Patents Examined by Ding Y Tan
  • Patent number: 11982382
    Abstract: A quick connector is disclosed comprising a receptacle having first and second channels formed on opposite sides of the exterior of the receptacle. A flange includes a retainer mounting part fixed on a first end of the flange. A first pair of clamping jaws extends from a second end of the flange with each clamping jaw of the first pair of clamping jaws accepted into a respective receptacle first and second channel, clasping the receptacle to the flange. The clamped bracket retainer and receptacle are then guided to have a tube inserted into an interior passage of the receptacle and the bracket retainer is attached to a rigid structure using a fastening arrangement that retains the quick connector receptacle and endform in a connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Tisiphone A. Titus, Arthur Janik, Brian James Cardwell
  • Patent number: 11982301
    Abstract: A connecting assembly is applied to connect a first housing and a second housing. The connecting assembly includes a general connecting member, a connecting base, and a clamping member. The general connecting member connects to the first housing. The general connecting member includes an accommodating portion and at least one opening. The accommodating portion is located inside the general connecting member. The opening is disposed on a side wall of the general connecting member and communicates with the accommodating portion. The connecting base is disposed on the second housing. The connecting base includes a main body disposed in the accommodating portion. The clamping member includes a flat portion and at least one clamping portion. The clamping portion extends from one end of the flat portion toward the connecting base, and the clamping portion passes through the opening and presses against the main body of the connecting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chia-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11971134
    Abstract: The invention discloses a multifunctional support stand, including a supporting assembly, a pan-tilt assembly, and a tripod assembly. The supporting assembly has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other in a length direction thereof. The pan-tilt assembly is telescopically arranged on the first end of the supporting assembly. The pan-tilt assembly is configured to be placed with a load device. The tripod assembly is switchably arranged at the second end of the supporting assembly between a support position and a storage position. The invention proposes a multifunctional support stand. A supporting pan-tilt of the support stand may be stored in a supporting rod. A supporting frame may be folded on the supporting rod. The supporting pan-tilt may be adjusted at any supporting angle, and may be flexibly switchable among different supporting positions, thus realizing functions of supporting a small load device and a large load device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CRAFTGEEK LLC
    Inventor: Meihua Xia
  • Patent number: 11971130
    Abstract: Support systems and stands for electronic devices include tilt hinges, lift arms, and their component parts. Some tilt hinges include assemblies for guiding and retaining bars or protrusions into preferred positioning within receiver openings to unify the parts, particularly as they move, and to reduce wobble or slop in the joints. Lift arms provide simplified and low-cost guidance and counterbalance mechanisms for controlling movement of the electronic device relative to the base of a stand. In some cases, the lift arms have sheaths to help protect or cover mechanisms while allowing additional space for the mechanisms within the lift arm. Other interconnection systems hide and protect a connector interface between the stand and the electronic device within a housing until unlocked and the connector is moved into an exposed position. These systems improve efficiency, comfort, ergonomics, accessibility, and user satisfaction of the electronic devices and their supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Kevin M. Robinson, Christoph M. Pistor, Mehrdad Hooshmand, Simon J. Trivett, Bradley J. Hamel, Kristopher P. Laurent, David H. Narajowski, Stephen V Jayanathan, Laura M. DeForest
  • Patent number: 11963626
    Abstract: A mount for engaging a perforated surface includes a locking member and a tine member connected to each other such that they can rotate relative to each other. The locking member includes a surface designed to face the perforated surface when mounted to the perforated surface. The tine member includes a mounting plate and a tine. The tine is bent such that it extends substantially perpendicular to the mounting plate at the point it is connected to the mounting plate (the proximal end) and substantially parallel to the mounting plate at the point furthest from the mounting plate (the distal end). In use, the distal end of the tine is inserted into a hole of the perforated surface, the locking member is pivoted toward the perforated surface, and the locking member is then rotated relative to the tine member so as to prevent extraction of the tine from the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Wilburne A. Dickson, II
  • Patent number: 11958587
    Abstract: One-piece molded thermoplastic L-shaped and Z-shaped support brackets are described for supporting wiring and/or tubing. The support brackets will include a lower support flange, a backing flange, and a junction region having a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface which integrally joins the lower support flange and the backing flange to one another at a substantially right angle. The support brackets may be provided with a unitarily molded nut plate boss and a metal threaded nut cylinder which is embedded within and overmolded with the nut plate boss. Alternatively, a wire, cable or tubing mount unitarily formed as a one-piece molded unit with one of the support flanges so as to dependently extend therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventor: Denizete Borges da CUNHA
