30 patents
Utility
Control systems for corner modules of an electric vehicle, electric vehicles, and methods of operation
19 Dec 23
Novel electric vehicles are disclosed herein.
Richard Sutton, Ron Toledano, Ohad Stauber, Eugen Layevski
Filed: 10 Oct 22
Utility
System and method for defining a specification of a vehicle
12 Dec 23
Methods, systems, and networks for controlling design and manufacture of mechanically and electrically compliant VCM-based vehicles, in which a user manually and explicitly defines at least one vehicle characteristic and at least one VCM characteristic.
Daniel Barel, Keren Shemesh, Ran Dekel, Damian Andrew Harty, Ami Berger, Kimberly Mathers
Filed: 22 Nov 22
Utility
Sliding pillar suspension system
28 Nov 23
Some embodiments may provide a suspension unit that may include a rail having a longitudinal axis, a sliding member slidably connected to the rail, and shock absorption and springing means adapted to damp motions and support forces along the longitudinal axis of the rail, wherein, the rail and the sliding member are shaped to have transverse cross-sectional profiles that prevent a rotational movement of the sliding member with respect to the rail about the longitudinal axis of the rail.
Ahishay Sardes, Ran Dekel, Amit Aknin, Tomer Segev, Eran Starik, Dan Hermann, Eylon Avigur
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Utility
Redundant power distribution system based on single power source
14 Nov 23
An electrical power distribution system includes a first power bus operating in a first voltage range and a second power bus operating in the first voltage range.
Gal Geula, Neta Doron
Filed: 20 Nov 22
Utility
Adaptive suspension system
10 Oct 23
A suspension system for a wheel assembly of a vehicle includes a telescopic damper configured to mediate between respective sprung and unsprung portions of the wheel assembly, a rebound spring arranged to moderate wheel travel, and a force-transfer system operative to apply a force to change one or more parameters of the suspension system.
Ivan Jefferies, Damian Andrew Harty
Filed: 4 Nov 22
Utility
Apparatus for measuring steering angle
1 Aug 23
An apparatus for measuring the steering angle of a wheel assembly including a suspended wheel mount and at least one suspension arm, the apparatus including a reference bracket, a rotating bracket and an angle sensor, the reference bracket and the rotating bracket each respectively including a measurement end and a mounting end, wherein the measurement ends of the reference and rotating brackets are rotatably coupled about a rotation coupling point such that the brackets can rotate with respect to one another, wherein the mounting end of the rotating bracket is coupled with the suspended wheel mount and the mounting end of the reference bracket is coupled with the suspension arm, and wherein the mounting end of the reference bracket is positioned on a plane defined by a steering axis of the suspended wheel mount and a rotation axis between the suspension arm and the suspended wheel mount.
Eylon Avigur, Tomer Lippmann, Eran Starik, Michael Oisgeld
Filed: 1 Feb 22
Utility
Double-arm vehicle suspension system
25 Jul 23
A suspension system for a wheel of a vehicle including: a wheel interface having a wheel interface axis which is an axis about which a wheel rotates when connected to the wheel interface; a first arm connected to the wheel interface and rotatable with respect to the wheel interface about a first axis that is substantially parallel to the wheel interface axis; and a second arm connected to the wheel interface and rotatable with respect to the wheel interface about a second axis that is substantially parallel to the wheel interface axis; and a damping and springing means disposed within a gap formed between the first arm and the second arm, the damping and springing means are connected at one of its ends to at least one of the first arm, the second arm and the wheel interface; wherein at least a portion of the suspension system is to be disposed within a rim of a wheel.
Ahishay Sardes, Ran Dekel, Tomer Segev, Eran Starik, Amit Aknin, Eylon Avigur
Filed: 15 Mar 22
Utility
Dual-wheels corner system with transverse suspension
18 Jul 23
A vehicle corner system for a dual-axle wheels assembly may include: a sub-frame; a first wheel interface having a first spinning axis about which a first wheel spins when connected to the first wheel interface; a first suspension linkage connected to and being transverse to the first wheel interface and to the sub-frame; a second wheel interface having a second spinning axis about which a second wheel spins when connected to the second wheel interface; a second suspension linkage connected to and being transverse to the second wheel interface and to the sub-frame; and a motion restrainer comprising a spring interconnecting the first suspension linkage and the second suspension linkage.
