Patents Issued in February 8, 2024
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Publication number: 20240042792Abstract: A straight-edge drawing guide comprising a base having an elongated 90-degree member attached to one edge and capable of being moved along a planar surface. An angular measuring device allows a user to adjust the position of the guide to any angle relative to a desired datum. A user can then use a marking device adjacent to the guide to produce substantially straight lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Dexter A. Jones
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Publication number: 20240042793Abstract: A transfer film (1), the use of a transfer film (1), a method for producing a transfer film (1), a method for producing a transfer film (1), a method for decorating a plastic article (10), and a plastic article (10). The transfer film (1), for application to a base body (9), here includes a carrier ply (2) and a transfer ply (3) and a first layer (4), wherein the surface of the first layer (4) can be touched by a person at least in areas after the application to the base body (9), and wherein the first layer (4) contains at least one substance with an antimicrobial action.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Jürgen SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20240042794Abstract: A device for holding a paint roller may include a pair of parallel hook arms, a plurality of cross bars attached to and extending between the pair of parallel hook arms, a support bracket attached to and extending between first ends of each of the parallel hook arms, and a brace arm attached to and extending between second ends of each of the parallel hook arms. Each hook arm may have a first portion proximate to the first end, a second portion to the second end, and a middle portion extending between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first portion, the middle portion, and the second portion form a continuous curved hook arm. The middle portion may extend substantially perpendicularly upward from the first portion; and the second portion may extend downward from the middle portion and may have a concave curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Elmer Dale Dever
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Publication number: 20240042795Abstract: A spoke (12) for a non-pneumatic tire (10) is provided that has a nose (28) that engages a first panel (16) and a second panel (18). A first foot (20) is carried by the first panel and has a first foot first concave surface (46) and an adhesion deflector (48). A second foot (22) is present and is carried by the second panel. A reinforcement layer (24) engages the first foot first concave surface and the adhesion deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Kevin C MILES, Steven M CRON
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Publication number: 20240042796Abstract: A wheel having a circular ring is provided. The circular ring has a rotational axis and an outer surface. A plurality of lugs is mounted in side-by-side positions on said outer surface of the circular ring. Each lug of the plurality of lugs has: a center rib, a first leg and a second leg, each leg extending from the center rib laterally and opposite of each other, and a plate adapted to connect the first leg to the center rib. The outermost point of each center rib may form a circular pattern that is coaxial with the rotational axis. The wheel may have a rim nested within said circular ring, said rim having a plurality of alternating scalloped protrusions. The plurality of lugs may include high traction lugs having plates with distal edges configured to radially extend beyond the center rib to provide traction to the wheel on difficult terrain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Zack Fleishman, Todd Smith
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Publication number: 20240042797Abstract: A wheel rim, in particular for a wheel of an agricultural vehicle is disclosed, in which an annular body comprises a central annular portion extending around an axis, two peripheral annular portions for coupling with the beads of a tyre and two intermediate annular portions that connect the two peripheral annular portions to the central annular portion, each intermediate annular portion comprises a tilted wall with an external frustoconical surface that forms an angle ? with a plane that is perpendicular to the aforesaid axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: TITAN ITALIA S.P.A.Inventors: Massimo COLLINI, Paolo BERTOGLIO, Danilo FALEGNAMI
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Publication number: 20240042798Abstract: Particular embodiments disclosed herein provide a retractable guard assembly coupled to a caster of a mobile equipment, comprising a housing and one or more guards at least partially disposed in the housing. The one or more guards are independently movably coupled to the housing. The retractable guard assembly further comprises corresponding one or more biasing elements coupled to the one or more guards and to the housing for biasing the one or more guards towards a fully deployed state. When the one or more guards are in the fully deployed state, contact between a fixed object and a portion of the one or more guards disposed outside the housing causes the one or more guards to transition into a retracted state, and when the contact is removed, the corresponding one or more biasing elements cause the one or more guards to transition into the fully deployed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Brandon L. Spoelstra
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Publication number: 20240042799Abstract: The present invention is directed a rubber composition for a truck tire, the rubber composition comprising 75 phr to 95 phr of polyisoprene, 5 phr to 25 phr of at least one diene based rubber selected from polybutadiene rubber and styrene butadiene rubber, and 40 phr to 70 phr of silica, wherein the silica has a BET surface area within a range of 260 m2/g and 350 m2/g. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a truck tire comprising such a rubber composition and a truck with a respective tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Jean-Noel Marsat, Vitor Conti Bonesso, Justin Yinket Che, Manuela Pompei, Philippe Schmit
