Patents Examined by Matthew J Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11864635
    Abstract: A securement device is provided. The securement device comprising: a ring comprising coplanar facing ends separated by a space; and a housing, a lock member positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein the lock member comprises a neck having a width less than the space, and a body having at least a portion with a width greater than the space; wherein the article is configured to adjust from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration; the locked configuration preventing rotational translation of the ring through the housing; and the unlocked configuration allowing rotational translation of the ring through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ORBITKEY PROJECTS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Richard Lucius Benson, Kieran Simon Lachlan Ball, Marcellino Kennyjie, Charles Wijaya Ng
  • Patent number: 11866974
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a continuous hinge. The continuous hinge comprises a first hinge portion comprising a first plurality of knuckles; and a second hinge portion opposing the first hinge portion and comprising a second plurality of knuckles. The second plurality of knuckles is interdigitated with the first plurality of knuckles and pivotally coupled to the first plurality of knuckles. Each knuckle is a separate piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kingsway Enterprises (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Benjamin Hall
  • Patent number: 11859434
    Abstract: A door hinge assembly includes a hinge plate including: (i) an inner portion adapted to be connected to an associated structure; and, (ii) an outer portion adapted for pivoting connection of an associated door thereto. The hinge assembly also includes a damper system with a damper connected to one of: (i) the hinge plate; (ii) the associated door. The damper is adapted to be activated by pivoting movement of the associated door in a closing direction toward a closed position of the associated door such that said damper slows movement of the associated door toward the closed position when the damper is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mansfield Engineered Components, LLC
    Inventors: James J. Collene, Brian S. White
  • Patent number: 11857116
    Abstract: A detachable handle for a cooking vessel includes a body 10; a lever 20 hinged to a lower portion of the body 10; a pressing member 30 installed to be movable forwardly and backwardly in the body 10; a spring 40 elastically supporting the pressing member 30; a cover 50 installed at an upper portion of the body 10; and a button 60 installed to be elastically movable in the cover 50. Accordingly, functionality and usability of the detachable handle for a cooking vessel may be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Won Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 11851941
    Abstract: A hold-open arrester arrangement has a low power consumption, and therefore a battery lifetime is long in the embodiments of the invention utilizing the battery. The hold-open arrester arrangement has a hold-open arrester arrangement having a hold-open function to hold a door open. The arrangement has also an electric release arrangement. The release arrangement is arranged to release the hold-open function in a fire alarm situation. The hold-open arrester arrangement comprises a sliding block and an arrester unit. The sliding block is connectable with a slide rail in a sliding manner and also pivotable connectable to an arm of a door closer. The arrester unit is connectable to the slide rail and has a body, said electric release arrangement, and said hold-open function with the sliding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABLOY OY
    Inventors: Sauli Seppänen, Juhani Karvonen
  • Patent number: 11841046
    Abstract: A hinge includes a base seat, two connecting members and two sliding members. The base seat has two first arcuate rails each extending around a first rotating axis. Each connecting member has a first sliding portion matingly engaged with and slidable along the respective first arcuate rail, and a second arcuate rail extending around a second rotating axis. Each sliding member has a second sliding portion matingly engaged with and slidable along the second arcuate rail such that the two sliding members are rotatable relative to the base seat between an initial position and a terminal position about the first rotating axes and about the second rotating axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chun-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 11834891
    Abstract: A spacer apparatus includes: a tubular base element having a sheath wall and a flange-like bottom wall portion. An inner wall portion of the sheath wall bounds a receiving space and an outer threading is integrally formed on an outer wall portion of the sheath wall. A pin passage is configured in the bottom wall. A fastening device is provided on the side of the bottom wall opposite the sheath wall for connecting the spacer apparatus to a carrier component. The spacer apparatus includes a pin element arranged in the receiving space for actuating the fastening device, which pin element extends through the pin passage, and a bowl-shaped stopper cap having an inner threading that is engaged with the outer threading and a stopper wall extending orthogonally to an axial direction. The stopper cap and the fastening device are approximately flush with one another in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Sven Sanchez Burger, Moritz Heilek
  • Patent number: 11832405
