Patents Issued in April 30, 2024
  • Patent number: 11970200
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a stroller handle lock auxiliary structure disposed in a stroller frame of a stroller. The stroller frame includes a lower frame and a stroller handle pivotally connected on the lower frame. The lower frame includes a first linking rod. The first linking rod is provided with a fitting portion protruding toward an outer side of the lower frame, and the stroller handle is provided with a reversing sliding sleeve matching with the fitting portion. The stroller handle lock auxiliary structure includes a rib that pushes the first linking rod toward the outer side of the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Yi
  • Patent number: 11970201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seat cover assembly of a baby stroller including a seat cover, a support structure and a pivot portion. The support structure is disposed in the seat cover and includes a first plate member and a second plate member that are movably connected. A seam is formed between the first plate member and the second plate member, and a width of the seam is less than a sum of a thickness of the first plate member and a thickness of the second plate member. The pivot portion is opposite the seam and close to a surface of the first plate member and a surface of the second plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Bo Wu, Liyi Wang
  • Patent number: 11970202
    Abstract: A steering column sleeve includes two elements made up of an outer tube and an inner tube, and a system for adjusting a resistive force against a relative translational movement between the elements. A friction pad is supported by a first of the elements, and a clamping surface is rigidly connected to a second of the elements, wherein the friction pad is configured to contact and bear on the clamping surface, and an adjustment mechanism. The adjusting mechanism includes a cam bearing on a support member to generate a variation in pressure of the friction pad on the clamping surface parallel to a reference axis that is fixed relative to the first element, between a use position and an adjustment position. The adjustment mechanism of the adjustment system is configured to generate a relative rotational movement between the cam and the support member about the reference axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Vendôme
    Inventors: Laurent Fevre, Eddy Dupont
  • Patent number: 11970204
    Abstract: A steering device includes a steering column for supporting a steering shaft coupled to a steering wheel; an upper bracket fixed to a vehicle body and supports the steering column; and two lower brackets independently fixed to the vehicle body on both sides of the steering column to support the steering column in such a manner that allows the steering column to sway in a vertical direction. The lower brackets each includes a fixed portion facing the vehicle body and disposed on an outside of the steering column in a vehicle width direction, a pivot portion facing the steering column and having an attachment hole into which a pin member for coupling the steering column to the lower bracket is inserted, and a pair of rib portions each connected to the fixed portion and the pivot portion by a bent portion shaped into a bent plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sato, Tomohiro Ikuta, Suguru Sugishita, Hirotaka Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11970205
    Abstract: A steering column device includes a friction plate having a long hole though which an adjusting rod is inserted and a mounting hole, and sandwiched at least one of a portion between one of inner-side surfaces of a pair of support plate portions and an outer-side surface of a column-side bracket of a steering column, and a portion between one of outer-side surfaces of the pair of support plate portions and one of inner-side surfaces of a pair of pressing portions. The steering column device includes a hook portion having a cantilever beam structure that is inserted through the mounting hole in the width direction, and the hook portion has a restricting projection for restricting movement in the width direction of the friction plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 11970206
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a crash device that has at least two components that have mutually facing surfaces. The at least two components may be connected to each other by means of a shear element that is arranged in an opening passing at least partially through the components such that the shear element is broken in two if the components move relative to each other. To improve the predetermined breaking connection, the opening may have, in at least one edge region bounding one of the mutually facing surfaces, a widened portion that extends at least over a partial circumferential region and is open towards the respective other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Bryan Beham, René Marco Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11970207
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle position processing apparatus, a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle position processing method, and a vehicle control method capable of increasing the number of the position information of front object used for generation of the trajectory and improving the generation accuracy of the trajectory. A vehicle position processing apparatus, a vehicle control apparatus, a vehicle position processing method, and a vehicle control method that obtains positions of a target object, sets a trajectory generation range which is a continuous range including a position of the target object close to a position of the present own vehicle, selects positions of the target object included in the trajectory generation range among the plural positions of the target object, as target object positions for trajectory generation, and generates a trajectory of the target object based on the target object positions for trajectory generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Urabe, Masaya Endo, Yasuyoshi Hori, Kunio Ueda
