Patents Issued in September 17, 2024
  • Patent number: 12090807
    Abstract: A damper including a pressure tube, a piston, and a reserve tube is provided. The piston is arranged inside the pressure tube and divides the pressure tube into first and second working chambers. The reserve tube extends about the pressure tube to define a reserve tube chamber between the pressure tube and the reserve tube. A first damper port is arranged in communication with the second working chamber and a second damper port is arranged in communication with the reserve tube chamber. A remote valve assembly is spaced from the damper. The remote valve assembly includes a first electromagnetic valve that is arranged in communication with the first damper port by a first hydraulic line and a second electromagnetic valve that is arranged in communication with the second damper port by a second hydraulic line. An accumulator is arranged in communication with the first and second electromagnetic valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gert Mangelschots
  • Patent number: 12090808
    Abstract: A double wishbone suspension system for an in-wheel electric motor comprises an upper arm having a first end pivotally coupled to an upper portion of a motor mounting plate and two spaced apart second ends, the upper arm second ends are respectively coupled to first and second suspension mounting points; a lower arm having a first end pivotally coupled to a lower portion of the mounting plate and two spaced apart second ends, the lower arm second ends are respectively coupled to third and fourth suspension mounting points; a first coupling member having a first end pivotally coupled between the lower arm first second ends and a first coupling member second end is pivotally coupled to a second coupling element first end, wherein a second coupling member second end is pivotally coupled to the mounting plate between the first ends of the upper and lower arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan Bernard Ameye, Nicolas Jean Albert Allain
  • Patent number: 12090809
    Abstract: A wheel suspension system for a vehicle having a chassis, comprising an opposing pair of wheel uprights having a plurality of pickup points located thereon, an opposing pair of main axis arms, an opposing pair of integrated axis arms, an internal cambering system comprising opposing pairs of camber links and radius rods, and an internal springing system comprising a single spring shock and an opposing pair of spring levers having tension links attached thereon. An internal roll-controlling weight transfer system comprising an opposing pair of weight transfer links having attached springing shocks may also be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Vecodyne, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Parsons
  • Patent number: 12090810
    Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle, having a control unit, a battery circuit connected to a drive battery of the electric vehicle, a drive circuit connected to an electric drive of the electric vehicle or to a power electronics for an electric drive, and an air conditioning circuit connected for heat transfer to a vehicle interior of the electric vehicle. The battery circuit and the drive circuit are each operable with a coolant and can be connectable from one another for transfer of coolant by an actuatable coolant valve. The air conditioning circuit can be operated with a refrigerant different from the coolant. A heat transfer connection between the battery circuit and/or the drive circuit on the one hand and the air conditioning circuit on the other hand can be established or separated by at least one heat exchange device of the thermal management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Sebastian Tiemeyer
  • Patent number: 12090811
    Abstract: A roof top air conditioner unit for a vehicle, in particular a recreational vehicle, wherein the roof top air conditioner at least in part is made of expanded polypropylene (EPP). At least one stabilizing and/or connecting element of the roof top air conditioner unit is mold in the section of the roof top air conditioner unit made of EPP. Furthermore, the present invention refers to a method for producing, assembling and installing such roof top air conditioner units and a vehicle having such a roof top air conditioner assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Domestic Sweden AB
    Inventors: Louis Liu, Jianmin Chen
  • Patent number: 12090812
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine with which it is possible to shorten a duct for an air conditioning device disposed in a driver's cab, and to secure space for disposing a hydraulic hose, a control valve and the like under the floor of the driver's cab. A hydraulic excavator is provided with a cabin covering an maneuvering unit, a turning frame on which the cabin is mounted, and an air conditioning device for air conditioning the inside of the cabin, wherein: the turning frame includes a cabin installation portion in which the cabin 6 is installed; the cabin installation portion 7a includes a box-shaped right frame having a first opening portion and a second opening portion that communicate with one another; and an air conditioned air discharge opening of the air conditioning device communicates with the first opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12090813
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle. The air conditioning system includes a cooling line adapted to transport a coolant fluid and a first heat-exchanging arrangement connected to the cooling line. The air conditioning system includes a first liquid container being arranged to hold a first liquid heat exchange medium and the first heat-exchanging arrangement is arranged inside the first liquid container for exchanging heat between the coolant fluid and the first liquid heat exchange medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Magnus Nilsson, Ronja Rignäs
