Patents Issued in August 18, 2020
-
Patent number: 10746243Abstract: Disclosed is a disc brake including a stationary support arm which includes a C-shaped recess, a slide which fits closely to the walls of the recess, a brake pad including two lateral lugs, each of which is received in a recess with a slide inserted therebetween, and a spring for resiliently returning the brake pad to its inoperative position, including a portion for attachment to the stationary support. The attachment portion includes an attachment tab, at least one flange of the slide includes an attachment strip, and the attachment tab and the attachment strip include complementary element for connection by form-fitting interaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: FOUNDATION BRAKES FRANCEInventors: Alexandre Foucoin, Didier Montegu, Xavier Labarre
-
Patent number: 10746244Abstract: A disc brake and an adjuster system for a disc brake. The adjuster system may include a piston, a chamber, and a wear adjustment mechanism. The wear adjustment mechanism may be located within the chamber. The chamber may contain lubricant for lubrication of at least part of the wear adjustment mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) LimitedInventors: Martin P. Taylor, Sean Cleary, Matthew McGinn
-
Patent number: 10746245Abstract: A shopping cart foot wheel capable of warning the abrasion status of the braking block comprising an escalator wheel assembly; the escalator wheel assembly comprises an escalator wheel core and escalator wheel discs; the escalator wheel discs are located on the two sides of the escalator wheel core, and are coaxially arranged with the escalator wheel core; the escalator wheel assembly further comprises an escalator wheel support, wherein the escalator wheel support is provided with an escalator wheel axle; locking nuts are simultaneously arranged at the two ends of the escalator wheel axle; the escalator wheel core is connected with the escalator wheel axle in a sleeved mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Jiaxing Xingteng Caster Co,. Ltd.Inventors: Leon Lee, Yu Shen
-
Patent number: 10746246Abstract: A preform for a carbon-carbon composite including a plurality of fibrous layers stacked and needled-punched together to form the preform in the shape of an annulus having an inner radial section and an outer radial section. Each fibrous layer includes a respective plurality of fabric segments comprising at least one of carbon fibers or carbon-precursor fibers. At least one fibrous layer includes a first fabric segment forming at least a portion the inner radial section, the first fabric segment defining a first segment bisector and a first fiber orientation angle, and a second fabric segment forming at least a portion the outer radial section, the second fabric segment defining a second segment bisector and a second fiber orientation angle, where the first and second segment bisectors are radially aligned and the first fiber orientation angle is different than the second fiber orientation angle.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Slawomir T. Fryska, Bruce Gordy
-
Patent number: 10746247Abstract: A piston assembly for a damper includes a main piston disposed on a center axis. A piston rod is attached to the main piston. A regulator extends between the piston rod and the main piston defining a compartment. The regulator has at least one first aperture and at least one second aperture. A restrictor divides the compartment into a first and second portion. An actuator having a core is disposed in the first portion movable between an opened and a closed position. The restrictor includes a sleeve disposed in the compartment and attached to the regulator. The sleeve defines a hole in fluid communication with the first and second portions and flares outwardly in the first portion toward the regulator to define a slanted edge extending at an oblique angle relative to the center axis to allow the working fluid to flow smoothly thereby limiting noises generated.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: BEIJINGWEST INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Pawel Slusarczyk, Waldemar Widla, Jakub Wrzesinski
-
Patent number: 10746248Abstract: A valve assembly includes a first valve plate defining at least one first opening and at least one second opening. A valve element located above the first valve plate has a central portion, and at least one tab extending outwards from the central portion. The at least one tab includes a narrow portion axially aligned with the at least one first opening such that the narrow portion at least partially covers the at least one first opening. The at least one tab is selectively provided with electrical energy to melt the narrow portion to form an orifice. The orifice is fluidly coupled with the at least one first opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.Inventor: Perry Paielli
-
Patent number: 10746249Abstract: A damping valve includes a damping valve body having at least one throughflow orifice which is at least partially covered by at least one valve disk by the action of a closing force. At least one spring body exerts an opening force on the valve disk that is less than the closing force. The at least one spring body is constructed as an elastomeric body separately from the control edge.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Aleksandar Knezevic, Jörg Rösseler
