Patents Issued in July 6, 2021
  • Patent number: 11052691
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to a calibration method for a printing system. The method comprises printing a diagnostic pattern representative of decap time. The diagnostic pattern comprises the firing of nozzles after an exposure to ambient air during a first predetermined time period to produce a first pattern element and the firing of nozzles after an exposure to ambient air during a second predetermined time period to produce a second pattern element. The method includes scanning the resulting diagnostic pattern with a sensor to collect decap data in a digital form, digitally analyzing the decap data, the digital analysis comprising identifying a quantitative difference between the first and second pattern elements, and modifying a servicing process of the printing system if the quantitative difference passes a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Aleix Fort Filgueira, Andreu Vinets Alonso
  • Patent number: 11052692
    Abstract: A covering assembly is disposed on an inked printing assembly of a stamp. The covering assembly has a top cover and a bottom cover. The top cover is detachably disposed above the inked printing assembly. The bottom cover is detachably disposed below the inked printing assembly, is located below the top cover at a spaced interval, and has a bottom wall. The covering assembly can assist in assembling the inked printing assembly. The disposition of the top cover and the bottom cover can transfer pointed force into planar force for increasing a contact area, the forcing uniformity, and the assembly convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sun Same Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Jer Shih
  • Patent number: 11052693
    Abstract: The invention comprises a mechanical handwriting system linked to a user input system to generate a plotted document, such as a greeting card, note card or document, using a conveyor belt unit to support and move the document, a plotter, and a series of rollers to position and constrain movement of the greeting card, which is optionally and preferably linked to a paper feeder system in an assembly line format, where the rollers are optionally and preferably adjustable in position to accommodate varying paper sizes and to allow movement of the document during a plotting period to avoid positional overlap constraints of the rollers and a plotter head of the plotter in a process of plotting the document/card in sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: David Wachs, Roxanne E. Abul-Haj
  • Patent number: 11052694
    Abstract: A water-dispersible sheet is described having suppressed time degradation of the tacky adhesiveness of the tacky adhesive layer, while maintaining water dispersibility. The base paper of the water-dispersible sheet has a multilayer structure, including an inner layer which is not in contact with a tacky adhesive layer and a surface layer which is in contact with the tacky adhesive layer. The layers are independently mixtures of papermaking fibers and an alkalized fibrous carboxymethyl cellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: NIPPON PAPER PAPYLIA CO., LTD, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kishimoto, Yoshiaki Ishino, Yasuaki Matsumori
  • Patent number: 11052695
    Abstract: The invention relates to a book production line and a method for producing individual books as well as very short and short runs of books. The book production line comprises a feed device and a following transport section for book covers, a feed device and a following transport and processing section with a rounding and pressing machine, an adhesive-backing apparatus for book blocks, and a casing-in machine. The rounding and pressing machine forms an upstream-arranged, first adjustment segment. The adhesive-backing apparatus is divided into at least two additional adjustment segments that successively follow each other in a transport direction of the book blocks. Each adjustment segment includes a separate drive and a number of book block positions which is the same for each adjustment segment or differs maximally by three book block positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MÜLLER MARTINI HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Hans Müller, Stefan Gärtner
  • Patent number: 11052696
    Abstract: A sheet bundle discharging apparatus, including: a guide unit configured to guide a sheet bundle with a spine as a leading end; a receiving unit configured to receive the spine of the sheet bundle guided by the guide unit; and a discharging unit configured to discharge the sheet bundle, wherein the receiving unit includes: a first surface configured to receive the spine at a first position; a second surface configured to push the sheet bundle in a rotation direction of the receiving unit; and a third surface configured to regulate a movement of the sheet bundle in the rotation direction while the receiving unit rotates from the first position to a second position, and wherein a friction coefficient between the sheet bundle and the third surface in a direction away from the first surface is larger than a friction coefficient between the first surface and the sheet bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Okamoto, Tadahito Takano, Tsukasa Kondou
  • Patent number: 11052697
    Abstract: Identification structure (1) with a portrait image (3) of a holder, the identification structure having a substrate (8,50), a laser sensitive layer (11,55) and a lens array (12,56) overlying the laser sensitive layer (11,55), the substrate including a printed pattern (9,54), the laser sensitive layer including a laser engraved image pattern (15,15?; 16,16?). The laser engraved image pattern forms a three dimensional portrait image (A,B) of the holder and the printed pattern forms a two-dimensional color pattern (C) of the portrait image of the holder, wherein the two-dimensional color pattern (C) and the three-dimensional portrait image (A,B) are adapted to be observed in a superimposed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MORPHO B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Van Dijk, Ronald Rene Ten Velden
  • Patent number: 11052698
    Abstract: The invention provides a free flowing copolymer between disparate plastic layers to thermally balance between the two differently expanding/contracting materials. The “primer” layer or “thermal balance layer” fully encapsulates the PET layer and can absorb the difference between the internal PET layer with any layer bonded to the encapsulated PET without cracking, bending or pitting and can “reset” into position when the heating/cooling has ended to make planar plastic core sheets for products such as credit cards, gift cards and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: GRIFF AND ASSOCIATES, L.P.