  • Patent number: 11970208
    Abstract: A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus executes a steering avoidance control of setting an avoidance route for avoiding the collision of the own vehicle with the object in a lane in which the own vehicle moves and executing an avoiding steering process of forcibly steering the own vehicle so as to move the own vehicle along the avoidance route when an index value representing a probability of collision of an own vehicle with an object ahead of the own vehicle becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined index value. The apparatus stops an execution of the steering avoidance control when a departing amount of the own vehicle from the avoidance route becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined departing amount while the electronic control unit executes the steering avoidance control. The predetermined departing amount is set for each of sections of the avoidance route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mafune Kakeshita, Yumi Shimanaka, Sho Hashimoto, Takuto Kozaki, Tooru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11970209
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing real-time feedback to a driver of a vehicle based on real-time datasets is disclosed. The systems and methods include obtaining one or more sets of real-time data associated with a vehicle. Performing one or more operations on the set of real-time data, wherein the one or more operations are based on the set of real-time data. Generating, a feedback alert based on results of the one or more operations and one or more detected real-time behaviors of the vehicle. Providing the feedback alert for presentation at a user interface on-board the vehicle. The real-time data may include contextual data, environmental data, operating data, data for a plurality of drivers, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventor: Brian Mark Fields
  • Patent number: 11970210
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension arrangement includes a suspension slider assembly including first and second laterally spaced longitudinal frame members configured to be slidably coupled to a first vehicle frame member, first and second gusset members fixed to the first and second longitudinal frame members and each including a relief, a first lateral frame member extending between the first and second longitudinal frame members, the first lateral frame member having ends received within the reliefs, an axle member configured to support a pair of wheel assemblies, and a suspension assembly configured to support the suspension slider assembly from the axle member, the suspension assembly including a spring member positioned between the suspension slider assembly and the axle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAF-Holland, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Galazin, Edward Robert Hammer, Jeffrey M. Galla
  • Patent number: 11970211
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a deformation device for a motor vehicle. The deformation device comprises a support structure and a charging module which is fixed to the support structure at two mutually spaced connecting elements. The support structure comprises a target bend region which is arranged between the at least two connecting elements. The support structure is designed to bend, at least in regions, at the target bend region in the event of accident-related deformation of said support structure, and as a result press onto the charging module at the target bend region, and release a first connection between the charging module and the support structure formed via a first connecting element of the at least two connecting elements. A further aspect of the present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having the deformation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian Isakiewitsch, Nanne Swierstra, Florian Grosshauser, Sebastian Scheiblecker, Mickael Donnard, Sean O'Brien, Thorsten Adolph
  • Patent number: 11970212
    Abstract: An automotive-structural-part joint structure is formed by bending one metal sheet, includes a groove portion including a top portion and a pair of side wall portions, is provided at an end part of one automotive structural part in a longitudinal direction, and is configured to join the one automotive structural part to another automotive structural part in an intersecting direction. The automotive-structural-part joint structure includes: a pair of vertical rib portions configured to stand upward from both side ends of the top portion; and an outward-directed flange portion configured to extend outward from three side edges of the groove portion on an end part side where the other automotive structural part is joined, the flange portion being continuously formed along the three side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Fujii, Masaki Urabe
  • Patent number: 11970213
