Patents Examined by Monica Millner
  • Patent number: 9765921
    Abstract: A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Vogel, Paul Turner
  • Patent number: 9759373
    Abstract: An attachment for attaching an accessory to a structure such as a vehicle or boat through a rail having a track. The attachment has at least one welt that is shaped and/or sized to fit within the facial opening of the track when no tensile force is exerted on the attachment and with retained within the track when tensile force is exerted on the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Dowco, Inc.
    Inventor: Justin Hough
  • Patent number: 9759376
    Abstract: A flat panel TV bracket includes a bracket body and a display hanging plate assembly. The bracket body includes a wall mounting plate, a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm. The display hanging plate assembly includes a hanging plate and a connector. The connector rotatably includes a support plate and a rotating plate. The support plate pivotally connects with a connecting block. The rotating plate fixedly connects with the hanging plate, the lower end of the rotating plate pivotally connects with the lower end of the support plate, and the upper end of the rotating plate slidably connects with the upper end of the support plate. The second rocker arm includes a rotating block; upper and lower arms; and upper and lower arm housings; and an air spring. The air spring rotatably connects with the lower arm on the rotating block and pivotally connects with the connecting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LOCTEK VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Lehong Xiang, Tao Lin
  • Patent number: 9758954
    Abstract: An assembly may be used to mount a sink in a space defined between a first wall and a second wall. The assembly may include a support rail having a top surface, a bottom surface, a support rail hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, a first support rail end, and a second support rail end. A threaded member may extend through the support rail hole. The threaded member may be configured to rotate in a first direction to move farther away from the top surface and a second direction to move closer to the top surface. A first anchor may be configured to connect to the first wall and a second anchor may be configured to connect to the second wall. The anchors may include respective anchor support holes to receive at least a portion of the support rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Peay
  • Patent number: 9758078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat or a vehicle cab with a suspension system comprising an upper closing part and a lower closing part which is deflectable in relation to the upper closing part, which closing parts are operatively connected to each other in a resilient manner by means of a suspension element, and with a damping system for damping vibrations acting on at least one of the two closing parts, wherein an electromagnetically acting damping and height-levelling unit is provided which is arranged between the two closing parts in such a manner that said damping and height-levelling unit acts on the upper of the two closing parts in the vertical direction of the vehicle both in a vibration-insulating and also height-levelling manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Erwin Haller
  • Patent number: 9752644
    Abstract: Provided is a non-adhesive type vibration reduction apparatus comprising: a support; a body; and an elastomer, wherein the elastomer is coupled in a non-adhesive manner in which an adhesive is not used, thereby preventing a separation of and reducing a damage of an elastomer which result from a weakening of an adhesive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dae Kwan Kim, Hong-Taek Choi
  • Patent number: 9755413
    Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a body member and a keeper. A cable groove is formed in the body member to receive a cable. The keeper has a lower surface to engage the cable received in the cable groove. A threaded fastener connects the keeper to the body member. A recess is formed in the body member to receive a washer on the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Seydou Diop, Paul Zelazny, Jason Bundren
  • Patent number: 9748630
    Abstract: The antenna system comprises a first module ensuring the radiofrequency function and containing at least one antenna and at least one radio connection box, a second assembly module ensuring the fastening and positioning of the antenna system onto a mount, and an interface part ensuring the connection between the first module and the second module and enabling a rotating junction between the first module and the second module. Preferably, the antenna system has a generally smooth round shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Denis Tuau, Loic Vanetti
  • Patent number: 9742061
    Abstract: A swivel mount apparatus and method for installing a swivel mount apparatus on a vehicle. The swivel mount apparatus includes a first member, a second member rotatably coupled to the first member, and a mounting post affixed to the first member and extending upwardly relative to the first member, wherein the mounting post receives the second member. A receiving space is defined by the second member and receives an accessory, such that the accessory may be adjusted relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Barry W. Knight
  • Patent number: 9730534
    Abstract: The disclosure includes in one aspect a mounting sticker comprising a non-adhesive front side defined by a planar sticker body and a rear side defined by the planar sticker body and including a planar magnetically receptive member disposed thereon with the magnetically receptive member completely peripherally surrounded by a portion of the sticker body, at least a portion of the sticker body defining the rear side comprising an adhesive. The sticker body can define a teardrop shape having a circular head portion with a peeling tip extending from the head portion and terminating at a point defined by an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Leslie Pierson
  • Patent number: 9730541
    Abstract: A window treatment device is provided including a main body, secondary body, elongated rod, curtain rod, and grommet. The elongated rod may connect with the main body and/or the secondary body. The grommet may be removably insertable into the main body. The secondary body may be movable about the elongated rod. The main body may at least partially be enclosed by the curtain rod. A method is provided for constructing a window treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Ricky V. Thorpe
  • Patent number: 9723924