    Inventor: Timothy Roche
  • Patent number: 11052699
    Abstract: A multicolor marker assembly for making a multicolored mark on a bingo card includes a bottle that has a plurality of chambers being integrated therein. Each of the chambers contains a fluid pigment of a respective color. An applicator is removably coupled to the bottle and the applicator is comprised of a fluid permeable material to absorb the fluid pigment contained in each of the chambers. Additionally, the applicator releases the fluid pigment in each of the chambers when the applicator is pressed against a surface to make a mark comprising a plurality of colors. A cap is positionable over the applicator to inhibit the applicator from releasing the fluid pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Anna Votino, Vanessa DeMartini
  • Patent number: 11052700
    Abstract: A method of producing preconfigured arrangements of mobile shape-designed particles. The method includes providing a composite structure comprising a substrate and a layer of particle material over a surface of the substrate; lithographically producing a plurality of shaped-designed particles from the layer of particle material such that the plurality of shaped-designed particles remain substantially in a layer proximate the substrate; and at least one of subsequent to or in conjunction with the lithographically producing, immersing the plurality of shaped-designed particles the substrate in a fluid material, at a preselected temperature. The fluid material comprises a depletion agent having particles having sizes and a volume fraction to provide depletion attraction between at least a portion of the shaped-designed particles and the substrate such that the shaped-designed particles remain substantially in the layer proximate the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Thomas G. Mason, Po-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11052701
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for an accessory for a paint can. The apparatus presented comprises a roughly cylindrical frame disposed for being securely seated on a paint can and which may securely receive the original lid of the paint can. The apparatus further comprises, in selected aspects, a sealable spout for pouring paint; an air vent to allow smooth pouring; a rod for wiping paint from a brush; sealants on surfaces to provide a good seal between the accessory and the lid and/or the accessory and the paint can, and concavities to allow the handle to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Adrien Casey
  • Patent number: 11052702
    Abstract: A resealable wet or dry application roller container, with optional disposable insert liner, for the sealed storage and transportation of a wet or dry application roller, either by itself, or while remaining attached to the application roller frame, and after rolling off any excess paint from a wet application roller, and being sealed within container, with, or without, optional disposable insert liner, does not leak regardless of orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Craig Stephen Quinn
  • Patent number: 11052703
    Abstract: A rim with an inner flange having strip weight reduction sockets and a wheel are provided. The rim includes the inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange which are all annular and are connected end to end to form an annular rim, in which trapezoidal weight reduction sockets are provided on the inner wall of the inner flange; the bottom edges of the weight reduction sockets are flush with the edge of the inner flange; the top edge of each weight reduction socket has fillets; and the weight reduction sockets have a bottom edge length of 5-30 mm, a height of 15-60 mm, a top edge length of 5-15 mm, a base angle of 72-83°, and a depth of 1-5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Guoyuan Xiong, Xu Wang, Zhen Li, Kaiqing Wang, Yule Zhou, Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Tiefeng Hu, Hui Chi
  • Patent number: 11052704
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a caster, having a housing, having an axle pin which is arranged in a housing opening which is oriented substantially horizontally, and on which at least one wheel is mounted, having, at the top, a pin opening oriented substantially vertically, for receiving a pivot pin, and having a braking device which brakes the at least one wheel, wherein the housing opening for the axle pin allows limited vertical displaceability of the axle pin and the braking device comprises at least one resilient housing part which acts on the axle pin. In order to provide a mechanically reliable braking device, the braking device is additionally provided with at least one spring element which cooperates with the at least one resilient housing part and amplifies the effect of its braking force and/or increases the mechanical load-bearing capacity of the at least one resilient housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: GROSS + FROELICH GMBH & CO.