-
Patent number: 10746250Abstract: An air bleed system for a suspension fork or shock absorber includes: a fluid passage between an interior of the suspension and an exterior of the suspension; and a manually operable valve having a first position substantially closing the fluid passage and a second position allowing fluid flow between the interior and the exterior.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.Inventor: William M. Becker
-
Patent number: 10746251Abstract: A damping assembly for a structure includes a housing with a first fixed end and a second movable opposite end. A first translatable portion of the housing is slidably movable relative to an adjacent second section of the housing, the former being fixedly secured to a base when the structure is under load. A viscous damper disposed within the housing is engaged only after the first translatable section has first moved beyond an initial predetermined distance indicative of a higher amplitude loading event. At least one biasing feature prevents the viscous damper from operating until the first translatable section has first moved beyond the initial predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLCInventor: Shubin Ruan
-
Patent number: 10746252Abstract: A shock absorber having a main tube extends between a first end and a second end defining a fluid chamber therebetween. A main piston is slidably disposed in the fluid chamber dividing the fluid chamber into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber. A piston rod is attached to the main piston. A hydraulic compression stop including an additional piston is attached to the piston rod for movement therewith. The additional piston includes a body extending from the piston rod and defining a conduit extending along the center axis. An actuator is disposed in the conduit and attached to the body movable from a closed position to an open position during the compression stroke with the open position allowing fluid flow through the actuator and the conduit and the closed position preventing fluid flow through the actuator. The actuator includes a spring and a blocking member disposed in the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: BEIJINGWEST INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Piotr Andrzej Flacht, Dominik Kasprzyk
-
Patent number: 10746253Abstract: A vibration damping device is configured to reduce vibration that causes lateral flexing of an elongated member that extends along a centerline. The device includes a split sleeve co-extending with and disposed about the elongated member, and a spring that extends about the sleeve and exerts a force that biases the sleeve radially inward.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventor: Yuriy Gmirya
-
Patent number: 10746254Abstract: An intermediate member includes first and second intermediate members. The first and the second intermediate members are provided with a spring supporting portion that extends along springs and supports the springs from an outer side. An expansion and contraction of the springs enables the intermediate member to be movable in a circumferential direction. Accordingly, sliding distances caused by the expansion and contraction of the first and the second springs become shorter, compared with a configuration where the first and the second spring are supported by the driven member or drive member from the outer side, thereby decreasing an energy loss (hysteresis) caused by the sliding. As a result, a vibration damping performance of the damper device can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Yoshikawa, Aki Ogawa, Akiyoshi Kato, Ryosuke Otsuka, Kazuyoshi Ito, Masaki Wajima, Kazuhiro Itou
-
Patent number: 10746255Abstract: In some embodiments of the present disclosure, an electric motor is used to generate correction torques to counteract unwanted torque pulses generated by an internal combustion engine during startup and/or shutdown. In some embodiments, the electric motor may be mounted to an accessory drive such as a power take-off mechanism or a front end accessory drive (FEAD). In some embodiments, the correction torques may be used to enforce an engine speed target profile for startup or shutdown, and may be determined using a feedback control loop based on the engine speed. The correction torques help to reduce or eliminate noise, vibration, and/or harshness (NVH) during startup and/or shutdown.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: PACCAR INCInventors: Michael D. Gerty, Uday Vadlamani
-
