Patents Examined by Ding Y Tan
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11857452
    Abstract: An anti-ligature restraint device is provided. The device includes a tub secured to a mounting location. A sealing element is inserted into the tub. The sealing element includes a restraint element slot to which a restraint is secured when the device is in an open position. The sealing element is disposed entirely with the tub in the closed position. A spring within the tub provides resistance to the sealing element as it is pushed into the tub and rotated to secure the sealing element within the tub. A lid lock secures the sealing element in the closed position. The device may be used in the concrete floor of a hospital room. In the open position, the device secures patient restraints. In the closed position, the device is flush with its mounting surface and locked, thereby preventing patient tampering or access to harmful elements thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Indnrn Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Nuzer
  • Patent number: 11841100
    Abstract: A pipe fixing device includes a fixing portion formed in a channel shape in which a first space therein is opened to an outside through an opening formed in an upper portion; and a support coupled to a lower portion of the fixing portion and made of steel-making slag, wherein a part of upper end edges of the fixing portion corresponding to a front and a rear of the opening is formed to be bent toward the first space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jung Chul Sok
  • Patent number: 11825937
    Abstract: A freestanding support structure includes a first leg member having a first base portion having a free end extending along a first base axis and a connected end and a first support portion extending upwardly from the connected end of the first base portion along a first support axis to a top end. A second leg member includes a second base portion having a free end extending along a second base axis and a connected end and a second support portion extending upwardly from the connected end of the second base portion along a second support axis to a top end. A base platform is connected to the free end of the first base portion and to the free end of the second base portion and a top platform is connected to the top end of the first support portion and to the top end of the second support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Jesse Ferrino
  • Patent number: 11828412
    Abstract: An opposing jaw clamp configured to hang items from the grid of a suspended ceiling. The jaws are engaged by a fastening mechanism, and grip without damaging the grid. The jaws are held apart by an integral spring to allow initial placement against the rail. Then a fastening mechanism is turned to slowly compress the integral spring and close the clamping jaws against the edges of the grid rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Lennard A. Gumaer
  • Patent number: 11807385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turreted electro-optic sensor installation and removal fixture. the base with integral cushion supports the sensor vertically and is the interface between the turreted electro-optic sensor installation and removal fixture and an agnostic lift device. The support arms with integral cushions secure the sensor horizontally and minimize any swaying movement of the sensor. The quick disconnect pins lock the support arms to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Craig Michael Armes
  • Patent number: 11788670
    Abstract: A supporting device is provided for carrying a display and includes: an upright column; a protruding neck arranged on the upright column; a spindle rod unit with a main spindle rod fixed on the protruding neck along a second axis; a carrying board unit pivoted on the main spindle rod, used for carrying the display and having an upper half area and a lower half area relative to a gravity direction and the second axis; and an elastic element set including a first elastic element with one end arranged on the protruding neck and the other end arranged on one of the upper half area and the lower half area, where the first elastic element constantly provides a first elastic force, and the first elastic force enables the carrying board unit to rotate about the second axis as an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hao Huang, Chien-Wei Cheng, Chien-Cheng Yeh
  • Patent number: 11781708
    Abstract: A rotational device provides rotation of a location of interest about a rotational axis and includes first and second sockets each having three contact points distributed about the rotational axis. The contact points of each socket may be on convex surfaces and a spindle assembly is held between the sockets, which face each other along the rotational axis. The spindle assembly has a first convex surface centered about the rotational axis that contacts the contact points of the first socket, and a second convex surface that contacts the contact points of the second socket. The spindle assembly also has a drive shaft aligned with the rotational axis. Linear stages may be used to provide adjustment in one or more mutually perpendicular directions. An alternative embodiment uses a spindle assembly with two curved contact surfaces that contact respective curved surfaces that are adjacent to the rotational axis rather than aligned therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Bruce Becker
  • Patent number: 11767932
    Abstract: A spacer apparatus includes a base portion having a top portion and a bottom portion that extends outward to an outer edge. A bore is disposed within the base portion and extends from the top portion to the bottom portion of the base portion. An elongate hollow sleeve surrounds the bore and extends upwards from the base portion. A gasket is disposed around the elongate hollow sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL PLASMA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Ralph Helder Massie
  • Patent number: 11761560
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting one or more pipes is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first tower, a second tower, and each tower includes four vertical columns, and a first set of horizontal beams. Each beam is configured to span and connect two of the vertical columns via biaxial moment connecting collars. The towers are aligned to support a first pipe on beams from both towers along a primary pipe support axis, and none of the columns in the first tower is connected to a column of the second tower by a biaxial moment connecting collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ConXtech, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Leighton Browne, John S. Boyd, Brian Hood
