Including Change-speed Gearing, Or Clutch, Mounted In Common With Motor Patents (Class 180/292)
  • Patent number: 11421782
    Abstract: A parking lock mechanism of the drum-type transmission device comprises a parking gear that is provided on the transmission shaft, a parking operation arm which is selectively operated between a lock position engaging with the parking gear and an unlock position away from the parking gear, a parking release spring for urging the operation arm toward the unlock position, and a parking pushing member which is positioned at a lock position by pushing the operation arm according to the rotation of the drum member from the shift position or the neutral position to the parking position. One end of the transmission operation shaft is located near the operation arm. At one end of the shift operation shaft, there is provided an arm restraining portion that can urge the operation arm toward the unlock position when the drum member is moved from the parking position to the shift position or the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Nishimoto, Keisei Shimazaki, Michio Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11401853
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a coupling element. In one example, the coupling element comprises a rotating element configured to rotate an aftertreatment device relative to a section of an exhaust passage in response to a force greater than a threshold force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Spurling, Marius Sawatzki, Daniel Meckenstock
  • Patent number: 11299029
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus is used in a vehicle and mounted on a vehicle member via a mount. The power transmission apparatus includes a case. The case includes a motor provided inside the case. The case includes a mount fastening portion for fastening the mount with a plurality of bolts. The mount fastening portion has a plurality of bolt tightening holes. The plurality of bolt tightening holes are provided so that the plurality of bolts are tightened into the plurality of bolt tightening holes. The bolt tightening holes have axial directions parallel to each other. A space isolated from an inside of the case is formed by a wall of the case in a region connecting two adjacent bolt tightening holes when the mount fastening portion is viewed in the axial directions of the plurality of bolt tightening holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Aida, Hiroaki Kiyokami, Kazuki Iwakura, Yukinobu Nishikawa, Takafumi Sakuda, Haruki Inoue
  • Patent number: 11260760
    Abstract: There is provided a fuel cell vehicle that allows minimally suppressing damage of a fuel cell stack and a high voltage component as important components when the vehicle collides from a front side. An ion exchanger as a first component includes a tubular portion and a cap portion. When the front side of the fuel cell vehicle collides, the tubular portion deforms due to an impact load from a radiator as a second component moving toward the ion exchanger to buffer an impact from the radiator. The cap portion restricts additional deformation of a damper portion when the impact load from the radiator becomes a predetermined magnitude or more. A stack frame and a chassis are joined and fixed via mounts such that the stack frame is detached from the chassis due to the impact load from the radiator when the deformation of the tubular portion is restricted by the cap portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Akiyama, Minetaka Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 11173963
    Abstract: This vehicle body front structure includes a front side frame (14) which extends in a forward and rearward direction of a vehicle body, and a side wall member (52) which is provided outside the front side frame (14) in a vehicle width direction and joined to the front side frame (14), wherein the front side frame (14) has at least three folding portions, which include a first folding portion (24), a second folding portion (25), and a third folding portion (26) capable of being bent by an impact load (F1, F3) input from in front of a vehicle, in this order at intervals from a front toward a rear of the vehicle body, and has a reinforcing panel (65) which is provided between the second folding portion (25) and the third folding portion (26) among the side wall members (52), is stacked on a compression portion (81) on which a compressive force (F2, F4) acts from the impact load (F1, F3), and has a vertical bead (87).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyohiko Matsuoka, Takehiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 11085534
    Abstract: A gear shifting apparatus for a multi-speed transmission includes: a shifting unit controlling gear shifting by a torque of an actuator; and a parking unit controlling a parking state by the torque of the actuator. In particular, the actuator includes a control motor transmitting a driving torque to a first driven gear of the shifting unit and a second driven gear of the parking unit through a drive gear externally gear-meshed with the driven gears, and the shifting unit includes: a fork slider slidably mounted on a fork rail, a shift fork integrally formed with the fork slider, a cam block connected to the first driven gear engaged with the drive gear and having a cam surface on an exterior circumference for shift-stages, a cam contact pin integrally formed with the fork slider and contacting the cam surface, and a return spring mounted around the fork rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sun Sung Kwon, Soonki Eo, Ma Ru Kang, Minho Chae, Yong Uk Shin, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11085537
