Patents Examined by Emma K Frick
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Patent number: 11254342Abstract: A pallet sled includes a base and a plurality of tines extending forward from the base. At least one of the plurality of tines includes a wheel supporting the tine away from the base. A brake assembly is positioned adjacent the wheel to selectively brake the wheel. The brake assembly may include a drum adjacent the wheel. Alternatively, the brake assembly may include a brake shoe selectively directly contacting the wheel to brake the sled.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: Dane Gin Mun Kalinowski, Travis James Englert, William Robinson
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Patent number: 11225225Abstract: The present application relates to a transport for transporting a trailer stand. The transport for a trailer stand may be a portable trailer stand and may comprise one or more auxiliary trailer stands. The portable trailer stand may include a pedestal having a top for engaging and supporting the underside of the nose portion of a trailer, a bottom for engaging the ground, wheel means mounted on the pedestal for moving the stand along the ground to and from a position under the nose portion of a trailer, means for adjusting the height of said pedestal, and a member for engaging and securing the auxiliary trailer stand to the portable trailer stand.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: IDEAL WAREHOUSE INNOVATIONS INC.Inventor: Joseph J. Di Biase
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Patent number: 11225278Abstract: A sanitary cover arrangement for a shopping cart handle includes a tubular base mount configured to be coupled around the shopping cart handle, a tubular outer sleeve configured to be coupled around the tubular base mount, and a plurality of sanitary film layers coupled to the tubular outer sleeve. Each of the sanitary film layers are dispensable from the tubular outer sleeve. A topmost layer of the plurality of sanitary film layers is removable for exposing another layer therebeneath for providing a sanitary surface for gripping the shopping cart handle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: 1226 Solutions, LLCInventor: Jonathan Harris
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Patent number: 11220281Abstract: A connector for releasably attaching two wheeled-carts, wherein one can be a stroller and the other can be a wheelchair. The connector comprises an elongated body that forms an arm that is configured to be foldable, detachable or combination of both foldable and detachable, a first clamp connected to one end of the arm via a joint member, a locking arrangement for enabling to lock the arm in an unfolded position, and a second clamp connected to the other end of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: FREEWILL LTDInventors: Jonathan Bar-Or, Dana Yichye Shwachman
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Patent number: 11211656Abstract: A battery tray for an electric vehicle includes a battery support structure that has a floor and a perimeter wall extending around a peripheral portion of the floor to border a battery containment area. A plurality of cross members are coupled with the perimeter wall at opposing sides of the battery support structure, where the cross members extend laterally across the battery containment area. A cover is engaged with an upper portion of the perimeter wall of the battery support structure. The cover, the floor, and/or the cross members may include a retention element that is integrally formed therewith and that is configured to engage a component that is disposed in the battery containment area.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Shape Corp.Inventors: Joseph Robert Matecki, Mark Charles Stephens, Jeffrey McHenry, Matthew Kuipers
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Patent number: 11203390Abstract: A self-balancing scooter and a main frame assembly thereof are provided. The self-balancing scooter includes a first main frame and a cooperated second main frame. The first main frame includes a first connecting portion, the first connecting portion includes a first end surface, the first end surface defines a guide hole, and the guide hole is positioned between a center and an edge of the first end surface. The second main frame includes a second connecting portion, the second connecting portion includes a second end surface corresponding to the first end surface of the first connecting portion, the second end surface defines a conduit, the conduit is positioned between a center and an edge of the second end surface, the conduit is accommodated in the guide hole, and the first connecting portion is assembled and connected to the second connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN XIANGYOU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xia Wen
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Patent number: 11203391Abstract: A self-balancing scooter and a main frame assembly thereof are provided. The self-balancing scooter includes a first main frame and a cooperated second main frame. The first main frame includes a first connecting portion, the first connecting portion includes a first end surface, the first end surface defines a guide hole, and the guide hole is positioned between a center and an edge of the first end surface. The second main frame includes a second connecting portion, the second connecting portion includes a second end surface corresponding to the first end surface of the first connecting portion, the second end surface defines a conduit, the conduit is positioned between a center and an edge of the second end surface, the conduit is accommodated in the guide hole, and the first connecting portion is assembled and connected to the second connecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN XIANGYOU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xia Wen
