Patents Issued in September 15, 2020
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Patent number: 10773520Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus, including: a channel structure in which a channel is formed; an actuator stacked on the channel structure in a stacking direction, the actuator configured to cause a liquid in the channel to be ejected; a first frame formed of metal and stacked on the channel structure in the stacking direction; a driver integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to the actuator; and a second frame formed of metal, the second frame including at least two side walls facing each other and an upper wall extending between the two side walls and extending in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction, the second frame being thermally connected to the first frame, wherein the driver IC is disposed between the two side walls, and the upper wall of the second frame is thermally connected to the driver IC.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shogo Mori, Motohiro Tsuboi
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Patent number: 10773521Abstract: The second terminal is disposed between the first terminal and the third terminal. The fifth terminal is disposed between the fourth terminal and the sixth terminal. The first cable and the second cable are disposed to at least partially overlap with each other in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the first terminal and the second terminal are lined up.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Sukehiro Ito
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Patent number: 10773522Abstract: Printheads for a jetting apparatus. In one embodiment, a printhead comprises a plurality of nozzles configured to eject a print fluid. Each nozzle is comprised of a first converging section having a cross-sectional area that decreases in a flow direction of the print fluid through the nozzle, a neck adjoining the first converging section and having a cross-sectional area that is uniform in the flow direction of the print fluid through the nozzle, and a second converging section adjoining the neck and having a cross-sectional area that decreases in the flow direction of the print fluid through the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Nasser Budraa
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Patent number: 10773523Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle through which liquid is discharged; a piezoelectric element having a lamination structure in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode are laminated in this order; a vibration plate installed between the first electrode of the piezoelectric element and the pressure chamber; a protective substrate in which an internal space for housing the piezoelectric element is formed; and a lead-out wiring connected to the second electrode, in which a column portion is provided at a position overlapping with the piezoelectric element in the internal space of the protective substrate when viewed in a plan view, and the lead-out wiring is provided on a wall surface of the column portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Tonomura, Masao Nakayama, Eiju Hirai
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Patent number: 10773524Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a plurality of individual channels; a supply channel; a return channel; an open/close valve; a pump provided on the return channel; and a controller. In a case that the controller removes an air bubble, the controller is configured to execute: circulation of the liquid along a circulation route by maintaining the open/close valve at an open position and driving the pump; and then moving of the liquid from the storing chamber to the plurality of individual channels via the return channel so as to exhaust the liquid from the plurality of nozzles of the plurality of individual channels, respectively, by maintaining the open/close valve at a close position and driving the pump.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taisuke Mizuno
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Patent number: 10773525Abstract: A liquid cartridge configured to be inserted into a cartridge-attachment section in an insertion direction includes a casing, and a lever supported by the casing. The lever is pivotable about a pivot axis between a first position and a second position. The lever includes a light-blocking portion configured to block or attenuate light traveling in a widthwise direction crossing the insertion direction and a gravitational direction, and a force-receiving portion positioned closer to a front wall of the casing than the light-blocking portion is to the front wall in the insertion direction. The light-blocking portion is positioned lower at the second position than at the first position. The pivot axis is positioned frontward of the light-blocking portion and rearward of the force-receiving portion in the insertion direction. The lever pivots from the second position to the first position upon application of an external force to the force-receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Takahiro Miyao, Akihito Ono, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Fumio Nakazawa, Kosuke Nukui
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Patent number: 10773526Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus has a liquid-chamber, a fluid-chamber, a flexible member that includes a film and a first-seal-portion and that separates the liquid-chamber and the fluid-chamber, and a pressurizing section which supplies a fluid to the fluid-chamber to pressurize the flexible member toward the liquid-chamber. The fluid-chamber is configured such that a first-seal-portion being provided in the fluid-chamber and the first-seal-portion come into contact with each other to be partitioned into a first-fluid-chamber having an introduction port through which the fluid flows in and a-second-fluid-chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Daisuke Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10773527Abstract: A printer includes a main body having a first opening through which a roll of paper can be inserted for installation within the main body and a second opening through which a roll of paper can be inserted for installation within the main body, a first cover configured to open and close the first opening, a second cover configured to open and close the second opening, a printing head attached to the first cover and configured to print an image on paper supplied from the roll of paper, and a roller attached to the second cover and configured to convey the paper from the roll of paper installed within the main body to the printing head. The paper is conveyed by the roller and printing is performed by the printing head when both the first and second covers are closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Osamu Watanabe
