Patents Issued in August 18, 2020
  • Patent number: 10745032
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system comprising a processor and a device. The processor may be configured to (i) analyze one or more vehicle systems and (ii) generate a first output signal and a second output signal corresponding to the vehicle systems. The device may be configured to (i) receive the second output signal and (ii) generate haptic feedback based on the second output signal. The first output signal is presented to enable feedback using a primary feedback device. The device may be worn by a user. The haptic feedback supports information provided by the primary feedback device. The second output signal is communicated to the device using wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventor: Stefano Scheggi
  • Patent number: 10745033
    Abstract: A pneumatic pump device coupled to a container for flowable material includes a jet pump with at least one intake duct extending away from the container and leading into the jet pump and an air supply duct extending away from the container and to which pressure can be applied or which leads to an outer surface of the pneumatic pump device. The intake duct and air supply duct have essentially the same orientation in the region of the container and are advantageously inclined relative to the vertical by not more than 40°. A metering system includes a container and such a pneumatic pump device coupled thereto and the use of the pneumatic pump device or metering system in a sanding system of a rail vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Georg Krismanic, Albert Schneider
  • Patent number: 10745034
    Abstract: A railroad car truck for a railroad freight car, such as an autorack car, has a bolster mounted cross-wise between two sideframes. The bolster ends are mounted on respective spring groups carried by the sideframes. The bolster can translate laterally relative to the sideframes. The side frames are mounted to swing laterally relative to the wheel sets, and hence relative to the rails. Resistance to lateral deflection is provided by the resistance of the sideframes to the pendulum swinging motion, and by shear in the spring groups. The truck has a doubled damper arrangement of dampers in a four-cornered layout at each end of the bolster, giving a flexing resistance to yaw between the sideframes and the bolster ends. The doubled damper arrangement works against large wear plates mounted on the sideframe columns. The large wear plates are mounted normal to the dampers and square to the sideframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: National Steel Car Limited
    Inventor: James W. Forbes
  • Patent number: 10745035
    Abstract: A connecting member for connecting two longitudinal members of a bogie frame of a rail vehicle includes at least one fastening point for receiving add-on components, at least a first member element with a first member portion and a second member element with a second member portion, wherein the first and second member elements are connected to one another in a force-fitting manner by at least two connecting devices such that the member portions overlap one another at least in certain portions in order to damp vibrations that occur and to thus prevent oscillation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Brandstetter, Christian Kueter, Gerald Schobegger, Martin Teichmann
  • Patent number: 10745036
    Abstract: A bogie, including a frame (1) and a bolster (2), the frame (1) including two parallel side beams (11), and a cross beam (12) coupled to the middle of the side beams (11), wherein a primary suspension is arranged between an end of the side beam (11) and an axle box (31), a secondary suspension is arranged between the below of the bolster (2) and the cross beam (12), and a tertiary suspension coupled to a vehicle body is arranged above the bolster (2). By including a bolster and an extra suspension on the basis of the conventional two suspensions, the disclosed bogie can achieve separation of the functions, so that the tertiary suspension only handles the transverse displacement, and the secondary suspension only handles the rotation, thereby further increasing the relative displacement and rotation angle between the vehicle body and the bogie when the vehicle negotiates a curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CRRC TANGSHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojun Zhang, Junfeng Wang, Na Lu, Lijun Zhang, Wenhao Hu
  • Patent number: 10745037
    Abstract: A continuous measurement method for a wheel/rail vertical force includes: continuously arranging classic wheel/rail vertical force unit measurement areas in a form of “shear force+support force” on rails, where adjacent unit measurement areas share an end shear force measurement, and each two adjacent unit measurement areas form a unique compound measurement area; obtaining the wheel/rail vertical force when a wheelset passes the unit measurement areas other than the transition area of shear force measurement by using the classic unit measurement areas; obtaining the wheel/rail vertical force when the wheelset passes the transition area of the shared shear force measurement by using the unique compound measurement area; and combining all wheel/rail vertical forces on the unit measurement areas and the compound measurement areas to obtain a long distance fully continuous wheel/rail vertical force of the wheelset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: China Academy of Railway Sciences, Locomotive & Car Research Institute of China Academy of Railway Sciences, Railway Engineering Research Institute of China Academy of Railway Sciences, Beijing Zongheng Electro-Mechanical Development Co., CR Technological Development Corporation
    Inventors: Yuqing Zeng, Xuwei Li, Weidong Yu, Xuesong Chai
  • Patent number: 10745038
