Patents Issued in June 18, 2024
  • Patent number: 12013001
    Abstract: A coupling arrangement for connection between a first rotatable shaft and a second rotatable shaft includes a first rotatable portion connectable to the first rotatable shaft, and a second rotatable portion connectable to the second rotatable shaft. The coupling arrangement includes a first reciprocating element mechanically connected to the first rotatable portion at a first interconnecting portion for transforming a rotating motion from the first rotatable portion to a linear motion of the first reciprocating element and a second reciprocating element mechanically connected to the second rotatable portion at a second interconnecting portion for transforming a linear motion from the second reciprocating element to a rotating motion of the second rotatable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Vishwanath Hitnalli
  • Patent number: 12013002
    Abstract: A rotationally elastic coupling has a first coupling part with elastomers. The elastomers are arranged in the first coupling part in such a way that the elastomers serve to transfer a force onto a second coupling part when the first coupling part and the second coupling part are connected to one another. In order to improve the identification of wear, the rotationally elastic coupling has a switching element that is arranged at least in part in a first elastomer of the elastomers. A method is provided for producing a first elastomer for a rotationally elastic coupling of this kind. A method is provided for identifying a wear state for a rotationally elastic coupling of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Flender GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Martin Dinter
  • Patent number: 12013003
    Abstract: A disc brake boot and a disc brake including the same are provided. The disc brake boot includes: a main body formed with a hollow that runs lengthwise through which a guide rod passes and is coupled; a first outer projection that is formed on an outer side of the main body in such a way as to protrude a set distance from one edge of the main body, along the perimeter of the main body; and a second outer projection that is formed on the outer side of the main body in such a way as to protrude a set distance along the perimeter of the main body, spaced apart from the first outer projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Myeongjin Kang
  • Patent number: 12013004
    Abstract: A brake warning system has a processing apparatus, a sensing apparatus, a light emitting apparatus, a signal transmitting apparatus, a signal receiving apparatus, a power source apparatus, and a mounting housing. The brake warning system provides a color indicator to indicate the condition of the brake pad whether in “good” condition or “poor” condition and generates a warning message for a user in the event of detecting conditions needing attention and maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Geville Gee
  • Patent number: 12013005
    Abstract: A rubber-metal bush bearing, in particular a control arm bearing for a motor vehicle wheel suspension, including a metal inner part, an elastomer body arranged radially relative to the inner part and a metal outer bush, wherein the elastomer body is fixed to the inner part and to the outer bush in material-bonded relationship and wherein the outer bush is for fixing in an associated bearing eye of an arm and the inner part has at both sides in terminal relationship a respective flat flange portion for fixing to a component. The inner part is an extruded hollow-chamber profile member which is cut to length and which at both longitudinal ends is transformed in terminal relationship into the respective flat flange portion in such a way that oppositely disposed wall portions of the hollow-chamber profile member are brought into mutual surface contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VORWERK AUTOTEC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Beneker, Frank Roeder, Holger Ahrens, Bernd Westerhoff, Wasiliy Jaschenkow
  • Patent number: 12013006
    Abstract: A liquid composite spring for vehicles includes: a core shaft; an outer sleeve arranged on an upper portion of the core shaft, the upper portion of the core shaft being located inside the outer sleeve while the lower portion of the core shaft being located outside the outer sleeve; an upper liquid chamber formed in an upper portion of the outer sleeve, a lower end of the upper liquid chamber being connected to a top of the core shaft; and a lower liquid chamber formed in a lower portion of outer sleeve, the lower liquid chamber and the upper liquid chamber being connected with each other through a metal-rubber main spring. At least one flow channel body is provided in the metal-rubber main spring, so that liquid in the upper liquid chamber and liquid in the lower liquid chamber are communicated with each other through the flow channel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ZHUZHOU TIMES NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jiling Bu, Yongguan Wang, Guijie Liu, Xingwu Ding, Zhangyang Xia
  • Patent number: 12013007
    Abstract: A vibration isolation system includes at least one first region and at least one second region that are positioned mutually, at least one first hinge member engaged with said first region, at least one second hinge member engaged with said second region and at least one lever connected with said first hinge member and said second hinge member to be at least partially movable in the direction of at least one first axis. Accordingly, at least one lever guiding element is used to minimize vibration transmission between the first region and the second region and said lever guiding element is configured to bring an instantaneous center of rotation depending on the input vibration frequency of the first region to be aligned with the second hinge element attached to the second region which is required to be protected from vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BOGAZICI UNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Cetin Yilmaz, Ahmet Onur Ozyar