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Patent number: 10773528Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing head that prints printing data on a printing medium by electric power supplied from a battery, and a processor. The processor is operable to estimate, on the basis of first printing data indicating information on a first printing content to be printed on the printing medium and a remaining battery level of the battery, a first printing executable range which is a range in the first printing content that can be printed on the printing medium, and transmit information indicating the first printing executable range to an external terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshihisa Kawahara
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Patent number: 10773529Abstract: A method of applying a surface treatment on a contoured surface includes attaching a surface treatment repair assembly to the contoured surface that includes a robotic unit and an array of applicator heads, each applicator head being configured to apply a repair treatment to the contoured surface. A location of the surface treatment relative to the surface treatment repair assembly is determined using an optical sensor configured to scan the contoured surface and generate an image data set of the contoured surface. A damaged portion of the surface treatment is identified and a target area for surface treatment repair is defined based on comparing the image data set generated by the optical sensor and a pristine image data set. The surface treatment repair assembly is positioned with the array of applicator heads adjacent to the surface treatment, and each applicator head is selectively operated to repair the surface treatment.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Caitlin E. Kerr, Justin T. Hoehn, Dhananjay B. Vasa, Shane E. Arthur, Bennett M. Moriarty, Matthew H. Mellin, Ryan M. Trumbo, John F. Spalding, Raymond C. Eng, Kyle S. Biondich
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Patent number: 10773530Abstract: An oval printing machine includes a guide, defining a closed path (P); one or more supports, movable on the guide, the one or more supports being adapted to support items to be printed; one or more operating stations positioned along the path (P) for processing the items to be printed; at least one digital printing station positioned along the path (P), for printing the items supported by the one or more supports. The digital printing station includes a structure substantially integral with the guide, and a first printing element associated with the structure and movable relative to the structure. The printing element is movable in a first direction (D1) that is transversal to a second direction (D2) in which the guide extends at the digital printing station.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Arioli S.P.A.Inventors: Carmelo Zocco, Pasquale Cannone
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Patent number: 10773531Abstract: An ultraviolet (UV) inkjet printing method providing a stacked printing edge with a smooth effect is disclosed. After an inkjet head is controlled to print an image X on a substrate, a distance between the inkjet head and a surface of the substrate is kept unchanged, and the inkjet head is again controlled to print bi-directionally for at least once on the image X. After completing the above steps, the inkjet head is further controlled to print an image X? on the image X on the substrate, wherein the image X? consists of pixels expanded from the image X, such that the image X? completely covers the image X, forming a smooth arc surface at peripheral edges of the image X.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: GREAT COMPUTER CORP.Inventors: Chen-Chien Tsai, Chih-Hua Yen
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Patent number: 10773532Abstract: An image forming method includes coating a non-absorptive recording medium with a pre-processing fluid containing a metal salt and a resin A; and applying a magenta ink to the non-absorptive recording medium which has been coated with the pre-processing fluid, wherein the magenta ink contains a resin B having a glass transition temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the resin A and C.I.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Kaji, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hiroki Hagiwara
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Patent number: 10773533Abstract: A printer includes a transport roller (driving roller, driven roller, counter roller) that is disposed in a casing, and configured to transport a sheet to be fed from roll paper, an image forming portion (thermal head) that is disposed in a cover (upper cover) of the casing, and configured to form an image on the sheet; and a platen roller that is disposed in the casing to face the image forming portion (thermal head). The image forming portion (thermal head) is movable in transport directions (feeding direction, drawing back direction) of the sheet, and the platen roller is movable in directions substantially vertical to the transport directions (feeding direction, drawing back direction).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN SYSTEMS JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventor: Yutaka Inokuchi
