Patents Issued in October 1, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200309182
    Abstract: A screw contains: a head, a shank, and a tip. The head is configured to connect with a tool. The shank integrally extends from the head. The shank includes a screwing thread and a central axis. The tip is conical and includes a first segment and a second segment, wherein a diameter of the tip gradually decreases from the first segment to the second segment. The tip has a cone angle which is within 5 degrees to 30 degrees. The tip includes a conical drill portion having a pointed section away from the central axis. The tip further includes two chip elimination slots of different sizes, wherein two drilling edges are asymmetrical, and two cutting edges are asymmetric and are defined among the two chip elimination slots and the tip. The tip further includes a threaded guide section separated by the two chip elimination slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Meng-Hsien Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200309183
    Abstract: An explosive bolt is provided for securing a brace in tension. The bolt includes a bar, a pair of explosives, a pair of detonators and a pair of anchors. The bar has opposing longitudinal ends and an outer thickness. Opposing bores extend inwardly from the longitudinal ends to corresponding depth ends. First and second notches reduce the thickness proximate to the corresponding depth ends. A center rod separates the notches from each other. Each explosive correspondingly inserts into a corresponding bore to a corresponding depth end. Each detonator correspondingly inserts into the corresponding bore. Each anchor secures the bar to the brace. In further embodiments, the longitudinal ends include helical male threads, and the anchors are nuts having helical female threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Myron L. Thomas, Seth Leland Williamson, Joshua Geiger Clarke, Logan M. Compton
  • Publication number: 20200309184
    Abstract: A channel having a base portion, an open central region, and an integral pair of sidewalls. The integral pair of sidewalls having an upper portion of each sidewall that includes an inward-facing downturned internal flange and an outward-facing upturned external flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Schuit, Todd Ganshaw
  • Publication number: 20200309185
    Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a threaded member including a threaded body portion and a head portion. The fastener assembly also includes a first lock member including a plurality of axially-extending ratchet teeth and defining an aperture extending therethrough. The aperture is sized to receive the threaded body portion. The fastener assembly further includes a second lock member including a base portion configured to couple to the threaded member for rotation therewith and at least one spring finger extending axially from the base portion. The at least one spring finger has a proximal end joined to the base portion and a free end opposite the proximal end. The second lock member has a lock position in which the free end of the at least one spring finger is configured to engage the plurality of axially-extending ratchet teeth and an unlock position in which the free end of the at least one spring finger is spaced from the plurality of axially-extending ratchet teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Harold Hess, Zoltan Kalman Furu-Szekely, Deeptesh Selvaraj
  • Publication number: 20200309186
    Abstract: A drive shaft for transferring torque including a tubular insert extending along an axis and defining a first layer of the drive shaft including at least one straight portion and at least one undulation, wherein the tubular insert includes a first material having a first deformation temperature, and a polymeric tubular covering defining a second layer of the drive shaft surrounding the tubular insert including a second material having a deformation temperature lower than the deformation temperature of the first material, wherein the covering includes at least one straight portion adjacent to the straight portion of the tubular insert and at least one undulation adjacent to the at least one undulation of the tubular insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Georgios S. Zafiris, Brayton Reed, Joyel M. Schaefer, Michael King
  • Publication number: 20200309187
    Abstract: A crankshaft includes a first oil hole, a second oil hole, and a through hole. The second oil hole extends in a direction in which the second oil hole intersects the first oil hole. A first extension is an imaginary line extending from an inner wall surface of the first oil hole on a second oil hole side. A second extension is an imaginary line extending from an inner wall surface of the second oil hole on a first oil hole side. The through hole passes through an intersection between the first extension and the second extension. At least one end of the through hole opens on an outer peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Masatoshi YAMAMOTO, Atsushi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200309188
    Abstract: A supporting device includes a first and a second support, a fixed washer, and a threaded fastener. The first support has a threaded structure extending along a rotation axis, and a first engaging structure. The second support is pivotally connected to the first support relative to the rotation axis and has a through hole aligning with the threaded structure. The fixed washer includes a washer portion and a second engaging structure. The washer portion is disposed on the second support and aligns with the through hole. The second engaging structure passes through the through hole to engage with the first engaging structure. The threaded fastener presses against the washer portion and passes through the washer portion and the through hole to engage with the threaded structure. When the second support and the first support rotate relatively, the fixed washer and the first support remain fixed relative to the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Li, Chin-Fu Chiang
