Patents Issued in June 18, 2024
  • Patent number: 12012144
    Abstract: A control unit is provided for an ego vehicle equipped with a transverse guidance actuator which is designed to transversely guide the ego vehicle in an at least partly automated manner during a follow-on drive. The control unit is designed to detect a transverse guidance maneuver of the ego vehicle required for the follow-on drive. The control unit is additionally designed to ascertain driver information with respect to the driver of the ego vehicle, the driver information including at least one indication of how engaged the driver is with monitoring and/or carrying out the transverse guidance of the ego vehicle. The control unit is further designed to set a dynamic of an intervention, which is automatically carried out by the transverse guidance actuator of the ego vehicle, for the transverse guidance maneuver on the basis of the ascertained driver information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Nieten, Hagen Stuebing, Benedikt Weiser
  • Patent number: 12012145
    Abstract: A travel controller detects a non-lane zone within a predetermined distance ahead of a current position of a vehicle. The non-lane zone lacks lanes. The travel controller controls travel of the vehicle in the non-lane zone so as to keep the position of the vehicle relative to the width of a whole road. When an expected position of the vehicle at the end of the non-lane zone straddles a lane line, the travel controller controls travel of the vehicle so as to move to a lane having a larger overlap with the vehicle, prior to control of travel of the vehicle to keep the position of the vehicle relative to the width of the whole road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Kashu, Yasutaka Teramae, Hirotaka Kato, Ryo Masutani, Ichi Gi
  • Patent number: 12012146
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heavy-load vehicle comprising at least two partial vehicles, namely a frontmost partial vehicle and a rearmost partial vehicle, said frontmost partial vehicle having connecting means, and said rearmost partial vehicle having counter-connecting means adapted and configured for cooperating with said connecting means, one of said connecting means and said counter-connecting means including an inner telescopic member guided in a hollow outer telescopic member in a telescoping manner. According to the invention said hollow outer telescopic member is integrally formed by a tubular or box-shaped central part of a partial vehicle frame of one of the partial vehicles, said hollow outer telescopic member and said inner telescopic member cooperating therewith being parts of the same partial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GOLDHOFER AG
    Inventor: Horst Häfele
  • Patent number: 12012147
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure includes: a rear end part that constitutes a rear part of a front side frame and has an inclination portion which is inclined downward toward a vehicle rearward direction; a fixation portion that is provided on the inclination portion; and a lower arm that is connected to the fixation portion. The inclination portion includes: a bottom section that is inclined downward toward a vehicle rearward direction; and a protrusion section that protrudes further upward than the bottom section. The protrusion section extends toward a vehicle rearward direction from a vehicle forward position further than the fixation portion, and a middle side in a vehicle width direction of the protrusion section protrudes further upward than an outside in the vehicle width direction of the protrusion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Tsuboi, Naoki Nakamoto, Takehiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 12012148
    Abstract: A vehicle skeleton member 10 includes: a hat-shaped member 1; a closing plate 2; a reinforcement member 6; and a plurality of welds 31. The hat-shaped member 1 includes a first top plate 1a, two first walls 1b, and two flanges 1c. The reinforcement member 6 includes a second top plate 6a and two second walls 6b. The welds 31 join the first and second walls 1b and 6b. The welds 31 joining the first and second walls 1b and 6b are located at positions on the first walls 1b closer to the closing plate 2 than the middle surface C1 between the first top plate 1a and closing plate 2 is. Edge segments 4 of the reinforcement member 6 are located between the welds 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichi Hamada
  • Patent number: 12012149
    Abstract: The present teachings generally relate to a carrier and method of making the carrier, the carrier comprising: a periphery having: an outer edge, arranged distally along a transverse axis of the carrier, configured to be oriented away from a frame enclosure of a vehicle, an inner edge, arranged distally along the transverse axis, configured to be oriented toward the frame enclosure of the vehicle, and distal ends arranged opposite each other along a longitudinal axis of the carrier; one or more series of ribs having: a cross-sectional pattern, and an orientation along the longitudinal axis, the transverse axis, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventors: Nuria Ignes, Bill Barz, Manuel Kesseler
  • Patent number: 12012150
