Patents Issued in October 14, 2021
  • Publication number: 20210316544
    Abstract: A laminating apparatus and method of fabricating a display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the laminating apparatus includes a first jig, which is configured to fix a window having curved surfaces, and a second jig, which includes a pressure pad facing the first jig. The pressure pad includes a top surface, which is convex toward the first jig, and depressed portions, which are inwardly depressed from side surfaces, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Hee CHOI, Yang Han SON, So Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20210316545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing security elements (03) on a substrate (02), said device having a first printing couple (21; 22), by means of which substrate (02) being conveyed along a transport path is and/or can be printed with a plurality of first print image elements (12) spaced apart from one another using a first coating medium (11) that contains magnetic particles; a first magnetic cylinder (41), arranged downstream of the first printing couple (21; 22) in the transport path and comprising magnetic elements (43) on its outer circumference; a second magnetic cylinder (42), arranged downstream of the first magnetic cylinder (41) in the transport path and likewise comprising magnetic elements (43) on its outer circumference; and a drying and/or curing device (52), associated with or positioned downstream of the second magnetic cylinder (42) in the transport path, by means of which at least the coating medium (13) of a plurality of second print image elements (14), printed onto the substrat
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Aurélie BERTHON, Martin PALME, Emmanuel THONY
  • Publication number: 20210316546
    Abstract: Please add the Abstract of the Disclosure, as set forth on the separate accompanying sheet. This Abstract of the Disclosure is essentially the same, in content, as the Abstract which is a part of the published PCT application, WO 2020/074135 A1. No new matter is being presented by the addition of this Abstract of the Disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas KERSTEN, Patrick KRESS, Martin LANIG, Volkmar SCHWITZKY
  • Publication number: 20210316547
    Abstract: An ink recovery pipe comprises: an inflow port for receiving ink from an ink reservoir, and disposed at a position close to a first machine frame; and an outflow port for discharging ink into an ink container, and disposed at a position close to a second machine frame. A first restriction device is disposed at a position downstream of the inflow por. A first coupling part is configured to couple a high-pressure air generation part with the ink recovery pipe at a position downstream of the first restriction device. A first high-pressure air control device is configured to stop supply of high-pressure air to the ink recovery pipe, while ink is supplied to the ink reservoir, and supply the high-pressure air to the ink recovery pipe, after start of an ink recovery operation of recovering ink from the ink reservoir after completion of supply of ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yusuke TOZUKA
  • Publication number: 20210316548
    Abstract: A method for printing with an inkjet head includes: printing with an inkjet head comprising a plurality n of parallel nozzle rows, where n is at least 2; where each nozzle row comprises a plurality of nozzles, where adjacent nozzle rows of the plurality of nozzle rows are shifted with respect to each other; where a distance between two nozzle rows, seen in the printing direction, is d; and where said printing includes: moving the substrate with respect to the inkjet head in the printing direction at a printing speed v?; and firing each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles with a firing frequency f?; where the plurality of nozzle rows are fired at different instants in time, such that the distance d? between printed rows of dots printed by the two nozzle rows, seen in the printing direction, is larger or smaller than d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: XEIKON MANUFACTURING N.V.
