Patents Issued in March 11, 2025
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Patent number: 12246776Abstract: A system for insulating a structural element in a motor vehicle, including a structural element and a device arranged thereon and having a carrier. The system also includes an expandable adhesive, which is arranged on the structural element or on the carrier via pumping or via extrusion. The carrier and the expandable adhesive are designed and arranged in such a way that the carrier limits the expandable adhesive in at least one direction during the expansion of same.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Thomas Gasparri, Nicolas Brichet
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Patent number: 12246777Abstract: A vehicle-body structure may include a floor panel, a dash panel extending upward from a vehicle front portion of the floor panel and partitioning a vehicle front portion of an occupant space, a cooler disposed on a vehicle front side of the dash panel, a control device disposed in the occupant space, and a supply pipe through which a heat exchange medium subjected to heat exchange at a heat exchanger is supplied to the control device. The heat exchanger may be closer to the control device than a powertrain PT mounted on an automobile.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuma Inami, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Hiroyuki Baba
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Patent number: 12246778Abstract: A retrofit tailgate latching mechanism and method for a tailgate. This includes a retrofit housing configured to be connected to the tailgate. Also, there is an actuating handle joined with the retrofit housing. A linkage assembly is joined with the actuating handle at a proximal end of the linkage assembly and extending through and within the tailgate toward the stop catch of the truck bed sidewall. The linkage assembly selectively engages and disengages the stop catch of the truck bed sidewall at a distal end of the linkage assembly. A cable is connected between the proximal end and the distal end of the linkage assembly wherein actuation of the actuating handle to an open position pulls the distal end of the linkage assembly toward the actuating handle and disengages the linkage assembly distal end from the stop catch whereby the tailgate can pivot to a lowered position.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Mark C. Blank
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Patent number: 12246779Abstract: A tonneau cover comprising: (a) a slat; (b) a drive system adapted to move the slat; and (c) a disconnect connected to the slat and in communication with the drive system, wherein the disconnect is adapted to release from communication with the drive system so that the slat manually moves independently from the drive system.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: RETRAX HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Lucas R. Spray
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Patent number: 12246780Abstract: A working machine includes: a lower traveling body; an upper slewing body; a cab; a display device; and a detector. The upper slewing body is slewably mounted on the lower traveling body. The cab is mounted on the upper slewing body. The cab include: a front wall having a front window; a pair of left and right front pillars extending in an up-down direction respectively along left and right sides of the front window; and a pair of left and right side walls extending reward respectively from the left and right front pillars. The display device is disposed in a corner defined between one of the left and right side walls and the front wall in the cab while being fixedly attached to the one side wall or the front wall for displaying predetermined information. The detector is fixedly connected to the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio Hirayama, Seiichi Onishi, Naohito Matsushita
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Patent number: 12246781Abstract: An agricultural vehicle including a supporting structure and a coupling system connected to the supporting structure for the movable coupling of a vehicle cab to the supporting structure. The coupling system includes at least one spring-elastic bearing element. The vehicle cab releasably connects via at least one clamping element to the at least one spring-elastic bearing element. A clamping force direction of the clamping element runs transversely to a vehicle vertical axis in a transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Abhijit G. Hingne, Thiemo Flebbe
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Patent number: 12246782Abstract: A container transportation system using autonomous driving includes: a container to be transported; an autonomous vehicle docked with or undocked from the container and autonomously travelling to transport the container to a transport destination; and a management server controlling travelling of the autonomous vehicle, wherein the autonomous vehicle comprises a container coupling part coupled to the container, and the container comprises: a container body; a plurality of height adjustment pillars coupled to respective corners of a lower surface of the container body and adjustable in length to lift or lower the container body from or to the ground; and a vehicle coupling part formed on the lower surface of the container body and coupled to the container coupling part.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Henry Choi
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Patent number: 12246783Abstract: A spread axle assembly for a trailer has the ability to pivot about itself to achieve a storage configuration that advantageously shortens the overall length of the trailer and reduces tire wear. It also has the ability to extend between a close position in which the rear axle of the trail is proximate to its axle and one or more spread or extended positions for better distribution of a load carried by the trailer.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: E.D. Etnyre & Co.Inventors: Ken Poole, Justin Blackwell
