Patents Issued in July 30, 2024
  • Patent number: 12049237
    Abstract: An information processing method, and a program that allow travelable areas to be appropriately selected according to performances, functions, and types of sensors that a vehicle includes, to realize appropriate automatic driving while avoiding critical states. Traveling possibility or impossibility information of every sensor category set according to types and performances of sensors with which vehicles are equipped, of a path of every area is acquired, and it is determined whether or not a route to a destination is most appropriate, on the basis of the sensor category of an own car, and the traveling possibility or impossibility information. If the route is not most appropriate, replanning is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 12049238
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to altering vehicle paths. In particular, a computing system can access map data for a geographic area. The computing system can obtain target zone data describing a target zone within the geographic area. The computing system can determine an altered nominal path to traverse the target zone. The computing system can designate a portion of the altered nominal path as a designated action region associated with the target zone. The computing system can generate a longitudinal plan for an autonomous vehicle through the geographic area based on the altered nominal path. The computing system can generate a target velocity for one or more portions of the nominal path within the designated action region. The computing system can generate a trajectory for the autonomous vehicle based on the target velocity and the altered nominal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Chenggang Liu, David Mcallister Bradley, Nitish Thatte, Colin Jeffrey Green
  • Patent number: 12049239
    Abstract: An interconnected network including a plurality of autonomous vehicles is described. Each autonomous vehicle can include an immersion cooling system. The network can include a central server for determining whether there has been any network disruption. In the event of the network disruption (or when a network disruption is predicted), the central server can deploy at least one vehicle to the area to maintain the network connectivity. Upon receiving the instructions, the vehicle can drive to the area. The central server can use an artificial intelligence algorithm to make the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MODINE LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Mertel, John David Enright, Taylor Monning
  • Patent number: 12049240
    Abstract: A method performed by a computing device for controlling an automated guided vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes obtaining information on a movable area including nodes arranged in a grid pattern, obtaining information on a moving path connecting a source node and a destination node existing in the movable area, wherein the moving path includes a plurality of moving nodes, and reserving at least some of the moving nodes located between a current node and the destination node by using information on the current node occupied by an automated guided vehicle according to movement of the automated guided vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Sang Ryu, Kyoung Il Han, Jin Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 12049241
    Abstract: Systems for managing access to an autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous vehicle including a plurality of storage compartments, wherein each of the plurality of storage compartments comprises a locking mechanism and at least one processor to receive data associated with an item to be positioned in a storage compartment of the plurality of storage compartments, determine that one of the plurality of storage compartments has storage capacity for the item, designate one of the plurality of storage compartments for storage of the item, activate the locking mechanism of the designated storage compartment to lock the designated storage compartment after the item is positioned in the designated storage compartment, and activate the locking mechanism of the designated storage compartment to unlock the designated storage compartment to allow removal of the item from the designated storage compartment. Methods, computer program products, and autonomous vehicles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventor: Kleanthes George Koniaris
  • Patent number: 12049242
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 12049243
    Abstract: A first blind spot information acquisition unit inputs road geometry information and traveling environment information which are acquired by an information acquisition unit to a first blind spot inference model, and thereby acquires, using the first blind spot inference model, first blind spot information indicating a blind spot area of a road along which a vehicle is traveling, the first blind spot inference model being configured to output first blind spot information indicating a blind spot area of a road when receiving road geometry information about geometry of the road and traveling environment information about a traveling environment of the road. A parking position determination unit determines a parking position of the vehicle by using the first blind spot information acquired by the first blind spot information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuro Nishioka
  • Patent number: 12049244