    Inventors: Romain Jan Victor Paul VAN DER GUCHT, Jurgen Norbert Bart DEVLIEGHERE
  • Publication number: 20210316549
    Abstract: A method of determining a condition of a printhead. The method includes the steps of: (i) printing a test image using the printhead, (ii) optically imaging the test image and determining optical densities along a length of the test image; (iii) converting the optical densities into a single-dimensional signal; (iv) analyzing one or more portions of the signal using a convolutional neural network to provide a classification for corresponding portions of the signal; and (v) using each classification to determine the condition of corresponding portions of the printhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel LAU
  • Publication number: 20210316550
    Abstract: A memory circuit for a print component including plurality of I/O pads, including a first analog pad and a second analog pad, to connect to a plurality of signal paths which communicate operating signals to the print component, including an analog signal path connected to the first analog pad and the second analog pad, the first analog pad electrically isolated from the second analog pad to interrupt the analog signal path to the print component. The memory circuit further includes a memory component to store memory values associated with the print component, and a control circuit to, in response to a sequence of operating signals received by the I/O pads representing a memory read, provide an analog signal to the analog pad to provide an analog electrical value at the analog pad representing stored memory values selected by the memory read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: James Michael GARDNER, Boon Bing NG
  • Publication number: 20210316551
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluidic die is described. The fluidic die includes an array of firing subassemblies grouped into zones. Each firing subassembly includes 1) a firing chamber, 2) a fluid actuator, and 3) a sensor plate. The fluidic die also includes a measurement device per zone to measure a voltage indicative of an impedance within a selected firing chamber. The fluidic die includes a selector per firing subassembly to couple a selected sensor plate to the measurement device. A selector is adjacent a respective firing subassembly and a distance between the selector and the measurement device is different as compared to other selectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Martin, James R. Pryzbyla, Daryl E. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210316552
    Abstract: Provided is an inkjet head including a plurality of ink dischargers, a first common ejection flow path, and a second common ejection flow path. Each of the ink dischargers includes an ink storage, a pressure changer, a nozzle, and a first individual ejection flow path and a second individual ejection flow path that communicate to the ink storage and through which ink is ejected from fee ink storage but not supplied to the nozzle. The first common ejection flow path communicates to a plurality of first individual ejection flow paths of the respective plurality of the ink dischargers, and the second common ejection flow path communicates to a plurality of second individual ejection flow paths of the respective plurality of fee ink dischargers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Hikaru HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20210316553
    Abstract: A fluid ejection module may include a plurality of fluid ejection dies coupled to a thermoset material and singulated, and a thermoplastic material coupled to the singulated, fluid ejection dies. The thermoplastic material may be bent to form a curvature in the fluid ejection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chen, Michael W. Cumbie
  • Publication number: 20210316554
    Abstract: An ink cartridge adapter or ink cartridge includes a casing; and a plurality of pad electrodes mounted on the casing so as to be movable in a direction outwardly away from a side surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi FUKUSHIMA, Tetsuya OHASHI, Yasuo KOTAKI, Ryoji INOUE, Koichi KUBO, Naozumi NABESHIMA, Hironori MURAKAMI, Takeho MIYASHITA, Kyosuke NAGAOKA, Noriyasu NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20210316555
    Abstract: Examples dis closed herein relate to identifying an amount of remaining supply of a print material, selecting one of a plurality of threshold ranges associated with the amount of remaining print material, and updating a visual indicator indicative of the selected one of the plurality of threshold ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew CHICK, Pratik SHAH, Kenneth K SMITH, Adam L HORNSTEIN, Dustin C ROSING, Richard MOTZKUS
  • Publication number: 20210316556
    Abstract: A liquid discharging device is provided that includes: a first head (11) containing a pretreatment liquid, configured to discharge the pretreatment liquid onto a recording medium; a second head (12) disposed downstream of the first head (11) in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, configured to discharge an ink; an exhaust unit (14) disposed upstream of the first head (11) in the conveyance direction, configured to evacuate a gas present between the first head (11) and the recording medium from a downstream side to an upstream side in the conveyance direction; and a housing (30) internally containing the first head (11) and the second head (12), internally or externally containing the exhaust unit (14), and having an opening (32) downstream of the exhaust unit (14) in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoyuki SEKIGUCHI, Toshiyuki KOBASHI, Taku HATAKEYAMA, Takashi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210316557