    Abstract: A gear shifting apparatus for a multi-speed transmission for an electric vehicle includes a shifting unit controlling gear shifting by a torque of an actuator, and a parking unit controlling a parking state by the torque of the actuator. In particular, the actuator includes a control motor transmitting a driving torque to a first driven gear and a second driven gear through a drive gear externally gear-meshed with the driven gears, and the shifting unit includes: a shift fork slidably mounted on a fork rail and activating the gear shifting; a profile drum connected to the first driven gear externally engaged with the drive gear, and having a profile groove formed along an exterior circumference of the profile drum; and a shift lug integrally formed with the shift fork and coupled with the profile groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sun Sung Kwon, Soonki Eo, Ma Ru Kang, Minho Chae, Yong Uk Shin, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11077887
    Abstract: Each of a monocoque body and a subframe is integrally formed of reinforced resin. The subframe has a bottom portion and an upstanding portion. The bottom portion is fixed to the lower portion of the rear wall of the monocoque body and extends rearward of the vehicle. The upstanding portion extends upward from the bottom portion. An engine is directly mounted on the rear surface of the upstanding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiho Yonezawa, Hiroki Hyodo, Tetsuya Oda
  • Patent number: 11009128
    Abstract: A gear shifting apparatus for a multi-speed transmission includes: a shifting unit controlling gear shifting by an actuator, and a parking unit controlling parking by the actuator. In particular, the actuator includes a control motor driving a driven gear through a drive gear externally gear-meshed with the driven gear, and the shifting and parking units are operated by a force received from a cam block fixed to the driven gear. The shifting unit includes a fork slider slidably mounted on a fork rail, a shift fork integrally formed with the fork slider, and a cam contact pin integrally formed with the fork slider and contacting the cam block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sun Sung Kwon, Soonki Eo, Ma Ru Kang, Minho Chae, Yong Uk Shin, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 10988019
    Abstract: An exhaust structure of a vehicle is provided that can ensure an arrangement space for a mounted component below a floor panel and prevent thermal damage to the mounted component by reducing sizes of an engine and an exhaust silencer. An exhaust structure of a vehicle includes: an engine disposed in an engine bay formed in a front part of a vehicle; a silencer that reduces noise of exhaust gas from the engine and discharges the exhaust gas outside; an exhaust pipe that couples the engine and the silencer; and a battery unit disposed behind the engine and below a floor panel, the silencer being disposed between the engine and the battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kamo, Hirokazu Hasegawa, Takahiro Ito, Shohei Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10744830
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a front frame, a rear frame, an intermediate frame, a front propeller shaft, a rear propeller shaft, and a brake. A pair of right and left front lower arms are swingably mounted to the front frame. A pair of right and left rear lower arms are swingably mounted to the rear frame. The intermediate frame is located between the front frame and the rear frame. The front propeller shaft extends forward from the engine and the rear propeller shaft extends rearward from the engine. The brake is located outside the engine in the front-rear direction and within a region defined by the intermediate frame and brakes a rotation of the front propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Shigeaki Oba
  • Patent number: 10676132
    Abstract: A suspension member includes: a front frame including a front cross member extending in a vehicle width direction; a rear frame at least partially made of light metal and including a rear cross member extending in the vehicle width direction, the rear frame being placed on a vehicle rear side of the front frame and joined to the front frame; and a protective member joined to the rear cross member so as to form a closed section together with the rear cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka Kagami, Kazuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10634234
    Abstract: A gearbox comprising a gearbox housing at least partially surrounding a cavity, an oil sump connected to the gearbox housing and surrounding another cavity, and a separating element separating the cavity from the other cavity and having a passage through which oil located in the cavity is fed into the other cavity. The passage is arranged in a plane at an intersection line between a first oil level upper side and a second oil level upper side. The oil is fed from the cavity into the other cavity exclusively through the passage. The separating element has a passage section and a separating section, the passage section protrudes from the separating section in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Carl Schilling
  • Patent number: 10596894
    Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure has an internal combustion engine that is disposed on one side in a vehicle width direction in a power unit compartment, an inverter that is disposed on another side in the vehicle width direction in the power unit compartment, an exhaust pipe that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction through a dash panel separating the power unit compartment from a vehicle cabin, and is disposed within a floor tunnel that is provided in a central portion in the vehicle width direction at least at a position of the dash panel, and whose one end portion is connected to the internal combustion engine, a battery that is provided on a vehicle rear side of the dash panel, high-voltage power cables that extend in the vehicle front-rear direction on another side in the vehicle width direction and connect the inverter and the battery together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidenori Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10596892