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a track conditioning unit has a measuring unit for determining a lateral offset of a rail, travelled on by a rail vehicle, relative to an effective range of a track conditioning unit or a measuring unit for determining the relative position of a bogie with respect to the rail car body. The adjustment device contains a determining unit for determining an actuation command for an actuation unit in accordance with the determined lateral offset between the effective range of the track conditioning unit and the rail. Part of the adjustment device for the track conditioning unit is also an actuation unit for actuating an actuator unit of the track-conditioning unit with an adjustment command which is generated on the basis of the actuation command. The actuator unit adjusts an effective range of the track conditioning unit on the basis of the adjustment command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Fege, Heiko Meyer, Kilian Rossig
  • Patent number: 12049245
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for cooperative control of multiple trains. The method includes: S1, establishing a train dynamic model of urban rail transit; S2, modeling a train control system of urban rail transit based on train-to-train communication; S3, constructing, according to the dynamic model and a control system model, an optimized control target which comprehensively considers distance convergence and speed convergence of train formation; and S4, cooperatively controlling, on the basis of an artificial potential field method and Kalman filtering and according to the optimized control target, the multiple trains. The present disclosure is capable of effectively shortening a train headway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zujun Yu, Hongwei Wang, Li Zhu, Xi Wang, Siyu Lin, Mingzhao Hao, Qianqian Zhao
  • Patent number: 12049246
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures that comprise a plurality of interconnected discrete structural components implemented in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections between such components. In particular, Advantageously, implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections thereof improves operability and longevity of use of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures utilize such an implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Inventor: William Kurt Feick
  • Patent number: 12049247
    Abstract: A walker is disclosed. The walker includes a frame, a wheel, a brake selectively positionable in an engaged state, in which the brake resists wheel rotation, or a disengaged state, in which the brake does not resist wheel rotation, a brake actuator configured to place the brake in the engaged state or the disengaged state, a handle, a hand-position sensor configured to provide a first signal responsive to the handle being grasped in a walking grasp and to provide a second signal responsive to the handle being grasped in a standing/sitting grasp, and a processor configured to cause the brake actuator to place the brake in the disengaged state based at least in part on the first signal and to cause the brake actuator to place the brake in the engaged state based at least in part on the second signal. Related devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Scientia Corp.
    Inventor: Carter Lybbert
  • Patent number: 12049248
    Abstract: Devices, assemblies, systems, and methods are disclosed for stabilizing a cart. An example cart is a surgical cart having a robotic arm thereon. A stabilizer system may be part of or used with the cart to stabilize the cart at a location. The stabilizer system may include a stabilizer and an actuator. The stabilizer may have a foot and a biaser configured to bias the foot to a retracted position and contribute to an amount of force applied to a floor supporting the cart when the foot is in a deployed position. The actuator acts on the stabilizer to overcome a bias force biasing the stabilizer to the retracted position and cause feet of the stabilizer to contact the floor. Once the feet of the stabilizer contact the floor, a spring of the biaser causes the foot to apply a predetermined force amount to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: John Love, Todd Baxendale
  • Patent number: 12049249
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include an actuating unit in which a steering spindle is rotatably mounted and which is held in an adjustable manner by a supporting unit, an adjustment device for adjusting the actuating unit with respect to the supporting unit, and a position-sensing device that includes a first sensor unit for sensing the position of the actuating unit with respect to the supporting unit. The position-sensing device may also include a second sensor unit for sensing a state when the actuating unit is in a predetermined position relative to the supporting unit. One or both of the sensor units may be configured to operate in a contactless manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kreutz, Andreas Willi
  • Patent number: 12049250
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a steering wheel assembly comprising a steering column, a steering wheel and an actuator configured to move the steering handle amongst a plurality of positions, and at least one sensor for sensing a user proximate to the vehicle and generating sensed data based on the sensed user. The vehicle also includes a controller determining one or more characteristics of the user from the sensed data and controlling the actuator to actuate the steering wheel to one of the plurality of positions based on the determined one or more characteristics of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Brendan Diamond, Taras Palczynski, Erik William Soderlind, James Robert Chascsa, II, Lucretia Williams
  • Patent number: 12049251
    Abstract: A tow configuration may include a tow vehicle and first and second trailers. The intermediate trailer hitch angle with the tow vehicle is controlled with one objective being to improve the off-tracking performance of the other trailer. The hitch angle may be controlled through steerable wheels at the intermediate trailer or through wheel differential steering at the intermediate trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Avesta Goodarzi, Norman J. Weigert