    Abstract: A printer for security paper, such as a multifunction printer, a printer, a facsimile machine or a copier, is configured to perform a printing operation by distinguishing between security paper and normal paper. The printer for security paper includes: security paper sensor disposed on a printing paper feeding path; and a control unit for comparing a first sensing value sensed by the security paper sensor when printing paper to be determined is not present near the security paper sensor with one or more second sensing values sensed by the security paper sensor for the corresponding printing paper on the feeding path, during the course of conveying the corresponding printing paper on the feeding path, determining printing paper as security paper when a comparison value is above a predefined reference value, and determining printing paper as normal paper when the comparison value is below the predefined reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Myung Shin Lee
  • Publication number: 20210316558
    Abstract: A liquid applying apparatus includes a liquid applier, a heating device, and a post-processing apparatus. The liquid applier is configured to discharge liquid to a sheet. The heating device is configured to heat the sheet on which the liquid is applied, by the liquid applier. The post-processing apparatus is configured to perform a post-processing operation to the sheet that has passed the heating device. An upstream sheet that is conveyed after the sheet and located upstream from the post-processing apparatus in a sheet conveyance direction stops in an area other than a heat area of the heating device when the post-processing apparatus performs the post-processing operation on the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Yuushi HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210316559
    Abstract: An inkjet printing machine for printing individual sheets comprises at least one printing station and a transport system defining a transport track for transporting the individual sheets through the printing station, along a transport direction. The transport system comprises a plurality of gripper conveyors (150) running along the transport track for holding the individual sheets during a printing process in the printing station. Each of the gripper conveyors (150) comprises an energy storage (161) for providing energy for operating a gripper mechanism (171) of the gripper conveyor (150). The printing machine allows for efficient and flexible handling of individual sheets, in particular large format sheets of materials such as corrugated cardboard or other materials that have a certain degree of inherent stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: MOUVENT AG
    Inventors: David POUSAZ, Olivier FREYMOND, Romain BERSIER, Jean-Philippe BESSON, Nicolas MOSETTI
  • Publication number: 20210316560
    Abstract: A media cartridge includes: a base including: a media chamber having a mouth, and a lower portion of a media outlet; first and second wings configured to support a media spool therebetween; and a cover connected between the first and second wings, and including: an upper portion of the media outlet, and a perimeter configured to engage the mouth of the media chamber, to suspend the first and second wings within the media chamber and place the upper portion of the media outlet adjacent to the lower portion of the media outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Steve Ting Kei Chow, Angel B. Rosales, Daniel V. Carroll, Edward Anthony Hackett
  • Publication number: 20210316561
    Abstract: It is disclosed a carriage, e.g., for a printing system comprising a housing being the carriage to move relative to a carriage beam along a scan direction, the carriage comprising: a drive mechanism to move the carriage; and an alignment guide; wherein the alignment guide is parallel to the carriage beam and comprises a first flat surface and a second flat surface and wherein the carriage comprises a plurality of rolling elements including a first rolling element and a second rolling element being the first rolling element to contact the first flat surface and the second rolling element to contact the second flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Lluis Sole Enrech, Ricardo Oltra Ramirez, Jose Angel Villasante Bembibre, Jose Garcia Martinez
  • Publication number: 20210316562
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a gap adjuster that adjusts a gap in a vertical direction between a recording head and a supporting surface for supporting a medium. The gap adjuster adjusts the gap by engagement of a carriage, a slide member, and a cam member that is provided therebetween and has a stepped portion with an alternate-arrangement structure in a width direction. The gap adjuster includes a coil spring that urges the carriage with respect to the slide member in the direction that is the opposite of the transportation direction. A slide contact member is provided on an end of the coil spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Keita HANAWA, Kensuke TAMAI, Katsumi YAMADA, Tatsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20210316563
    Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a recording layer including a coloring compound having an electron-donating property, a color developing/quenching agent having an electron-accepting property, a photothermal conversion agent, and a macromolecular material; and an ultraviolet absorbing layer provided on the recording layer, the macromolecular material including an organic material that has solubility of 20 wt % or more and 80 wt % or less at 25° C. or less and contains 0.5 wt % or less of chlorine atoms, fluorine atoms, and sulfur atoms in a molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Aya SHUTO, Yuriko KAINO
  • Publication number: 20210316564