  • Patent number: 12013008
    Abstract: Provided is torsion damper for a vehicle including an output side-flywheel coupled to an output shaft of a driving unit in an axial direction, a first drive plate disposed to be relatively rotatable in an axial direction of the output side-flywheel, a second drive plate disposed to be relatively rotatable in an axial direction of the first drive plate, an input shaft of a transmission being coupled thereto in the axial direction, a first damper member installed between the output side-flywheel and the first drive plate and configured to absorb vibration and impact generated in a rotation direction thereof, and a second damper member installed between the first drive plate and the second drive plate and configured to absorb vibration and impact generated in a rotation direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventor: Hyo Eun Kang
  • Patent number: 12013009
    Abstract: A damper apparatus includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body, and an elastic mechanism unit including an elastic body and paired seat members. The seat member includes a first surface portion coming into contact with one of the first rotating body and the second rotating body and a second surface portion coming into contact with another of the first rotating body and the second rotating body, a first angle ?1 formed by a first tangent line at a first point of contact, the first tangent line including a first vector and a second vector, and the first vector is 11.5°??1?22.0°, and a second angle ?2 formed by a second tangent line at a second point of contact, the second tangent line including a third vector and a fourth vector, and the third vector is 11.5°??2?22.0°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya Kataoka, Isao Okubo, Shinpei Tokumori
  • Patent number: 12013010
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for shock absorption are provided herein. Collapsible shock absorption devices have an inner wall having at least one orifice, an outer wall, and a fluid sealed within the outer wall can mitigate sharp increases in force during loading and can better distribute loading forces. In some cases, collapsible shock absorption devices disclosed herein are used for prevention of injury to a biological tissue of a subject or damage to an inanimate object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Michael G. Fanton, August G. Domel, Hossein Vahid Alizadeh, David B. Camarillo
  • Patent number: 12013011
    Abstract: A rebound control mechanism includes: a spring member located between a piston and a rod guide and provided on an outer periphery of a piston rod; and a spring receiver provided on the side of the rod guide and to which an upper portion of the spring member is attached. The spring receiver includes a tubular portion fixed between a cylinder and the rod guide, and a second flange portion provided at a lower end of the tubular portion and extending inward in a radial direction, and is configured to indirectly fix the upper end side of the spring member by the second flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Chigaya Sekine, Satsuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12013012
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cycloidal speed reducer and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a thin cycloidal speed reducer and a manufacturing method thereof that are capable of achieving a thin structure through an input member with a hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BONSYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12013013
    Abstract: A gear mechanism includes a gear including external teeth, the external teeth including a plurality of tooth parts defined by a cycloid curve, a plurality of contacting members disposed on an outer side and in a circumferential direction of the external teeth, the external teeth being brought into pressure contact with the plurality of contacting members, and a mechanism configured to eccentrically move the gear. A plurality of through holes penetrating the gear in a thickness direction of the gear are formed in the gear in the circumferential direction of the gear, the cycloid curve extends outward from an ideal cycloid curve without the external teeth interfering with the plurality of contacting members, the plurality of contacting members being in contact with the ideal cycloid curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hikaru Sugata
  • Patent number: 12013014
    Abstract: Provided is a friction transmission device including an input raceway ring, a planetary rolling element that is disposed around a rotation axis of the input raceway ring and comes into contact with the input raceway ring; an output raceway ring that comes into contact with the planetary rolling element and is connected to an output shaft, and a first support raceway ring and a second support raceway ring that come into contact with the planetary rolling element. A quadrangle is formed by extension lines of normal vectors at contact points between the planetary rolling element and the respective raceway rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya Nagumo
  • Patent number: 12013015
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a threaded shaft, a threaded nut that is threadably coupled to the threaded shaft, an annular ratchet positioned about the threaded shaft and comprising one or more tracks, and a pin that extends from the threaded shaft and into the one or more tracks. The threaded nut may include a first circumferentially-facing surface, the annular ratchet may include a second circumferentially-facing surface, and the first and second circumferentially-facing surfaces are configured to contact one another to enable the threaded nut to block rotation of the annular ratchet with the threaded shaft. The actuator assembly may enable the threaded nut to move to a limit position and hold full motor torque, but also to break free from the limit position with relatively low torque (e.g., less than the full motor torque; as compared to actuator systems that are devoid of certain features of the actuator assembly).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyle Sommerfeld
