Patents Examined by Patrick Maestri
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Patent number: 9802785Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating wire and cable installations are provided. According to embodiments, a system comprises a reel and a first parallel including a first conductor loaded onto the reel in a first layer. The system may further comprise a second parallel including a second conductor loaded onto the reel in a second layer. At least a portion of the second layer of the second parallel may be loaded on top of at least a portion of the first layer of the first parallel.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Southwire Company, LLCInventors: John R. Carlson, David Brian McCardel, David A. Cooper, David Mercier, Allan W. Daniel, Timothy M. Andrea
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Patent number: 9789664Abstract: A plated tubular lattice structure is described. The plated tubular lattice structure may comprise a backbone structure which may include a plurality of axial posts and a plurality of pyramidal structures extending laterally from the axial posts and connecting the axial posts at nodes. The plated tubular lattice structure may further comprise a metal plating layer plated on an outer surface of the backbone structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Grant O. Cook, III, James T. Roach
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Patent number: 9771723Abstract: Floor panels provided with a mechanical locking system comprising a separate material in order to reduce snapping resistance during vertical displacement. For example, a separate flexible tongue, the flexible tongue including an inner part, which is connected to a holding groove at a second edge, and an outer flexible snap tab that extends upwardly and in the connected state into a cavity under a protruding tongue for locking a first and a second floor panel to each other in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: CERALOC INNOVATION ABInventor: Darko Pervan
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Patent number: 9755262Abstract: A resin panel structure capable of improving positioning precision of a resin panel is provided. A resin panel structure includes a fiber reinforced plastic upper panel, a fiber reinforced plastic lower panel disposed below the upper panel, a fiber reinforced plastic core panel that is installed between the upper panel and the lower panel and joined to the upper panel and the lower panel, and includes an opening into which a portion of the upper panel or a portion of the lower panel is inserted, and a joining member that joins the upper panel or the lower panel that is inserted into the opening, and the other of the upper panel or the lower panel, together.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koki Ikeda, Tomohiro Sakurai, Kentaro Nakamura
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Patent number: 9677591Abstract: The invention relates to a screw, comprising a drive, a drilling tip for producing a bore, said bore having a bore axis and a bore diameter, which drilling tip is spaced apart from the drive in a drive-in direction, and a shaft, which extends from the drive to the drilling tip, wherein the shaft has a stop section, which can be fed through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is tilted in relation to the bore axis and which has a stop surface for blocking the feeding of the stop section through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is oriented parallel to the bore axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Foser, Daniel Baudy
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Patent number: 9677290Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring system for a wall formwork as well as to a method for suspending the anchoring system on the rear side of a wall formwork while dismantling a wall formwork. In order to accelerate a dismantling process, an anchoring system with an anchoring rod (4) and at least one disengageable locking device is provided. The part of the anchoring system that is pulled out of wall formworks after a concrete wall has been produced comprises a suspension means for suspending on a wall formwork the part of the anchoring system that has been pulled out.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Hünnebeck GmbHInventors: Martin Berger, Volker Klehr, Klaus Hagemes
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Patent number: 9677263Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems for connecting a flooring system to a vertical wall. In one embodiment the building structure includes a floor comprising a cementitious slab and a wall supporting at least a portion of the cementitious slab. A plurality of stand-off fasteners extend from the top of the wall into the cementitious slab and are configured to transfer forces between the cementitious slab and the wall. The stand-off fasteners comprise a lower portion and an upper stand-off portion. The lower portion is operatively coupled to the top of the wall, and the upper stand-off portion extends above the top of the wall and is encapsulated within the cementitious slab. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the lower portion is heat treated to a higher degree of hardness relative to the remainder of the stand-off screw.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: NUCOR CORPORATIONInventors: Glenn Wayne Studebaker, David Lee Samuelson, Lionel Edward Dayton
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Patent number: 9664447Abstract: Disclosed are a fibrous insulation block which can improve work efficiency of lining construction in various types of refractory furnace in iron works, and a construction method for a heated furnace-surface lining using the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohji Kohno, Motokuni Itakusu, Masaharu Sato, Takuo Uehara, Yoshitsugu Okanaka, Tomonobu Shiraishi, Kenji Goto, Sho Yamanaka
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Patent number: 9656678Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for loading and unloading a semi-trailer on a railway wagon, comprising a loading and unloading structure intended to receive the semi-trailer. The loading and unloading structure comprises a lower portion in the form of a support plate intended to carry the semi-trailer and an upper portion in the form of a handling frame intended to be handled and moved by a standard means for handling containers. To this end, the upper portion of the handling frame has a standard container interface intended to be handled and moved by a standard means for handling containers. The support plate and the handling frame are connected either by a fixed link or by a detachable link.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Lohr IndustrieInventor: Hervé Morel
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Patent number: 9657495Abstract: A crane system includes a structural truss positioned within a central opening defined by an inside surface of an annular tower, a crane mast connected to an outside surface of the annular tower, and a jib arm connected to the crane mast.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Inventor: James D. Lockwood