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Patent number: 10773534Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus that start conveying a subsequent sheet in a state where an overlap amount of a preceding sheet and the subsequent sheet is not determined, acquires the overlap amount after the sheet conveyance is started, acquires distance information about a distance between a trailing edge of an image of a last line on the preceding sheet and a leading edge of an image on the subsequent sheet based on recording data and the overlap amount, and generates recording data for image forming of recording data of the last line on the preceding sheet and recording data of a first line on the subsequent sheet in the same scan by a recording unit, based on the acquired distance information.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomofumi Nishida
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Patent number: 10773535Abstract: An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet includes a recording section which records the image on the sheet in a transport passage for transporting the sheet in a transport direction and multiple plates which are spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction. These multiple plates include a first type of plate and a second type of plate. Plates of a first type of plate are configured to overlap a sheet when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and the widthwise direction, while plates of the second type of plate do not.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Samoto
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Patent number: 10773536Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus including a carriage capable of loading a plurality of types of print heads, and a connected host device. In a case where the print head loaded on the carriage corresponds to a first head configuration, the host device is provided with a first printing service using a first identifier to identify the printing apparatus, and in a case where the print head loaded on the carriage corresponds to a second head configuration being different from the first head configuration, the host device is provided with a second printing service using a second identifier being different from the first identifier. The host device obtains printability information indicating a printable condition with the printing apparatus, sets the printable condition with the printing apparatus based on the obtained printability information, and transmits a printing job based on the set condition to the printing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akitoshi Yamada, Nobuyuki Bannai, Arata Miyagi, Ruriko Mikami, Nobuo Onuma
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Patent number: 10773537Abstract: The present invention embraces printers such as hand-held printers and mobile/portable printer. One exemplary embodiment includes “print as you glide” (PAYG) devices. Such printers may comprise a modular print engine that is removable from the printer and may allow a user to easily access and load the ribbon in the mobile print engine. The modular print engine may comprise a modular print head and an encoder that may determine the movement of the print head relative to a stationary media. When a printer is pressed against the media, the print head's burn line may be resting on the media. When the printer is stationary relative to the media, the encoder may not trigger the printing. Once PAYG is being slid or glided across the media, the encoder may start to rotate and then send a signal to a processor, causing the printer to start printing.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATIONInventors: Chin Young Wong, Yaw Horng Yap, Ching Hong Chua
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Patent number: 10773538Abstract: A positioning device for an ink pad container has a body and two elastic sheets. The two elastic sheets are respectively formed on two lateral side surfaces of the body. Each one of the two elastic sheets has an arm and a positioning protrusion. The arm is formed on a corresponding one of the two lateral side surfaces of the body, and is inserted into a corresponding one of two through grooves of the body. The positioning protrusion is formed on an inner side surface of the arm and is inserted into the body. An ink pad container may be firmly positioned into the body by the two elastic sheets. The tolerance allowances of the positioning device and the ink pad container are increased by the resiliences of the two elastic sheets. The positioning device can simultaneously satisfy the requirements for ease in assembly and for the positioning stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Sun Same Enterprises Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wen-Jer Shih
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Patent number: 10773539Abstract: The invention relates to transfer paper for sublimation printing, comprising a fibrous substrate, said transfer paper having one or more cationic agents on at least one face thereof, deposited on the fibrous substrate by means of surface treatment, the amount of cationic agent(s) being greater than or equal to 8% by dry weight of the total dry weight of the compound(s) added to the fibrous substrate by means of the surface treatment.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Ahlstrom-Munksjö OyjInventor: Thierry Mayade
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Patent number: 10773540Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based or solvent-based washing unit for washing a flexographic plate. The washing unit comprises a containment structure which defines a lower basin and at least two side basins which are supplied with the washing liquid and are arranged so that the water overflowing from the side basins is collected in the lower basin. A brush partially immersed in the liquid bath defined by the basin itself is installed at each basin.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SASU VIANORD ENGINEERINGInventor: Riccardo De Caria
