Patents Examined by Monica S. Carter
  • Patent number: 11318717
    Abstract: A method of field shaping a laminated glass structure is provided. The method includes providing the laminated glass structure comprising a flexible glass sheet having a thickness of no greater than about 0.3 mm laminated to a non-glass substrate by an adhesive material. The laminated glass structure is field cut using a handheld power tool thereby forming a shaped laminated glass structure. An edge strength of a cut edge of the shaped laminated glass structure at least about 20 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dominick John Forenz, Michael William Price, Mary Rosettie, Eric Joseph Teator
  • Patent number: 11305389
    Abstract: An output rod (20) of an electric clamping device includes: a tubular power transmission member (25) screw-connected to a decelerator (6); and an output rod main body (24) disposed radially inward of an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical hole of the power transmission member (25) with a clearance between the output rod main body (24) and the inner peripheral surface. The output rod (20) further includes: a rotation preventing mechanism (26); a lock-side driving mechanism (27, 42), a release-side driving mechanism (28), and an output rod guide mechanism (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: KOSMEK LTD
    Inventor: Ryota Kojima
  • Patent number: 11305391
    Abstract: A zero-positioning mechanism of a metalworking machine contains: a base, a locking jig, and a pneumatic cylinder. The base includes at least one installation area. The locking jig includes a body, a slider assembly, and a fixing plate. The pneumatic cylinder includes the piston and a push unit. The body includes a through orifice, the slider assembly includes two pushers and four sliders. A respective pusher has a lower fringe, two beveled fringes, and multiple receiving orifices. A respective receiving orifice is configured to accommodate a respective one of multiple resilient elements. A respective slider is arranged on the respective beveled fringe of the respective pusher and has a conical positioning portion. The fixing plate includes a first face and a second face. The first face has multiple coupling apertures and four locking apertures, and the second face has a groove with multiple chutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: YUE DAR INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Shen Chen, Ju-Tan Chen
  • Patent number: 11304582
    Abstract: Hot plate cleaner for floors including a handgrip, a handle, a tank for water, a main body shaped as a brush, a heating plate below the brush and a thermostat, and cleaning fabrics for the floor hooked below a sealing frame, adapted to be hooked and unhooked below the brush, with the interposition of a sandwich panel maintained in contact with the heating plate having a layer of polyurethane foam, placed between two polyester fabrics, and a waterproof element applied to the panel to let the water flow from the tank scatter on the sandwich panel to dampen it so to act as a tank in order to reach the same temperature as the heating plate and keep it unchanged until the panel dries and transmit the same temperature to the cleaning fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Pier Antonio Milanese
  • Patent number: 11298802
    Abstract: The invention discloses a caliper repairing clamp, which relates to the technical field of calipers and comprises a machine body, wherein a polishing disc is arranged inside the machine body, a protective cover is arranged on the outer surface of the polishing disc, a moving table is arranged below the machine body, a polishing table is arranged above the moving table, a fixed table is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the polishing table, a first bearing is fixedly embedded inside the machine body, a rotating handle is arranged below the moving table, and a first threaded rod is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the rotating handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aijun Sun, Ning Ma, Liqun Zheng
  • Patent number: 11298807
    Abstract: A ratcheting box torque wrench is provided. The wrench includes a head and a handle connected to the head. The head has a slipping torque limiter that applies torque to a fastener in a first direction (T) up to a torque limit before slipping in the first direction (T) and ratchets in a second direction (R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Zaheer Firoz Poonawalla, Seydou Diop, Adrian Beau Candelaria
  • Patent number: 11299129
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for cleaning the light scattering film (LSF) from the surface of a windshield in a vehicle, and more particularly, is directed to a magnetically associated cleaning element that is moved across the interior surface of a windshield by an interactive magnetic force transmitted through the windshield, with magnets associated with the wiper assembly on the other side of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph E. Kovarik
  • Patent number: 11296486
    Abstract: A wire preparation device includes a motor, a device housing coupled to the motor, and a wire spinner held by the device housing. The wire spinner is mechanically connected to the motor via power coupling components. The wire spinner extends to a wire end that protrudes from the device housing. The wire spinner includes a collet sleeve defining a channel configured to receive an end of one or more wires of a cable therein through an opening at the wire end. The wire spinner further includes an outer collar surrounding the collet sleeve and selectively movable relative to the collet sleeve to force the collet sleeve to contract radially inward for releasably securing the one or more wires within the channel. The wire spinner is rotated by the motor relative to the device housing to untwist or straighten the one or more wires secured within the collet sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Brian Keith Weaver