    Abstract: An inkjet printing device includes: an inkjet nozzle that moves on a printing surface of a target base printing material in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the target base printing material and parallel with the printing surface of the target base printing material; a plasma ejection port disposed downstream of the inkjet nozzle in the moving direction of the target base printing material, for treating the printing surface of the target base printing material with a plasma; and an electron beam irradiation part disposed downstream of the plasma ejection port in the moving direction of the target base printing material, for treating the printing surface of the target base printing material with an electron beam. The device allows inks used in printing to be cured without fail even when they contain no photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Okinori NAKASHIMA, Takuya MYOSE, Jun KINJOH, Daigo SHIOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210316565
    Abstract: A bending system for separating a page from a cover of a value document, wherein the page is connected to a spine of the cover, the spine separating the cover in first and second cover potions, wherein an angle ? is formed between the first and second cover portions. The bending system includes a bending unit connected to a motor, wherein the motor is configured to operate the bending unit such that the bending unit bends the value document to a first state, where ? is larger than 180°, and then back to a second state, where ? is at least 180° but less than ? in the first state, to separate the page from the cover. Also disclosed is an engraving system for engraving a front side and backside of a page of the value document and a document manufacturing device including the bending system and engraving system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Maikel Peters, Johannes Hendrikus Antonius Verheijen
  • Publication number: 20210316566
    Abstract: To provide a pen tip that can enhance its color brilliance and color distinctiveness as well as providing a writing tool having the pen tip. A pen tip A of the present invention is a pen tip equipped with a pen core 20 containing a concealing material, and is characterized in that the pen core has the lightness (L* value) of 80 or higher in the L*a*b* (CIELAB) color system. The writing tool, for example, includes a retention body 10 having a visible part allowing visual recognition of the writing direction and the pen tip A having the above configuration and attached with the retention body 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Toshimi KAMITANI
  • Publication number: 20210316567
    Abstract: A string line support for the positioning of a first end of a string line used for height measurement or chalk marking is provided, allowing a single user to secure the first end of a string at a desired position and extend the string line to a taught positioning for such height or other linear measurements. The string line is engaged at the first end to a connector clip which is removably positionable in a slot upon a housing that is positionable upon a member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Jay Foust
  • Publication number: 20210316568
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a pattern for a decorative panel. The method includes applying a clear gel coat on a mold to form a clear layer. The clear layer is cured and then digitally printed with one or more inks so as to produce a pattern on the clear layer. Also disclosed is a decorative panel including a clear layer, an opaque layer and a pattern digitally printed on the clear layer, between the clear and opaque layers, such that the pattern is visible through the clear layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: MAAX Bath Inc.
    Inventor: Yan Bilodeau
  • Publication number: 20210316569
    Abstract: An axle of a vehicle includes an axle subframe, wherein the axle subframe has at least two longitudinal members oriented approximately in the vehicle longitudinal direction and at least one crossmember oriented at least approximately in the vehicle transverse direction. The axle subframe is attached to a body of the vehicle by at least one axle-subframe bearing, wherein the axle-subframe bearing is additionally supported on the body via a thrust arm. A drive unit is supported on the body and/or on the axle subframe via an assembly mounting. The drive unit is supported with the assembly mounting on the body of the vehicle via the thrust arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Matthias STANGL
  • Publication number: 20210316570
    Abstract: Provided is a steel cord for rubber article reinforcement which has excellent corrosion resistance and productivity without deterioration of adhesion with rubber. A steel cord (1) for rubber article reinforcement, in which plural steel filaments (2) are twisted together, includes: a core having at least one core filament (2c); and a sheath having at least one sheath layer formed by twisting at least one sheath filament (2s) around the core. In this steel cord (1), brass plating is performed on the steel filaments (2) and zinc plating is further performed on the outer circumference of the brass plating of the core filament (2c), and the steel filaments (2) have a diameter d of 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuhiro ANDO
  • Publication number: 20210316571
