Patents Issued in November 24, 2020
  • Patent number: 10843723
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system having an I-beam and a steering gear housing coupled therewith. An input shaft assembly may be at least partially disposed within the steering gear housing. A steering knuckle having a kingpin boss and an output shaft having a first end at least partially disposed within the kingpin boss. A second end of the output shaft at least partially disposed within the steering gear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Davis, Stoyan I. Stoychev
  • Patent number: 10843725
    Abstract: A hydraulic steering unit (1) is described comprising a supply port arrangement having a pressure port (P) connected to a main flow path (2) and a tank port (T) connected to a tank flow path (3), a first working port arrangement having a first left working port (L1) connected to a first left working flow path (4) and a first right working port (R1) connected to a first right working flow path (5), a variable first left orifice (A2L) connected to the main flow path (2) and to the first left working flow path (4), a variable first right orifice (A2R) connected to the main flow path (2) and to the first right working flow path (5), a variable second left orifice (A3L) connected to the first left working flow path (4) and to the tank flow path (3), a variable second right orifice (A3R) connected to the first right working flow path (5) and to the tank flow path (3), and a second working port arrangement having a second left working port (12) connected to a second left working flow path (9) and a second right work
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS APS
    Inventors: Niels Arbjerg, Charles Anthony Bates, Poul Ennemark, Mogens Frederiksen, Casper Mikael Olesen
  • Patent number: 10843726
    Abstract: In a vehicle, an amount of change of a turning angle of a turning mechanism to an amount of change of a steering angle of a steering input device is defined as a transfer ratio, the turning mechanism is rotationally driven by a turning drive unit, and a driver's body posture parameter is detected by a body posture parameter detector. An apparatus for steering the vehicle includes a controller that executes an automatic steering mode that determines a target value for the turning angle of the turning mechanism based on a travelling condition of the vehicle and/or information about a road on which the vehicle is travelling, and controls the turning mechanism to adjust the turning angle of the turning mechanism to the target value. A transfer ratio adjuster adjusts the transfer ratio in accordance with the body posture parameter during execution of the automatic steering mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Hirate, Daiji Watanabe, Hisaya Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 10843727
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes: a first shaft which is coupled to a steering wheel; a torsion bar; a second shaft which is coupled to the first shaft through the torsion bar; a torsion bar torque detection unit detecting a torsion bar torque which is applied to the torsion bar; and an electronic control unit configured to estimate a driver torque which is applied to the steering wheel by a driver. The electronic control unit is configured to: i) compute a steering wheel rotation angle which is a rotation angle of the steering wheel; and ii) compute a value including an added value, as the driver torque, the added value being a value resulting from adding the torsion bar torque, a steering wheel inertia torque compensation value, and a gravity torque compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maxime Moreillon, Tsutomu Tamura, Robert Fuchs, Naoki Shoji
  • Patent number: 10843728
    Abstract: A method for delivering a steering intention of an autonomous driving module to a steering apparatus more accurately by using a reference map is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a computing device, if a subject intended steering signal inputted by the autonomous driving module at a current timing is acquired, instructing a signal adjustment module to select, by referring to the reference map, specific reference steering guide values corresponding to the subject intended steering signal; (b) the computing device (i) adjusting the subject intended steering signal by referring to the specific reference steering guide values, in order to generate a subject adjusted steering signal, and (ii) transmitting the subject adjusted steering signal to the steering apparatus, to thereby support the steering apparatus to rotate the subject vehicle by a specific steering angle corresponding to the subject intended steering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Stradvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kye-Hyeon Kim, Yongjoong Kim, Hak-Kyoung Kim, Woonhyun Nam, SukHoon Boo, Myungchul Sung, Dongsoo Shin, Donghun Yeo, Wooju Ryu, Myeong-Chun Lee, Hyungsoo Lee, Taewoong Jang, Kyungjoong Jeong, Hongmo Je, Hojin Cho
  • Patent number: 10843729
