Patents Issued in June 25, 2024
  • Patent number: 12017497
    Abstract: A control device controls a vehicle including a seat suspension which is provided between a chassis and a seat of the vehicle and restricts vibration and of which each of a spring constant and a damping coefficient is changeable and controllable. The control device detects, as vehicle information, a vehicle speed, an acceleration, a state of acceleration operation by a driver, a state of deceleration operation by the driver, and a state of steering by the driver. The control device determines, based on the vehicle information, whether the driver has driving preference of emphasizing the steering stability performance of the vehicle or driving preference of emphasizing the ride comfort performance of the vehicle, and, according to the determined driving preference, changes an acceleration of the seat by controlling the seat suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Kuretake
  • Patent number: 12017498
    Abstract: A mass damper system includes an unsprung mass, a sprung mass, a suspension component that supports the sprung mass with respect to the unsprung mass, and a damper mass that is connected to the unsprung mass. Motion control components are connected to the sprung mass and a fluid-operated system that transfers forces between the motion control components and the damper mass to regulate motion of the damper mass with respect to the unsprung mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Samuel G. Fowle, Jacob L Dawson, Jeffrey K. Mock, Islam Mohsen Shawki
  • Patent number: 12017499
    Abstract: A suspension device for an in-wheel motor may include: a buffer part coupled to a vehicle body, and configured to absorb shock; an arm part coupled to the vehicle body, disposed at each of a top and bottom of the vehicle body, and coupled to the buffer part; a support part coupled to the arm part, and configured to be movable upward and downward; one or more connection parts rotatably mounted on the support part, provided as a pair of connection parts, and configured to serve as a steering axis; and a fixing part mounted on the connection part, rotated in connection with the connection part, and coupled to an in-wheel motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Wook Joo
  • Patent number: 12017500
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling electrical elements of a vehicle includes a pair of coolers disposed over and under an electrical element module, respectively, and each having a plurality of channels longitudinally formed to pass cooling fluid; pipe couplers respectively coupled to first ends of the pair of coolers to pass cooling fluid, having protrusions on first surfaces facing each other, respectively, and connected with pipes on second surfaces; bellows couplers respectively coupled to second ends of the pair of coolers to pass cooling fluid and having protrusions on first surfaces facing each other; and a bellows having top and bottom openings fitted on the protrusions, and being able to contract. The bellows couplers have grooves formed around the protrusions in a shape corresponding to the bellows, and widths of the grooves are larger than a width of the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: KOHSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Il Kim, Kwan Kyo Chai, Gyu Young Jeong, Jeong Hui Kim
  • Patent number: 12017501
    Abstract: An electric automotive vehicle gross vehicle rating of greater than 10,000 pounds includes an electric powertrain connected to the frame and positioned at a base of the frame. The vehicle includes a first central axis, and the weight of the electric powertrain is centered about the first central axis. All drivetrain components of the vehicle other than the electric powertrain may be positioned above the base of the electric powertrain. The vehicle includes two electric drive units configured to drive the front and rear axles respectively. The electric drive units consist of an electric motor, motor controller, two speed electrically actuated gearbox, electrically actuated park lock, and electrically actuated locking differential. The drive units transmit power to inboard mounted brakes, which in turn are connected by constant velocity driveshaft to the wheel hubs where a further final gear reduction resides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: BOLLINGER MOTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Hardy, John Dannenhoffer, Sam Dignan
  • Patent number: 12017502
    Abstract: A parking air conditioning device and a mounting bracket thereof are provided. The mounting bracket includes a loading frame. The loading frame includes a bottom bracket and a first connecting member fixedly connected to the bottom bracket to form a mounting position. The mounting frame includes a second connecting member and a plurality of first bolts. The second connecting member is located at a side of the first connecting member away from the mounting position and is spaced apart from the first connecting member. The first bolts are connected to the first connecting member and the second connecting member. When the mounting bracket is connected to a vehicle body crossbeam, the first bolts are respectively located at the upper and lower sides of the vehicle body crossbeam, and the first connecting member and the second connecting member clamp the vehicle body crossbeam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU ROYPOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Guoai Huang, Quanfu Zou