    Abstract: A windshield and roof system of a vehicle includes: a windshield that includes glass and that is transparent; a front cross-member that extends laterally between A-pillars of the vehicle, that is disposed rearward of the windshield, and that has a thickness in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle of less than 50 millimeters (mm); and a roof portion that is transparent, that is located rearward of the windshield, where the windshield and the roof portion are joined with the front cross-member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Allen Newcomb, Julien P. Mourou
  • Patent number: 12012151
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a rear frame and a beam member. The rear frame has: a first inner bead, a first outer bead, a second inner bead, and a second outer bead. The first inner bead and the first outer bead are formed on an inner wall and an outer wall, respectively, in a region close to the beam member. The second inner bead and the second outer bead are formed on the inner wall and the outer wall, respectively, in a region that is separated to a vehicle body frontward direction from the first beads. The first outer bead is formed to have a higher fragility than the first inner bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shungo Chino, Yuya Akaba, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Kyosuke Yamakita, Yusuke Miura, Dai Kamata, Chihiro Sakagami, Kosuke Fushimi, Shohei Ohtsuka, Hitomi Yamada
  • Patent number: 12012152
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear portion includes a side sill, a rear side frame, a cross member, a side door, a trailing arm, an arm attachment bracket, and a bracket reinforcement member. The side door includes a door beam disposed at a position overlapping an outer side of the side sill in a vehicle width direction. The trailing arm has a front end portion that is swingably supported by a front region of a rear side frame via a mounting member. The bracket reinforcement member has an outer end portion in the vehicle width direction that is directly or indirectly coupled to an internal angle portion above the side sill, and an inner end portion in the vehicle width direction that is directly or indirectly coupled to an outer end portion of the cross member in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shungo Chino, Yuya Akaba
  • Patent number: 12012153
    Abstract: An automotive component is described, comprising a flange, which has a through hole, and a screw, which is inserted in the through hole. According to this disclosure, at least three clamping ribs are provided, extending in an axial direction, in the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH
    Inventor: Siegmund Oberer
  • Patent number: 12012154
    Abstract: A rack comprising: (a) a mounting bracket adapted to mount the rack to a cargo box of a vehicle; and (b) a rotary member in communication with the mounting bracket, wherein the rotary member rotates relative to the mounting bracket to move the rack between an extended position where the rack extends beyond a top edge of the cargo box and a stowed position where the rack in positioned within the cargo box below the top edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Extang Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Cunningham
  • Patent number: 12012155
    Abstract: A system of a side skirt for a car of a multi-car vehicle and a side skirt support, the side skirt configured to cover a space below the underframe of the car from a side, and having a coupler side edge that forms a side of the side skirt and arranged next to a coupler head of the car, the side skirt support suitable to attach the side skirt to the underframe of the car, the side skirt support having a bar with a first joint suitable to be attached to the underframe to allow rotation relative to the underframe, the bar being attached to a part of the side skirt via a second joint that allows part of the side skirt to rotate relative to the bar, the side skirt support having a rotation controller that limits the rotation that the part of the side skirt attached to the bar can perform relative to the bar, whereby the part attached to the bar can rotate into an end position, but cannot rotate beyond that end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Dellner Couplers AB
    Inventors: Norman Dix, Philipp Krach
  • Patent number: 12012156
    Abstract: A control path is added to a two-wheeled self-balancing vehicle that has steering augmentation and CMG or reaction wheel actuators for roll balancing. These actuators are used to damp yaw disturbances while preventing roll disturbances, based on a yaw rate disturbance signal received on the control path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Lit Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David Arthur Bailey, Daniel Kee Young Kim
  • Patent number: 12012157