    Abstract: A deviation avoidance apparatus includes: a boundary detection section that detects boundaries defining both edges in a width direction of a traveling path on which an own vehicle travels; a deviation prediction section that predicts that the own vehicle will deviate from the traveling path based on a travelling condition of the own vehicle that travels on the traveling path defined by the boundaries detected by the boundary detection section; an object detection section that detects an object that exists on one of the boundaries, the one of the boundaries being on a side where the own vehicle deviates from the traveling path, or outside of the one of the boundaries; a deviation avoidance section that commands, when the deviation prediction section predicts that the own vehicle will deviate from the traveling path, a travel control unit to have the own vehicle avoid deviating from the traveling path, the travel control unit controlling the travelling condition; and a command value adjustment section that adju
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10843730
    Abstract: A lane keeping traveling support apparatus includes a driving support ECU. The driving support ECU is configured to inform a driver that the LDA control is being performed by causing the driver to have uncomfortable feeling by a movement of a steering wheel and a vehicle behavior when the LDA control is performed. This function is achieved by enhancing responsiveness of the LDA control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10843731
    Abstract: At a time when it is possible for a user's own vehicle to pull out from a parking space, an assist control unit of a parking exit assist device terminates an assist control in the event that the user's own vehicle has traveled forward by a predetermined distance (a minimum forward distance) from a predetermined position (a most recent intermediate position or an assist starting position).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Alsin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwami, Hiroki Inagaki, Hironori Hirata, Masahiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10843732
    Abstract: A remote control device includes: a user input device that receives a user input; a display that displays a user interface for controlling torque of a power source of a vehicle; a communication device in wireless communication with a remote parking assist system; and a processor that operates the user interface in response to the user input and transmits a control signal according to an operation of the user interface to the remote parking assist system. The processor resizes a component of the user interface and displays the resized component when the vehicle is immovable while the remote parking assist system is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 10843733
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a pair of front side frames disposed on a front side of a vehicle to be in parallel with each other along a vehicle front-rear direction; lower members and gussets (load receiving portions) disposed at front ends in the vehicle front-rear direction of the front side frames so as to extend outward in a vehicle width direction; front wheels disposed outward in the vehicle width direction of the front side frames; and right and left side sills extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. Vehicle-width-direction outer end portions of the load receiving portions are positioned outward in the vehicle width direction of vehicle-width-direction inner end portions of the front wheels, and vehicle-width-direction outer end portions of the front wheels are positioned outward in the vehicle width direction of vehicle-width-direction inner end portions of front ends in the vehicle front-rear direction of the side sills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayasu Yoshida, Yuya Abe
  • Patent number: 10843734
    Abstract: Provided is an integrated bumper system including, a suspension assembly including, a suspension plate coupled with a robotic device chassis, a plurality of springs positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension plate and coupled with the suspension plate, and a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension plate; and a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly including, a plurality of spring anchors coupled with the plurality of springs, and a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension plate; and wherein the bumper is configured to move when impacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Alex Powers, Shahin Fathi Djalali
  • Patent number: 10843735
    Abstract: Provided is an integrated bumper system including, a suspension assembly including, a suspension element coupled with a robotic device chassis, a plurality of elastic elements positioned along at least a portion of a perimeter of the suspension element and coupled with the suspension element, and a plurality of cutouts positioned along at least a portion of the perimeter of the suspension element; and a bumper coupled with the suspension assembly, the bumper including, a plurality of anchors coupled with the plurality of elastic elements, and a plurality of tabs aligned with the plurality of cutouts configured to limit movement of the suspension element; and wherein the bumper is configured to move when impacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Alex Powers, Shahin Fathi Djalali
  • Patent number: 10843736