  • Patent number: 12017503
    Abstract: A plate arrangement for fluid flow includes a support plate, and a plurality of channel plates detachably mounted on the support plate, wherein the plurality of channel plates are mounted to cover at least a portion of the support plate, each channel plate has a fluid channel, the plurality of channel plates are arranged along a fluid flow path of at least a portion of a predetermined fluid circulation loop so that the plurality of channel plates form at least the portion of the fluid circulation loop, and fluid channels of adjacent channel plates are fluidly connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jong Wan Han
  • Patent number: 12017504
    Abstract: A duct structure having excellent sealing performance at a connection portion between a duct and a piping member. The duct structure includes a duct and a piping member. The duct includes an opening in a tubular portion, and the piping member includes a piping portion. The piping portion is inserted into the opening and connected to the duct, and a foam rubber sealing material is disposed in a compressed state between an outer peripheral surface of the piping portion and an edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: KYORAKU CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Oki, Tomoya Taguchi
  • Patent number: 12017505
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing energy consumption feedback for powering a transport climate control system using external data. This can include determining whether an energy level of an energy storage source is greater than an expected energy consumption of a transport climate control system during a route, based on route parameters and route conditions. The route conditions may be obtained from a source such as a remote server, and include data such as weather data, traffic data, or the like. The systems and methods may further compare current energy levels to an updated predictions of energy consumption during transit to determine if the energy level is sufficient to complete the route and alert the user when the energy level is insufficient to complete the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventors: Philip Lewis Lavrich, Mark D. Leasure, Casey Briscoe, Grant A. Baumgardner, Ryan Wayne Schumacher, Wallace Stephen Hubbard, Panayu Robert Srichai, Matthew Srnec
  • Patent number: 12017506
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes: at least one of: a particulate matter sensor configured to measure an amount of particulate within a passenger cabin of a vehicle; and a volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor configured to measure an amount of VOCs within the passenger cabin of the vehicle; and a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including a blower; a blower control module configured to: operate the blower in a first direction and blow air into the passenger cabin of the vehicle; and based on at least one of the amount of particulate and the amount of VOCs within the passenger cabin of the vehicle, selectively operate the blower in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, thereby blowing air from within the passenger cabin out through the HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sibu Varughese, Martín Nespolo, Thomas Krzyzak, Gareth Webb, Wilson Yim, Matthew Johnson
  • Patent number: 12017507
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle climate system includes, by a controller, responsive to a same blower motor request, operating a blower motor at a first speed responsive to a heater core isolation valve (HCIV) directing coolant used to heat a cabin to an engine. The method further includes, by the controller, responsive to the same blower motor request, operating the blower motor at a second speed less than the first speed responsive to the HCIV directing the coolant to an electric heater and not to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark G. Smith, Chris George Oehring, Jasbir Jaglan, Angel Fernando Porras
  • Patent number: 12017508
    Abstract: A climate control system includes a front-end or first heat exchanger configured to thermally condition airflow from an environment external to a cabin, a rear-end or second heat exchanger configured to thermally condition airflow from the cabin, a recirculation path configured to return airflow from the second heat exchanger to the cabin, and an extraction path configured to vent airflow from the second heat exchanger to the environment external to the cabin. Various operational modes of the climate control system direct airflow to either the recirculation path or the extraction path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul D. Yeomans, John M. Kearney, Justin T. Krull, Scott Wujek, Kegan J. Connick
  • Patent number: 12017509