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Patent number: 11180019Abstract: An electric bicycle includes a motor that includes a stator and a rotor and that is driven by a battery, a reduction gear, an output shaft configured to output power of the motor, a sprocket fixed to the output shaft, a housing, and a water jacket configured to cool the motor. The water jacket includes a flange section protruding outward in a radial direction of the stator, the flange section being formed in the water jacket at a side opposite to the reduction gear in a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., M-TEC Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Matsushima, Toshitaka Akita, Takafumi Irie, Kinya Mizuno, Makoto Mitsukawa, Kunio Yoshimi, Masaya Murao, Yoshiki Kasaya, Shinichiro Nakazawa, Kazuma Deguchi
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Patent number: 11173382Abstract: A skateboard axle assembly is described, having a connection plate for mounting the axle assembly to a skateboard deck and a wheel axle. The wheel axle has two ends, to each of which a wheel can be mounted. The wheel axle is movably coupled to the connection plate by two articulated arms. In addition, a skateboard having at least one skateboard axle assembly is described.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Inventors: Stephan Augustin, Stefan Rolf Habermann
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Patent number: 11167682Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus, systems, and methods, including a ground transport drive container comprising an outer container having a cuboid shape and comprising a plurality of fittings for securing the outer container to another apparatus; and a drive wheel assembly. The drive wheel assembly comprises one or more wheels and a deployment mechanism secured to the one or more wheels. An actuating member actuates the drive wheel assembly between a stowed configuration and one or more deployed configurations. In the stowed configuration, the drive wheel assembly is housed entirely within the outer container. In the one or more deployed configurations, the drive wheel assembly extends from the outer container.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Biosphere Aerospace, LLCInventor: Elie Helou, Jr.
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Patent number: 11167636Abstract: A grille shutter control device is employed for a grille shutter that includes a frame, which is provided in a front grille of a vehicle and has an outside air inlet, and an opening-closing unit for opening and closing the outside air inlet. The grille shutter control device controls an opening-closing operation of the opening-closing unit such that the outside air inlet is opened or closed in accordance with a condition of the vehicle. The grille shutter controller includes an actuator and a controlling section. The actuator performs an anti-sticking operation for preventing the opening-closing unit from being stuck. The controlling section controls the actuator such that the anti-sticking operation is periodically performed by the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Bunpei Morita
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Patent number: 11142231Abstract: A utility handcart includes a container body, a coupling tube, a handle arm, a collapsing wheel support, an axle, and wheels. The container body is defined by a base panel and sidewalls, The coupling tube is coupled to a bottom of the base panel and includes a hitch receiver on each end of the coupling tube. A first hitch receiver is accessible at a front of the container body, and a second hitch receiver is accessible at a rear of the container body. The handle arm is engaged within a corresponding handle arm passage disposed along one of the sidewalls of the container. The collapsing wheel support is coupled to the container body. The axle is coupled to the collapsing wheel support. The wheels are attached to the collapsing wheel support via the axle.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventor: Dennis Draleau
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Patent number: 11142441Abstract: A forklift includes a fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes a battery stack and a capacitor and is electrically connected to a vehicle system. The vehicle system includes a control valve that switches supply of hydraulic oil to a power steering cylinder and a cargo-handling cylinder, a cargo-handling pump that supplies hydraulic oil stored in a hydraulic oil tank to the control valve, a cargo-handling motor that drives the cargo-handling pump, and an on-load valve that returns the hydraulic oil from the control valve to the hydraulic oil tank. The fuel cell system operates the fuel cell system to execute a warm-up control. A vehicle ECU continues supplying power from the fuel cell stack to the cargo-handling motor during the execution of the warm-up control.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naoya Tomimoto