    Inventors: Hans-Wilhelm Rottenau, Ralph Von Bordelius
  • Patent number: 11052705
    Abstract: Filling element (“mousse”) for tires of off-road motor vehicles. The filling element is provided with circular grooves. It is made of expanded polymeric material for longlife even under extreme conditions of external temperature, speed of the vehicle and hardness of the ground. It provides improved driving performances in terms of stability and adherence of the tire to the ground even on rough grounds of great hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: GIBSON POWER TECH GMBH
    Inventor: Luigi Mazzoni
  • Patent number: 11052706
    Abstract: A green tire includes a plurality of sheets of green rubber having a substantially circular shape, wherein each sheet of green rubber includes an upper ring and a lower ring, and each sheet of green rubber further includes a plurality of spoke portions extending from the upper ring to the lower ring. The green tire further includes a plurality of reinforcements. Each reinforcement is disposed between adjacent sheets of green rubber. At least one reinforcement is sandwiched between the upper rings of adjacent sheets of green rubber, and at least one reinforcement is sandwiched between the spoke portions of adjacent sheets of green rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew V. Haidet, Douglas B. Costlow
  • Patent number: 11052707
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire has a tread face, a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in the tread face, and a plurality of land lines defined by the plurality of main grooves on the tread face. At least one of the plurality of land lines protrudes outward in a tire diametrical direction from a profile line. A top face of a central portion of the land line in a width direction is formed in an arc shape protruding outward in the tire diametrical direction in a section along a tire meridian. Top faces of opposite end portions of the land line in the width direction are formed in arc shapes protruding inward in the tire diametrical direction in the section along the tire meridian.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sachio Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11052708
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes: a protrusion portion projecting outward in a tire lateral direction disposed in a buttress portion; and a linear portion with a linear shape when viewed in a tire meridian cross section, the linear portion constituting a surface of the protrusion portion at a position inward in a tire radial direction from a corner portion, the corner portion being an end portion of the protrusion portion outward in the tire lateral direction; the corner portion being located within a retreading development width position, which is a range in the tire radial direction in which a boundary for removing a tread when retreading is located; and the linear portion having an angle ranging from 45° to 90° with respect to a horizontal line parallel with a tire rotation axis at a position inward of the linear portion in the tire lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Mina Takata
  • Patent number: 11052709
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes land portions defined by grooves, and sipes that are formed in the land portions and intersect the grooves. The sipes form acute angle portions and obtuse angle portions with the grooves. Notches are formed in the obtuse angle portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 11052710
    Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, regions on an outer side in a radial direction of maximum width positions of outer surfaces of sidewall portions include decorative regions and display regions adjacent to the decorative regions in a circumferential direction, the decorative regions being formed by serration processing to include an array of parallel ridges, the display regions including a portion where a smooth surface without ridges extends in the circumferential direction between end portions of the decorative regions, and being including an indication formed by combining constituent units each depicting an alphanumeric, a pattern, or a symbol, a valley formed between adjacent ridges in the decorative regions being recessed relative to the smooth surface, and the display regions in one of the sidewall portions on one side and in another one of the sidewall portions on the other side being arranged at positions shifted from each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Yuki Nagahashi
  • Patent number: 11052711
    Abstract: An electronic wheel unit for detecting a tire pressure of a tire of a vehicle wheel, for storing tire information of the tire and for sending tire pressure information and tire information. The wheel unit is configured to allow the alteration of stored tire information in a first mode of operation and to prevent the alteration of stored tire information in a second mode of operation. To improve the integrity and safety of the stored tire information in this case, the wheel unit is further configured to change from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation when a first mode change criterion is satisfied. The satisfaction of the first mode change criterion is dependent at least on an operating parameter of the vehicle wheel that is representative of a rotational movement of the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Loeffler
  • Patent number: 11052712
    Abstract: A tire inflation viewing device that enables to view the proper operation of the inflation arrangements and that, in turn, enables to determine which of all of the tires is being inflated and has an air leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: COL-VEN S.A.
