Patents Examined by Caleb Andrew Holizna
  • Patent number: 11376706
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for loading parts to be treated into a single-side or double-side treatment machine, comprising—a part holder in the form of a plate for holding at least one part to be treated, comprising a second side and first side, said first side being flat, and said part holder delimiting at least one through-hole forming a cell for housing at least one part to be treated, and a film mounted on the first side of the part holder opposite said through-hole, allowing said part to be treated to be held at least during the loading step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: PBMC SA
    Inventors: Denis Munier, Doniphan Mollard
  • Patent number: 11358264
    Abstract: The multifunctional pocket knife (1) is made up of a handle (2) formed by two rigidly connected sides (3, 3?) providing at least one stowage space (4) for foldable tools (6) each pivoting about link pins (5), (5?), respectively, disposed at each end of the handle (2). One of the tools (6) consists of a pair of scissors (8) extending along the longitudinal axis of the knife (1) and being made up of two planar blades (9, 9?) each comprising a cutting edge (10, 10?) and both pivoting about the same axis (5). A pair of scissors (8) intended to be incorporated in a multifunctional pocket knife (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HELVETICA BRANDS SA
    Inventors: Peter Hug, Arnaud Salin
  • Patent number: 11350806
    Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner includes a housing, motor, filter access door, filter, and dirt cup movably coupled to the housing. The housing defines a top, bottom, motor chamber, dirty air inlet, handle, clean air outlet, and air flow path. The air flow path is routed from the dirty air inlet to the clean air outlet. The motor is disposed in the motor chamber and defines a motor axis. The filter access defines a filter chamber with the housing. The filter is disposed in the filter chamber and defines a filter axis. The dirt cup defines a dirt cup axis extending parallel to the motor axis and filter axis. The filter access door is located below the filter axis. When the filter axis door is removed, the filter is removable in a downward direction from the filter chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Kevin Terry, Roderick Burgess, Jacob W. Connelly, Kevin L. Thomas, Garry Fee, Jeffrey D. Accursi
  • Patent number: 11344173
    Abstract: Provided are a cleaning robot and a cleaning cloth bracket for the cleaning robot, including a cleaning cloth bracket, where the cleaning cloth bracket includes a main body, a soft member and a raised portion, a cleaning cloth is provided under the cleaning cloth bracket, the cleaning cloth bracket is floatingly disposed at a bottom of a base of the cleaning robot, the raised portion is provided at a front end of the main body through the soft member, and the raised portion is in contact with the bottom of the base. According to the present disclosure, by increasing the height of the raised portion and providing the soft member between the raised portion and the main body of the cleaning cloth bracket, the range of application of the cleaning robot is improved, the cleaning robot is allowed to overcome higher obstacles, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zeheng Tang, Shoumu Wang, Jinting Bi
  • Patent number: 11318588
    Abstract: A wrench head comprises a working axis, a first jaw, a second jaw, and a third jaw. The first jaw comprises first-jaw arcuate convex contact surfaces. The second jaw, is coupled with and pivotable relative to the first jaw, and comprises second-jaw arcuate convex contact surfaces. The third jaw, is coupled with and pivotable relative to the second jaw, and comprises a third-jaw arcuate convex contact surface and a third-jaw planar contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Donald W. Coffland
  • Patent number: 11317707
    Abstract: A brush head for an electric toothbrush includes a support part supporting upper and lower lateral brush elements and transverse brush elements for the combined brushing of the inner, outer and occlusal surfaces of the upper and lower teeth, and an oscillating device intended to impart an oscillating movement to the support part. The support part is elastically deformable such that it can fit snugly against the upper and lower dental arches during brushing. The oscillating device includes a movable part on which the support part is mounted, and a drive shaft coupled to the movable part in order to move the movable part and the support part in an oscillating manner. The movable part extends between the upper lateral brush elements and the lower lateral brush elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Yann Castaldo
  • Patent number: 11298808
    Abstract: A torque structure includes a first body provided with a first receiving chamber, a first indicator, and a second receiving chamber, a second body provided with a drive portion, a first elastic member biased against the drive portion, a first locking set received in the first receiving chamber, an adjusting set driven by the first body, an indication unit movable to indicate the torque of the torque structure, a third body assembly covering the indication unit, a second locking set rotatable relative to the first locking set, and a third locking set operable between a locking position where the first body cannot be rotated relative to the second body and an unlocking position where the first body is rotated relative to the second body to adjust the torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Wen-Chin Kuo
  • Patent number: 11213936
    Abstract: A torque adjustment switching structure of a torque wrench is characterized by: a screw hole seat, which is located in the rear section of the torque wrench extension shank; the axial actuating sleeve can be axially advanced and retracted; the rear pull sleeve can be forced against the axial actuating sleeve. The axial movement and the rotary motion: the clutch member has a snapping mode and a disengagement mode with the sliding forward and backward of the backward pulling sleeve; and the rearward pulling sleeve presents a force for axial advance and retreat with respect to a screw, and rotates. The timing mechanism is configured to drive the synchronous rotation of the screw. The limiting member is disposed at a corresponding portion of the screw and the rear sliding sleeve to generate a limiting force for the axial backward sliding state of the backward pulling sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Di-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11207764
    Abstract: A torque socket tool includes a main body, a driving portion, an abutting member, an axle, and a sleeve member. The main body defines an axial direction. The abutting member is non-rotatably and slidably arranged in the main body. The sleeve member is rotatably sleeved onto the main body. A threaded section drives the abutting member to slide along the axial direction for adjusting the predetermined torque when the axle is rotated by rotating the sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Hung-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 11161223
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a ratchet unit which has a ratchet tube with a reception hole. A collar is connected to one side of the head and has a slit defined radially through the collar. An engaging member has a first end thereof fixed to the collar, and a second end of the engaging member extends through the slit. The second end of the engaging member is partially located within the through hole of the collar and located above the reception hole of the ratchet tube. An operation ring is mounted to the collar and connected the engaging. A C-clip is mounted to the outer periphery of the collar. When the operation ring is rotated, the second end of the engaging member is pushed to move within the through hole of the collar to position a socket located in the reception hole of the ratchet tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Yi-Fu Chen