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Patent number: 12246784Abstract: There is disclosed a device for use with a continuous track of a tracked vehicle. The device has a first component and a second component. Each component has an elongate body having first and second slots at one end, a third slot at the other end, ground engaging features, and a U-shaped bracket. The device has a first configuration in which a first fastener extends through the first slot of the first component and the third slot of the second component and a second fastener extends through the first slot of the second component and the third slot of the first component. The device has a second configuration in which the first fastener extends through the second slot of the first component and the third slot of the second component and the second fastener extends through the second slot of the second component and the third slot of the first component.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: JB Innovations LimitedInventor: John Menzies Burling
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Patent number: 12246785Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to steering a vehicle based during loss of traction. In one arrangement, a method for steering a vehicle during loss of traction is disclosed. The method includes, responsive to detecting a slipping tire of a vehicle losing traction with a road, automatically steering the vehicle separately from an input of a steering wheel of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to follow a path. The method also includes decoupling control of a pair of front tires of the vehicle by the steering wheel. The method further includes rotating, independently of an input to the steering wheel and in parallel with steering the vehicle, the steering wheel to match an actual yaw of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Yasuda, Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Yan Ming Jonathan Goh
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Patent number: 12246786Abstract: A method for reconfiguring a truck body that includes selecting a truck with a cab section and two original frame rails extending from beneath the cab section and rearwardly to a distal first and second end. The truck body also includes an axle with a differential. The truck body also includes a drive shaft with a first end and a second end, the first end of the driveshaft operably connected to an output shaft of a transmission, the drive shaft extending rearwardly for operable engagement of the second end with the differential. Next, the drive shaft and axle are disconnected and the two frame rails are severed proximate the cab section resulting in new first and second distal ends for the frame rails and an operable unit supported by a support frame is secured to the new distal ends of the frame rails.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Custom Truck One Source, Inc.Inventors: Zach Minor, Hayden Ernst, Kyle Gerber
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Patent number: 12246787Abstract: A support structure for a vehicle includes: a body portion (22); a damper attachment portion (24); a tie-rod attachment portion (26); and a lower arm attachment portion (28). The vehicle supporting structure (20) has a first rib (32) that connects the damper attachment portion (24) with the tie-rod attachment portion (26), a second rib (34) that connects the tie-rod attachment portion (26) and the lower arm attachment portion (28), and a third rib (36) that connects the first rib with the second rib. The first rib is inclined to have a height that gradually decreases from the damper attachment portion toward the tie-rod attachment portion, forming a first inclined portion (32a) and a first thinned portion (32b). The third rib is inclined to have a height that gradually decreases from the second rib toward the first rib, forming a second inclined portion (36a) and a second thinned portion (36b).Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., SUBURU CORPORATION, TOYOTO JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Maruyama, Susumu Yodono, Yasuaki Matsumoto
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Patent number: 12246788Abstract: A dropper post assembly for supporting a bicycle seat may have an outer tube and an inner tube having a clearance portion and an upper end that includes an inward facing axial stop surface that defines a laterally extending abutment plane. A spring cartridge assembly has a cartridge cross-sectional that is less than 90% of the interior cross-sectional area of the clearance portion. A lower engagement member is disposed toward a lower end of the inner tube and substantially fills a lateral between lower end of the cartridge tube and the inner tube. A post head member has a front fastening aperture, a lowermost part of which lies in a laterally extending post head plane that is disposed axially inboard from the abutment plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: D3 Innovation Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Staples
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Patent number: 12246789Abstract: For a self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle including a seat with a reference point, a footpeg elevational system includes a first footpeg pivotally couplable to the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle, the first footpeg including a distal end; and a second footpeg pivotally couplable to the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle, the second footpeg including a distal end; wherein the first footpeg is mechanically linked to the second footpeg so that when the first footpeg and second footpeg are pivotally coupled to the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle, the distal end of the first footpeg becomes closer to the reference point of the seat of the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle when the distal end of the second footpeg becomes farther from the reference point of the seat of the self-propelled two-wheeled vehicle. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Charles Dominic Bugni