  • Patent number: 11953130
    Abstract: A cylindrical cavity for receiving the tubular article and a metal casing body delimiting a seat substantially inside which the insert is wrapped around the article, the insert having an external projection which extends radially towards the exterior of the insert and is configured to cooperate with a corresponding orifice formed in the seat of the metal body so as to position the insert inside the body, the projection comprising a base attached to the insert and a head provided at the periphery of the head with a protruding clipping edge configured to hold the insert inside the metal casing body. The insert has, at the base of the projection, a through hole extending in line with the clipping edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AKWEL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Cécilia Lofgren, Jan Olofsson
  • Patent number: 11946591
    Abstract: A foldable stand has a base, a riser, and a switching mechanism. The riser is located on the base. The switching mechanism connects the base and the riser such that the riser selectively pivots relative to the base from an upright position to a folded position. The switching mechanism has a locked status and a released status. In the locked status, the switching mechanism prevents the riser from pivoting relative to the base. In the released status, the switching mechanism allows the riser to pivot relative to the base from an upright position to a folded position. The switching mechanism is configured to be switched from the locked status to the released status by rotation of the riser around a centerline of the riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Reliance International Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Chia Huang, Cheng-Lin Ho, Eric Langenhahn
  • Patent number: 11949369
    Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a clamp with a lateral edge support portion that extends in a first direction to support against a lateral edge of the module. A flange extends in a second direction transverse to the first direction to clamp against an upper surface of the solar panel module in coordination with the lateral edge support portion. A nut is configured to align with the clamp. The nut receives a fastener. The nut has an outer surface to engage the second surface of the lateral edge support portion to prevent rotation of the nut. A connection member extends from the nut in a position that is fixed. A head of the connection member is shaped such that, in a first orientation, the head is accommodated passage through a slot in the intermediary member, and in a second orientation, the head is prevented from passage through the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIRAC INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Neal, Todd Ganshaw
  • Patent number: 11938070
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable holder for hospital beds. The cable holder may include one or more hooks that attach to the headboard of a hospital bed and one or more protrusions, such as wings, for holding the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Adam Cagle
  • Patent number: 11939992
    Abstract: A system for mounting a fan to a ceiling includes a connector adapted to attach to the ceiling. The connector includes at least one guide. An adaptor is adapted to attach the fan to the connector, and includes at least one rail adapted for being received within the at least one guide. A safety bracket is also provided, which is adapted to attach to the ceiling separate from the connector and connect to a safety cable without using a tool. A motor support is also provided with a cavity adapted to receive the power supply, and at least one retainer serves to retain the power supply within the cavity. A quick-connecting escutcheon is also adapted to rotatably connect to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA T, LLC
    Inventor: Igor Davidenko
  • Patent number: 11938271
    Abstract: An endotracheal tube holder device is provided for securely holding an endotracheal tube to a patient during intubation. The tube holder device includes a support rail placed above a lip of a patient. An auxiliary clip is coupled to the support rail and slidably movable along the length of the support rail for holding an accessory device relative to the patient's face. The auxiliary clip includes both a horizontal accessory holder and a vertical accessory holder to releasably retain the accessory device horizontally and vertically, respectively. A tube fastener is coupled to the support rail and includes a tube holder base, an adjustment clip coupled to the tube bolder base for laterally repositioning the tube holder base along the support rail, and a securement tie. The securement tie may be wrapped around a portion of the endotracheal tube to secure the tube to the tube holder base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Douglas Drew, Daniel P. Dwyer, Christopher S. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11936172
    Abstract: Improved design of cable tray redirector components speeds assembly and connection of cable trays. More efficiently manufactured, universal components needed throughout horizontal redirectors of a specific size and type cable tray run reduce the overall total items and cost of inventory. The improvement is in part the elimination of welding cable redirector components in favor of connecting the components with bolts and nuts in the field. The inventory and shipment of individual parts is substantially more efficient because the new components “nest” efficiently prior to assembly. Moreover, components are designed to minimize the number of bolts and nuts used without jeopardizing strength. The use of bolts and nuts to fasten the components also enables good electrical conductivity for effective electrical grounding of the assembled cable tray system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: James C. White Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. White
