Patents Examined by Monica Millner
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Patent number: 9400078Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention can be categorized as aids and/or docking assemblies for handheld electronic devices. The docking assembly described herein serves at least as (a) an aid for holding and using handheld computing appliances, and/or (b) a protective case for handheld computing appliances, and/or (c) a stand for handheld computing appliances.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: AMBULANT, INC.Inventors: Harry William McGowan, Joseph Cole McGowan
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Patent number: 9399411Abstract: A sliding structure for a vehicle seat, the sliding structure configured to attach the vehicle seat slidably in an anteroposterior direction to a vehicle body. The sliding structure including: a seat positioning portion including positioning holes formed in the vehicle body and aligned in the anteroposterior direction, and a positioning pin attached to the seat and configured to be movable to a projecting position projected to one of positioning holes to be engageable therewith, and to a withdrawing position withdrawn from the positioning hole; and a seat slide support portion including a seat support portion formed with the vehicle body, a seat attachment portion disposed at the bottom of the seat and having a long hole extending in the anteroposterior direction, and a seat guide portion provided to the seat support portion and configured to be engaged with the long hole and guide the seat movably in the anteroposterior direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Fortik Loran
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Patent number: 9399483Abstract: A supporting apparatus for a steering bracket includes, a steering bracket supporting a steering column and including a first capsule-side hole and a second capsule-side hole, a separation capsule including a first bracket-side hole and a second bracket-side hole, a resin member straddling the first bracket-side hole and the first capsule-side hole, a shear pin straddling the second bracket-side hole and the second capsule-side hole, and a cam mechanism including a rotatable weight portion to pull out the shear pin from the second bracket-side hole, the weight portion constituted to rotate around the shear pin by inertia due to a primary collision and to move to a front of a vehicle, and the cam mechanism constituted to pull out the shear pin from the bracket-side hole by a rotation of the weight portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Shinji Okada, Yuuichi Tomaru
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Patent number: 9400082Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a load on a structure, comprising a first strap having a distal end and a proximal end, a first clamp body for supporting a load, the first clamp body including a catch mechanism for engaging at least one end of the strap, the first clamp body further including a clamp mechanism for engaging a structure, wherein the strap is configured for tightening around at least a portion of the structure and engaging with the catch mechanism of the first clamp body, to maintain the clamping mechanism of the first clamp body on the structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Inventor: Marc W. Webster
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Patent number: 9383060Abstract: A security wall rack and television mount combination is described to deter or prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to the back of a television or the wall mount that supports the television and to deter or prevent theft of a television. The wall mount includes security covers that are rotatably attached to the frame that cover the location where screws will secure the frame to a wall or other surface. The mount is rotatably attached to the frame and provides for the system to be locked in place in a nested way.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Synergy Global Supply, Inc.Inventor: William F. Geier
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Patent number: 9381891Abstract: The present invention provides a stand that sits on or about the windshield, underneath a windshield wiper arm, that is capable of supporting it so that the windshield wiper blade is raised off of the windshield. By doing so, the wiper blade is protected from freezing to the windshield, simplifying the act of snow and ice removal and protecting the wiper blade from damage that might otherwise ensue.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Inventor: Dino Petrovic
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Patent number: 9374924Abstract: A mounting enclosure assembly configured to mount an electronic component onto a DIN rail. The mounting enclosure assembly includes a mounting bracket having a slot configured to receive the DIN rail therein. The mounting enclosure assembly further includes a locking mechanism configured to selectively engage the DIN rail. The locking mechanism includes a release button and a protrusion positioned proximate the slot and configured to releasably engage a first flange of the DIN rail. The locking mechanism further includes a first hinged armature connected to the release button and the first protrusion, wherein the first protrusion is configured to disengage the first flange of the DIN rail when the release button is depressed. Other embodiments of the mounting enclosure assembly, as well as methods directed to the mounting enclosure assembly, are further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC BUILDINGS, LLCInventor: David Boretti
