (i) the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and not more than 120,000, and (ii) the vinyl content is not less than 30 mol % and less than 70 mol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KODA, Hiroshi KANBARA
  • Publication number: 20200254817
    Abstract: A tire comprises a fluorescent rubber composition based on at least an elastomer matrix, a reinforcing filler comprising between 0 and 50 phr of carbon black and between 2.5 and 15 phr of a fluorescent pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: MASAHIKO MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200254818
    Abstract: Provided is a motorcycle tire having excellent overall performance including dry grip performance, wet braking performance, abrasion resistance, ice performance, and color tone. Included is a motorcycle tire having a tread portion including a tread rubber, the tread rubber being divided into at least three parts in the tire width direction, the tread rubber including a center rubber at its center, viewed in the tire width direction, and shoulder rubbers respectively on opposite sides of the center rubber, viewed in the tire width direction, the center rubber being formed of a center rubber composition containing predetermined amounts of a rubber component with a predetermined styrene-butadiene rubber content, silica, carbon black, and a resin, the shoulder rubbers each being formed of a shoulder rubber composition containing predetermined amounts of a rubber component with a predetermined styrene-butadiene rubber content, silica, carbon black, and a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kota TOMITA
  • Publication number: 20200254819
    Abstract: An assembly (1) comprises: a first structure (10) formed by first filamentary elements (15), a second structure (12) formed by second filamentary elements (16), a supporting structure (14) comprising supporting filamentary elements linking the first filamentary elements (15) and the second filamentary elements (16), and at least one filamentary securing element (18) interlaced with the first filamentary elements (15) and the second filamentary elements (16), one of the ends (18a, 18b) of the securing element (18) being free to slip relative to the first and second filamentary elements (15, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: RICHARD CORNILLE, BASTIEN LIMOZIN, SEBASTIEN RIGO
  • Publication number: 20200254820
    Abstract: A disclosed example embodiment of a gauge wheel tire includes a first polyurethane sidewall portion, a second polyurethane sidewall portion, a polyurethane ground-engaging portion, and a polyurethane axial support portion. The first polyurethane sidewall portion is spaced apart from the second polyurethane sidewall portion, and the polyurethane ground-engaging portion extends from the first polyurethane sidewall portion to the second polyurethane sidewall portion and is adapted to contact a ground surface as the gauge wheel tire rotates about an axis of rotation. The polyurethane axial support portion extends from the first polyurethane sidewall portion to the second polyurethane sidewall portion, and is spaced apart from the polyurethane ground-engaging portion to form a gap that allows radial movement of the polyurethane ground-engaging portion relative to the polyurethane axial support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Gallagher, Shaun Gosselin
  • Publication number: 20200254821
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion including first and second land portions. The first middle land portion is provided with first middle lateral grooves traversing the first middle land portion completely. The second middle land portion is provided with second middle lateral grooves traversing the second middle land portion completely. One of the first middle lateral grooves includes a raised portion in which a groove bottom thereof is raised, the raised portion traversing an axial center location of the first middle land portion. One of the second middle lateral grooves includes a raised portion in which a groove bottom thereof is raised, the raised portion traversing an axial center location of the second middle land portion. An axial length of the raised portion of the first middle lateral groove is greater than an axial length of the raised portion of the second middle lateral groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroto TAKENAKA, Junya TAMAI, Akari KAWAZU
  • Publication number: 20200254822
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion including first and second land portions. The first middle land portion is provided with first middle lateral grooves traversing the first middle land portion completely. The second middle land portion is provided with second middle lateral grooves traversing the second middle land portion completely. Each of the first middle lateral grooves and the second middle lateral grooves is a curved groove which includes a first convex portion located on a first side with respect to a groove-reference-straight-line that connects both ends of a groove centerline of the curved groove and a second convex portion located on a second side with respect to the groove-reference-straight-line, and a circumferential length of the groove-reference-straight-line of each first middle lateral groove is smaller than a circumferential length of the groove-reference-straight-line of each second middle lateral groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya OSAWA, Shigeki NISHIJIMA, Dai SUNAZUKA
  • Publication number: 20200254823
    Abstract: In a tire tread pattern, lug grooves with sipes each include: a lug groove and a first sipe further extending from the lug groove to a second circumferential main groove and pass through a land portion region. Second sipes are alternately disposed with the lug grooves with sipes in a circumferential direction and pass through the land portion region. The second sipes extend inclined with respect to a lateral direction in a direction opposite to a direction in the circumferential direction in which the lug grooves with sipes are inclined. At an opening end at which the lug groove opens to a first circumferential main groove, the lug grooves with sipes and the second sipes are joined. Thus, triangular blocks surrounded by the second circumferential main groove, the lug grooves with sipes, and the second sipes are disposed side by side in the land portion region in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Takahiro Iida
