Patents Examined by Michael McDuffie
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Patent number: 11951912Abstract: A holder for a handheld device, such as a cellular telephone, is a mount clip that attaches to a motor vehicle door. The first arm of the mount clip terminates with a hook or curve or bent edge. When inserted into the window slot of a motor vehicle door between the windowpane and the door panel, the hook or bent edge of the first arm engages with a portion of the window gasket. A mount fixture with a cradle or tray to hold the handheld device extends from the mount clip. When the holder is installed onto the driver's side door, the handheld device is positioned proximate or adjacent to the steering wheel and does not block the driver's access to the dashboard or the driver's view through the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: Chad Lussier
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Patent number: 11953143Abstract: A mounting pad system for securing equipment, such as an HVAC outdoor unit or a standby generator, is provided in the form of a lightweight fillable pad member having a plurality of receivers located on a top surface of the pad member. The receivers are associated with attachment points located on the equipment and are used to secure the equipment to the pad. The pad member contains a filling port on its top surface and is configured as a molded hollow shell containing a gelling material which, when mixed with water, provides support to reduce deflection of the pad member caused by the equipment secured to the pad, prevents damage to the pad that would otherwise be caused by the expansion of internal contents upon freezing and prevents leakage of internal contents of the fillable pad in the event of an unintended breach in the hollow shell. The pad member is provided with at least one through-hole that acts as a supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Mainstream Engineering CorporationInventors: Andrew L Carpenter, Robert P Scaringe
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Patent number: 11926266Abstract: An installing module includes a seat bracket, a plurality of lower gaskets, a device bracket and an upper gasket. The seat bracket includes a first locking plate and a second locking plate locked to each other. The first locking plate includes a first concave and the second locking plate includes a second concave corresponding to the first concave. The lower gaskets are respectively disposed on the first concave and the second concave. The lower gaskets face each other and jointly define a lower assembly hole and are disposed on a lower side of a head-support fixer of a car seat. The device bracket is locked to the seat bracket and an electronic device is pivotally coupled to the device bracket. The upper gasket is disposed between the device bracket and the head-support fixer, and the head-support fixer is clamped between the upper gasket and the lower gaskets.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATIONInventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Chien-Chih Lin, Yi-Ming Chou, Chun-Chieh Chang
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Patent number: 11871830Abstract: A surface-mountable holder includes a rear surface adapted to be coupled with an affixing mechanism for mounting to an external surface. The surface-mountable holder further includes a front surface configured to magnetically secure a shaving razor. The front surface is adapted to receive an upper handle portion of the shaving razor. The upper handle portion is in close proximity to a razor portion of the shaving razor.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLCInventors: Hlynur Vagn Atlason, Jason Bravman, Georgina Gooley
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Patent number: 11865975Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mounting and dismounting a telematics unit (1) in relation to a vehicle body (101), the telematics unit (1) comprising a telematics box (2) and a holding frame (3), according to which the telematics box (2) is inserted into an opening of the holding frame (3), in a pre-mounting step, and locked to the holding frame (3), and for mounting from the outside, the telematics unit (1) formed from the holding frame (3) and the telematics box (2) is inserted into a recess (102) of the vehicle body (101), adapted to the holding frame (3), and locked to the vehicle body (101). For dismounting out of the interior (106) of the vehicle body (101), the telematics box (2) is unlocked from the holding frame (3) and removed from the holding frame (3) in the interior (106).Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PEIKER acustic GmbHInventors: Torsten Hintz, Walter Reichert
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Patent number: 11864663Abstract: A quick release connector for coupling a removable device with a mounting surface. The mounting surface can include a wheelchair arm, and the removable device can include a user controller. The quick release connector can enable a user to briefly contact a release mechanism, rotate the removable device by a limited amount, and remove the device with a single hand. The quick release connector can robustly couple the removable device with the mounting surface, enabling the mounted removable device to resist dislodging by knocks and bumps.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventor: Otis L. Clapp