    Abstract: A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes an accumulator having an inlet and an outlet, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, and a first coupling point. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet and an outlet. The low-pressure inlet is downstream of the outlet of the accumulator. The first heat exchanger includes an inlet and an outlet. The first coupling point is positioned immediately downstream of the outlet of the accumulator and immediately upstream of the low-pressure inlet of the compressor. The first coupling point is immediately downstream of the outlet of the first heat exchanger such that a first heat exchange fluid circulating through the refrigerant loop is directed to the low-pressure inlet of the compressor upon exiting the outlet of the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rachael Shey, Jeffrey Paul Brown, Loren John Lohmeyer, Manfred Koberstein
  • Patent number: 12017510
    Abstract: A method is provided and includes activating, by a controller, a compressor of an HVAC subsystem when heating of a passenger compartment is required and determining whether a heat rejection from a powertrain component is greater than or equal to a reference heat rejection. A powertrain-side pump is activated and a battery-side pump is stopped when the heat rejection is greater than or equal to the reference heat rejection. A refrigerant circulating in the HVAC subsystem exchanges heat with a powertrain coolant having absorbed heat from the powertrain component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Han Kim, Jae Hyun Song
  • Patent number: 12017511
    Abstract: An air conditioner system for mobility is provided. The air conditioner system is configured to secure the air conditioning performance in cooling and heating conditioning and to prevent a battery from being deteriorated as the battery is prevented from being overcharged while the air conditioner system is driven when the battery is charged by the regenerative breaking while the charge amount of the battery is already high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Nam Seok Yun
  • Patent number: 12017512
    Abstract: A transport refrigeration system (200) including: a first engine (26) configured to power a refrigeration unit (22); a first fuel tank (330) fluidly connected to the first engine (26) through a first fuel line (332); a first shut off valve (450) located within the first fuel line (332) proximate the first fuel tank (330); a second shut off valve (72) located within the first fuel line (332) proximate the first engine (26); a sensor system (80) configured to detect at least one of a crash of the transport refrigeration system (200), a crash of the first fuel tank (330), a fuel leak in the first fuel line (332), and an engine stall in the first engine (26); and a controller (30) configured to close the first shutoff valve (450) and second shutoff valve (72) when at least one of a crash of the transport refrigeration system (200), a crash of the first fuel tank (330), a fuel leak in the first fuel line (332), and an engine stall in first engine (26) is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Loic Renault
  • Patent number: 12017513
    Abstract: The present invention is a hand sanitizer, air purification, fogger vehicle mount, or combination thereof, attach to a dashboard of a vehicle. Its purpose is to maximize disinfecting opportunities as a countermeasure to the spread of disease, including COVID-19. As a hand sanitizer, this invention is a hand-free device that minimizes cross-contamination among vehicle patrons during operation. A sensor, activated by hand proximity, sends a signal to a controller, then to a pump to dispense a portion-controlled volume of hand sanitizer. To disinfect airborne antigens, HEPA filtration and UV light are utilized. Pathogen lingering on surfaces are disinfected by a fogger, which dispenses atomized droplets throughout a vehicle. To eliminate exposure to nebulized sanitizer, the controller may receive a wireless signal from outside the vehicle. Independently powered, a vehicle can be sanitized each time it arrives at a destination, made ready to transport the next group of patrons safely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Al Farentino Shaw
  • Patent number: 12017514
    Abstract: A work machine, such as a skid steer loader or a compact track loader, includes an air intake assembly for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit. A conduit integrated into a structure supporting a roof over an operator cab accepts air and water from the atmosphere through an air inlet proximate the roof. A debris outlet downstream in the conduit allows gravity to return the water to the environment. Between the air inlet and the debris outlet, an orifice in the conduit connects to an air duct through which the air may be diverted by suction from the HVAC unit. An air filter at the end of the air duct removes remaining particulates from the air prior to conditioning by the HVAC unit. Sizing the cross-sectional areas of the air path to exceed a cross-sectional area of an inlet to the air filter and providing a substantially straight air path avoids resistance to air flow, resulting in efficient intake of cleaner air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Minter, Benjamin Michael Cheek
  • Patent number: 12017515