  • Patent number: 11287584
    Abstract: A connector extracting jig according to an embodiment is a connector extracting jig for extracting an optical connector connected to a component to be connected along a connection direction from the component to be connected, the optical connector including a latch engaged with the component to be connected, the latch having a protrusion which is can be pushed down, and the protrusion releasing the engagement of the latch with the component to be connected when being pushed down, the connector extracting jig including: a butting part configured to butt on the optical connector in the connection direction; and a pushing-down part configured to be positioned closer to the component to be connected than the butting part and face the protrusion along a first direction intersecting the connection direction when the butting part butts on the optical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daizo Nishioka, Yohei Aoshima
  • Patent number: 11285578
    Abstract: A height of an upper surface of a sub-chuck table is measured by a holding surface measuring unit in contact with the upper surface of the sub-chuck table. A height of a holding surface of a chuck table is measured by an upper surface height measuring unit in contact with the holding surface of the chuck table. A first difference between the height of the upper surface of the sub-chuck table and the height of the holding surface of the chuck table is calculated. A workpiece is held on the holding surface, and the height of the upper surface of the sub-chuck table is calculated again by the holding surface measuring unit. The upper surface height measuring unit is brought into contact with the upper surface of the workpiece by vertically moving it, and the height of the upper surface of the workpiece is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jiro Genozono
  • Patent number: 11284761
    Abstract: A cyclonic separator device for removing dust or debris from dirt-laden air, the device having a separating chamber, an inlet, an outlet, and a shroud that is connected to the separating chamber at one end, and provides a plurality of openings for the passage of air to the outlet. The device further includes a dirt collection chamber in communication with the separating chamber. The separating chamber includes an airflow directing formation which is connected to an inner surface of a generally cylindrical portion and which extends inwardly towards a central axis of the generally cylindrical portion. The airflow directing formation provides a surface which follows a substantially helical path that extends away from the inlet as it extends circumferentially around the inner surface of the generally cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Matthew James Ward, Richard David Waters, Guy Lawrence Newsom, Darren David Holmes, Steven James Rogers
  • Patent number: 11279018
    Abstract: A tool head clamping system allows for the interchangeability of various cleaning tool head accessories. These accessories are connected by a clip assembly to a mop handle or like elongated hand tool handle. The system utilizes a novel male clip member to female clip member connection, with the female clip member located on the end of the elongated tool handle, and a tool head accessory consisting of the male clip member configured to have a variety of cleaning elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Saul Siegman
  • Patent number: 11279169
    Abstract: A paint delivery tool or paint tray, suitable for use in a paint bucket, includes a paint roller grid mounted to a shelf that includes an auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket intended for separate use with a paint brush. The upper shelf includes a semicircular rim and lip for mounting the tool or paint tray to the top of a circular bucket. The paint roller grid extends from an opposite straight edge of the shelf and downward into the paint bucket. A paint roller and a paint brush can then be stored and used separately to reduce waste, messes and clean up. The paint roller grid and the shelf can be an integral one piece member, and they can be joined by a living hinge if molded as a plastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Martin Todd Tracy
  • Patent number: 11275209
    Abstract: A splicing structure, a splicing table, and a splicing and fitting device are provided. The splicing structure includes: a splicing adjustment component, a splicing alignment component, and a splicing base. The splicing adjustment component and the splicing alignment component are connected to the splicing base; and the splicing adjustment component is configured to support at least two to-be-spliced pieces; the splicing alignment component is configured to align the at least two to-be-spliced pieces to a first reference site. The splicing adjustment component is further configured to drive at least one of two adjacent to-be-spliced pieces in the at least two to-be-spliced pieces to move relative to the first reference site, to enable the two adjacent to-be-spliced pieces to be close to or far away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE CHATANI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaokun Chen, Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 11260483