    Abstract: An engine assembly arrangement for a motor vehicle, with a drive assembly, which is mounted directly at a support element via at least one first fixed bearing. A support structure engages at the drive assembly, on the one hand, via a second fixed bearing and via a third fixed bearing that is spaced apart from the second fixed bearing, and, on the other hand, is articulated at the support element via a fourth fixed bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Friedemann Vogel
  • Patent number: 10589653
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a passenger grip including a handle grip having an arm part extending from a dashboard toward the passenger seat, and a grip part at the arm part and gripped by the crew seated on the passenger seat, a holder outserted to the arm part of the handle grip and holding the arm part movably forward and backward in an extending direction of the arm part, and a single-action lock mechanism at the holder and fixing the handle grip to the holder. The single-action lock mechanism includes a lock pin having a distal end penetrating a through hole at the holder and engaged with an engagement hole at the arm part, a spring biasing the lock pin toward the arm part, a housing fixed to the holder and accommodating the lock pin and the spring, and a knob outside the housing and connected to the lock pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itsuo Takegami, Kazuhiro Maeda, Takashi Hisamura, Kazumasa Hisada
  • Patent number: 10518619
    Abstract: A structure of mounting an electric device in a front compartment of a vehicle is disclosed. The structure may include: a casing being divided into a first and a second casing; a first and a second through hole provided in the first casing; a first and a second fixing hole provided in the second casing; a first fastening member passing through the first through hole and fixed to the first fixing hole; and a second fastening member passing through the second through hole and fixed to the second fixing hole. The first through hole is located at a far side of the first casing with a vehicle's center line and located at a front half of the first casing. The second through hole is located at a closer side and a rear half of the first casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryusuke Baba, Shuichi Iwata, Takeyuki Yabuuchi
  • Patent number: 10493814
    Abstract: An elastic support for on-board suspension systems of a motor-vehicle includes at least one body formed of polymeric elastomeric material supplemented with carbon-based nanofillers. An outer surface is provided with one or more piezo-resistive areas where a polymeric material supplemented with carbon-based nanofillers has been made locally piezo-resistive by laser irradiation so as to define one or more electric deformation sensors configured to detect the load applied on the elastic support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Antonino Domenico Veca, Paolo Chiappero, Francesca Dalmasso, Vito Guido Lambertini
  • Patent number: 10415556
    Abstract: Provided herein is a portable pump on a class 3-5 operable pickup truck rolling chassis with engine and transmission components for pumping liquid and/or slurried construction material, such as concrete, comprising a hydraulic pumping unit operably connected to a piston operated unit for charging first and second charging units with said construction material and for pumping said material therefrom where desired, wherein said hydraulic pumping unit is manually and/or remotely controlled by a PTO function of the pickup truck chassis engine, and wherein said pickup chassis includes first and second drive shafts mounted on opposite sides of a gearbox in connection with said PTO function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Neil Wilson
  • Patent number: 10336173
    Abstract: The invention provides a mounting structure for a power unit of a utility vehicle. The mounting structure includes a pair of left and right front support portions supporting a front end of the power unit, and a rear support portion supporting a rear end of the power unit. The front support portions and the rear support portion are disposed to cause a centroid of a triangle connecting the front support portions and the rear support portion to agree with a centroid of the power unit in a planar view of the power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Ishibashi, Kazumasa Hisada, Akiyuki Yamasaki, Naoki Arino
  • Patent number: 10300971
    Abstract: A three-wheeled vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle frame supported by front ground engaging members and a single rear ground engaging member. The vehicle includes an engine positioned forward of an operator area and a swing arm coupled to the single rear ground engagement member. The operator area of the vehicle may include seating for a driver and a passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James A. J. Holroyd, Gustavo A. Aramayo, Jason J. Hohenstein, Mathew Bradley Wiest, Jeffrey D. Bennett, Mark Alan Ziliak
  • Patent number: 10295044
    Abstract: A powertrain includes a transmission case, a transfer case, a front axle housing, and a webbed brace. The transfer case and front axle housing are directly fastened to the transmission case. The webbed brace is directly fastened to the transmission case, the transfer case, and the front axle housing to form a powerplant system. The webbed brace is configured such that a bending frequency of the powerplant system falls within a predefined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Thomas Wilkins, Chris Peter Nicholas, Anthony Paskus, Brian Christian Orr, Andrew Brian Lovatt, William David Guarino