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Patent number: 12246790Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. A wheel base is defined between the front and rear rotational axes and a vertically-extending centerline of the vehicle extends vertically at the midpoint of the wheel base and is perpendicular to the longitudinally-extending centerline. The vehicle also includes a fuel tank, an airbox assembly, and a battery all positioned relative to the vertically-extending centerline of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLCInventors: David L. Bagnariol, Matthew R. Fronk, Jason A. Warns, Benjamin M. Comana, Matthias Botta, Richard J. Christoph, Philippe Gasdia, Hans-Rudolf Jenni, Martin Pelz, Clark D. Davis, Kory J. Schuhmacher
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Patent number: 12246791Abstract: A bicycle part includes a housing and a lid. The housing includes an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion, an end wall portion and a connecting portion. The outer peripheral portion is spaced radially outward from the inner peripheral portion with respect to a center axis of the enclosed area. The end wall portion interconnects the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion to at least partly define an internal space. The connecting portion interconnects the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion. The lid overlies the internal space. The lid is welded to the inner peripheral portion along an inner weld path and the outer peripheral portion along an outer weld path. The lid is further welded to at least part of the connecting portion of the housing a connecting weld path connecting the inner weld path and the outer weld path.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Azusa Yamazaki, Kazutaka Niki, Takeshi Ueda, Yuuya Yoneda
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Patent number: 12246792Abstract: A training bicycle with a removably attachable pedal unit enabling adjustment of chain slack by a simple method is provided. The detachable pedal unit is configured to enable attachable/detachable connection of a pedal crank to a bicycle body. The pedal unit includes a unit body having a unit connector for rotatably retaining and fastening to a bicycle body a pedal crank axially supporting a chain wheel. A unit receiving member fixedly installed on the bicycle body to interconnect with the unit connector. A sliding adjustment mechanism provided on the unit receiving member and the unit connector to vary and fix mutual fore-aft connection position of the unit receiving member and the unit connector in order to adjust fore-aft connection position of the bicycle detachable pedal unit relative to the bicycle body and thereby adjusting the chain tension.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: VITAMIN I FACTORY CO., LTD.Inventor: Mikio Watanabe
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Patent number: 12246793Abstract: Transportation vehicles, suspension systems and related methods are provided herein. A three wheeled vehicle can include a frame having first and second sides and front and rear ends and a steerable front wheel secured to the front end of the frame. The vehicle can also include a first trailing wheel arm with a first rear wheel and a second trailing wheel arm with a second rear wheel. The vehicle can include a horizontal linkage having first and second ends and a midsection therebetween. The horizontal linkage can be pivotably connected to a pintle on the frame at the midsection with the horizontal linkage linked to an underside of the first trailing wheel arm between the first wheel and the central suspension joint and linked to an underside of the second trailing wheel arm between the second wheel and the central suspension joint.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Scott D. Walls
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Patent number: 12246794Abstract: A bicycle pedal includes a pedal shaft and a pedal body rotating connected with a spindle. The mentioned pedal body is provided with a fixing hook mechanism and a movable hook mechanism for fixing the anti-slip nail. The mentioned fixing hook mechanism includes a first fixing component and a second fixing component which is fixedly attached to the mentioned pedal body. The mentioned second fixing component is rotating connected with the mentioned movable hook mechanism. The mentioned first fixing component and movable hook mechanism clamp together to fix the anti-slip nail. The traditional integrated fixed hook structure is disassembled into two parts, combined with the frame type pedal body, can reduce the gap on the pedal which will attached to the mud, and also makes the pedal structure simpler and clearer, the structure of the parts is relatively independent, makes the mud less likely to attach to the pedal.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NING BO QI YING SPORTS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Jiaying Chen
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Patent number: 12246795Abstract: An e-bike interface is a hybrid wired/wireless e-bike control system that integrates wireless bicycle components into operation of an e-bike. The e-bike interface provides a frame-mounted control and display that is wired to, for example, an assist motor and a battery, and provides a wireless communication bridge between wireless bicycle components and corresponding wireless controls located on a handlebar.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SRAM, LLCInventors: Sage Hahn, Sven Baumann, Dominique Fuss, Jochen Bierwerth
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Patent number: 12246796Abstract: A chain for a bicycle, a sprocket cassette, a chainring, a crankset, a chain drive system, and a bicycle are provided. The chain comprises a plurality of interleaved link elements, each link element being pivotably attached to at least one other link element and comprising at least two teeth. A flank of each tooth is adapted to engage with a flank of a sprocket tooth. The sprocket cassette comprises one or more sprockets, each comprising a plurality of sprocket teeth, wherein each sprocket tooth has a flank with a profile corresponding to a profile of at least part of a tooth of each of the plurality of link elements. The chainring comprises a plurality of sprocket drive teeth having a profile corresponding to the profile of at least one of the teeth of each of the plurality of link elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Ratio Technology LimitedInventors: Tom Simpson, Felix Barker