  • Publication number: 20200254824
    Abstract: A tire tread includes a middle rib formed by two circumferential main grooves extending along a tire circumferential direction, a first shoulder rib disposed axially outward from the center rib and one of the circumferential main grooves, and a second shoulder rib disposed axially outward from the center rib and the other of the two circumferential main grooves. The middle rib has a plurality of sipes inclined oppositely with respect to a tire rotational direction such that the sipes extend farther away from a rotational axis of the tire tread as the sipes extend in the tire rotational direction. The middle rib thereby defines a row of circumferentially extending tread elements having chamfers at trailing edges of the tread elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Lassi Mikael Hartikainen, Julien Dominique Gilbert Majerus, Geoffrey Stephane Marcel Ghislain Virlez, Beni Rukundo, Olaf Matthias Tobias Theisen
  • Publication number: 20200254825
    Abstract: A structural color developing member includes: a base material including a surface, at least a portion of which is provided with a fine ridged/grooved structure formed at a constant arrangement pitch, the base material developing a structural color by the fine ridged/grooved structure; and a color developing layer layered on a surface of the fine ridged/grooved structure. The color development from the color developing layer is a hue included in color development of the structural color, and a region of the structural color developing member in which the fine ridged/grooved structure and the color developing layer are provided is visually recognizable in a single hue. Instead of the color developing layer, a polarized reflection layer may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Ryota Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200254826
    Abstract: Provided is a tire that can prevent projections and recesses on an outer surface of a sidewall portion from becoming conspicuous while inhibiting occurrence of cracks. The tire includes a sidewall portion 3. An outer surface of the sidewall portion 3 has a decorative pattern 5. The decorative pattern 5 includes a radially arranged ridge portion 6 in which a plurality of ridges 8 connected to each other at a center 7 extend radially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sawa OGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200254827
    Abstract: The present invention describes a tire, which shows the insertion of a passive UHF RFID tag at its moment of manufacture, in which said tag is affixed on top of the metallic part of the referred tire, more specifically on the bead rim, with the purpose of reducing the mechanical stress of the tire in question and allowing its tracking in the manufacturing chain since its first manufacturing stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Guilherme Petry Breier, Ismael Trindade Fraga, Eric Ericson Fabris, Marcos Tadeu de Lorenzi, Guilherme Berzagui, Roberto Falkenstein, Roberto Tadayuki Yamada, Adiel Moura Nunes Bittencourt, Davi Menezes Lopes, Paulo de Tarso Mendes Luna
  • Publication number: 20200254828
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire with a material ring (10) inside it, adhesively attached to the inner surface opposite from the tread (1), the material ring (10) adhering to a self-sealing sealant (8), which at least immediately after its application has a tackiness required for the adhesive attachment of the material ring (10). To improve the sealing effect, the material ring (10) arranged on the sealant (8) is closed-cell and airtight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Schürmann, Andreas Tyburski
  • Publication number: 20200254829
    Abstract: A method for adapting a tire inflation pressure of an agricultural vehicle includes ascertaining a current vehicle position by a navigation system, correlating the current vehicle position by a control unit with a cartographically captured field boundary, detecting a travel-induced entry into a cultivation region surrounded by a field boundary, and selecting a set tire inflation pressure designated for field cultivation from a database by the control unit. The method further includes applying the selected set tire inflation pressure to at least one tire of the agricultural vehicle by a tire-pressure regulating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: FLORIAN SCHOTT, BERND BAUM
  • Publication number: 20200254830
    Abstract: A tire air pressure detection device includes a plurality of transceivers and a receiver. The plurality of transceivers are correspondingly provided in a plurality of wheels of a vehicle. Each wheel has a tire. The receiver is attached to a vehicle body. Each of the plurality of transceivers outputs a detection signal indicative of an air pressure of the tire of the corresponding wheel. Each of the plurality of transceivers processes the detection signal, and generates a frame storing the processed detection signal as data related to the air pressure of the tire. The receiver receives the frame. The receiver detects the air pressure of the tire based on the data stored in the received frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Takatoshi SEKIZAWA, Nobuya WATABE
  • Publication number: 20200254831
    Abstract: A tire condition detecting device includes a detecting section, which detects the condition of a tire, and a case, which accommodates the detecting section. The case has an accommodation portion, which accommodates the detecting section; and attachment portions. The attachment portions are configured to allow attachment of different types of tire valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Hirohisa YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200254832