    Abstract: Planetary roller screw having a threaded spindle, and having a nut element arranged on the threaded spindle, and having planets arranged distributed around the periphery of the threaded spindle, which mesh on one side with the threaded spindle and on the other side with the nut element, which is rotatably mounted in both axial directions in each case by means of a first bearing on a rotationally driven planet carrier which receives the planets and is rotatably mounted on a housing by means of a second bearing. The planet carrier has a sleeve encompassing the nut element, at the axial ends of which a flange respectively having a first bearing seat of the first bearing and a second bearing seat of the second bearing is arranged, the flanges being connected with play to one another by means of the sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner and axially with actuating play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG &Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Faber, Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko, Alexander Hausmann, Alena Pöhnlein
  • Patent number: 12012158
    Abstract: A method for modulating an assistance function application of an assisted steering system in a vehicle, the vehicle including at least two wheels, a steering wheel and an assistance motor applying an assistance torque on a rack, the method implementing a step of evaluating an application gain of the assistance function, a step of estimating the assistance torque associated with the assistance function and a step of multiplying the assistance torque associated with the assistance function and the application gain, characterised in that the step of evaluating the application gain includes a first phase of determining a first gain depending on a yaw speed and an angle of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: JTEKT EUROPE
    Inventors: André Michelis, Luc Leydier
  • Patent number: 12012159
    Abstract: An electric power steering control method. Said method comprises the following steps executed by an EPS system: acquiring an expected control signal sent by an LKA system, the expected control signal comprising an expected angle signal or an expected torque signal; on the basis of vehicle configuration codes, performing compatibility verification on the expected control signal, and acquiring a compatibility verification result; and if the compatibility verification result indicates being compatible, acquiring a target torque value according to the expected control signal, and controlling steering of a power-assisted motor on the basis of the target torque value. Said method uses vehicle configuration codes to perform compatibility verification on expected control signals corresponding to different interface types, and when a compatibility verification result indicates being compatible, controls the operation of a power-assist motor according to a target torque value determined by the expected control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hua Luo
  • Patent number: 12012160
    Abstract: A fluid controller (1), in particular as part of a hydraulic steering unit, is described, said controller (1) comprising a housing (2) having a supply port arrangement, a sleeve (4) arranged rotatably in a bore of the housing (2), a spool (3) arranged rotatably in the sleeve (4), and a measuring motor, wherein the measuring motor comprises a plurality of working chambers, each working chamber being connected to the bore, wherein the sleeve (4) comprises a commutation geometry (7) having a number of pairs of commutation grooves (12, 13) and controlling together with a housing geometry (5) of the housing (2) a flow of hydraulic fluid into and out of the working chambers and the spool (3) comprises a spool geometry controlling together with a valve geometry of the sleeve (4) a flow of hydraulic fluid between the supply port arrangement and the commutation geometry. Such a fluid controller should have a stable control behaviour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS APS
    Inventors: Poul Ennemark, Abdul Karim Rahimzai, Nils E. Sevelsted
  • Patent number: 12012161
    Abstract: A hydraulic steering arrangement (1) including a supply port (2), a return port (4), a working port arrangement having two working ports (5, 6), a main flow path (7) between the supply port (2) and one of the working ports (5) and a return flow path (8) between the other working port (6) and the return port (4), wherein the main flow path (7) includes a main orifice (A1), a flow meter (9), a first flow meter orifice (A2) upstream the flow meter (9), a second flow meter orifice (A3) downstream the flow meter (9), and a first working port orifice (A4), the return flow path (8) includes a second working port orifice (A5), a load sensing point (17) is arranged between the main orifice (A1) and the first flow meter orifice (A2), a drain orifice (Ad) is arranged between the load sensing point (17) and the return port (4), and a priority valve arrangement (10) is arranged between the supply port (2) and the main orifice (A1). Such a steering arrangement should enable a high steering speed without loss of comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS APS
    Inventor: Abdul Karim Rahimzai
  • Patent number: 12012162
    Abstract: A fifth wheel hitch is shown and described. The fifth wheel hitch may include a base frame configured to be secured to a load bed of a towing vehicle, a trolley operatively engaged with the base frame, the trolley adapted to move along the base frame between first and second positions, and a cam member attached with the base frame, the cam member having a cam path. The fifth wheel hitch may also include a cam follower coupled with the trolley, the cam follower operatively engaged with the cam path, and a fifth wheel head pivotally coupled with the trolley, where the trolley is moved between the first and second positions in response to pivoting of the fifth wheel head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Curl, Newly Mach, Richard McCoy, Eric Stanifer