    Abstract: A reinforcement, joined by welding to a vehicle structural member having a closed cross section, comprising a curved section at least in part of its length, a top wall having opposite edges, and a pair of lateral walls extending from the edges to form ridge lines, wherein the top wall and the lateral walls form a U-shaped cross section. The lateral wall includes a base surface and a plurality of welding projections at intervals along its length, each welding projection having a raised surface for welding. Each welding projection is raised from the base surface of the lateral wall toward the vehicle structural member. The lateral wall further includes a bead between the welding projections within a curved section to prevent or suppress wrinkles from forming during press forming. The bead is raised from the base surface of the lateral wall toward the vehicle structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Kosaka, Daisuke Teramoto, Masanori Izumoto, Katsuya Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11970214
    Abstract: A vehicle body for an electrical vehicle includes: side sills, which are coupled to side surfaces of a floor panel, rear side members, front end portions of which overlap rear end portions of the side sills and which are coupled the side surfaces of the floor panel, a battery, which is positioned at a lower portion of the floor panel and is mounted to portions of the side sills in front of the rear side members and to portions at which the side sills overlap the rear side members, and rear extension members having a strength lower than any of the side sills and the rear side members, the rear extension members being connected at front ends thereof to rear ends of the rear side members, and the rear extension members being coupled to the side surfaces of the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Se Ho Ryu
  • Patent number: 11970215
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a cavity filling system for e.g. noise reduction, sealing and/or stiffening. The cavity is part of an automotive vehicle structure. The present invention further relates to an automotive vehicle structure with a multitude of cavities and a filling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Helfer, Alain Kuntz
  • Patent number: 11970216
    Abstract: A method of making a worm gear. The method includes forming a gear blank having a plurality of individual lugs formed about an outer circumferential edge of said blank to facilitate a uniform flow of a material around said plurality of individual lugs. The method also includes molding said material around said plurality of individual lugs to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Beyerlein, Alan G. Turek, Jesse A. Heather
  • Patent number: 11970217
    Abstract: A tailgate enclosure for use with a vehicle can include a plurality of cross-members, a first upright, a second upright, and only one additional upright. Each of the cross-members can be vertically spaced apart from an adjacent one of the cross-members and can include a first beam, a second beam, and a central beam having a first end and a second end, the central beam positioned at least partially between the first and second beams. The first upright can secure the first beam of each of the cross-members to a first sidewall of the vehicle and the second upright can secure the second beam of each of the cross-members to a second sidewall of the vehicle. The additional upright can be positioned along the central beam of each of the cross-members between the first and second ends of the central beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lund Motion Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Nicholas Smith
  • Patent number: 11970218
    Abstract: A strut assembly for mounting an aerodynamic fairing assembly for attachment to a trailer of a tractor-trailer having a centerline, transverse structural support members extending between sides of the trailer, and longitudinal members extending along a length of the trailer. The strut assembly may comprise a mounting plate, a strut body, and a composite spring. The composite spring may be substantially rectangular. The mounting bracket comprising a mounting plate and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. The strut body rotatably may be coupled to the pair of spaced apart sidewalls on the mounting bracket. The composite spring may be coupled to an upper surface of the strut body and configured to contact an underside of the mounting plate of the mounting bracket to resist inward deflection from an external force applied to the strut body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fleetaero, LLC
    Inventor: Richard P. Senatro
  • Patent number: 11970219
    Abstract: A trim assembly having at least a first trim part fora vehicle, wherein the trim assembly is connected to an undercarriage of the vehicle via a bearing device, and wherein in order to create advantageous design conditions, the bearing device includes at least a first bearing, a second bearing and a third bearing, which are each connected to at least one component coupled to a first wheelset or a first wheelset bearing system of the undercarriage, the at least first trim part is mounted in an articulated manner with respect to a first bearing transverse axis of the undercarriage via the at least first bearing, and the at least first trim part is mounted with mechanical decoupling with respect to directions of motion parallel to an undercarriage longitudinal plane via the second bearing and the third hearing such that mechanical loads acting on the trim assembly are thereby reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Czerwinka, David Kreuzweger, Alexander Prix, Jochen Ringswirth, Christian Moser
  • Patent number: 11970220