    Inventors: Primo Antonio Colussi, Natalio Domingo Venica
  • Patent number: 11052713
    Abstract: A mobility connection system including a left driveshaft and a right driveshaft having an internally hollow shaft shape, and connected to a left wheel portion and a right wheel portion, respectively; a connection shaft having a shaft shape provided inside the left driveshaft or inside the right driveshaft, and slid to the outside of a vehicle to be inserted into and coupled to the inside of the driveshaft of another vehicle which is disposed adjacent to the side thereof when the vehicle is laterally coupled to another vehicle; and a wheel detecting sensor provided at the left side or the right side of the vehicle, and for detecting whether the driveshafts facing each other when the vehicle is coupled to another vehicle have been aligned with each other or the spacing distance therebetween is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 11052714
    Abstract: An automotive suspension for a sports car comprising a lower oscillating arm and a shock absorber having a relative end connected with a first intermediate part of the lower oscillating arm by means of a connecting rod having a first end hinged with said end of the shock absorber and a relative second end, opposite to the first end, hinged with said first intermediate part, locking means for locking said connecting rod in a stable position ranging between two extreme positions wherein said first end of the connecting rod is in a position close to or distal relative to the frame of the car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sandro Lumini
  • Patent number: 11052715
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes independent suspension systems or members, as well as wheeled skid steer loaders or other power machines including the same, that couple each wheel to a machine frame using a four-bar linkage, with the four bars including the frame of the machine, an upper control arm, a lower control arm, and a wheel carrier link. Each control arm is pivotally attached to both the machine frame and one end of the wheel carrier link. The four pivots between the control arms and the wheel carrier link are configured to all be contained within cylinder defined by the outer diameter of the wheel rim, allowing for a compact structure with the wheel carrier link and at least part of the control arms being positioned within this volume when the loader is in a resting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas J. Tokach, Daniel J. Krieger, Jeffrey A. Dahl
  • Patent number: 11052716
    Abstract: An axle for a vehicle, wherein the axle includes a transverse axle portion having a longitudinal end. The axle including a first axle portion connecting the transverse portion to a chassis of the vehicle and a second axle portion connecting the transverse portion to a wheel carrier for supporting a vehicle wheel. A vibration damper is arranged in a receiver in one of the axle portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Andreas Schellhaas, Jens Glorer
  • Patent number: 11052717
    Abstract: The present invention provides a suspension system capable of adjusting a vehicle height in a short time. The suspension system includes a front wheel-side suspension and a rear wheel-side suspension each provided between a vehicle body and an axle and configured to adjust a vehicle height according to supply and discharge of hydraulic fluid, a pressurization device configured to pressurize the hydraulic fluid, and a first tank and a second tank configured to store therein the hydraulic fluid pressurized by the pressurization device. When the suspension system lowers the vehicle height by each of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension, any one of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension discharges the hydraulic fluid to the first tank, and the other of the front wheel-side suspension and the rear wheel-side suspension discharges the hydraulic fluid into the second tank by the pressurization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11052718
    Abstract: An active suspension control unit may include an actuator having an active roll stabilization (ARS) structure to variably adjust response characteristics of a suspension, and a controller for determining a driving situation of a vehicle through information input from a sensor, and determining a final desired control value of the actuator based on a desired relative suspension vertical force value set in advance according to the driving situation and a difference value generated by a difference between left and right wheel's relative suspension vertical velocities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motors Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Kwon Lee, Woo Kyun Kim, Min Su Lee
  • Patent number: 11052719
    Abstract: A vehicle height adjustment device includes: vehicle height adjustment actuators provided to at least a pair of front wheels or a pair of rear wheels of a vehicle, and configured to adjust a vehicle height defined by a distance between the wheels and a vehicle body; an actuator control device configured to control the vehicle height adjustment actuators such that the vehicle height approximates to a target vehicle height; and a detection device configured to detect a physical quantity which varies as upward or downward movement of the vehicle body is restricted due to contact with an external contacted object. The actuator control device stops upward or downward movement of the vehicle body, and switches to movement in an opposite direction based on a detected value of the detection device, when the determination that the movement of the vehicle body is restricted is made by the detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Hirao, Nobuyuki Ichimaru