  • Patent number: 12013016
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear actuator including a housing, a worm wheel, a rotating screw and a drive nut. The worm wheel drives the rotating screw to rotate. The rotating screw rotates to drive the drive nut to move axially along the rotating screw. A clutch means is arranged between the worm wheel and the rotating screw. The clutch means includes a coupling gear sleeve axially movable relative to the rotating screw. The rotating screw is sleeved with an axial limiting sleeve. The axial limiting sleeve and the housing are abutted axially. The axial limiting sleeve and the rotating screw maintain alignment in an axial direction. When the rotating screw is subjected to an axial load, the rotating screw transmits axial force to the housing through the axial limiting sleeve, and the axial force is not transmitted between the coupling gear sleeve and the axial limiting sleeve in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIECANG LINEAR MOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Xu, Xinxing Zhao
  • Patent number: 12013017
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission using a gearset. Multi-mode clutches selectively couple components of the gearset. The transmission operates in and shifts between a first forward gear and a second forward gear using a change in input rotation. An electric motor coupled to the input may be used to change the input rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Means Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua D. Hand
  • Patent number: 12013018
    Abstract: An electric drive axle of a vehicle includes an electric motor having an output shaft. A compound idler assembly is connected to the electric motor. The compound idler assembly includes at least one gear-clutch assembly in driving engagement with the output shaft of the electric motor. A differential is connected to the compound idler assembly, and in selective driving engagement with the compound idler assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Eric M. Engerman, Ryan D. Nelms, Amar Nivarthi
  • Patent number: 12013019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a torque converter that may reduce production cost by a simple structure compared to the conventional art, reduce the overall size of the torque converter by minimizing an installation space of an anti-resonance damper, and improve damping performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO KAPEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ju Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 12013020
    Abstract: A torque vectoring device for a vehicle is disclosed. The torque vectoring device includes: a differential; a first planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a differential case of the differential; a second planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a selected drive shaft that is one of two drive shafts coupled to the differential; a motor connected to a second rotating element of the first planetary gear set; and a selective fixing mechanism configured to selectively fix a second rotating element or a third rotating element of the second planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Kwang Min Choi, Baek Yu Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Sung Gon Byun, Sun Sung Kwon, Jun Hoi Huh
  • Patent number: 12013021
    Abstract: To provide a rotating member and a forming method thereof that allow formation of protrusions biting into an opposite surface to achieve high slip torque with a simple configuration. The rotating member includes a boss part and an anti-slip surface at least on one of both axial end faces of the boss part. The anti-slip surface has a plurality of corrugated rib parts, which includes a main groove and at least one auxiliary groove extending parallel to the main groove, with a ridge protruding higher than the anti-slip surface between the main groove and the auxiliary groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
    Inventors: Osamu Yoshida, Yudai Takagi
  • Patent number: 12013022
    Abstract: A method for producing a sintered component, in particular an annular sintered component, with a toothing, having teeth with tooth roots, tooth tips and tooth flanks, includes the steps of pressing a powder to form a green compact, sintering the green compact, and hardening the sintered component, wherein after sintering, the tooth flanks and possibly the tooth tips are post-compacted and subsequently undergo post-processing by machining, and wherein a transition region between the tooth flanks and the tooth roots has an undercut design, and post-compaction of the tooth flanks is carried out only up to this transition region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Miba Sinter Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Roessler, Martin Ohler, Helmut Aichinger, Alexander Mueller
  • Patent number: 12013023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit for a construction and/or material handling machine or lifting equipment such as a crane, comprising a torque density of more than 20 Nm/l at a predetermined output speed, wherein the drive unit comprises a drive motor and a connected transmission, wherein a fast-running electric motor is provided as the drive motor, wherein the motor speed thereof is at least two times said output speed of the drive unit and is reduced by the transmission by a factor of at least 2 to the output speed of the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Graner, Martin Paal
  • Patent number: 12013024