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Patent number: 10773541Abstract: Media binder arrangement (10) comprising at least one spring clamp (15) attached to the spine (14) of the media binder. The spring clamp (15) having an interior cavity (19). The interior cavity (19) of said spring clamp (15) is additionally formed with a datum spacer cavity (35) having spacer walls (36, 37) limited from the sides (16, 17) by a bending. The spacer walls (36, 37) having wall surfaces facing the clamp base (18) for holding the datum spacer (30) in abutment with the clamp base (18). Method of manufacturing such a media binder arrangement (10).Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Bindomatic ABInventors: Göran Tolf, Urpo Latvakangas
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Patent number: 10773542Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing decorative panels made of flat glass for electronic household appliances, in particular household appliances that are fixed in position. The method comprises, in the specified order, at least the steps of providing a flat glass, producing a blank decorative panel by forming the provided flat glass with at least one of the steps of forming the outer contour of the decorative panel, edge treatment, or making at least one indentation on the operational front, the thermal tempering of the produced blank decorative panel, and applying at least one decorative print on the operational back of the thermally tempered blank decorative panel by means of a digital printing method.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: Schott Gemtron Corp., Schott AGInventors: Adam O'Ryan, Carsten Schwabe, Grant Mason
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Patent number: 10773543Abstract: A longitudinally tapered wheel spoke having a thin aerodynamic cross-sectional profile proximate to the wheel rim and tapering to a round profile toward the central hub, with the tapered section optimized to minimize drag against a combined headwind and crosswind impinging upon the primary vehicle-drag-inducing uppermost region of the wheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Garth L. Magee
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Patent number: 10773544Abstract: A bicycle real wheel hub includes pulling spokes and static spokes connected to the disks thereof. The hub includes a tubular portion with two disks respectively connected to two ends of the tubular portion. Multiple protrusions protrude from the inner side of each disk. The head of each pulling spoke is secured to the protrusion corresponding thereto. The head of each static spoke is secured to the disks. The heads of the pulling spokes are located closer to the middle point of the tubular portion than the heads of the static spokes. When the hub rotates, the static spokes provide strength in the axial direction of the hub, and the pulling spokes have strong tension so that the hub bears higher torque.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Kuo-Ching Chang
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Patent number: 10773545Abstract: A vehicle wheel comprising a wheel rim with a rim base made from fiber composite material and a wheel disc. The wheel disc is connected to the wheel rim by a connecting element which is guided through a passage of the rim base and is received in the wheel disc. The wheel rim comprises a connecting arrangement with at least one connecting element and a seal element which covers in a complete and hollow manner a part of one or more adjacent connecting arrangements that extends across the rim outer side of the rim base. A circumferential edge of the seal element is glued in air-tight manner to the rim well. Alternatively, the wheel rim comprises a connecting arrangement with a connecting element and a flexible sealing layer made from plastic and completely covers, by coating, a part of the connecting arrangement which extends over the rim outer side of the rim base. An edge region of the flexible seal layer is connected in an air-tight manner to the rim base.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP CARBON COMPONENTS GMBHInventors: Jens Werner, Christian Koehler, André Bartsch, Michael Dressler, Sandro Maeke, Christian Heilmann, Florian Franke
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Patent number: 10773546Abstract: A wheel assembly having an outboard portion and an inboard portion including a wheel hub configured to enable fastening of the wheel assembly to a vehicle such that the outboard portion is oriented away from a centerline of the vehicle and the inboard portion is oriented toward the centerline of the vehicle, a wheel rim positioned concentrically with the wheel hub, and configured to receive one or more friction elements, and one or more wheel spokes radially connecting the wheel hub and the wheel rim, each of the one or more wheel spokes having a retainer positioned at an inboard portion, the retainer being configured to enable retaining one or more decorative parts at an outboard portion of the wheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPEInventor: Gautier Boeriswyl
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Patent number: 10773547Abstract: A vehicle wheel rim having at least an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a well and an outboard tire bead seat. A reinforcing tape applied to at least a portion of one of an inner surface and/or an outer surface of the inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, the inboard tire bead seat, the well and the outboard tire bead seat.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Maxion Wheels U.S.A. LLCInventor: Joseph W. Wolf
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Patent number: 10773548Abstract: A vehicle wheel hub assembly includes an outer member configured to be mounted to a non-rotatable portion of the vehicle and an inner member rotatably supported in the outer member by a bearing and configured to support a vehicle wheel. A first target member is coupled with the inner member, and a first sensor is fixed to the outer member and positioned to sense an angular displacement of the first target member relative to the outer member and to produce a first output signal. A second target member is coupled with the inner member and is spaced axially from the first target member, and a second sensor is fixed to the outer member and positioned to sense an angular displacement of the second target member relative to the outer member and to produce a second output signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Mathieu Hubert, Lokesh Nagarajan, David Christopher Rybski