    Abstract: A dual tire chain block for adding and removing chains to dual tire trucks includes a block base having a front side sloping from a bottom side to a top side to form a front ramp. A pair of chain mounts is coupled to the inner side and the outer side proximal the front side. A capture chain is coupled to the pair of chain mounts. The capture chain extends between the pair of chain mounts to form a U-shape adjacent the front side of the block base. The capture chain is configured to be driven on by a truck to prevent the block base from slipping away as the truck tires climb the front ramp to rest an inner tire on the top side to elevate an outer tire to receive or remove a snow chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Todd Huffman
  • Publication number: 20200254833
    Abstract: An apparatus fitted onto the forks of a forklift assembly for moving trailers, wherein the apparatus includes a right and a left rectangular tubular sections that are large enough to accommodate a fork. The sections are joined with a spanning beam having a center mounted trailer ball. The spanning beam is welded to the right and the left sections. A clamping element is mounted on a top wall of each section proximate to the rear of each section. Leveling elements are frontally affixed partially occluding an upper front opening of each section, such that tips of a fork are wedged under the leveling element and projecting beyond the front opening. Tightening the clamping elements secures attachment to the forks preventing the apparatus from sliding or rocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: John Altman
  • Publication number: 20200254834
    Abstract: A safety chain system that includes a drawbar hanger. The drawbar hanger includes a drawbar frame that defines a first aperture. A drawbar rests within the first aperture. A safety chain anchor also rests within the first aperture. The safety chain anchor defines a second aperture. The second aperture receives a safety chain. The safety chain anchor is able to slide in and out of the first aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: John Rasset, Chad Sietsema
  • Publication number: 20200254835
    Abstract: A trailer coupling mechanism includes a first end, a second end, a height adjustment assembly, a first swivel assembly, and a second swivel assembly. The first end is adapted to couple to one of a trailer and a vehicle. The second end is adapted to couple to the other of the trailer and the vehicle. The height adjustment assembly is coupled between the first and second ends and is operative to adjust the relative height between the first and second ends. The first swivel assembly is coupled between the height adjustment assembly and the first end and facilitates rotation of the first end with respect to the height adjustment assembly about a first axis. The second swivel assembly is coupled between the second end and the height adjustment assembly and facilitates rotation of the height adjustment assembly with respect to the second end about a second axis parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Ryan E. A. S. Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20200254836
    Abstract: A guard for protecting a trailer coupler and any associated components (such as a lock or an electrical connector) from elements such as rain, dust, dirt, snow and ice when the trailer is in storage and exposed to the elements. The guard is made from waterproof fabric or film configured into a bag shape having an open mouth comprising a cut so that the guard can be slid over and around a trailer coupler and then the mouth of the guard closed around and secured to the trailer coupler to protect the trailer coupler and any associated components from elements such as rain, dust, dirt, snow and ice when the trailer is in storage and exposed to the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Lee H. Bridgman, JR., Connie J. Bridgman
  • Publication number: 20200254837
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle with only two parallel independent drive wheels, capable of moving on a solid or semi-solid ground, as well as on water if provided with blades on the wheels. The vehicle is stable in that it has a unit for lowering the center of gravity, which are housed in the wheels, which are in turn internally hollow for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Eduardo DE FRANCESCO, Ettore DE FRANCESCO, Ruggero DE FRANCESCO
  • Publication number: 20200254838
    Abstract: An amphibious vehicle comprises a buoyant hull, a boat motor affixed to the hull to propel the amphibious vehicle in water, two or more powered wheel assemblies affixed to the hull to propel the amphibious vehicle on land, and two or more selectively rotatable arms affixing each wheel assembly to the hull. One or more of the wheel assemblies are affixed to opposing sides of the hull. Two or more selectively rotatable arms affix each wheel assembly to the hull. The arms affixing each respective wheel assembly are selectively rotatable in unison to move the respective wheel assembly between a lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: SAMUEL FISHER
  • Publication number: 20200254839
    Abstract: A combined flying-driving vehicle having a unique hybrid propulsion system architecture that provides a very high level of reliability and functionality to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Carl C. Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20200254840
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a support arm and a suspension element. The suspension element is rotatably connected to a support arm of a vehicle via a mounting pin that extends through an opening on the suspension element, a thrust washer, and a seal. The combination of elements prevent debris from migrating into the connection. The suspension element is configured to connect to a structural element of the vehicle via an upper mount. The suspension element may include a recoil damper having a piston with a plurality of grooves arranged to balance the forces on the piston during and after a recoil event or jounce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Oshkosh Defense, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Rositch, Erik Ellifson, Patrick Dillman, Kai Schubart, Robert Sollenskog
