Patents Examined by Laura M. Lee
  • Patent number: 11951643
    Abstract: A miter saw has a base having a detent notch, a table rotatably connectable to the base, a pivoting assembly connected to the table, and a saw assembly supported by the pivoting assembly. The saw assembly has a blade movable downwardly for a cutting operation. A locking mechanism is disposed on the table. The locking mechanism is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position for selectively unlocking and locking the table for rotational movement relative to the base about the miter axis. The locking mechanism has a lock lever rotatably connected to the table. The lock lever has a handle for moving locking mechanism between the locked and unlocked positions. The saw also has a miter detent assembly for selectively engaging and disengaging the detent notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Torrey Rea Lambert, HuaMing Yao, Chao Bu, Fei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11950717
    Abstract: A seafood opener comprising a fork located on a first end configured to remove shells from seafood. The fork is further configured to be used as a hammer to crack the shells of seafood. A second end of the seafood opener includes a pry blade configured to pry oysters or clams open in order to access the meat inside. A bottle opener is also located on the first end of the seafood opener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Scherr
  • Patent number: 11937540
    Abstract: The string trimmer includes a connecting rod, a string trimmer head, and an operation part. The string trimmer head includes a trimmer line, a spool, a housing, and a streamlined protection structure. The spool is configured to wind the trimmer line and is capable of rotating about a first axis. The housing has an accommodating cavity for accommodating at least part of the spool and a threading hole for the trimmer line to extend to an outer side of the housing. The protection structure includes a head, a tail and a passage through which the trimmer line penetrates. The head is connected to the housing, the tail extends on the outer side of the housing, and the passage is configured to accommodate the trimmer line penetrating through the threading hole and expose the trimmer line out of the tail of the protection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Li, Kaichao Dai
  • Patent number: 11931911
    Abstract: A coupling mechanism for connecting a replaceable shaving cartridge of a shaving device to a handle of the shaving device includes a first connector, a second connector, and a locking member. The first connector of the replaceable shaving cartridge is adapted to move along an axial direction. The second connector of the handle is adapted to move along a substantially arc-shaped path with respect to the handle when at least one connector of the first connector and the second connector is pushed against the other connector. The second connector is adapted to mechanically engage with the first connector in the course of its motion so as to reach an engaged position with the first connector. The locking member of the handle is adapted to lock the second connector when the latter is in the engaged position with the first connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
    Inventor: Panagiotis Kopelas
  • Patent number: 11926070
    Abstract: Embodiments include a bar for a chain saw that is equipped with one or more oil channels that run along the length of the bar. Each oil channel receives oil at a first end, which exits the oil channel at an oil exit aperture at a second end of the channel. The oil exit aperture of one of the channels is positioned along the side of a bar groove, through which runs the saw chain, proximate to the cutting area of the bar to lubricate the saw chain just prior to the cutting area. A second channel may have an oil exit aperture proximate to the nose of the bar, to lubricate a sprocket wheel in the nose of the bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Oregon Tool, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Burmester, Michael D. Harfst, Sam Hutsell, Genesis McDermott, Patrick Sellars, James Matthew Cunnington, Jonah Smith Sedaghaty
  • Patent number: 11911926
    Abstract: An element for serial configuration with an adjacent element in an abrasive tool, wherein the element is arranged to be mounted on a flexible drive carrier having a drive direction D. The element comprising at least one protruding member extending in a direction parallel to the drive direction D. The at least one protruding member being configured to overlap with the adjacent element at least when the flexible drive carrier has a straight configuration, and to reduce a width of a gap G formed between the element and the adjacent element when the flexible drive carrier is configured bent in an arcuate form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Tristan Nijs
  • Patent number: 11904374
    Abstract: A sheet-shaped blank (10) for press forming is produced by shearing a metal sheet (30). The blank (10) includes a sheared edge (14), which includes a sheared surface (14b) and a fractured surface (14c) in the sheet thickness direction and has a loop shape in plan view. In plan view, an edge of the sheared edge (14) includes concavely curved portions (20). The average of lengths of the fractured surface (14c) in the sheet thickness direction in the curved portions (20) is greater than the average of lengths of the fractured surface (14c) in the sheet thickness direction over the entire perimeter of the sheared edge (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuno, Akira Egami