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a route resource controlling method, intelligent vehicle on-board controller and object controller. The method comprises: determining a route search extension distance of a train based on current location and speed of the train, wherein the current route search extension distance is the farthest distance in front of the train that is currently expected to be safe for operation based on current speed of the train; determining the currently required link and route resource contained thereof; determining the target authority of the route resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai Gao, Qiang Zhang, Junguo Sun
  • Patent number: 10745039
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SBOT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Michael Joseph Sanzari, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry
  • Patent number: 10745040
    Abstract: A motorized cart retriever, which may be a cart pusher or a cart puller, can apply a force to a nest of human-propelled, wheeled carts to facilitate retrieval of the carts. The cart retriever can include a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive cart status information from cart transmitters of the wheeled carts and wirelessly report event data to a control unit. The cart status information may include an identification of the cart transmitter, a location of the cart, a lock or unlock status of a cart wheel, a misuse condition, etc. The event data can include the cart status information, a number of wheeled carts being retrieved, etc. The cart wheel may include a brake. The transceiver may communicate a message to the cart wheel to keep the brake unactuated during retrieval. The control unit may analyze the event data to detect traffic patterns of the carts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Gatekeeper Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Hannah, Scott J. Carter, Jesse M. James
  • Patent number: 10745041
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steering device that includes: a pair of armrests which are mounted on left and right sides of a seat for a vehicle and are formed to be movable in a forward and backward direction of the seat, and on which arms of a driver are placed; and a pair of steering members which are provided on the pair of armrests, are formed to be grasped by the driver in a state in which the arms of the driver are placed on the pair of armrests, and are moved in the forward and backward direction to change a steering angle of the vehicle. The armrests are configured to move in the forward and backward direction in association with the movement of the steering members in the forward and backward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shintaro Masu
  • Patent number: 10745042
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a steering apparatus for a vehicle, the steering apparatus including: a steering wheel including a housing connected to a upper steering shaft of the vehicle and having a first opening and a second opening on both sides, a first movable partial wheel and a second movable partial wheel configured to be inserted into and protruded out of the housing through the first opening and the second opening, and a wheel actuator disposed in the housing and combined with the first movable partial wheel and the second movable partial wheel to provide a driving force; and a steering column including an inner cover shaft having an end coupled to an end of an upper steering shaft, an inner housing coupled to an end of the inner cover shaft and having a guide protrusion on the outer side thereof, a control housing having a guide hole axially formed to receive the guide protrusion, and a cover housing in which the control housing is rotatably inserted and tha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Jin Shin, TaeHyun Sung, Suk Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 10745043
    Abstract: An apparatus for compensating for low-temperature torque of an MDPS including a column torque sensor configured to detect a column torque; a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the vehicle; a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle of a steering wheel; and a controller configured to calculate an assist torque, calculate a vehicle speed gain and a compensation gain for the temperature and an accumulated steering angle based on the vehicle speed, the temperature and the steering angle, calculate a final compensation gain by applying a compensation gain attenuation rate, calculate a final assist torque by applying the final compensation gain to the assist torque, and output the final assist torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 10745044
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering control system for a rear wheel steering (RWS) system of a vehicle can include: a voltage detecting unit detecting a magnitude of a battery voltage of a battery of the vehicle; a supplemental voltage circuit unit generating a supplemental voltage that supplements the battery voltage; and a control unit comparing the magnitude of the battery voltage with a magnitude of a required voltage required for normally operating a rear wheel steering actuator of the RWS system, calculating a magnitude of the supplemental voltage based on the comparing of the magnitude of the battery voltage with the magnitude of the required voltage, and controlling the supplemental voltage circuit unit so as to generate the supplemental voltage according to the calculated magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jang Hyun Jung
  • Patent number: 10745045