    Abstract: Vehicle window subassemblies for initial bonded and subsequent roped installation are provided. In certain embodiments, a vehicle body of a vehicle includes a window mount with a flange having a bonding space for bonded installation of a window and a replacement space for roped installation of a replacement window. A bonded window subassembly includes a window, bonding agent, and bonded window trim configured to, upon attachment of the window to the window mount, preserve the replacement space from the bonding agent for roped installation of a replacement window. A roped window subassembly includes a replacement window and a roped window trim configured to, upon attachment of the window to the window mount, create a seal in the replacement space and not create a seal in the bonding space. Such configurations provide increased quality of an initial bonded installation and reduced cost of a roped installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Wolck, Ganesh Apparsundaram
  • Patent number: 12017516
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved interior window sunshade for a window of a building and/or an automobile window. The interior window sunshade comprises a flexible flat wire loop member secured to a fabric. The flexible flat wire loop member comprises flexible arch on one or more sides of the flexible flat wire loop member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Rohan Vishnubhai Patel
  • Patent number: 12017517
    Abstract: An automotive awning system having an awning that is configured for operatively shielding an automotive cabin of a vehicle, such as truck, from the elements. The automotive awning system includes a mounting arrangement for mounting the awning to the vehicle, the mounting arrangement comprising at least one mounting for fastening the awning to the vehicle, the mounting defining a separation zone configured to demount when a predetermined impact force is applied to the awning, as well as a retractor configured to automatically retract the awning toward the vehicle upon demounting of the separation zone, so that the awning is protected from impact damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Curved Earth Designs Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Timothy Berndt, Lee Kirkham
  • Patent number: 12017518
    Abstract: A processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including receiving a location; in response to determining that the location is known, setting a first tinting level of a surface; and in response to determining that the location is unknown, setting a second tinting level of the surface that differs from the first tinting level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Budhadipta Dan, Khadijeh Bayat, Matthew E. Last, Ryan J. Garrone
  • Patent number: 12017519
    Abstract: An apparatus for covering at least a portion of a cargo area of a vehicle, the apparatus includes a frame; one or more side panels attached to the frame; one or more quarter panels attached to the frame; a rear panel; a roof panel supported by the frame; and a lifting mechanism configured to reposition the roof panel relative to the frame and/or the one or more side panels. The lifting mechanism has a handle, a lifter, and a track supporting the lifter. Movement of the handle causes the track to move in a first direction, which causes the lifter to slide in the track in a second direction to raise and/or lower the lifter, which causes the roof panel to be moved or repositioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Extang Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Facchinello, Robert Mosingo, Chad Carter, Anthony Becker, Robert Wisely
  • Patent number: 12017520
    Abstract: A rear axle of a commercial electric vehicle includes a curved de Dion axle that includes stub axles, CV cups, each configured to receive a portion of a CV axle, and a central portion disposed downward and rearward of the stub axles. The rear axle includes a curved form factor to allow for a portion of an electric drive unit to be disposed in a manner where a hub centerline connecting the stub axles intersects the electric drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Harbinger Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Alexi Charbonneau, Phillip John Weicker, Jackson George Diebel
  • Patent number: 12017521
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis and an electric axle coupled to the chassis. The electric axle includes an electric motor, a first tractive element coupled to the electric motor and configured to be driven by the electric motor to propel the vehicle, and a power take off (PTO) shaft coupled to the electric motor. The vehicle further includes at least one of (a) an accessory coupled to the PTO shaft and configured to be driven by the electric motor or (b) an axle assembly including a second tractive element coupled to the PTO shaft and configured to be driven by the electric motor to propel the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Andringa, Mitchel Nordahl
  • Patent number: 12017522
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly has: a front portion; a middle portion rearward of the front portion; a rear portion rearward of the middle portion, at least one of the front and rear portions being curved from the middle portion, the at least one of the front and rear portions extending below the middle portion; a top part, the top part defining at least one top recess; and a bottom part disposed below the top part and being joined to the top part, the bottom part defining at least one bottom recess. The top and bottom parts define therebetween a passage formed in part by the at least one top recess and the at least one bottom recess. The passage has an inlet and an outlet. A snowmobile having the heat exchanger assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Sebastien Vezina, Jonathan Fortier