    Abstract: A connection device for a ventilation element includes a transmission connection and a vent connection, the vent connection connects the connection device to a ventilation element, the component connection has a connection piece extending along a connecting axis, and a torsion ring surrounding the connection piece. A connecting rocker is arranged on the torsion ring, and the torsion ring is connected to the connection piece by a connecting bridge, and the connecting rocker has an actuation section and an engaging section for forming an interlocking connection. The torsion ring runs between the actuation section and the engaging section in a connecting region, in which it is connected to the connecting rocker, and the connecting bridge has a connecting arm, which starts from the connection piece and extends in the direction of the connecting axis up to the torsion ring and retains same at a radial distance from the connection piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Bodendorf, Moritz Hoescheler
  • Patent number: 12013025
    Abstract: In a vehicle power unit, a differential gear (13) is housed in an interior of a motor housing (14) with an electric motor (11) and a reduction gear (12), an output shaft (33) extending from the differential gear (13) toward a vehicle width direction is housed in the interior of the motor housing, and an end part thereof in the vehicle width direction is supported on the motor housing via an output shaft bearing (37). Since the motor housing has a space (38) part between the electric motor and the output shaft, and oil that has lubricated the electric motor and been scattered passes the space part and is supplied to the output shaft bearing, the output shaft bearing supporting the output shaft of the differential gear can be reliably lubricated with a simple structure without forming within a wall part of the motor housing an oil passage for lubrication, without disposing in the interior of the motor housing an oil pipe for lubrication, and without carrying out lubrication using a lubricant such as a grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 12013026
    Abstract: A vehicle lubrication system for a hybrid electric vehicle which includes (i) an engine, (ii) drive wheels, (iii) a power transmission apparatus including an output portion and configured to transmit a power transmitted from the engine and (iv) a driving rotary machine connected to the output portion. The vehicle lubrication system includes (a) a mechanically driven pump connected to the output portion; (b) a fluid passage connected to an outlet of the pump, and configured to supply a lubricant to the driving rotary machine; (c) a relief valve connected to a relieving portion of the fluid passage, which is located between the outlet of the pump and the driving rotary machine in the fluid passage; and (d) an ON-OFF valve provided between the relieving portion and the driving rotary machine in the fluid passage, and configured to selectively allow and inhibit supply of the lubricant to the driving rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoto Nakamura, Tomonori Uchida, Atsushi Teshima
  • Patent number: 12013027
    Abstract: A planet carrier for a speed reduction gear of a turbomachine has a main axis X and includes a cage carrier with an annular row of axial fingers around the axis X, which carry first connecting elements. The carrier further includes a cage having at its periphery housings and second connecting elements that are mounted in the housings and that cooperate with the first connecting elements to form connections between the cage carrier and the cage, which allow at least one degree of freedom. The cage comprises two shells that are axially fastened to each other and separated from each other by a plane. The housings are formed respectively in the shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Guillaume Pierre Mouly
  • Patent number: 12013028
    Abstract: A transmission system includes a transmission, first and second composite sensors, and a controller. The transmission has a clutch switchable between an engaged state and a disengaged state, a first shaft disposed on an input side of the clutch, and a second shaft disposed on an output side of the clutch. The first and second composite sensors detect rotation speeds and rotation phases of the first and second shafts, respectively. The controller acquires a load torque applied to the transmission. When the clutch is switched from the disengaged state to the engaged state, the controller derives a phase difference between the rotation phase of the first shaft detected by the first composite sensor and the rotation phase of the second shaft detected by the second composite sensor based on the time when the clutch has stopped slipping. The controller acquires the load torque based on the derived phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12013029
    Abstract: A method for operating a dual-clutch transmission having a first partial transmission, a second partial transmission, a first clutch assigned to the first partial transmission, and a second clutch assigned to the second partial transmission, in which the dual-clutch transmission is shifted into a parking lock state. The dual-clutch transmission is shifted into the parking lock state by the following steps: while a first gear of one of the partial transmissions is engaged: carrying out an engagement process provided for engaging a second gear of the one partial transmission; determining that the second gear is not engaged despite the engagement process being carried out; selecting a third gear of the dual-clutch transmission different from the first gear and from the second gear; and engaging the selected third gear such that in the park lock condition, the first gear and the third gear are at least temporarily engaged simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Enrico Szeppat, Lutz Gundlach
  • Patent number: 12013030