  • Patent number: 12012163
    Abstract: A track assembly is to be mounted on a drive axle of a vehicle. The track assembly has a frame, at least one leading idler wheel mounted to the front of the frame for rotation about a transverse leading idler wheel axis, at least one trailing idler wheel mounted to the rear of the frame for rotation about a traverse trailing idler wheel axis parallel to the leading idler wheel axis, a single drive wheel assembly, and at least two slide rails. The slide rails have corresponding forward-facing portions, central portions, and rearward-facing portions. The forward-facing portions project from the front ends of the central portions by a projection that is greater than a length of the central portions. A vehicle having the track assembly is also encompassed. A kit of track assemblies is also encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: SOUCY INTERNATIONAL INC., BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Frederic Marchildon, Patrick L'Herault, Allen Bernais
  • Patent number: 12012164
    Abstract: A method for setting an anticipator module with which a control device controls the trajectory of a motor vehicle is equipped includes detecting whether the anticipator module is unsuitable during a turn by taking account of a lateral deviation with respect to an ideal trajectory and/or a contribution of a feedback module of the control device, determining primary parameters, calculating a secondary parameter by an optimization-based calculation method taking account of the determined primary parameters, and updating a bicycle model of the vehicle by taking account of the calculated secondary parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Pedro Kvieska, Simon Mustaki
  • Patent number: 12012165
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for an electric power steering device including a first control portion that derives a first command value based on a steering torque and a second control portion that derives a second command value based on a target command value for a driving support function, where the first control portion generates the first command value by extracting a command value corresponding to a vibration suppression component from a command value including the vibration suppression component derived from the steering torque, adjusting the derived command value according to an operating state of a function of the second control portion, and adding the extracted command value to the adjusted command value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Kitazume
  • Patent number: 12012166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chassis for an unmanned guided carrier, wherein the chassis comprises a chassis body (100), two driving wheel set modules (200) and a torsion shaft caster module (300) mounted on the chassis body (100), the torsion shaft caster module (300) comprises a torsion shaft (310) rotatably mounted on the chassis body (100) and two supports (320), one end of each of the two supports (320) is fixed to one of both ends of the torsion shaft (310) respectively, an universal wheel (330) is mounted at the other end of each of the two supports (320), an elastic member (340) is provided between said other end of each of the two supports (320) mounted with the universal wheel (330) and the chassis body (100), the elastic member (340) applies an elastic force to the universal wheel (330) to make it cling to a ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKROBOT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wentao Yu, Chao Wu, Hui Jiang
  • Patent number: 12012167
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a rotating locking cable and anchor for a lock for wheeled objects, including wheeled vehicles. A rotating locking cable and anchor may securely fasten a lock and/or a component of a lock, such as a pin, to a wheeled vehicle without impeding a user's ability to lock and unlock the lock. In some embodiments, a rotating locking cable may rotate along multiple axes in order to facilitate easy mobility of a pin between a lock and a pin holster. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rex Luedtke, Andrew Paul Rosenkranz
  • Patent number: 12012168
    Abstract: A structure for mounting a windshield includes: an adjustment support mechanism which supports the windshield such that the windshield is slidable with respect to a vehicle body; an operation element operated when a position of the windshield is adjusted; and a linear member connecting the adjustment support mechanism and the operation element. The adjustment support mechanism is switched between a position-adjustable state and a position-nonadjustable state by the operation element being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidenori Kikuchi, Daisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12012169
