Patents Examined by Amy J. Sterling
  • Patent number: 11971013
    Abstract: Provided is a tool arrangement for unloading a tower or a tower segment from a transportation vehicle and/or for storing the tower or the tower segment, including a bottom tool device with an attachment to removably attach the bottom tool device to a bottom mounting section of the tower or the tower segment, wherein the tool arrangement further includes a top tool device with an attachment to removably attach the top tool device to a top mounting section of the tower or the tower segment, wherein the bottom tool device and the top tool device each include a lift to lift the tower or the tower segment, when the tower or the tower segment is in a non-erected position and attached to the respective tool device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventor: Christopher Weiss
  • Patent number: 11971058
    Abstract: A fastener arrangement with a fastener designed for fastening to a substrate by means of an adhesive agent, and with an object having an object mount, whereby the object mount can be fixed to the fastener fastened to the substrate. The fastener has a reinforcement part composed of a metallic material, the side wall elements of which are mounted between a retaining ring and edge segments of a holder. The side wall elements of the reinforcement part are designed for fixing the object mount. The fastener has a press-on element bounding an adhesive reservoir, wherein adhesive agent can be guided out of the adhesive reservoir through openings in the reinforcement part and in the holder by a displacement of the press-on element in the axial direction, such that the adhesive agent fixes the fastener to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ehni Schaumstofftechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Willi Ramsteiner
  • Patent number: 11969081
    Abstract: A connection assembly for securing a support member to a work surface (e.g., a table leg to a table top) that includes an attachment plate, a retainer, and a fitting. The attachment plate connects to a bottom surface of the table top, the fitting connects to an upper end of the table leg, and the retainer exerts a force on the fitting that helps absorb or take up tolerances within the connection assembly so that the support member is securely connected to the work surface. In one example, the retainer is a resilient component that is compressed between the fitting and a receiving portion of the attachment plate to help take up tolerances within the connection assembly, whereas in another example the retainer is a rotatable component that exerts a force against the fitting to address tolerances and the like. A method for providing a connection assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: QUINT WORKSPACES LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Dame, Anthony J. Sall, Joel Ruiter, James E. Moon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11969659
    Abstract: A mount, that includes a first ring adapted to allow a first grip of a handheld device to pass partially therethrough, that includes a first ring outer portion adapted to prevent lateral movement of the first grip, and a second ring adapted to allow a second grip of the handheld device to pass partially therethrough, that includes a second ring outer portion adapted to prevent lateral movement of the second grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Justin Paul Stark, Joshua Jacques Slocumb
  • Patent number: 11964175
    Abstract: A bridge rope assembly includes a main body comprising a rope that has a first end and a second end. The rope has a splice therein to form an eye loop in the main body. The eye loop is configured to engage a first bridge loop of a harness. The main body comprises a first portion including the first end and a second portion including the second end. The first portion extends through the second portion of the main body such that the first end is positioned adjacent to the second end. A distance between the first and second ends is less than 2.0 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventors: Walter Ernest Power, II, Gregory Alan Godfrey, Carl Eugene Kossuth, III
  • Patent number: 11962265
    Abstract: A device and system for mounting a solar panel return flange to a rail. The device can include a clamp body and a clamping mechanism. With the clamp body receiving the solar panel return flange and the rail, the clamping mechanism can press the rail upward against the return flange and secure the solar panel to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sunmodo Corporation
    Inventor: Roland Jasmin
  • Patent number: 11957245
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the coupling platforms described herein are usable to couple storage units, such as modular storage units, to structures, such as to the undersides of benches or tables. One or more of the coupling platforms described herein facilitate the user supporting a newly-disengaged support unit. For example, one or more of the coupling platforms permit the user to place their hands on both sides of the storage unit to complete a disengagement between the coupling platform and the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: George Barton, Aaron S. Blumenthal, Honesto D. Camposagrado, Matthew A. Lownik
  • Patent number: 11951339