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting at least one component includes a supporting device having a first and at least one second support element, which are mounted movably relative to each other, and a shape-defining device with a surface contour which fits, at least in some regions, a contour of a supporting section of the component. The supporting device can be placed against the shape-defining device, and, by contact of the at least two support elements with the surface contour of the shape-defining device, the first support element can be moved into a defined position relative to the at least second support element, in which position the at least two support elements reproduce the contour of the supporting section, at least in some regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Auer, Martin Endres, Franz Korber, Georgij Safronov
  • Patent number: 11254084
    Abstract: A plurality of mass-produced identical multi-component housings for toothbrush handles, each housing having a length of about 120-200 mm, which is at least three times greater than a maximal orthogonal dimension thereof. Each housings includes at least a first component made of a first hard-plastic material, a second component made of a second hard-plastic material, and a third component made of a soft-plastic material, which are integrally joined together to form a generally tubular structure. Each housing includes a tolerance-elimination element made of the second plastic material, attached to one of first component's ends, at least partially overmolded by the soft-plastic material, and having an average length of about 3-20 mm, which average length varies among at least some of the tolerance-elimination elements by a lengthwise dimension that is at least ten times greater than the lengthwise maximal dimension variations of the length among the individual multi-component housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Kunz, Werner Huebscher, Kris Lueckel, Sven Schäfer, Stefan Gehard Triebig
  • Patent number: 11241770
    Abstract: A support base supports a plate-shaped workpiece. The support base includes a flat plate-shaped box member having a support face for supporting a workpiece and a placement face that is a face on the opposite side to the support face and is placed on a holding face of a chuck table, a temperature measurement unit accommodated in the box member, and a battery accommodated in the box member and serving as a power supply for the temperature measurement unit. The temperature measurement unit includes a temperature measuring instrument that measures a temperature at the support face, and a recording unit that records the temperature measured by the temperature measuring instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sakae Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 11123833
    Abstract: A locating fixture includes an adjustable locating member for supporting and restraining a part. The adjustable locating member allows for rotational and translational adjustment for aligning to a particular part configuration. The adjustable locating member utilizes a plurality of indicia and a position indicator to assist in the alignment of the adjustable locating member to a desired position, which is then restrained at a desired position by a restraining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Erik Riha, Michael Dean Blodgett
  • Patent number: 11124982
    Abstract: A pool cleaner for cleaning a pool, the pool cleaner may include a filtering element for filtering fluid; at least one sensor for sensing an actual yaw of the pool cleaner and an actual orientation of the pool cleaner; at least one steering element that is configured to move the pool cleaner along a cleaning path during a cleaning process of a certain region of a sidewall of the pool; wherein the cleaning path comprises a cleaning path segment that has a cleaning path segment yaw that is a non-vertical yaw; wherein the cleaning path comprises less than a predetermined number of turns; wherein the predetermined number of turns is associated with another cleaning path that mostly includes vertical yaw cleaning path segments; and a controller that is configured to control the at least one steering element, based on the actual yaw of the pool cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MAYTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Semion Korenfeld, Shay Witelson
  • Patent number: 11103983
    Abstract: An anti-slip torque tool that utilizes a plurality of grooves to prevent slippage and facilitate torque transfer to a fastener. The tool includes a wrench torque-tool body and an at least one engagement element. The wrench torque-tool body includes a plurality of internal sidewalls, a first base, and a second base. Further, each of the internal sidewalls includes a bracing surface. The engagement element includes a first pair of grooves and a second pair of grooves, wherein each further includes a primary cavity and a secondary cavity. The engagement element is laterally integrated into a specific sidewall to provide additional gripping action. The first pair of grooves and the second pair of grooves are positioned offset from each other, along the bracing surface of the specific sidewall. The primary cavity and the secondary cavity each traverse normal and into the bracing surface from the first base to the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka