Releasable Port Connection Assembly
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240271730A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18687000

    申请日:2022-01-19

    申请人: KA Group AG

    IPC分类号: F16L37/088 F16L43/00

    CPC分类号: F16L37/088 F16L43/008

    摘要: A releasable port connection assembly comprises a female port member having a tubular passageway extending in an axial direction, a male connector having a tube connection end for connecting a tube to it, and a port connection end configured to be received and retained in the tubular passageway by a retaining pawl arrangement configured to engage an outwardly projecting locking shoulder on the port connection end of the male connector once the male connector has been inserted into the tubular passageway and its locking shoulder has passed the protrusion, characterized in that the protrusion is formed as a circumferentially extending inner rim of an elastically deformable split ring which is slidably received between sidewalls of a circumferential groove formed in an inner wall of the tubular passageway.

    Control systems and throttle assemblies for vehicles having handlebars

    公开(公告)号:US11827093B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US16625412

    申请日:2017-07-14

    申请人: KA Group AG

    摘要: A throttle assembly (26) for a vehicle (20) having a handlebar (22) with a grip (36) extending along a grip axis (GA). A housing (42) is adapted for attachment to the handlebar (22) adjacent to the grip (36) and defines a housing axis (UA) adapted to be substantially parallel to the grip axis (GA). A link (48) is slidably supported by the housing (42) between a first link end (48A) and a second link end (48B). A thumb trigger (44) is coupled to the first link end (48A) and moves with the link (48) between first and second trigger positions (44A, 44B). A track mechanism (50) operatively attached to the housing (42) and to the second link end (48B) of the link (48) guides the link (48) along a curvilinear path (54A) such that movement of the thumb trigger (44) to the second trigger position (44B) slides the thumb trigger (44) away from the housing (42) with the thumb trigger (44) traversing the housing axis (UA) during at least a portion of the movement between the first and second trigger positions (44A, 44B).

    Preformed thermoplastic tube including at least one bend

    公开(公告)号:US11820067B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17284565

    申请日:2020-02-04

    申请人: KA Group AG

    IPC分类号: B29C53/08

    CPC分类号: B29C53/083

    摘要: A method for making a preformed thermoplastic tube having a tube wall and including at least one bend formed by thermoforming, characterized in that on an inner curve of the bend the tube wall is provided with a pattern of corrugations with minimal dimensions in terms of number of and heights of corrugations such that a wall length reduction resulting from the corrugations along the inner curve is kept at a minimal value necessary to absorb overlength on the inner curve resulting from forming the bend, and in that on an outer curve of the bend the tube wall is smooth and free of corrugations.

    Grab bar assembly for a vehicle
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11529901B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17280744

    申请日:2018-09-28

    申请人: KA Group AG

    IPC分类号: B60N3/02

    摘要: A grab bar assembly includes a support beam adapted to be mounted to a vehicle and defining a longitudinal axis, a grab bar having an inner beam disposed within the support beam and movable relative to the support beam in first and second directions along the longitudinal axis. The assembly further includes a locking plate attached to the inner beam and a locking mechanism coupled to the support beam and having a latch movable between a lock position engaging the locking plate to fix the grab bar in a location relative to the support beam and a release position disengaging the locking plate to permit adjustment of the grab bar and the inner beam along the longitudinal axis in one of the first and second directions.

    Electrical vehicle axle
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11511617B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17256793

    申请日:2019-06-28

    申请人: KA Group AG

    摘要: An electric axle for a vehicle including a first support member having a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion supporting a first axle receiver, and a second support member including a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate section supporting a second axle receiver. A torsion member extends between the first support member and the second support member. A first drive unit including a first transmission is mounted to the first support member, and a first electric motor is operatively connected to the first transmission. A second drive unit including a second transmission mounted to the second support member, and a second electric motor is operatively connected to the second transmission.

    Hose connector assembly
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11333274B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US16760692

    申请日:2017-11-16

    申请人: KA Group AG

    摘要: A hose connector assembly for connecting a hose to a port of a pressurized fluid system, the system including a socket and an adapter tube in fluid communication, with an end portion of the socket adapted to be connected to a port and having a receiving opening. The adapter tube has a plug-in end portion to be pushed into the receiving opening which is adapted to cooperate with the plug-in end portion to form a plug-in connection mechanism. The adapter tube has a hose connector end fitting adapted to be received in, hold and retain a hose end portion. Complementary locking surfaces of the receiving opening and plug-in end portion are engaged when the plug-in end portion is connected by the plug-in connection mechanism to the socket to lock the adapter tube with respect to the socket against rotation about the longitudinal axis of the adapter tube within the socket.

    Flow Restricting Orifice
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240191732A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18555073

    申请日:2021-04-21

    申请人: KA Group AG

    IPC分类号: F15D1/02 F16L33/20

    摘要: The present invention is directed towards an assembly for connecting a tube, said assembly comprising a tube connector and a flow restricting orifice, said flow restricting orifice comprising a tubular nozzle having an insert portion for insertion into a mouth of the tube connector and a visible marking having a marking element which extends radially outwardly from the tubular nozzle and which includes a frangible connection which is connected to the tubular nozzle and which has at least one predetermined breaking point, the frangible connection being configured to release the marking element when the frangible connection is broken before the tube is completely pushed onto the tube connector, the marking element being configured to be retained on the tube connector or on a tube connected to the tube connector to remain, wherein the flow restricting orifice is fitted in a mouth of the tube connector.

    Pneumatic clutch actuator with self-adjustment mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US11661978B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US17602549

    申请日:2020-04-13

    申请人: KA Group AG

    IPC分类号: F16D25/12 F16D25/08

    摘要: A pneumatic clutch actuator is described herein. The pneumatic clutch actuator includes a piston housing and a piston slidably received within the piston housing and configured to selectively change a clutch state between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The piston includes a self-adjustment mechanism that is configured to adjust an axial length of the piston. The self-adjustment mechanism includes a position locking assembly that includes a locking member and a positioning member. The locking member includes a plurality of locking flanges spaced along an outer surface of the locking member. The positioning member includes a plurality of positioning slots that are spaced along the positioning member. The position locking assembly is positionable between an unlocked state with the locking member spaced a distance from the positioning member, and a locked state with at least one locking flange inserted into a corresponding positioning slot.

    Magnetoelastic Torque Sensor Assembly For Reducing Magnetic Error Due To Harmonics

    公开(公告)号:US20220349762A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17753716

    申请日:2019-09-13

    申请人: KA Group AG

    IPC分类号: G01L3/10 G01L5/22

    摘要: A torque sensor assembly including a shaft configured to receive an applied torque. The shaft includes at least one region being magnetoelastic and configured to generate a magnetic field in response to the applied torque. A plurality of sensors, circumferentially positioned around the at least one region, configured to generate a plurality of signals that are indicative of the magnetic field. Each of the plurality of signals includes multiple harmonic components. A controller is connected with the plurality of sensors and being configured to receive the plurality of signals and determine (i) an average of the plurality of signals in order to cancel at least one of the harmonic components of the multiple harmonic components for each of the plurality of signals, and (ii) a magnitude of the applied torque based on the average of the plurality of signals.