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Patent number: 10773549Abstract: A bearing device 1 for a vehicle wheel, wherein an annular weir part 20 is provided on the outer periphery of an outer-side end part of an outer member 2, the annular weir part 20 having the rotation axis L of an inner member 3 as a center, the weir part 20 having a shape that is asymmetrical between the upper side Us and the lower side Ls of the outer member 2, and the weir part 20 being inclined farther toward the inner side the more a weir wall surface 20a faces outward in the radial direction in a part or all of the upper side Us. Also, the weir part 20 is inclined farther toward the outer side the more the weir wall surface 20a faces outward in the radial direction in a part or all of the lower side Ls.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Hisanori Kobayashi, Xiaole Bao, Yuta Nakatsuji, Akira Torii
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Patent number: 10773550Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for automated vehicle wheel removal and replacement are provided. One system includes a computer system with applications for scheduling the replacement of tires for the vehicle. An electronically controlled lift device and robotic apparatus is configured for interaction with the computer system. The lift device mechanically adjusts arms for placement on lift points of vehicles. The robotic apparatus detects positioning of lug nut configuration for a wheel, removes lug nuts, and then removes the wheel from the wheel hub with gripping arms. The wheel and tire are then handed off to a separate tire changing machine. When a new tire is replaced the robotic apparatus then mounts the wheel to the original wheel hub, and then secures the lug nuts to the lug nut bolts.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: RoboTire, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Downey, Victor Darolfi, Robert Baranowski, Mark Bauer, Bernard J. Michini
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Patent number: 10773551Abstract: A caster wheel that locks and unlocks using a push-lock, push-unlock mechanism, similar to a push button pen. The mechanism can be placed on the side of the wheel to be easily accessible to the user and to allow a convenient locking of the caster wheel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Snap-on IncorporatedInventors: Mitchell J. Haller, Alex G. Bournoville
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Patent number: 10773552Abstract: A tire tread is based on one or more diene elastomers, on one or more reinforcing fillers, on a crosslinking system, and on at least one compound (A) selected from a metal chelate comprising at least one ligand and at least one metal, a pigment and their mixture.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Xavier Lebrun, Didier Vasseur
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Patent number: 10773553Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire with which a magnitude of a lateral force can be adjusted without changing the structure of a tread portion. In a pneumatic tire, an outer profile shape of the pneumatic tire is formed in left and right symmetry with respect to a tire equator, and a thickness of the pneumatic tire from an outer surface to an inner surface is set in left and right asymmetry with respect to the tire equator.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Masaaki Ohara
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Patent number: 10773554Abstract: The pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, at least two circumferential main grooves and at least one rib-like land portion defined by two of the circumferential main grooves. The rib-like land portion includes neither grooves nor sipes that extend to include a widthwise center line of the rib-like land portion. The rib-like land portion includes a one-end-open sipe and a both-end-closed sipe. The one-end-open sipe has a widthwise sipe portion and a circumferential sipe portion, the widthwise sipe portion extending in tire width direction from one end of the one-end-open sipe and being terminated within the rib-like land portion, and the circumferential sipe portion being located closer to the widthwise center line than the both-end-closed sipe, extending in tire circumferential direction from the widthwise sipe portion, and being terminated at another end of the one-end-open sipe.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Shintaro Hatanaka
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Patent number: 10773555Abstract: Disclosed herein is a kerf of a winter tire capable of easily discharging snow therefrom and further improving braking performance and drainage performance on a wet road. The kerf includes a kerf inlet portion formed in the shape of a sawtooth-type zigzag wave in a block of one of a tread and a shoulder of the tire in the circumferential direction of the tire, a pipe-shaped flow passage portion formed in a lower portion of the block and having a width that is greater than or equal to the width of the kerf inlet portion, and a connection channel for connecting the kerf inlet portion and the flow passage portion to each other. The sawtooth-type zigzag wave has an amplitude that gradually decreases in the depth direction of the block, and the connection channel has a width that gradually decreases from the kerf inlet portion to the flow passage portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: HANKOOK TIRE CO., LTD.Inventor: Sang Tak Joo