    Abstract: A rotating module is provided and includes two rotating arms, and a bracket having a track groove and located between the two rotating arms. Each rotating arm includes a first rotating piece, a first end of which is located in the track groove; and a second rotating piece connected with the bracket and a second end of the first rotating piece respectively. In a folded state, a rotation center of the first rotating piece is a first position on the groove wall of the track groove; in an unfolded state, the rotation center of the first rotating piece is a second position on the groove wall of the track groove. The second position is located between a center position of the track groove and the first position, and the rotation center of the first rotating piece is one rotation center of the rotating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehu Zhang, Xianli Cao
  • Patent number: 11828100
    Abstract: A hinge device for the controlled rotary opening and closing movement of a closing element anchored to a stationary support structure includes a fixed element and a movable element rotatable between a first open position and a closed position. The movable element includes an end portion, a working chamber, a shaft inserted therein, and a stem slidingly inserted into the shaft. A pin connects the end portion, the shaft, and the stem. The working chamber includes a working fluid for the hydraulic damping of the mutual movement of the fixed and movable elements and an elastic damping element causing the stem to abut thereagainst only when the stem is in an end-stop position, so that a user moving the closing element feels the resistance of the elastic damping element only upon reaching the first open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Luca Benedetti, Mihai Mesaros
  • Patent number: 11829206
    Abstract: A portable information handling system housing rotationally couples first and second housing portions with a hinge assembly having first and second breakaway brackets that define an adjacent position of the first and second housing portions relative to each other and a spread position. The first and second breakaway brackets expand the spacing between the first and second housing portions in the event that the housing portions close over an object disposed between them. The breakaway brackets bias to the adjacent position with a biasing device and a retainer that maintains the adjacent position unless a predetermined force is applied through the hinge assembly at the breakaway brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: James H. Hallar, John Trevor Morrison
  • Patent number: 11809238
    Abstract: A hinge device for supporting an electronic device includes a first portion and a second portion movable relative to the first portion with a biasing element supported by one or the first portion or the second portion. The first portion has an arcuate groove, and the second portion has an arcuate rail configured to complementarily mate with the arcuate groove and slide therein. The biasing element contacts a leading edge of the other of the first portion or second portion, and the first portion and second portion are bistable in a closed state relative to one another and an open state relative to one another based at least partially on a surface profile of the biasing element applying a radial force to the leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kashyap Adury, Karsten Aagaard
  • Patent number: 11795750
    Abstract: A snubber includes an engagement portion with a free end configured to be removably engaged within a groove in a frame. The engagement portion includes a first engagement member and a second engagement member at least partially separated from the first engagement member. The second engagement member deflecting less than the first engagement member when a negative pressure is applied to the sash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MILGARD MANUFACTURING LLC
    Inventor: Troy Kunkel
  • Patent number: 11795748
    Abstract: A control curve arrangement includes a base member having a first control curve, a switch element separate from the base member and having a second control curve, a pressure portion to be displaceably supported along the first control curve and the second control curve, and a spring device for applying a force to the pressure portion. The pressure portion, in the first operating position and in a first movement direction, is displaceable along the second control curve of the switch element. The pressure portion, in the second operating position and in a second movement direction opposite the first movement direction, is displaceable along the first control curve of the base member. A timing element is operative between the base member and the switch element, and the switch element can be transferred from the second operating position into the first operating position by the timing element in a time-delayed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Markus Irgang, Matthias Rupp
  • Patent number: 11773634
    Abstract: A hollow hinge includes a first hollow component, a second hollow component and a plurality of support assemblies. The first hollow component has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a plurality of concave portions are disposed on the second surface. The second hollow component is disposed on the second surface of the first hollow component and a plurality of receiving portions corresponding to the concave portions are disposed on the second hollow component. The support assemblies are respectively contained in the receiving portions and continuously butt against the first hollow component through a force. The hollow hinge avoids friction between components and strengthens support, thereby prolonging durability and improving assembly and production yield rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Li-Chuan Yen
  • Patent number: 11761476