  • Patent number: 12017523
    Abstract: A front closing cross-member includes a medial portion having an airfoil-like shape arranged between left and right end portions of greater height than the medial portion. The medial portion includes a trailing edge having a height less than a height of a leading edge thereof. The end portions are configured to be mounted to at least a portion of a chassis frame of a road vehicle. The cross-member may exhibit the same or greater stiffness and torsional rigidity as a conventional member, while exhibiting reduced drag and facilitating formation of a laminar airflow wake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Mahesh Boraiah, Stephen Gelgot
  • Patent number: 12017524
    Abstract: An enclosed volume is provided for performing operations in space, or on any astronomical object, in a manner separated from aspects of the external environment. The enclosed volume can be a flexible container for a satellite. The enclosed volume can include a membrane having a fluid barrier layer and being configured to contain a propellant gas or fluid; and an expulsion device configured to expel material from the membrane. In a stowed configuration, the flexible container is contained within the satellite, and in a deployed configuration, the flexible container extends away from the satellite. The flexible container can inflate from one shape, in the undeployed configuration, to another shape, in a deployed configuration. The other shape can be toroidal or other appropriate shapes. The flexible container can provide bipropellant, blowdown, and gas/fluid metering functionality. Entertainment and game play can be enabled by the enclosed volume involving robots and other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Orbit Fab, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Faber, James Bultitude, Jeremy Schiel, Eric Weinhoffer, Andrew Witte, Tyler Mincey
  • Patent number: 12017525
    Abstract: A fuel cap in accordance with the present disclosure includes a closure body and a valve unit integrated with the valve body. The closure body is adapted to engage a fill neck coupled to a fuel tank. The valve unit is configured to selectively vent excess pressure and/or vacuum developed in the fuel tank through the closure body to manage pressure in the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Stant USA Corp.
    Inventors: Michael S. Brock, Lowell R. Bell
  • Patent number: 12017526
    Abstract: There is configured a work machine whose engine and fuel tank will not be damaged at time of a work even when the engine and the fuel tank are arranged with offset to one side in the left/right direction of the machine body. The work machine includes a machine body that can travel with left and right front wheels and left and right rear wheels and an implement supported to the machine body. An engine driving the front wheels, the rear wheels and the implement and a fuel tank are disposed between the front wheels and the rear wheels in a front/rear direction of the machine body and at positions offset to further outer side than the left/right center of the machine body. There is provided a protection member which protrudes to a further outer side than an outer end position of the fuel tank in an offset direction of the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Kubota Corporation, Saito Noki Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Nakamura, Junichiro Takiguchi, Yusuke Minakata, Kohei Kawaguchi, Sohei Wakabayashi, Hiroki Saito, Masayuki Kaneko, Koshi Kuromi, Shingo Mimae, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 12017527
    Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle is provided comprising a chassis, four wheels and a passenger compartment that includes a passenger seating structure. The vehicle additionally comprises a drivetrain operatively connected to at least one of the wheels comprising at least one drive shaft and at least one torque transfer device. Furthermore the vehicle includes a prime mover that is mounted to the chassis entirely forward of a front edge of the seating structure and operatively connected to the drivetrain. The prime mover is structured and operable to provide motive force to at least one of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Dunne, Jr., Jon C. Charland, Jared Trauernicht, Hayden Barr, Eric Anderfaas
  • Patent number: 12017528
    Abstract: A traveling transmission device of a tractor including a transmission case to which power from an engine is inputted via an input shaft, a speed changer transmission section provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power from the input shaft and to speed-change the inputted power and output it, and a rear wheel differential mechanism provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power outputted from the speed changer transmission section and transmit the inputted power to left and right rear wheels. The speed changer transmission section includes a plurality of speed changer sections configured to speed-change power from the input shaft by a gear coupling mechanism and a multiple-disc clutch and output it, and, inside the transmission case, an oil feeding pipe extends upwardly of the speed changer transmission section and a discharge nozzle connects to respective portions of the plurality of speed changer sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari Tsuchida, Ryoma Iwase, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Takahiro Matsuo, Hidetoshi Hana