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Publication number: 20240042800Abstract: A polymer composition includes a conjugated diene-based polymer (A) and a filler having a Mohs hardness of 5 or more (B), where the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) contains a polymer (A1) satisfying expression (i) when a composition ratio (molar ratio) of a structural unit represented by formula (1), a structural unit represented by formula (2), a structural unit represented by formula (3) and a structural unit represented by formula (4) in the polymer is p, q, r and s, respectively. 0.75?(p+(0.5×r))/(p+q+(0.5×r)+s)?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: ENEOS Materials CorporationInventors: Toshimitsu KIKUCHI, Hirofumi SENGA, Yuto SAKAGAMI, Takuya SANO, Takato FUKUMOTO, Toshiyuki HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20240042801Abstract: The pneumatic tire of the present disclosure has a designated mounting direction with respect to a vehicle includes a plurality of circumferential main grooves on a tread surface of a tread portion. In a tire plan view, a groove center line of the circumferential main grooves is periodically displaced in a tire width direction as it extends in a tire circumferential direction, and a vehicle mounting inner side chamfered portion, a chamfer width of which is constant, is formed at an edge portion on a vehicle mounting inner side of the circumferential main groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Mizuki KUNINAKA
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Publication number: 20240042802Abstract: The pneumatic radial tire for passenger vehicles according to the present disclosure comprises a carcass consisting of plies of radially arranged cords, spanning toroidally between a pair of bead portions; the cross-sectional width SW and the outer diameter OD of the tire satisfy a given relationship; the tire has a tread portion with tread rubber; the rubber gauge of the tread rubber is 2 mm or more and less than 5 mm; and the negative ratio of the tread surface of the tread portion is 20% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Isao KUWAYAMA, Shintaro HATANAKA
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Publication number: 20240042803Abstract: The present invention relates to a tread for tyres. Specifically, it refers to a tread that features a 3-level tread geometry that is optimised in such a way as to ensure long-term high performance on wet and/or snow-covered surfaces, whilst maintaining the handling characteristics and braking capacity on dry and/or smooth surfaces under new tyre conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Guiseppe RODRIQUEZ, Pasquale AGORETTI, Antonio TIRONE
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Publication number: 20240042804Abstract: The pneumatic tire for passenger vehicles according to the present disclosure comprises a carcass consisting of plies of radially arranged cords, spanning toroidally between a pair of bead portions; the cross-sectional width SW and the outer diameter OD of the tire satisfy a given relationship; the tire has a tread portion with tread rubber; the rubber gauge of the tread portion is 2 mm or more and less than 5 mm; and the tread surface of the tread portion has one or more land portions, and a width direction sipe extending in the tire width direction is formed in the land portion so that there are two or more of the width direction sipes in the contact patch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Isao KUWAYAMA, Shintaro HATANAKA
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Publication number: 20240042805Abstract: A method of generating a three-dimensional topological surface representation of a tyre on a vehicle, the method comprising: using a tread depth measurement device to record tread depth data for a tyre surface moving relative to the tread depth measurement device; generating a movement profile of the tyre surface; and using the movement profile of the tyre surface to map the tread depth data onto a base tyre structure, thereby generating a three-dimensional topological surface representation of the tyre.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Andrew Pryce, Björn Gustafsson, Kshitij Sisodia
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Publication number: 20240042806Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle tire (1), having a tread face (3), the tread face (3) having at least one new tire marking (4, 7, 8) of a surface (5) which is at least partially higher than the surrounded surface of the tread face (3). The invention also relates to a method for producing a vehicle tire (1) with at least one new tire marking (4, 7, 8), in particular a described vehicle tire (1), the vehicle tire (1) being produced in a tire heating mold (2), the tire heating mold (2) having at least one at least partially engraved negative of a new tire marking (10, 13, 14) in the region of the tread face (3). The invention further relates to a tire heating mold (2) for a described method for producing a vehicle tire (1) having at least one new tire marking (4, 7, 8), in particular a described vehicle tire (1), wherein the tire heating mold (2) has an engraved negative of a new tire marking (10, 13, 14) in the region of the tread face.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Nicholas Hoppe, Jürgen Dzick