    Abstract: A power steering device includes a steering mechanism, an electric motor for applying a steering assist force to the steering mechanism, and a first motor rotational position sensor for sensing as an actual axis phase a rotational position of a rotor of the electric motor. A control device is configured to: receive input of a signal of first actual axis phase outputted from the first motor rotational position sensor; receive input of a signal of value of electric current flowing through the electric motor; estimate as a control phase a phase of an induced voltage occurring in the electric motor, based on the signal of value of electric current; and determine whether or not the first motor rotational position sensor is abnormal, based on a difference between the first actual axis phase and the control phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Sasaki, Takumi Hisazumi, Shigehisa Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 10745046
    Abstract: A steering assist apparatus is provided with a steering drive unit driving a steering apparatus, a steering control unit executing an automatic steering mode where a steering drive unit is controlled such that a turning angle is determined based on at least either a running state of the vehicle or road information to produce the determined turning angle, and a target differential angle control unit determining a target differential angle. The target differential angle control unit determines the target differential angle to be close to an automatic steering target differential angle used for the automatic steering mode, when input variation through a steering input apparatus is not detected during a transition period from a manual steering mode where the steering apparatus operates in response to the steering angle inputted through the steering input apparatus to the automatic steering mode or during an elapsed period after completing the transition period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Hirate, Daiji Watanabe, Hisaya Akatsuka, Toshiya Kabayama
  • Patent number: 10745047
    Abstract: A synchronous steering vehicle body includes wheels, a cab and a steering mechanism for driving the wheels and the cab to synchronously steer, steering center axes of the wheels are vertical to rotation center axes of the wheels, and the wheels are vertical to the center of the horizontal ground to be concentric to the steering center axes of the wheels, and the steering motions of the wheels and the cab are kept synchronous. The disclosure provides a synchronous steering vehicle body capable of directly achieving the synchronous steering of the wheels and the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Kunliu Wu
  • Patent number: 10745048
    Abstract: Systems for controlling the speed and direction of vehicles such as tractors, including vehicles that have low to zero turning radius capability. Systems include steering and speed coordination systems that control the direction and speed of rotation of vehicle drive units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MTD Products Inc
    Inventors: Axel Schaedler, Tim Dilgard
  • Patent number: 10745049
    Abstract: An operating element can be operated by a driver for controlling at least the lateral guidance of the vehicle. A wheel angle adjuster is actuated by the operating element of the driver and/or by an electronic control unit that controls the automated lateral guidance of the vehicle so as to adjust a steering angle at the steerable wheels of the vehicle. In the process, a degree of coupling between at least one first part of the operating element and the wheel angle adjuster of the vehicle and/or between at least one first part of the operating element and a fixed position in the coordinate system of the vehicle can be modified depending on the degree of haptic contact between the driver of the vehicle and the aforementioned first part of the operating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Alexander Augst
  • Patent number: 10745050
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically parking and wirelessly charging a vehicle are described. A database including parking and charging availability information can be searched based at least in part on the request, location information and model information of the vehicle. An available parking space is determined based on the results of the search, and information. The parking space may be equipped with a pad configured to wireless charge a vehicle parked in the parking space. When information indicating that the vehicle has been parked in the parking space, a parking status indicating such can be transmitted to a control device associated with the parking space. The vehicle can then be automatically and wirelessly charged by the control device through the parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Wellen Sham
  • Patent number: 10745051
    Abstract: A rear subframe structure is provided with a rear subframe configured such that a front cross member, a rear cross member, a pair of left and right upper side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a pair of left and right lower side members extending in the vehicle front-rear direction are connected; and a vehicle-body mounting portion formed on each of both ends of the front cross member in the vehicle width direction, and on each of rear ends of the upper side members. The rear subframe further includes a lower-arm support portion formed on a lower lateral portion of the rear cross member, and a stabilizer support member for supporting a stabilizer. The rear cross member connects the upper side members and the lower side members in an up-down direction. The rear cross member includes an upper-surface rear-side projection portion projecting rearwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Tanaka, Katsuyuki Komiya
  • Patent number: 10745052
    Abstract: A crash beam receiver for coupling to a crash beam for reducing the effects of a vehicle collision. The crash beam receiver includes a plurality of surfaces that are coupled together to form a hollow opening for receiving the crash beam. The crash beam receiver also includes a gate structure for providing a stopping point for the crash beam when the crash beam is inserted into the crash beam receiver. The gate structure includes a left gate, a right gate, and a protrusion structure that help to linearize the self-collapsing process of the crash beam in the longitudinal direction. The protrusion structure has a certain thickness such that the crash beam is caused to collapse inward toward its center in the event of a vehicle collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Jens Maier