  • Patent number: 11052720
    Abstract: A method for actuating the vibration damper of a transportation vehicle wheel suspension including generating data which represents the topography of the roadway lying in front of the transportation vehicle; analyzing the data with respect to roadway unevenness; adjusting the vibration damper while taking into consideration the evaluation of the roadway unevenness, wherein the amplitude spectrum of the roadway unevenness is ascertained from the data; and generating a specification for the damping of the vibration damper based on the amplitude spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Bärecke, Khatab Shaddy, Stefan Kukla
  • Patent number: 11052721
    Abstract: This stabilizer device is provided with first and second stabilizers and a joint device that can be switched between and ON-state and an OFF-state. The ON-state is a state in which a force inputted to one of the stabilizers can be transmitted to the other stabilizer, and the OFF-state is a state in which said transmission is disabled. The joint device has at least one engagement part that can be displaced to an engagement position and a non-engagement position. In addition, the joint device assumes the ON-state when the at least one engagement part is in the engagement position, and assumes the OFF-state when the at least one engagement part is in the non-engagement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CHUO HATSUJO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshio Kuwayama
  • Patent number: 11052722
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a refrigerant circuit, which has an evaporator and a condenser, and a coolant circuit, wherein the refrigerant circuit and the coolant circuit are thermally coupled to each other, in particular in the region of the evaporator and in the region of the condenser, wherein the coolant circuit has a line system having junctions, wherein a heating body, a cooling body, an outside heat exchanger, an additional heat source, a first bypass line, and a second bypass line are integrated into the line system, wherein the first bypass line bypasses the additional heat source from the cooling body to the outside heat exchanger, and/or the second bypass line bypasses the additional heat source from the heating body to the outside heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Michael Haug
  • Patent number: 11052723
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for use with unenclosed mowers is provided. The system is designed for installation on unenclosed mowers to provide conditioned air to operators of such mowers. The system comprises an air conditioning unit and a compressor drive assembly. The air conditioning unit is configured to generate and emit conditioned air and comprises a compressor, condenser, and evaporator unit. The compressor drive assembly may interconnect the mower's engine to the air conditioning unit such that rotational motion generated by the engine is transmitted to the air conditioning unit. To this end, the compressor drive assembly may include a crankshaft pulley assembly, a gearbox having two pulleys, and a plurality of pulley belts. The system may also include an alternator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Orvell B. Reynolds, Devon Fairhurst
  • Patent number: 11052724
    Abstract: A block fitting and seal structure for an air conditioning system includes a male block fitting and a female block fitting. The male block fitting includes an axially extending protuberant portion. A distal end of the protuberant portion has a tapered portion formed thereon. A female block fitting includes a recessed portion with a tapered portion formed therein. The tapered portion of the female block fitting is configured to engage the tapered portion of the male block fitting. An annular seal is disposed between the male block fitting and the female block fitting. The seal provides an axial seal and a radial seal between the male block fitting and the female block fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Augustin Machynak, Radek Macicek
  • Patent number: 11052725
    Abstract: A climate control system for a vehicle comprises a defroster assembly having a temperature sensor that detects an interior temperature of an interior of the vehicle, a camera disposed within the interior that has a lens facing a windshield, and at least one vent directed at the windshield. A body controller that, responsive to a temperature of the interior being less than a temperature threshold, and a light refractive index of the windshield being less than an opacity threshold, outputs a status of the windshield. A telematics communication system that, responsive to the status from the body controller, transmits a notification to an application stored on a mobile telecommunications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harminder Singh Sandhu, David Marvin Gersabeck
  • Patent number: 11052726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioning system for a vehicle in which an air-conditioning module having an air-conditioning case and a blower unit is disposed at a side of an engine room relative to a dash panel, and a distribution duct having a defrost vent, a face vent, and a floor vent is disposed in the interior of a vehicle relative to the dash panel so as to distribute cold air and hot air discharged from the air-conditioning case into the interior of the vehicle, wherein the floor vent is placed on one side of an area, in which a relatively large amount of hot air flows, in a mixing chamber of the distribution duct where cold air and hot air are mixed, i.e. a side adjacent to the dash panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jae Chun Ryu, Chui Hee Kim, Tae Yong Park, Yong Nam Ahn, Young Hum Han, Joong Man Han, Yun Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11052727