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Patent number: 11123243Abstract: A mobile object of the invention includes: a moving base including a front wheel and a rear wheel; a seat having a seating surface; and an armrest located outward of the seating surface in a width direction of the mobile object. The armrest includes: a supporting part supported on the moving base; a body part supported by the supporting part; and a grip protruding from the body part. The armrest is configured so as to be changeable between the position of use in which a user seated on the seating surface can hold the grip with the arm positioned upward of the armrest, and the lift-up position in which the grip is positioned upward of the position of use. The grip in the lift-up position is located outward in the width direction of the mobile object with respect to the grip in the position of use.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masayoshi Wada, Gopinath Raja
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Patent number: 11110785Abstract: In a vehicle rear portion of a vehicle, a third hydrogen tank is disposed between a left and right pair of rear side members that structure portions of the vehicle body and extend in the vehicle front-and-rear direction. An auxiliary battery is disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side of the rear side members.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Koike, Junichi Shimasaki
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Patent number: 11097627Abstract: Some embodiments include an energy source supply appliance. The energy source supply appliance can comprise an appliance energy source supply system, and the appliance energy source supply system can comprise a first thermal control device and a second thermal control device. The appliance energy source supply system can be configured to receive a hydrogen fuel energy source and to make available the hydrogen fuel energy source to a receiver vehicle, and the receiver vehicle can comprise a drive system configured to use the hydrogen fuel energy source received by the receiver vehicle to motively power the receiver vehicle. Other embodiments of related systems, devices, and methods also are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: A3 LABS LLCInventors: David Haberman, Elaine Mau
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Patent number: 11097761Abstract: Disclosed is a wagon having improved convenience of use, wherein the wagon includes a main frame, a seat frame, a canopy frame, and a wheel assembly, wherein a foldable structure of each frame is conveniently manufactured such that the wagon can be unfolded and folded within a short time when the wagon in a stored state is installed, whereby portability and mobility of the wagon are improved, wherein the overall frame is easily folded and unfolded, whereby it is possible to conveniently use the wagon, wherein attachment and detachment of the canopy and the driving wheels are easy, whereby carrying and storage of the wagon are easy, and wherein the wagon is easily folded and unfolded without separation of the seat frame and the canopy, whereby it is possible for everyone to easily install and store the wagon.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: BRAN-NEW INTERNATIONALInventor: Mijin Kim
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Patent number: 11091025Abstract: A valve for a cooling assembly of a vehicle is capable of improving air-blowing efficiency through rotation of a fan at the time of stopping the vehicle and improving heat-exchange efficiency of a heat exchanger provided in an engine room of the vehicle through an increase in an amount of introduced driving wind at the time of driving the vehicle by including a valve assembly controlling introduction and discharge of the driving wind. The valve assembly is capable of preventing deterioration of wind-amount performance due to leakage of air by blocking a gap generated between the shroud and the valve assembly to minimize air leaked through the gap.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Jong Yeol Kim, Dae Suk Park
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Patent number: 11077357Abstract: A skateboard includes a board body having a first section and a second section, at least a first wheel set connected to the first section, and at least two second wheel sets connected to the second section. The first wheel set includes a first base protruding from the first section. Each second wheel set includes a second base protruding from the second section and defines a reference line passing through a center of the second base. Both of the bases slope at an angle of 5 to 35 degrees respectively. An angle of not more than 60 degrees is formed between the reference line and a baseline passing axially through a center of the board body. The skateboard moves forward when the wheel sets are triggered by twisting a body of a user and a moving direction is changeable by shifting a center of gravity of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: GoodMen Household Products Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yi-Hong Chen, Chu-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 11059361Abstract: This disclosure details systems and methods for supporting and isolating vehicle body mounted battery packs from various vehicle loads. An exemplary electrified vehicle may include a frame, a battery support structure mounted to the frame, a battery pack, and one or more isolators. The battery pack is supported by the battery support structure but is not mechanically coupled to the frame. The isolator is mounted between the battery pack and the battery pack support structure for isolating the battery pack from loads that may be imparted on the frame and/or the battery support structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Ronald Bohmer, Alexander Arena, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Erik Billimoria, Kevin A. Montgomery, Hari Krishna Addanki, Eid Farha, Jesus Cardoso, Marcela Arana, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Jeffrey A. Walesch