Ran Dekel, Ahishay Sardes, Gil Hacohen, Zohar Goldenstein, Amit Aknin, Gal Zohar, Ran Meir, Ido Gury, Eylon Avigur
Filed: 7 Nov 22
Utility
Dual-axle vehicle corner assembly
27 Jun 23
A dual-axle vehicle corner assembly which may include a sub-frame, a first arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a first arm axis, the first arm having a first axle axis about which a first wheel rotates when connected to the first arm, a second arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a second arm axis, the second arm having a second axle axis about which a second wheel rotates when connected to the second arm, and a suspension system comprising a piston assembly interconnecting the first arm and the second arm, the piston assembly is to controllably increase and decrease a length of the piston assembly to control a distance between the first axle axis and the second axle axis.
Ahishay Sardes, Ran Dekel, Zohar Goldenstein, Ran Meir, Ido Gury
Filed: 25 Oct 22
Utility
Vehicle corner modules and vehicles comprising them
23 May 23
A vehicle corner module (VCM) is provided for regulating motion of a host vehicle which comprises a vehicle-onboard vehicle-controller.
Ahishay Sardes, Tomer Segev, Ran Dekel, Shmuel Chioclea, Neta Doron
Filed: 13 Oct 22
Utility
Vehicle chassis platform
21 Mar 23
A vehicle chassis platform including: a frame having a front frame end, a rear frame end, a longitudinal frame axis, an upper frame surface, a bottom frame surface, a first longitudinal lateral frame surface and a second longitudinal lateral frame surface, wherein the upper frame surface is substantially flat; and two or more mechanical connection assemblies each coupled to one of the first and second longitudinal lateral surfaces, each of mechanical connection assemblies to couple a vehicle corner module (VCM) to the frame and to transfer mechanical loads between the frame and the VCM when the VCM is coupled to the frame.
Ahishay Sardes, Eran Starik, Ran Dekel, Tomer Segev, Amit Aknin, Eylon Avigur, Amos Boaz
Filed: 6 Jan 22
Utility
Vehicle suspension system
31 Jan 23
A suspension system including a Chebyshev-Lambda (CL) mechanism, at least one linear motion mechanism and a spring-damper assembly, the CL mechanism including a suspension-arm, a support-arm and a first rotating-arm, an end of the rotating-arm being configured to be coupled with a reference frame at an anchoring-node, an operational-end of the suspension-arm being configured to be coupled with a suspended-mount at a first node, an end of the support-arm being configured to be coupled with the reference frame at a support-anchoring-node, the linear motion mechanism configured to be coupled with the reference frame via at least one anchoring node, an end of the linear motion mechanism being configured to be coupled with the suspended-mount at a second node, and the spring-damper assembly including at least one spring and at least one damper, wherein respective first and second ends of the spring and the damper are coupled between two points.
Eran Starik, Eylon Avigur
Filed: 13 Oct 21
Utility
Wheel suspension and transmission gear assembly
13 Dec 22
A wheel suspension and transmission gear assembly may include: a main arm pivotally connectable at a connection point of the main arm to a shaft point of a wheel; a first linkage unit pivotally connected at its first end to the main arm; and a second linkage unit pivotally connected at its first end to the main arm such that at least a portion of the main arm is between the first linkage unit and the second linkage unit and such that a second end of the first linkage unit and a second end of the second linkage unit are at opposing sides of the main arm with respect to each other; wherein (i) the main arm and (ii) the first linkage unit or the second linkage unit each may include: a first gear and a second gear pivotally connected thereto and interconnected to transmit rotational motion between each other.