    Abstract: There is provided an electric power steering apparatus in which a motor housing that contains motor constituent members and has a waterproofing function and a control unit case that contains control apparatus constituent members and has a waterproofing function are provided, in which an output axle of a motor extends to the outside of the motor housing while maintaining the waterproofing function, and in which a respiratory apparatus that performs a respiratory action, based on an inner pressure change, is provided in the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Onishi, Yoshihito Asao
  • Patent number: 11970221
    Abstract: A steering actuator for rear axle steering of a motor vehicle has a spindle drive (5) which comprises pushrods (9) which are connected to a threaded spindle (16) and which are mounted in a housing (6) by means of plain bearings (18), allowing the passage of air, and are connected at each end thereof to an attachment element (12) provided for coupling to a chassis suspension arm, wherein a gaiter (19, 20) is connected on the one side to the housing (6) and on the other side to one of the attachment elements (12) in each case. Each plain bearing (18) is designed as a bearing allowing one revolution of the threaded spindle (16), wherein at least one longitudinal groove (21) abuts one guide bush (23) of the plain bearing (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko
  • Patent number: 11970222
    Abstract: A method for actuating a vehicle steering actuator which is coupled to a steering gear, comprising: providing an end stop return function with which a first control variable for the vehicle steering actuator can be ascertained, on the basis of which a force that returns the steering gear in the direction of a defined position can be at least partially generated with the vehicle steering actuator; ascertaining whether the steering gear falls below a limit distance from an end stop; and if this is the case: actuating the vehicle steering actuator on the basis of the first control variable ascertained with the end stop return function, which control variable has a value above a threshold value; wherein, if the limit distance is not fallen below, no control variable is ascertained with the end stop return function or a control variable with a value not exceeding the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Berkner, Jens Zientek, Barbara Neef
  • Patent number: 11970223
    Abstract: A vehicle for transporting a passenger in a standing position includes a frame, a rear axle assembly disposed at a rear end of the frame, a front suspension assembly disposed at a front end of the frame, a rear deck attached to the frame to accommodate a trailing foot of the passenger, a front deck attached to the frame to accommodate a leading foot of the passenger, and a driveshaft extending forward from the rear axle assembly such that the driveshaft transmits power to the rear axle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: James Matthew Underwood
  • Patent number: 11970224
    Abstract: A mining machine includes a frame having a guide rail, the guide rail having a central portion. The mining machine also includes a shoe having a recessed area that defines a roller path, the shoe further having a drive lug, wherein the central portion of the guide rail is configured to be disposed within the recessed area. The mining machine also includes a cutting tool coupled to the frame and positioned such that the cutting tool is configured to abrasively remove material from the drive lug as the drive lug passes by the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: JOY GLOBAL SURFACE MINING INC
    Inventors: Matthew L. Gross, James M. Hutsick, Joseph J. Wirkus, Josh Severson, Ethan Pedretti, James Popp
  • Patent number: 11970225
    Abstract: An endless track for use in propelling a snowmobile. The endless track extends between a first lateral side and a second lateral side and includes an inner drive surface and an outer ground-engaging surface. The inner drive surface includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced inner drive lugs used to drive and rotate the endless track. The outer ground-engaging surface includes a plurality of treads, where each tread extends continuous and uninterrupted along a constant height from the first lateral side to the second lateral side a full width of the endless track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Bates, Jr., Thomas D. Rager, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11970226
    Abstract: An elastic crawler capable of effectively preventing an occurrence of vibration, noise and cracks during driving while improving durability is provided. The elastic crawler includes a coupling portion arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction at a center in a left and right direction of a crawler body, a steel core arranged in the left and right direction between adjacent coupling portions in the circumferential direction of the crawler body, and two rows of left and right lugs installed on an outer periphery of the crawler body, wherein each of the rows of the lugs includes driving lugs arranged in an oblique direction with respect to the steel core, and each of the driving lugs overlaps with two adjacent steel cores in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Yong Jae Choi
  • Patent number: 11970227