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Patent number: 12246797Abstract: A bicycle front derailleur with an integral cadence sensor serving to guard against undesirable actuation of either front or rear derailleur without necessary chain movement being present and additionally making use of a standard wireless remote control (RC) servo drive unit relying exclusively on spur gearing reduction facilitating highly efficient and accurate derailleur positioning thereof through a magnetic rotary encoder with direct sensing of derailleur position and with alignment of derailleur actuation components thereof in the horizontal plane guarding against undesirable transmission of gravitational and vertical inertial forces to wireless remote control (RC) servo drive unit adversely affecting accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Hazem Nihad Hamed
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Patent number: 12246798Abstract: An automatically-separable suction anchor system including a plurality of pumps is disclosed. The system includes an opening/closing unit including a blocking plate provided at a suction pile while having a through hole and pull-up brackets, and a valve member to cause the interior of the suction pile to selectively communicate with an exterior of the suction pile, a suction device including an operation-supporting tubular body with a suction hole and a pressing opening/closing part configured to enable the suction hole to communicate with the suction pile, a frame including clamps to be selectively coupled to the pull-up brackets, and first and second supports, and an operating pump coupled to the operation-supporting tubular body, the operating pump including a first pump of high capacity and a second pump of high head configured to penetrate the suction pile, and a third pump configured to draw the suction pile, and a control module.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology [KIOST]Inventors: O Soon Kwon, Hyoun Kang
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Patent number: 12246799Abstract: An expandable drift sock system includes an expandable drift sock having a plurality of expansion sections configured around the circumference of the cylindrical sleeve, each having a first and second expansion portion detachably attached to each other by a section coupler. The first and second expansion portions each have an outer extension and fold portion that folds back to join with an inner extension that extends between the fold portions of the first and second expansion portions. Flaps are configured to fold over each expansion portion to hold the expansion portion in a folded configuration and to prevent water from flowing in between the folds that may produce force the stowed expansion portion to open.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Lawrence Nolan
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Patent number: 12246800Abstract: A magnetic release assembly includes a housing defining a cavity, a permanent electromagnet positioned within the cavity, and a microcontroller electronically coupled with the permanent electromagnet. The microcontroller is configured to selectively provide power to the permanent electromagnet. A timer board is in communication with the microcontroller. A power source is electronically coupled with the microcontroller, the permanent electromagnet, and the timer board. The microcontroller is configured to provide power to the permanent electromagnet in response to an alarm from the timer board.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Jackson State UniversityInventors: Kamal S. Ali, Ali Abu-El Humos, James C. Addy, Michael P. Cameron, Md Mohiuddin Hasan
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Patent number: 12246801Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an apparatus having a submersible seating surface attached to a watercraft. The submersible seating surface may be raised to serve as a table when not in use as a seat. A tension member provides upward force on the seat, allowing it to be easily raised from a lowered position to a raised position. In some embodiments, a tether is used to provide additional security for the apparatus. In embodiments, a hydrofoil cup holder is affixed to the seat to provide additional lift when a watercraft is moving forward, urging the seat upward and out of the water. The hydrofoil cup holder further includes an opening in a top surface of the cup holder to secure an item such as a beverage container. Embodiments may further include a submerged safety indicator to alert nearby swimmers and/or people on the watercraft of the submerged seat.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: David Prescott
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Patent number: 12246802Abstract: A surfboard is provided, which may include a first air chamber, a second air chamber, and a partition arranged between the first air chamber and the second air chamber. The partition may comprise: a first connecting portion connected to a top wall of the first air chamber and to a top wall of the second air chamber; a second connecting portion connected to a bottom wall of the first air chamber and to a bottom wall of the second air chamber; and an intermediate portion extending between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP.Inventor: Shuiyong Huang
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Patent number: 12246803Abstract: A collapsible protective case for transporting or storing one or more surfboards, the protective case having a rigid, impact-resistant outer surface, a housing and a plurality of adjoining nested sections that are selectively configurable between a collapsed, fully nested position within the housing and an extended position, the protective case including a space configured to accommodate, in the extended position, the surfboard fins.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Dan Van Zanten