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Patent number: 9371850Abstract: The invention relates to an anchor head (1) for anchoring a tension anchor (2) on the air side of an anchor bore (5), comprising an anchor nut (3) with a threaded bore (17) for screwing onto an anchor thread (19) of a tension anchor (2) and comprising an anchor plate (4) which interacts with the anchor nut (3) and comprises an anchor plate opening (8), said anchor plate being designed to transmit the tensile forces which can be exerted onto the anchor nut (3) by a screwed-in tension anchor (2) to a sub-surface (6) surrounding the anchor bore (5). The anchor nut (3) has a conical bearing region (7) which engages into the opening (8) of the anchor plate (4) in the assembled state and rests against a complementary inner cone (9) in the anchor plate opening, said anchor plate (4) having the inner cone at least in the region of the anchor plate opening (8).Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Firep Rebar Technology GMBHInventor: Kenichi Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 9371657Abstract: A working device has a base designed as a stationary support column, a motor-driven rotary head and a stack of arms made up of several mast arms which can be moved with respect to each other in pairs, using articulated or sliding joints, supporting a concrete transport line. The stack of arms is articulated on the rotary head about a horizontal rotational axis by a first mast arm. The working device also includes a control mechanism which can be actuated by a control element or a radio path and which is arranged in a control box, and a hydraulic assembly including an oil tank and a motor-driven hydraulic pump for controlling working groups for moving the rotary head and mast arm. A working platform fixed with respect to the base is arranged in the region of the bearing block for emergency operations.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Putzmeister Engineering GmbHInventor: Matthias Braun
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Patent number: 9371954Abstract: A work bench including a frame foldable between an in-use position and a closed position. A table surface is connected to the frame. The frame includes two sides, the two sides connected to each other with a latchable bar and one or more fixed crossbars. The work bench also includes movable catch which is movable from a position in which it retains the latchable bar at the latched position to maintain the work bench in an in-use position, and a released position in which the latchable bar is release from the catch to allow the work bench to be folded into a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: The Stanley Works Israel Ltd.Inventors: Omri Lifshitz, Miki Birnbaum
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Patent number: 9370692Abstract: An anchor assembly is described and which includes two bodies with a common axle between them and with a shaft mounted to each body distal to the axle, there being a plurality of lobes, each having a first end, a distal tip, and a raised portion, mounted on the shafts and axle, the shaft receiving lobes rotating in the opposite direction to the axle receiving lobes and with the lobes caused to rotate by a slideably moveable trigger from a first position with the tips below a horizontal plane defined by the shaft and axle centerline to a second position with the tips on the opposite side of the horizontal plane causing the anchor assembly to have a first dimension, and a second position where the rotation of the lobes causes the anchor assembly to have a second dimension which is lesser than the first dimension.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventor: Nathanial James Czech
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Patent number: 9365165Abstract: An onboard equipment fixing structure for an onboard equipment which is mounted in a vehicle includes a bracket which fixes the onboard equipment to a vehicle body part of the vehicle. The bracket includes a vehicle body attaching portion which is attached to the vehicle body part, an equipment attaching portion which is attached to a side surface of the onboard equipment which extends in a vertical direction of a vehicle body, a connecting portion which connects the vehicle body attaching portion and the equipment attaching portion, and an opening portion which is formed in an area surrounded by the vehicle body attaching portion, the equipment attaching portion and the connecting portion. The vehicle body attaching portion is fixed to the vehicle body part so as to be disposed closer to the outside of the vehicle body than the equipment attaching portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenta Koyama, Hirotaka Shuto, Makoto Kamachi, Tatsuya Yasukochi
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Patent number: 9364081Abstract: A folding stand for use with a mobile device comprises a front pair of legs being spaced-apart from one another defining a gap, and having a front foot at the bottom end interconnecting the front pair of legs. A rear leg pivotally coupled to the front pair of legs. The front pair of legs and the rear leg having at least two positions with respect to one another, including: 1) a collapsed retracted position in which the rear leg is folded between the front pair of legs, and with the mobile device removed from the front foot; and 2) an expanded extended position in which the rear leg is unfolded from between the front pair of legs with bottom ends of the front and rear pairs of legs configured to be disposed on a support surface, and configured to receive the mobile device disposed on the front foot and leaning against the front pair of legs.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: American Covers, Inc.Inventors: Bryce Haymond, Jason Fogg