    Abstract: Techniques modeling and controlling a torque converter of a vehicle include accessing a look-up table relating (i) various K-factors of a turbine of the torque converter to (ii) various K-factors of an impeller of the torque converter, speed ratios of the torque converter, and torque ratios of the torque converter, calculating a K-factor of the turbine based on the set of parameters, determining a speed ratio and a torque ratio of the torque converter based on the calculated turbine K-factor using the look-up table, determining a target speed and a target torque for the impeller based on the determined speed and torque ratios of the torque converter, and controlling a torque generating system including the torque converter to achieve the target impeller speed and torque to thereby achieve the torque request at a driveline and mitigate or eliminate noise/vibration/harshness (NVH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Nadirsh Patel, Andryas Mawardi
  • Patent number: 12013031
    Abstract: A transport vehicle is driven by a hydraulic closed circuit system having a variable displacement pump to send an operating fluid to a delivery branch and receive the operating fluid from a return branch, a plurality of hydraulic motors connected to the delivery branch and to the return branch in order to drive relative wheels of the vehicle, a command and control unit to control the pump and the hydraulic motors in an ordinary advancing condition of the vehicle and command and control unit, which is configured to intervene in case of faults or malfunctions of the pump and to control a valve so as to establish a connection between the delivery branch and the return branch regardless of the control of the command and control unit of the pump and of the hydraulic motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FAYMONVILLE DISTRIBUTION AG
    Inventors: Fabrizio Lippi, Willian D'Agostino, Alexander Fickers
  • Patent number: 12013032
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve control device includes a control signal generator to, through feedback control involving an environmental coefficient, generate a control signal intended for at least one electromagnetic valve and corresponding to a target electric current value, a coefficient determiner to determine an environmental coefficient during a learning period from a start of a driver operation to an end of a predetermined time, and an operation limiter to limit respective operations of the at least one electromagnetic valve and a gear transmission during the learning period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Ryoma Iwase
  • Patent number: 12013033
    Abstract: A compact park lock assembly configured to be pulled towards a ramped section of a locking lever during actuation to unlock and lock a park lock gear. The compact park lock assembly includes a guide plate configured to align the park lock assembly during assembly, receive input loads from a pinion drive gear arrangement, position and restrain movement of the guide plate, and provide for sensing of the position of the locking lever during operation. The compact park lock assembly also includes an abutment plate to facilitate mounting of the park lock assembly, a spring section to restrain the guide plate, and a clip section to force and retain the abutment plate section to a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Linamar Corporation
    Inventor: Jefferey Ziemba
  • Patent number: 12013034
    Abstract: A park lock actuation system for a motor vehicle includes an actuating element and a blocking element. The actuating element is translatable by hydraulic actuation from a locking position, in which a park lock coupled with the actuating element is active, to an unlocking position, in which the park lock is inactive, when a first hydraulic pressure value is exceeded. The blocking element is formed as a transverse slide and is movable, by hydraulic actuation, from an unblocking position, in which the actuating element is translatable between the locking position and the unlocking position, to a blocking position, in which the blocking element fixes the actuating element in the unlocking position in a form-fitting manner, when a second pressure value, higher than the first hydraulic pressure value, is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Felix Bunout
  • Patent number: 12013035
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket assembly includes a gasket and a wire. The gasket has a first side, a second side, and a cylinder bore opening extending through the first side and the second side. The gasket has a wall on the first side. The wall extends axially along the cylinder bore opening. The gasket has a ledge extending from the wall into the cylinder bore opening at the second side. The wire is ring-shaped. The wire is on the ledge and extends along the wall. Wax adheres the wire to the ledge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
    Inventors: Abel Contreras, Sean Smith, Brent Loomis
  • Patent number: 12013036
    Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a composite seal material that has performances, such as a vacuum sealing performance, plasma resistance, and corrosive gas resistance, in combination, that does not require a strong pressing force during use, that does not have a possibility of generating particles, and that is capable of maintaining the vacuum sealing performance for a long period of time. Characteristics of a solution to the problem is a composite seal material having an annular shape and including a first member and a second member adjacent to each other on left and right. The first member includes a seal body portion, and a lip portion extending from the seal body portion upwardly in the thickness direction of the composite seal material. The lip portion of the first member extends in an inclined orientation outwardly on a side opposite to the second member adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VALQUA, LTD.