    Abstract: Methods, systems and a vehicle control system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system includes an Electric Power Steering System (EPS), and a sensor system including a vehicle dynamics sensor configured to provide vehicle dynamics data and a temperature sensor configured to provide measured outside temperature. A processor is in operable communication with the EPS and the sensor system. The processor is configured to execute program instructions. The program instructions are configured to cause the processor to: execute an automated lateral control algorithm based on the vehicle dynamics data to generate a steering command, adapt the automated lateral control algorithm based on the measured outside temperature so that the steering command compensates for changing lateral response of the vehicle as a result of changing environmental temperature; and provide the steering command to the EPS, wherein the EPS is configured to laterally control the vehicle based on the steering command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Reza Zarringhalam, Jimmy Lu, Brian Porto, Ethan Thomas Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11970228
    Abstract: A docking station may be used to provide a physical foundation and an operational base for a remote wireless cab. The docking station preferably includes a base member, a hydraulic pump and an electrical generator. The hydraulic pump is not needed for a remote wireless electric cab. The base member includes a support base and at least two upright mounting members. The at least two upright mounting members extend upward from the support base. The hydraulic pump and the electrical generator are preferably attached to a top surface of the support base. A remote wireless cab is attached to the at least two upright mounting members. The hydraulic pump is connected to the hydraulic pressure and return lines. The electrical generator is connected to the electrical bulkhead through the power cable. The remote wireless cab may be operated with the docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: ZOOMLION HEAVY INDUSTRY NA, INC., ZOOMLION HEAVY INDUSTRY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Mckinley, Steven Melotik
  • Patent number: 11970229
    Abstract: An electric vehicle chassis includes a chassis frame having a front portion, a rear portion, and a central portion disposed between the front portion and the rear portion. The chassis includes a front bumper assembly connected to the chassis at the front portion and a left-front and right-front suspension assembly connected to the chassis at the front portion, with each front suspension assembly including upper and lower control arms and a shock absorber. The chassis includes a power supply storage compartment disposed in the central portion, the power supply storage compartment being configured to hold a power supply which is selectively detachable from the chassis frame. The chassis further includes a rear bumper assembly connected to the chassis at the rear portion, as well as a left-rear and right-rear suspension assembly connected to the chassis at the rear portion and the central section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Edward Y Lee
  • Patent number: 11970230
    Abstract: A tool assembly for mounting a tailgate to a car body is provided. The tool assembly includes a bracket adapted to engage with an overhead structure and a frame movably coupled to the bracket and configured to move in a vertical direction relative to the bracket. The tool assembly also includes a linkage mechanism movably coupling the frame with the bracket and configured to maintain the frame parallel to the bracket during the vertical movement of the frame. Further, a pair of torque guns is coupled to the frame and is configured to hold a pair of fasteners. The pair of torque guns engages and tightens the pair of fasteners to the car body and a hinge attached to the tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Marco kar-ki Ng, Joseph Marshall Sacerty, Kristopher Zalewski, Khoi Nguyen, Ruben Zhou Yang, Bahman Sayahfar
  • Patent number: 11970231
    Abstract: A vehicle can include a first wheel, a second wheel, and a steering system. Either both the first wheel and the second wheel can be front wheels or both the first wheel and the second wheel can be rear wheels. The steering system can be configured to concurrently cause: (1) a steering angle of the first wheel to be at a first angle and (2) a steering angle of the second wheel to be at a second angle. A difference angle can be a difference of the first angle subtracted from the second angle and can be greater than an angle determined to comply with Ackermann steering geometry. Such a difference angle can act to securely brake the vehicle when the vehicle is parked at a location at which a three-dimensional shape of a topological relief of the location can complicate an effort to securely brake the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Zwegers, Robert C. MacArthur, Claudia A. Ma, Shigenori Shibata, Adam R. VanAntwerp
  • Patent number: 11970232
    Abstract: A clamping device for a bicycle rack includes a first clamp and a second clamp respective formed to two ends of a shaft. The first clamp is secured to an upright frame of a bicycle rack, and the second clamp clamps a bicycle top tube or seat tube. The first clamp is a C-shaped clamp and includes a first part and a second part which is pivotably connected to the first part. A restraining hole is formed when the first part is pivoted toward second part. A locking member is pivotably connected to the second part and has a protrusion. The first part has a notch. When the locking member is pivoted to engage the protrusion with the notch, the first part is restricted from being pivoted away from the second part so as to securely restrain the upright frame of the bicycle rack in the restraining hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KING RACK INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiu Kuei Wang, Hugues Espesset