    Abstract: A bracket assembly includes a bracket and a positioning mechanism affixed to the bracket for mounting. The positioning mechanism includes a fixed block unit including a locating block and first mounting posts extended from the locating block, and a movable block unit including hollow second mounting posts of a different cross section relative to the first mounting posts and insertable through the locating block and movable relative to the fixed block between a forward position where the second mounting posts respectively protrude over the respective distal ends of the first mounting posts for fastening to respective mounting through holes of a support frame in a cabinet of a machine and a backward position where the second mounting posts are retracted and received inside the locating block to let the first mounting posts be exposed to the outside for fastening to respective mounting through holes of another design of support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 9722404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for sealingly holding cables through an opening. The system comprises a holder substantially in the form of a plate having a central portion with a first thickness between a first side and a second side of the plate and a peripheral portion with a second thickness which is smaller than the first thickness, the holder having in the central portion a plurality of conduits extending in the thickness direction of the plate, each conduit being suitable for having one or more cables extending there through, at least one multi-part sealing plug of an elastic material for sealing an annular space between an inner wall of one of the conduits and a cable extending there through and a gasket of an elastic material and of a shape for placement against the peripheral portion so as to provide a sealing in a circumferential direction of the plate. The plug has at least one circumferentially extending outer rib and at least one circumferentially extending inner rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Beele Engineering B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Alfred Beele
  • Patent number: 9709214
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching a lifting/lowering device to a support member of a safety structure, the bracket including: a body configured to at least partially contact or envelop a support member of a safety structure, wherein at least one surface of the body has at least one cut-out that includes at least one shaped end for contacting a support member pin inserted into the support member of the safety structure, and wherein the body includes at least one surface for mounting or securing the bracket to a lifting/lowering device. A bracket and lifting/lowering device assembly and method of installation are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: MSA Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wu, Eleen Ma, Wade Li, Anna Zhou
  • Patent number: 9709210
    Abstract: A support device (01) comprises a base (10) and at least one support member (20) disposed on an upper surface of the base (10), the support member (20) each at least comprises a support portion (210) contacting a back shell to be supported. The support portion (210) comprises: a contact surface (211) facing the back shell; the contact surface (211) comprising a first subarea (211a) parallel with a plane where the back shell is located and a second subarea (211b) which intersects a side, away from the upper surface, of the first subarea (211a), and the second subarea (211b) being angled in a direction away from the plane where the back shell is located; and a first retainer portion (212) disposed at a position where the first subarea (211a) intersects the second subarea (211b), and a second retainer portion (213) disposed at the second subarea (211b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zifeng Wang, Yan Ren, Yue Wu
  • Patent number: 9702171
    Abstract: Provided is a locking device, the fastening strength of which does not vary. A hook is provided with a recess having a first stopper surface and a second stopper surface which extend in the direction of a rotating shaft. A pawl is provided with a projection having a first contact surface capable of contacting the first stopper surface, and a second contact surface capable of contacting the second stopper surface. The provided locking device is one in which the first and second contact surfaces are convexly curving surfaces which project outward toward the first and second stopper surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuji Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9701219
    Abstract: A vehicular seat slide device is provided with a lower an upper rail, a lock member, a memory piece, a memory link, a slide member, and a stopper member. The memory piece is engaged with the upper rail and the lower rail. The memory link releases the lock member and the memory piece with urging force of a memory link urging member, and pivots in a releasing direction to press the lock member in a pivot direction and press the memory piece against the urging force of the memory piece urging member. The slide member releases the memory link with urging force of a slider urging member, and presses the memory link in the release direction by moving as a seat back is collapsed forward. After the seatback is collapsed forward and the upper rail is moved in a seat-rearward direction, the stopper member contacts the memory piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mikihito Nagura, Atsushi Abaka, Naoaki Hoshihara, Tateki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9701253
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes an apparatus for holding, securing, storing or hanging items, particularly, from a headrest in an automobile. The apparatus may have a double-hook member for receiving items to store or hang. The apparatus may further have a chain or a strap that may be placed around a headrest in an automobile such that the apparatus may hang down the side of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LOULOU DESIGNS, INC.
    Inventors: Alison Louise Conlon, Andria Louise Yildirim
  • Patent number: 9694865
    Abstract: A saddle adjustment assembly comprising an adjustable height saddle post, the adjustable height saddle post comprising a first support and a second support, the second support configured to slidably move relative to the first support between at least a raised position and a lowered position, the first support configured to attach to a bicycle frame; a saddle angle adjustment mechanism coupled to the second support, the saddle angle adjustment mechanism comprising a rotatably coupled saddle support configured to couple to a bicycle saddle; wherein the saddle angle adjustment mechanism is configured to enable rotation of the saddle support relative to the second support as a result of the first support moving relative to the second support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael McAndrews, Ron Powers, Brandon D. Sloan, Jeffrey Keith Bowers, Ian Thomas McPherson
  • Patent number: 9689509
    Abstract: A device is described that can be employed to clamp a hose to the interior surface of a vessel intended to receive the liquid discharged from the hose. A one-piece device includes a central region incorporating end pieces that include circular slots that accept a range of hose/tubing sizes and clamp the hose/tubing to the central region. The central region also incorporates a number of clip-type devices at its edges that serve to securely attach the central region to the interior surface of the mouth of a receiving vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher Aliberti