    Inventors: Sangho Kim, Michi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 12013037
    Abstract: A seal for an electrical connector includes a sealing surface, a bearing surface opposite the sealing surface, a plurality of sealing lips protruding on the sealing surface next to one another, a plurality of support lips protruding on the bearing surface, and a plurality of recesses on the bearing surface between the support lips. Each of the sealing lips is opposite one of the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dimitrios Mechteridis, Andreas Walz
  • Patent number: 12013038
    Abstract: A sealing device has a first sealing member and a second sealing member. The first sealing member has a cylindrical part mounted on an outer member, and a lip. The second sealing member has a sleeve into which an inner member is fitted, and a flange extending radially outward. The flange has a rigid flange portion connected to the sleeve, and a circular annular elastic flange portion that adheres to the rigid flange portion. An annular protrusion is formed on an inner periphery of the elastic flange portion, and is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the inner member. In an initial state, the inner peripheral surface of the protrusion has a cylindrical portion having an inner diameter that is less than that of the sleeve. The cylindrical portion has a length of at least 0.15 mm in the initial state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Seki
  • Patent number: 12013039
    Abstract: An assembly and method for assembling a projectile with a compact low friction high temperature shaft seal is provided. The assembly includes an outer shell, a rotating shaft inside the outer shell, and a seal attached to the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft can rotate independently of the outer shell. The seal can seal a gap between the outer shell and the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Randall S. Firor
  • Patent number: 12013040
    Abstract: A pair of sliding components are disposed at a relatively rotating position at the time of running a rotary machine and formed in an annular shape in which a sealed liquid is present on one side of an inner radial side and an outer radial side and a gas is present on the remaining side thereof. A sliding surface of a sliding component is provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove which communicates with the side of a gas in a radial direction and which is configured to generate a dynamic pressure between the sliding surfaces by the gas at the time of running the rotary machine. A sliding surface of a sliding component is provided with a groove which extends in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Tadatsugu Imura, Iwa Ou, Yuichiro Tokunaga
  • Patent number: 12013041
    Abstract: The present application relates to a multi fluid path selector valve, including a valve body, and several fluid outlet pipes. The valve body is provided with several layers of branch channels therein, the branch channel includes a fluid inlet hole and several branch holes. The valve body is provided with communication holes therein for one-to-one communicating the branch holes with the fluid outlet pipes. The valve body is provided with a control mechanism to control the on or off state between the branch hole and communication hole, and the valve body is provided with fluid inlet pipes in communication with the fluid inlet holes respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Zhongshan Golden Bridge Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zichang Zhao, Shiliang Zhou, Guanghao Li, Haiyang Zhang, Fei Zhao
  • Patent number: 12013042
    Abstract: A multiway valve that may include a generally cylindrical shaped hollow valve body having at least one handling opening and a plurality of through openings made on the outer wall of the valve body and defining a first group of connecting openings and a second group of connecting openings. A handling element may be pivotally disposed in the valve body and include at least two first through radial openings made on the outer wall of the cartridge. A tubular shaped fluid mechanics insert may be housed inside the cartridge, and may have a second radial opening to let a fluid flow. The fluid mechanics insert may also include a cell formed inside the cavity of the insert to define a homogeneous fluid flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GIACOMINI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Rosa Brusin, Paolo Arrus, Samuele Molina, Andrea Zuffellato
  • Patent number: 12013043
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a frangible structure coupled or integral to at least a portion of the apparatus and a triggerable mechanism disposed at or proximate the frangible structure. The triggerable mechanism is configured to break the frangible structure in response to a trigger signal. A containment structure is disposed on or over at least a portion of the frangible structure. The containment structure is configured to allow at least the portion of the frangible structure to deform or change shape in response to breaking of the frangible structure while keeping substantially all fragments of at least the portion of the broken frangible structure together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Chua, Julie Ann Bert, Steven Neltner, Emily Coker
  • Patent number: 12013044