  • Patent number: 12049252
    Abstract: A driving support ECU initializes a target trajectory calculation parameter at a start of LCA; calculates, based on the target trajectory calculation parameter, a target trajectory function representing a target lateral position which is a target position of an own vehicle in a lane width direction in accordance with an elapsed time from the start of LCA; calculates a target control amount based on the target trajectory function; when a steering operation by a driver has been detected, again initializes the target trajectory calculation parameter; and recalculates the target trajectory function based on the target trajectory calculation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shota Fujii
  • Patent number: 12049253
    Abstract: A vehicular trailer guidance system includes an electronic control unit (ECU), a rear backup camera and a trailer camera disposed at a rear portion of a trailer hitched to the vehicle. A display screen is disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. With the trailer hitched to the vehicle, the display screen is operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the trailer camera. At least in part via processing at the ECU of image data captured by the trailer camera, an instruction that aids maneuvering the vehicle in reverse with the trailer hitched thereto during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle and trailer is generated. During the reversing maneuver of the vehicle and trailer, the display screen displays an alert when angling of the trailer relative to the vehicle approaches a jackknife condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jyothi P. Gali, Clarence P. McElroy, Timothy M. Phillips, Theodore J. Church
  • Patent number: 12049255
    Abstract: To simultaneously improve battery capacity and protect a battery during a lateral collision without causing a weight increase, a cost increase, and the like, an electric vehicle includes a battery system arranged below a floor panel and arranged between a tunnel side frame and a floor side frame; and an attachment bracket connecting the battery system to the tunnel side frame and the floor side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Katayama, Muneyuki Ohga, Ryuhei Sumita, Shuntaro Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12049256
    Abstract: In an embodiment a mobility vehicle platform includes a body part open toward an upper side and configured to receive a cabin at the upper side and a wheel part detachably connected to the body part, wherein the wheel part includes a steering member rotatable about an axis extending in an upward/downward direction, a wheel member connected to the steering member and configured to contact a ground surface, and a coupling member, into which the steering member is inserted, and detachably mounted to the body part, wherein the body part includes a body member configured to receive the cabin at an upper side thereof, and a protruding member coupled to the body member to protrude toward an outside of the body member, and to which the coupling member is coupled, and wherein the coupling member includes a first coupling part extending upwards and a second coupling part extending from an upper end of the first coupling part toward the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seok Ryung Kwon, Hyeon Sik Shin, Pan Keun Baek, Jun Hwan Park, Hun Keon Ko
  • Patent number: 12049257
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a roof for a vehicle upper body structure. The roof includes a body extending between a first side and a second side, and extending between a front end and a back end. The front end is configured to be coupled to a header. The body includes a polymer and a plurality of fibers. At least a portion of the body has a transparency of greater than or equal to about 4%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Bradley A. Newcomb, Joung Min Choi, Julien P. Mourou
  • Patent number: 12049258
    Abstract: A vehicle container structure and an all-terrain vehicle, where the vehicle container structure includes a container body provided with a maintenance window which is provided with a cover plate. The cover plate has a first end hinged or detachably coupled to a bottom plate or a first side plate of the container body, and a second end detachably coupled to the bottom plate or a second side plate, opposite to the first side plate, of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEGWAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingyong Wang
  • Patent number: 12049259
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a tailgate for a truck that rests at an intermediate level between the ground and the truck bed when the tailgate is disposed in an open/primarily-horizontal position. The inventive tailgate may be hinged below and forward of the rear edge of the bed level such that when opened, it rests at a level below the deck. The tailgate may be hinged with bearings that are constructed to and positioned to reduce the amount of hinge clogging. The inventive tailgate may include a pop-up mini-gate that raises to substantially the same level as the bed for use with transportation of oversized objects. The inventive tailgate may include a foldable or rotatable support structure that may be used to support items that extend beyond the end of the horizontal tailgate. The inventive tailgate may be sealed around three sides of the cargo box to prevent loss of particulate or granular cargo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Inventor: Bryce D. Goodenough
  • Patent number: 12049260