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Publication number: 20240042807Abstract: A commercial vehicle tire intended for mounting on an E.T.R.T.O. Standards Manual standardized 15° drop-center rim (width codes 5.25 to 9.75) with two rim flanges (2) and with two rim sections (3), each with a bead seat surface (3a), wherein the commercial vehicle tire has two bead regions with bead cores (4) and in each case one bead toe (6) and one bead contour on the outside of the tire and one on the inside of the tire, which bead contours adjoin one another at the bead toe (6), wherein each bead contour on the outside of the tire has a first segment (S1), which is in contact with the rim flange (2) when the commercial vehicle tire is mounted on the rim (1), and an outer contour region, which is at least partially in contact with the bead seat surface (3a) when the commercial vehicle tire is mounted on the rim (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: David Markovic, Volkmar Fries
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Publication number: 20240042808Abstract: Disclosed is a sound-absorbing material for tires having an excellent cavity noise reduction effect and capable of minimizing the rate of absorption of liquid latex.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Yong Tae Joo, Seung Ho Hyun, Hee Kyu Lim, Seung Won Kim
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Publication number: 20240042809Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring system is configured to communicate with a tire pressure sensor and has an antenna assembly and a transmitter. The antenna assembly has a transmitting and a cancelling antenna. The transmitting antenna has a wire loop defined by a plurality of coils with a first terminal and a second terminal. The cancelling antenna has a wire loop defined by a plurality of coils with a first terminal and a second terminal. The arrangement of the transmitting antenna and the cancelling antenna defines a proximal zone wherein a field from the transmitting antenna is configured to be sufficient to actuate the tire pressure monitor, while beyond the proximal zone, a field from the cancelling antenna cancels the field from the transmitting antenna. The transmitter is coupled to the transmitting antenna, and the cancelling antenna. An antenna and methods are likewise disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Mark Andrew Compton, Kevin Ray Spencer, Warren Edwin Guthrie, Eric Joshua Emens, Brandyn Jaymes Blehm, Andrew Scott Homrich, Timothy Cullen Davison
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Publication number: 20240042810Abstract: The present application provided a monitoring method and a monitoring device based on RF technology, where the monitoring method includes: collecting monitoring information of a target object through a MEMS chip; and outputting a pulse sequence carrying the monitoring information to an oscillator and a power amplifier in a RF circuit through the MEMS chip, where the monitoring information is characterized through the pulse sequence by a time interval between two adjacent pulses; and modulating a phase of a generated carrier by the oscillator according to the pulse sequence, and amplifying a modulated signal by the power amplifier, so that an amplified signal is transmitted through an antenna; where the MEMS chip works in an operation mode when outputting a high level of the pulse sequence, and in an idle mode when outputting a low level of the pulse sequence or ending outputting the pulse sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Jianer Zhang, Zenan Hu, Mingguang Yu
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Publication number: 20240042811Abstract: Electronic member comprising: A movement sensor and/or a proximity sensor; A microprocessor coupled to the sensor to form a data signal; A storage area connected to the microprocessor for storing a part of the data signal and an identification information element; An energy source; and A radio transmitter connected to the microprocessor; characterized in that the microprocessor is capable of defining two states of the electronic member, the storage area contains a predetermined change of state which is defined on the basis of the two states, the microprocessor is capable, having detected the predetermined change of state, of transmitting the identification information element via a radiofrequency signal transmitted during a time interval ?T and then stopping the transmission of the radiofrequency signal at the end of said time interval ?T and the time interval ?T is between 20 seconds and 10 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: ALEXANDRE PERNOT, DENIS MARTIN
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Publication number: 20240042812Abstract: A system for detecting leaks of tires of a vehicle is provided that includes sensors that measure pressure and temperature of the tires. The system has a processor that obtains the data from the sensors and detects a leak of one of the tires by using a natural leak model and/or a damage comparison model. The natural leak model uses temperature measurements of the tires to detect leakage of the tire which can be a slow leak of the tire. The damage comparison model detects leakage of the tire by comparing it to other tires on the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Chase SIUTA, ANTOINE GODMOND
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Publication number: 20240042813Abstract: Provided is a tire having excellent peeling resistance such that it is unsusceptible to having an electronic component peel off from the surface of the tire, even when a large impact is exerted on the tire during high-speed travel. An electronic component attachment member for embedding an electronic component is attached to a surface of a tire inner member disposed in a tire inner cavity. The electronic component attachment member comprises an electronic component storage part for storing an electronic component, and a bonding part having a bonding surface for attaching the electronic component attachment member to the surface of the tire inner member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Naoya SOFUE, Takuma YOSHIZUMI