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Patent number: 10773556Abstract: The present invention includes tire treads (10) and a method for forming tire treads (10) having a sipe (18) with a length extending between opposing terminal ends of the sipe and having a height and a thickness which is variable across the length and height of the sipe. The thickness of the sipe (18) includes a sipe portion arranged between the opposing terminal ends defining the sipe length and having a thick portion extending at least partially around a perimeter of a thin portion. The thin portion is substantially 0.2 millimeters or less thick and forms at least 40% of the surface area along each of the opposing sides of the sipe, the opposing sides being arranged on opposing sides of the sipe thickness.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements MichelinInventors: Robert Cecil Lawson, Sadi Kose
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Patent number: 10773557Abstract: A computer-implemented method for identifying whether tread of a tire of a vehicle is insufficient is presented. Image data corresponding to at least one image of the tire of the vehicle may be captured using an image sensor. The image data may be processed to determine at least one indication of a tread wear of the tire. At least one of the at least one indication of the tread wear may be analyzed based on tread wear data corresponding to the tire, with the tire being of a particular type. The tread wear data corresponding to the tire may be available to one or more processors that perform the analyzing from a provider of tires of the particular type. Based on the analyzing of the at least one of the at least one indication of the tread wear, it may be identified whether the tread of the tire is insufficient.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Joshua M. Mast, Sharon Gibson
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Patent number: 10773558Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a sidewall portion extending in a tire radial-direction. The sidewall portion includes a plurality of projecting portions projecting in a tire width-direction, and at least one reinforcing portion which is at least partly different in a projecting amount from a projecting amount of the projecting portions at the same position in the tire radial-direction, and is connected to the projecting portion in a tire circumferential-direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiki Sato
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Patent number: 10773559Abstract: An air maintenance tire system is provided. The tire includes a pair of sidewalls, in which each one of the sidewalls extends from a respective bead area to a crown of the tire. The air maintenance tire includes an annular groove formed in a selected one of the tire sidewalls. The groove is formed with an open end at an outer surface of the tire sidewall and a closed end opposite the open end. The open end is formed with an outward radial taper and the groove is formed with at least one increased diameter feature. An air tube of a peristaltic pump assembly is received in the groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Thulasiram Gobinath, Jin-Shy Steve Gau, Cheng-Hsiung Lin
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Patent number: 10773560Abstract: A system is used with a pneumatic tire mounted on a wheel rim to keep the pneumatic tire from becoming underinflated. The first system includes a plurality of pumps attached circumferentially to the wheel rim, each pump having pump parameters, and a control valve for controlling inlet air into a tire cavity of the pneumatic tire. The control valve has valve parameters. The system predicts system performance under various configurations and conditions through use of the pump parameters and the valve parameters.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventor: Cheng-Hsiung Lin
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Patent number: 10773561Abstract: A hitch assembly includes a support extendable into a receiver tube attached to a vehicle. A sleeve has a top end and a bottom end. A bracket is attached to the sleeve and is attached to the support to vertically orientate the sleeve. A piston is positioned in the sleeve and extends outwardly of the bottom end. The piston has a lower end that is moveable toward or away from the bottom end. An actuator is mounted on the sleeve and is mechanically coupled to the piston. The actuator is actuated in a first direction to lower the lower end and actuated in a second direction to raise the lower end. A ball mount is removably attached to the piston adjacent to the lower end. A hitch ball is attached to the ball mount and engages a hitch coupler of a trailer.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Daniel E. Apland
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Patent number: 10773562Abstract: A rail gear system for attachment to the frame rails of a truck that readily accommodates the span of the frame rails. The system including an axle tube, a pivot tube, first and second spring sub-systems, and a pivot bar with an actuator plate mounted to the pivot bar. Frame rail mounting brackets are secured to the two frame rails of the truck. A primary actuator is employed to elevate the axle tube off of the rails and adjustment of the width of the frame rails is accomplished by movement of the bushings along both the pivot tube and pivot bar until the desired separation between the frame rail mounting brackets is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Custom Truck & Equipment LLCInventor: James V. Mascola
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Patent number: 10773563Abstract: A shock absorbing system of an amphibious and remotely controlled vehicle is provided, including a chassis, a controller, a transmission shaft, six transmission members, a front wheel driving mechanism, a rear wheel driving mechanism and a smart electronic device. When the smart electronic device transmits a first control message, the controller drives the transmission shaft to pivot toward a first direction, the transmission shaft leads the six transmission members to pivot and the controller and the chassis move away from the casing of the remotely controlled vehicle. When the smart electronic device transmits a second control message, the controller drives the transmission shaft to pivot toward a second direction, the transmission shaft leads the six transmission members to pivot and the controller and the chassis move toward the casing of the remotely controlled vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: JASON TOYS & ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Min-Lan Tsai