  • Patent number: 10745053
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body upper section structure including: a pair of roof side rails that are spaced apart in a vehicle width direction and that extend along a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof reinforcement that extends along the vehicle width direction between the pair of roof side rails; extensions that each join a vehicle vertical direction lower side of a respective one of the pair of roof side rails to a respective vehicle width direction inward side of the roof reinforcement; and a beaded section that is provided at each extension, the beaded section projecting toward a lower side in the vehicle vertical direction and extending in the vehicle width direction such that a projection depth of the beaded section toward the lower side becomes deeper on progression from an inner side toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Terada, Hiroyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 10745054
    Abstract: A gusset assembly of a vehicle that includes a pillar structure that extends in a vehicle vertical direction, a cross member that extends in a vehicle lateral direction, and a gusset positioned between and coupled to the pillar structure and the cross member. The gusset configured to transfer an impact load from the pillar structure to the cross member. The gusset assembly includes a gusset crushbox positioned between the pillar structure and the cross member, with the gusset crushbox disposed within the gusset. The gusset crushbox configured to deform to absorb a portion of the impact load applied to the pillar structure during a side impact and to distribute the impact load from the pillar structure to the cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin E. Dominic, Christopher R. Cater
  • Patent number: 10745055
    Abstract: A vehicle body exoskeleton includes a plurality of nodes each defining a receptacle. A plurality of tubes have first and second end portions smaller than and tapering inwardly from a main portion. Each end portion is received in one of the receptacles. An adhesive is applied to the end portions filling a gap defined between the receptacles and the end portions to bond the tubes to the receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Daniel Pastrick, Stephen William Gallagher
  • Patent number: 10745056
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a front pillar having an internal space defined by a forward wall, a rear wall, an outer lateral side wall, and an inner lateral side wall. The internal space is partitioned by longitudinally extending first and second ribs connecting inside faces of the forward and rear walls and a laterally extending third rib connecting an inside face of the inner side wall and the first rib. The first, second and third ribs separate the front pillar into a plurality of interior hollow portions. Two laterally adjacent hollow portions define an outer lateral portion of the front pillar and two longitudinally adjacent hollow portions define an inner lateral portion of the front pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Edward W. Bach, Adam J. Rompage, Hirokazu Matsuura
  • Patent number: 10745057
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes: a pair of frame components that faces each other across a gap in a width direction of a vehicle pillar, each of the pair of frame components having a closed cross-section and extending in a longitudinal direction of the pillar, and a butt weld portion is provided at a gap side and at a vehicle exterior side at at least one frame component; a transparent component that is formed so as to be transparent and that is mounted at a vehicle exterior side of the pair of frame components; an interior garnish component that covers the pair of frame components from a vehicle cabin side; and a cover component that is disposed at the gap so as to be separated at a vehicle exterior side from the interior garnish component, and that covers the butt weld portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Ikeda, Motoya Sakabe, Takuya Miura
  • Patent number: 10745058
    Abstract: A front pillar as a part of an upper arch structure joins an outer member and an inner member and is formed to have a closed cross-sectional structure. An upper bead and a lower bead are formed adjacent to side edge sections, each of which extends in a longitudinal direction of the inner member. The upper bead has a U-shaped cross-sectional shape. Due to the U-shaped cross section, second moment of area is increased, and thus strength of the front pillar is increased. In addition, the U-shaped cross section has a larger number of ridge lines than does a chevron cross section, and thus springback is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tohru Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10745059
    Abstract: In a side vehicle body structure for a vehicle, a reinforcing panel includes: a main reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of a side face portion along a first straight portion, a second straight portion, and a portion of a body panel which connects the first straight portion and the second straight portion; a first upper-end reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend upward toward the front of a vehicle body from an upper edge of the main reinforcing portion along a first curved portion; and a second upper-end reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend upward toward the rear of the vehicle body from the upper edge of the main reinforcing portion along a second curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Yamazaki, Toshiyuki Gendo, Naoyuki Irie
  • Patent number: 10745060