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Patent number: 11858314Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle that is automatically movable, the automatic driving vehicle includes a LIDAR configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, and a bracket holding the LIDAR and fixed to the automatic driving vehicle. The bracket is fixed to a rearview mirror which is as another device different from the LIDAR.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shohei Iwamoto, Tadahiro Matori, Shingo Nakayama
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Patent number: 11858432Abstract: The identification display bag with camera system comprises a document pouch and a camera. The document pouch may be detachably coupled to the outside of a vehicle and may be adapted to hold one or more identification documents for inspection by a law enforcement officer during a traffic stop. The camera may record video and/or audio during the traffic stop. The identification display bag with camera system may be adapted to allow a driver to keep the driver's hands visible on a steering wheel to establish a safe environment for both the driver and the law enforcement officer. The law enforcement officer may observe that the driver is not reaching for a weapon and the law enforcement officer may be less likely to react to a perceived threat. The video and/or the audio may be available for review after the traffic stop, if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: David Lee
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Patent number: 11862956Abstract: A wire management clip includes a cable pocket, a first clip pocket with an opening to receive a structure, and a second clip pocket with an opening to receive a structure. The opening of the first clip pocket is accessible from one direction relative to the wire management clip, and the opening of the second clip pocket is accessible from another direction relative to the wire management clip. The wire management clip may also include one or more structure engaging members for engaging or contacting a surface of the structure received within the first clip pocket and the second clip pocket.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Kurt Leslie Gray Naugler, Evan Ronald Martin
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Patent number: 11849845Abstract: The invention is directed to a corner retention clip system for supporting the front two corners of a shelf in a shelving system. Each corner retention clip includes a generally horizontal support panel, a channel connected to the support panel for receiving a front lip of a shelf of the shelving display and a side wall connector for connecting the clip to a side wall of the shelving display.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Menasha CorporationInventor: Daniel J. Urban
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Patent number: 11852286Abstract: The disclosure provides a sensor bracket structure adapted to mount an external sensor to a moving body via a bracket. The bracket includes a fixing surface and a load receiving surface connected to the fixing surface. The external sensor is fixed to the fixing surface. The load receiving surface extends from the fixing surface toward the top in a direction where the load receiving surface intersects with the fixing surface. The load receiving surface extends from an outermost side of the external sensor toward the outside.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Oguri, Yoshinori Gemba, Daisuke Tsuburaoka, Shinya Matsumoto, Yu Hidaka
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Patent number: 11851008Abstract: A bracket assembly for mounting a camera to a vehicle includes a bracket body and a glare shield that extends along the bracket body. A longitudinal axis is centrally disposed between a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the glare shield. At least one slit extends through the glare shield and spans between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Karly R. Miller, Prasun K. Majumdar, Christopher T. Schaafsma, Edward F. Bulgajewski
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Patent number: 11851833Abstract: A barrier is formed from one or more intermediate posts situated between a pair of end posts. Long flexible cables interconnect the end posts and extend adjacent each intermediate post. Each cable is wrapped one or more times around each post. End posts may include dual columns that permit cable windings around both columns. A spike embedded within the end of each cable enhances the purchase that can be gained by a clamp that presses the cable against the end post. The clamp has contact elements with converging side walls that grip the cable near the spike. To maintain the spike in place, a wire rope clip grips the cable over a constriction in its contained spike. Each cable is enclosed by a cable cover extending between adjacent posts. The cable cover is suspended at each post by a pair of tiltable hangers.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Nichols, Fred L. Givens, Bryan L Hudson
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Patent number: 11849821Abstract: A vehicle-carrying leisure-purpose parasol rack includes a screw rod including a hollow tubular grip and a holding seat attached thereto; a connection ring having a thread in mating engagement with the screw rod; a plurality of clamp arms, each of which includes a clamping terminal in a hook form, an extension section, and a mounting terminal, the clamping terminal and the mounting terminal being arranged on two opposite ends of the extension section, the mounting terminals respectively corresponding to retaining notches formed in the connection ring so that the clamp arms are detachably connected to the connection ring; and an assisting member having a fixed terminal and a hollow tubular terminal. The fixed terminal is detachably connected to the extension section of one of the clamp arms, such that the hollow tubular terminal is in alignment with the hollow tubular grip.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Yu-Wei Tai