    Abstract: A valve includes a first case member having an inflow port and a first valve seat, a second case member having an air outlet and a discharge port, a valve chamber formed by bonding the first case member and the second case member, at least one of which has a recessed shape, with a first bonding member while the recessed shape is located on an inner side, and a diaphragm formed so as to partition the valve chamber into a lower valve chamber connected to the inflow port and an upper valve chamber connecting the discharge port and the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 12013045
    Abstract: A single coupled valve body of a faucet includes a faucet body, a water outlet pipe, and a water inlet pipe connecting component. The faucet body defines a water inlet channel and a first water outlet channel. The water outlet pipe is connected to a bottom surface of the faucet body. The water outlet pipe includes a second water outlet channel communicated with the first water outlet channel. Both of the faucet body and the water outlet pipe are made of plastic and are integrally disposed. The water inlet pipe connecting component includes a connecting ring and connecting threads. The connecting ring and the connecting threads are made of metal. The connecting ring is embedded in the faucet body. The connecting threads are at least partially located in the water inlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: WENZHOU FURUISI BUILDING MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingkui An, Chunhe Qiu
  • Patent number: 12013046
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a gate valve comprising: a valve body including a cavity coupled to a channel having proximal and distal portions; a gate to seal and unseal the channel; proximal and distal seats adjacent the gate; wherein (a) the proximal seat traverses towards the gate and stops at a first position when the gate is closing and the proximal channel portion is more highly pressurized than the cavity, and (b) the distal seat slides away from the gate and stops at a second position when the gate is closing and the cavity is more heavily pressurized than the distal channel portion. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SRI Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Alagarsamy Sundararajan
  • Patent number: 12013047
    Abstract: A valve comprises: a housing defining a chamber; a fluid outlet defined by a fluid outlet wall; and a first fluid outlet orifice and a second fluid outlet orifice comprising a rigid seat. The valve comprises a movable gate, that is flexible and/or compressible and impermeable. The moveable gate is more flexible than the rigid seat, has a planar surface, and is configured to slidably move in a first axis. The movable gate is configured to be positioned so that it is located between a fluid inlet orifice and the second fluid outlet orifice when the valve is in a closed position, wherein fluid pressure within the chamber causes the movable gate to seal the second fluid outlet orifice via the rigid seat, and not the fluid inlet orifice. The valve may employ gate shapes that generate and/or exploit Bernoulli effect forces when fluid passes though the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Colt Irrigation, LLC
    Inventors: William E. Hurst, James Walter Hurst
  • Patent number: 12013048
    Abstract: A rotary disc valve is used in a fluid delivery system to control flow of fluid between multiple ports. The valve may include a valve body having multiple ports that are connected to the system. In addition, the valve may include a diverter and seal assembly that are disposed in the valve body. The diverter is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and to control fluid flow through the valve body. The valve is free of an axial compression spring, and the valve body, the lid and the diverter are shaped and dimensioned so that an interference fit exists between the lid and the diverter that results in compression of the seal assembly between the diverter and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Chapman
  • Patent number: 12013049
    Abstract: The utility model provides a water purification machine with adjustable discharge capacity. The water purification machine with the adjustable discharge capacity comprises a water purification tank, awater storage tank and a controller, the device comprises a first treatment cylinder, a second treatment cylinder and a third treatment cylinder, the bottom of the first treatment cylinder communicates with a first branch pipe, the other end of the first branch pipe communicates with the bottom of the second treatment cylinder, the top of the second treatment cylinder communicates with a second branch pipe, and the other end of the second branch pipe communicates with the interior of the third treatment cylinder; one end of the raw water inlet pipe is communicated with the top of the first treatment cylinder; and the top end of the first drainage pipe communicates with the bottom of the third treatment cylinder, and the other end of the first drainage pipe communicates with a booster pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Hanshu Environmental Protection Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guo Liu, Xiaohan Liu
  • Patent number: 12013050
    Abstract: In one aspect, a dialysis fluid cassette includes an inlet fluid line, multiple outlet fluid lines, and a valve including an actuation feature by which the valve can be rotated to fluidly communicate the inlet fluid line with a selected fluid line of the multiple outlet fluid lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon F. Moss, Bert D. Egley, Philip Scott James, James Peterson