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure and a method for manufacturing a vehicle pillar in which, in a pillar framework, a member is easily disposed on a surface facing a transparent panel in an overlapping manner, while reducing the width of the pillar framework, and a corner butt portion on the side of the transparent panel has increased welding accuracy are provided. A flange of an outer panel and a flange of an inner panel are welded by spot welding. An end surface of a front end of the inner panel is butted against an inner surface end of the outer panel, and is welded thereto by laser welding, such that welding beads are thereby linearly formed at established intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kawashita, Shinichi Washizu, Yosuke Tateya, Daisuke Noritake, Masanori Kokume, Jun Ikarashi
  • Patent number: 10745061
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes a rocker outer panel, a wheel house outer panel, a rocker outer extension that forms a closed section together with the wheel house outer panel, and a bulk disposed between the wheel house outer panel and the rocker outer extension. The bulk includes a first plate portion, a flange portion provided in an inner end portion of the first plate portion in a vehicle width direction, and a flange portion provided in an outer end portion of the first plate portion in the vehicle width direction. The flange portion on the inner side in the vehicle width direction is joined to the wheel house outer panel, and the flange portion on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is joined to the rocker outer extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chihiro Wada
  • Patent number: 10745062
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement has a bracket to which a brace is attached. A radiator support member has an attachment seat. The direction of an attachment surface of the bracket to which the brace is attached is the same as the direction of an attachment surface of the attachment seat to which the brace is attached. A through-hole having a long-hole shape to cope with the variation of the distance between through-holes of the attachment surfaces is formed in the brace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamiko Yamatani, Shigemi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10745063
    Abstract: A vehicle rear portion structure includes an upper back and an upper back reinforcement. The upper back reinforcement is made of a material different from the upper back and is provided to extend in a vehicle width direction on an upper side of a rear portion of the upper back in a vehicle front-rear direction. The upper back reinforcement includes a front flange, a rear flange, a bulging portion, and a luggage opening flange. Luggage weather rubber is attached to the luggage opening flange. The upper back is joined to the rear flange of the upper back reinforcement at a rear end portion of the upper back in the vehicle front-rear direction by any of caulking joining, bolt joining, and rivet joining. A rear side joining portion is covered with the luggage weather rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshinobu Takashi
  • Patent number: 10745064
    Abstract: A storage caddy comprising: (a) a frame assembly; (b) a mounting assembly connected to the frame assembly, the mounting assembly being configured to attach the storage caddy to one or more walls of a cargo box of a vehicle; (c) one or more anchors connected to the frame assembly; and (d) one or more tie-downs extending from the one or more anchors and being configured to connect to one of the one or more walls, a floor, or both of the cargo box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: RUGGED LINER, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan DeLong, Jerome Facchinello, Chad Carter, Daniel J. Delaney, Derrick Fair
  • Patent number: 10745065
    Abstract: An overland vehicle is provided which includes a chassis with a roll-over protection structure, a powertrain configured to generate power to drive the overland vehicle, a first suspension system configured as a chassis to ground suspension system, and an operator compartment. The vehicle may also include a second suspension system configured to pneumatically suspend the operator compartment within the chassis, where the second suspension system includes a plurality of pneumatic couplers, including at least a first pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to the chassis along a first vector extending in a first direction, and a second countering pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to the chassis along a second vector extending in a second direction, where the second direction is generally opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Howe & Howe Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Howe, Michael Howe
  • Patent number: 10745066
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing aerodynamic drag on a tractor-trailer includes a panel configured to extend along a length of the trailer, the panel having first and second ends and being contoured along a lengthwise direction of the panel from the first end to the second end. Another apparatus includes a panel including a base and an array of rib-like protrusions extending outwardly from the base. Another apparatus includes a panel including an inner portion and an outer portion coupled to each other along first and second seams to define a cavity and including an air inlet for allowing air influx into the cavity from free-stream air flow during transit of the tractor-trailer to transition the panel from a retracted state to a deployed state. When in the deployed state, the panel is configured to alter an external topography of the tractor-trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Shaurya Prakash, Kaushik Krishna Rangharajan, Zachary Zezinka, Joseph D. West, Albert Terrence Conlisk
  • Patent number: 10745067