    Abstract: In an instrument panel provided in a vehicle cabin front section, a face that projects into a vehicle cabin is formed with a T-shape in vehicle rear view. An air-conditioning unit of a vehicle air-conditioning device is provided at an inside of the instrument panel. In the vehicle air-conditioning device, a foot blower outlet provided on the instrument panel blows an air-conditioned airflow toward the feet of a front seat occupant, and an interior air intake provided on the instrument panel takes in air from inside the vehicle cabin to generate the air-conditioned airflow. The foot blower outlet is formed in a lower portion of a side wall at a vehicle width direction central portion of the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Orihashi, Takahito Nakamura, Koichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11052728
    Abstract: A method for operating an air inlet in a vehicle includes setting, via a touch-sensitive operator control unit in an air stream of the air inlet, a temperature and/or a volume flow of air flowing into an interior of the vehicle through the air inlet. The method also includes controlling a color of one or more luminous elements of the operator control unit depending on the setting of the temperature and/or of the volume flow. An apparatus for an inflow of air includes an air inlet, the air inlet configured to provide an inflow of an air stream into a vehicle interior, and a touch-sensitive operator control unit positioned in front of the air inlet such that the touch-sensitive control unit is disposed in the air stream, the touch-sensitive control unit being configured to set first and second operating parameters of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gantimur Meissner, Jochen Leinberger, Dominic Arnold, Daniel Zarges, Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja, Jan Koerner
  • Patent number: 11052729
    Abstract: A burner (10), particularly for vehicle heaters, includes a flexible panel (12) that separates an inner combustion region (14) from an outer region (16). A light-sensitive sensor for flame recognition is arranged in the outer region (16), and the flexible panel (12) includes at least one light opening (20) that allows the passage of light from the inner combustion region (14) into the outer region (16). The light opening (20) also allows the passage of combustion air from the outer region (16) into the inner combustion region (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Peter Neidenberger, Paul Leinsle, Vitali Dell
  • Patent number: 11052730
    Abstract: An interior component of a vehicle includes a visible component facing the vehicle interior in the mounted state and a functional component connected to the visible component, wherein an axle component is provided on which, on the one hand, the visible component and, on the other hand, the functional component are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Joachim Pestke
  • Patent number: 11052731
    Abstract: A vehicle flush window system is provided for a vehicle door including a door window. The system includes a slider member, a guide structure, a glass run seal, and a capping carrier. The slider member is configured to be secured to an interior surface of the door window. The guiding structure is mountable on the vehicle door. The guiding structure includes a receiving bracket having a guide channel configured to slidingly receive the slider member. The glass run seal is interposed between the receiving bracket and the slider member in the guide channel. The capping carrier is configured to retain the seal, and mount a cover in flush relation to an exterior surface of the door window, when the interior surface of the door window is secured to the slider member and the slider member is slidingly received in the guide channel in a window closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andreas Lorentsson, Mikael Angermund, Mats Jonsson, Aakash Narender Singh, Jonas Alveflo, Marcus Albo, Angelica Bergendahl
  • Patent number: 11052732
    Abstract: A shading device for a vehicle, comprising a dimming glass plate capable of changing a light transmittance thereof, wherein the dimming glass plate is provided at a portion of a vehicular window glass to separate an interior of vehicular compartment from outside of the vehicular compartment or provided at a portion of a surface of the vehicular window glass that faces inside of the vehicular compartment; a display apparatus formed of a light transmitting material and disposed at a surface of the dimming glass plate that faces inside of the vehicular compartment, with a display portion facing inside the vehicular compartment; an image pickup device to capture an area outside of a vehicle to generate image pickup data, wherein the area is at an opposite surface on the dimming glass plate, the opposite surface being opposite a surface on which the display apparatus is provided; a data processing circuit to generate display image data to be displayed on the display portion based on the image pickup data generated
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11052733
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door housing configured for covering a vehicle access opening. A frame member is disposed within the door housing. A module includes an intrusion beam coupled to the frame member and removable from the door housing. The module is configured to accept attachment of a module hinge and a module latch to provide a secondary door assembly. A modular vehicle door assembly and a method of assembling a door assembly to a vehicle are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ranil Patel, Timothy Bearup, Stephen Thomas Kozak, Colleen Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11052734