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Publication number: 20240042814Abstract: A coupler is provided for attachment to a trailer and for receiving and selectively locking onto a hitch ball of a towing vehicle. The coupler may include a coupler body to attach to the trailer. The coupler body may have a socket attached to the upper surface of the coupler body adjacent. A socket and an adjacent clamp may be provided for selectively locking onto the hitch ball. A handle may be disposed above the upper surface of the coupler body and operatively coupled to the clamp for selectively moving the clamp between a locked position and an unlocked position. The handle may be rotatable about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the coupler body. The handle may be connected to the clamp by a rod defining a long axis. The rod may include a pin that rides on a pair of ramped surfaces to convert a rotational movement of the handle to translational movement of the clamp between a locked position and an unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Pacific Rim International, LLCInventor: Todd Walstrom
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Publication number: 20240042815Abstract: The invention relates to a trailer coupling for a motor vehicle, wherein the trailer coupling has a coupling arm, on the free end region of which a ball neck is formed, on which a coupling ball is arranged for attaching a trailer or coupling a load carrier to the motor vehicle. The coupling ball is spherical on the side thereof facing away from the ball neck and has a spherical segment plane on the side thereof facing the ball neck. Between the spherical segment plane and a portion of the ball neck which has a smaller outer circumference than the spherical segment plane there is arranged a throat portion having a transition contour extending in a concave manner between the ball neck and the spherical segment. The transition contour transitions with a coupling ball transition region into an external contour of the coupling ball, in particular into the spherical segment plane, and transitions with a ball neck transition region into an outer surface of the ball neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Kay Angermann, Michael Drücker, Waldemar Gross, Marc Wiener, Martin Wyrwich
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Publication number: 20240042816Abstract: A system is disclosed herein including a tow vehicle including and a trailer. The tow vehicle includes a bed having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a receiver assembly coupled to the bed, the receiver assembly extending through the first surface and the second surface. The receiver assembly includes a hollow cylinder having a first end and a second end, the first end of the hollow cylinder coupled to the bed of the tow vehicle and a ball receiver having a semi-spherical shape, the ball receiver coupled to the second end of the hollow cylinder. The trailer includes a deck, a neck coupled to the deck and a trailer coupler coupled to the neck. The trailer coupler includes a trailer ball configured to engage the receiver assembly of the tow vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Lloyd Frank Estes
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Publication number: 20240042817Abstract: The present invention relates to a tow hitch cover device. The device has a cover that can be placed over the ball of a tow hitch and resembles a face. The cover is then enclosed by both halves of a helmet assembly. The helmet assembly further attaches to the cover via fasteners. As a result, the cover and helmet assembly combine to form the image of a football player wearing a helmet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Jason Leon
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Publication number: 20240042818Abstract: A dual-axle vehicle corner assembly which may include a sub-frame, a first arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a first arm axis, the first arm having a first axle axis about which a first wheel rotates when connected to the first arm, a second arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a second arm axis, the second arm having a second axle axis about which a second wheel rotates when connected to the second arm, and a suspension system comprising a piston assembly interconnecting the first arm and the second arm, the piston assembly is to controllably increase and decrease a length of the piston assembly to control a distance between the first axle axis and the second axle axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: REE AUTOMOTIVE LTDInventors: Ahishay SARDES, Ran DEKEL, Zohar GOLDENSTEIN, Ran MEIR, Ido GURY
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Publication number: 20240042819Abstract: The adjustable control arm includes a rod end having a first bushing, and an arm body having a second bushing. The rod end is connected to a sub-frame assembly of a vehicle through the first bushing. The arm body is connected to a knuckle of a wheel assembly of the vehicle through the second bushing. The control arm includes an adjuster for receiving the rod end. The control arm includes a ball configured on a bracket or a slider assembly. The ball remains disposed equidistance from the rod end and the arm body irrespective of the movement of the adjuster. The ball is operationally connected to a height sensor assembly of the vehicle, and the adjuster is adjusted to vary a particular suspension angle (Camber angle), length of the control arm without affecting the distance between the height sensor assembly of the vehicle and the ball on the control arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Don Ptashne
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Publication number: 20240042820Abstract: A vehicle suspension assembly includes a trailing axle carried by a frame of the assembly. The frame can retract to a retracted state from an extended state and extend from the retracted state to the extended state. The retraction and extension can occur along a longitudinal axis of the frame. An operator can pivotally raise and lower a free end of frame in the retracted or extended state along an arcuate path when the vehicle suspension assembly connects to a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Holcombe CVI,LLCInventor: Brent Anthony Holcombe
