420 patents
Utility
Rear Axle with Integrated Electric Motor
4 Jan 24
A truck, comprising a rear axle, comprising a motor housing extending laterally between rear wheels of the truck, and an electric motor and power transmission coaxially aligned in said motor housing and arranged for driving the rear wheels; and a suspension system, for suspending the rear axle to a chassis of the truck, said suspension system at least comprising a pair of springs and shock absorbers, and an anti-roll stabilizer and a guiding rod linkage for allowing movement in a vertical direction relative to the chassis; wherein the motor housing is limited by a minimum vertical ground clearance between the road surface and a bottom surface of the motor housing; wherein the motor housing comprises a reinforced central top section providing a guiding rod mount for pivotally mounting the guiding rod linkage to the rear axle; wherein the motor housing further comprises suspension yokes integrated into the housing and extending on either side of the motor housing near both axial ends, said suspension yokes providing spring mounts and shock absorber mounts for mounting said opposed pair of springs and shock absorbers, wherein the motor housing comprises a rear section outer surface provided with connectors, to provide input ports to the electric motor and wherein said connectors are provided in an orientation to guide one or more high voltage power cables adjacent the rear section outer surface in a vertical upward direction.
Robert Jacobus VREEDE
Filed: 16 Nov 21
Utility
Flexible notifications via an instrument cluster
2 Jan 24
Systems, methods and computer readable storage media provide flexible vehicle status notifications via an instrument cluster displayed on an in-vehicle screen.
Steven Karl Jahns, Ryan Anthony Reed, Jonathan Scott Duncan, Jon Forrest Acton, Jacob Michael White, Raeef Hesham Wahib Barsoum, Brett Grant Kellerstedt, Ian Ramsay Hunt, Hervé Jen Raymond Cecchi, Anna-Magdalena Schatz, Christina Nenke, Marc George Wilczak, Nicole Johnson
Filed: 9 Oct 20
Utility
Guiding Cable with Ribbed Insulation Cover
28 Dec 23
A truck with cable support, comprising a chassis, accommodating an electric power source for powering an electric motor, an E-axle, comprising said electric motor and arranged as a rear wheel driving axle of the truck, a suspension system, suspending the E-axle to the chassis and allowing movement of the E-axle in a vertical direction relative to the chassis, a power cable, electrically connecting the electric power source to the E-axle, and a support beam, forming a mechanical support structure to lead the power cable along a cable path extending between a chassis mount and an E-axle mount, wherein the support beam comprises one or more bending stiffness elements, forming a stiffness of the support beam that is highest in a middle section and that decreases towards the chassis mount and the E-axle mount, evenly distributing the bending stress in the support beam along the cable path when the E-axle moves relative to the chassis, to prevent local fatigue failure of the power cable.
Robert Jacobus VREEDE
Filed: 17 Nov 21
Utility
Pulse Turbo Charging Exhaust System
28 Dec 23
Exhaust systems are described.
Greg BONSEN, Paul HANCOCK, Huateng YANG, Chang-Wook LEE, Olivier LEBASTARD
Filed: 23 Jun 22
Design
Grille panel
12 Dec 23
David Leetz, Troy R. McCuller
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Design
Marker light
12 Dec 23
Brian Chaney, Ken Johnson, Erik Nickerson, Steven H. Hovind, Jonathan Scott Duncan
Filed: 6 Aug 21
Utility
Exhaust After-treatment In Heavy-duty Motor Vehicles
7 Dec 23
Controlling exhaust after-treatment in a heavy-duty motor vehicle includes operating a diesel engine of a heavy-duty truck such that the diesel engine generates an exhaust gas flow that enters an exhaust after-treatment system of the heavy-duty truck, the exhaust after-treatment system including a selective catalytic reduction system, measuring a level of NOx gases in the exhaust gas flow downstream of the selective catalytic reduction system, and controlling a diesel exhaust fluid injector upstream of the selective catalytic reduction system to inject diesel exhaust fluid into the exhaust gas flow upstream of the selective catalytic reduction system at an injection rate that is based on the measured level of NOx gases.