    Abstract: A foldable rotary arm structure and device for a bicycle. The foldable rotary arm structure includes a rotary wheel and a rotary arm. The rotary wheel is coaxial with a transverse tube or surrounds the transverse tube. The rotary arm is in steering connection with the rotary wheel or a supporting base, such that the rotary arm is attached to the transverse tube when folded, thereby reducing the space of the transverse tube occupied in a radial direction. A flywheel for use in a balancing device of a bicycle or a motor-assisted bicycle or an amusement device is provided. In the rotary arm, individual batteries or multistage batteries are arranged in a single layer in the radial direction and are stacked in multiple stages in the axial direction. When the rotary arm is unfolded and rotated, the angular momentum is increased or the torque is balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Pengjun Liu
  • Patent number: 12012170
    Abstract: An object is to provide a screen image projection system for moving object having a smaller and/or lighter head-mounted part. The present technology provides a screen image projection system for moving object (100) including a screen image projection device (101) mounted on a moving object, and an optical element for screen image display light diffraction (103) arranged in front of human eyes that move along with the moving object, the optical element for screen image display light diffraction (103) diffracting screen image display light projected from the screen image projection device (101) and causing the screen image display light to reach the human eyes. The present technology also provides a component of the screen image projection system and a method for projecting a screen image in the screen image projection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaharu Suzuki, Hiroshi Ikuta
  • Patent number: 12012171
    Abstract: A remote controller apparatus for attaching to a motorcycle and remotely operating a garage door includes a controller and a mount for attaching the controller to a handlebar of a vehicle such as a motorcycle. The mount comprises a clamp with a U-bolt that acts with a fastening bar to clamp to the handlebar. The U-bolt also acts as a shackle by inserting into the controller. A locking bar engages the U-bolt to secure the controller to the mount which is releasable by a release. Also included in the controller is a transmitter for remotely operating a door operator such as a garage door and an input for manually activating the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Spencer Daulisa
  • Patent number: 12012172
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle in which a braking force adjustment device, a master cylinder and a reserve tank can be compactly arranged. In the saddle riding type vehicle having a braking force adjustment device that controls braking force of a vehicle wheel, a master cylinder for a rear wheel that outputs brake hydraulic pressure in response to operation of a brake pedal, and a reserve tank that stores brake fluid for the master cylinder for the rear wheel, in a vehicle side view, the reserve tank is disposed above the master cylinder for the rear wheel, and the braking force adjustment device is provided between the master cylinder for the rear wheel and the reserve tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamada, Kenichi Maeda
  • Patent number: 12012173
    Abstract: A tilt-decoupled steering device of a motorbike includes a handlebar bridge for receiving a motorbike handlebar, a fork bridge for receiving a fork leg, and at least one decoupling device connecting the handlebar bridge to the fork bridge. The handlebar bridge is mounted such that it can rotate about a steering axis and is secured about a tilt axis orthogonal to the steering axis, and the fork bridge is mounted such that it can rotate about the steering axis and about the tilt axis. The decoupling device transfers a steering movement and a steering torque in a steering direction about the steering axis between the handlebar bridge and the fork bridge, and compensates for a tilting movement in a tilting direction about the tilt axis of the fork bridge relative to the handlebar bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Fischer, Gerhard Forster
  • Patent number: 12012174
    Abstract: A tilt-decoupled steering device of a motorbike includes a handlebar bridge which receives a handlebar, a fork bridge which receives a fork leg, and a decoupling element connecting the handlebar bridge to the fork bridge. The handlebar bridge (11) is rotatable about a steering axis and is secured about a tilt axis orthogonal to the steering axis. The fork bridge is rotatable about the steering axis and about the tilt axis. The decoupling element is elastic and is designed to transfer a steering movement in a steering direction about the steering axis from the handlebar bridge to the fork bridge, and to compensate for a tilting movement in a tilting direction about the tilt axis of the fork bridge relative to the handlebar bridge via elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Fischer, Gerhard Forster
  • Patent number: 12012175
