Patents Examined by Chun Cheung
  • Patent number: 10059499
    Abstract: Package block (3, 5) consisting of individual packages (1, 2) that are mechanically coupled together and can be separated from one another by a shear force acting along the respective parting joint (11) and can be sealed medically tight at least in the vicinity of their container openings (14) by a continuous label strip (17), wherein the continuous label strip (17) consists of individual labels (18-20) connected to one another across parting edges (32), and that the parting edges (32) are aligned with the parting joints (11) between the individual packages (1, 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Roesler IP GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Roesler, Thiemo Roesler, Wolfgang Sohler
  • Patent number: 10059502
    Abstract: An anti-corrosion agent container (1), such that the anti-corrosion agent container (1) includes at least first and second chambers (2, 3). At least one perforated wall (5, 15) separates at least one of the first and the second chambers (2, 3) from the surroundings (10). The anti-corrosion agent container can be used in a wind turbine transmission to prevent corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen, ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Huyberechts
  • Patent number: 10051934
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a layered protective case for a portable computing device with a unique structure to alleviate force from physical impact and to facilitate heat dissipation. Various embodiments are discussed to illustrate options of trade offs between several desired parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventor: Lina Zhang
  • Patent number: 10053270
    Abstract: A bottle carrier made of foldable flat material having a handle comprising two overlapping outer handle walls and two inner handle walls between the outer handle walls, front walls, perpendicular to the handle and two front wall sections on different sides of the handle, connecting straps, connected with an inner edge of a front wall section via a front folding line, folded around front folding lines and connected with the handle, longitudinal walls, parallel to the handle and connected with the outer edges of two front wall sections via side folding lines, a bottom wall, connected with lower edges of longitudinal walls via bottom folding lines, separating webs, connected with lower edge areas of the outer handle walls via inner web folding lines, folded around the inner web folding lines out of the lower edge areas, an insert is arranged between the two outer handle walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventor: Jens Eckermann
  • Patent number: 10053277
    Abstract: A connecting system for providing a fluidic connection, preferably between containers, wherein the connecting system has at least two connecting arrangements configured to provide the fluidic connection, namely a first connecting arrangement and a second connecting arrangement, each of which is fluidically sealed in an initial state, wherein the first connecting arrangement has, in particular, a film-shaped, brittle and/or unstable opening region, is deformable outside the opening region and is configured such that deformation causes the first connecting arrangement to open in the opening region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Rainer Rahmel, Guido Endert, Jonas Ruf, Horst Wergen
  • Patent number: 10046890
    Abstract: A child resistant closure for use on a container that include an inner closure member having a threaded portion and an inclined surface, and an outer closure member coupled to the inner closure member for axial translation therebetween. A series of engagement features extend between the inner and outer closure to permit selective engagement of the outer closure to the inner closure to effect removal of the child resistant closure. The outer closure includes at least one finger spring member being inwardly directed and contacting the inclined surface of the inner closure member, thereby biasing the outer closure member into an operationally disengaged position. The finger spring member T-shaped in cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Amcor Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bradley S. Philip, David Downing, Todd Mastic, Don F. Yeager, James Mierzwiak
  • Patent number: 10045598
    Abstract: The contact lens case structure includes a main body, a number of elastic members, a number of carrier members, a number of cover members, and a number of hollowed-out pressing members. The main body has a number of accommodation spaces. Each elastic member is housed in an accommodation space. A contact lens is placed on a carrier member which in turn is placed on an elastic member. Each pressing member is housed inside a cover member. Each accommodation space is filled with solution. Each cover member is joined to an accommodation space. Each pressing member presses a top side of a carrier member, which in turn compresses an elastic member so that the contact lens is immersed in the solution. The contact lens is held between the pressing member and the carrier member with enhanced cleaning and sterilization effect and is prevented from deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BONASSE ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ta-Chin Lin
  • Patent number: 10039274
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a container and retaining system that includes a container including a top surface. A retaining apparatus is coupled to the top surface of the container, wherein the retaining apparatus is configured to retain an elongate object. A handle is rotatably coupled to the top surface of the container, wherein the handle is positionable in a first handle position and a second handle position when the retaining apparatus retains the elongate object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FLAMBEAU, INC.
