Electric Or Magnetic Drive Or Control Patents (Class 475/149)
  • Patent number: 12152535
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a rotating structure, a stationary structure and an electric machine. The rotating structure is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The stationary structure circumscribes the rotating structure. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor circumscribes the rotating structure and is coupled to the rotating structure through a spline connection. The stator is connected to the stationary structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc J. Muldoon, Russell B. Witlicki
  • Patent number: 12128987
    Abstract: A drive train for muscle-driven single-track or multi-track vehicles with a crank-driven bottom bracket gearbox which is connected on the output side to a chain or belt drive from which a chain or belt leads directly or shiftably to a pinion to a rear wheel hub, belt leads directly or switchably in each case to a pinion to a rear wheel hub, wherein in addition to the bottom bracket gearbox, which is designed as a primary gearbox with n speeds or with variable transmission ratio, a rear-mounted gearbox is also arranged in the drive train as a switchable rear wheel hub gearbox with m=two or m=three speeds, wherein n and m are natural numbers. In addition to the bottom bracket gearbox, which is designed as a primary gearbox with n speeds, the drive train also includes a rear-mounted gearbox as a shiftable rear wheel hub gearbox with m=two or m=three speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Wilfried Donner
  • Patent number: 12005785
    Abstract: The vehicle power device includes: a wheel bearing; and an electric motor including a stator and a rotor. The vehicle power device includes a rotor casing that is a cover member covering the electric motor and a part of the wheel bearing, the part being located on an inboard side with respect to the hub flange, such that a separated space is defined inside the cover member. A seal member configured to prevent entry of moisture from a press-fitting part where a hub bolt is press-fitted into a bolt hole provided in the hub flange is disposed near the press-fitting part. The hub flange is formed with an annular groove coaxial with the hub bolt in an area where a head of the hub bolt comes into contact with an inboard-side surface of the hub flange, and the seal member having a ring shape is disposed in the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji Yada, Kentaro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11981005
    Abstract: A rotary shaft is spline coupled to a carrier of a final-stage planetary gear mechanism. A bearing for supporting the rotary shaft is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the carrier. The bearing and the carrier are arranged so as to overlap in a direction perpendicular to a motor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Kuriki, Masaya Nagao, Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Toshiro Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11872875
    Abstract: Methods and systems for an electric driveline are provided. In one example, the electric driveline system includes a transmission with a planetary gearset, with a first gearset component rotationally coupled to a first electric machine and a second electric machine, and a first output interface and a second output interface rotationally coupled to a first axle and a second axle, respectively, and a second gearset component in the planetary gearset. The driveline system further includes a first friction clutch configured to selectively brake a third gearset component and a second friction clutch configured to selectively couple the first gearset component to an output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DANA BELGIUM N.V.
    Inventors: Joachim Van Dingenen, Bert Hannon, Jessica Versini
  • Patent number: 11852217
    Abstract: A speed reducer according to the invention includes: a main speed reduction unit decelerating rotation from an input side and transmitting decelerated rotation to an output side; a fixed block coupled to the main speed reduction unit and rotatably supporting an input gear coupled to a rotary drive source; an output gear transmitting rotation of the input gear to an input side of the main speed reduction unit; and an intermediate gear meshing with the input gear and the output gear and rotatably supported by the fixed block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Nakamura, Yuta Nagaya
  • Patent number: 11820204
    Abstract: A rotary apparatus includes a motor, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the plurality of gears and the motor. The housing includes a first surface portion, a second surface portion facing the first surface portion and spaced apart from the first surface portion, and a sidewall portion provided at an outer peripheral portion of the first surface portion and the second surface portion and supporting the first surface portion and the second surface portion. One of the first surface portion and the second surface portion includes a vibration damping part opposing the output gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Yukimasa Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11773936
    Abstract: A brake system that includes a first brake piston and a second brake piston; a motor; a distributing assembly that includes a first output and a second output, and a deactivator. The distributing assembly distributes torque or power from the motor to the first brake piston via the first output and to the second brake piston via the second output. In a first operating configuration, the deactivator is inactive, and the distributing assembly distributes the torque or power to both of the first and second outputs such that a speed of the first output and the second output varies. In a second operating configuration, the deactivator is configured to deactivate the distributing assembly and the distributing assembly distributes the torque or power to both of the first output and the second output such that the speed of the first output and the second output is generally the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Waleed Mahmoud Al-Mahshi, Michio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11688984