  • Patent number: 11970233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for mounting a bicycle to a surface, such as a truck bed or cement slab, or the like. The device includes at least one base configured for mounting with the surface, and a locking mechanism comprising a hollow enclosure with opposing slots, a biasing mechanism, and opposing locking prongs with finger tabs. The locking prongs are confined to slidable movement along a longitudinal axis of the hollow enclosure and extend outwardly from the hollow enclosure in a first locked position. When the finger tabs are squeezed together to retract the locking prongs into the hollow enclosure, the aperture or slot of the bicycle forks are aligned with the locking tabs. When the finger tabs are released, he biasing mechanism forces the locking prongs to extend outwardly to engage the slots or apertures of the bicycle forks to lock the bicycle with the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Brian S Wirtz
  • Patent number: 11970234
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, An electric bicycle theft detection system includes: a pedal; a pedal rotation speed detector configured to measure a rotation speed of the pedal; a driving wheel configured to rotate by receiving power; a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel; a driving wheel rotation speed detector configured to measure the rotation speed of the driving wheel; a control device configured to detect theft based on the rotation speed of the pedal, a torque of the motor, and the rotation speed of the driving wheel; and a user interface device configured to generate a warning signal when the control device detects the theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
    Inventors: Eun Jung No, Bumrae Cho
  • Patent number: 11970235
    Abstract: An adaptive vehicle headlight is provided for being installed on a vehicle body for use. The adaptive vehicle headlight includes a light body, an optical lens, a driver, and a control unit. The optical lens, the driver, and the control unit are integrated into the light body. In practice, the optical lens can optionally include a light distributing member. The control unit can cause an operation of the driver according to a tilt angle of the vehicle body, such that the optical lens and/or the light distributing member are rotated to a predetermined angle, so as to produce an illumination pattern in a horizontal state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CHIAN YIH OPTOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Wang, Ming-Feng Kuo, Wen-Hong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11970236
    Abstract: A steering mechanism for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a cargo hold chassis (10), communicably coupled with a front wheel (10a) located on a front axle; and a rider and pillion support chassis (20), communicably coupled with a rear wheel (12a) located on a rear axle; wherein, the cargo hold chassis (10) is located operatively forward and operatively lower with respect to the rider support chassis (20); the mechanism comprising: a steering mechanism comprising a steering stem (30), a steering column rod (36), and a steering handle (32), the steering stem (30) mounted in an operative front of the cargo hold chassis (10), the steering handle (32) mounted operatively atop the cargo hold chassis (10); the steering column rod (36) mounted operatively connected to the steering stem (30) at its upper end, the steering stem (30) spaced apart from the steering handle (32) in order to provide for off-center steering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Vijay K Praveen, Alok Das
  • Patent number: 11970237
    Abstract: A driving device is use in a small vehicle including a bicycle. The driving device includes an electric drive mechanism, a transmission, and a switching mechanism. The electric drive mechanism includes an electric motor that is configured to drive a movable member. The transmission is configured to transmit power from an operating portion to the movable member. The switching mechanism is configured to switch a state of the driving device between a first state in which the movable member is driven by power of the electric motor and a second state in which the movable member is driven by power from the operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11970238
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including a handle part that includes a handle, what is connected to be steerable by the handle, a rear wheel connected to a pedal, and a frame part that connects what is described above and the rear wheel, in which the frame part is expandable and contractible between a first position in which a movement of what is described above is permitted, and a second position in which a movement of what is described above is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Shintani, Shigeki Ohno, Yasuyuki Kato, Thomas Waldner, Simon Henning
  • Patent number: 11970239
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a vehicle system that includes a foot-deck-based vehicle and a seat accessory structure. The foot-deck-based vehicle includes a foot deck, a handle structure and a plurality of wheels. The foot deck is positioned to support—a user and includes a first handle structure receiving feature. The handle structure is detachably connectable to the first handle structure receiving feature. The seat accessory structure has a seat body and is detachably connectable to the foot deck so as to form a seat-based vehicle. The seat accessory structure has a second handle structure receiving feature thereon. The handle structure is detachably connectable to the second handle structure receiving feature, so as to be positioned for gripping by a secondary person when the secondary person is urging the seat-based vehicle to roll on the ground surface while the user is seated on the seat body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: YVOLVE SPORTS LIMITED