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Publication number: 20240042821Abstract: A shock end loop for use with a shock absorber having a shaft is provided. A shock end loop according to various aspects of the present technology may include a body portion adapted for engagement with a threaded end of the shaft. The shock end loop may also include a neck portion coupled to the body portion and extending upward therefrom and adapted for engagement with the shaft for firmly securing and supporting the shaft to counteract a side load or bending torque that is exerted on the shaft by the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Justin Smith
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Publication number: 20240042822Abstract: A top mount assembly includes an attachment bracket having a flange section, a piston rod mount section, and a cylinder section, the flange section includes a plurality of apertures for receiving a plurality of fastener bolts, the piston rod mount section being configured to receive a piston rod, and the cylinder section of the attachment bracket includes an annular chamber that receives an annular working piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Sean GAW, Douglas ARBOUR, Dominick STERLEY
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Publication number: 20240042823Abstract: The present disclosure provides absorption refrigeration systems, assemblies and methods utilizing waste heat for climate control and/or cooling (e.g., electric systems cooling; electronics cooling; motor cooling; generator cooling; oil cooling; etc.). More particularly, the present disclosure provides absorption refrigeration systems, assemblies and methods utilizing waste heat (e.g., from aviation/aerospace systems, such as hybrid-electric/electric aircraft/aerospace systems or the like) for climate control and/or cooling (e.g., electronics cooling; motor cooling; generator cooling; oil cooling; electric systems cooling for energy savings on aviation/aerospace systems, such as hybrid-electric/electric aircraft/aerospace systems). In example embodiments, the waste heat utilization provides up to 100% of the energy control system (ECS) input energy, and certain configurations allow for substantially no electric energy input (e.g., allows for gravity flow only).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Viktor Kilchyk, Brent J. Merritt
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Publication number: 20240042824Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus configured to supply electrical power to a transport refrigeration unit, the apparatus comprising a power converter and a photovoltaic system including a photovoltaic cell. The power converter includes a rectifier, an inverter and a DC bus internal to the power converter. The DC bus is electrically connected to an output of the rectifier and an input of the inverter, an input of the rectifier is electrically couplable to a power source external to the apparatus at a connection port, and an output of the inverter is electrically couplable to the transport refrigeration unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Alexander IGLIZN, Matthew SRNEC, Vikram MADINENI
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Publication number: 20240042825Abstract: A connecting device and an integrated assembly are provided. The connecting device comprises a reinforcing portion and a flow channel portion, wherein the reinforcing portion is in a fixed or limited arrangement with the flow channel portion. The connecting device is provided with a plurality of external interfaces which can be used for connecting to a system, and the flow channel portion comprises at least two modules and at least one interface portion; each module comprises a main body portion and a bottom plate, the main body portion is provided with recessed grooves on the side thereof close to the bottom plate, the main body portion of the first module is fixed to the bottom plate by means of welding to form at least two communicating portions, and each communicating portion comprises a space where a corresponding groove is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.Inventors: Rongrong ZHANG, Jianmin Zhang, Shifeng HU, Kezhe QIAN
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Publication number: 20240042826Abstract: A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a carbon dioxide sensing device disposed at a vehicular component of a vehicle. The carbon dioxide sensing device captures sensor data representative of a sample of air at the vehicular component. The cabin monitoring system, based on processing at an ECU of sensor data captured by the carbon dioxide sensing device, determines a carbon dioxide level at the interior portion of the vehicle. The cabin monitoring system, when the vehicle is parked and not operating and based on the determined carbon dioxide level at the interior portion of the vehicle, determines occupancy of the vehicle. The cabin monitoring system, when the vehicle is operating and based on the determined carbon dioxide level at the interior portion of the vehicle, controls a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Sethuraman Ravichandran, Peter Krebs