Patent number: 10746256Abstract: The present invention relates to a belt or a belt segment having a plurality of strength supports. The strength supports run in the longitudinal direction (X) and are disposed so as to be mutually parallel. A connection element which forms one end of the belt or the belt segment and is configured for connecting to a further connection element of the other end of the belt or to one end of a further belt segment, it being possible for the ends of the strength supports to be held in a force-fitting manner by the connection element by way of press-fitting. The belt or the belt segment includes a part-region of the connection element which is configured as a tool region, in order to serve as a tool part during press-fitting of the ends of the strength supports in the connection element.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ContiTech Transportbandsysteme GmbHInventors: Achim Huels, Michael Moeschen-Siekmann, Carsten Behrens
-
Patent number: 10746257Abstract: Disclosed is a power transmission belt having a belt body made of rubber, and a cord embedded in the belt body so as to form a helical pattern having a pitch in a belt width direction. The cord is coated with an adhesion layer formed by an adhesion treatment and containing a rubber component, and the adhesion layer is in contact with a rubber composition containing cellulose-based fine fibers.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shogo Kobayashi, Taiki Tsuchiya, Teppei Nakayama, Shigeki Okuno, Hiroyuki Tachibana
-
Patent number: 10746258Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle, including gearwheel sets that can be shifted via shift elements, which form exactly eight gear stages which are assigned to a first sub-transmission and to a second sub-transmission. Each sub-transmission is provided with a joint drive shaft. The mutually coaxial input shafts can be alternately activated via a respective power-shiftable clutch, and the even forward gears are assigned to the first sub-transmission and the odd forward shifts are assigned to second transmission which can be switched over during gear shifting by the shift elements. The dual clutch transmission is provided with an intermediate gear stage which can be switched either to the first sub-transmission, or to the second sub-transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Steffen Hummel
-
Patent number: 10746259Abstract: A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle provided with gearwheels sets that are shiftable via switching elements, which form in particular exactly eight wheel planes, which are respectively assigned to a first sub-transmission and to a second sub-transmission, among which each sub-transmission is provided with an input shaft and both sub-transmissions are provided with a common output shaft. The input shafts, which are coaxial to each other, can be alternately activated via a load-shiftable clutch, and the odd forward gears are assigned to the first sub-transmission and the even forward gears are assigned to the second sub-transmission, which can be shifted during a gear shift by means of the switching elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Steffen Hummel
-
Patent number: 10746260Abstract: A dual clutch transmission may include a first input shaft having a plurality of odd stage driving gears; a second input shaft disposed to have a concentric shaft with the first input shaft and including a plurality of even stage driving gears; an output shaft; a counter shaft disposed parallel to the first input shaft, the second input shaft, and the output shaft to continuously transfer power to the output shaft and including odd stage driven gears engaged with the odd stage driving gears and even stage driven gears engaged with the even stage driving gears; a plurality of synchronous devices; a plurality of shift forks coupled to the plurality of synchronous devices; and one shift rail provided to commonly guide a linear sliding of the plurality of shift forks.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Sun Sung Kwon, Soon Ki Eo, Yeo Hyeon Gwon
-
Patent number: 10746261Abstract: A gear assembly includes a planetary gear set and a clutch. The planetary gear set includes a sun gear, at least one planet gear meshing with the sun gear, a carrier supporting the at least one planet gear, and an outer ring gear meshing with the at least one planet gear. The clutch is operable to engage with and disengage from the planetary gear set to enable the planetary gear set to switch between a first mode and a second mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CANDY HOUSE INC.Inventor: Che-Ming Ku
-
Patent number: 10746262Abstract: A powertrain for a vehicle may include a first planetary gear set configured such that a first rotation element of three rotation elements thereof is connected to an input shaft; and a first clutch device and a second clutch device provided in series between a second rotation element and a third rotation element of the first planetary gear set to directly connect the second rotation element and the third rotation element, wherein the second clutch device is configured to selectively lock the third rotation element; and the second rotation element of the first planetary gear set functions as an output element of the first planetary gear set.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Min Ho Chae, Yong Uk Shin, Soon Ki Eo, Sun Sung Kwon, Chon Ok Kim
-