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Patent number: 9638563Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) having a tubular shape, comprising a body (2) and at least two extremities (3a, 3b), wherein at least one of these extremities (3a, 3b) has a V-shape (4) and comprises an opening (5) forming an ellipse (6), and wherein the angle ? between i) the central and longitudinal axis (7) of the device (1) and ii) the tangential line (8) formed by said V-shape (4) is lower than 10°.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventor: Marc Montarras
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Patent number: 9637923Abstract: A structural member having a longitudinal axis comprises: an exterior shell member defining an elongated channel with an inner surface; an interior shell member having an outer surface and defining an inner channel, inserted in the elongated channel of the exterior shell member and extending longitudinally therein and defining an inter-shell spacing therebetween; and concrete filling the inter-shell spacing and including at least one reinforcement bar having a longitudinally extending section extending in the inter-shell spacing and being disconnected from the inner surface of the exterior shell member and from the outer surface of the interior shell member.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C.Inventors: Masmoudi Radhouane, Abouzied Ahmed
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Patent number: 9637916Abstract: A work-station utilizes sound absorbing, translucent enclosure panels that allows light from outside of the work-station to enter. The translucent enclosure panels have an outside panel, and intermediate panel and an inside panel of a translucent plastic sheet material that form cells for dampening sound transmission through the enclosure panels. The inside panel has a plurality of apertures to allow sound to enter and be dissipated within the internal cells. A sound masking device is configured within the work-station and projects a dampening sound into the work-station, such as along the opening to work-station to produce a masking sound curtain for sound entering the work-station.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Inventor: Frank Lytle
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Patent number: 9638356Abstract: The invention relates to a wall feed-through fitting for passing elongated parts, pipes, wires, and/or cables through a wall of piece of equipment, housing or component provided with the wall that has a throughgoing hole and where a flange (1) is fastened to the wall by a fastener, the flange having a hole (2) coaxial to the throughgoing hole, wherein the flange (1) has two half-flanges (3) that abut at a parting plane crossing the hole (2), the half-flanges are connected or connectable to one another by integrally molded connecting formations (4), and the half-flanges (3) are of identical shape with each of the half-flanges (3) having a first connecting formation at one respective parting face and a second connecting formation at a second respective parting face and the first and second connecting formations are different from one another but fit complementarily with one another in a desired mounting position of the half-flanges (3).Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: PFLITSCH GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ulrike Schwinning, Martin Lechner
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Patent number: 9631377Abstract: A joint connector for connecting abutting edges of tapered drywall is provided that includes a base, a column projecting forward from said base, and mud legs extending generally perpendicular to said column forming pockets for receipt of tapered edges of said drywall.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2006Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Inventors: Frank Michael Browne, Kyle Edward Seward
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Patent number: 9624680Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus (10) for supporting and carrying a brick structure (22). The portable apparatus (10) includes a base (12) that is configured to carry, in use, the brick structure (22). The portable apparatus (10) also includes a position assembly (14) that has one or more position members (16). The or each position member (16) is configured to define, in use, a first layout for a plurality of bricks of the brick structure (22).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventor: Stephen Atkinson
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Patent number: 9624044Abstract: A rack for a heavy equipment bucket having a rectangular base and two vertical posts. Each vertical post has one or more upwardly angled extending protrusions. A series of double ended reverse hooks are provided with the rack for stacking heavy equipment buckets.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventors: Steve Wright, Bob Beales
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Patent number: 9624713Abstract: A connection system comprising an anchor connected to the window frame, a meeting rail having ends that may be snap fit to the anchor, and a single screw to tighten and true-up the connection once it is installed in the anchor. The connection system allows the meeting rail to be removed and replace from inside the building. In an alternative embodiment the disclosure details a kit for detachably securing a meeting rail to a frame jamb. The kit comprises separate anchors that are removably secured to the first and second side of the jamb frame and a profiled pin for insertion into the anchor for securing the meeting rail to the anchor and upon manual rotation of the pin the meeting rail and frame jambs are secured together.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Ply Gem Industries, Inc.Inventor: Colin David Campbell
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Patent number: 9617725Abstract: A building system comprising a plurality of tubes, a plurality of connection nodes comprising tubular sections for connection to the tubes, wherein the tubes are arranged to connect between the connection nodes to form a frame for a building, wherein at least one continuous cavity is formed through at least a portion of the nodes and tubes when the nodes and tubes are connected, the building system further comprising fluid tight seals between the tubes and connection nodes to enable fluid to flow through the at least one continuous cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: NEW BUILDING SYSTEMS PTY LTDInventor: Glen Carless
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Patent number: 9616259Abstract: Fire block devices for application to a wall component. The fire-block device can be a wall component that includes a fire-resistant material strip that expands in response to sufficient heat to create a fire-resistant barrier. In some applications, the fire-block wall component is positioned to extend lengthwise along and across a gap between wallboard members. The fire-block wall component may have a U-shaped central portion and a pair of side portions extending in opposite directions from the central portion. The fire-resistant material may be positioned on the central portion of the fire-block device. The central portion may be positioned within the gap such that the fire-resistant material expands in response to sufficient heat to create a fire-resistant barrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: California Expanded Metal Products CompanyInventors: Donald A. Pilz, Raymond E. Poliquin