    Abstract: A high-current contact device includes a first contact element transmitting electrical energy, a circuit carrier, a first data contact transmitting data, and a data interface. The first contact element extends through the circuit carrier along a mating axis at a feedthrough. A conductor track of the circuit carrier electrically connects the first data contact to the data interface. A carrier of the circuit carrier is injection-molded and mechanically supports the first data contact, the conductor track, and the data interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Heiss, Philipp Kowarsch, Tobias Meissner, Frank Wittrock
  • Patent number: 11679663
    Abstract: An input gear, an output gear, an input-side intermediate gear, and an output-side intermediate gear are helical gears. The output gear and the output-side intermediate gear have a larger module than the input gear and the input-side intermediate gear. The input gear and the input-side intermediate gear have a larger twisting angle than the output gear and the output-side intermediate gear. The output gear and the output-side intermediate gear have a larger effective tooth length than the input gear and the input-side intermediate gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryou Yukishima, Katsunori Sato
  • Patent number: 11641146
    Abstract: Provided is a wheel bearing apparatus with a generator that can have a simplified structure to reduce costs and is capable of preventing electrolytic corrosion. The wheel bearing apparatus with a generator includes a wheel bearing and a generator. The generator includes a stator attached to a fixed wheel and a motor rotor attached to a rotating wheel and is of an outer-rotor type in which the stator is located on an outer periphery of the wheel bearing, and the motor rotor is located radially outside of the stator. The wheel bearing apparatus with the generator further includes at least one conducting unit that conducts a current between the fixed wheel and the rotating wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yabuta, Mitsuo Kawamura, Kentaro Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11624424
    Abstract: A rotation driving device includes: a body 10, made of resin, and having an accommodation hole 13 in a cylindrical shape with an axis S as a center; a motor M, comprising a rotor 60 provided in an accommodation hole of the body and rotating around the axis and a rotation shaft 40 integrally rotating around the axis with the rotor and extending in an axial direction; a first bearing B1 fixed to an end side of the body and a second bearing B2 fixed to the other end side of the body in the axial direction, so as to rotatably support the rotation shaft; and a first cover member 110 connected to the one end side of the body and a second cover member 120 connected to the other end side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Shiokawa, Daiki Ihara, Shota Yagoh, Katsushi Takami
  • Patent number: 11590955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic braked-integrated in-wheel motor driving device. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparently complicated driving device structure, which is formed due to the installation of a brake, can be avoided, and a product appearance of a wheel-chair, to which the in-wheel motor driving device is applied, can be simplified, whereby the driving device improves the visual appearance as well as the brake function and can thus enhance production competitiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seung-Suk Oh, Dosun Kim, Hyojin Ko
  • Patent number: 11555342
    Abstract: A profile learning system for cooperative control of a dual actuator applied to opposite sliding doors may include a first position sensor configured to detect a position of a door that operates in a first direction along a rail; a spindle assembly including a spindle that operates in a second direction with respect to the door to prevent the door from rattling; first and second motors engaged to the door and the spindle assembly and configured to provide driving power to the door and the spindle assembly, respectively; a memory unit configured to store the position of the door; and a control unit configured to adjust an output of the second motor configured for a predetermined time period and to determine learning success or learning failure for complete opening or closing of the door based on the position of the door when a stall state is detected due to a difference in stroke between the first motor and the second motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jun-Hyuk Kim, Bon-Hyeok Ku, Hyung-In Yun, Chung-Sik Yim
  • Patent number: 11522404
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes a motor which has a rotor having a motor shaft extending along a central axis and a stator facing the rotor in a radial direction, a motor case for housing the motor, and a deceleration mechanism coupled to one axial side of the motor shaft. The motor case has a case cylinder portion, a lid for covering, and a plurality of screws. The case cylinder portion has a plurality of screw fixing portions. The lid has a top plate portion, an outer cylinder portion which surrounds the case cylinder portion from a radial outer side, an annular groove portion, and a seal member which seals the opening portion of the case cylinder portion. In the lid, an axial thickness of a region which overlaps the annular groove portion as viewed in the axial direction is larger than an axial thickness of the top plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Kinjo, Hiroshi Shirai, Yutaka Uematsu
  • Patent number: 11515753