  • Patent number: 11913474
    Abstract: A quick connect mounting assembly for a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly includes two releasably attachable plates that are easily interconnected to mechanically couple elements of a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly can be used to mount a ceiling fan switch housing to a ceiling fan motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Rickey Thomas Jones, James Caleb McMillen
  • Patent number: 11906089
    Abstract: There is provided a co-molded snap-on support base, including a top portion, and a bottom portion co-molded with the top portion. The bottom portion includes an attachment clip for a one-step snap-on attachment to an elongate bar structure. The attachment clip includes first and second side attachment arms. The attachment clip further includes a lateral retaining strip formed on each of the first and second side attachment arms. The bottom portion further includes at least one secondary retaining clip projecting from an interior surface of the bottom portion of the co-molded snap-on support base. The at least one secondary retaining clip is designed to mate with at least one hole in the elongate bar structure, to align and to further secure the co-molded snap-on support base to the elongate bar structure. The co-molded snap-on support base is used to reduce a time of installation of apparatuses for routing elongate elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Bruton Hargett, Brian Erick Waters
  • Patent number: 11882391
    Abstract: A device is configured to be mounted to a planar mounting panel, including, for example, a wall or ceiling of a home or other building. The device includes a housing, a fastener, a dogleg tab and a friction inducing member. The housing is configured to be received in an aperture in the mounting panel and includes a housing aperture. The fastener is disposed in the housing aperture. The dogleg tab is operatively coupled to one end of the fastener. The dogleg tab is configured to be disposed in a retracted position and to be disposed in an engagement position, in which engagement position the dogleg tab is disposed to engage an inside surface of the mounting panel. The friction inducing member is fixedly attached to the housing adjacent the housing aperture and friction-fit to the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nortek Security & Control LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Lee Merklin
  • Patent number: 11873929
    Abstract: A routing clip assembly is configured to secure a tube to a structure. The assembly includes a clip having a main body, and at least one tube-retaining section is defined on a lateral side of the main body. The tube retaining section includes a channel adapted for receipt of the tube. The channel defines a channel axis and is configured to accommodate a variety of tube diameters. The channel includes at least two pairs of fingers, wherein each finger of a given pair connects to the body at a respective hinge on a side of the channel opposite the other finger of the pair. Further, each of the fingers has a distal end that extends generally toward the channel axis. The at least two pairs of fingers are configured to flex between a closed position and an open position to permit insertion of the tube into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Mark S. Hann
  • Patent number: 11873875
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the making of a base isolation device to be used for the protection of non-structural items and equipment. When the base plate, which is attached to the ground, moves with the ground earthquake shakings, the isolation plate, supported by the roller ball transfer bearings, rolls over the base plate and prevents the transfer of forces to the overlying equipment. Once the ground shaking ends, the tension springs or viscous dampers pull back the isolation plate to its original position, laterally and rotationally. The height of the isolation device could be as low as 3 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Ara Jonathan Mehran
  • Patent number: 11865420
    Abstract: A combination golf towel holder both clamps the towel and provides for moistening the towel while it is clamped. The device has a front portion that includes an upper part that includes a reservoir and a lower clamp portion. A generally planar back plate that is attached to the upper part of the front portion, and has a lower jaw part that acts with the lower clamp portion to hold the towel. Water or another aqueous liquid is injected via an orifice in the back of the front portion when a squeeze bulb is depressed. The unit can be hung from a golf bag or golf cart so the towel is ready for use during play on the golf course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew L. Miller
  • Patent number: 11858428
    Abstract: A mounting kit for installing a soundbar in a vehicle includes a tube having an elongated body and at least one chamber having a window. The mounting kit includes at least one bolt having a head and a shank, the head arranged to be coupled to the soundbar and the shank arranged to be received in the at least one chamber and accessible through the window to secure the soundbar to the tube. A first bracket is arranged to be secured to a cross member and first pillar of the vehicle, and a second bracket is arranged to be secured to the cross member and a second pillar of the vehicle, each of the first and second brackets having a cradle arranged to receive an end portion of the tube for installing the tube and attached soundbar in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffery Fay, Kai Meng, Linghua Jiang