  • Patent number: 12017529
    Abstract: In an accelerator device, a pedal is rotatable in an accelerator opening direction by a pedaling force of a pad. An arm connects the pedal to the pad. A biasing member biases the pedal in an accelerator closing direction via the arm. The arm has a shaft portion that is assembled to the pad, and the pad has a pair of support walls that rotatably support the shaft portion. The pair of support walls have wall surfaces facing each other, each of the which is provided with a bearing portion and a thickening portion. The thickening portion includes a curved surface or a slope surface having a surface area broader as a distance from the bearing portion increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kihara, Yasuhiro Otaka, Kenji Tominaga
  • Patent number: 12017530
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for human-machine interaction in a motor vehicle, wherein a first graphical element is superimposed into a visual field of a user via an AR system such that the element is arranged within a display region. A scrolling input signal is detected via an input interface and a sensor system to determine a highlighted direction. Using a computing unit, a scrolling path is determined on the basis of the highlighted direction. Using the AR system, the first graphical element is moved out of the display region along the scrolling path, depending on the scrolling input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Jan Wyszka, Daniel Morales Fernández, Adrian Haar
  • Patent number: 12017531
    Abstract: A travel information notification method includes generating an augmented reality object composed of a plurality of lines that indicate a virtual trajectory corresponding to at least a portion of a predicted travel path of a vehicle; providing the generated augmented reality object on a head-up display of the vehicle so that the plurality of lines display the virtual trajectory in association with the road on which the vehicle is traveling; and providing travel information about the vehicle by controlling at least one among the spacing, colors, or shapes of the plurality of lines, displayed as the augmented reality object on the head-up display, according to travel conditions of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: NAVER LABS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hakseung Choi
  • Patent number: 12017532
    Abstract: A display type vehicle switch operating apparatus includes a receiver that receives driving information related to an external driving situation of a vehicle and display state information of a display of the vehicle, a highlight indication information generator that generates highlight indication information of a symbol displayed on the display based on the received driving information and the received display state information, and a controller that highlights the symbol displayed on the display based on the generated highlight indication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, LS Automotive Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Young Koh, Jun Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 12017533
    Abstract: A method for a situation-controlled display of an actuation element for a function in a vehicle on a touch-sensitive display surface operable by a person using the vehicle involves the actuation element as a blocking element for a window lifter of the vehicle. The actuation element is always displayed if a child is detected on a seat in the vehicle, and a window lifter associated with the seat is actuated, if a contradicting actuation of window lifters for the same window is carried out, the window lifters being accessible to different people in the vehicle, and/or if the occurring actuation of the window lifters deviates from the conventional actuation type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Christoph Gäng, Marko Goller, Alice Stockmann
  • Patent number: 12017534
    Abstract: At least one electronic display has first and second mirrors separated by a distance. The two mirrors are arranged such that they at least partially overlap in a projection view of both mirrors. An intermediate space is formed in the overlap region between the mirrors. The at least one electronic display is part of a display apparatus having at least one light source emitting light into the intermediate space that is reflectable multiple times by the mirrors to generate an infinity mirror effect, resulting in the generation of an image having a light pattern that appears with an optical depth effect in an image plane of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Philipp Weiß
  • Patent number: 12017535