    Abstract: The tire comprises a crown reinforcing zone comprising a ply of strips, each forming an angle of less than or equal to 10° with the circumferential direction. Each reinforcing strip is formed by a laminate made up of n inner composite layers comprising low-modulus oriented fibres parallel to each other, the angle of which with the circumferential direction is, in absolute terms, less than or equal to 10°, together with m outer composite layers on either side of the inner composite layers, comprising high-modulus oriented fibres parallel to each other, the angle of which with the circumferential direction is, in absolute terms, strictly greater than 10°. The high- and low-modulus fibres are coated with a polymer matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: GAEL PATAUT
  • Publication number: 20210316572
    Abstract: In a tire 2, a band 22 includes a band cord 52, and a load at 4% elongation of the band cord 52 is not less than 60 N. A shape index of a ground-contact surface 60 obtained when the tire 2 is mounted on a normal rim, an internal pressure of the tire 2 is adjusted to a normal internal pressure, a normal load is applied to the tire 2, and the tire 2 is brought into contact with a road surface at a camber angle of 0°, is not less than 1.40 and not greater than 1.44.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Goro MUNEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20210316573
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a pair of sidewalls, a pair of bead portions, and a circumferential tread having a plurality of circumferential ribs and a plurality of circumferential grooves. A reinforcing layer is disposed in at least one of the plurality of circumferential ribs. No part of the reinforcing layer extends directly below a bottom surface of any of the plurality of circumferential grooves. The reinforcing layer has a consistent gauge along its entire lateral width. A top surface of the reinforcing layer is located radially higher than the bottom surface of each of the plurality of circumferential grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Robert W. Asper
  • Publication number: 20210316574
    Abstract: A tyre includes a tread portion including a tyre equator, a tread edge, a tread width which is a distance in a tyre axial direction from the tyre equator to the tread edge, a shoulder land portion including the tread edge. The shoulder land portion is provided with a plurality of first shoulder lateral grooves. Each first shoulder lateral groove includes an inner groove portion extending inwardly in the tyre axial direction of the tread edge and an outer groove portion extending outwardly in the tyre axial direction of the tread edge. Each first shoulder lateral groove, in a tread development view, has a groove area Sb of the outer groove portion extending in a region from the tread edge to an 125% position of the tread width is greater than a groove area Sa of the inner groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuro SAEKI
  • Publication number: 20210316575
    Abstract: A tire includes a pair of beads and a crown region including a circumferential tread disposed radially above a circumferential belt. The tire further includes a pair sidewalls extending from the pair of beads to the crown region. A body ply wraps around the pair of beads and terminates in a pair of turn up ends in the crown region, below the middle 30% of the circumferential belt. A conductive substance is disposed along a strip of the body ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew J. SVENSON, Justin M. GEHRES, Ruben L. MADRID, Anup D. KHEKARE, Seth M. MILLER
  • Publication number: 20210316576
    Abstract: A system for determining abnormalities of a TPMS that includes a pressure sensor that senses a pressure inside a tire and transmits sensed pressure data as a radio signal, a reception unit that receives the radio signal from the pressure sensor and measures strength of the received radio signal, and a determination unit that determines an abnormality of the TPMS based on the radio signal received, and the strength of the radio signal measured, by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bok Man PARK
  • Publication number: 20210316577
    Abstract: A system for generating air pressure in a hybrid vehicle, comprising an engine-driven air compressor (C1) configured to be selectively operated by an ICE engine, an electrically—driven air compressor (C2) configured to be operated by an electric motor, wherein said electric motor is supplied from the electric network, at least one air reservoir configured to store pressurized air and being configured to be connected directly or indirectly to both an outlet of the engine-driven air compressor (C1) and an outlet of the electrically-driven air compressor (C2), at least one electronic control unit (3, 3?) configured to control at least the electrically-driven air compressor (C2) according at least to a selected drive mode of the vehicle, wherein the electrically-driven air compressor (C2) is downsized compared to the engine-driven compressor (C1), and corresponding control methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Piérig Gaillaud, Michael Millet
  • Publication number: 20210316578
    Abstract: A tire valve assembly is disclosed. The tire valve assembly includes a gas nozzle structure, a movable rod, an air pipe, an elastic close contact pad, a screw nut, an elastic O-ring and a dust cap. The tire valve assembly can use a punched hole on the end of the movable rod to receive the tire repair liquid flowing into the air pipe. Take out the movable rod during maintenance to remove the tire repair liquid in the punched hole. When the movable rod is reinstalled in the air pipe, the tire repair liquid remaining on the inner wall of the air pipe will also be squeezed out of the air pipe. With this, the tire repair liquid will no longer block the tire valve assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Qinglin Su
  • Publication number: 20210316579