Patent number: 10746263Abstract: An automatic transmission and a method of synchronization are described. The automatic transmission includes a plurality of planetary gear sets, a plurality of dog clutches and a plurality of brakes coupled to the plurality of planetary gear sets, and an electric machine coupled to the plurality of dog clutches and a plurality of brakes via the planetary gear sets. Further, the automatic transmission includes a first speed sensor measuring a first speed of the electric machine and a second speed sensor measuring a second speed of an output shaft, and a synchronization controller configured to receive the first speed sensor data and the second speed sensor data, determine a synchronization speed, and adjust the first speed of the electric machine to the synchronization speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Brian C. Schneidewind
-
Patent number: 10746264Abstract: A tensioner comprising a base having a base aperture, the base aperture having an axis A-A and capable of receiving a driven component, a rotary arm rotatably engaged with the base and encircling the base aperture, a swing arm pivotally engaged with the rotary arm, a first torsion spring biasing the swing arm, a first pulley journalled to the swing arm, a rotary ring rotatably encircling the base aperture and disposed between the rotary arm and the base, a second pulley journalled to the rotary ring, a second torsion spring engaged between the rotary ring and the rotary arm for biasing the rotary ring, and a wave spring in pressing engagement between the base and the rotary ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Gates CorporationInventor: Sukhdeep Singh
-
Patent number: 10746265Abstract: An adjustable bracket for alternator and related products, including an alternator that adjustably secures with the timing gear cover found on most vehicle engines, an offset mounting bracket securing with the gear cover, and having upwardly extending inclined arms, for connecting with the bottom of the alternator, and a tensioning arm also securing with the timing cover, having an integral bend upwardly towards its linear and arcuate portion, with the arcuate portions of the tensioning arm having a slot formed therein, through which an adjustment bolt secures with the upper part of the alternator, to allow for the alternator to be pivoted, about its offset mounting bracket, to apply the proper tensioning to its installed V belt, to attain its proper operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Wagner Products CompanyInventor: Thomas E Wagner
-
Patent number: 10746266Abstract: Provided is a chain guide and a chain transmission that can reduce sliding resistance between the chain and guide lips, and can maintain a consistent oil film between the guide lips and outer plates. Guide lips each include a first contact convex portion formed on an upstream end in a chain running direction, and a second contact convex portion formed downstream of the first contact convex portion. The first contact convex portion includes a first peak and a first upstream slope formed upstream of the first peak. The second contact convex portion includes a second peak and a second upstream slope formed upstream of the second peak. The dimension in the chain running direction from an upstream end of a guide rail surface to the first peak is set smaller than a chain pitch.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.Inventor: Masahiko Konno
-
Patent number: 10746267Abstract: A toroidal continuously variable transmission includes a preload spring disposed between a rotary assembly including a first disc and a pressing device, and a driving force transmission shaft, and a thrust bearing disposed between a first member and the preload spring, the first member being one of the rotary assembly and the driving force transmission shaft. In a direction of an axis line, a gap is formed between a second member and the thrust bearing, the second member being the other of the rotary assembly and the driving force transmission shaft. A dimension of the gap in the direction of the axis line is less than a deformation amount of the preload spring in the direction of the axis line, at an elastic limit.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NSK LTD.Inventors: Kippei Matsuda, Hideyuki Imai, Kenichiro Tanaka, Kenji Komatsu, Eiji Inoue, Tomohiro Inoue, Daiki Shirota, Masahiro Kita
-
Patent number: 10746268Abstract: A gear nut adjustment assembly is provided that receives and powers an adjustable jaw assembly for purposes of making or breaking a tubular connection. The adjustable jaw assembly is capable of receiving pipes of various diameters through an automated means. In one example of an implementation of the invention, the gear nut adjustment assembly of the present invention includes a housing for mounting a nut assembly at one end and a motor at the other end. The housing includes a front and rear housing where the front housing has a mounting assembly for mounting a nut assembly. The nut assembly includes at its rear end a ring gear. The rear housing further includes a drive gear positioned in between the front and rear housing in engagement with the ring gear of the nut assembly. The drive gear is driven by the motor attached to the back of the rear housing and, through engagement with the ring gear on the nut assembly, rotates the nut assembly to adjust the jaws of the adjustable jaw assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Hawk Industries, Inc.Inventors: Michael Ernest Rivera, Michael A. Russo