Cynthia Chaffin Webb, John Lyle Lahti, Charles Wayne Reinhardt Swart
Filed: 1 Jun 22
Utility
Engine Pre Turbine Pressure Monitoring System
30 Nov 23
Luc Hubertus Josephina Worms, Maarten Robertus Ingmar Nieuwenhuijze
Filed: 26 Apr 23
Utility
State dynamic tachometer with enhanced feedback
28 Nov 23
A system, method, and computer readable storage device are provided for providing a dynamic tachometer.
Steven Karl Jahns, Ryan Anthony Reed, Jonathan Scott Duncan, Josef Lotz, Tristan Thomas Pyle, Derek Scott Sancer, Jon Forrest Acton, Jacob Michael White, Hervé Jen Raymond Cecchi, David Michael Gauch, Anna-Magdalena Schatz
Filed: 9 Oct 20
Utility
Cloud computing-based vehicle fleet benchmarking
28 Nov 23
Aspects of systems, method, and computer-readable storage media are described herein that are configured to provide operator fleet performance benchmarking and analytics.
Varun Ramesh, Carl Hergart, Cynthia Chaffin Webb, Jorge Rafael Lozada Ramirez
Filed: 23 Apr 21
Utility
Articulated wheel fairing for the steer axle
21 Nov 23
Generally described, an articulated wheel fairing system for a vehicle having a steering system with a neutral steering input and a non-neutral steering input is provided.
Gerald Jay Angelo
Filed: 23 Feb 21
Design
Vehicle roof
14 Nov 23
Jeffrey P. Smith, Victor Garcia, Bradley D. Powell, Derek S. Sancer
Filed: 2 Jan 20
Utility
Power Management System for Electrical Vehicles with Multiple Motors
9 Nov 23
It is aimed to provide a power management system for an electrically driven vehicle that comprises a powertrain of at least two electric motors that can be selectively geared into the powertrain and an electric power source for powering the at least two electric motors.
Johannes Theodorus Bernard Anna KESSELS
Filed: 16 Mar 21
Design
Vehicle fairing
7 Nov 23
Nick Outlaw, Peter Vurpillat, Rebecca Kern, Scott Temple, Brian Hannon, Piotr Stegawski
Filed: 27 Nov 20
Utility
Floating wheel cover
7 Nov 23
The present disclosure is directed to a wheel cover that is coupled to a wheel of a vehicle utilizing a mounting assembly that has a bearing block.
Jeffrey Paul Smith
Filed: 22 Jul 20
Utility
Modular exhaust aftertreatment subsystem
7 Nov 23
A modular exhaust subsystem for purifying an exhaust gas feedstream of a compression-ignition internal combustion engine upstream of a base exhaust aftertreatment system includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, and a first exhaust gas sensor and a first temperature sensor that are arranged to monitor the SCR catalyst.
Cynthia Chaffin Webb, Charles Wayne Reinhardt Swart, Maarten Meijer, Phillip William Stephenson, Trevor Joseph Ott
Filed: 13 Apr 22
Utility
Mechanized trailer connector
31 Oct 23
The present technology describes systems and methods for power coupling of a tractor-trailer system.
Stan DeLizo, Yen-Lin Han, Benjamin M. Cross, Trevor R. Hart, Sahm Noorfeshan, Owen F. Van Valkenburgh
Filed: 1 Jun 21
Utility
Configurable, modular vehicle on common chassis platform, and associated systems and methods
31 Oct 23
A configurable, modular vehicle on common chassis platform, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein.
Stanley W. DeLizo, Gerald Jay Angelo, Theodore Joseph Scherzinger, Brian J. Lindgren
Filed: 24 Sep 20
Utility
Estimating ambient air temperature and diagnosing sensor failure using intercooler efficiency
31 Oct 23
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for determining an estimated ambient air temperature in an environment in which a vehicle is operating.
John Echlin, Mark Lamont Lott, Christopher William John Mabson
Filed: 11 Aug 22
Utility
Systems and methods for reducing efficiency losses associated with powering vehicle accessories
17 Oct 23
Systems and methods for driving an accessory of a vehicle.
Michael D. Gerty, Constantin Emil Nedelcu, Uday Vadlamani, Iner Martin Jorgensen, Mark G. Malowicki
Filed: 6 Jun 22