  • Publication number: 20200254841
    Abstract: An arm end for a trailing arm, in particular for commercial vehicles, comprising a main body which configures a working volume for an air spring system, the main body having an access region which is designed to provide an access into the working volume, characterized in that a large part of the working volume is configured substantially below the access region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Fäth, Thomas Josef Naber
  • Publication number: 20200254842
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension assembly including a suspension control arm pivotally coupled to a vehicle frame member by a bushing assembly. The bushing assembly includes a bushing bracket, a bushing, and a cam adjustment mechanism that couples the bushing bracket to a connection interface of the vehicle frame member. The cam adjustment mechanism includes a cam plate rotatably retained on a first fastener such that the cam plate is rotatable relative to the bushing bracket independent of rotation of the first fastener. The cam plate is rotatable relative to the first fastener and the bushing bracket about an axis of rotation that is spaced from a centerline of the bushing at a nonparallel orientation. Rotation of the cam plate relative to the first fastener adjusts the position of the bushing bracket and therefore the bushing relative to the vehicle frame member to provide alignment adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: David J. MLECZKO, Matthew T. BROWN
  • Publication number: 20200254843
    Abstract: An axle/suspension system for a heavy-duty vehicle including a wheel and a sensor. The sensor is operatively connected to an air spring mounted on the axle/suspension system and is capable of detecting a condition of a road or the heavy-duty vehicle. The air spring has a stiffness capable of being altered in response to the sensor and to reduce resonant load variation on the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: R. Scott Fulton, Damon Delorenzis
  • Publication number: 20200254844
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system has a separator including a first set of protuberances disposed within a cavity and four ports open to the cavity, a pump in fluid communication with a first of the four ports to control thermal management fluid delivery to the cavity, and a degas bottle in fluid communication with a second of the four ports. The protuberances and the four ports are arranged with one another such that a laminar flow of the thermal management fluid entering the cavity is obstructed and a portion of air of the thermal management fluid is separated and directed through the second of the four ports to the degas bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Enrique Lopez Hernandez, Mario Alberto Martinez Mendez
  • Publication number: 20200254845
    Abstract: A cooler cools a target equipment by evaporation latent heat of working fluid. A cold-heat heat exchanger condenses the working fluid by radiating heat of the working fluid using cold heat of low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant circulating in a refrigeration cycle. An air-cooled heat exchanger condenses the working fluid by radiating heat of the working fluid using cold heat of outside air. The cooler, the cold-heat heat exchanger, and the air-cooled heat exchanger are connected by a gas pipe and a liquid pipe. An outside air temperature detector detects an outside air temperature. A saturation temperature detector detects a saturation temperature of the working fluid circulating in a thermosiphon circuit. A heat radiation controller controls an amount of heat radiated from the working fluid flowing through the cold-heat heat exchanger so that the saturation temperature of the working fluid becomes higher than the outside air temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Koji MIURA, Yasumitsu OMI, Takeshi YOSHINORI, Masayuki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200254846
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes: a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger; an evaporating unit configured to evaporate refrigerant a heater unit configured to heat the air by using the heat of the refrigerant a liquid receiver arranged at the downstream side of the outdoor heat exchanger and a restrictor mechanism provided between the heater unit and the outdoor heat exchanger, wherein, in an operation state in which the flow of the refrigerant is restricted by the restrictor mechanism and heat is released in the heater unit, a first operation mode and a second operation mode are switched, the first operation mode being set such that the liquid-phase refrigerant is stored in the liquid receiver and the gaseous-phase refrigerant is guided to the compressor and the second operation mode being set such that the liquid-phase refrigerant stored in the liquid receiver is guided to the evaporating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jun Hatakeyama, Satoshi Ogihara, Tatsuya Osaki, Tomohiro Maeda, Mitsuaki Nagata, Yasuhito Ookawara
  • Publication number: 20200254847
    Abstract: An in-vehicle air conditioning device includes a plurality of air conditioning openings provided for each of a plurality of seats of the vehicle at at least one of an upper part and a lower part of the vehicle corresponding to each seat; a plurality of airflow generators that are provided for each of the air conditioning openings and generate an airflow discharged from the air conditioning openings while controlling a temperature and an amount of the airflow; and a controller that individually controls the plurality of airflow generators, wherein at least some of the plurality of airflow generators include an air volume distribution adjustor adjusts planar distribution of a volume of air that passes through the air volume distribution adjustor, and wherein the controller control an amount of the planar distribution of the volume of air adjusted by the air volume distribution adjustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro NAKAMURA, Hideyuki MINAI, Makoto TAKEUCHI, Ayako IINO, Yo AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200254848