-
Patent number: 10746269Abstract: A linear actuator comprises a motor for producing a bi-directional rotational output. A casing is connected to the motor at a proximal end, the casing having an inner cavity defining a joint surface. A threaded shaft is within the inner cavity of the casing and actuated by the motor for rotation. A sliding tube assembly has a sliding tube in sliding arrangement with the inner cavity of the casing for moving in translation in an axial direction relative to the casing. A pair of traveling nuts is connected to the sliding tube assembly for moving with the sliding tube in the axial direction, the traveling nuts being operatively engaged to the threaded shaft for converting a rotational motion of the threaded shaft into a translation of the sliding tube, the traveling nuts being on opposite sides of a member of the sliding tube assembly connecting the traveling nuts to the sliding tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: D-BOX TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Robert Rousseau, Steve Boulais, Benoit Lupien, Jean-Francois Menard
-
Patent number: 10746270Abstract: Inventive embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for continuously variable transmissions (CVT). In one embodiment, a control system is adapted to facilitate a change in the ratio of a CVT. In another embodiment, a control system includes a stator plate configured to have a plurality of radially offset slots. Various inventive traction planet assemblies and stator plates can be used to facilitate shifting the ratio of a CVT. In some embodiments, the traction planet assemblies include planet axles configured to cooperate with the stator plate. In one embodiment, the stator plate is configured to rotate and apply a skew condition to each of the planet axles. In some embodiments, a stator driver is operably coupled to the stator plate. Embodiments of a traction sun are adapted to cooperate with other components of the CVT to support operation and/or functionality of the CVT. Among other things, shift control interfaces for a CVT are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCInventors: Jon M. Nichols, Gregory G. Stevenson, Brad P. Pohl, Fernand A. Thomassy, Charles B. Lohr, Jeremy Carter, John W. Sherrill, Brian B. Sweet
-
Patent number: 10746271Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a first input shaft receiving an input torque, second and third input shafts coaxially disposed and selectively connected with the first input shaft, first and second torque mediating shafts coaxially disposed with the first input shaft, first and second intermediate shafts and an output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft, a first shifting section receiving a torque from the third input shaft and outputting a plurality of first shifted torques, a second shifting section including a first planetary gear set selectively connected with the first input shaft and outputting a plurality of second shifted torques, and a compound shifting section forming an output torque by the input torque and the first and second shifted torques.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Woochurl Son, Kijong Park, Sangwon Seo, Yong Uk Shin, Seongwook Ji, Ki Tae Kim, Chon Ok Kim, Wonmin Cho, Ma Ru Kang, Ilhan Yoo, Juhyeon Park, Minho Chae, Dongwoo Kim, Hye Jin Lim, Ki Been Lim, Jin Yong Kim, Soonki Eo, Ki DOng Kim, Woo Jin Chang, Yong Sug Choi, Sun Sung Kwon
-
Patent number: 10746272Abstract: Provided is a power transmitting device including an input side gear assembly that includes a single power input terminal and two power output terminals, an output side gear assembly that includes two power input terminals and a single power output terminal, the two power input terminals configured to operate using power received from the two power output terminals of the input side gear assembly, respectively, and a stopper module configured to block power to be transmitted through one of two power transmitting paths connecting the two power output terminals of the input side gear assembly and the two power input terminals of the output side gear assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongwon Lee, Youn Baek Lee, Se-Gon Roh, Jeonghun Kim, Minhyung Lee, Byungjune Choi, Jungyun Choi, Hyun Do Choi
-
Patent number: 10746273Abstract: A driving apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The driving apparatus is a device used for transmitting drive force to an output shaft. The driving apparatus includes a housing, an electric motor, a torque converter and a rotation transmitting structure. The electric motor includes a first stator fixed to the housing and a rotor configured to be rotate relative to the first stator. The torque converter transmits rotation of the rotor to the output shaft when the rotor rotates in a first rotational direction. The rotation transmitting structure transmits rotation of the rotor to the output shaft when the rotor rotates in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihiro Matsuoka