Ahishay Sardes, Ran Dekel, Tomer Segev, Eran Starik, Eylon Avigur
Filed: 12 May 21
Utility
Brake systems integrated into vehicle corner modules and methods of use thereof
13 Dec 22
A Vehicle Corner Module (VCM) based brake system, which includes a brake actuator, adapted to regulate the rotation rate of the wheel assembled to the VCM, a fluid-based brake power source, fluidly connected to the brake actuator and adapted to provide pressurized brake fluid for operating the brake actuator, and a brake-control-circuit, functionally associated with the brake actuator and with the brake power source, and adapted to provide functional inputs to the brake actuator based on a target rotation rate profile desired for a wheel mounted on the VCM.
Hanan Orlov, Ahishay Sardes, Tomer Segev, Neta Doron, Shmuel Chioclea
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Vehicle corner module and methods for installation thereof
25 Oct 22
Some embodiments relate to a vehicle corner module (VCM) connectable to a VCM-connection interface of a reference-frame of a vehicle platform (e.g. for regulating motion of a vehicle).
Troy Kenion, Gail Marie Prince
Filed: 7 Apr 22
Utility
Vehicle corner modules and vehicles comprising them
25 Oct 22
A vehicle corner module (VCM) is provided for regulating motion of a host vehicle which comprises a vehicle-onboard vehicle-controller.
Ahishay Sardes, Tomer Segev, Ran Dekel, Shmuel Chioclea, Neta Doron
Filed: 7 Feb 22
Utility
Control systems for vehicle corner modules and methods of operation
11 Oct 22
A control system for a vehicle comprising a plurality of vehicle corner modules (VCMs) comprises a network of VCM-controllers.
Richard Sutton, Ron Toledano, Ohad Stauber, Eugen Layevski
Filed: 15 Dec 21
Utility
Vehicle corner modules and systems and methods for installation thereof
11 Oct 22
Vehicle corner modules (VCMs) connectable to a VCM-connection interface of a reference-frame of a vehicle platform, for regulating motion of a vehicle.
Ahishay Sardes, Zohar Goldenstain, Amit Aknin, Eylon Avigur, Gal Zohar, Michael Oisgeld, Tomer Schindler, Ran Dekel, Tomer Segev, Eran Starik
Filed: 19 Dec 21
Utility
Wheel-hub gears and casings therefor
20 Sep 22
A gear casing for a wheel-hub assembly comprises a gear housing comprising a drive-gear volume for accommodating therewithin a gearing assembly that is positioned to mediate between a drivetrain member and a wheel-hub member, the drive-gear volume being in fluid communication with opposing first and second openings formed in the gear housing for respective gearing-assembly connections therethrough with the drivetrain member and the wheel hub member; and a lubricant compartment radially displaced from the drive-gear volume and in fluid communication therewith exclusively via an array of one or more lubricant passages disposed circumferentially around a portion of the gear housing, the lubricant-passage array arranged for flow therethrough of a gearing-assembly lubricant between the lubricant compartment and the gear housing.
Eran Starik, Eylon Avigur
Filed: 26 Nov 21
Utility
Device and method for double-arm suspension and in-wheel steering
21 Jun 22
A suspension system for a wheel of a vehicle including: a wheel interface having a wheel interface axis which is an axis about which a wheel rotates when connected to the wheel interface; a first arm connected to the wheel interface and rotatable with respect to the wheel interface about a first axis that is substantially parallel to the wheel interface axis; and a second arm connected to the wheel interface and rotatable with respect to the wheel interface about a second axis that is substantially parallel to the wheel interface axis; and a damping and springing means disposed within a gap formed between the first arm and the second arm, the damping and springing means are connected at one of its ends to at least one of the first arm, the second arm and the wheel interface; wherein at least a portion of the suspension system is to be disposed within a rim of a wheel.
Ahishay Sardes, Ran Dekel, Tomer Segev, Eran Starik, Amit Aknin, Eylon Avigur
Filed: 28 Jun 20