    Abstract: A reinforcement member for a side sill of a vehicle is provided. The reinforcement member comprises an elongated hollow body having a closed cross section. The elongated hollow body includes a first coordinating wall and an access wall adjacent to the first coordinating wall. The access wall includes plurality of weld access openings along a longitudinal direction. The first coordinating wall is spot welded to a first mating surface of the side sill via plurality of weld access openings. The elongated hollow body is manufactured from ultra high strength martensitic steel by roll forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Igor Tchepikov, Josh Miller, Anand Singaram, Michael Paradisis, Guru Pradeep Palle
  • Patent number: 10843737
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle body member from a joined sheet. The joined sheet is press formed into a vehicle body member with a predetermined shape by: welding a second sheet material to a first sheet material at a plurality of points including a first joint and a second joint separated from each other; press forming the joined sheet so that a ridge crossing an imaginary line segment connecting the first joint and the second joint is formed in a portion where the first sheet material overlaps the second sheet material; and before the joining step, forming a displacement facilitating portion, which facilitates displacement of the second sheet material relative to the first sheet material in a longitudinal direction of the imaginary line segment, in a portion corresponding to between the first joint and the second joint in the second sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Yamazaki, Toshiyuki Gendo, Naoyuki Irie
  • Patent number: 10843738
    Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising a dash panel constituting a partition wall which is positioned at a front side of a cabin portion of the vehicle, a pair of right-and-left hinge pillars connected to both ends of the dash panel and extending in a vehicle vertical direction, an instrument panel member interconnecting the hinge pillars in a vehicle width direction in the cabin portion, a suspension tower provided to be spaced forwardly apart from the dash panel and supporting an upper end of a front suspension damper, a heat-insulating inner upper portion connecting the suspension tower and the dash panel, and an instrument-panel connecting member connecting a portion of the dash panel which is positioned in the vicinity of a rear end of the heat-insulating inner upper portion and the instrument panel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamauchi, Hidenori Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 10843739
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a floor tunnel, a cross member, and a bulkhead. The cross member includes a cross member longitudinal wall and a cross member flange. The bulkhead includes a bulkhead longitudinal wall. The bulkhead longitudinal wall and the cross member longitudinal wall are arranged at the same position in a vehicle body front-to-rear direction. The first cross member flange includes a bond part that is bonded to the floor tunnel and a welding part. The welding part is welded to the floor tunnel at a position that is more separated from the cross member longitudinal wall than the bond part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 10843740
    Abstract: A vehicle floor structure is provided including: a vehicle interior opening formation section provided inside a vehicle cabin, and demarcating a vehicle interior opening that opens into the vehicle cabin; a vehicle exterior opening formation section provided further toward a vehicle lower side than a floor inside the vehicle cabin, and demarcating a vehicle exterior opening that opens toward a vehicle exterior; a storage section provided at the vehicle lower side of the floor, and demarcating a storage space that connects the vehicle interior opening and the vehicle exterior opening together; and a pull-out receptacle disposed inside the storage section at a position corresponding to the vehicle interior opening, and capable of moving from inside the storage section to the vehicle exterior through the vehicle exterior opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Mizutani, Yuma Saiki, Momoko Azuma, Yusaku Morita, Kanako Naruse
  • Patent number: 10843741
    Abstract: A vehicle panel stricture includes an outer panel, a side member outer panel disposed outward of the outer panel in a vehicle width direction, an inner panel disposed inward of the outer panel in the vehicle width direction, and a first welded portion formed through spot welding in a state where the inner panel, the side member outer panel, and the outer panel are laid over each other while being arranged in this order from an outside of a vehicle or in a state where the side member outer panel, the outer panel, and the inner panel are laid over each other while being arranged in this order from the outside of the vehicle. In the vehicle panel structure, the outer panel is provided with a ridge portion and the thickness of the outer panel at the first welded portion is smaller than the thickness of the ridge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakamoto, Naohiko Ueno
  • Patent number: 10843742