  • Publication number: 20200309189
    Abstract: A fastening unit, in particular a fastening unit for modules which are intended to supply a user of a breathing mask or breathing hood with breathable air, and to such modules. The fastening unit is designed to secure one module relative to another module, and has a first component part for assembly with the other module and a second component part for assembly with the module. The second component part is rotatable, by means of the first component part, about a predetermined angle relative to the first component part; and first and second subcomponents within the region of the defined angle can engage with each other in a plurality of positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SATA GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens BROSE, Ralf GEHRUNG
  • Publication number: 20200309190
    Abstract: A bearing device for a vehicle wheel that is capable of maintaining the sealability of a protective cover by preventing a seal member of the protective cover from being damaged without performing any complex machining. The bearing device for vehicle wheel (1) is provided with: a cylindrical sensor holder (11) that is fitted outside the protective cover (9), wherein in the outer ring (2), a protective cover fitting part (13A) to which the protective cover (9) is fitted, a seal part (13B) with which the seal member (10) of the protective cover (9) is brought into contact, and a sensor holder fitting part (13C) to which the sensor holder (11) is fitted are formed, the inner diameter of the seal part (13B) is equal to that of the sensor holder fitting part (13C), and the seal part (13B) and the sensor holder fitting part (13C) are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroto SUMA
  • Publication number: 20200309191
    Abstract: A rotating-side magnet has a tubular shape extending in an axial direction and has different magnetic poles in the axial direction. A fixed-side magnet has a tubular shape extending in the axial direction, opposes the rotating-side magnet with a gap in the radial direction, and has magnetic poles radially different from the magnetic poles of the rotating-side magnet. Fixed-side auxiliary members each of which is made of a ferromagnetic material are provided at both axial ends of the fixed-side magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko FUKUSHIMA, Takehito TAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20200309192
    Abstract: A bearing including a substrate layer including an aluminum alloy including a thickness, TS, where TS?0.6 mm; an adhesive layer; and a low friction material layer overlying the adhesive layer, where the bearing includes an elongation at break, A50, of ?23%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen JAEGER, Ali OEZTUERK, Benjamin KUEMMEL
  • Publication number: 20200309193
    Abstract: A sliding member for a journal bearing is provided. A sliding layer includes fibrous particles dispersed in a synthetic resin, and has a sliding surface side region and an interface side region. The particles have an average particle size Dsur, axi and Dsur, cir respectively in an axial and circumferential cross-section in the sliding surface side region, and Dint, axi and Dint, cir respectively in axial and circumferential cross-sections in the interface side region. Dsur, axi and Dint, cir are 5-30 ?m, and Dsur, cir and Dint, axi are 5 to 20% of respectively Dsur, axi and Dint, cir. A dispersion index of the particles having the major axis length of 20 ?m or longer is 5 or more, both in the sliding surface side region in view of the axial cross-section and in the interface side region in view of the circumferential cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Takayoshi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200309194
    Abstract: A sliding member for a thrust bearing is provided. A sliding layer includes fibrous particles dispersed in a synthetic resin, and has a sliding surface side region and an interface side region. The particles have an average particle size Dsur, first and Dsur, second respectively in first and second cross-sections in the sliding surface side region, and Dint, first and Dint, second respectively in first and second cross-sections in the interface side region. Dsur, first and Dint, second are 5-30 ?m, and Dsur, second and Dint, first are 5 to 20% of respectively Dsur, first and Dint, second. A dispersion index of the particles having the major axis length of 20 ?m or longer is 5 or more, both in the sliding surface side region in view of the first cross-section and in the interface side region in view of the second cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Takayoshi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200309195
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes at least one inner ring and at least one outer ring, and at least one surface of the inner or outer ring is partially colored with an acid-free ink. If the at least one surface includes a surface defect such as a scratch in a black-oxide coating, the acid-free ink may be applied to the scratch to at least partially conceal it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Thilo von Schleinitz
  • Publication number: 20200309196