-
Patent number: 10746274Abstract: Engine and its camshaft, camshaft manufacturing method, the camshaft comprises a central shaft having an axial hole, the central shaft has a fitting section, the outer circumference of a cross section at any axial position of the fitting section is a polygon; a first cam and a second cam, the first cam and second cam are respectively installed on the fitting section of the central shaft and are spaced axially. Such a structure has the advantages of higher torque transmission, simpler structure, simplified manufacturing process, shorter manufacturing time consumption and reduced cost.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Shanghai Universoon Autoparts Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Xi, Zhou Yang, Song Zhu, Fengwu Zhang
-
Patent number: 10746275Abstract: In an actuator, which can be used, for example, for an electromotive parking brake, and the housing of which is equipped with a gear mechanism, axial and radial bracings of a worm member take place using a bearing bracket, the limbs of which, on both sides, engage the worm member from behind and reach radially beyond its shaft. As seizing protection against a wedging between the worm member and the worm wheel, the bearing bracket can be slightly displaced in the housing. For this purpose, by virtue of the restoring forces exerted by the spring elements, which are then tensioned, the bearing bracket together with the worm member is pushed axially and the worm wheel 20 is turned.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: OECHSLER AGInventors: Peter Stanislawski, Stefan Dettenberger
-
Patent number: 10746276Abstract: A bicycle chainring, including a generally annular body formed of at least an inner material, the inner material including a first side and a second side opposite the first side and a plurality of teeth disposed about a periphery of the body. At least some of the plurality of teeth are formed of both the inner material and an outer material, the outer material disposed on one or both of the first and second sides, the outer material having a greater wear resistance relative to the inner material and a thickness greater than 0.1 millimeter.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Kevin Wesling, Anthony Medaglia
-
Patent number: 10746277Abstract: A handheld tool device having at least one first gear housing, having at least one second gear housing, and having a bracket holder unit provided for connecting the two gear housings. It is provided that in the assembled state the bracket holder unit is situated at least in an area of contact of the gear housings in an opening of at least one of the gear housings.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Joachim Hecht, Heiko Roehm
-
Patent number: 10746278Abstract: In a support structure of a power system, the power system includes: an electrical motor; a transmission; and a housing supported by a frame member of the vehicle via a mount arm. The transmission includes a first planetary mechanism having first to third rotating elements, the electrical motor is connected to the first rotating element of the first planetary mechanism, the left and right wheels are connected to the second rotating element of the first planetary mechanism, and the housing is connected to the third rotating element of the first planetary mechanism. A fastening member that fastens the housing and the mount arm is disposed so as to overlap in the axial direction with a connecting portion that connects the third rotating element of the first planetary mechanism and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Shigeharu Wakui
-
Patent number: 10746279Abstract: A transmission housing (2) including two housing elements (9) that can be positioned to press against each other and that in the assembled state define: a cavity (13); a shaft (6) projecting at least in part from the housing; a motion transmission mechanism (30) for transmitting motion to said shaft (6), the motion transmission mechanism (30) being housed at least in part inside the cavity (13) of the housing (2); and adhesive connection means (16) for connecting together housing elements (9) that are arranged in the zone where said housing elements (9) are pressed together and referred to as a join plane (10).Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: FRANCE REDUCTEURSInventor: Wouter Barendrecht
-
Patent number: 10746280Abstract: A steering device includes: an input shaft main body portion including an input shaft first region, and protruding from the housing, and an input shaft second region received within the steering shaft receiving space; and an input shaft cover including; an input shaft cover main body portion surrounding a portion of the input shaft first region which is closer to the input shaft second end portion than the first input shaft seal portion in the rotation axis direction, and an input shaft cover seal portion provided to the input shaft cover main body portion, abutted on the first input shaft seal portion, and arranged to suppress moisture from entering between the input shaft and the input shaft cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiharu Kamaguchi, Masato Kadokura