    Abstract: A vehicle door structure that can displace inward a region directly above a lower end of a door built-in center pillar while preventing displacement of a door lower surface to absorb lateral collision energy immediately after lateral collision is provided. In the vehicle door structure including a door built-in center pillar extending from an upper end to a lower end at a front end in a rear door of a biparting door system, a reinforcement is provided on a door lower surface below the door built-in center pillar, a part of the lower end of the door built-in center pillar is mounted to the reinforcement, and a low rigidity portion having lower rigidity than an upper part the door built-in center pillar is provided directly above the lower end of the door built-in center pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Horita, Daisuke Nakazato, Junya Yokogawa, Tomoki Takahashi, Ishii Shoki
  • Patent number: 11052735
    Abstract: A method for producing a functional element of an automobile that can be folded and/or wound up, having the steps of providing a fabric that can be folded and/or wound up, arranging the fabric on an application table or in a casting tool in a level arrangement and molding at least one edge strip made of a polyurethane material to the fabric under atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, a wind deflector element of an automobile is provided to a roller blind panel of an automobile, each comprising a fabric that can be folded and/or wound up and that is provided with an edge strip made of a polyurethane material and forming an edge reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Rudolf Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11052736
    Abstract: A front link of a sunroof apparatus shifts, based on power transmitted from a first guide shaft of a front shoe, among a full-close corresponding position that allows a movable panel to be arranged in a full-close position, a front-up corresponding position that allows the movable panel to be arranged in a front-up position and a full-open corresponding position that allows the movable panel to be arranged in a full-open position. In a side view from a width direction of the front link, a first guide groove, through which the first guide shaft is inserted, extends so as to intersect with a line segment connecting a front connection shaft and a front support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 11052737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construction machine, in particular a road construction machine, comprising a machine frame, an operator platform arranged on said machine frame with an operator work-place, an operator platform roof, which is, in particular, height-adjustable, and a vertically extending lateral weather protection device for an operator located on the operator platform. The present invention also relates to a method for adjusting a flexible lateral wall element adjustable between a pull-in position and a pull-out position, which is part of a lateral weather protection device of a construction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Haubrich, Stefan Kuhn
  • Patent number: 11052738
    Abstract: Provided is a deflector structure for a sunroof device to inhibit an arm portion from being pivoted when a vehicle traveling, with a simple structure. The deflector structure includes: a fixed part fixed to a side frame; an affected part arranged anterior to the fixed part and affected by onrushing air; an arm portion having one end pivotally connected to the fixed part and the other end holding the affected part, and vertically pivoted about the fixed part; and a lock member having one end pivotally connected to the arm portion and the other end pivoted in conjunction with the arm portion being pivoted, wherein the lock member is configured such that a lock main body of the lock member is in contact with the fixed part and raised, at a predetermined pivot position, to lock the arm portion being pivoted downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Ishii
  • Patent number: 11052739
    Abstract: A window assembly moveable between open and locked positions having a pane of window glass held in a gasket attached to a window frame with adhesive. When in the locked position, the gasket has a removable pull strip enclosed in an internal channel which when removed allows the gasket to move to the open position, allowing safe exit through the window opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: AGCO Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Paul O'Halloran, Paul Linwood Holman
  • Patent number: 11052740
    Abstract: An electric vehicle power supply includes a housing, a power supply, and a plurality of fasteners. The housing defines an internal cavity and has inwardly protruding tabs that extend into the cavity. The power assembly has a front cover and an end cover. The power assembly also has an array of electrical switching units arranged horizontally between the front and end covers. The front and end covers have outwardly protruding tabs. Each of the plurality of fasteners extend vertically, engage one inwardly protruding tab, and engage one outwardly protruding tab to secure the power assembly to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar, Alfredo R. Munoz, Michael W. Degner, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Guangyin Lei