    Abstract: A front PTO implement auto connect system includes a frame having a drive over surface and a pair of rear attachment members automatically and releasably engageable by a tractor rear draft linkage. The system includes a PTO coupling member mounted on the frame, and a front PTO shaft extending forwardly from the frame to a front PTO housing. A front attachment member on the front PTO housing is automatically and releasably engageable by a tractor front hanger. The front PTO implement auto connect system may be picked up with the same or similar linkages used to pick up a mid-mounted implement such as a mower deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: SPENCER H. MORRIS, SANTOSH KHADASARE, Sean T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20200309197
    Abstract: A torque limiter includes: a shaft; a first gear that includes a first teeth part with teeth on its surface on one side in a direction along the central axis; a second gear that includes a second teeth part with teeth on its surface on another side in the direction along the central axis, the second teeth part being configured to mesh with the first teeth part; and an elastic member configured to press one of the first and second gears against the other, and the first and the second teeth parts respectively have sine-waved portions where teeth surfaces of the first and the second teeth parts have a shape of a sine wave when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the central axis, the teeth surfaces of the first and the second teeth parts being configured to contact each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Takahisa KITANAKA, Keisuke FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20200309198
    Abstract: Coupling mechanisms for torque transmitting shafts are provided with sliding and fixed plates operably connectable to respective torque transmitting shafts, and a leaf spring having a preloaded spring force exerted on the sliding plate when the sliding and fixed plates are operably connected to one another. A hub is attached to the leaf spring and coaxially received within the sliding plate to allow the sliding plate to be capable of reciprocal axial movements relative to the hub between engaged and disengaged positions wherein the sliding and fixed plates are engaged and disengaged with one another so as to allow and prevent torque being transmitted from one to another of the shafts, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Henrique Böckmann ALVES, Expedito DE SOUZA RIBEIRO, Guilherme Cremasco COELHO, Everton Sérgio Ribeiro DA SILVA, Rafael Santos IWAMURA, David Dias FERRAZ
  • Publication number: 20200309199
    Abstract: A driving force transmission device includes a clutch housing configured to be connected to a propeller shaft; a shaft including a weakened portion that is a portion in an axial direction of the shaft; a multi-plate clutch disposed between the clutch housing and the shaft; a case member including a housing portion having a cylindrical shape, the housing portion being configured to house at least a part of the clutch housing; and a falling-off preventing member configured to, when the shaft is broken at the weakened portion, allow rotation of the clutch housing while restraining the clutch housing from falling off the housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takao KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200309200
    Abstract: A clutch includes a hub and a flange located radially inside and outside, respectively, with respect to the clutch rotational axis and associated with hub and flange sides of the clutch. A spring elastically supports the hub and flange sides against each other in the circumferential direction in a torque-transmitting manner. A bearing radially supports the hub and flange sides against one another for rotation around the axis and includes an outer ring supporting the hub and an inner ring supported on a bearing pin associated with the flange side. A friction device connects the hub and flange sides in a friction-locked and torque-transmitting manner in the circumferential direction and includes a friction element and a friction surface which are pretensioned against one another in the axial direction. A tensioning device includes a tensioning element that applies force to, and axially pretensions, the friction device and bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Böhm, Friedrich Faust, Olaf Mikolajczyk, Daniela Spink
  • Publication number: 20200309201
    Abstract: A disc pack coupling for torque transmission between shafts has coupling discs. A locking unit is provided that maintains a contact pressure acting on the coupling discs when the disc pack coupling is closed. The locking unit has a locking part, a guide part, an actuating element, and a pressure element. The guide part is non-rotatably and non-displaceably arranged in relation to a first shaft. The locking part has a locking part axis and is rotatable about and displaceable axially relative to the locking part axis. Locking part and guide part are provided with interacting control surfaces positioned at a slant to a rotational direction of the locking part. The control surfaces are provided to move the locking part into a first and a second stop position. In the first stop position, the locking part maintains the contact pressure on the coupling discs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Genesius, Marcus Teller, Wilhelm Wunder, Martin Eisele, Johannes Kern, Sascha Ott, Tobias Stürmlinger, Falk Nickel, David Pühringer, Hüseyin Gürbüz, Sven Roth, Jörgen Schulz
  • Publication number: 20200309202
    Abstract: A clutch carrier assembly for a transmission is disclosed that comprises a clutch carrier and a ring gear carrier. The clutch carrier includes a plurality of tabs and the ring gear carrier includes a plurality of openings defined in, and extending through, an outer surface. The ring gear carrier is disposed within the clutch carrier. Each of the tabs is received within a corresponding one of the openings such that the ring gear carrier and the clutch carrier are held together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Venkata Sivaram Bitragunta, Rolf Mueller, Charles Schwab, Michael Hodge