  • Patent number: 10208825
    Abstract: An anti-vibration device for a vehicle has a first torque rod assembly having a first rod with one end fixed to an engine and the other end fixed to a vehicle body, an inertial mass supported on the first rod, and an actuator that reciprocates the inertial mass in an axial direction of the first rod, and a second torque rod assembly having a second rod with one end fixed to the engine and the other end fixed to a sub-frame that is installed on the vehicle body via an elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Satou, Masahiko Kondo, Yoshinori Hirano
  • Patent number: 10202030
    Abstract: Provided is a power generation apparatus, which includes an internal combustion engine, and a rotary electric machine disposed adjacent to the internal combustion engine in an axial direction. The rotary electric machine includes coils to which an electric current is supplied from an external power apparatus via an electric power supply cable. Terminal parts connected to the coils and connection terminals of the electric power supply cable are connected in a predetermined connection space that is formed in part of a lower block of an engine block of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yokoi, Yusuke Ozaki, Yoshikazu Ishigaki, Atsushi Sato, Hiroaki Sato
  • Patent number: 10177356
    Abstract: An automotive battery mounting structure may include a battery tray connected to one of a pair of front side members disposed on a lower side of an engine compartment, and a battery secured to the battery tray. A transmission mount and a leg bracket may be coupled to the front side member, and the battery tray may be coupled to the transmission mount and the leg bracket by a plurality of fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seng Joo Yang, Do Geun Jung, Hee Gun Yang, Ji Woong Park, Seog Won Choi, Seung Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10118646
    Abstract: A chassis-subframe is attached to a vehicle body and is connected via a plurality of fasteners to high load-bearing body parts. The chassis subframe is connected to the load-bearing body parts by the fasteners indirectly via a sacrificial plate. From a specific relative force acting substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction between the chassis subframe and the sacrificial plate, the fasteners are pulled out of said sacrificial plate, immediately in the case of a displacement movement of the chassis subframe occurring to the rear, viewed in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The fasteners are arranged by the sacrificial plate relative to the load-bearing body parts such that, after being pulled out, the fasteners are able to move freely to the rear in the vehicle longitudinal direction, without interacting with the, or another of the, load-bearing body parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joergen Hilmann, Martin Salz-Breuer, Bradley Staines, Stephen Anker
  • Patent number: 9988790
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body including a motor room, a motor mounted on the machine body and housed in the motor room, a fan arranged above the motor, the fan being to generate an air flow downward, a radiator arranged above the fan, an oil cooler arranged above the fan, and a shroud disposed around the fan. The shroud includes an opening rim portion forming an air inlet to take air from the motor room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Yamashita, Ryohei Sumiyoshi, Satoshi Tajima, Kunihiro Suzuki, Hayato Kawano, Hiroyuki Anami, Hajime Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9987915
    Abstract: An engine mount for a vehicle, in which of the inside of the engine mount is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by an orifice plate, and an encapsulated hydraulic liquid flows through a center hole provided at the center of the orifice plate in accordance with a change in volume of the upper chamber, is provided. The engine mount is configured to include: a coil which is mounted in the orifice plate and forms a magnetic field in the center hole as electric current is applied; and a drive device which is formed to have a diameter corresponding to a diameter of the center hole, is configured to be inserted and disposed into the center hole, and selectively closes the center hole by moving upwards or downwards in the center hole by the formed magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hyoung Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 9969259
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a CVT unit or a power source which requires ambient air. An air inlet for an air intake system coupled to the CVT unit or the power source which requires ambient air may be provided in a side of a cargo carrying portion of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a rear radius arm suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Polaris Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Safranski, Robbi L. Peterson, Richard L. Sunsdahl, Aaron D. Deckard, Louis J. Brady
  • Patent number: 9914447
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle drive apparatus, the vehicle drive apparatus including an output shaft connected to an engine; an input shaft connected to a wheel; an electric motor that generates rotational torque of the wheel; and a hydraulic clutch that connects the output shaft to the input shaft when placed in an engaged state, and disconnects the output shaft from the input shaft when placed in a released state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Kohei Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9752302