  • Patent number: 11850763
    Abstract: A hair cutter of a shaving device has a support with a skin contacting surface, and a retainer releasably couplable to the support by a coupler to retain an external cutter in an operational/assembled condition of the hair cutter. A retained element of the external cutter is retained between a first retaining member of the retainer and a second retaining member of the support where, in response to manually turning the retainer relative to the support, the shaving surface protrudes relative to the skin contacting surface in the axial direction over an exposure distance. The coupler has a first guide on the support and a second guide on the retainer. The first and second guides mutually engage resulting from manually turning the retainer relative to the support when the retainer is in any angular position between first and second angular positions about the axis of rotation relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N. V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Klaas Paauw, Hilde Seip
  • Patent number: 11833708
    Abstract: A clamp extension device adapted to extend the size range of materials that may be cut by a sawmill, the device being removably attachable to an existing clamp on the sawmill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: David Vance Benner
  • Patent number: 11833707
    Abstract: A stop assembly may include a first portion configured to selectively operably engage a track of a tool and a stop portion operably engaged with the first portion configured to releasably engage a workpiece. The stop portion may be pivotable between a disengaged position and an engaged position relative to the first portion. The stop portion may move in a rotational direction toward the first portion when moving from the disengaged position to the engaged position. A method of use may include pivoting a stop portion of a stop assembly, about a pivot axis defined by a pivot shaft of the stop assembly, to an engaged position such that the stop portion moves in a rotational direction toward a first portion of the stop assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLC
    Inventor: Nathan William Duxbury
  • Patent number: 11833599
    Abstract: A cutting machine with clamp assembly includes a saw blade, a worktable, and a clamp assembly. The worktable is adjacent to the saw blade and can move along a processing axis relative to the saw blade. The worktable includes a tabletop facing the saw blade, a processing area set on the tabletop and extending along the processing axis and corresponding to the saw blade, and a chute recessed on the tabletop and extending in the direction of the processing area. The clamp assembly can be operated to move along the chute. The present invention uses the clamp assembly to firmly press against the workpiece, thereby assisting the positioning of the workpiece and ensuring the safety of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: REXON INDUSTRIAL CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Wan Jie You
  • Patent number: 11827504
    Abstract: The invention provides an automatic stop method and device for a can opener. When a first rotation frequency of a bearing in a first preset time is smaller than a second rotation frequency of the bearing in a subsequent second preset time in the process of opening a can by a can opener blade and a difference between the second and first frequency reaches a preset value, it is determined that repeated cutting occurs, and the blade will be stopped in time to avoid problems caused by repeated cutting. Meanwhile, mean values of multiple data acquired within the first and second preset time are calculated, avoiding the problems of an excessively high and long instant processing burden of one time of data acquisition and errors caused by data acquired once, improving the timeliness and accuracy of the first and second frequency, and can opening can be controlled more accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: X. J. Electrics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun Pan
  • Patent number: 11820040
    Abstract: A detachable protective device includes a base support, a mounting unit connected to the base support, and a quick-release unit. The base support has a mounting hole having an engaging portion and an open end portion. The quick-release unit includes a positioning pin extending movably through the mounting hole. The quick-release unit is operable to move the positioning pin between a locked position, where a large-diameter section of the positioning pin is disposed in the engaging portion, and a release position, where a small-diameter section of the positioning pin is disposed in the engaging portion, thereby allowing separation of the mounting unit from the base support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: P&F Brother Industrial Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yung Huang, Po-Hsun Lin
  • Patent number: 11786953
