Patents Examined by Nicholas R. Kandas
  • Patent number: 11827262
    Abstract: An adjustable height cart height adjustable cart includes a frame extending in a longitudinal direction from a front end of the cart to a rear end of the cart. The frame includes a base provided with casters and a height adjustable frame connected to the base. The height adjustable frame is configured to be raised or lowered relative to the base. The height adjustable frame includes a lower shelf and an upper shelf. The upper shelf has an opening for loading and unloading items onto the cart. A handle is connected to the base at the rear end. A lower tote is slidably mounted on the lower shelf so as to move in a lateral direction. A top tote is slidably mounted on the upper shelf so as to move in the longitudinal direction forward and backward to enable loading of the lower tote through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: John Stephen Lanphear
  • Patent number: 11807306
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a battery mounting part provided below a floor for mounting at least one battery, first and second cross members to reinforce the floor in front of and behind the battery mounting part, respectively, left and right center side members extending in a front-rear direction and connecting the first cross member and the second cross member, wherein the left and right center side members are spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction and reinforce a portion of the floor, a fuel tank mounting part provided below the floor behind the second cross member, left and right reinforcing frames extending rearward from rear ends of the left and right center side members, respectively, to reinforce the floor, and left and right extension members extending rearward from rear ends of the left and right reinforcing frames, respectively, to reinforce the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Hyung Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11715860
    Abstract: A traction battery venting system includes, among other things, an engine exhaust system that discharges engine exhaust gas to an area outside an electrified vehicle. The engine exhaust gas is emitted from an internal combustion engine of the electrified vehicle. The system further includes a sound deadening device of the engine exhaust system, a traction battery, and a battery vent system that communicates battery vent byproducts to the engine exhaust system at a position that is downstream from the sound deadening device. The battery vent byproducts are emitted from the traction battery of the electrified vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Sumanth Reddy Dadam, Vivek Kumar, Vinod Ravi
  • Patent number: 11710873
    Abstract: A battery pack which is placed below a floor panel of a vehicle, includes a battery, a case for accommodating the battery, and a pressure release mechanism for releasing pressure inside the case. The pressure release mechanism includes a communication member which has one end and the other end and where the one end is connected to the case, and a gas discharge unit connected to the other end of the communication member and having a labyrinth structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Itsuki Shimazaki, Ryo Fujii, Kanae Ohkuma, Takaaki Iijima, Takahiro Takai, Yohei Azuma
  • Patent number: 11667181
    Abstract: The invention provides a mower, which comprises a battery package assembly and a frame for bearing the battery package assembly; the battery package assembly comprises a battery package and a fixing plate, the battery package is fixed on the fixing plate, a plurality of first pulleys are arranged at the bottom of the fixing plate, and the first pulleys are distributed along the installation direction of the battery package assembly. The frame comprises a supporting surface, and the first pulleys are supported on the supporting surface. The battery package assembly of the lawn mower moves on the supporting surface in a rolling mode, generated friction force is small, and convenience and labor saving can be achieved for the mounting and dismounting processes of the battery package assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jun Fan, Chaoqun Wang, Qunli Wei