    Inventor: John McGowan
  • Patent number: 11970240
    Abstract: A steering linkage assembly includes a support member; a connecting portion rotatably arranged on the support member and connected to an external steering member; a first steering linkage; a first ball head rod provided with one end connected to a ball head at a first end of the first steering linkage and the other end connected to the support member; a second steering linkage; and a steering rotating shaft mounted at a first end of the second steering linkage and rotatably connected to the support member. A rotating centerline of the steering rotating shaft is not parallel to that of the connecting portion. An included angle is formed between a connecting line of ball head centers of the first and second ball head rods and a connecting line of a rotating center of the steering rotating shaft and a ball head center of the third ball head rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG OKAI VEHICLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Songxian Du, Jiangtao Lu, Wei Tang, Heng Li
  • Patent number: 11970241
    Abstract: A brake handle structure for a bicycle contains: at least one body, at least one rotatory arm, at least one brake lever, at least one angle signal sensor, and at least one power failure sensor. The at least one body includes a connection portion, an extension, and an engagement portion. The at least one rotatory arm includes a pulling segment, a coupling orifice, and a receiving orifice. The at least one brake lever includes a fixing segment connected with at least one electromagnetic clutch which includes a bolt attracted electromagnetically by the at least one electromagnetic clutch after conducting a power, and a defining orifice is defined adjacent to the at least one electromagnetic clutch. The at least one angle signal sensor is configured to sense and send a rotating angle of the rotatable column. The at least one power failure sensor has a movable sensing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Joy Industrial (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Yuan Tsai
  • Patent number: 11970242
    Abstract: A brake lever and a transmission with a novel antenna are provided. The brake lever is attachable to the handlebar. The brake lever includes a long portion configured as including an electrically conductive material and an antenna located on the long portion. The antenna includes a first conductor, a second conductor facing the first conductor in a first direction, a third conductor, a fourth conductor, and a power supply line configured to be electromagnetically connected to the third conductor. The third conductor is located between the first conductor and the second conductor, is configured to capacitively connect the first conductor and the second conductor, and extends in the first direction. The fourth conductor is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor and extends in the first direction. The fourth conductor faces the long portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Nekozuka, Nobuki Hiramatsu, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Sunao Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11970243
    Abstract: An exercise measurement device comprises a housing for attaching to a frame of a bicycle, a generator, an annular rotational input member for rotationally driving the generator, the rotational input member being rotatably mounted on the housing and positioned around a crank axis line, a connecting member connecting the rotational input member to the crankshaft or the crank arm in a torque transmitting relationship, a sensor for detecting at least one of electric current of the generator, a rotational speed of the generator or the crank arm, a torque of the crank arm, a position of the crank arm, a strain in the crank arm, and a pressure on the pedal, a measurement computing unit for computing at least one of power and a pedaling force from an output of the sensor, and a display unit for displaying a computed value of the measurement computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tsukamoto, Yoshihiro Namiki, Satoshi Honda, Hiroyuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11970244
    Abstract: An extendable and retractable boat awning device that is mountable on at least one side of a boat to a boat roof top so that when the awning device is opened it allows people in the water to swim or float in shade outside the boat and is retractable when it is no longer needed, or the boat is preparing to move wherein it generally includes a canopy assembly and a support base that is mountable to the roof of a boat wherein the canopy assembly is pivotally attached at one end to the support base by a plurality of pivoting support rods that support and extend a flexible canopy and the support base includes an encasement, encasement cover, a plurality of base mounting assemblies each having a mounting beam extending from a ceiling mounting plate wherein the ceiling mounting plate is mountable to a boat roof for supporting the boat awning device on the boat and that may be easily removed from the boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Ramon Canela, Fernando E. Volante
  • Patent number: 11970245