    Abstract: An apparatus for notching comprises a frame with a first stand, a second stand and a headpiece connecting the first stand and the second stand, wherein the stands are arranged to be offset along an x axis with respect to each other. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises a plunger, which is coupled to the headpiece and is movable along a punching axis extending along a y axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HSF AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Hembach, Robert Kupferschmid, Martin Hagel
  • Patent number: 11780109
    Abstract: The cutting machine for cutting logs of web material, includes a cutting head arranged along the feeding path of the logs. The cutting head includes a coupling for a disc-shaped cutting blade and is designed to impart the disc-shaped cutting blade a rotary motion around the axis thereof and a cyclic movement to cut the logs into single rolls, and to allow the logs to move forward along the feeding path. The machine also includes a store unit for disc-shaped cutting blades associated with the cutting head. A handling member is provided to remove a worn disc-shaped cutting blade from the cutting head and replace the worn disc-shaped cutting blade with a new disc-shaped cutting blade taken from the store unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Fabio Perini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Graziano Mazzaccherini, Franco Montagnani
  • Patent number: 11772296
    Abstract: Techniques utilize a fence assembly which includes a fence member constructed and arranged to (i) install on a saw base and (ii) provide a first surface that restricts movement of an object in a first direction when the fence member is installed on the saw base. The fence assembly further includes a stop member constructed and arranged to provide a second surface that restricts movement of the object in a second direction that is different from the first direction when the stop member is in a fixed position relative to the fence member. The fence member further includes positioning hardware constructed and arranged to position the stop member in the fixed position relative to the fence member. Actuation of the positioning hardware enables the stop member to be adjusted to accommodate different object for cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Scott Fontana
  • Patent number: 11766046
    Abstract: A cake cutter includes a handle having an L-shaped blade extending therefrom. The blade includes a first section axially extending from an end of the handle and a second section perpendicularly extending from a distal end of the first section. Integrally molded with a central portion of each blade section is a raised ridge that is positioned a predetermined distance from either end of the blade section. Accordingly, the user can cut a precisely sized slice of cake or casserole by aligning the ridges with an outer edge of a cake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Shawn G. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11759970
    Abstract: A power tool attachment saw according to the invention is provide and includes a body plate, a connector section and a plurality of cutting walls. The body plate is a planar body and the connector section positioned on one side of the planar body and adapted for attachment to an oscillating power tool. The plurality of cutting walls are positioned orthogonal to and extend from exterior edges of the planar body to form a material receiving space. The plurality of cutting walls provide a uniform cutting edge about the material receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: D2 Managemant, LLC
    Inventors: Keith J. Delaney, Paul Falcone
  • Patent number: 11745370
    Abstract: A razor assembly is disclosed. The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a razor assembly, comprising: a cartridge including at least one blade; and a handle assembly, wherein the handle assembly includes: a heating bar disposed on the handle assembly; at least one induction coil which is disposed under the heating bar and configured to heat the heating bar in a contactless manner; and a grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DORCO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sejun Jang, Youngjin Lee, Sung Hee Son, Hyo Sun Ahn
  • Patent number: 11745366
    Abstract: A comb-shaped outer blade that scoops up body hair while suppressing the damage to the skin. The comb-shaped outer blade includes a base part that has a rod shape and extends in a first direction, a comb-blade attachment part that has a plate shape and extends in the first direction and a second direction, open blade parts each of which has a cantilever shape and protrudes from base part in a third direction, and bent blade parts arranged alternately with the open blade parts in the first direction, the bent blade parts connecting the base part to the attachment part. Each of the bent blade parts includes a protruding part that protrudes from the base part along the third direction, bent part that is connected to a distal end of the protruding part, and connecting part that connects bent part and comb-blade attachment part in an inclined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoki Okura, Masato Omori, Hiroaki Shimizu, Shunsuke Komori, Atsutaka Ikemoto, Daisuke Sone