    Abstract: A fall protection system includes a base assembly, a mast assembly, and a locking assembly adapted to lock the mast assembly with the base assembly. The locking assembly includes a first plate and a second plate. The locking assembly also includes a fixed member fixedly coupled to the second plate. The locking assembly further includes a locking pin including an elongate portion at least partially received within the fixed member and a first tab, the locking pin being movable relative to the fixed member between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the first tab is at least partially received within a first groove such that the locking pin is engaged with the first plate. Further, in the disengaged position, the first tab is at least partially received within a second groove such that the locking pin is spaced apart from the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew C. Strauss, Nicholas G. Bauer, Michael T. Weiss
  • Patent number: 11953147
    Abstract: A structural mount is used for attaching devices to a gutter. The mount includes a gutter engaging portion and a device engaging portion. The gutter engaging portion including two gutter mounts. The gutter mounts include a spiral hook and a stabilizer. The spiral hook extends above a gutter lip and into a gutter channel such that a proximal point of the spiral hook is positioned against an inner surface of a front wall of the gutter, and the stabilizer contacts an outer surface of the front wall of the gutter when the attachment device is engaged with the gutter. The device engaging portion includes a mounting surface and a mounting plate. The mounting plate is capable of receiving a securing clip attached to a device such that the device may engage with the mounting surface via the mounting plate and the securing clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michelle Lee Debroux-Vincil, William Brian Vincil
  • Patent number: 11951894
    Abstract: A tower for a material handler includes a housing surrounding an interior space. The tower has an interior mounting system including a base plate through which a plurality of interior mount openings pass. The interior mount openings are located at positions of the base plate that are interior of the housing. In some embodiments, the tower is part of a material handler that also includes two stabilizers located on opposite sides of the tower, a platform located above the tower, and a boom projecting away from the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Builtrite, LLC
    Inventors: Broderick S. Maki, Maxwell N. Kleven, Jeffrey S. Abelsen
  • Patent number: 11945602
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft. The assembly comprises a frame, an instrument panel fixed to the frame, a support system with an arm bearing a tray in which the arm positions the tray behind the instrument panel, and in which the tray comprises a first attachment arrangement, and a support comprising a second attachment arrangement which cooperates with the first attachment arrangement to removably fix the support onto the tray. The support also comprises a fixing system which ensures the removable fixing of a touch tablet onto the support. With such an assembly, the touch tablet is held without the aid of the pilot and it is positioned in front of him or her for easy access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Vincent Auriac, Patrick Salgues, Laurent Feuillerac
  • Patent number: 11946499
    Abstract: An expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve surrounding the anchor bolt, and an expansion body located in a front region of the anchor bolt, wherein the expansion body has a converging zone for expanding the expansion sleeve. The expansion body has at least one expansion sleeve abutment wall facing the expansion sleeve. The invention also relates to a method for using such an expansion anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tanja Steinberg, Hideki Shimahara, Yijun Li, Matteo Spampatti, Christian Wachter, Guenter Domani, James Ary
  • Patent number: 11944914
    Abstract: A rotatable platform for facilitating the assembly of a jigsaw puzzle by multiple person includes (a) a base having an upper or top surface and a lower surface or bottom surface; (b) a bearing or other pivot is secured to the bottom surface of the base for facilitating rotation of the platform; and (c) retainer for removably retaining a box top cover or similar part of the jigsaw puzzle box which shows the scene to be re-created is mounted to the upper surface of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Richard J. Carr
  • Patent number: 11945368
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustment device for adjusting an orientation of an external vision element of a vehicle about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis. The adjustment device comprises a base for coupling to a vehicle; a frame pivotably coupled to the base about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis; and a drive unit for driving the frame pivotally about the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis. The drive unit comprises a first electromotor connected to a first driven element for driving the frame in rotation about the first pivot axis, and a second electromotor connected to a second driven element for driving the frame in rotation about the second pivot axis. The second electromotor has a lower maximum power consumption compared to a maximum power consumption of the first electromotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Hendrik Alfred Simeon De Vries, Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuilen, Emiel Sebastiaan Janssen, Anne Catharina Martha Bekker, Tom Adriaan Jansen, Arie Anthony De Kan