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Patent number: 10773564Abstract: A swing arm suspension for suspending a rear drive wheel in a three-wheeled electric vehicle has an adjustable arm which allows the tension on the drive belt to be easily adjusted for installing or removing the drive belt or adjusting tension for operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: ELECTRAMECCANICA VEHICLES CORP.Inventors: Daniel Stanley Watt, Jerry Kroll, Scott Stuart Hargrove, Henry Reisner, Edward Theobald
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Patent number: 10773565Abstract: A machine includes a chassis, a plurality of ground engaging elements supporting the chassis above a ground surface, a motor for driving at least one of the ground engaging elements and a plurality of assemblies supporting the chassis on the ground engaging elements. Each of the assemblies is configured to selectively raise and lower the chassis relative to the ground surface and includes a first attachment component for attaching the assembly to one of the ground engaging elements, a second attachment component for attaching the assembly to the chassis, an adjustment component for shifting the first attachment component between a plurality of operating positions relative to the second attachment component. A control system allows an operator to remotely control the adjustment components of each of the assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: AGCO CorporationInventor: James Slawson
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Patent number: 10773566Abstract: A suspension assembly for a vehicle having a frame includes a control arm, knuckle, spring, damper, and control module. The control arm is pivotably coupled to the frame. The knuckle is coupled to the control arm and supports a wheel hub for rotation relative to the knuckle. The spring is mounted between the frame and the control arm or the knuckle. The damper has an adjustable damping force and includes a first end mounted to the frame and a second end mounted such that a change in caster angle of the knuckle extends or contracts the damper. The control module is in communication with the damper and configured to adjust a damping force of the damper based on an actual or predicted change in caster angle of the knuckle. The control module is configured to increase the damping force in a direction that resists a change in the caster angle.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventor: Chass Bakker
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Patent number: 10773567Abstract: An evaluation device includes a set temperature evaluation portion, an ecological driving evaluation portion, and a notification portion. The set temperature evaluation portion determines a set temperature evaluation value based on a set temperature that is a target temperature. The ecological driving evaluation portion is configured to determine an ecological driving evaluation value based on at least the set temperature evaluation value. The notification portion is configured to notify the occupant of the ecological driving evaluation value. The level of power saving rises with change of the set temperature evaluation value or the ecological driving evaluation value. When the set temperature is changed, and the change of the set temperature causes increase of the level of power saving without decrease in power consumption of the vehicular air conditioner, the set temperature evaluation portion changes the set temperature evaluation value in the one of positive and negative directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiko Uesugi, Kazuya Nishiuma, Takayuki Kamada, Daisuke Setoguchi, Takashi Ogawa, Seiji Tanaka
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Patent number: 10773568Abstract: A fluid-heating device for heating fluid includes: a heater having a heat generating part, the heat generating part being configured to generate heat upon application of current; an electric component configured to control the application of the current to the heater; a tank having an opening portion, the tank being configured to accommodate the heat generating part; a top-plate portion configured to close the opening portion of the tank, the top-plate portion being configured to form a fluid chamber through which the fluid flows; and a first communication port and a second communication port configured to allow the fluid to flow through the fluid chamber; wherein the electric component is provided on an outer side of the fluid chamber along the top-plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Ogasawara, Naohisa Kamiyama, Hiroki Yoshioka, Takashi Otsuka, Daiju Suzuki, Eiji Yamatani
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Patent number: 10773569Abstract: A cooling apparatus for vehicle includes a radiator, a coolant pump, a cooling fan, first and second mode controllers, and an abnormality diagnosing controller. The radiator cools a coolant that circulates through a circulation flow channel of a cooling system. The coolant pump causes the coolant to circulate through the circulation flow channel. The cooling fan faces the radiator. The first mode controller initiates a first operation mode process upon diagnosing an abnormality of the cooling system. The first operation mode process stops the coolant pump and drives the cooling fan. The second mode controller initiates a second operation mode process after completion of the first operation mode process. The second operation mode process stops the cooling fan and drives the coolant pump. The abnormality diagnosing controller diagnoses, based on a temperature of the radiator, the abnormality of the cooling system after the initiation of the second operation mode process.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Yo Masuda, Takuya Takashima