    Abstract: A working machine includes: a motor; a fan arranged above the motor, the fan being configured to generate an air flow downward; a radiator arranged above the fan; and an oil cooler arranged adjacent to the radiator. In addition, the working machine includes: a shroud disposed around fan, the shroud including: a rim portion forming an air vent hole, the air vent hole being for passage of the air flow generated by the fan; and a support member attached to an upper portion of the shroud, the support member being configured to support the radiator and the oil cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Yamashita, Ryohei Sumiyoshi, Satoshi Tajima, Kunihiro Suzuki, Hayato Kawano, Hiroyuki Anami, Hajime Tamaki
  • Patent number: 9731587
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame supported by a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels; a seat supported by the frame; an engine disposed behind the seat; a mounting support provided between the engine and the frame, at a lower position that is lower than a center of the engine in an up-down direction; and a vibration reducing member provided between the engine and the frame, at a higher position that is higher than the center of the engine in the up-down direction. The vibration reducing member includes a torque rod extending in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a crank shaft when the vehicle is viewed in a plan view; and a rubber damper provided at each end of the torque rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Uki
  • Patent number: 9731588
    Abstract: A hybrid drive of a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission. The transmission is a multi-stage shifting transmission including two subtransmissions, each of which has a separate input shaft and a common output shaft. The first input shaft of a first subtransmission can be coupled to the internal combustion engine via a friction-locking clutch in such a way that when the clutch is engaged the internal combustion engine is coupled to the first input shaft and thus to the first subtransmission, and when the clutch is disengaged the internal combustion engine is decoupled from the first input shaft and thus decoupled from the first subtransmission. A second input shaft of a second subtransmission is rigidly coupled to the electric machine, and both input shafts can be coupled selectively to the common output shaft via form-locking shift elements of the subtransmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Johannes Kaltenbach, Uwe Griesmeier
  • Patent number: 9688315
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an underbody and a cradle assembly. The assembly includes a cradle body and a flange extending to a distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a platform having at least one side and defining an aperture spaced from the side. A fastener is disposed through the aperture and in engagement with the underbody when the cradle body is in a first position. The platform defines a void and has a portion of material disposed adjacent to the void to present a release pathway. The cradle body is configured to move from the first position to a second position which separates the flange of the cradle body from the underbody by moving the fastener out of the aperture, through the void and the portion of material along the release pathway, and out the side of the platform when the cradle body moves to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: GM Global Technology Operations LLC, F.tech R&D North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Len V. Peschansky, Xiao Yu, Balbir S. Sangha, Zohir Molhem, Bikramjit Sarkaria, Joseph K. Moore
  • Patent number: 9682613
    Abstract: A first engine mount unit sharing no distributed load of a power unit includes: a power unit side bracket attached to the power unit; a vehicle body side bracket attached to a vehicle body; and a mount rubber provided between the power unit side bracket and the vehicle body side bracket. At attachment portions of the power unit side bracket and the vehicle body side bracket of the first engine mount unit, a bolt hole is provided in an inner cylinder part adhered to the mount rubber pressed into the power unit side bracket, to adjust variations in the height direction (H direction) of the vehicle, while bolt holes are provided in the vehicle body side bracket to adjust variations in the width direction (W direction) of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miya, Nobuya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9677668
    Abstract: A park gear and pawl assembly for a vehicle transmission includes a park gear, a hydraulic control passage, a park pawl, a hydraulic pump, an abutment assembly, a park rod, and a hydraulic actuator. The park gear is fixed for common rotation to an output shaft of the transmission. The hydraulic passage is integrated into a housing of the transmission. The park pawl is engaged with the park gear when the park pawl is in a first position. The hydraulic pump includes an input member and output port. The input member is drivingly connected to the output shaft of the transmission and the output port is in communication with the hydraulic. The park rod at least partially disposed in the abutment assembly. The hydraulic actuator axially actuated via hydraulic fluid pressure in the hydraulic passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Joel H. Gunderson
  • Patent number: 9663145