    Abstract: A reduction gearbox which has: an input, which can be coupled to an input shaft, which has an input speed; an output, which rotates at an output speed that is lower than the input speed; and at least one statically arranged component. It is envisaged that an electric generator is integrated into the reduction gearbox, said generator comprising a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor of the electric generator is coupled to the output of the reduction gearbox, and the stator of the electric generator is coupled to a statically arranged component of the reduction gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Christoph Klaus, Konstantinos Emmanouil
  • Patent number: 11493127
    Abstract: Methods and system are described for changing a driveline gear range from a lower gear range to a higher gear range. The driveline may include two electric machines and four clutches in a four wheel drive configuration. The methods and systems permit a driveline to change from a lower gear range to a higher gear range in a way that may reduce torque disturbances that may result from gear lash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Weitian Chen, Matthew John Shelton, Zhengyu Dai, Pinzhi Liu, Jose Velazquez Alcantar, Joseph Jay Torres
  • Patent number: 11460104
    Abstract: An electronic shift lever includes a motor part configured to generate a driving force according to an input signal from a controller which receives an input signal from a user, an output shaft assembly coupled to the motor part and rotated by a driving force of the motor part, a manual shaft coupled to the output shaft assembly and configured to receive the driving force of the motor part, a support member disposed between the motor part and the output shaft assembly and between the housing and the output shaft assembly, a magnet rotor having a first end into which the output shaft assembly is inserted and a second end through which the manual shaft passes, a Hall sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the magnet rotor, and the housing which accommodates the motor part, the output shaft assembly, the support member, and the Hall sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yu Ko, Su Won Kim, Ji Hwan Oh, Chan Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11453460
    Abstract: A drive system, wherein: a drive shaft and an output shaft as well as a second motor, to-gether with the second rotor shaft thereof, are arranged coaxially in a first shafting; a multi-stage cross-drive steering transmission of the drive system, together with a sun gear, a ring gear and a planetary carrier, is designed solely as a three-shaft planetary gear stage, which is arranged in a second shafting parallel to the first shafting; and a first motor is arranged in a third shafting together with the first rotor shaft thereof, said third shafting being parallel to the first shafting and to the second shafting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Antriebstechnik GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Berlin
    Inventors: Peter Tenberge, Mick Jordan
  • Patent number: 11448297
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a self-locking non-backdrivable gear system. The gear system may comprise a primary motor input and self-lubricating gear box. The primary motor input is for rotation of the gearbox about the axis of a drive shaft. The gearbox may comprise an input ring gear, one or more planet locking gears, fixed spur gear, and output spur gear. In operation, rotation of the primary motor input causes rotation of the ring gear which causes rotation of the planet locking gear which causes rotation of the output spur gear which causes rotation of the drive shaft. However, in the absence of rotation of the ring gear, a rotational force applied to the output spur gear causes the gear teeth on the fixed and output spur gears to lock the planet gear in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Kinatech, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen John Kochan
  • Patent number: 11421777
    Abstract: A gear system is disclosed. The gear system has a structure in which oil churned by a gear is dispensed to at least one of a hollow space or a bearing, thereby effectively lubricating components. For example, the gear system includes a first shaft comprising a hollow space, a first gear arranged at an outer circumference of the first shaft, a second gear externally engaged with the first gear, a bearing arranged at the outer circumference of the first shaft, a housing surrounding the first gear and the second gear, and an oil guide plate disposed between the first shaft and the housing to dispense oil churned by the second gear to the hollow space of the first shaft and the bearing coupled to the first shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LG MAGNA E-POWERTRAIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changwoo Sung, Deokkyu Lee, Junggu Lee
  • Patent number: 11421759
    Abstract: An electric powertrain includes a first electric motor that has an uninterrupted connection with a drive shaft of a vehicle. The electric powertrain further includes a second electric motor that has an interruptible connection with the drive shaft. In one form, this interruptible connection includes a clutch. The electric powertrain further includes a first gear train in the form of a first planetary gear and a second gear train in the form of a second planetary gear. The first gear train, second gear train, and clutch are arranged downstream from the first electric motor and second electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur L. McGrew, Jr., Isaac Mock, George S. Pelton, James Allen Raszkowski
  • Patent number: 11414156