  • Publication number: 20200309203
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roller clutch assembly. The roller clutch assembly includes a beaded chain wheel having an inner radial surface, a drive adapter having a base and an internal channel, the base including a support surface configured to retain the driver adapter along the inner radial surface of the beaded chain wheel, a support shaft configured to extend through the internal channel of the drive adapter, a main shaft positioned around the support shaft, the main shaft having an inner radial surface and an outer radial surface, at least a portion of the outer radial surface being tooled, and a spring positioned around the main shaft, the spring abutting at least a portion of the tooled portion of the outer radial surface. The system also includes at least one pulley for guiding the beaded chain of the roller clutch assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Risher, Tong Wenliang
  • Publication number: 20200309204
    Abstract: A gear shifting coupling for a vehicle transmission, having a transmission shaft having a shaft-fixed synchronizer body, on the outer gear teeth of which a sliding sleeve is axially guided using its inner gear teeth, wherein the sliding sleeve is brought into toothed engagement with outer gear teeth of a floating gear wheel in an axial movement in a shifting state, to establish a torque transmission between the transmission shaft and the floating gear wheel and wherein the toothed engagement between the sliding sleeve inner gear teeth and the floating gear wheel outer gear teeth is subject to play, specifically with a tooth flank play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Jürgen KIESEWETTER
  • Publication number: 20200309205
    Abstract: A switchable clutch, including: a first race including a pocket; a second race radially offset from the first race; a pawl including a portion disposed in the pocket and pivotable within the pocket; and a cage radially disposed between the first race and the second race and including a ramp. The ramp includes: a first surface; and a second surface sloping radially and circumferentially from the first surface. The first surface does not slope radially along a first circumferential direction. In a locked mode of the switchable ratcheting clutch, the pawl is in contact with the first surface and the outer race, and the first race and the second race are non-rotatably connected. In a freewheel mode of the switchable ratcheting clutch, the pawl is in contact with the second surface, and relative rotation of the first race with respect to the second race is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Burke, Michael Hodge
  • Publication number: 20200309206
    Abstract: A clutch torque estimating method for a transmission of a vehicle may include inputting model engine torque to a powertrain model by a controller; inputting target clutch torque of a first clutch and target clutch torque of a second clutch to the powertrain model by the controller; inputting shifting information related to the vehicle to the powertrain model by the controller; correcting the powertrain model in real time by feeding back an engine angular velocity error, a clutch angular velocity error of the first clutch, a clutch angular velocity error of the second clutch, a wheel angular velocity error to the powertrain model by the controller; and estimating clutch torque of the first clutch and clutch torque of the second clutch by determining the powertrain model by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jin Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20200309207
    Abstract: A brake pad for a disk brake of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes a backing plate, to which a plurality of friction units is fastened, each using a securing element supported on the rear side of the backing plate facing away from the friction unit, wherein each friction unit has, on the side of the backing plate facing away from the securing element, a friction element, which is mounted for tilting by means of a spherical-portion-shaped attachment and under the load of a spring supported on the backing plate, is designed in such a way that an annular disk is arranged between the spring and the friction element, at least some regions of said disk lying against the spring and the friction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Christian MOSBACH, Bernhard HÄMMERL, Marco LANGWADT
  • Publication number: 20200309208
    Abstract: An anti-squeal shim includes at least a first metal layer and an elastomer layer that is bonded to the first metal layer. The at least first metal layer is configured as a first electrode for electrical connection to a resistance measuring system, and the elastomer layer is configured with structural spatial features that enable the elastomer layer to obtain a reduced thickness when subjected to a mechanical force in a direction perpendicular to the elastomer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Kalmar AB
    Inventors: Jonas Karl-Gustaf Andersson, Nils Marcus Olsson, Lars Christian Dahl
  • Publication number: 20200309209
    Abstract: A floating disc brake includes a yoke supported to the support in an axially movable manner, the yoke including a pad support portion that supports an outer pad on an axially outer side of the outer pad. The outer pad includes, on its axially outer surface, a pair of pad-side engagement portions formed of an elastic material. The pad support portion has a support hole that is open on at least an axially inner surface of the pad support portion, and the support hole is provided with a pair of yoke-side engagement portions on inner side surfaces of the support hole that face each other in a circumferential direction. The pair of pad-side engagement portions and the pair of yoke-side engagement portions are concavo-convex engaged with each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shogo MASHIMO, Kohei NOMA