  • Patent number: 12090814
    Abstract: A vehicle heat exchange system includes a cooling heat exchanger provided in a cooling water circuit, a first air-conditioning heat exchanger as an evaporator in a heat pump system, a hydrothermal-medium heat exchanger as a refrigerant condenser in the heat pump system, a second air-conditioning heat exchanger, and an air conditioning passage in which the first air-conditioning heat exchanger and the second air-conditioning heat exchanger are disposed. A vehicle interior-exterior communication port is provided at a downstream side of the second air-conditioning heat exchanger in the air conditioning passage, to guide the air having passed through the second air-conditioning heat exchanger, to an outside of the vehicle interior. The cooling water for cooling the heating element flows through the second air-conditioning heat exchanger, and the air having passed through the second air-conditioning heat exchanger is discharged outside the vehicle interior through the vehicle interior-exterior communication port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Mitsuhashi, Basmil Yenerdag, Kouta Majima
  • Patent number: 12090815
    Abstract: A ventilation includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a ventilation passage. The inlet opening is disposed in an interior space at a rear portion of a vehicle. The outlet opening exhausts air in the interior space that has passed through the inlet opening to the outside of the vehicle. The ventilation passage is formed by being surrounded by an interior member that faces the interior space and a vehicle body panel that covers the outside of the interior member, and allows communication between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. A shielding plate that extends to intersect a noise entry path from the outlet opening to the inlet opening is disposed in a middle of the ventilation passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Ueyama, Takeshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12090816
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a cooling apparatus configured to circulate a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line, a battery cooling apparatus configured to circulate the coolant in the battery module, a heating apparatus configured to heat a vehicle interior by using the coolant, and a chiller configured to adjust a temperature of the coolant by heat-exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant, wherein the chiller is connected to the chiller connection line through a third valve provided in the coolant line between the radiator and the second valve, and the reservoir tank is provided in the coolant line between the radiator and the second valve, and is connected to the supply line connecting a first valve and a first water pump through a supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho, Heung Seok Seo, Seong Bin Jeong, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Sangmoon Cho, SeungRyeol Lee, Jieun Kim
  • Patent number: 12090817
    Abstract: A windowshield attachment structure includes a windowshield defining the front or rear of a vehicle compartment of an off-road vehicle, a pillar arranged inward of the vehicle compartment with respect to the windowshield in a front-rear direction, a door defining a side of the vehicle compartment, and a bracket attached to the windowshield and fixing the windowshield to the pillar. The pillar has a seal surface facing outward of the vehicle compartment. The door has a seal contacting the seal surface in a closed state. The bracket extends from the windowshield to the seal surface along a surface of the pillar on the side opposite to the windowshield. A tip end portion of the bracket is arranged on the seal surface. An upper edge of the tip end portion is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction so as to be positioned downward toward the windowshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromasa Kurioka
  • Patent number: 12090818
    Abstract: A laminated glazing includes a first transparent sheet intended, in the mounting position of the glazing, to constitute the exterior face thereof, a second transparent sheet bonded to the first by an adhesive interlayer, a heating layer supplied with electric current by leads positioned at the periphery of the glazing, and a mask also positioned at the periphery of the glazing between the first transparent sheet and the leads so as to hide the latter from view from the outside in the mounting position of the laminated glazing, wherein the heating layer and the mask are on the same plane of the laminated structure of the glazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Benoît Mayeux, Michel Rouby
  • Patent number: 12090819
    Abstract: A removable panel assembly for a vehicle window, the panel assembly includes a removable panel sized and shaped to overlie at least a portion of an outward-facing surface of a vehicle window. A first retainer is configured to secure the panel in abutting relation to the window, the first retainer including a first engagement element configured to engage a first edge of the window and a second engagement element configured to engage an inward-facing surface of the window. A second retainer is configured to secure the panel in abutting relation to the window, the second retainer including a third engagement element configured to engage a second edge of the window and a fourth engagement element configured to engage the inward-facing surface of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: K2 Products LLC
    Inventors: Stephen M. Kellerman, Charles P. Kellerman
  • Patent number: 12090820