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Publication number: 20240042827Abstract: A portable cooling device for an open air vehicle includes a housing structured to be installed behind an operator. The housing includes a front surface, a rear surface and right and left side surfaces. One or more intakes are positioned on at least of the left and right side surfaces and are structured to enable intake of outside air. One or more exhaust vents are positioned on the rear surface to exhaust heat from the housing. One or more cooling vents are positioned on the front surface. The portable cooling device includes one or more diverters coupled to each cooling vent and structured to convey cooled air from the one or more cooling vents to an area proximate to a head or neck of the operator of the open air vehicle. The housing width is less than about 30 inches and the housing depth is less than about 12 inches.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Air Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Marcos Locke, Michael Wetzel
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Publication number: 20240042828Abstract: The indirect heat pump system includes a refrigerant unit, a cold water handling unit, and a hot water handling unit. A cold water inlet of the cold water handling unit communicates with an evaporator; a cold water outlet of the cold water handling unit communicates with the evaporator; the cold water handling unit is connected to a plurality of loads in parallel A hot water inlet of the hot water handling unit communicates with a condenser; a hot water outlet of the hot water handling unit communicates with the condenser; the hot water handling unit is connected to the loads in parallel; and a plurality of hot water two-way valves are disposed in pipelines of the hot water handling unit and are configured to control the on and off of the hot water in the loads.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: AIR INTERNATIONAL THERMAL SYSTEMS R&D (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Qi LIU, Zhaokai YU, Yu ZHAO, Duo WU, Xiaohua QU, Jingyang MU, Guangze HONG
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Publication number: 20240042829Abstract: Thermal regulation circuit for a vehicle, said circuit comprising first (2) and second (4) heat exchangers that are situated in series along a direction of circulation of an air flow intended to pass through them in this order, said circuit comprising a third heat exchanger (6) intended to be passed through by an ambient air flow, said circuit being configured to allow a refrigerant to circulate in series in the first (2) and third (6) heat exchangers and a heat-transfer fluid to circulate in the second heat exchanger (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Bertrand Nicolas, Mohamed Yahia, Jugurtha Benouali, Stefan Karl, Yvan Lechat
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Publication number: 20240042830Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling module for a motor vehicle, comprising a fairing forming an internal duct inside which at least one heat exchanger intended to have an air flow (F) passing through it is arranged, a collector housing positioned downstream of the fairing and further comprising one or more side walls which extend in the continuation of the internal duct of the fairing, the cooling module being characterized in that the at least one side wall comprises at least one vent (E) intended to discharge the air flow (F), as well as at least one shut-off device for shutting off the at least one vent (E), said shut-off device being able to move between a position in which said at least one vent (E) is open and a position in which said at least one vent (E) is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Amrid Mammeri, Kamel Azzouz, Issiaka Traore, Sebastien Garnier
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Publication number: 20240042831Abstract: While a speed of a first compressor during operation is less than a threshold speed, a speed of a second compressor during operation is prevented from falling below a minimum threshold speed that is defined by a sum of the speed of the first compressor and a predefined offset speed delta such that the minimum threshold speed changes as the speed of the first compressor changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Jennifer Helen Chang, Rohan Shrivastava, Brett Allen Dunn, Jordan Mazaira
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Publication number: 20240042832Abstract: A modular air outlet assembly comprises at least two air outlet sub-modules and a housing connecting member, wherein each of the air outlet sub-modules have different functions and are matchingly engaged in a sealed manner, and the air outlet sub-modules comprise a front sub-module and a rear sub-module; the front sub-module comprises a front housing and a front functional component, and the front housing has a standard air inlet joint; the rear sub-module comprises a rear housing and a rear functional component, and the rear housing has a standard air outlet joint and a standard air duct opening joint. A modular approach is used to design the air outlet assembly, and the relative angle between the air outlet sub-modules can be adjusted by means of different housing connecting members to avoid installation limitations in vehicles, and the mold development cost and related costs are reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Shi Qiang LIN, Li Feng HUANG, Lin LI, Hong Jun CHEN, Zhe XU, Zeng Feng HUANG
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Publication number: 20240042833Abstract: A automobile laminated glass according to the present invention includes: a first glass plate that is formed into a rectangular shape; a second glass plate that is disposed so as to face the first glass plate, and is formed into a rectangular shape; an intermediate film that is disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; a functional layer that is disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plate; and an obstructing layer that is laminated on a peripheral edge portion of at least one of the first glass plate and the second glass plate, wherein the functional layer is formed so that an outer edge of at least a portion of the functional layer is located outward of an inner edge of the obstructing layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Kazuki CHIBA, Ryohei OGAWA, Hisashi OGAWA, Hisashi ASAOKA