    Abstract: A snow vehicle, comprising a frame (102, 202), and to the frame (102, 202) operationally connected track system for moving the snow vehicle on the snow, which track system comprises a track (110, 210), and a slide rail (216) for slid-ing of the track, the snow vehicle further comprising a suspension structure (120) for attenuating impacts to the track system of the snow vehicle, which suspension system (120) comprises one or more suspension members (128). The suspension member (128) it at least partially arranged in the space between the track (110) and the frame (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Autonomo Marko Peltomaa
    Inventor: Marko Peltomaa
  • Patent number: 12012176
    Abstract: A bicycle control device includes an electronic controller and a gas pressure detection device. The electronic controller receives data indicative of a detected gas pressure of a tire provided to a bicycle. The tire is configured to maintain a gas in a compressed state. The gas pressure detection device is directly attached to a valve of the tire. The gas pressure detection device includes a sensor and a wireless communication device. The sensor detects the gas pressure of the tire. The wireless communication device is configured to perform wireless communication with the electronic controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tsuchizawa, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takuya Katsuki
  • Patent number: 12012177
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elongate fixation device (1) for use in subsea anchoring, and a method for installation. The device (1) has a triple nested stem arrangement, the innermost stem (2) of which has a cutter (9) disposed at a distal end and a tapered section (8) located adjacent to and proximally behind the cutter (9). An intermediate stem (3) surrounds at least a central portion of the inner stem (2) and has one or more flareable cutting fingers (7) at its distal end. An outer stem (4) surrounds a proximal portion of the intermediate stem (3). The inner (2) and intermediate (3) stems are coupled by a first releasable coupling (17) which when released allows relative axial motion along a first distance. The outer and intermediate stems are coupled by a second releasable coupling (18) which when released allows relative axial motion along a second distance. The intermediate stem 3 is nested within the outer stem (4), in some cases for at least a majority of the outer stem (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTTEL MARINE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Andrew Hunt, Nicholas Cresswell
  • Patent number: 12012178
    Abstract: An anchor device for anchoring a floating structure to the seabed with an anchor chain having a shackle at one end of the chain. The anchor device includes a mooring bolt for being inserted into a borehole drilled in the seabed and a support plate having a lower face for resting on the seabed and an upper face with a through hole through which the mooring bolt passes through the support plate for being inserted into the borehole. The upper face of the support plate has a connection point for coupling the shackle of the end of the chain, such that when the floating structure is anchored to the seabed, the chain is subjected to tensile stresses causing a force to be applied at the connection point and not directly to the mooring bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: VICINAY MOORING CONNECTORS, S.A., VICINAY MARINE INNOVACION (AIE)
    Inventors: Jonathan Fernandez Ibañez, Jorge Altuzarra Maestre, Nagore Abrisketa Lozano
  • Patent number: 12012179
    Abstract: A remotely controlled, self-propelled floating cooler includes a main body member that generally has an ovoid shape, as shown, for streamlined movement through the water. The main body member is generally hollow, which allows for ice, drinks, food, and the like to be placed inside of the main body member through an opening or hatch on top. A lid may be removably secured to the opening on top, and preferably includes securing means for maintaining the lid in a closed position, even in rough water. Remotely controlled propulsion means are attached to an underside of the cooler on one end thereof. Other features include an audio receiver with speakers, port and starboard running lights, GPS navigation, submerged spotlights, and video cameras mounted above and below the waterline, all of which may be operated via a remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Lawrence Moses, Merrill Stuart Ross
  • Patent number: 12012180
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes positioning, within a mold, a device with a movable element that defines a portion of a volume, and the volume is contained within the mold, as part of a molding process, at least partly defining a molded watercraft by introducing plastic into the mold, disposing the plastic about the movable element, and with the movable element, excluding the plastic from the portion of the volume that is defined by the movable element so as to define a recess and an undercut that are integral with the watercraft and extend lengthwise with respect to a centerline of the watercraft, and the recess and undercut are integral, and communicate, with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel S. Robbins, Dennis Jay Norman
  • Patent number: 12012181