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an airfoil and machines with airfoils are disclosed. The airfoils include a thicker leading airfoil portion and a thinner trailing airfoil portion. In one embodiment, the leading airfoil portion is formed by bending a body of the airfoil back toward itself. In another embodiment, the leading airfoil portion has a solid geometry and includes two elliptic surfaces. To prevent detachment of airflow, the leading airfoil portion includes at least two arc portions or surfaces that act to direct the airflow down to the trailing airfoil portion in a manner that stabilizes vortexes that may form in the region of changing thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: ESS 2 Tech, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Suk, David A. Shoffler
  • Patent number: 12049261
    Abstract: According to the embodiments, it is possible to provide the driver with a comfortable steering feel even with a low power motor, thereby reducing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: SeulKi Yeom
  • Patent number: 12049262
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering system, including a steering device including a dual-system steering motor including a main system and a sub system, wherein a power supply to the main system is conducted selectively by a main power source and a backup power source, and a power supply to the sub system is conducted by only the main power source, wherein, in a normal power-supply situation in which the power supply to the main system and to the sub system is conducted by the main power source, a controller controls the sub system to operate in accordance with the main system, and wherein, in a backup power-supply situation in which the power supply to the main system is conducted by the backup power source, the controller controls the main system not to operate or to operate while limiting the power supply to the main system and controls the sub system independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Satou, Yosuke Yamashita, Masaharu Yamashita, Toshihiro Takahashi, Tokuaki Hibino, Yuji Fujita, Yugo Nagashima, Kazuma Hasegawa, Yuuta Kajisawa, Kenichi Abe
  • Patent number: 12049263
    Abstract: A steering control device includes a control unit configured to perform a calculation based on angle information and to control the operation of a turning section based on a turning control amount. The angle information is obtained by relating the turning control amount for operating the turning section to a steering angle that is an angle by which a steering wheel is steered. The control unit includes a speed increase ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a speed increase ratio based on state variables, and an angle information calculation unit configured to calculate the angle information by converting the steering angle using the speed increase ratio obtained by the speed increase ratio calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Kodera, Yusuke Kakimoto, Toru Takashima, Hidetsugu Toyama
  • Patent number: 12049264
    Abstract: An adjustable trailer hitch and king pin assembly that may be moved longitudinally to adjust the position and weight distribution of a trailer relative to a truck. The disclosed assembly may allow a trailer to be utilized with various different sized and configured trucks while maximizing the cargo carrying capability and efficiency thereof. In one example, an adjustable trailer hitch is provided having a slidable king pin assembly that may be adjusted forwards or backwards to move the king pin to the desired location relative to the truck and trailer. In another example, a removable king pin may be provided that may be removed and moved to a different location according to the weight and desired weight distribution of a truck and trailer combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Kibler, Allen Gordon
  • Patent number: 12049265
    Abstract: A roller assembly for a ground-engaging track system includes a roller forming a shaft bore, and a roller shaft within the shaft bore and having a circumferential ramp surface. A roller retention system for the roller assembly includes a roller retention collar with an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface that may include a wedge surface structured to friction fit the retention collar, within a collar bore in the roller, upon the circumferential ramp surface to limit axial displacement of the roller upon the roller shaft. The roller assembly may include two roller retention collars supporting the roller against axial displacement without use of thrust washers or the like, and fixing the roller and roller shaft to rotate together relative to a track roller frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Lee Recker, Mircea Dumitru, Zachary T. Donlan
  • Patent number: 12049266
    Abstract: A track roller shaft comprises a body including a revolved surface defining an axis of rotation, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction disposed about the axis of rotation. The body also defines a proximate axial end disposed along the axis of rotation, a radially extending hole that is disposed axially adjacent to the proximate axial end, and a guide member receiving pocket disposed axially farther away from the proximate axial end than the radially extending hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brian B. Umbach, Gennaro Suanno, Roger L. Recker, Daniel E. Mathien, Dale T. Call, Jr., Jordan M. Heise, Scott H. Magner
  • Patent number: 12049267
    Abstract: An endless track for traction of an off-road vehicle, such as an agricultural vehicle, an industrial vehicle (e.g., a construction vehicle) or a military vehicle, is provided. The endless track comprises an elastomeric belt-shaped body comprising an inner surface for facing wheels of the vehicle and a ground-engaging outer surface for engaging the ground. The endless track also comprises a plurality of elastomeric lugs, such as drive/guide lugs projecting from the inner surface and/or traction lugs projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface. An elastomeric lug may have a material composition defining an arrangement of zones of different materials which comprises a plurality of zones of different elastomeric materials. The elastomeric lug may exhibit a desired variation of a material property (e.g., a modulus of elasticity) across the arrangement of zones of different materials. A zone of the elastomeric lug may have a dedicated function, such as a sacrificial zone or a wear indicator zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Camso Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Lussier, Francois Leblanc, Patrice Boily