    Abstract: A yoke plate assembly for mooring a floating object in a body of water by a pair mooring lines, includes an assembly plate mechanically coupling to an anchor body, an elongated yoke plate with a center thereof pivotally connected to the assembly plate by an articulation, a first lever arm having a first proximal end connected by a first coupler to a first end of the elongated yoke plate, a second lever arm having a second proximal end connected by a second coupler to a second end of the elongated yoke plate longitudinally opposite the first end. The first lever arm at a first distal end thereof is connectable by a first distal joint to one of the pair of mooring lines, and the second lever arm at a second distal end thereof is connectable by a second distal joint to the other of the pair of mooring lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
    Inventors: Guillaume Bonnaffoux, Morgan Ducarin, Benjamin Bodot
  • Patent number: 11970246
    Abstract: A ship cabin loading capacity measurement method and apparatus thereof, comprises: acquiring point cloud measurement data of a ship cabin; optimizing the point cloud measurement data according to a predetermined point cloud data processing rule, and generating optimized ship cabin point cloud data; calculating said ship cabin point cloud data with a predetermined loading capacity calculation rule, and getting ship cabin loading capacity data. According to the ship cabin loading capacity measurement method of the present invention, the point cloud measurement data can be acquired by a lidar, and processing the point cloud measurement data of the ship cabin with a predetermined point cloud data processing law and a computation law, and as the point cloud data processing law and the computation law can be deployed in a computer device in advance, after point cloud measurement data acquisition, loading capacity of a ship cabin can be acquired quickly and precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zhoushan Institute of Calibration and Testing for Quality and Technology Supervision
    Inventors: Huadong Hao, Cunjun Li, Xianlei Chen, Haolei Shi, Ze'nan Wu, Junxue Chen, Zhengqian Shen, Yingying Wang, Huizhong Xu
  • Patent number: 11970247
    Abstract: A waterboard assembly (such as a surfboard assembly) may include a first body portion, a second body portion, and a joining mechanism positioned to releasably attach the first body portion to the second body portion. In some embodiments, the joining mechanism may include a first interlocking portion and a second interlocking portion. The first interlocking portion may be attached to, integral with, or part of, the first body portion. The second interlocking portion may be attached to, integral with, or part of, the second body portion. The first interlocking portion may releasably interlock with the second interlocking portion. In some embodiments, the joining mechanism may include one or more fasteners for holding the interlocking portions together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Jefferson Dent
  • Patent number: 11970248
    Abstract: Some fishing boats include a livewell system. This document describes livewell systems that have multiple modes of operation. The modes of operation include, at least, a first mode with a lower water level and a second mode with a higher water level. While the livewell is operating in the second mode, the tank is nearly full of water. Accordingly, with a nearly full tank, the water in the livewell will resist sloshing around while the boat is navigating rough seas or travelling at high speeds or for long distances. Moreover, the health of the fish in the livewell will be protected because of the water's lessened tendency to slosh around in the livewell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Marine Performance, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley G. Garringer, Randy W. Hopper
  • Patent number: 11970249
    Abstract: Provided is a floating-type on-water support apparatus including: a ball; a floating unit including a floating part, wherein the floating part has an upper plate supporting the ball so that the ball is rotatable, an interior formed to be hollow, and a lower plate provided with a spherical surface portion and floats on water; a support rod coupled to the ball and having one end exposed above the water so that a structure is installable thereon and the other end heavier than the one end so as to stand vertically to be accommodated in the floating part; and a base unit having one end installed on a lower portion of the support rod to support the support rod and the other end in roll contact with the spherical surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Su Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11970251
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a marine vessel is configured to operate a lanyard system to detect at least one fob worn by an individual present on the marine vessel and determine that a missing fob of the at least one fob is no longer detected, wherein the missing fob is either an operator fob or a passenger fob. A man overboard event is generated based on the missing fob, wherein the man overboard event is an operator overboard event if the missing fob includes the operator fob or a passenger overboard event if the missing fob is the passenger fob. One or more search assistance functions are automatically activated based on the man overboard event, wherein the search assistance functions activated depend on whether the man overboard event is the operator overboard event or the passenger overboard event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Gonring, Walter B. Ross, Fredrik Eriksen, Christian Frost Røine