    Abstract: A body structure of a vehicle satisfy at least one of the following (A), (B), and (C): (A) an adhesive amount per unit area of a first adhesive in a crossing part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the first adhesive in an adjacent part; (B) an adhesive amount per unit area of a panel adhesive in a panel crossing part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the panel adhesive in a panel adjacent part; and (C) an adhesive amount per unit area of a second adhesive in a second joining part crossing part is smaller than an adhesive amount per unit area of the second adhesive in a second joining part adjacent part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Miyoshi, Tomoya Yoshida, Masanobu Kobashi, Junichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10843743
    Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed, comprising a frame, a driver seat connected to the frame, a plurality of ground engaging members operatively connected to the frame, a motor operatively connected to at least one of the wheels, the motor being disposed rearward of the driver seat, and a panel assembly connected to the frame, the motor being accessible to a user when the panel assembly is removed, the panel assembly including a cargo platform, a left side panel connected to a left side of the cargo platform, and a right side panel connected to a right side of the cargo platform, the panel assembly and a portion of the frame being selectively removable from the vehicle as a unit. In some implementations, the portion of the frame includes a cross-member disposed under the cargo platform, and a left and right leg extending therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Dany St-Pierre, Daniel Nadeau, Andre Denis
  • Patent number: 10843744
    Abstract: A user-assemblable vehicle including: a platform module forming a bottom surface of the vehicle, and including a floor part provided with a power driving part and front and rear wheel parts provided on front and rear parts of the floor part, respectively; a front module coupled to a front part of the platform module to form a front part of the vehicle; a rear module coupled to a rear part of the platform module to form a rear part of the vehicle; and a cabin module having a space for accommodating passengers, being coupled to a rear end of the front module at a front end and coupled to a front end of the rear module at a rear end, and supported by the floor part of the platform module at a lower end when the cabin module slides from a side to an opposite side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 10843745
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a supporting structure, a first component, fastened to the supporting structure, that forms a first part of an outer skin, a second component, fastened to the supporting structure, that forms an adjacent second part of the outer skin, and a setting element positioned in a defined manner relative to the second component and fastened at a gauged position of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesllschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Posch, Alberto Areal-Salve, Riccardo Bauer
  • Patent number: 10843746
    Abstract: Vortex disruption apparatus are permanently or removably installed or attached to cargo and passenger vans, busses, box-trucks, tractor-trailer combinations, or any other vehicle to increase transportation efficiency by reducing drag by minimizing the formation of trailing end vortex flow. A plurality of vortex disruption devices is disposed in proximity to the trailing end of a cargo trailer and in adjacently spaced relation whereby they extend away from the vehicle or trailer surface well beyond the fluid dynamic laminar boundary layer formed as the vehicle passes through the air. Once installed the vortex disruption devices disperse the air flowing over the disrupter while allowing air to flow normally through the spaces between the devices. The vortex disruption devices thereby inhibit the natural convergence of airflow and prevent the formation of a low-pressure vortex beyond the trailing edge of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Stinchcomb
  • Patent number: 10843747
    Abstract: A flow straightener of a vehicle provided with a bumper and a cab disposed above the bumper includes a first opening section provided in the bumper and/or the cab and opened toward a front of the vehicle, and a second opening section connected to the first opening section via a connecting path and opened toward an outer side in a vehicle width direction from a location further on an inner side in the vehicle width direction than front wheels of the vehicle such that traveling wind led into the first opening section passes through a front wheel forward region defined as being behind the first opening section in a lower region of the cab and in front of the front wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Ken Tsuchino
  • Patent number: 10843748
    Abstract: A spoiler assembly for a vehicle includes a first air-guiding element adjustable between a basic position and an activated driving position by a first adjustment device (6) and a second air-guiding element adjustable between a basic position and an activated driving position by a second adjustment device (7). In a first partial adjustment during the adjustment from the basic positon into the driving position, the first air-guiding element is adjustable and the second air-guiding element is not adjustable. In a second partial adjustment following the first partial adjustment, the second air-guiding element, preferably the two air-guiding elements, is or are adjustable. second adjustment device (7) is activated via a first position-switching device (15) switchable between an open position for actuating the second adjustment device (7) and a blocking position depending on an adjustment position of the first air-guiding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: WABCO Europe BVBA