    Abstract: Vehicle automatic window sunscreens are provided, which may comprise a plurality of roller shades for the windows of a vehicle. Sunscreens are installed for the side windows of the vehicle in addition to the windshield and rear window. The sunscreens block or filter radiant energy to reduce the effects of sunlight and heat on occupants and interior components of, and personal property in, the vehicle. The sunscreens protect infants and children if they are forgotten and left in the vehicle during sunny, hot days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: Numan Zeidan
  • Patent number: 12090821
    Abstract: A system such as a vehicle, building, or electronic device system may have a support structure with one or more windows. The support structure and window may separate an interior region within the system from a surrounding exterior region. Control circuitry may receive input such as user input and may adjust an adjustable layer in the window based on the input. The adjustable layer may be an adjustable light transmission layer. The adjustable light transmission layer may have a polymer matrix layer with embedded guest-host liquid crystal cells. Each cell may have liquid crystal material and dichroic dye. The adjustable light transmission layer may be operated in a dark state to prevent light from passing through the window, a clear state in which the window passes light, and intermediate states that exhibit intermediate light transmission levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Chen, Falu Yang, Haiqing Xianyu, Peter F. Masschelein, Sang Un Choi, Xiaokai Li, Yunseok Lee, Zhibing Ge
  • Patent number: 12090822
    Abstract: A utility vehicle door travel control system includes a door bracket mountable adjacent to an upper surface of a passenger door; a door bracket ball stud mounted to the door bracket; a B-pillar bracket mountable to a B-pillar, a B-pillar ball stud mounted to the B-pillar bracket; and a strut mounted to the door bracket ball stud and the B-pillar ball stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: Seth Sauvageau
  • Patent number: 12090823
    Abstract: A vehicle door hinge for a vehicle door opening vertically includes a first hinge part attached to a vehicle frame having a pivot attachment means, a second hinge part attached to the door attached to the pivot attachment means to allow the second hinge part to rotate the door in an opening or closing direction, a stopper part attached to the pivot attachment means at a distance from a mass centre of the stopper part, a locking mechanism for locking the stopper part position relative the second hinge part. The locking mechanism is moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The stopper part in the unlocked position is arranged to be moved by gravity to a resting position where it is adjacent or abutting the first hinge part and stopped by the first hinge part from rotating in the opening direction but free to rotate in the other direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Magnus Nilsson, Måns Pihlsgård, Jonathan Johansson
  • Patent number: 12090824
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle having a trailer coupled thereto includes a rear gate assembly of the vehicle having a first closure panel operable between an open position and a closed position. The system also includes at least one sensor coupled to the first closure panel. The system further includes a controller that prompts execution of a security measure in response to the at least one sensor detecting a person within a predetermined proximity of at least a portion of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Kristopher Karl Brown, David Michael Diamond, Clayton Benjamin Ford
  • Patent number: 12090825
    Abstract: A rear door assembly includes a rear opening and a roof structure having a recessed area. A carrier is movable along a portion of the recessed area between a rearward location to a forward location. A motor is attached to the carrier and the vehicle. The motor is operable to move the carrier relative to the roof structure and the rear opening between the rearward location and the forward location. A rear door has a hinge pivotally supported to the carrier for movement therewith. The rear door is movable between a door closed orientation covering the rear opening, an intermediate orientation partially exposing the rear opening and a door open orientation exposing the rear opening. A linear movement device has a first end attached to the carrier for movement therewith and a second end attached to the rear door at a location spaced apart from the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Bobby Fuentes, Slavomir Borkowski, John Corless, Craig Bosanko, Christopher Thompson
  • Patent number: 12090826
    Abstract: An opening and closing member is attachable to a rear opening of a vehicle body in an openable and closable manner. The opening and closing member includes an inner panel disposed to face a vehicle body inner side and a wiper bracket member via which a wiper is attached to an inner side of the inner panel. The inner panel has a bracket attaching part protruding toward the vehicle body inner side. The wiper bracket member has a protruding part protruding toward the vehicle body inner side. The wiper bracket member is attached to the bracket attaching part such that a ridge line of the protruding part is aligned with a ridge line of the bracket attaching part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Miyake
  • Patent number: 12090827
    Abstract: A sunshade assembly comprises a first and second movable sunshades and a drive assembly. The drive assembly comprises a first slider coupled to a first drive member through a first coupling and connected to the first sunshade, and a second slider attached to a second drive member and connected to the second sunshade. The first coupling can be uncoupled to drive the second slider while not driving the first slider. The first coupling includes a coupling member to couple and uncouple the coupling member from a counter member on the first slider by a movement of the coupling member. The coupling member of the first drive member arrives in a guide when the coupling member must be uncoupled from the counter member and is shaped to cause the movement of the coupling member when the first and second drive members move further to open or close the second sunshade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Christian Giese, Sofiane Zaïn