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a vehicle frame assembly configured to accommodate different first and second suspension system configurations via mounting fixtures. The vehicle frame assembly can include a main frame assembly, and a frame assembly connected to and extending away from the main frame assembly. Multiple mounting locations can be provided on at least one of the main frame assembly and the frame assembly, each of the mounting locations being configured to accommodate one of the mounting fixtures. The mounting locations can include a first set configured for use with the first suspension system configuration, and a second set configured for use with the second suspension system configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dustin Schroeder, Dustin Lee Hinders, Lee N. Bowers
  • Patent number: 9610979
    Abstract: A subframe structure being supported by a vehicle-body frame and supporting a vehicular power plant through a damping device. The subframe structure includes: a longitudinal member which extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and is rigidly fixed to the vehicle-body frame; a lateral member which extends in a vehicle width direction and on which at least one of the damping devices is mounted; a floating mechanism which floatingly supports the lateral member on the longitudinal member through an elastic mechanism; and a suspension arm connected to the longitudinal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Hirano, Tetsuya Miyahara, Masahiro Terada, Shungo Fueki, Go Fujikawa, Gen Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9580129
    Abstract: A generator assembly comprises an internal combustion engine connected to a generator by a transmission. The transmission comprises multiple outputs such that another mechanically powered device can be driven by the engine. The transmission includes a shift mechanism for selecting which output receives power from the engine. The assembly may also be a vehicle and one of the devices can be a drivetrain for powering a drive wheel of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Burromax LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Francis
  • Patent number: 9528309
    Abstract: A hood hinge assembly for rotation of a hood of an outdoor power equipment device between an open position and a closed position may include a fixed bracket mounted directly or indirectly to a frame of the outdoor power equipment device, and a movable bracket mounted to the hood to enable the hood to be moved between the open position and the closed position via rotation of the movable bracket relative to the fixed bracket. The hood hinge assembly may define an axis of rotation for the hood via a first offset pin and a second offset pin that have respective distal ends oriented in the same direction for sequential engagement with respective ones of a first receiving hole and a second receiving hole that are spaced apart from each other by a distance greater than a distance between the respective distal ends of the first and second offset pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Corey Fisher
  • Patent number: 9499037
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a power unit of a utility vehicle. The power unit includes: a body part; an output shaft extending in frontward and rearward directions through the body part; a first attaching member provided with a first damper and attaching a lower end part of the body part to a vehicle body frame of the utility vehicle; and a torque rod located in an upper part of the body part and constructed between the body part and the vehicle body frame so as to restrict rolling of the body part in vehicle width directions. A body side attaching part of the torque rod, attached to the body part, is located on an extension line of a compression axis direction of the first damper in side view of the power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruaki Yamamoto, Akiyuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 9452670
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a power unit with an engine that transmits drive force forward and backward to front and rear wheels via propeller shafts. The power unit is supported on a vehicle frame by engine mounts provided at three locations. An engine mount on one side of a crankshaft is farther from the center of gravity of the power unit than the other two mounts. This engine mount joins the crank case and the vehicle frame. The two other engine mounts on the other side of the crankshaft are closer to the center of gravity. These engine mounts join the vehicle frame and front and rear ends of an engine hanger that is joined to the crank case and extends forward and backward beyond at least one of a front end and a rear end of the crank case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Oshima, Yasuo Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 9452669
    Abstract: An all-terrain vehicle has a frame unit including upper side tubes and lower side tubes. Front and rear ancillary tube assemblies are connected between the upper side tubes and the lower side tubes in the front and rear parts. A power unit is fixed to the lower side tubes. A heat dissipation member for cooling the power unit is mounted to the front part of the frame unit. The power unit has an air inlet port to which a cooling duct is coupled. A steering mechanism is arranged in an internal area delimited by the upper side tubes and the lower side tubes between the heat dissipation member and the power unit and includes a steering bar, an electronic steering assisting device, and a steering arm. The cooling duct and the electronic motor are respectively set on opposite sides of a steering bar center axis of the steering mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: KWANG YANG MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsung-Ting Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9370999