    Inventors: Umut Gencaslan, Olaf Mentzendorff, Gandert Marcel Rita Van Raemdonck
  • Patent number: 10843749
    Abstract: A straddle mount idler assembly for use with a crawler assembly of a crawler machine. The straddle mount idler assembly includes an idler wheel positioned between inboard and outboard arms of a crawler assembly, the idler wheel fixed both rotationally and axially to an idler shaft. The wheel and shaft are fixed rotationally via locking key and axially via segmented retaining plate and bolts. The axial coupling of the wheel and shaft allows for axial thrust to be controlled outboard the crawler frame for easier access and maintenance. A sealed thrust plate assembly with a dedicated lubrication port is mounted to each bearing block. A retainer nut threadably engages the idler shaft, allowing ready tightening of the retainer when the thrust plate experiences wear, and the retaining nut is fixed to the shaft via a locking bar. A set of integrated inspection ports enable inspection and measurement of the thrust plate without splitting crawler tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: L&H INDUSTRIAL, INC.
    Inventors: William Howard Schroyer, James Lee Meinen, Jordan Trae Rhodine
  • Patent number: 10843750
    Abstract: An endless track for traction of an off-road vehicle, such as an agricultural vehicle, an industrial vehicle (e.g., a construction vehicle) or a military vehicle, is provided. The endless track a plurality of elastomeric lugs, such as drive/guide lugs projecting from the inner surface and/or traction lugs projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface. An elastomeric lug may have a material composition defining an arrangement of zones of different materials which comprises a plurality of zones of different elastomeric materials, may exhibit a desired variation of a material property (e.g., across the arrangement of zones of different materials. A zone of the elastomeric lug may have a dedicated function, such as a sacrificial zone or a wear indicator zone. An elastomeric drive lug may comprise an uneven drive surface, such as an angled or curved surface, for engaging a drive member of a drive wheel of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Camso Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Lussier, Francois Leblanc, Patrice Boily
  • Patent number: 10843751
    Abstract: An automatically moving floor processing device has a housing and an adjusting lever that can be displaced relative to the housing for overcoming an obstacle, wherein the adjusting lever has a base body and a contact area for contacting the obstacle to be overcome, and wherein the adjusting lever is mounted so that it can eccentrically swivel on a wheel of the floor processing device on the one hand and on the housing on the other. In order to further optimize the process of overcoming obstacles, the contact area can be displaceable relative to the base body of the adjusting lever, specifically pivotably mounted on an axis of the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventor: Hannes Buesing
  • Patent number: 10843752
    Abstract: An integrated rack and lock station for a bicycle includes a front wheel well adapted to receive and enclose at least a portion of the front wheel of the bicycle and a lock bar assembly which can be extended from within the wheel well and lock the rear wheel and frame of the bicycle to the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: David Lee Sawhill
  • Patent number: 10843753
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a seat post assembly that is adjustable to an upper, intermediate, and lower seat post position using a locking member and a sleeve member coupled to an actuator for securing and releasing an inner tube with respect to an outer tube. The actuator may move the sleeve member to release the locking member from engagement with the outer tube to adjust the inner tube and thus the seat post assembly to the upper, intermediate, or lower seat post positions. The actuator and the sleeve may be biased into an initial position that urges the locking member into engagement with outer tube to lock the inner tube to the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Laird, John L. Calendrille, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10843754
    Abstract: A seat back/trunk extension device having a mechanism for attaching to the frame of a Can-Am Spyder F3®. The device attaches to the frame and creates a platform at the rear of the frame, positioning the trunk in a rear location. The device has primarily three pieces that extends towards the rear and supports the trunk. The device has an attachment that extends the passenger seat cushion, to provide additional room for a passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Foster Hendricks, Connie Jean Hendricks
  • Patent number: 10843755
    Abstract: An armrest for a motorcycle passenger is mountable to a trunk lid that carries a passenger backrest to support a passenger's arm. The armrest can include a mount for connecting accessories, such as a drink holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CIRO, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Lindloff