    Abstract: A drive system, wherein: a drive shaft and an output shaft as well as a second motor, to-gether with the second rotor shaft thereof, are arranged coaxially in a first shafting; a multi-stage cross-drive steering transmission of the drive system, together with a sun gear, a ring gear and a planetary carrier, is designed solely as a three-shaft planetary gear stage, which is arranged in a second shafting parallel to the first shafting; and a first motor is arranged in a third shafting together with the first rotor shaft thereof, said third shafting being parallel to the first shafting and to the second shafting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Antriebstechnik GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Berlin
    Inventors: Peter Tenberge, Mick Jordan
  • Patent number: 11359696
    Abstract: A gear drive, such as for an actuator, is a right-angle drive where toothed outer ridge of a face gear is coupled to teeth of a motor output shaft, and a set of planetary gears are engaged with a central sun gear of the face gear. The sun gear and planetary gears are aligned with the motor output shaft. For instance the motor output shaft may be substantially in the same plane with the sun gear and the planetary gears. From another standpoint the axis of the motor output shaft may intersect the sun gear, as well as intersecting a volume that the planetary gears sweep through as the planetary gears engage the sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Randall S. Firor, Cade Wilson, John F. Bugge
  • Patent number: 11353109
    Abstract: A range switching device for switching between a plurality of shift ranges in a vehicle. In the range switching device, the shift ranges are switched depending on a rotational angle of a detent plate that has (i) a first engaged portion for maintaining an angle value of the rotational angle of the detent plate by which a parking range as one of the shift ranges is established in the vehicle and (ii) a second engaged portion for maintaining another angle value of the rotational angle of the detent plate by which a reverse running range as another one of the shift ranges is established in the vehicle. The first and second engaged portions are located in respective positions adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis about which the detent plate is to be rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ozawa, Takahito Ozeki
  • Patent number: 11325244
    Abstract: A modularized externally-driven joint structure can be used for general purposes. An externally-driven joint structure: includes a shaft member that extends in an axial direction; and a number of rotatable members that are arranged along the axial direction, and are coupled with each other by the shaft member in an axially rotatable manner. Each of the rotatable members includes a pair of face portions that face each other in the axial direction, a side wall portion that is arranged along the outer circumferential edges of the pair of face portions, and at least one coupling portion that is arranged at the face portions or the side wall portion, and is coupled with a link member constituting a link of a robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Noda, Yoshihiro Nakata, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Jun Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11313439
    Abstract: A speed reducer includes a case with internal teeth, where the case has a cylindrical shape and an outer diameter D, an inner cylinder centered around an central axis of the case and having an inner diameter R, where R/D falls within a range of 20% to 45%, crank shafts arranged on a circumference of an imaginary circle centered around the central axis of the case, where the crank shafts are spaced away from each other in a circumferential direction of the imaginary circle, and each crank shaft has first external teeth, an external tooth member having second external teeth meshing with the internal teeth, where the external tooth member is eccentrically movable by the crank shafts, and a carrier supporting the crank shafts in a rotatable manner, where the carrier is rotatable by the crank shafts relative to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Mitsuno
  • Patent number: 11283329
    Abstract: A drive apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a generation unit; a gear unit; a rotation unit; and a housing unit. The generation unit generates a rotational force acting around a predetermined axis as a center of rotation. The gear unit includes one or more gears, decelerates the generated rotational force, and transmits the decelerated rotational force. The rotation unit includes a wheel unit and a tire, the wheel unit being directly connected to a gear included in the gear unit and being caused to rotate by the decelerated rotational force, the tire being supported by the wheel unit. The housing unit houses the generation unit by a pair of cover units divided in an axial direction of the predetermined axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 11248681
    Abstract: A torsional fuse in a drivetrain system, an epicyclic gear system, and a method of operating a drivetrain system are provided. The epicyclic gear system includes a housing, a shaft configured to rotate relative to the housing, a sun gear being disposed concentric to the shaft, a plurality of planet gears disposed around the sun gear, a ring gear disposed around the plurality of planet gears, a carrier connecting the plurality of planet gears, and a torsional fuse defined by an interface between a first torsional fuse portion and a second torsional fuse portion, the torsional fuse being configured to allow rotation between the first torsional fuse portion and the second torsional fuse portion upon application of a threshold torque at the torsional fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Douglas S. Base, Steven R. Fliearman
  • Patent number: 11187300
    Abstract: A speed reducer according to one embodiment of the invention includes a carrier having a recess therein, a crankshaft disposed in the recess, and a stopper that is disposed on a bottom surface of the recess and prevents the crankshaft from moving in a direction along a rotation axis of the crankshaft toward the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Furuta