  • Patent number: 12049268
    Abstract: To prevent lateral slip of core metals and vertical vibration of track rollers and improve bendability of a crawler main body between core metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Inventor: Yong Jae Choi
  • Patent number: 12049269
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a steering control device and method and includes a steering control device controlling a reaction force motor to generate a reaction torque in response to rotation of a steering wheel and comprising a condition determiner determining whether a stop reaction force providing condition is met, the stop reaction force providing condition including a preset vehicle stop condition and reaction force provision preparation condition, a producer discerning and processing a scheme for producing stop reaction torque information based on remaining power information regarding a remaining power amount of a battery supplying power to the reaction force motor upon determining that the stop reaction force providing condition is met, and a controller controlling to generate a reaction torque to the steering wheel based on the stop reaction torque information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tae Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 12049270
    Abstract: Techniques are described for managing redundant steering system for a vehicle. A method includes sending a first control command that instructs a first motor coupled to a steering wheel in a steering system to steer a vehicle, receiving, after sending the first control command, a speed of the vehicle, a yaw rate of the vehicle, and a steering position of the steering wheel, determining, based at least on the speed and the yaw rate, an expected range of steering angles that describes values within which the first motor is expected to steer the vehicle based on the first control command, and upon determining that the steering position of a steering wheel is outside the expected range of steering angles, sending a second control command that instructs a second motor coupled to the steering wheel in the steering system to steer the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Kaixin Zheng, Xiaoling Han, Zehua Huang
  • Patent number: 12049271
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a steering angle calculating unit configured to calculate a target steering angle of a steering wheel of a subject vehicle such that the subject vehicle follows a travel trajectory for a lane change; a steering angle correcting unit configured to correct the target steering angle based on a subject-lane slope representing a slope of a road surface in a width direction of a subject lane in which the subject vehicle is traveling and an adjacent-lane slope representing a slope of a road surface in a width direction of an adjacent lane being a lane change destination of the subject vehicle; and a steering control unit configured to perform steering control such that a steering angle of the steering wheel follows the corrected target steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Saito, Daisuke Takei
  • Patent number: 12049272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a robot. A robot according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body having a set volume: and a driving module provided in the left region and the right region of the body, respectively, and rotatably connected to the body by a rotation shaft, wherein the driving module comprises: a rotating member connected to the rotating shaft; a first driving part extending from one side of the rotating member slantwise by a first inclination angle with respect to the rotating shaft in a direction away from the rotating shaft; and a second driving part extending from the one side of the rotating member slantwise by a second inclination angle with respect to the rotating shaft in the direction away from the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Taewon Seo, Youngjoo Lee, Garam Park, Jiseok Lee, Joohyun Oh, Doopyo Yoon, Hobyeong Chae, Myoungjae Seo
  • Patent number: 12049273
    Abstract: A manufacturing system includes a plurality of first autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), a plurality of second AMRs, and a central management system. Each first AMR transports a body from among multiple bodies for multiple vehicles, and each second AMR transports a chassis from multiple chassis for the multiple vehicles. The central management system is configured to direct the plurality of the first AMRs into a first assembly line process, direct the plurality of the second AMRs into a second assembly line process, and direct an identified second AMR of the plurality of the second AMRs to move behind an identified first AMR of the plurality of the first AMRs. The identified second AMR is transporting a selected chassis from among the plurality of chassis, the identified first AMR is transporting a selected body from among the plurality of bodies, and the selected body is associated with the selected chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kerry Lance Paskell
  • Patent number: 12049274