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Patent number: 9363909Abstract: The present invention provides a positioning and adjusting device of the monitor, comprising a supporting frame, the main body of the monitor is installed on a supporting frame in an inclined way, the rear seat is hinged to the upper end of the supporting frame, the display panel is in sliding connection with the rear seat; a convex part is disposed on the backside and extended into the inner cavity of the rear seat, a convex pin is disposed next to the side of the convex part, and a hook is set on the inner cavity of the rear seat that makes the display panel in a downward positioning status, when the convex pin is moving upward along the display panel. The device can adjust the vertical position of the display panel and adjust the tilt angle of the display panel to meet the watching needs of consumers.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Inventor: Maoqing Ye
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Patent number: 9357859Abstract: A bracket for supporting and displaying a planar object comprises an elongated body member including a planar web and a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web. An end wall extends transversely with respect to and engages the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects. A pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member. At least one of the arms is resiliently deflectable for engagement and retention of the lugs in an aperture of a mounting substrate. During connection, lugs on the arms are adapted to engage the portion of the mounting substrate defining the aperture for moving the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs to engage the mounting substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Benchmarc Display, Inc.Inventors: Louis D. Fanning, Jr., Edwin Paul Miller
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Patent number: 9353903Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a motion simulator providing, to a link part, a buffering uniting part for absorbing impact during operation so as to prevent shaking of the motion simulator, thereby improving stability. To this end, the motion simulator of the present invention comprises: support members for supporting a chair on which a user sits, a monitor for providing images of a virtual environment according to the operation of the user, and a handle operated by the user for providing the virtual environment; and a plurality of link parts coupled to the lower portions of the support members so as to support the support members while simultaneously moving the same in the vertical direction, wherein at least one link part among the plurality of link parts are provided with buffering uniting parts for the absorption of impact.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: MOTION DEVICE INC.Inventors: Yu Sin Kang, Jong Chan Lee, Sang Gon Chun
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Patent number: 9347509Abstract: A vibration isolation system, including a housing and a first isolation member which further includes a receptacle to receive an outer body of a motor, a first plurality of compliant arms, and a second plurality of compliant arms. Each compliant arm of the first isolation member has a first end and a second end. The first end of each of the compliant arms is coupled to the receptacle, and the second end of each of the compliant arms is coupled to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Charles H. Oppenheimer, Russell P. Yearout, Allen F. Zandonatti
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Patent number: 9327781Abstract: A jack for stabilizing a semi-truck trailer with improved maneuverability that can be coupled to a trailer kingpin without a need for the user to crawl or crouch under the trailer floor.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Inventor: Kirk L Hopkins
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Patent number: 9328865Abstract: A holder for a mobile computing device, such as a tablet computer or the like, can include a handle that is positioned laterally from a device space in which the mobile computing device is held within the holder. The handle can be angled relative to the mobile computing device and can have a fixed angle or adjustable angles. The holder can include two or more portions that are connectable in two or more different positions to hold the mobile computing device in at least two orientations, such as landscape and portrait orientations, and/or to accommodate devices of different sizes. In some configurations, the holder can incorporate a peripheral device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Inventors: Wyatt R. Briant, David E. Conely
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Patent number: 9316279Abstract: A vibration isolator with low elevation seismic restraint comprises a support member, at least two vibration isolating members, a top plate, a seismic snubber and a snubber limit plate. The vibration isolating members, are seated on the support member opposing end portions. The top plate has a middle portion and opposing end portions, wherein the top plate spans over the vibration isolating members, such that the vibration isolating members are between the support member and the top plate. The seismic snubber has a shaft element that is mounted to the top plate on one end. A snubbing limit plate is mounted to the support member such that it spans the U shaped support member middle portion, wherein the shaft member second end is between the snubbing limit plate, and the support member. The shaft member passes through the support member via a through-hole, and a first snubber element mounted to the shaft element second end, such that seismic movement is limited by the snubbing limit plate and the support plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Inventors: Paul Meisel, Richard Sherren