  • Patent number: 11174933
    Abstract: A transmission for a motor vehicle has an input shaft, an output shaft, a ratio-changing device by which different transmission ratios are made available, a housing, a hub connected to a torsional damper, and a separating clutch including a first clutch half and a second clutch half. The hub is connected to the first clutch half. The input shaft is rotationally fixed to the second clutch half and extends axially into the ratio-changing device. A first axial end of the input shaft is directly or indirectly supported on the housing in a radial direction via a first bearing. A second axial end of the input shaft is supported directly on the hub in the radial direction via a second bearing. Additionally, the hub is directly supported on a bearing shield in the radial direction via a third bearing, the bearing shield being rotationally fixed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Thomas Riedisser, Kim Führer
  • Patent number: 11173092
    Abstract: A joint exoskeleton auxiliary driving mechanism has a first driving module. The first driving module has a first gear member, a first connecting member, a first rotating driver, a first linear driver, and a first motion element. The first connecting member is disposed on a side of the first gear member. The first rotating driver is disposed on the first connecting member and engages with the first gear member. The first linear driver is disposed on the first connecting member. The first motion assembly is connected to a first power output element of the first linear driver. The joint exoskeleton auxiliary driving mechanism has two degrees of freedom motion function such as forward rotation, reverse rotation, and dorsiflexion or extension, and has the advantages of structural simplification, precise strength controlling, lightweight, and miniaturization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Chao-Chieh Lan
  • Patent number: 11162967
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a speed of a vehicle having an in-wheel motor may include: a transmission gear configured to be rotated by power transmitted from the in-wheel motor, and including a mounting groove formed along a circumferential direction; a measurement target having magnetic force and mounted in the mounting groove; and a speed sensor installed at a position spaced apart from the measurement target and configured to measure rotation of the measurement target part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hae Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 11155326
    Abstract: A bionic underwater robot for achieving a variety of motions is disclosed. The bionic underwater robot includes a head and one or more tail structures. Each of the one or more tail structures includes one or more joint structures. Each of the one or more joint structures includes a connection plate, and a modular assembly, comprising an upper servo motor, a lower servo motor, and a bevel gear mechanism, is motorized for performing various movement motions of the joint structure. The bevel gear mechanism is integrally formed by an intermediate bevel gear, a first bevel gear, and a second bevel gear. The upper servo motor drives the first bevel gear from a first side of the modular assembly, while the lower servo motor drives the second bevel gear from a second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Xingjian Jing
  • Patent number: 11156280
    Abstract: A transmission comprises a first planetary stage that has a first planetary gear train with a first set of planet gears configured to rotate on a first planet carrier and mesh with a first sun gear and a first ring gear, a second planetary stage wherein the second planetary stage has a second planetary gear train with a second set of planet gears, wherein the second set of planet gears are configured to rotate on a second planet carrier and mesh with a second sun gear and a second ring gear, wherein the first planet carrier is connected to the second sun gear, wherein the first sun gear is operatively connected to a drive shaft, a differential stage operatively connected to the second planet carrier and configured to distribute power, and a double-clutch device that includes a first and second clutch and is located between the planetary stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Franz Kurth
  • Patent number: 11110793
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a cylindrical rotor and a cylindrical stator. The rotor includes a magnet portion. The stator includes a multiple-phase stator winding. The rotor and the stator are arranged in a state in which the magnet portion and the stator winding oppose each other inward and outward in a radial direction. A differential apparatus includes a differential case, side gears, and a pinion gear. The differential case rotates with a rotation of a rotor. The side gears are housed in the differential case and respectively connected to the pair of axles. The pinion gear is housed in the differential case and mutually meshes with the side gears. The differential apparatus is concentrically arranged with the rotor in a hollow portion provided on an inner side in a radial direction of a magnetic circuit portion configured by the rotor and the stator in the rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Ryo Tanie
  • Patent number: 11091021