    Abstract: A display controller for controlling a content displayed on the display provided on the working machine comprises a display control unit. The display control unit is configured to display, on the display, an icon image indicating information regarding the working machine and a plurality of graphic meter images indicating respective conditions of the working machine so that the graphic meter images, each in an arcuate shape, are displayed as being arranged so as to surround the icon image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishimura, Dai Kadota, Ryo Hashimoto, Yuki Iyonaga, Takuma Sai, Atsushi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12017536
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly part for connecting a dashboard to a body part of a vehicle, the assembly part comprising: a male first portion able to engage with the dashboard, and a female second portion able to engage with the body part of the vehicle via a unidirectional and adjustable approaching movement, the male portion being substantially flat and extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end in contact with the female portion to a hook-shaped free second end, the male portion and/or the female portion being configured to prevent translational movement between the dashboard and the body part when the male portion is engaged with the dashboard and the female portion is engaged with the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Didier Ponthieu, Patrick Dossou
  • Patent number: 12017537
    Abstract: A drive unit for a drive train of an electrically driven motor vehicle, in particular a hybrid motor vehicle, comprising a first electric machine, a second electric machine and an output shaft. A rotor of the second electric machine is connected to the output shaft for conjoint rotation. The drive unit also comprises a separating clutch, configured to connect a rotor of the first electric machine to the output shaft for torque transmission. The rotor of one of the electric machines is at least indirectly radially supported on the rotor of the other electric machine by at least one rotary bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Trinkenschuh, Steffen Lehmann
  • Patent number: 12017538
    Abstract: At least one source of light mounted in a terrestrial vehicle optically couples to one or more light-bearing conduits. Various sizes of conduit can be utilized and the conduits can be grouped or physically separated. One, some, or all of these light-bearing conduits may carry any or all of visible light, data-bearing light, and power conveying light for use by any of a variety of illumination components, data-capable components, and light-to-electricity conversion components, respectively. A given component may itself constitute both an illumination component and a data-capable component, or both an illumination component and a light-to-electricity conversion component, or both a data-capable component and a light-to-electricity conversion component, or a component that constitutes each of an illumination component, a data-capable component, and a light-to-electricity conversion component as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LightSpeed Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Ovidiu Gabriel Vlad
  • Patent number: 12017539
    Abstract: A voltage control method. A train traveling speed can be acquired; a target transformation ratio corresponding to the train traveling speed is determined according to correspondences between train traveling speeds and transformation ratios, the transformation ratio being a ratio of an input voltage to an output voltage; an input voltage is then transformed according to the target transformation ratio to obtain an output voltage, the output voltage being used for driving a train to travel. The correspondences between train traveling speeds and transformation ratios are obtained according to correspondences between train traveling speeds and train traction forces at different transformation ratios. By means of the method, the most suitable transformation ratio can be provided according to a traveling speed of a maglev train, thereby increasing the traction force of the maglev train and improving running efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghua Wu, Yanxiao Lei, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yunfei Wang, Xinmai Gao
  • Patent number: 12017540
    Abstract: To provide a controller for AC rotary machine and a motor vehicle which can solve the countermeasure against heat of the inverter, and the generation of sound or electric resonance, at the same time. A controller for AC rotary machine turns on and off a plurality of switching devices which the inverter has at PWM frequency, based on the n-phase voltage command values; detects the temperature of the inverter; changes the PWM frequency based on the detected temperature of the inverter; and changes the PWM frequency out of range of the avoidance frequency band, when the PWM frequency after change is within the range of the avoidance frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nakano, Yoshihiko Kimpara
  • Patent number: 12017541