    Abstract: A clamping stand comprising a pair of cams, each cam operating as a cylindrical cam, having a clamping member facing the clamping member of an opposite clamping member for holding the object therebetween; and having a lower portion configured for arcuate motion connected by a linkage assembly that translates linear movement to rotational movement about a pivot axis, enabling uniform clamping pressure on an object through actuation of the linkage assembly and facilitating clamping through arcuate motion of the lower portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventors: Robert James Hammond, Colleen Rose Hammond
  • Patent number: 12012182
    Abstract: A thruster assembly to create shaped waves in a water behind a boat for water sports, such as wake surfing. The thruster assembly comprises one or more thrusting channels, an outer body the outer body comprises a round surface in the form of a circular or elliptical cross-section. The outer body comprises an elongated elliptical cross-section being wider than it is tall. A thruster portion comprises a width, a height, and a depth. The outer body comprises an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer body comprises a round surface in the form of a circular or elliptical cross-section. The outer body comprises an elongated elliptical cross-section being wider than it is tall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Ryan Swiatek
  • Patent number: 12012183
    Abstract: A long, wide, and low-profile mono-hull vessel able to meet the requirements for an efficient, rapid, and reliable inland waterway container transport system. A shallow draft container carrier may comprise a self-propelled semi-monocoque mono-hull vessel having a double radius ogive bow and octet truss space frame structure. Additional features such as a forward bridge, full beam stern, and distributed electric propulsion system elements may be included. The design provides a vessel that is large, strong, ridged, and fast, able to operate in shallow water, resistant to debris accumulation, with large cargo capacity and low wind load, and potentially with zero-turn radius capability. The aspect ratio provides high capacity with high speed, low drag and fuel-efficient hull form. Integral bow and stern thrusters may provide enhanced safety, control, speed, maneuverability, and zero-turn radius capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Gregg George Creppel
  • Patent number: 12012184
    Abstract: A spar buoy for very low frequency (VLF) or low frequency (LF) transmission including a first portion of the spar buoy extending above a mean water line including a conductive structure including a coaxial feed, and an antenna coupled to the coaxial feed and extending above the conductive structure, and a second portion of the spar buoy below the mean water line including a transmitter coupled to the coaxial feed, an energy storage subsystem coupled to the transmitter and an electric power generation subsystem coupled to the energy storage subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher P. Henry, Walter S Wall, Carson R. White
  • Patent number: 12012185
    Abstract: A marine wind power generation floating body according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be coupled to a tower used for wind power generation and is provided at sea. The marine wind power generation floating body includes a floating main body which is formed at a predetermined length and which has a circular transverse cross section, a ballast part positioned on one side of the floating main body, a damping plate positioned at one end of the floating main body, and formed with a diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of one side of the floating main body, and a pitching/rolling damping part which is positioned on the other side of the floating main body, and which damps the horizontal pitching and rolling of the floating main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ACE E&T (ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventor: Day Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12012186
    Abstract: A mask for underwater use includes a frame, a transparent part supported by the frame, and a gasket part mounted on the frame and configured to be positioned on the face of a user. The gasket part has a perimeter edge adapted to rest on the perimeter of the user's face, and the perimeter edge includes a discharge opening, which is located at the region configured to be arranged near the user's mouth and which is the seat of a valve non-return mechanism, which enables the expulsion of breathed gases simultaneously with any water present in the lower chamber through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Aristide Barone
  • Patent number: 12012187
    Abstract: Provided is a maritime overboard locator system for use in locating and rescuing a person or asset that has fallen overboard into a body of water. The system includes a locator attached to a person or asset that is activated manually or automatically upon immersion in water. The apparatus emits light, sound, radio, or any combination thereof. The locator is detected by one or more detectors onboard a boat, ship, vessel, or structure. The detectors detect a unique signal that is assigned to each person/asset. Once detected, the detector sends an overboard alert and deploys an unmanned aerial or underwater drone. The drone can include an inflatable life preserver or life raft and a tether cord that helps the person to remain afloat until rescue can be accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Jamie Bass