    Abstract: A power plant is provided which is capable of not only achieving the improvement in responsiveness, weight reduction, and manufacturing cost reduction of the power plant, but also enhancing the efficiency of the vehicle. The rotational speeds of first to third rotary elements satisfy a collinear relationship in which the rotational speeds are aligned in a single straight line in a collinear chart in the mentioned order, with the first and second rotary elements being connected to a first rotating electric machine and wheels, respectively, and first and second blocking/connecting members of a first one-way clutch being connected to the first and second rotary elements, respectively. In a case where the first and second rotary elements rotate in a first predetermined rotational direction by transmission of rotational motive power from the first rotating electric machine, transmission of rotational motive power from the first blocking/connecting member to the second blocking/connecting member is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Bando
  • Patent number: 10975937
    Abstract: A combination starter-generator device includes an electric machine and a gear set configured to couple the electric machine and the engine in first and second power flow directions. The gear set is configured to operate in one of at least a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode in the first power flow direction and at least a fourth mode in the second power flow direction. The starter-generator device includes a clutch arrangement with at least one clutch selectively coupled to the gear set to effect the first, second, and third mode in the first power flow direction and the fourth mode in the second power flow direction; and a cam plate configured to shift the at least one clutch between a disengaged position and an engaged position relative to the gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven R. Fliearman, Lisa R. Lloyd
  • Patent number: 10968985
    Abstract: A combination starter-generator device for a work vehicle includes an electric machine and a bi-directional gear set. The gear set is configured to receive rotational input from the electric machine and from the engine and to couple the electric machine and the engine in a first power flow direction and a second power flow direction. In the first power flow direction the gear set effects a first gear ratio, and in the second power flow direction the gear set effects a second gear ratio. In the first power flow direction, the gear set receives input power from the electric machine in a first clock direction and outputs power to the engine in a second clock direction opposite the first clock direction. In the second power flow direction, input power from the engine is in the second clock direction and output power to the electric machine is in the second clock direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven R. Fliearman, Douglas S. Base, Lisa R. Lloyd
  • Patent number: 10906194
    Abstract: A structure of a joint includes a reduction gear including a shaft configured to support a gear and including a reduction gear case to which rotational force of the gear is transmitted. The joint includes an interposition member interposed between a servo motor and a pivot base. The servo motor is fixed to the interposition member with motor fixing bolts. The shaft is fixed to the pivot base with shaft fixing bolts. A diameter of the positions of the motor fixing bolts and a diameter of the positions of the shaft fixing bolts are smaller than an outer diameter of the reduction gear case. The interposition member has a shape for fixing the motor fixing bolts at positions away from the shaft fixing bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keishi Yoneda
  • Patent number: 10897181
    Abstract: A ride-on vehicle, such as for a child, includes a vehicle body and one or more wheels that support the vehicle body relative to a surface. At least one of the wheels includes a hub motor arrangement that provides a drive torque for propelling the vehicle. The hub motor arrangement includes a housing defining an interior space. An axle or other mounting element(s) define an axis of rotation of the housing. Preferably, the axle or other mounting element(s) do not pass completely through the housing. A motor drives the housing through a transmission. Preferably, the motor is a standard, compact motor that is positioned on the axis of rotation and can be laterally offset from a central plane of the housing. In some embodiments, a traction element is carried directly by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: RAZOR USA LLC
    Inventor: Joey Chih-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 10859142
    Abstract: A transmission or actuator offering one or more rotational outputs proportionate in speed and direction to that of a common rotational input, each with its own ratio coupled with a controllable dynamic slip/compliance element and optionally either of a one-way bearing or brake preventing back driving. Ratios are continuously variable between positive and negative values, including infinity, varied by mechanical or electromechanical actuators under external or computer control. The transmission may intrinsically integrate multiple partial transmissions for increasing torque capability, rapidly changing between alternate settings, and/or to drive multiple outputs with customizable design. A communicating system of such distributed transmissions forming a hierarchy or network, each transmission driven directly by a motor, indirectly by the output of another transmission, or both, including indirect cumulative forward and back driving throughout the hierarchy or network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen Douglas Williams
  • Patent number: 10843675
    Abstract: An actuator for an electromechanical parking brake having a housing with a brush card assembly is provided, which includes: a main housing having a motor seat and a gear seat; a motor assembly disposed in the motor seat and providing torque; a gear assembly rotated by torque from the motor assembly and performing a reduction function through a plurality of gears; and an inner housing. The inner housing is combined with the main housing and fixes the gear assembly, and integrally has a ring gear operating in mesh with a planetary gear seat of the gear assembly and a brush card electrically connected to the motor assembly. A ring gear operating with the planetary gear set and a brush card electrically connected to the motor assembly are integrally formed at the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KEYANG ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Gil Jang, Ho Gun Lee, Jang Soo Park