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a drive motor with electrically upstream electric converter, a drive controller generating converter control signals actuating the converter for driving and normal braking operation, and an immobilizer electrically connected between the converter and the drive controller preventing converter control signals which would produce a driving operation of the drive motor from being forwarded to the converter when the vehicle is stopped, in particular at a stop. An alternate regulating device and a monitoring device allow activation of a special braking mode in the presence of an emergency braking command and in the event of which the drive controller is deactivated or at least signal flows of converter control signals of the drive controller to the immobilizer are interrupted, the immobilizer is activated, and converter control signals producing braking operation of the drive motor are transmitted to the converter through the immobilizer by the alternate regulating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Foerth, Lennart Kilian, Stefan Koch, Norbert Lang, Niklas Rueger, Hans Bergner, Karsten Hoke
  • Patent number: 12017542
    Abstract: A safety circuit for a power system of a vehicle includes a hazardous voltage interlock loop (HVIL) circuit configured to disconnect a high-voltage energy source from a high-voltage system, the HVIL-circuit comprising a contactor and a HVIL control unit; a current meter arranged to measure a current; a fuse; a switching circuit controlling the contactor of the HVIL-circuit. A safety circuit control unit is connected to the current meter and to the switching circuit for controlling the contactor. The safety circuit control unit is configured to, if the HVIL control unit provides a control signal to the switching circuit to open the contactor, and if the current measurement exceeds a first threshold current value, control the switching circuit to delay the opening of the contactor by a controllable time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mats Nyström
  • Patent number: 12017543
    Abstract: In an in-motion power supply system with a plurality of power supply segments to supply power to a vehicle, a vehicle position detection unit detects a position of the vehicle relative to each segment. An electrical characteristic acquisition unit acquires electrical characteristics in the segment involved in power transfer, and an abnormality determination unit uses the electrical characteristics to determine whether there is an abnormality in the segment involved in power transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Kanesaki, Mitsuru Shibanuma, Hayato Sumiya, Takuya Kiguchi, Eisuke Takahashi, Shinpei Takita, Masaya Takahashi, Kazuhiro Uda, Yuusei Nakayashiki, Kazuyoshi Obayashi, Nobuhisa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12017544
    Abstract: A method and system of operating a multi-phase electric machine include operating an inverter to control the multi-phase machine. The inverter has a plurality of inverter legs including an auxiliary inverter leg. Each of the plurality of inverter legs has at least one switch device. The multi-phase machine has a plurality of phases in which each phase is controlled by a respective inverter leg of the inverter. The method and system also include determining whether a phase of the multi-phase machine is experiencing a partial phase loss, for example, by injecting a signal into the phases and analyzing the frequency response. In response to determining that a phase of the multi-phase machine is experiencing a partial phase loss, the method and system include utilizing the auxiliary inverter leg to supplement energy to the phase experiencing the partial phase loss to continue operating the multi-phase machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventors: Akm Arafat, Santhosh Krishnamoorthi, Dakshina Subbarao Murthy-Bellur
  • Patent number: 12017545
    Abstract: A vehicle, system, and method of providing electrical power to a vehicle. The electrical system includes a variable power source, a constant power source, a bus line connecting the variable power source to an electrical load of the vehicle, a switch between the bus line and the constant power source, and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor a voltage being supplied to the electrical load by the variable power source and to operate a fuse controller to close the switch between the bus line and the constant power source when the voltage being supplied to the electrical load drops below a first voltage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Suresh Gopalakrishnan, Chandra S. Namuduri, Lyall Kenneth Winger, James M. Morrison
  • Patent number: 12017546
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric power transmission system (20) for a vehicle (10) comprising an energy storage system (30) for storing electrical power and a bidirectional power system (40) connected to the energy storage system, the bidirectional power system comprising a bidirectional DC/AC converter (50) for power conversion, the bidirectional DC/AC converter (50) being connected to the energy storage system, a junction unit (60) connected to the bidirectional DC/AC converter and comprising a charging interface (70) for connecting to an external power supply grid (72), and an electrical power take-off (ePTO) (80) interface for connecting to an external power load (82), and wherein the bidirectional power system is configured to perform any one of the following operations: an ePTO first operation (1 10), in which power is transferred from the energy storage system to the ePTO interface via the bidirectional power system, an ePTO second operation (120), in which power is transferred from the charging in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventors: Artem Rodionov, Per Widek, Andreas Stockman