  • Patent number: 11754204
    Abstract: An end plate for an expansion valve of a refrigeration circuit. The end plate includes a pair of slots or apertures, each of the slots configured to receive a tube or hose therein. Further, a pair of apertures is formed in the end plate extending from a first surface to a second surface thereof, each of the apertures configured to receive a fastener therein. The first face of the end plate includes a pair of protuberances extending outwardly from the first face. The protuberances are formed adjacent and laterally outwardly from the pair of apertures. The protuberances act as spacers and abut a surface of a housing of the expansion valve and may create a gap between the housing and the end plate to ensure equal clamping loading and militate against damage to a seal element between the housing and the end plate due to misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Eric Kesler
  • Patent number: 11751680
    Abstract: The ergonomic device accessory supports computer peripherals, such as computer mice and track pads during use, and has two interlocking panel members. The first panel provides a support surface for the peripheral itself while the second panel provides a wrist support surface. The panels pivotally connect to each other and include complementary notches that engage with each other whereby gravity locks the two panels relative to each other, in either a right-handed configuration or a left-handed configuration. When locked, the panels are positioned at optimal angles for ergonomic and comfortable use by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Innovation Parke LLC
    Inventor: Robert P. Freeman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11746948
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a splicing display screen includes: a housing including housing walls and an accommodating cavity, the housing walls including first, second, third and fourth housing walls; a piston member including a piston and a piston rod, wherein the piston is slidably connected in the accommodating cavity, a through hole is provided in the fourth housing wall, and the piston rod is slidably connected in the through hole; an elastic pressing portion in the first housing wall, serving as a part of the first housing wall; and a hydraulic sensor in the accommodating cavity. The accommodating cavity is filled with hydraulic fluid, an inner surface of the elastic pressing portion contacts the hydraulic fluid, and the piston member is configured to be driven by the hydraulic fluid to move in an extending direction of the through hole in response to a pressure applied on the elastic pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zifeng Wang, Yan Ren, Lei Cao, Junmin Sun
  • Patent number: 11725751
    Abstract: A brace pipe attachment mechanism includes an attachment device defining an attachment device body, the attachment device body comprising: an inner surface defining a brace pipe channel, the inner surface defining a gripping edge at least partially encircling the brace pipe channel; and a base portion, wherein a base fastener hole extends through the base portion to the brace pipe channel; and a fastener extending through the base fastener hole and into the brace pipe channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Bobby Lee Budziszek, Jordan Cameron Belen, Matthew William McNamara
  • Patent number: 11713835
    Abstract: A mounting bracket used to attach cables to a cable tray rung. The mounting bracket has a bracket main body and a bracket spring attachment. The bracket main body includes a base plate and a cable attachment member for supporting the cables. The bracket spring attachment slidingly engages the bracket main body to form the mounting bracket. The bracket spring attachment secures the assembled mounting bracket to the cable tray rung.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: Robert W. Kossak
  • Patent number: 11705707
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are employed to install fiber optic cables in a data center facility using one or more cable dispensing robots that dispense fiber optic cable that is pre-spooled on a cable cartridge, by programmatically unspooling the cable from the cable cartridge and paying the cable out along a potentially transverse oscillatory path (e.g. sinusoidal curve) as the robot moves down a cable tray network that is arranged adjacent and above large numbers of equipment bays. A controller accesses a database which stores the state of the cables within the cable tray network. The database further stores information regarding availability of cable cartridges of standard cable lengths, which are potentially stored within a cable cassette loading/unloading system. The controller receives instructions on where and how to spatially deploy a fiber optic interconnect cable within the tray network of the data center facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TELESCENT INC.
    Inventor: Anthony Stephen Kewitsch
  • Patent number: 11686424
    Abstract: One embodiment of an apparatus having plurality of stands includes a central stand member 3600H at middle; a plurality of peripheral stand members including a plurality of peripheral stand members wherein each peripheral stand member 3700A further including a horizontally elongated stand 3701A fastened to the central stand member 3600H, and a plurality of peripheral stand members wherein each peripheral stand member 3716 further including the horizontally curved stand 3717 mounted between and fastened to one peripheral stand member 3700A at left and other peripheral stand member 3700A at right; and an electrical system 3800D being installed in the central stand member 3600H and in each peripheral stand member 3700A of the plurality of peripheral stand members for lighting plurality of light bulbs being mounted on plurality of peripheral stand members and for operating water fountain on top of the central stand member 3600H. Other embodiments are described and shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Alebachew Yirga Yessuf