    Abstract: An ROV includes a body frame, first and second seats each including a seating portion, an engine disposed rearward relative to the seating portions and supported by the body frame, a transmission including a drive shaft and a main shaft configured to rotate by receiving a driving force from a crankshaft, and a transmission case provided as a component separate from the engine and spaced away from the engine and in which the transmission is contained. At least a portion of the transmission case is disposed between the seating portions and above a lower end of the seating portion and a lower end of the seating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hayato Osaki
  • Patent number: 9327723
    Abstract: A system for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle includes a control unit for determining whether or not an Oil Pump Unit (OPU) and an Electric Oil Pressure (EOP) temperature sensor are normally operated; a phase current density comparison unit for comparing the mean density of phase currents acquired after shifting the gears of the vehicle with the density of coil phase currents which flow through a coil at a maximum permissible temperature at which the coil is not burning; and a torque control unit for controlling the value of torque to be applied to a transmission according to a result acquired by the phase current density comparison unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Jae Kang, Jong Hyun Kim, Hak Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 9297294
    Abstract: A control valve for a cooling circuit of an automobile engine comprises a valve body (12) provided with an input (20) and a number of outputs (22, 24, 26) for a coolant, an adjustment member (14) designed to rotate about a rotation axis (XX), an electric motor (30) coupled to the adjustment member (14) to bring it into chosen angular positions to control the distribution of the coolant between the outputs (22, 24, 26), and an absolute position sensor (50) coupled in rotation to the adjustment member (14) to deliver an output signal (S) representative of the angular position of the adjustment member (14), wherein the motor is able to be driven by a position controller (CP) which is designed to receive the output signal (S) and which is used to adjust the angular position of the adjustment member (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Anne-Sylvie Magnier-Cathenod, Jean-Sylvain Bernard, Carlos Da Silva
  • Patent number: 9267431
    Abstract: A position regulating apparatus has a generator body made of an engine and a generator driven by the engine, and a frame surrounding the periphery of the generator body. The frame is provided with a bump stopper as a rod member. The bump stopper is attached to a housing of the engine and disposed horizontally. The bump stopper regulates the position in the horizontal direction of the generator body within a preset range. Receiving plates disposed so as to face both end faces of the stopper body are provided. The round bar as the body of the bump stopper has a crank shape which reduces an impact by generating bending moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Takahashi, Takeshi Sasajima, Katsuhiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9260010
    Abstract: A power take-off system for a vehicle is disclosed, including an input shaft, an output shaft, and a countershaft. The output shaft includes an engagement interface for rotationally fixed engagement with one of various implement shafts. The implement shafts extend outside the vehicle when engaged with the output shaft. A clutch device is configured to engage with one or more of the input shaft, the output shaft and the countershaft. In a first engagement position, the clutch device may cause transmission of rotational power from the input shaft to the output shaft via the clutch device. In a second engagement position, the clutch device may cause transmission of rotational power from the input shaft to the output shaft via the clutch device and the countershaft. In this way, both speeds appropriate for mechanical power transmission and speeds appropriate for electrical power generation may be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Clayton P. Neumann
  • Patent number: 9242553
    Abstract: A vehicle, including: a brake pedal arranged at a right step side, a rotating shaft of the brake pedal being disposed on a transmission case; a clutch pedal arranged at a left step side, a rotating shaft of the clutch pedal being disposed on the transmission case; a right fuel tank disposed below a right step, and at a right side of the transmission case; and a left fuel tank disposed below a left step, and at a left side of the transmission case, wherein a pedal arm of the brake pedal is, in plane view, arranged between the transmission case and the right fuel tank, and a pedal arm of the clutch pedal is, in plane view, arranged between the transmission case and the left fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tani, Shoji Komoda
  • Patent number: 9227664
    Abstract: A rear sub frame comprising a pair of side members, a front cross member, and a rear cross member. The front cross member is configured in substantially a V shape in a front view such that the front cross member slants continuously from both end portions thereof toward a central portion, in a vehicle width direction, thereof which is located below a rear differential, and that a center position, in the vehicle width direction, of a bottom portion of the front cross member which corresponds to an apex portion of the V shape is offset from a center of a vehicle body in the vehicle width direction toward a specified side which matches an offset-arrangement side of a ring gear arranged in the rear differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Okuyama, Fumitaka Andou, Masaya Hiramatsu, Makoto Nishino