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Patent number: 12246804Abstract: A removable containment boom anchor includes: an anchor support having a flexible body fabricated of at least one resilient material, and a containment boom connector fastened to the anchor support. The flexible body has a base and a tab extending from the base. The flexible body encapsulates a plurality of permanent magnets.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventors: Elliott Chewins, Aaron William Miller
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Patent number: 12246805Abstract: An offshore LNG processing plant includes a first module including a personnel accommodation facility on a first vessel, a second module including a gas treatment facility on a second vessel, and a third module including a gas liquefaction facility on a third vessel. Each of the first, second, and third modules are assembled on the corresponding vessels, and then transported to an offshore location in a body of water, such as a river, a lake, or a sea. At the offshore location, each vessel deploys legs to the bed of the body of water to raise a hull of each vessel out of the water. The first module is then coupled to the second module, and the second module is coupled to the third module. A fourth module on a fourth vessel is coupled to the third module to provide LNG storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NFE Patent Holdings LLCInventors: Alapkumar R. Shah, Shawn D. Hoffart, Christopher Michael Windeler
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Patent number: 12246806Abstract: An evaluation device according to the present technology includes an evaluation computing unit that learns to obtain deposit evaluation data as an output by machine learning using at least one of ocean topography data or fine particle component measurement data for a known seabed deposit as input data for learning, the evaluation computing unit calculating the deposit evaluation data for an evaluation target sea area by using at least one of the ocean topography data or the fine particle component measurement data for the evaluation target sea area as an input.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu Takatsuka, Hiroki Tetsukawa
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Patent number: 12246807Abstract: A simple shelter for flood evacuation that is lightweight and easy to carry, compact in storage, and low in cost includes a substantially cylindrical floating body formed by a plurality of floats stacked in a vertical direction, where vertically adjacent floats are connected to each other; and two partition plates provided on the inner peripheral side of the uppermost and lowermost floats, respectively, of the plurality of floats, the inner peripheral surface of the floating body and the two partition plates form a closed accommodation space for accommodating evacuees by preventing water from entering from the outside, and a door for evacuees to enter and exit the accommodation space is provided in the two partition plates.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NIHON TAISHIN SEKKEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Akihiro Noguchi
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Patent number: 12246808Abstract: A field configurable vehicle includes bladders located interior of the vehicle hull walls. One or more of the bladders can be filled with fluids of varying densities to manage the buoyancy, mass properties, and thermal heat dissipation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Eric Seeley
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Patent number: 12246809Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes an engine and a propulsion unit to be driven by the engine. The engine includes cylinders arranged in series, exhaust ports respectively connected to combustion chambers of the cylinders and curved in a predetermined downstream direction to allow exhaust gases to flow out from the combustion chambers, and a collecting exhaust pipe. The collecting exhaust pipe is integral with the exhaust ports, and extends in the downstream direction to allow exhaust gases in the exhaust ports to flow in the downstream direction. At least one of a plurality of connector portions that individually connect the exhaust ports to the collecting exhaust pipe includes a concave portion at an inner surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinya Kasai, Koichi Nakayama, Jiro Fukuoka
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Patent number: 12246810Abstract: A method to control at least a first and a second parallel hybrid driveline arranged to drive a marine vessel is provided. Each driveline comprises a first propulsion unit operatively connected with a second propulsion unit to drive a propeller shaft and produce a thrust force. At least one control unit controls each first and second propulsion unit in all the parallel hybrid drivelines. The method involves individual adjustment of the rotational speed of the first propulsion unit in each driveline to improve the efficiency of this first propulsion unit while maintaining the requested vessel speed, and a simultaneous adjustment of the load from the second propulsion unit in each driveline to improve the efficiency of each driveline and the complete driveline installation.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: CPAC SYSTEMS ABInventor: David Nydahl
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Patent number: 12246811Abstract: In one aspect, a wireless remote controller for a personal watercraft is provided that includes a watertight body and a rotatable thumbwheel disposed on an upper surface of the watertight body. The remote controller includes at least one magnet affixed to the thumbwheel such that the at least one magnet rotates with the thumbwheel. The remote controller includes a magnetic sensor configured to produce magnetic field data in at least two axes. The remote controller includes a processor operably coupled to the magnetic sensor and communication circuitry configured to communicate control signals to an associated personal watercraft. The processor is configured to determine an angular position of the thumbwheel based at least in part on the magnetic field data in each of the at least two axes and to generate a control signal based at least in part on the determined position of the thumbwheel.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Kai Concepts, LLCInventors: Donald Lewis Montague, Joseph Andrew Brock, Jamieson Edward Schulte, Daniel Elliot Schabb, Alec Korver