    Inventors: James A. Raisbeck, William J. Schulz
  • Patent number: 10039419
    Abstract: A container and system for holding a cutting tool of a food processing device is disclosed. The container includes a shell defining a chamber sized to receive one of at least a first cutting tool and a second cutting tool. The shell has a slot that receives a stem of the first cutting tool when the first cutting tool is positioned in the chamber and another slot that receives a stem of the second cutting tool when the second cutting tool is positioned in the chamber. The shell also has a plurality of openings that are sized to permit fluid to pass into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Gushwa, Euan Skinner MacLeod, Edith M. Wine
  • Patent number: 10040595
    Abstract: A packing box for packing tube lamps is provided. The packing box includes a middle case. The middle case is for packing two or more tube lamps. The middle case includes a support section and two bent sections at two opposite sides of the support section. The two bent sections are bent towards the support section. The support section and the two bent sections are substantially aligned in a width direction of the tube lamps before the bent sections are bent. The support section and each of the two bent sections respectively form one or more receiving cavities each of which is for receiving one of the tube lamps and are for wrapping the two or more tube lamps after the bent sections are bent. The tube lamps are easily packed by the packing box, and the tube lamps in the packing box are not easily damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Shau-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 10035639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for preserving, sanitizing, ripening, and preventing or suppressing the growth of microbials within a package used for the transport and storage of various items, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and other perishables and parcels. The device includes an enclosed container and at least one sack operably disposed adjacent the container, wherein the sack encloses an agent and the agent releases gases in the container upon the presence of humidity within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: FreshTec, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig D Machado
  • Patent number: 10017291
    Abstract: A container comprising an outer casing and an inner casing. The inner casing is received within the outer casing and is retractable from the outer casing. The inner casing includes a locking tab which engages with a locking layer of the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Smith, Richard C. Thibault
  • Patent number: 10010108
    Abstract: A method of displaying an electronic vaping device, display packages, blanks for forming a display package for containing an elongated body housing an electronic vaping device, and a method of manufacturing a display package for an electronic vaping device, include establishing a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion, dividing the side portion into a lower retention portion, an upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, the dividing including establishing a side recess panel at a location along a first side panel of the box structure, establishing a front recess panel along a front panel of the box structure, and establishing the window recess portion by folding the first and front recess panels into the box structure. The front recess panel is attached to the side recess panel, and the front recess panel has a width greater than that of the side recess panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Patent number: 10005588
    Abstract: A case for storing tobacco products comprises body having a cavity formed therein. A divider traverses the cavity and defines a boundary between first and second compartments within the cavity. A first lid is pivotally coupled to the body by a first hinge, and a second lid is pivotally coupled to the body by a second hinge. The first lid can be detachably coupled to the divider so as to enclose the first compartment, and the second lid can be detachably coupled to the divider so as to enclose the second compartment. Preferably, the divider is offset from the medial centerline of the body, so that the first compartment has the same length and depth, but a smaller width, than the second compartment. Thus, the case may be configured such that a single tobacco product can be stored in the first compartment, and multiple tobacco products of the same type can be stored in the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Maurice S. Kanbar Revocable Trust
    Inventors: Maurice S. Kanbar, Albert Kolvites
  • Patent number: 9988193
    Abstract: A presentation box for presenting a transaction card may include a hinged lid connected to a hinge edge of the presentation box, the hinged lid to pivot about the hinge edge of the presentation box when moved between a closed position and an open position. The presentation box may further include a presentation apparatus that includes a tether that may be attached to the hinged lid, and a sleeve to receive the transaction card, where the presentation apparatus is to move the transaction card between a first position when the hinged lid is in the closed position and a second position when the hinged lid is in the open position, where the first position is different from the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Koeppel, Molly Johnson, Natasha Jensen, Daniel Clifton
  • Patent number: 9986807
    Abstract: A protective case for a mobile or handheld device is disclosed. The case includes front and rear cover components that are configured to rotate relative to one another so that the case is capable of being configured by the user into have multi-mode use configurations. The case includes a rotatable magnetic clasp that rotates to magnetically secure the case in desired configuration. The magnetic clasp includes a rotatable magnet component attached to one end region of the case and a fixedly positioned and oriented magnet secured to another opposing end region of the case. The rotation of the magnet allows the user to re-orient the polarity of the magnetic component to facilitate mechanical and magnetic retention of the desired configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Incipio, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Bemis
  • Patent number: 9980544
    Abstract: A water resistant device case includes a front and back assembly that mate to enclose an electronic device. The front assembly includes a rigid front frame, a touch screen cover bonded to the front frame, an inner bumper attached to the rigid front frame and an elastomeric main seal attached around a periphery of the rigid front frame. The back assembly includes a rigid back frame, an elastomeric over mold formed on an exterior of the back frame and an inner bumper attached to the rigid back frame. A snap tab attached to the rigid back frame mates with a snap hook on the front assembly to hold the front and back assemblies together when the device is enclosed within the case. A main water resistant seal is formed around a perimeter of the front and back assemblies by the elastomeric main seal on the front assembly being held against an inner surface of the rigid back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Griffin Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Poon, Jeff Fielder, Aaron Jones
  • Patent number: 9980546
    Abstract: A card holder for holding bank cards and presenting them in a staggered fashion, said card holder comprising a housing, said housing comprising main walls and side walls so as to define a space for housing bank cards. It further comprises an element having a plurality of steps. With the present card holder, the element being resilient. One end of the card holder comprises a cut out for bringing the bank cards to a position where the element is pushed below the bank cards and from where gravity move the cards to the staggered position, the bank cards resting on the steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Ape B.V.
    Inventor: Lennert Van Der Laan
  • Patent number: 9984914
    Abstract: A carrier tape (300) with a continuous channel (310) is proposed instead of the individual separate embossed pockets (110) prevalent in conventional carrier tapes (100). The continuous channel (310) reduces or even eliminates small bridge problem typically associated with the conventional carrier tapes (100). The proposed carrier tape (300) can include dividers (330) and cutouts (340) to accommodate the devices (205) with minimum pitch without sacrificing corner relief. A cover tape (450) can be included to seal the devices (205) below the top surface of the devices (205). Further, the floor (316) of the continuous channel (310) can be lined with an adhesive (560).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Anthony Thomas Newman
  • Patent number: 9975692
    Abstract: A package for an electronic device is disclosed. The package includes a first layer of compressed natural fibers defining an aperture and a second layer of compressed natural fibers disposed adjacent to the first layer of compressed natural fibers. The aperture is configured to receive a portion of the electronic device. The second layer of compressed natural fibers has a flap partially covering the aperture defined by the first layer of compressed natural fibers. The first and second layers of compressed natural fibers are bonded to each other by high-frequency welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Bowman Pincus, Lorraine Y. Tang