    Abstract: An on-board locking assembly for a vehicle such as a bicycle or scooter comprising a movable member, such as a rigid bar, movably mounted to the vehicle at a first end and releasable from the vehicle at the second end, wherein a vehicle mounted receptacle is configured to fasten and release the second end, and wherein the rigid bar is configured to be movable relative to the vehicle to capture an object to which the vehicle may be fastened, and optionally obstruct the rotation of a vehicle wheel, and wherein the unfastening of the locking assembly may be controlled by wireless signal. A novel on-board retractable cable lock is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Metro Mobility, LLC
    Inventor: David Montague
  • Patent number: 12049276
    Abstract: A bottle assembly includes a bottle and a supporting device. The bottle has opposite top and bottom and a bottle wall extending from the top to the bottom. An outer surface of the bottle wall has first positioning portions. The bottle wall has first and second sides. The supporting device includes a base and a bottle holder connected to the base and accommodating the bottle. The bottle holder has corresponding second positioning portions. The bottle has first and second installation modes. When in the first installation mode, the second side faces the base, and the second positioning portions and some of first positioning portions are fixed to each other. When in the second installation mode, the first side faces the base, and the second positioning portions and some of the first positioning portions are fixed to each other. The bottle and the supporting device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TIEN HSIN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fong-Syuan Gu, Jing-Heng Jian
  • Patent number: 12049277
    Abstract: A cargo bicycle having at least a frame, rear wheel, and rear carrier rack, comprising a rear safety cage, pair of footboards and passenger cabin having a canopy and box is provided. The rear safety cage is mounted to the frame. The passenger cabin is mounted to the rear safety cage, rear carrier rack and pair of footboards and forms an interior passenger space for accommodating passengers and protecting passengers from natural or human-made environmental elements. The canopy forms an upper interior space. The box forms a lower interior space and a pair of lower interior side spaces extending outwardly from the lower interior space, straddling the rear wheel. Each of the pair of lower interior side spaces is a self-contained vessel, further protecting lower extremities of passengers from components of the cargo bicycle and debris during operation of the cargo bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mobility Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Liang Hsu, Joshua Hon, Joakim Uimonen, Wan ru Lin, Matthew Lawrence Davis
  • Patent number: 12049278
    Abstract: The vehicle is provided with a dashboard and with a housing in which a mobile device, for example a mobile phone or smartphone, can be inserted. An electronic control unit of the vehicle co-acts with the mobile device by means of an electronic interface, so as to provide the mobile device with information relating to the operation of the vehicle. In this way, the mobile device provides an integration of the on-board instruments of the vehicle, which completes the instruments available on the dashboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Onorino Di Tanna, Mario Santucci
  • Patent number: 12049279
    Abstract: A system includes: sensors that includes a position sensor to determine a vehicle speed, an angular displacement sensor to determine a roll angle corresponding to an angular displacement of the vehicle in a roll direction and a roll rate corresponding to an angular velocity of the vehicle in the roll direction, and a steering torque sensor to determine a steering torque applied to a steering handle of the vehicle; and a stabilizing unit coupled to the sensors. The stabilizing unit: determines a synthesized torque based on the roll angle, the roll rate, and the vehicle speed; determines a tuning parameter based on a comparison of the synthesized torque and the steering torque; determines a stabilizing torque based on the tuning parameter and the synthesized torque; and provides an actuating signal corresponding to the stabilizing torque for applying the stabilizing torque to the steering handle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Singhania Sharad, Raju Karnam Venkata Manga
  • Patent number: 12049280
    Abstract: A handlebar for a vehicle. The handlebar includes: a bar having a coupling end; an end piece that longitudinally extends the coupling end; an electronic processing unit housed in the bar; an antenna for transmitting and receiving electronic data coupled to the electronic processing unit, intended to allow an exchange of electronic data with a telecommunication network; and a receiver of a satellite navigation and positioning system, the receiver being coupled to the electronic processing unit. The antenna and the receiver are housed in an external part of the end piece, the antenna being interposed between the receiver and the coupling end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: VEL'CO
    Inventors: Johnny Smith, Romain Savouré, Pierre Regnier
  • Patent number: 12049281
    Abstract: A foldable baby stroller movable between unfolded and folded states. The stroller includes a frame, a front wheel assembly on a front portion of the frame including a front wheel, a rear wheel assembly on a rear portion of the frame including two rear wheels, and a seat assembly on an upper portion of the frame. The frame includes a head tube; at least one beam having a first end pivotally connected to the head tube; at least one joint, to which a second end of the beam is pivotally connected; and at least two rear fork rods having a first end pivotally connected to the joint and a second end connected to the rear wheel assembly. Parts of the foldable baby stroller do not need to be detached during folding, thereby implementing “one-click” folding, and making the operation more convenient and efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: JIAXING XIAOHUZI BIKE FACTORY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Chunhua Wu