  • Patent number: 10843756
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle body cover structure for a saddled vehicle, capable of achieving restrictive improvements on rigidity of the vehicle body cover. A vehicle body cover structure for a saddled vehicle includes a radiator shroud formed of a fiber-reinforced resin covering an outside of a vehicle body. The fiber-reinforced resin is formed of a cloth woven from warp threads and filling threads formed of fibers. In the vehicle body cover structure, the radiator shroud has the cloth disposed thereon. The cloth has disposed thereon a bisector that divides an angle formed between the warp threads and the filling threads into two equal parts. The bisector is disposed so as to extend along a line segment that connects between a third mounting portion to be fixed to a vehicle body side and a front end portion that is farthest from the third mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10843757
    Abstract: A bicycle electric telescopic apparatus comprises a first tube, a second tube, a positioning structure, an electric positioning actuator, and a power supply. The first tube has a center axis. The second tube is telescopically received in the first tube. The positioning structure is configured to relatively position the first tube and the second tube in a telescopic direction extending along the center axis of the first tube. The electric positioning actuator is configured to actuate the positioning structure. The power supply is to supply electricity to the electric positioning actuator. The power supply is configured to be detachably connected to an electric bicycle component other than the bicycle electric telescopic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Komatsu, Takafumi Nishino, Yuta Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 10843758
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame; two front ground-engaging members connected to the frame; a rear ground-engaging member connected to the frame; an engine supported by the frame; a powertrain operatively connecting the engine to the rear ground-engaging member; a seat connected to the frame; an exhaust system connected to the engine and supported by the frame; a swing arm operatively connecting the rear ground-engaging member to the frame; and a rear suspension operatively connected between the swing arm and the frame. The seat is positioned at least partially above the swing arm. The exhaust system is positioned at least partially below the swing arm. Each of the rear suspension and the powertrain is at least partially concealed by the swing arm from at least two of a top, a left side or a right side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Sebastien Hebert, Emile Maltais-Larouche, Charles Lachance
  • Patent number: 10843759
    Abstract: A waterproof cover is attached to a portion of a body frame positioned behind a rear end of a left side member and ahead of left and right engine supports of the body frame when looking at a vehicle standing in an upright state from the left of the vehicle, and at least a portion of the waterproof cover overlaps at least one of a right side member and the left side member when looking at the vehicle from the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hirakawa, Ryuta Mitsuoka
  • Patent number: 10843760
    Abstract: A scooter device that can be propelled by side to side movement of a user is disclosed. The scooter device includes at least a first front wheel, at least a second and a third rearward located wheel, a frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second and third wheels, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement and a steering mechanism that has a vertically ascending control member and is coupled to the first wheel such that turning of the steering mechanism achieves a turning of the first wheel, the steering mechanism further coupled to the frame structure such that the steering mechanism may be tilted relative to the frame structure. The frame structure can includes a first foot placement platform extending above the second wheel and a second foot placement platform extending above the third wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: RAZOR USA LLC
    Inventors: Ian Desberg, William Griggs
  • Patent number: 10843761
    Abstract: Motor vehicle forecarriage (8) comprising a forecarriage frame (16), a pair of front wheels (10?, 10?) kinematically connected to the forecarriage frame (16) by means of an articulated quadrilateral (20), said articulated quadrilateral (20) comprising a pair of cross members (24?, 24?), hinged to the forecarriage frame (16) at middle hinges (28), said cross members (24?, 24?) being connected to each other at opposite transverse ends (40, 44), by means of uprights (48, 48?, 48?) pivoted to said transverse ends (40, 44) at side hinges (52), the cross members (24?, 24?) and the uprights (48), the tilting support structure (72) being hinged to the articulated quadrilateral (20) by means of steering hinges (76) a guide wheel (88) connected to the rotation pin (68) of front wheel (10?, 10?) at a special wheel attachment (94), a support bracket (92) hinged to the articulated quadrilateral (20) by means of said steering hinges (76), the guide wheel (88) being in turn hinged to the support bracket (92) at opposite upp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C.S.P. A.