  • Patent number: 12090828
    Abstract: A tonneau cover includes a sheet of material. The sheet of material may have a first section and a second section, with a hitch aperture to receive a pin box of a fifth wheel trailer. The hitch receiver may be located under the hitch aperture when the tonneau cover is positioned on the truck. The first and second sections may couple to the truck bed via a first and second bracket. After the first and second sections are in position, a trailer may be attached to the truck while the truck bed is covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventors: Teresa L. Burns, Brian G. Burns
  • Patent number: 12090829
    Abstract: A three-speed gearbox assembly for an electric drive vehicle includes three planetary gear sets. A first clutch selectively couples the electric motor output to a second portion of the first planetary gear set, a second clutch selectively grounds the second portion of the first planetary gear set, and a third clutch selectively grounds a portion of the third planetary gear set. A fourth clutch is selectively engaged to lock first and second axle shafts to provide a locked differential function. The gearbox assembly is selectively switchable between (i) a first gear where the second and third clutches are engaged and the first and fourth clutches are disengaged, (ii) a second gear where first and third clutches are engaged and the second and fourth clutches are disengaged, and (iii) a third gear where second and fourth clutches are engaged and the first and third clutches are disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Mordukhovich
  • Patent number: 12090830
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a drive train of a working machine, wherein the drive train comprises a working drive and a travel drive. The working drive is driven by a first electric motor and the travel drive is driven by a second electric motor. The disclosed method includes that the travel drive is additionally driven by the first electric motor if at least one performance criterion of said travel drive has been met. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding drive train and to a working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Rico Glöckner, Migen Bebeti, Jürgen Legner
  • Patent number: 12090831
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery pack that encloses a drive battery. The battery pack includes a tray and a cover member attached to an upper surface of the tray with a seal member interposed, the seal member making the inside of the battery pack liquid-tight. A battery terminal, a high-voltage junction box, a control device, and a switch, which are connection portions of an electric cable, are arranged above the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui
  • Patent number: 12090832
    Abstract: A battery installation structure is configured to control a behavior of a battery when a vehicle collides, so that a front side frame is ensured to be provided with a sufficient stroke for collision. The battery installation structure is suitable for allowing a battery to be installed on a front side frame of a vehicle body. The battery installation structure includes an installation base disposed on the front side frame, a battery base, and a rear support leg. The battery base is disposed on the installation base to support the battery. The rear support leg is disposed at a rear end of the battery base. A center of the battery base is fixed to a fixing portion of the installation base, a lower end of the rear support leg is fixed to a rigid member of the vehicle body, and the lower end of the rear support leg is formed with a fragile portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yamato Sasano, Naoya Sawara, Tomoo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12090833
    Abstract: A hybrid-vehicle cooling apparatus includes a radiator, a plurality of serial-connection cooling components serially disposed to be sequentially supplied with a refrigerant discharged from the radiator, a plurality of parallel-connection cooling components disposed to be in parallel supplied with the refrigerant flowing through the plurality of serial-connection cooling components, and an electric motor mounted in a serial-refrigerant-flow section formed by the plurality of serial-connection cooling components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Il Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 12090834
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a radiator located on a forward side in the vehicle body, a side support that supports a side portion of the radiator in a vehicle-body width direction and that extends along a vehicle-body up-down direction, a side member that is linked to the side support and that extends along a vehicle-body front-rear direction, at least one electrical component disposed rearward of the radiator in the vehicle-body front-rear direction, and a reinforcing member that is joined to and extends between the side support and the side member in a space defined by a rearward side of the side support in the vehicle-body front-rear direction and an upward side of the side member in the vehicle-body up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Shimasaki, Satoshi Ikeda, Shinji Nakano, Naoki Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 12090835