  • Patent number: 12049282
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to an automatic bicycle, particularly to a hydraulic automatic transmission bicycle which can automatically and adaptively change gear ratios. More particularly, this disclosure relates to those hydraulic automatic transmission bicycles which use fluid pressure to change such gear ratios, and which include various hydraulic automatic transmissions which may be provided in various configurations and may operate in various methods and sequences to provide automatic and infinitely variable gear ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Won Lee, Youngtack Shim
  • Patent number: 12049283
    Abstract: An anchor for use with a rack, an accessory rack, and a system for securing an accessory to a vehicle. The anchor includes an anchor case, the anchor case having a rack connecting part for making contact with the rack and an accessory connecting part for making contact with an accessory; at least one cam rotatably connected to the anchor below the rack connecting part, the at least one cam being rotatable about an axis between a locked position and an unlocked position to selectively secure the anchor and the accessory to the rack; and a lever operatively connected to the at least one cam, the lever being rotatable by a user in order to cause the at least one cam to rotate between the locked position and the unlocked position, the rack connecting part being positioned between the at least one cam and the accessory connecting part along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Christian Labbe, Francois Chenevert, Mathieu Mercier, Alain Massicotte, Ivan Brousseau, Thierry Cotnoir
  • Patent number: 12049284
    Abstract: A motor unit for use in electric bicycles, the motor unit comprising: a motor having a rotary shaft; a unit case to house the rotary shaft partially; an input shaft arranged in the unit case to penetrate through the unit case and to be rotatable around an axis; an input body configured to rotate along with the input shaft; an output body configured to rotate around the axis upon receiving rotational force of the input body; and a control board housed in the unit case and configured to control rotation of the motor. The unit case includes: a first heat dissipating portion connected to a first surface of the control board; and a second heat dissipating portion connected to a second surface opposite from the first surface of the control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Nishimori, Masafumi Kawakami, Ryohei Adachi, Fuhito Umegaki, Takehiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12049285
    Abstract: A transverse hydro-laminar flow system is a system that improves laminar flow across a watercraft's hull as the watercraft is moving through a body of water. The system may include air dispersal units, a first base anchor, a second base anchor, an air supply system, a controller, and a power system. The air dispersal units enable the creation of an air layer between the watercraft's hull and the surrounding water. The first base anchor and the second base anchor facilitate the fastening of the air dispersal units about the watercraft's hull without the need to dry dock the watercraft. The air supply system provides a constant air flow to each of the air dispersal units to enable the creation of the air layer that reaches most of the watercraft's hull. The controller enables the configuration of the system, while the power system supplies the necessary power for the system operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Parker Maritime Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Parker, III, Katherine Howell Brinson
  • Patent number: 12049286
    Abstract: A system for supporting and/or tensioning a subsea tendon. The system includes a cylindrical vessel forming a chamber, there being an air control valve proximate the top end of the vessel and a water vent proximate the bottom end of the vessel. A source of high pressure air is operatively connected to the chamber whereby ballasting and deballasting of the vessel can be easily accomplished by remote operation of the air control valve. The system further includes a yoke having a clamp mounted thereon, the yoke being releasably connectable to the cylindrical vessel and operative to connect to hoisting lines such as chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas H. Noble
  • Patent number: 12049287
    Abstract: A surf control system for a marine vessel includes at least a first steerable device on a first side of the marine vessel and second steerable device on a second side of the marine vessel. A control system is configured to steer the first steerable device to a first steering angle to generate an asymmetric surfable wave behind the marine vessel and control the second steerable device on a second side of the marine vessel based on a steering command input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin J. Donnelly
  • Patent number: 12049288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a processed image, the method comprising: obtaining a target image; generating a target image mask corresponding to the target image using the target image and a first artificial neural network, wherein the first artificial neural network is trained to generate an image mask from a first image, and is trained by using an error calculated from a second artificial neural network, and wherein the second artificial neural network is configured to discriminate a second image generated by applying the image mask to the first image and a reference image of which the image mask is not applied; and generating the processed image of which an environmental noise is reduced from the target image by applying the target image mask to the target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEADRONIX CORP.
    Inventors: Byeol Teo Park, Han Keun Kim, Dong Hoon Kim