-
Patent number: 10746281Abstract: The invention relates to a gearbox including a first shaft, a second shaft, an intermediate shaft transmitting the movement from the first shaft to the second shaft and a casing delimiting a chamber, the first shaft and the second shaft each extending at least partially outside the casing, the intermediate shaft being accommodated in the chamber and comprising a first gearing element cooperating with the first shaft and a second gearing element cooperating with the second shaft. The first shaft and the intermediate shaft are arranged at a first height, the second shaft being arranged at a second height lower than the first height, and the gearbox includes a splash tub containing a lubricant, the first gearing element being at least partially submerged in the splash tub.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventor: Cyrille Benais
-
Patent number: 10746282Abstract: A vehicle drive device comprises: a power transmission mechanism transmitting a drive power from a drive power source to a plurality of wheels; a differential gear mechanism provided in the power transmission mechanism and distributing the drive power input from the drive power source to the plurality of wheels; a casing housing the power transmission mechanism; and an oil pump sucking a lubricating oil stored in the casing, and the device drives the oil pump in conjunction with rotation of the differential gear mechanism. In the device, a catch tank storing the lubricating oil is provided in the casing, an introduction path is formed in the casing for introducing the lubricating oil scooped up by the differential gear mechanism during backward running of a vehicle into the catch tank, and a discharge oil passage connected to a discharge port of the oil pump is connected to the catch tank.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji Ito, Kiyonori Takagi, Kazuki Toya, Yuki Kawamoto, Naoya Jinnai
-
Patent number: 10746283Abstract: An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This assemble includes a stationary structure configured with a first side, a second side and a bore that extends through the stationary structure between the first side and the second side. The assembly also includes a fluid transfer tube extending within the bore and forming a plenum between a sidewall of the fluid transfer tube and the stationary structure. The fluid transfer tube is configured with a first end at the first side, a second end at the second side, a flowpath and an aperture. The flowpath is at least partially formed by the sidewall and extends through the fluid transfer tube between the first end and the second end. The aperture fluidly couples the flowpath with the plenum.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventor: Christopher T. Anglin
-
Patent number: 10746284Abstract: A gearbox for a rotary wing aircraft including a sump, a primary lubricant reservoir fluidically connected to the sump, one or more primary lubricant jets fluidically connected to the primary lubricant reservoir, an auxiliary lubricant reservoir fluidically connected to the sump, one or more auxiliary lubricant jets fluidically connected to the auxiliary lubricant reservoir, and at least one valve selectively fluidically connecting the sump and the primary lubricant reservoir based on a first lubricant pressure and the sump and the auxiliary lubricant reservoir based on a second lubricant pressure at the at least one valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Yuriy Gmirya, Thomas L. Sbabo, John H. Meeson, Jr., Rodger W. Bowman
-
Patent number: 10746285Abstract: A planetary carrier for a gear stage of a planetary gearset includes at least one planetary pin that is disposed in a rotationally fixed manner in the planetary carrier, and a pair of tapered roller bearings that are disposed on the planetary pin supporting a planet gear. The planetary pin is fastened by a pin screw connection, which comprises a pin screw and a nut, to the planetary carrier. The tapered roller bearings are clamped against each other between the planetary carrier and the planet pin and are axially pretensioned by the pin screw connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Joerg Muench, Dirk Strasser, Ralf Sperlich
-
Patent number: 10746286Abstract: In a hydraulic control device, a hydraulic sensor is provided on an intake side of a second pump where first oil is taken in and a line pressure sensor is provided on a discharging side of the second pump where the second oil is discharged. A control unit controls driving of the second pump by controlling a motor on the basis of an output pressure detected by the output pressure sensor or a line pressure detected by the line pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masamichi Harada, Kyohei Sakagami, Makito Nakasone, Shigeji Nakano
-