    Abstract: A trailer hitch assembly for use with utility vehicles that allows for adjustment of the height that a tongue of a trailer may be set. A telescoping sliding relation between a tubular post that is adapted to be joined to a towing vehicle and a shaft to which a hitch ball is joined and with a thorough pin for locking the two at selected extension lengths accommodates a variety of carts/trailers for use with differing models of utility vehicles. The invention further includes support straps of adjustable length that join the telescoping assembly to the towing vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Robert H. Lusty, James D. Oberg
  • Publication number: 20210316580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic angle measurement and, in particular, the present invention relates to measuring the hitch angle with a magnetometer formed by a vehicle while coupled with and towing a trailer by measuring the direction to a magnetic field source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel Robert Shepard
  • Publication number: 20210316581
    Abstract: A silencer assembly for trailer hitches and a method of use thereof. The silencer assembly includes a sheet of material that is durable, abrasion-resistant, wear-resistant, ultra-violet light resistant, and sound dampening. An adhesive is applied to a bottom surface of the sheet which is then placed on a portion of the drawbar that is selectively receivable in a bore of receiver tube of the trailer hitch. The adhesive fixedly secures the sheet to the drawbar. The drawbar is inserted into the receiver bore. The sheet occupies part of a gap defined between an exterior surface of the drawbar and an interior surface of the receiver tube reducing relative movement between the drawbar and the receiver tube, and thereby reducing rattling noises. An additional sheet of material and one or more shims may be used to further reduce the gap between the drawbar and receiver tube, and thereby further reduce rattling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Rattle Silencer, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas L. Brunson
  • Publication number: 20210316582
    Abstract: A lifting device includes a base assembly, a hitch assembly coupled to the base assembly, a lift assembly movably coupled to the base assembly, and a trailer attachment assembly coupled to the lift assembly. The hitch attachment assembly is configured to connect to a hitch of a vehicle, and the trailer attachment assembly is configured to connect to a trailer. The base assembly includes a base frame and at least one guide extending upward from the base frame. The lift assembly includes a jack and at least one sleeve coupled to the jack. The sleeve of the lift assembly is in slidable engagement with the guide of the base assembly. Actuation of the jack is configured to raise or lower the lift assembly and the trailer attachment assembly relative to the base assembly and the hitch attachment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Geoff Patterson, Geremy Patterson, Grant Lee Nelson
  • Publication number: 20210316583
    Abstract: The present invention is an amphibious all-terrain vehicle. This amphibious all-terrain vehicle includes a boat-shaped hull and a continuous track system that is configured to provide propulsion at multiple speeds while in water. The amphibious all-terrain vehicle includes a drive train, a suspension system having one or more tracks, an operator's station, and one or more handle bars as a steering system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Ted W. Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20210316584
    Abstract: A multi-point link for a chassis of a motor vehicle. The multi-point link has at least one hollow profile portion including fiber-reinforced plastic and at least one load introduction element including a metallic material. The hollow profile portion, when viewed in cross section, has at least one hollow space formed as a circumferentially closed chamber. The hollow profile portion and the load introduction element are connected to one another in a common connection portion via a nondetachable glued plug-in connection. At least one stiffening element, which is fixedly connected to the hollow profile portion, is arranged in the chamber to increase the stiffness of the multi-point link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Andre STIEGLITZ, Ingolf MULLER
  • Publication number: 20210316585
    Abstract: A relative guide device (1) for a steering arrangement (31) is arranged on the wheel-carrier side for the spatial guidance and maintenance of the relative spatial orientation of the steering arrangement (31) with respect to a vehicle body (40). At least one telescopic movement apparatus (2) for movably connecting the steering arrangement (31) is arranged on the wheel-carrier side to the vehicle body (40). A steering force transmission device (30) transmits a steering force to a wheel (R) of a vehicle having a relative guide device (1), and to a wheel suspension (50) for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dominik Nees, Michael Frey
  • Publication number: 20210316586
    Abstract: An axle assembly for a vehicle includes an axle beam and a suspension system. The suspension system includes a mounting member, at least one positioning member, and at least one coupling member configured to cooperate to maintain a position of a working component. The mounting member having at least one aperture formed therein is freely disposed on the axle beam and the at least one coupling member is disposed through the at least one aperture of the mounting member and entirely outside the axle beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Stoyan I. Stoychev
  • Publication number: 20210316587
    Abstract: A suspension coil spring device includes a compression coil spring that has a coating film, a rubber vibration isolator, and an adhesive layer that joins the compression coil spring and the rubber vibration isolator to each other. The adhesive layer is a cured product of a reactive hot melt adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yuichi SHIBATA, Taisuke SUWA