    Inventors: Andrea Raffaelli, Alberto Vianello
  • Patent number: 10843762
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes: a pair of left and right seat rails disposed below a seat for a passenger; a battery disposed below the seat; and a regulator connected to the battery. In the saddle riding vehicle, when viewed from above, the battery and the regulator are arranged in a longitudinally aligned state between the left and right seat rails, the regulator and the battery are disposed such that the regulator is disposed below an upper surface of the battery in order to form a stepped portion, and an intake duct of an intake device is disposed in a space formed above the regulator by the stepped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiaki Yamamoto, Hideaki Haraguchi, Nobuyuki Kurogi, Shinobu Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 10843763
    Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a brake operating lever, an additional operating lever, an electrical switch, and a wireless communication unit. The brake operating lever is pivotally coupled to the base member in a first direction. The additional operating lever is pivotally coupled to one of the base member and the brake operating lever in a second direction and in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction. The electrical switch is to provide an electric signal in response to a movement of the additional operating lever in the third direction. The electrical switch is disposed at the base member. The wireless communication unit is connected to the electrical switch to transmit a wireless signal based on the electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Komatsu, Takafumi Nishino, Takehiko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10843764
    Abstract: A control system for use by a rider of a vehicle, comprising a handlebar with a grip extending along a grip axis, and a throttle assembly with a housing and mount adapted for attachment to the handlebar along a housing axis arranged coincident to the grip axis and laying in a longitudinal reference plane defining a forward side and a rider side. A thumb trigger is arranged for movement between a first trigger position and a second trigger position, and comprises a thumb pad arranged for engagement by the rider, and a trigger interface supported for rotation about a pivot axis defined by the housing and arranged at an oblique angle relative to the housing axis taken normal to the longitudinal reference plane such that at least a portion of the thumb pad remains on the rider side as the thumb trigger moves between the first and second trigger positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KA Group AG
    Inventor: Aaron Hengst
  • Patent number: 10843765
    Abstract: A two-wheel, self-balancing transportation device having a foot platform zone associated with each wheel. Various sensor or control arrangements are disclosed. In one embodiment, torsion sensing is used to determine a rider's fore-aft weight distribution on one foot platform zone relative to the other. The torsion-based sensing is preferably combined with fore-aft platform position sensing to achieve a driving and turning of the device. In another embodiment, pressure sensors are used to determine a rider's fore-aft weight distribution on one foot platform zone relative to the other. In yet another embodiment, a relative position sensor is used to determine the relative position of movable platforms sections. Other features and embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Shane Chen, Ywanne Chen
  • Patent number: 10843766
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises an axle; an external member which is externally fittable to the axle; and a fastening member fastened to the axle to prevent disengagement of the external member. The axle includes an outer tube member to which the external member is externally fittable, and an inner shaft member which is inserted into the outer tube member and is longer in an axial direction of the axle than the outer tube member. The inner shaft member includes a shaft part which is internally fittable to the outer tube member, a male thread part formed in an outer peripheral surface of a first end portion of the shaft part, and a retaining part protruding radially outward from a second end portion of the shaft part, the retaining part being configured to retain an axial tension of the inner shaft member generated by fastening the fastening member to the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Kogirima, Daisuke Saeki
  • Patent number: 10843767
    Abstract: A dual pedal driven scooter includes a frame with a front end and a rear end; a front wheel and a rear wheel connected to the frame at the front end and the rear end, respectively; a driving mechanism configured to drive the rear wheel to in turn drive the scooter; and a pedal configured to drive the scooter; wherein the driving mechanism has a driving linkage that links the pedal and the rear wheel, and the pedal is fixedly connected with the driving linkage so as to drive the rear wheel by pulling the driving linkage. The invention is more comfortable and safe to use, and not only is suitable for both playing and fitness but also suitable for a short-distance walk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Junrong Tan, Bang Chen