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Patent number: 12246812Abstract: A stowable propulsion system for a marine vessel. A base is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A propulsion device is configured to propel the marine vessel in water. A shaft extends along a length axis and pivotably couples the propulsion device to the base. The propulsion device is pivotable into and between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein pivoting the propulsion device causes the shaft to rotate about the length axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Brunswick CorporationInventors: Jeremy J. Kraus, Aaron J. Novak, Brandon C. Andrus, Kenneth E. Peterson, Joshua S. Smith
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Patent number: 12246813Abstract: An outboard motor includes a drive source, a drive shaft, a propeller shaft, a first case, a second case, a third case, a bearing, and a bearing housing. The drive shaft extends downward from the drive source. The propeller shaft is connected to the drive shaft and extends in a front-rear direction of the outboard motor. The first case houses the drive source. The second case houses the propeller shaft. The third case is between the first case and the second case in a vertical direction of the outboard motor. The bearing rotatably supports the drive shaft. The bearing is between the first case and the second case in the vertical direction and outside the third case. The bearing housing supports the bearing. The bearing housing is between the first case and the second case in the vertical direction and outside the third case.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventors: Kimitaka Saruwatari, Tomoya Sako, Ryo Nakanishi
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Patent number: 12246814Abstract: A marine vessel with a hull extending horizontally from a bow to a stern. The hull has opposing walls that extend upwardly with at least one of the opposing walls having a first opening therein. A tower has opposing feet with a raised section therebetween. The opposing feet are coupled to the opposing walls and one of the opposing feet is horizontally aligned at least in part with the first opening. An engine compartment is configured for positioning an engine therein. A first conduit fluidly couples the first opening and the engine compartment for at least one of ventilating and exhausting the engine compartment.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Brunswick CorporationInventors: Prasad Dhananjay Deole, Matthew P. Klausky, Paul E. Olvera, Zachary M. Handziak
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Patent number: 12246815Abstract: The system 100 can include a balloon system 110 and a set of spools 120. The system can optionally include a set of actuators 130. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system can function to facilitate balloon launch preparation and/or launch of a balloon vehicle system. The system can additionally function to facilitate controlled stand-up of a balloon.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Space Perspective Inc.Inventors: Jacquie Prescott, Ryan Nascimento, Taber MacCallum, Manasi Palwankar
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Patent number: 12246816Abstract: Mobile units have the following inseparable sub-assemblies: a cylindrical outer envelope with low conicity or even constant section, one or more longitudinal fluidic channels, sensors, and one or more transverse fluidic channels. Each fluidic channel convergent at the inlet and divergent at the outlet to ensure the absorption of the entire frontal fluid vein. The motorizations are engineered for fluidic channeling design and each one controlled by the sensors fitted to measure differential pressures between external and absorbed fluid media. The transverse fluidic channels connected on demand, upstream to the high-pressure outlets of the longitudinal fluidic channels, downstream to pressurized boxes for vertical and directional movements. A set of volumes internal to the external fuselage envelope, not occupied by other devices of the mobile units, structured in technical operating sub-assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventor: Jean-Paul Merrien
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Patent number: 12246817Abstract: A panel for covering a part of a structure in an interior space of an aircraft is disclosed including a main panel section having an interior side and an exterior side, and at least one attachment device coupled with the exterior side. The main panel section is exclusively made from a single thermoplastic material, and the at least one attachment device is adapted for attaching the panel to the respective interior structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Claus-Peter Gross
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Patent number: 12246818Abstract: A method for producing an armored wall for an aircraft by determining an available thickness of the wall, an allowable areal mass of the wall, and an available space for a wall deformation due to ballistic impact. The method includes retrieving a parameterization of a plurality of armoring materials, which includes a parameter for each of a plurality of material characteristics for each of the plurality of armoring materials. The method also includes comparing the available wall thickness, the allowable areal mass, and the available deformation space with a corresponding parameter of the parameterization, selecting one armoring material for the wall from the plurality of armoring materials based on a result of comparing, and manufacturing a wall by supplementing the selected armoring material to a basic wall structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH, Airbus Operations S.L.Inventors: Henning Scheel, César Rodriguez Barbero, Esteban Martino-Gonzalez