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Publication number: 20240042834Abstract: This invention provides systems, devices, and methods for the assembly of a windshield mounting assembly that foregoes many traditional fastening mechanisms in favor of the combination of a windshield, joiner extrusion, bonding agent, and a mounting extrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Pacific Coast Marine Windshields Ltd.Inventor: Darren Bach
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Publication number: 20240042835Abstract: A vehicle having at least one roof rail and window, the window connected to the roof rail, and a roof module for forming a vehicle roof of the motor vehicle. The roof module has a frame, connected to or partially forms the one roof rail, a panel component, which at least partially forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof, the roof skin serving as an outer sealing surface of the roof module, and which is connected to the roof module frame, an environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals through a panel see-through area in the panel component so as to detect a vehicle environment, and a cleaning feature which has at least one cleaning nozzle and is configured to clean the see-through area. The at least one window and the roof module frame and/or the panel component overlap so that an installation space is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Maximilian EHRMANN, Magnus SVIBERG, Cédric LANGLAIS, Michael HÜLSEN
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Publication number: 20240042836Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus includes: a transparent display that is installed on a window glass of a vehicle and displays an image of content which is a display target; a mask layer that is disposed to overlap the transparent display and is capable of changing a visibility of a display region of the image from outside the vehicle; and a mask setting unit that sets a visibility of the mask layer depending on details of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Manabu Fujiwara, Shuhei Matsuda, Masatada Muramoto
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Publication number: 20240042837Abstract: In an embodiment a glass run for a door of a vehicle includes a core inserted in the glass run, wherein the core comprises a flat portion extending to a predetermined height in a longitudinal direction of the core and a punched portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the core from the flat portion, and wherein the glass run is mountable to the door of the vehicle to support a door glassType: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Min-Han Ryu, Ki-Won Kim
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Publication number: 20240042838Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an opening panel of a motor vehicle, comprising: an inner panel, preferably made of plastic; an outer skin, at least partially made of plastic, mounted on the inner panel, and comprising an inner surface facing an outer surface of the inner panel; and an equipment supporting plate covered by the outer skin and mounted directly on the outer surface of the inner panel, said plate being disposed inside an internal volume delimited by the outer surface of the inner panel and by the inner surface of the outer skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM SEInventors: Romain CRETIER, Emilien HUMMER
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Publication number: 20240042839Abstract: A tarpaulin system for an open cargo hold. The tarpaulin system includes a tarpaulin, a plurality of bows, a plurality of connectors, a cable, and a tail end system. The plurality of connectors connects the plurality of bows to the cable while the tarpaulin is draped atop the plurality of bows. The tarpaulin bracket system allows for quick, and easy, replacement, or fixing, of the plurality of connectors or damaged bows allowing for much easier and efficient replacement while traveling in harsh environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Johnny Philavong
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Publication number: 20240042840Abstract: A truck bed cover system includes a rail system configured to mount to a truck bed. The rail system has a front rail, a left rail secured to a left end of the front rail, and a right rail secured to a right end of the front rail. The truck bed cover system also includes a plurality of hinges secured to the rail system with at least two hinges of the plurality of hinges secured to each of the front rail, the left rail, and the right rail. Further, the truck bed cover system includes a plurality of rotary latches secured to corresponding hinges of the plurality of hinges and a cover portion secured to each rotary latch. The truck bed cover system further includes an actuation assembly having respective actuators configured to detach selected rotary latches such that the cover hinges from either the left rail, the right rail, or the front rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Omni Truck Covers LLCInventors: Andrew James Cayson, Brittany Claire Vogt
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Publication number: 20240042841Abstract: An electric drive module comprises a housing, at least one electric motor attached to the housing, a main gear wheel mechanically connected to the electric motor by mechanical gears, a gearbox, where the gearbox input member is driven by the main gear wheel, an axle differential housed in an axle differential housing and driven by an gearbox output, and drive shafts driven by the axle differential, the axis of which is parallel to the axis of the gearbox. At least a portion of the differential housing is rigidly connected to the output member of the gearbox, which allows direct connection of the gearbox and the differential.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Advanced Design Solution s.r.o.Inventor: Vilém Neuman