    Abstract: An active wing apparatus (100) configured to be attached to a boot lid of a motor vehicle, the apparatus (100) comprising a wing assembly (120) configured to reversibly deploy in a first direction from a stowed condition to a deployed condition, the apparatus (100) further comprising anchor means (113L,113R) configured releasably to couple the apparatus (100) to a structural member being a portion of the vehicle body (50B) other than the boot lid, when the apparatus transitions from the stowed to the deployed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Jag Virdie, Ian Bossons
  • Patent number: 10745068
    Abstract: A track assembly is formed from an endless track, an elongate guide member, a drive sprocket, and a plurality of track engaging rollers. The endless track has an inner surface having a plurality of parallel circumferential ridges. Formed between the circumferential ridges is a circumferential channel. The guide member is at least partially positioned and closely received within the circumferential channel. The track engaging rollers are arranged in a pair of parallel rows near an outer side of each circumferential ridge. During track rotation, the guide member remains closely received within the channel, and the rollers contact the outer side of the ridges to resist lateral movement of the track. Positioning of the guide member in the circumferential channel, with the rollers outside the ridges, laterally stabilizes the track thereby reducing the risk of the track slipping off the track assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Cody L. Sewell, Brant Douglas Kukuk
  • Patent number: 10745069
    Abstract: An undercarriage assembly of a work machine includes a drive wheel, front and rear idler wheels and a plurality of supporting mid-rollers. A belt disposed about the drive and idler wheels. A roller frame defines a main pivot axis located between front and rear ends. The front idler wheel is connected to the front end of the track roller frame. A major bogie having a forward bogie arm and a trailing bogie arm pivotably connects to the roller frame. The rear idler wheel connects to the trailing bogie arm. The major bogie pivot is offset from the main pivot along the roller frame such that the major bogie pivot is between the main pivot and the rear end of the roller frame. A minor bogie is connected to the major bogie at a minor bogie pivot defining a minor bogie pivot axis with the mid-rollers mounted on the minor bogie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Gustafson
  • Patent number: 10745070
    Abstract: A track chain member comprises a shoe member defining a track chain traveling direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the track chain traveling direction, the shoe member further defining a first lateral end, a second lateral end, and a ground engaging surface spanning from the first lateral end to the second lateral end; wherein the shoe member further defines a main central void disposed on the ground engaging surface that is centered along the lateral direction of the shoe member with respect to the first and the second lateral ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Isaac Jones, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10745071
    Abstract: A non-backdrivable passive balancing system for a single-axle dynamically balanced robotic device includes a body that includes a distal end and a proximal end, a controller module, and an actuator communicatively coupled to the controller module of the single-axle dynamically balanced robotic device. The actuator receives an engagement signal from the controller module, the engagement signal corresponding to an indication that the dynamically balanced robotic device is stationary, and the actuator causes the linkage to move the body from a disengaged position to an engaged position such that the distal end of the body contacts a ground surface and supports the dynamically balanced robotic device in a substantially upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Zapolsky, Manuel Ahumada, Arshan Poursohi
  • Patent number: 10745072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bicycle, with a bicycle seat assembly rotatably connected to the bicycle. Rotation movement of the bicycle seat assembly is possible, seen in the driving direction, to the left and to the right side and is independent of the steering movement of the bicycle. The axis of rotation of the bicycle seat assembly is arranged in front of the axis of the bottom bracket, seen in the driving direction, and the seating surface of the bicycle seat is arranged behind the axis of the bottom bracket, seen in the driving direction. The rotatable bicycle seat assembly enables an upright riding position by dodging the cyclist's leg pedaling downwards through a rotational movement. At the same time it supports the hip side of the other leg. The driver is supported by the bicycle seat even in the upright riding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Karsten Bettin
  • Patent number: 10745073
    Abstract: Provided is a straddle-type seat configured to prevent a cover member from being detached and to increase a crime prevention property. The cover member is configured to close a through hole formed on a seat surface. The seat is configured to support a seated occupant in a straddle state and includes a seat main body on which the occupant sits, and a cover member that covers the through hole formed in the seat main body. The cover member includes a lid portion that closes the through hole on a top surface of the seat main body, and a downward extension portion that downwardly extends from the lid portion. The downward extension portion is locked to a T-like shape protrusion formed on a bottom surface of the seat main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsurumi, Ryuji Isobe, Kosuke Maeda, Shinichiro Motoda, Gen Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10745074