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement of an air guiding element (12) made of foam on a cooler element (14) in a front end (16) of a motor vehicle (10), wherein the air guiding element (12) extends up to the cooler element (14) when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the cooler element (14) has at least in an outer partial section an elastic seal (52) having a first sealing section (54), wherein the air guiding element (12) bears against the first sealing section (54) in such a manner that the first sealing section (54) is brought into a tensioned position to the rear by the air guiding element (12) when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The invention further relates to a cooler element (14) for arrangement in a front end (16) of a motor vehicle (10) and to an air guiding element (12) made of foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thorsten Tobias Merz, Tomas Schorn, Mario Ippoliti
  • Patent number: 12090836
    Abstract: An off-road vehicle includes an intake box and an intake duct. The intake box includes an internal space and a meshed wall. The meshed wall is attached with a filter and includes frames defining a plurality of openings through which the internal space is open to an outside of the off-road vehicle. The intake duct is connected to the intake box. At least one frame of the frames includes a base and a rib. The base includes an outer surface in contact with the filter. The rib protrudes from the base toward the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kengo Shimatani
  • Patent number: 12090837
    Abstract: There is provided an over-fueling prevention valve including a housing provided with a first opening, a second opening, and a first valve seat; a main valve provided with a one end opening, the other end opening, and a second valve seat; a first biasing portion; a sub valve; and a second biasing portion. Biasing forces of the first biasing portion and the second spring are set such that a valve re-closing pressure of the main valve is higher than a valve re-opening pressure of the sub valve. In a state in which the main valve is separated from the first valve seat, the first opening and the second opening communicate with each other via an external space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Matsuo, Nobuhiro Hirata
  • Patent number: 12090838
    Abstract: There is provided a valve device for a fuel tank including: a housing; a first float valve accommodated in a first valve chamber; and a second float valve accommodated in a second valve chamber. The housing includes a housing body and a lower cap. The housing body has a housing body peripheral wall. The housing body peripheral wall has a first valve chamber forming wall that forms an outer periphery of the first valve chamber, and a second valve chamber forming wall that has a contour shape different from that of the first valve chamber forming wall and that forms an outer periphery of the second valve chamber. The lower cap has a cap peripheral wall having a shape fitting to the housing body peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Kenta Mihara
  • Patent number: 12090839
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes fuel tanks, a first support mechanism, and a restricting member. The fuel tanks are disposed in a vehicle width direction to have longitudinal directions along a vehicle longitudinal direction. The fuel tanks include first and second fuel tanks. The first fuel tank is provided on an outer side in the vehicle width direction. The second fuel tank is adjacent to the first fuel tank. The second fuel tank has an axial center positioned higher than an axial center of the first fuel tank. In a case where a collision load acts from outside in the vehicle width direction, the first support mechanism supports the first fuel tank while allowing the first fuel tank to move toward a lower side of the second fuel tank. The restricting member is provided above the second fuel tank and restricts an upward movement range of the second fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takaya Iijima
  • Patent number: 12090841
    Abstract: A differential case (23) is therein provided with a plurality of rotating discs (38) that are spline coupled to an outer peripheral side of a right side gear (35), and a plurality of non-rotating discs (39) that are arranged between the respective rotating discs (38). A pressure ring (43) is disposed between a right retainer (41) and the rotating disc (38). The right retainer (41) is provided with a piston (46) that applies a load to the pressure ring (43) to bring the rotating discs (38) and the non-rotating discs (39) into frictional contact. A lever member (53) is disposed between the differential case (23), the right side gear (35) and the pressure ring (43). The lever member (53) transmits a reaction force due to the engagement between the pinion gear (33) and the right side gear (35) to the pressure ring (43) to control a load to be applied to the pressure ring (43) from the piston (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Tomohiro Onishi
  • Patent number: 12090842
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: an electric motor; a wheel that is driven by the electric motor; a power transmission mechanism that defines at least a part of a power transmission path between the electric motor and the wheel and that transmits rotational power of the electric motor to the wheel; a wheel brake that is provided on the wheel; an electromagnetic brake that stops rotation of the electric motor; and a controller that maintains a control value of a rotation speed of the electric motor at 0 and activates the electromagnetic brake when a vehicle speed becomes lower than or equal to a predetermined value close to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Okazaki, Shinichi Kawabata, Hiroshi Shimada
  • Patent number: 12090843