Patent number: 10746287Abstract: A cooling structure for a rotary electric machine includes a first supply pipe that is disposed vertically above a rotary electric machine and that has a discharge hole through which a refrigerant is discharged toward the rotary electric machine; a second supply pipe that is disposed in parallel with the first supply pipe vertically above the rotary electric machine and that has a discharge hole through which the refrigerant is discharged toward the rotary electric machine; and a pump configured to deliver the refrigerant to the first supply pipe and the second supply pipe such that a direction of the refrigerant flowing through the first supply pipe and a direction of the refrigerant flowing through the second supply pipe are opposite to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiko Miyamoto, Keisuke Ito, Hiroki Kato
-
Patent number: 10746288Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a step-variable transmission which is disposed between drive wheels and a drive power source including at least an engine, and which is shifted by changing operating states of coupling devices, the control apparatus including an engine stability time estimating portion configured to estimate a length of stability time required for stabilization of an output state of the engine, when a determination to implement a power-on shift-down action of the step-variable transmission is made, and a control portion configured to delay a moment of generation of a shift-down command to implement the power-on shift-down action of the step-variable transmission, with respect to a moment of the determination to implement the power-on shift-down action, where the estimated length of stability time is longer than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Yoshikawa, Nobufusa Kobayashi, Daisuke Suyama, Kazuomi Okasaka, Atsushi Kayukawa, Mitsuru Maeda
-
Patent number: 10746289Abstract: A shift-by-wire system includes an actuator, a detent plate, a detent spring, a control unit, and a display device. The control unit includes a first position learning unit, a second position learning unit, and a power-on determination unit. When the power-on determination unit determines that the power on is the post-instantaneous interruption on while the vehicle power is turned on, the first position learning unit learns the first reference position or the second position learning unit learns the second reference position, (i) in a case where the display device still displays the N-range after the target-range determination unit determines the target range to the R-range while the display device displays the N-range or (ii) in a case where the display device displays the N-range after the target-range determination unit determines the target range to the N-range while the display device displays the R-range.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Sakaguchi, Masayoshi Iwata, Yuichiro Takemori, Taizo Mori
-
Patent number: 10746290Abstract: A lockup control device for a vehicle includes: a torque converter, and a lockup control configured to increase a lockup pressure difference command to an initial pressure difference, when a turbine rotation speed variation amount of the torque converter becomes smaller than a predetermined value during a ramp control in which the lockup pressure difference command is increased by a ramp pressure difference, the lockup control section being configured to switch to a second increase gradient having an increase gradient lower than a first increase gradient of the ramp pressure difference when the turbine rotation speed variation amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Kunihiro Takahashi, Syunsuke Iwamoto, Yuji Okamoto, Toshiaki Noda
-
Patent number: 10746291Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle includes, responsive to a command to launch the vehicle and while the vehicle is in a first gear, determining, at a controller, a feedforward component including a target engine torque and a target bypass clutch torque, and a feedback component that is based on an error between the target converter slip and a measured converter slip and between the target wheel torque and a measured wheel torque. The method further includes changing a commanded engine torque and a commanded bypass clutch torque based on the feedforward component and the feedback component.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Yang Xu, Weitian Chen, Stuart N. Ford, Zhengyu Dai, Qi Wang, Hong Jiang
-
Patent number: 10746292Abstract: An actuator device for a gearbox of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of selector shafts displaceable in a first direction between a plurality of selection positions and in a second direction between a plurality of shifting positions and which each have a connecting element that is operatively-connected in at least one of the selection positions with at least one selector rail of the gearbox for transferring a movement of the selector shaft in the second direction onto the selector rail. The selector shafts are mounted relative to each other to be movable relative to one another in the first direction and are fixed to relative to each other in the section direction The selection positions of the selector shafts are independently adjustable by of a plurality of first adjusting elements and wherein the selector shafts can be displaced together between the shifting positions by means of a second adjusting element.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Audi AGInventor: Steffen Hummel