    Abstract: The adjustable foot peg allows a rider to adjust the position of the foot peg in two ways. First, the bracket to which the foot peg attaches preferably includes a series of holes, about which the foot peg apparatus will rotate. Second, the foot peg is placed at the end of a rotating member, the rotating member able to be fixed at one of multiple possible angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Performance Industries Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Griffin
  • Patent number: 10745075
    Abstract: A traveling apparatus includes: an operation member configured to be displaced to a first range and a second range; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a wheel base length between a front wheel and a rear wheel in such a way that the wheel base length is increased when the user displaces the operation member in a direction away from a reference position in the first range; and a controller configured to control, when the user manipulates the operation member in the first range, a driving unit in such a way that the traveling apparatus travels forward based on a forward movement target speed that has been made to become larger as the wheel base length increases, in which the controller controls the driving unit in such a way that the traveling apparatus travels backward when the user manipulates the operation member in the second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kama, Makoto Mori
  • Patent number: 10745076
    Abstract: An insert (510) comprising a core (532) and one or more extensions (530) extending from the core. The insert is adapted to be inserted into a cavity of a hollow tube-shaped member (512). The hollow member can be a motorcycle handlebar or footrest. The insert can be made of metal or a polymer and can be an extrusion product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Walker, Manish Taxak, Sajesh Madhavan
  • Patent number: 10745077
    Abstract: A bicycle control device comprises a bracket member including a first end portion and a second end portion with a saddle portion provided in between the first end portion and the second end portion for gripping. The second end portion has a pair of spaced apart walls with opposed surfaces. The control device further comprises a lever pivotally provided around a pivot axis extending between the opposed surfaces. The lever includes a protruding portion extending in an axial direction of the pivot axis to an outermost point that is at least 23.2 mm offset from a reference plane parallel to a bicycle center plane and defined at a midpoint between the opposed surfaces, as viewed from a parallel direction parallel to the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Goto, Tatsuya Matsushita, Noriko Masuta
  • Patent number: 10745078
    Abstract: What is disclosed is an improved rear suspension for a two wheeled vehicle. The improved rear suspension includes a rear triangle connected to a wheel. The rear triangle is connected to the front triangle by an upper linkage. A biasing member, such as a shock absorber, typically a spring and damper, is connected to the front triangle and functionally connected to the rear triangle, either directly or indirectly. The rear triangle is further connected to the front triangle by a pivoting connection. The pivoting connection can be a eccentric pivot. Alternatively the pivoting connection can be a pivot connection located on the front triangle and a pivot connection located on the rear triangle and connected by a lower linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Damon Madsen
  • Patent number: 10745079
    Abstract: A bicycle component control device includes a bracket, a hydraulic brake unit and either a mechanical shifting unit or electric control unit. The bracket has a gripping portion. The hydraulic brake unit is operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a hydraulic brake device. The mechanical shifting unit or the electric control unit is operatively mounted on the bracket and configured to operate a bicycle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Miki, Kazutaka Fukao, Kentaro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 10745080
    Abstract: A single-face clipless pedal structure includes a pedal body for a cleat to be disposed thereon. The axle portion of the pedal body is formed with a recessed stepped portion at the front end thereof The stepped portion is enclosed by a bottom wall and a lateral wall including a stopping face, a first and a second guiding faces at two ends of the stopping face. The first and the second guiding faces are arc concave-shaped. The cleat is formed with an abutting piece downward having an abutting face, a third and a fourth guiding faces at two ends of the abutting face. The abutting face abuts against the stopping face to prohibit the cleat from moving rearward and upward. The third and the fourth guiding faces correspond to the first and the second guiding faces respectively to facilitate the cleat to detach laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventor: Chung-I Chen
  • Patent number: 10745081
    Abstract: A bicycle rear derailleur comprises a base member, a chain guide, an actuator, and a controller. The chain guide is movably coupled to the base member. The actuator is operatively coupled to the chain guide to move the chain guide relative to the base member. The controller is electrically connected to the actuator to move the chain guide relative to the base member from a current stop position to a target-stop position which is adjacent to the current stop position without another stop position between the current stop position and the target-stop position. The controller is configured to change, based on a front shift position of a front derailleur, at least one of the target-stop position and a temporary position in which the chain guide temporarily is in a shifting operation in which the chain guide moves from the current stop position to the target-stop position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Takeshi Ueda