  • Publication number: 20200309210
    Abstract: A method of making a brake assembly using recycled friction disks may comprise removing a first friction disk from a worn brake assembly, removing a portion of the first friction disk to reduce a thickness of the first friction disk, and incorporating a previously unused friction disk and the first friction disk into a brake assembly comprising unworn rotor disks made of a first material. The previously unused friction disk and the first friction disk may comprise a second material different from the first material. The thickness of the first friction disk may be different from a thickness of the previously unused friction disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew R. O'Neil, Gary C. Riebe
  • Publication number: 20200309211
    Abstract: A friction disk includes a friction disk core having an inner diameter edge, an outer diameter edge, and a first surface with multiple mortises extending radially across the first surface. The friction disk further includes a first wear liner having two wear liner segments each including a wear surface and a non-wear surface having a tenon with a complimentary shape to each of the multiple mortises, the tenon of each wear liner segment being configured to be received by a corresponding mortise of the multiple mortises to couple the wear liner segments to the friction disk core to form an annular liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew R. O'Neil, Ramesh Kurup
  • Publication number: 20200309212
    Abstract: Provided is an actuator assembly with an integrated housing for an electromechanical parking brake. The actuator assembly includes: a main housing having an integrated motor seat and an integrated gear set; a motor assembly disposed in the motor seat and providing torque; a gear assembly rotated by the torque from the motor assembly and performing a reduction function through a plurality of gears; a stator part constituting the motor assembly and at least partially formed on the inner side of the motor seat by insert injection molding; and a ring gear integrally formed with the gear seat or formed by insert injection molding and operating the gear assembly. The stator part of the motor assembly and the ring gear of the gear assembly are integrally formed with the main housing in the actuator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Su Gil Jang, Jang Soo Park, Min Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20200309213
    Abstract: A brake system that includes a brake caliper, a motor, and a torque distributing assembly configured to distribute torque from the motor to a first brake piston and/or to a second brake piston. The torque distributing assembly includes a gear set that includes gears that are configured to rotate about an axis. One of the first brake piston and the second brake piston is configured to move along the same axis during a brake apply or a brake release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Waleed Mahmoud Al-Mahshi
  • Publication number: 20200309214
    Abstract: A brake system that includes a first brake piston and a second brake piston; a motor; a distributing assembly that includes a first output and a second output, and a deactivator. The distributing assembly distributes torque or power from the motor to the first brake piston via the first output and to the second brake piston via the second output In a first operating configuration, the deactivator is inactive, and the distributing assembly distributes the torque or power to both of the first and second outputs such that a speed of the first output and the second output varies. In a second operating configuration, the deactivator is configured to deactivate the distributing assembly and the distributing assembly distributes the torque or power to both of the first output and the second output such that the speed of the first output and the second output is generally the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Waleed Mahmoud Al-Mahshi, Michio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200309215
    Abstract: Provided is an electric parking brake device in which an actuator case of an electric actuator is mounted to a backplate of a drum brake which includes a parking brake lever, with which electric actuator it is possible to obtain a parking brake state by pulling a brake cable linked with the parking brake lever. The backplate is formed with a through-hole for passing the brake cable and has a connecting tube portion integrally protruding therefrom and enclosing the through-hole. A mounting tube includes, on one end in an axial direction, a joint portion which is formed separately from the backplate and joined to the connecting tube portion. The actuator case is mounted to the mounting tube at certain axial and circumferential positions with respect to the mounting tube. This allows increased freedom of the mounting attitude of the electric actuator with respect to the backplate without increased cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Koji USUI
  • Publication number: 20200309216