    Abstract: A drive control device is applicable to a vehicle including a first motor which drives a first wheel and a second motor which drives a second wheel. The drive control device includes a sensor, a torque setting section, an anomaly detection section, and an information output section. The sensor detects information about the drive control device. The torque setting section sets upper limit values of torques that can be generated by the first motor and the second motor based on the information detected by the sensor. The anomaly detection section detects an anomaly in the drive control device. In response to the anomaly detection section detecting the anomaly, the information output section outputs, to the torque setting section, setting information that sets the upper limit values of the torques of the first motor and the second motor to a common predetermined value, as the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Ishida, Harumi Horihata
  • Patent number: 12090844
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an apparatus or a system for generating energy in response to a vehicle wheel rotation. The apparatus or the system may include a roller configured to be positioned in substantial physical contact within a groove of a wheel of the vehicle. The roller may be configured to rotate in response to a rotation of the wheel. The apparatus or the system may further include a flexible arm rotatably couplable to the roller such that rotation of the roller causes the flexible arm to rotate. The flexible arm may be configured to exert a downward force on the roller to increase the friction between the roller and the groove of the wheel. The apparatus or the system may further include a first generator operably coupled to the flexible arm and configured to generate an electrical output based on the rotation of the flexible arm shaft and convey the electrical output to an energy storage device or vehicle motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: Anthony Macaluso
  • Patent number: 12090845
    Abstract: An electronic pedal apparatus is configured so that a driver may operate a pedal 200 with a small effort, the electronic pedal apparatus may operate by fine displacement during the operation of the pedals, the pedals apparatus may allow the driver to clearly recognize an operating situation of the pedals by use of a magnetic force (repulsive force) having a quadratic function graph, and a compact mechanism having a foldable function may be implemented by use of an electromagnet that changes in polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Wi Sang Park, Jae Hyun Cho, Jung Min Lee, Seong Ju Jo
  • Patent number: 12090846
    Abstract: An accelerator device includes an inner housing, a pedal lever, an urging member, and an actuator. The inner housing is supported to the outer housing by a support member. The pedal lever is rotatably supported to the inner housing in response to a stepping operation. The urging member urges the pedal lever in a closing direction. The actuator can drive the inner housing in an opening and closing directions of the pedal lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Hariu, Kiyoshi Kimura, Takehiro Saitoh
  • Patent number: 12090847
    Abstract: An apparatus with display control includes: an input part configured to receive position information of an in-vehicle device; a memory in which a program that implements display position control according to the position information is stored; and a processor configured to adjust a display position of information displayed on a display in a vehicle, according to the position information, by executing the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Tae Hun Kim, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 12090848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control interface (1) for controlling at least one function of a unit of a motor vehicle, the control interface comprising a base, a control key tilting in two orthogonal directions, a gimbal interposed between the control key and the base in order to define a first and a second orthogonal tilting direction, a guide rod carried by the lower face of the control key arranged opposite the base and a cruciform guide matrix aligned in the two orthogonal tilting directions and carried by the base and arranged opposite the guide rod and cooperating with the free end thereof so as to prevent tilting of the control key in a direction other than the two orthogonal tilting directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DAV
    Inventors: Jean Guillaume Chiocchi, Eric Realan, Florian Fabre, Kévin Brouty
  • Patent number: 12090849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a user interface for a vehicle adapted to present visible information; the user interface comprises a two-dimensional display for displaying information on a display portion, and an optical faceplate comprising a contact surface, a three-dimensional display surface for displaying information, and an optic light guide material provided between the contact surface and the three-dimensional display surface; wherein the two-dimensional display comprises a pixel arrangement and a cover layer covering the pixel arrangement; wherein the contact surface contacts the display to transmit information from the pixel arrangement to the three-dimensional display surface; wherein the faceplate is integrated into the display. The invention also relates to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Etienne Iliffe-Moon
  • Patent number: 12090850