    Abstract: A torque hinge module including a rotating element and a torque assembly is provided. The torque assembly rotatably sleeves the rotating element to generate torque. One of the rotating element and the torque assembly has a first bearing surface, and the other one has a second bearing surface and a third bearing surface corresponding to the first bearing surface. There is a first included angle between a plane where the second bearing surface is located and a plane where the third bearing surface have is located. A shape of the first bearing surface corresponds to a shape of the second bearing surface and a shape of the third bearing surface. When the rotating element rotates relative to the torque assembly to make the first bearing surface bear against the second bearing surface or the third bearing surface, the torque is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Che-Hsien Lin, Che-Hsien Chu
  • Patent number: 11746561
    Abstract: An adjustable door pull to be installed on a first surface of a door that opens an entrance through which a user can walk, the adjustable door pull including a grip to allow the user to pull the door open such that the user is able to walk through the entrance, at least one detachable standoff, including an attachment portion having an aperture into which the grip is inserted, and a protruding portion disposed at a first end on at least a portion of the attachment portion to extend from the attachment portion and the grip to contact the first surface of the door on a second end opposite with respect to the first end, the protruding portion including an aperture to allow the attachment portion to be coupled to the grip, and a set screw to be inserted fully into the aperture of the protruding portion until the set screw also inserts at least partially into the aperture of the attachment portion to couple the attachment portion to the grip, and a through bolt to be inserted through a hole from a second surface o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Triangle Brass Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Martin Simon
  • Patent number: 11747866
    Abstract: A hinge mechanism includes at least two hinge modules and at least one switching assembly disposed between the adjacent two hinge modules and including a first and second rotating members rotating coaxially with respect to each other. The first rotating member is coaxially disposed at one of the adjacent hinge modules to rotate synchronously. The second rotating member is coaxially disposed at the other one of the adjacent hinge modules to rotate synchronously. The first rotating member has a first driving portion, and the second rotating member has a second driving portion. The first and second driving portions are located on rotating paths of each other, and an idle stroke is provided between the first and second driving portions along the rotating paths. When the first driving portion and the second driving portion pass through the idle stroke, torque forces generated by the adjacent two hinge modules are disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chuan-Hua Wang, Wu-Chen Lee, Cheng-Nan Ling, Dong-Sheng Wu, Chih-Chun Liu, Wen-Chieh Tai, Yi-Ta Huang
  • Patent number: 11744030
    Abstract: A hinge structure includes: a supporting sheet having an unfolded, flattened state and a folded state; at least one first hinge connected to the supporting sheet, the at least one first hinge being configured to drive the supporting sheet to switch between the unfolded, flattened state and the folded state; at least one flattening support including a first support, a second support, and a flattening bracket, the flattening bracket being connected to the first support and the second support, the flattening bracket being connected to the supporting sheet. When the supporting sheet is in the unfolded, flattened state, the first support and the second support interact with each other and generate a force parallel to a plane where the supporting sheet is located, to maintain the supporting sheet in the unfolded, flattened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuehu Zhang, Lianjia Zhao, Zhengquan Wang, Hongwei Jin
  • Patent number: 11739580
    Abstract: A hinge arrangement having a first hinge part and having a second hinge part, which are connected to one another such that they can pivot, a first hinge pin being formed on the first hinge part, on which a first hinge sleeve is pivotably mounted, which forms a first sliding bearing with the first hinge pin, a dimensionally stable support part being connected to the first hinge sleeve. A first axial protrusion is formed on a first axial end face of the first hinge pin, which engages in an arcuate first groove of the first hinge sleeve, wherein a circumferential first side wall of the first groove together with the first axial end face and an inner side of an end cover fixed at the end of the first hinge sleeve delimits a working space which is filled with a damping fluid for damping a relative movement of the first axial protrusion with respect to the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SACS Aerospace GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Rapp, Roland Moser
  • Patent number: 11725444
    Abstract: An actuating drive includes an actuating arm pivotally supported about a pivoting axis, and movably supported between a closed position and an open position. A force storage member applies a force to the actuating arm, and a coupling device can brake or prevent a pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The coupling device includes a movably-supported first coupling element having a tooth arrangement, and the first coupling element can engage a second coupling element when a predetermined pivotal speed of the actuating arm is exceeded to brake or prevent the pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The second coupling element includes an engagement section for engaging the two coupling elements together, and includes a freewheel section separate from the engagement section. In the closed position, the first coupling element is within the freewheel section of the second coupling element, whereby the two coupling elements are decoupled from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bohle