  • Patent number: 10843768
    Abstract: A ride-along vehicle may include a guard that attaches to a bottom portion of a molded plastic body and covers a spring and chain assembly. The guard may also provide an attachment point for the spring through a hole in the guard. The guard may have a narrow portion that covers and helps retain the chain on a sprocket as well as a wider portion that covers the spring. An improved pumper arm and steering mechanism may include a pivot joint that is provided by rods, pins, or bolts attached to opposite sides of the pumper arm. The universal joint between the steering arm and the pumper arm can be aligned with the center of the pivot point to prevent rocking of the steering arm as the pumper arm is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Micheal D. Jones
  • Patent number: 10843769
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bicycle pedal (1) with a stop which is provided with a contact surface (14) with a groove (12) whose axis is parallel to the pedal (1) shaft (15) axis and the bicycle shoe stop is provided with a tongue (2), (31) corresponding to the groove (12). The tongue (2), (31) and groove (12) are preferably rectangular in shape. The shape of the contact surface (14) of the pedal (1) corresponds to the surface shape of the bicycle shoe sole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Karel Hrsel, Ales Wenzel
  • Patent number: 10843770
    Abstract: An electric drive for a bicycle includes an electric motor having a drive shaft, a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive of the bicycle. The electric drive includes a transmission, which drivingly connects the drive shaft to the driven shaft. The transmission has a driven wheel, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in a rotational drive direction, and at least two output gears, the at least two output gears including a first output gear and a second output gear, which in each case engage with the driven gear offset to one another in the circumferential direction in order to drive the driven wheel; and wherein the transmission has a power distribution, which divides a drive power of the electric motor to the output gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Enrico Doeppner, Amir Oploh, Sebastian Stoll, Christian Wirth
  • Patent number: 10843771
    Abstract: An expansion deck system for vessels includes an elongated deck body that is pivotally secured to a vessel by a plurality of hinges. The deck body transitions between a folded position that does not affect the overall width of the vessel, and an expanded position that extends outward from the side of the vessel. A plurality of triangular-shaped braces is removably secured to the bottom surface of the deck body. The braces including a first section that extends along an entire width of the deck body and a second section that engages a pontoon of the vessel. An electromechanical bracing unit is positioned along the bottom surface of the vessel and includes a linear actuator that moves an elongated rod between an extended and retracted position, and A power lifting unit transitions the deck body between the folded and extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Thomas
  • Patent number: 10843772
    Abstract: A collapsible watercraft comprises a foldable sheet and is transitionable between a deployable kayak configuration and a stowed configuration by folding or unfolding along predefined fold lines in the foldable sheet. In the kayak configuration, the watercraft is switchable between at least a single-seat configuration and a tandem configuration by installing a desired number of seat and footrest assemblies. At least some of the seat and footrest assemblies are installed in the kayak by strapping seat and/or footrest components to loops nonreleasably attached to removable floorboards of the kayak. The removable floorboards are installed in the kayak using extruded engagement profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Oru Designs, LLC
    Inventors: Anton Michael Willis, Forrest Nelson Harvey, Stefania Cargnello
  • Patent number: 10843773
    Abstract: A system and method of extracting a tube from the water by pulling the tube up a pair of elongated rails extending aft of the stern of a vessel and positioning the tube between a tube containment arm disposed above each of the elongated rails so that the tube is pressure fit therein. The pair of elongated rails can be pivoted up and out of the water for transportation and storage. The elongated rails and the tube containment arms can be telescopic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: John C Mott