    Abstract: A self-adjusting automatic load brake for a hoist is disclosed. In various embodiments, the load brake includes a first shaft defining an annular hollow portion; a second shaft defining an engagement portion, the engagement portion configured for sliding disposition within the annular hollow portion; a first reaction plate coupled to the first shaft; a second reaction plate coupled to the second shaft; and a plurality of friction discs, with at least one of the plurality of friction discs coupled to a cup and disposed between the first reaction plate and the second reaction plate, the annular hollow portion of the first shaft and the engagement portion of the second shaft being sized and configured to accommodate thinning of the plurality of friction discs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bejan Maghoodi, Zachary Limas
  • Publication number: 20200309217
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for determining an amount of wear on a brake pad in a disc brake includes a shaft extender having a first end coupled to one end of a shaft of an adjustment mechanism of a caliper of the disc brake for rotation with the shaft about a rotational axis and a second end defining a shaft extension. A sensor generates a signal indicative of a degree of rotation of the shaft extension with the signal indicative of the amount of wear on the brake pad. The sensor includes a body coupled to the shaft extension and configured for rotation about an offset axis offset from the rotational axis in response to rotation of the shaft extension about the rotational axis and a measurement device configured to generate the signal responsive to rotation of the body about the offset axis. A housing encloses the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Javier A. Ruiz, Scott Purgason, Adam P. Jones
  • Publication number: 20200309218
    Abstract: An actuating device for a coupling/braking device is provided with at least one actuating piston that is axially slidable relative to a shaft and, in an actuating state, exerts an axially acting contact pressure on coupling/braking parts of the coupling/braking device. At least one control piston is provided that axially displaces the at least one actuating piston into the actuating position. A coating is provided in a contact region between the actuating piston and the control piston, wherein the coating is disposed at the actuating piston or at the control piston or at both the actuating piston and the control piston. The actuating piston can also be designed as a control piston that interacts immediately with the coupling/braking parts of the coupling/braking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Falk Nickel, David Pühringer, Andreas Genesius, Wilhelm Wunder
  • Publication number: 20200309219
    Abstract: A method of producing a friction material. The method includes mixing silica containing filler particles and a liquid binder to form a binder-filler liquid mixture. The method also includes saturating a fibrous base material with the binder-filler liquid mixture to form a saturated fibrous base material. The method further includes curing the saturated fibrous base material at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to cure the saturated fibrous base material to form the friction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Murat BAKAN, Rashid FARAHATI
  • Publication number: 20200309220
    Abstract: A method for forming a friction material. The method includes mixing a fibrous base material and filler particles to form a substrate. The method further includes saturating the substrate with a silane solution including a silane to form a uniformly impregnated silane matrix. The method also includes curing the uniformly impregnated silane matrix to form a cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix. The method also includes saturating the cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix with a phenolic resin solution to form a uniformly impregnated silane, phenolic resin matrix. The method also includes curing the uniformly impregnated silane, phenolic resin matrix to form the friction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Murat BAKAN, Rashid FARAHATI, Jung-Feng HU
  • Publication number: 20200309221
    Abstract: A friction material comprises an Fe part which contains Fe as a main component, a coating layer formed on a surface of the Fe part, and a friction part formed on a surface of at least a part of the coating layer, and the coating layer comprises a first coating layer and a second coating layer which have a specific average thickness and a specific component in order from Fe part side, and in the second coating layer, in order of positions at which the thickness is 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% of the second coating layer from the side of the first coating layer to the side opposite thereto, a Cu content increases and a Ni content decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuo KAMEI
  • Publication number: 20200309222
    Abstract: Aluminum alloys, in particular Al magnesium or Al titanium alloys, are suitable as corrosion protection media in friction linings for automotive brakes and couplings, and serve as a replacement for zinc metal or zinc compounds in such linings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: TMD Friction Services GmbH
    Inventors: Georg MÜLLER, Enrique WEGMANN
  • Publication number: 20200309223
    Abstract: A brake pad according to an embodiment includes a friction material containing copper at 0.5 wt % or less, a back plate, and an under-layer material laminated between the friction material and the back plate and having an average loss modulus of 500 MPa or more at ?50° C. to 0° C. in a bending mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: ADVICS North America, Inc., ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shusuke Suzuki, Katsuya Okayama, Masato Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20200309224