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Patent number: 11852210Abstract: A lamina emergent torsional (LET) joint that includes an integrated membrane to reduce, or eliminate, certain unwanted motions and/or displacements associated with the operation of the LET joint is disclosed. The membrane-integrated LET joint (i.e., M-LET) can be used as a hinge for a lamina emergent mechanism and/or as a surrogate fold for an origami application to ensure accurate and repeatable transitions from a planar (i.e., lamina) state to a non-planar (i.e., lamina-emergent) state, and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Brigham Young UniversityInventors: Guimin Chen, Larry Howell, Spencer Magleby
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Patent number: 11845383Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head having a mirror reflective element, a support structure configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle, and an adjustment mechanism operable to move the mirror head relative to the support structure between a retracted position and an extended position. A shutoff module includes a body and a plunger movably disposed at the body. The body is attached at one of the mirror head or the support structure and an outer end of the plunger is attached at the other of the mirror head or the body. As the mirror head moves relative to the support structure, an inner end of the plunger moves relative to and along a circuit element of the body. The adjustment mechanism is deactivated responsive to the inner end of the plunger reaching either end of the circuit element.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.Inventor: Matthew V. Steffes
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Patent number: 11840179Abstract: A Camera/lens mounting platform (also referred to hereafter as the “platform”) for attachment to the window opening in a vehicle door is described. The platform is configurable to clamp to the doors of many, if not most, passenger cars and light duty trucks when a door's window is fully or nearly fully retracted. The platform offers a firm connection to the vehicle door and high stability to minimize blurring of photos and video.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: William J. Lucas
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Patent number: 11826537Abstract: A medical tubing organizer includes a base defining a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction being defined as substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and a vertical direction being defined as substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal and lateral directions. A tube retainer is positioned on a top of the base and configured to receive a medical tube that extends along the lateral direction. The tube retainer is further configured to adjust between a free flow state and a retention state, wherein, in the free flow state, the tube retainer is configured to enable movement of the medical tube in the lateral direction and resist movement in the longitudinal direction, and in the retention state, the tube retainer is configured to resist movement in the lateral, longitudinal, and vertical directions. A connector is positioned on the base for selectively coupling the medical tubing organizer to a structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: UWM Research Foundation, RoddyMedical, LLCInventors: Lindsey Roddy, Kyle S. Jansson
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Patent number: 11821573Abstract: A mounting pad system for securing equipment, such as an HVAC outdoor unit or a standby generator, is provided in the form of a lightweight fillable pad member having a plurality of receivers located on a top surface of the pad member. The receivers are associated with attachment points located on the equipment and are used to secure the equipment to the pad. The pad member contains a filling port on its top surface and is configured as a molded hollow shell containing a gelling material which, when mixed with water, provides support to reduce deflection of the pad member caused by the equipment secured to the pad, prevents damage to the pad that would otherwise be caused by the expansion of internal contents upon freezing and prevents leakage of internal contents of the fillable pad in the event of an unintended breach in the hollow shell. The pad member is provided with at least one through-hole that acts as a supporting structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Mainstream Engineering CorporationInventors: Andrew L. Carpenter, Robert P. Scaringe
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Patent number: 11820292Abstract: A truck crane adapter can be used to selectively secure a variety of truck cranes to a gooseneck hitch of a pickup truck. The truck crane adapter can also be configured to prevent or minimize damage to the bed of a pickup truck even when the truck crane is used to lift heavy loads.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Mod.al Group, Inc.Inventors: Preston Ruff, Kreg Peeler