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Patent number: 12246819Abstract: A rotating pylon assembly for aircraft thrust vectoring control. In embodiments, the rotating pylon assembly of embodiments includes a rotating sleeve disposed within a fixed boom of the aircraft, and configured to support a rotor assembly. The rotating pylon assembly includes a bearing assembly configured to functionally couple the rotating sleeve against an inner surface of the fixed boom. The bearing assembly enables the rotating sleeve to rotate against the inner surface of the fixed boom and about a longitudinal axis of the fixed boom. An actuator is configured to rotate the rotating sleeve about the longitudinal axis of the fixed boom. The rotating sleeve may cause the rotor assembly to be rotated or swung about the longitudinal axis of the fixed boom to position the rotor assembly in a position to vector the thrust provided by the rotor assembly based on a control command.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.Inventors: Kirk L. Groninga, Danielle L. Edwards
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Patent number: 12246820Abstract: A system for controlling the modification of the pitch of the blades of a fan of a turbine engine, in particular for an aircraft. The turbine engine comprising blades mounted radially in a drive shaft and a setting device configured to modify the pitch of the blades on the basis of an axial force applied to said setting device. The control system comprises a hydraulic actuator, a hydraulic pump, a connecting ring connected mechanically to the hydraulic pump such that the flow rate of the hydraulic pump is proportional to the relative speed between the drive shaft and the connecting ring, and a magnetic coupling device designed to control the drive speed of the connecting ring in order to control the pitch of the blades independently of the speed of the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventor: Jacques Auriol
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Patent number: 12246821Abstract: A hover and thrust control assembly for dual-mode aircraft including a plurality of flight components mechanically coupled to an aircraft includes a support structure attached to an aircraft frame of an aircraft having a control stick coupled to the support structure. The control stick may include a length and radius and configured to be manipulated along a plurality of axes, wherein the manipulation of the control stick produces an electronic signal, wherein the control stick is further configured to be manipulated rotationally about the length of the control stick. A first interface device disposed on the control stick may be configured to receive an interaction and adjust a lift of the dual-mode aircraft as a function of the interaction. A second interface device may be configured to receive an interaction and adjust the lift of the dual-mode aircraft as a function of the interaction.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: BETA AIR LLCInventors: Cody Spiegel, Dale Williams
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Patent number: 12246822Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft assembly includes an aircraft control surface and a hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator includes a housing and a piston within the housing. The housing is formed integral with the aircraft control surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventors: Jennifer Davis, Karl Potier, Raphael Medina, Jerome Socheleau
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Patent number: 12246823Abstract: A system for cross-channel communication for effectors in an electric aircraft is presented. The system may include a flight component of an electric aircraft. The system may include a plurality of effectors, wherein the plurality of effectors may be configured to control the flight component. The system may include a plurality of flight controllers communicatively connected to the plurality of effectors, wherein the plurality of flight controllers may be configured to receive an input, generate a command as a function of the input and transmit the command to the plurality of effectors. The system may include a plurality of networks communicatively connected to the plurality of effectors and the plurality of flight controllers, wherein the plurality of networks may be configured to receive the command from the plurality of flight controllers and transmit the command to the plurality of effectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: BETA AIR LLCInventor: Michael Shaw
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Patent number: 12246824Abstract: A rack assembly for a rack and pinion gear system may comprise: a rack housing; and a rack disposed within the rack housing, the rack and the rack housing at least partially defining a first hydraulic chamber disposed between a first side of the rack and the rack housing, a second hydraulic chamber disposed between a second side of the rack and the rack housing, a third hydraulic chamber disposed within the rack proximal the first hydraulic chamber, and a fourth hydraulic chamber disposed within the rack proximal the second hydraulic chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Jason Bradley Allen
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Patent number: 12246825Abstract: A blade comprising a blade root extended by an aerodynamic intermediate part that extends up to a free end. The blade root comprises a one-piece attachment body made from composite materials, that is hollow and has a casing that defines an empty internal space, the attachment body incorporating: a pitch attachment configured to be traversed by a pitch link rod connected to a pitch lever, the attachment body incorporating a leading edge attachment configured to be traversed by a leading edge link rod connected to a first drag damper, a trailing edge attachment configured to be traversed by a trailing edge link rod configured to be connected to a second drag damper, and a connection attachment configured to be traversed by at least one connecting rod connected to a first reinforcement of a stratified spherical stop.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERSInventors: Adil Azzat, Julien Thivend, Sixtine Coston