    Abstract: A cooling and heating system for a motor vehicle comprises a heat pump, a controller, a low temperature radiator in thermal communication with the heat pump, a passenger cabin heat exchanger in thermal communication with the heat pump, and a defrost system comprising a bypass coolant loop in selective fluid communication with the low temperature radiator. When in the heating mode, the controller opens a solenoid valve and activates a coolant heater in the bypass coolant loop upon detecting operation of the heat pump outside of a predetermined normal operating range and upon detecting an ambient temperature below a predetermined temperature. The controller de-activates the coolant heater upon detecting operation of the heat pump within the predetermined normal operating range. The controller may also de-activate close the solenoid upon detecting operation of the heat pump within the predetermined normal operating range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Ronald Richard Semel
  • Publication number: 20200254849
    Abstract: An air conditioning system comprises a compressor, a rotary engine, and a condenser. The rotary engine comprises at least one drive shaft. The at least one drive shaft is operatively connected to the compressor and to the fuel tank. The condenser is operatively connected to the compressor. The evaporator is operatively connected to the condenser and to the compressor. The rotary engine combusts fuel to rotate the at least one drive shaft. Rotation of the at least one drive shaft operates the compressor to cause working fluid to flow such that the evaporator air conditions the passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Andrews
  • Publication number: 20200254850
    Abstract: An air vent comprising a housing extending between an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, such that the housing has a first wall segment and a second wall segment; an air guiding element, arranged at least partially inside the housing thereby creating a first partial airflow channel and a second partial airflow channel between the air inlet opening and the air outlet opening; an airflow regulating element for regulating the airflow through the partial air flow channels, which airflow regulating element is arranged at the side of the air guiding element that is facing the air inlet opening; wherein the airflow regulating element forms an extension of the air guiding element in the direction of the air inlet opening and wherein the airflow regulating element is pivotable around an axis that lies behind the center of the airflow regulating element when viewed in the direction from the air outlet opening to the air inlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Volker Doll
  • Publication number: 20200254851
    Abstract: A capsule is configured for use with a base unit having a fan and an air opening for an airflow of air driven by the fan. The capsule includes a housing with a port. The housing engages and disengages the base unit. The capsule also includes a volatile substance member and a seal member that is supported by the housing for movement between a sealed position and an unsealed position. The seal member seals the port when the capsule is disengaged from the base unit. The projection is received in the capsule when engaged with the base unit to support the seal member in the unsealed position such that air moved by the fan flows through the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Anne Elizabeth Lindert Nixon, Glenn W. Kaye, Artem O. Kirshon, Martin Haupt, Jonathan Rolland, Pau Mauri Piñol, Roman Prager, Ismael Castellvi Anguera, Joan Marc Escudero Vericat, Amanda Williams, Alex Dupont
  • Publication number: 20200254852
    Abstract: An automatic car air freshener system is disclosed that is configured to integrate into existing ducting of a vehicle and selectively disperse a measured amount of scent matter into the ducts for dispersion into the cabin of the vehicle. The system includes a storage unit containing a volume of scented matter, a release mechanism in communication with the storage unit, and a control unit in communication with the release mechanism and configured to regulate the dispersion of the scented matter from the storage unit in accordance with the desires of a user. The control unit is an interface for the passenger to regulate scent dispersion. A sensor is also optionally included to monitor air quality from the ambient air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Rachel Gee
  • Publication number: 20200254853
    Abstract: An outlet for a forced air system of a vehicle comprising: a primary air flow chamber; a secondary air flow chamber adjacent the primary air flow chamber; an air flow diverter between the primary air flow chamber and the secondary air flow chamber that diverts a portion of air flow from the primary air flow chamber and into the secondary air flow chamber, with the diverted portion of the air flow flowing back into the primary air flow chamber; and a tray configured to retain an aromatic agent, the tray movable into and out of the secondary air flow chamber to selectively place the aromatic agent in contact with air flowing through the secondary air flow chamber to aromatize the air before flowing back into the primary air flow chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Federico Emilio Mejia, Cecilia Abigail Ayala Rubio, Carlos Pietra Santa, Jose Sandoval, Mario Hernandez
  • Publication number: 20200254854
    Abstract: A mirror unit mounted on a sun visor main body of a vehicle sun visor includes a slide mechanism configured by a pair of guide rails that guides both edges of a slide lid. Ends of the pair of guide rails have curved surfaces that allow the slide lid to be obliquely inserted into the pair of guide rails in such a manner that the knob of the slide lid runs over the frame when the slide lid is attached to the pair of guide rails of the frame such that both edges of the slide lid are respectively guided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KYOWA SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunihiko ISHIKURA