    Abstract: A pressure buffer stop for a vibration damper that comprises for being at least partially received in a dome bearing housing an outer contour and for coaxial arrangement on a piston rod of the vibration damper a hollow-cylindrical basic structure with an inner contour, wherein the outer contour of the pressure buffer stop comprises in at least one region for being at least partially received in the dome bearing housing a three-dimensionally structured surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Alexander EHINGER, Amin NEZAMI
  • Publication number: 20200309225
    Abstract: A built-in spatial hammer type impact damper placed in steel tube structures is provided. A spherical mass oscillator is fixed in the center of an annular sheet housing through springs on the oscillator. Many rigid rods are fixed on the spherical mass oscillator. The annular housing, spherical mass oscillator and springs form a tuned mass damper to offset the vibration of a steel pipe structure caused by external excitation. In addition, viscoelastic energy absorbing caps are settled on the top of the rigid rods and will collide with the sheet housing when host structure vibrating. Multiple springs and rigid rods in an annular plane can reduce the level of vibration in multiple directions. Many dampers are connected through connecting rods to form a spatial hammer type damper which is placed in a circular steel pipe. Vibration reduction efficiency can be increased and the space occupied by dampers can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Shuli FAN, Linsheng HUO
  • Publication number: 20200309226
    Abstract: A vibration absorber for absorbing and/or damping vibrations, such as of a vehicle part, may include at least one absorber mass having an opening, and at least two spring devices inserted into the opening. The spring devices may have at least one elastomeric spring element and a supporting body. The supporting body may accommodate the elastomeric spring elements. The supporting body may have an insertion section for inserting the supporting body and the elastomeric spring elements into the opening. The insertion section may be inclined relative to a longitudinal axis of the vibration absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Dürre, Thomas Bock, Frederik Goetz, Karsten Terhardt, Christian Paul
  • Publication number: 20200309227
    Abstract: An energy absorbing beam comprises a top plate and a bottom plate, a plurality of upper pillars extending from the top plate toward the bottom plate, a plurality of lower pillars extending from the bottom plate toward the top plate, and a first beam extending laterally between the top plate and the bottom plate and attached to the upper and lower pillars, wherein energy from an impact onto the top or bottom plate is transferred through the upper and lower pillars and absorbed by the first beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Devanjan Mishra
  • Publication number: 20200309228
    Abstract: Disclosed is a variable damping force shock absorber including a tube cylinder having an inner tube filled with a fluid and an outer tube, a valve housing coupled to a piston rod in the inner tube and having a connection flow path formed therein, a first piston valve coupled to the outside of the valve housing to partition the inner tube into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber, and a second piston valve provided inside the valve housing, wherein the valve housing includes a magnet provided at an upper portion thereof and connected to the piston rod, and a plunger disposed between the magnet and the second piston valve at a lower portion thereof to selectively open and close the connection flow path by a magnetic field of the magnet, and wherein the fluid passes only through the first piston valve when the plunger closes the connection flow path, and the fluid passes through the first piston valve and the second piston valve when the plunger opens the connection flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Wonbeen IM
  • Publication number: 20200309229
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of a system for vehicles comprising a vehicle suspension, a sensor operable to measure an operational characteristic of the vehicle suspension, and a processor in communication with the sensor that is operable to suggest an operational setting of the vehicle suspension in response to an input from the sensor corresponding to the operational characteristic. A method for adjusting a suspension of a vehicle may comprise receiving suspension data with a processor, calculating a suspension setting suggestion with the processor, communicating the suspension setting suggestion to a user interface device, and adjusting the suspension based on the suspension setting suggestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario GALASSO, Joseph FRANKLIN, Andrew LAIRD, Robert C. FOX
  • Publication number: 20200309230
    Abstract: A vibration damper for a motor vehicle includes a valve block and at least one tube assembly. The tube assembly has at least one inner tube and one outer tube which are arranged coaxially. The valve block is arranged in a fluid-tight manner at one axial end of the tube assembly. At least the outer tube is connected in an integrally joined manner to the valve block, and a ring nut is provided at least on the outer tube. The ring nut transmits a prestressing force, in particular a pressing force, to the at least one inner tube such that the at least one inner tube is connected in a non-positive manner to the valve block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Freddy WOENARTA
  • Publication number: 20200309231
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for lubricating suspension seals by pumping fluid to the seals using a compression or rebound action of a suspension component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, David Haugen