  • Patent number: 11938844
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus, for a backseat bench of a motor vehicle, includes a housing installation with a fastening space for receiving a retaining section of a component to be fastened, wherein the housing installation is insertable in an assembly direction into a passage opening of a carrier component, and wherein the housing installation has an abutment section with an abutment surface extending transversely to the assembly direction at an end counter to the assembly direction for abutment on an edge of a carrier component facing counter to the assembly direction. A catching installation is provided with catching elements for connecting the fastening apparatus to a carrier component. The fastening apparatus further has a fastening installation with a catching means for releasably fixing a retaining section of a component to be fastened, wherein the fastening installation is arranged in front of the abutment section in the assembly direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Albert Sbongk, Manuel Hübner
  • Patent number: 11938869
    Abstract: A vehicle windscreen has a bracket attached for a sensor including a camera, the bracket comprising a baseplate and a retaining element. The sensor is housed in a housing inserted in the bracket, and at least one rod-shaped member projects from the housing, by way of which it is removably retained in the bracket. A first retaining element variant comprises a raised bed integrated with the baseplate, and a resilient opposed limb, joined to the bed at one end and free at the other end. The limb opposes the bed, and an elongate space extends between the two, with the space closed at one end and open at the other end so the rod-shaped member may enter/be retained in the space. Another retaining element variant comprises a bore having a conical portion and a cylindrical portion in communication with each other, and aligned along a common axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomasz Siudak, Lukasz Pawelec
  • Patent number: 11937727
    Abstract: An apparatus for hanging curtains without tools and wherein no damage is done to the outer wall surface nor, in certain embodiments, the window framing. The apparatus has a wedge body with a first hook at the heel end of the wedge body, and in certain embodiments, the wedge body has a second hook between its heel end and toe end along its inclined plane. The toe end can be wedged between the head of the window framing and intrinsic support typically found adjacent the head of the window framing, like a tension rod or the like. This wedge supports the first and second hooks which protrude from the window framing space for hanging curtain rods therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Zuchel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11940086
    Abstract: A table rotation device includes a bearing assembly, a table support member, a support block, and a cooling block. The bearing assembly includes a fixed ring, a movable ring, and rolling elements provided between the fixed ring and the movable. The movable ring is rotatable about the rotation axis. The table support member is connected to the movable ring so as to fix a position of the table support member relative to a position of the movable ring. The support block is connected to the fixed ring so as to fix a position of the support block relative to a position of the fixed ring. The cooling block is connected to at least one of the fixed ring and the support block such that the cooling block is in contact with both the fixed ring and the support block. The cooling block provides a cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jojiro Kimura, Makoto Tahara, Nobuhiro Sakai
  • Patent number: 11939036
    Abstract: A device for coupling a propulsor to a marine vessel. A rail is configured for attachment to the marine vessel. A carriage is moveable relative to the rail into first and second positions. A shaft has a first end pivotally coupled to the marine vessel and a second end for coupling to the propulsor. An actuator is configured to pivot the shaft relative to the marine vessel to thereby move the propulsor into and between stowed and deployed positions. A lock is manually operable to fix the carriage in the first position in which the actuator prevents manual pivoting of the shaft and alternatively in the second position in which the shaft is permitted to be manually pivoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Andres Perdomo Tornbaum, Wayne M. Jaszewski, Robert A. Podell, Jeremy J. Kraus, James E. Erickson, Randall J. Poirier, Derek J. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 11932443
    Abstract: Devices and systems can be used to enhance warehouse material handling operations. For example, this document describes pallet stands that make material handling processes more safe and efficient. In some embodiments, a pallet stand described herein includes a structure comprising a top configured for a pallet to rest on and a pedestal arranged to elevate the structure above a floor. The pedestal has an outer size that is less than the width of the top structure and less than the length of the top structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Feider, Jeff Hanson, Adam Stark