    Abstract: A head-up display for displaying graphics upon a windscreen of a vehicle includes a graphic projection module for generating images upon the windscreen of the vehicle, a user input device for receiving user-generated commands created by a user of the vehicle, and one or more controllers in electronic communication with the graphic projection module and the user input device. The controller executes instructions to instruct the graphic projection module to generate a luminance adjustment graphic, where the luminance adjustment graphic includes an adaptive color palette graphic including two or more colors. The controller receives, from the user input device, a user-generated luminance input indicating a change in a level of luminance in a selected color, where the change in the level of luminance in the selected color is selected by the user to discern differences between the two or more colors caused by a color vision deficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kai-Han Chang, Thomas A. Seder
  • Patent number: 12090851
    Abstract: An embodiment method, performed by a device, for guiding an item arrangement in a vehicle includes acquiring first information on an item, determining a loading space in which the item is to be loaded and an arrangement location at which the item is to be placed in the loading space based on the first information and second information on an interior space of the vehicle, and generating arrangement guide information based on the loading space and the arrangement location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyung Ju Cha, Ja Yoon Goo, Jung Seok Suh
  • Patent number: 12090852
    Abstract: The action schedule item creation ECU creates action schedule items demanded of an ego vehicle capable of switching between autonomous driving and manual driving. The HUD and the meter display are provided inside a cabin of the ego vehicle. The display control ECU displays the action schedule items created by the action schedule item creation ECU on the HUD and the meter display, and emphasizes display of action schedule items to be performed by manual driving compared to display of action schedule items to be performed by autonomous driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Koji Kimura, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 12090853
    Abstract: An operating device for a motor vehicle, having a base element configured to be attached to an interior component, a screen device configured to display a driving mode and/or an ambient mode of the motor vehicle display, having a touch-sensitive surface configured to receive a first user input. A ring element is configured to enclose the screen device on the peripheral side, and configured to move relative to the base element in different rotational positions, and configured to receive a second user input via an adjustment of the ring element between the rotational positions, and a control device which is configured to, depending on the first user input and/or the second user input, provide a control signal to trigger a driving mode to be set and/or an ambient mode of the motor vehicle to be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Henning Thiele, Wojciech Huwer, Anette Grüneberg
  • Patent number: 12090855
    Abstract: An electric vehicle in which a mechanical-electrical integrated unit including a driving apparatus and an electric-power control device is housed in a single casing and is located in a position adjacent to an engine including a supercharger, an air cleaner is located on one of opposite sides of the mechanical-electrical integrated unit which is remote from the engine in a width direction of the vehicle, and an intake pipe includes a portion which is located downstream of the air cleaner and upstream of the supercharger, wherein the portion of the intake pipe is located on an upper side of the mechanical-electrical integrated unit in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and straddles the mechanical-electrical integrated unit in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Kunifuda, Yoji Kiyokawa
  • Patent number: 12090856
    Abstract: An energy storage system for a military vehicle includes a battery housing defining a lower end and an upper end, a battery disposed within the battery housing, a bracket coupled to the battery housing at or proximate the upper end thereof, a lower support supporting the lower end of the battery housing, and an upper connector extending from the bracket. The upper connector is configured to engage a rear wall of a cab of the military vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Smith, Neil Dekarske, Mike Bolton, Rachell Harsh, Shawn Naglik, Jessica Szymanski, Bradon Zeitler, Deepak Shukla, Ed Trinklein
  • Patent number: 12090857
    Abstract: The invention is an electric vehicle (100) or specifically an electric motorcycle (100), which comprises an electric motor (3) mounted on at least one wheel (2), said electric motor (3) comprising a rotor (4) fitted on the outer side and a stator (5) fitted on the inner side. The electric motor's (3) stator (5) is arranged to function as an axle for said wheel (2) in such a way that the stator (5) is adapted to bear the loads between said wheel (2) and the remaining structure of the vehicle (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Verge Motorcycles Oy
    Inventor: Teemu Saukkio
  • Patent number: 12090858
    Abstract: An axle assembly for a low floor vehicle is described herein. The axle assembly includes an axle housing and a drive unit for driving a wheel assembly. The drive unit includes an axle shaft, a wheel end assembly, an electric machine, and a transmission unit. The axle shaft extends along an axle centerline axis between a first axle end and a second axle end. The wheel end assembly is coupled to the first axle end. The electric machine is positioned within the axle housing and includes a rotor shaft, a drive pinion coupled to the rotor shaft, and an electric motor for rotating the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft extends along a rotor shaft centerline axis that is orientated parallel to the axle centerline axis. The transmission unit is positioned within the axle housing and is configured to transfer torque from the electric machine to the axle shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Chopra, Christopher G. Baillie, Shaun Mepham