  • Patent number: 12012188
    Abstract: A method for extracting a rescue subject from a surface position includes lowering a rescue pod having an enclosed compartment with a door from an aircraft, the rescue pod having a parachute and a control system, the rescue pod connected by a tether to a winch in the aircraft, controllably releasing the tether from the winch while maneuvering the aircraft into an orbit at altitude, diameter and airspeed, creating a gravity well in which the tether describes a spiral configuration with the pod descending along a vertical centerline, lowering the pod to the surface position, loading the rescue subject into the enclosed compartment, and lifting the rescue pod from the surface position by retrieving the tether with the winch or altering the path and speed of the aircraft, in a manner to gradually increase tension in the tether lifting the rescue pod from the ground point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marinus Bernard Bosma, Charles David Solomon, Peter Forrest LeHew
  • Patent number: 12012189
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for leveraging synthetic data to train machine learning models. A synthetic training engine may be used to train machine learning models. The synthetic training engine can automatically annotate real images for valuable tasks, such as object segmentation, depth map estimation, and classifying whether a structure is in an image. The synthetic training engine can also train the machine learning model with synthetic images in such a way that the machine learning model will work on real images. The output of the machine learning model may perform valuable tasks, such as the detection of integrity threats in underwater structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Ocean Infinity (Portugal), S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel Alberto Parente Da Silva, Pedro Miguel Vendas Da Costa
  • Patent number: 12012190
    Abstract: A flange for a pressure vessel includes a rim, a sealing seat, and an undercut fillet. The rim has an annular surface for abutting an annular end of a cylindrical wall of the pressure vessel. The sealing seat has a cylindrical surface for abutting an inner surface of the cylindrical wall of the pressure vessel nearby the annular end. The undercut fillet is disposed between the rim and the sealing seat. A concave surface of the undercut fillet extends the annular surface of the rim radially inward and then curves back outward to intersect the cylindrical surface of the sealing seat. The undercut fillet of the flange helps distribute stress produced from a pressure differential between the inside and outside of the pressure vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jesse T. Caldwell, Brandon J. Wiedemeier
  • Patent number: 12012191
    Abstract: A docking device includes a docking station capable of being connected to a carrying vessel by means of a cable, the docking station comprising a guide device which comprises a set of arms which are connected to the body and each comprise a distal end and a proximal end, the set of arms being capable of being in a deployed configuration wherein it defines a space flaring towards the rear so as to enable the underwater vehicle to be guided to the stop, the distal end of each arm being located behind the proximal end of the arm in the deployed configuration, the set of arms being capable of being in a collapsed configuration wherein a distal end of each arm of the set of arms is closer to the longitudinal axis than in the deployed configuration and wherein the distal end is located in front of the position occupied by the distal end in the deployed configuration, such that a length, along the axis x, of a space defined by the set of arms behind the stop is smaller in the collapsed configuration than in the depl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: François Cadalen, Olivier Jezequel, Michaël Jourdan
  • Patent number: 12012192
    Abstract: Apertured propeller assemblies may include at least one propeller. The at least one propeller may include a propeller hub having a propeller hub wall. A propeller hub bore may be formed by the propeller hub wall. A plurality of propeller blades may extend from the propeller hub wall. At least one propeller service aperture may extend radially through the propeller hub wall in communication with the propeller hub bore. The at least one propeller service aperture may facilitate dual prop configurations, exhaust flare ring attachments and/or other modifications to the at least one propeller. Other propeller assemblies and apertured propeller methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Charles S. Powers
  • Patent number: 12012193
    Abstract: A trolling motor mount to mount a trolling motor to a boat consisting of a multi-bar change point apparatus to lock the trolling motor in either a stowed position or a deployed position and a release assembly to unlock and move the multi-bar change point apparatus from either the stowed position to the deployed position or from the deployed position to the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: JL Marine Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Oliverio, Nicholas A. Vicari, Christopher A. Konow