  • Publication number: 20210316588
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of tractive assemblies coupled to the chassis, and a controller. Each tractive assembly includes a tractive element and an actuator coupled to the tractive element and configured to move the tractive element relative to the chassis. The controller is configured to control at least one of the actuators to vary a load supported by one of the tractive assemblies in response to an indication that a portion of a first tractive assembly of the plurality of tractive assemblies is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Oshkosh Defense, LLC
    Inventors: Ron Zhang, David Hansen, Deepak Shukla, Aaron Rositch
  • Publication number: 20210316589
    Abstract: A hollow stabilizer includes a curved part having eight regions defined in a cross section. A first region includes a 90° first part when the center of the inside of the curve is taken to be at 0° and the center of the outside of the curve is taken to be at 180°. A third region includes a 0° third part. A fifth region includes a 270° fifth part. A seventh region includes a 180° seventh part. The radii of curvature of the respective outer surfaces of the third part and the seventh part are larger and the radii of curvature of the respective outer surfaces of the second part and the sixth part are smaller than the radii of curvature of the respective outer surfaces of the fourth part and the fifth part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro KAWAKAMI, Yurika OKUDAIRA, Yuushi NOGAMI
  • Publication number: 20210316590
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system includes a vehicle driving battery that generates heat during charging and discharging and a liquid heat transfer medium that transfers the heat received from the battery. The system further includes a heat receiver that causes the heat transfer medium to receive the heat and a refrigerant heat exchanger that causes the heat transfer medium to release the heat. The heat transfer medium includes a liquid base material including water and an orthosilicic acid ester compatible with the liquid base material and does not include an ionic rust inhibitor. The orthosilicic acid ester is present, as a concentration of silicon, relative to a total mass of the heat transfer medium within a range between 1 mass ppm, inclusive, and 2000 mass ppm, inclusive or within a range between 2000 mass ppm, non-inclusive, and 10000 mass ppm, inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya FUSE, Kouji INAGAKI, Ryuta KOBAYAKAWA, Shinya KASAMATSU, Saori NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210316591
    Abstract: A cooling system of a vehicle includes a first refrigerant line that circulates a refrigerant between an engine and a first radiator, a second refrigerant line that circulates the refrigerant between a thermoelectric module and a second radiator for producing electric power from heat in an exhaust gas exhausted from the engine, a supply line that connects an upstream side of the engine in the first refrigerant line and an upstream side of the thermoelectric module in the second refrigerant line to supply the refrigerant in the first refrigerant line to the second refrigerant line, and a return line that connects a downstream side of the thermoelectric module in the second refrigerant line and a downstream side of the engine in the first refrigerant line to return the refrigerant in the second refrigerant line to the first refrigerant line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dae Kwang Kim, Young Ho Jung, Cheol Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20210316592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a piping system for an air conditioner, in which a refrigerant pipe being an air conditioning piping of a vehicle and a flange member are each made of a plastic material, and the refrigerant pipe and the flange member can be connected by laser fusing. That is, the present disclosure provides the piping system for an air conditioner, in which the refrigerant pipe and the flange member are each made of a plastic material having a vibration insulation effect and are connected by laser fusing which can prevent damage so that an effect of weight reduction and vibration insulation can be provided and a pressure loss of a refrigerant fluid can be minimized by maintaining a diameter of the refrigerant pipe to be constant with respect to an overall length of the refrigerant pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jung Ha Park, Deok Hyun Lim, Young Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210316593
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning device that can increase heat absorption from external air in an outdoor heat exchanger while an influence on travel distance is suppressed as much as possible is provided. The vehicle air conditioning device includes a compressor (2), a radiator (4), an outdoor heat exchanger (7), and an air conditioning controller, and a cabin is air conditioned with power supplied from a battery. The air conditioning controller can perform air conditioning operation that causes a refrigerant from the compressor to radiate heat in the radiator, decompresses the refrigerant, causes the refrigerant to absorb heat in the outdoor heat exchanger so as to heat the cabin, and defrosting operation that causes the refrigerant from the compressor to radiate heat in the outdoor heat exchanger so as to defrost the outdoor heat exchanger, and determines whether it is possible to perform the defrosting operation on the basis of outside humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Tetsuya ISHIZEKI