  • Patent number: 10823259
    Abstract: A strain wave gearing wherein the tooth profile of an external teeth of a cup-shaped or silk-hat-shaped external gear is set as follows. The tooth-tip tooth thickness decreases gradually from an external-teeth outer end toward an external-teeth inner end along an external tooth trace direction. In addition, a pressure angle at a pitch point (P) increases gradually from the external-teeth outer end toward the external-teeth inner end along the external tooth trace direction. Thus, it is possible to realize a cup-type or silk-hat-type strain wave gearing in which external teeth mesh with internal teeth in a wide range along the tooth trace direction, rather than only in one cross-section perpendicular to the axis in the tooth trace direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Norio Shirokoshi, Yuya Murayama, Yoshitomo Mizoguchi, Satoshi Kishi
  • Patent number: 10752321
    Abstract: A multi-speed hub gear, comprising: an axle adapted to be fixed against rotation; a hub shell; a plurality of planetary gear sets, each comprising: a central gear concentrically fixed on the axle, a rotating gear carrier mounting at least one rotating gear to revolve around the center of the central gear; and a ring gear rotated by the at least one rotating gear; wherein a respective the ring gear of one of the sets is mechanically connected to a respective the rotating gear carrier of another of the sets such that the sets rotate in conjunction; and a gear shifter adapted to engage at least one of the sets to the hub shell while disengaging another of the sets from the hub shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: JustRide
    Inventor: Eran Starik
  • Patent number: 10486555
    Abstract: A seat 1 has a seat cushion 2 and a seat back 3 and is mounted on a vehicle such as a car. A reclining mechanism 4 capable of adjusting the tilt angle of the seat back 3 is provided between the seat cushion 2 and the seat back 3. The reclining mechanism 4 has a seat driving device 21 provided with an electric motor 22 and a speed reduction mechanism 23. The speed reduction mechanism 23 has a worm shaft 45 connected to a motor shaft 34 of the motor 22 and a worm wheel 47 meshed with a worm 46 of the worm shaft 45. The worm 46 is a multi-thread worm having two or more threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBA CORPORATION, NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Iwatate, Junichi Busujima, Kenichi Katsube, Takeshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10458383
    Abstract: A drive system is provided for an engine arrangement, which includes a gear reduction mechanism such as an epicyclic gearing including first junction element connected to an engine crankshaft, second junction element connected to an accessory pulley which is drivingly connected to an electric machine and at least one accessory, and third junction element. A free wheel is connected to a non-rotating part of the engine arrangement. In a first operating phase of the drive system, the free wheel is coupled to the third junction element and is configured such that when the third junction element exerts torque on the free wheel in one direction, the free wheel is in an engaged state and stops the rotation of the third junction element, and, when the third junction element exerts torque on the free wheel in the opposite direction, the free wheel is in a free state and allows rotation of the third junction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yann Boete
  • Patent number: 10451151
    Abstract: A planetary gear train may include first to third gear sets having three elements, respectively, the first and second gear sets mounted on input shaft, the third gear set mounted on output shaft, first shaft fixed to the first element and selectively connectable to the input shaft and housing, second shaft fixed to the second and sixth elements and selectively connectable to the input shaft and the housing, third shaft fixed to the third and fifth elements, fourth shaft fixed to the fourth element and selectively connectable to the housing, fifth shaft fixed to the seventh element and engaged with the third shaft, sixth shaft fixed to the eighth element and selectively connectable to the input shaft, seventh shaft fixed to the ninth element and the output shaft and selectively connectable to the fifth shaft, and two transfer gears each engaged between corresponding pair of shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Wonmin Cho, Seongwook Ji, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 10280991
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a disc brake improved in reliability. In a disc brake, a first holder-side projection is formed on a holder, and a first cover-side recess that fits the first holder-side projection of the holder is formed in a cover. An elastic member is disposed between the first holder-side projection of the holder and the first cover-side recess in the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu Okada, Shigeyuki Uehara, Makoto Shida, Jun Watanabe, Shinichi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10207720
    Abstract: A device (1) to drive at least an output shaft (3) of a rail vehicle with a drive engine (4). The at least one output shaft (3) can be brought into an operational connection with a wheel (2), and a transmission assembly (6) is positioned on the drive side of the at least one output shaft (3). At least two gear ratios can be presented in the area of the transmission assembly (6). In addition, a method is described for operating such a device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Martin Fellmann, Bernd Somschor, Kazutaka Iuchi, Marton Kurucz