Patents Examined by Robert Do
  • Patent number: 11986060
    Abstract: A strap tip structure includes a positioning fastener member and an outer cover. The positioning fastener member includes a mainbody, at least three clip members and an external screw structure. The at least three clip members are flexibly connected to the mainbody, and each of the clip members is an arc plate and has an end portion. The external screw structure is disposed on an outer surface of the mainbody. The outer cover is detachably connected to the positioning fastener member. The outer cover includes an inner space and an inner screw structure, and the inner screw structure matches the external screw structure. When the inner screw structure of the outer cover and the external screw structure of the positioning fastener member are screwed together, the positioning fastener member is accommodated in the inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN PAIHO LIMITED
    Inventors: Allen Cheng, Chan-Lu Chang, Chia-Ju Cheng, Yi-Jhen Su
  • Patent number: 11988247
    Abstract: A solar power system includes at least one mounting assembly including a rail, at least one framed solar module, and at least one clip to secure the solar module to the rail. The clip includes at least a pair of sidewalls extending from a top plate or rear wall, each sidewall including a slot, a recess, and a locking member, at least one of the slot, recess, or both include a serrated edge. The clips may secure a solar module to the rail by coupling to the frame of the solar module to a rail of the mounting assembly within the slots of the sidewalls. The clips may be secured to the mounting assembly by locking members positioned on a distal end thereof. The clips may establish an electrical grounding connection between the frame of the solar module and the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Watson, Ricardo Delgado-Nanez
  • Patent number: 11982383
    Abstract: A securing device for securing a wing nut type ferrule clamp installed on a ferrule, the securing device has a top and a hollow body that extends downwards from a periphery of the top. The hollow body has a front face and a rear face, the front face has an elongated hole configured to receive one end of the wing nut. A first cutout in the front face extends from the bottom of the hollow body and below the elongated hole. The first cutout has a width more than the width of the ferrule clamp. The rear face of the hollow body has a second cutout to receive an opposite end of the wing nut. Two flanges extend from opposite edges of the second cutout, wherein each of the two flanges has a hole. A shackle can pass through the two holes and limits the movement of the wing nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: William W Scheirer
  • Patent number: 11965536
    Abstract: A clip for attaching an attaching article to an object member may include an engagement claw configured to engage an attaching hole formed in the object member. The clip may also include a slide body configured to retainably hold the engagement claw on the attaching article and configured to slide the engagement claw with respect to the attaching article so as to project and retract the engagement claw. The clip may also include an elastic body configured to apply a restoring force to the engagement claw when the engagement claw slides from a projected state to a retracted state with respect to the attaching article, so as to provide a biasing force to return the engagement claw toward the projected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DAIWA KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junya Ukai
  • Patent number: 11965351
    Abstract: A tent shelter is adapted for various uses, designs configurations and combinations, along with riggings and accessories. It includes a flat material for its main body having anchor points along its peripheral edges. An anchor apparatus (including a hole) can be coupled at the anchor points. It also includes anchor apparatuses used to couple the tent shelter to another tent shelter, tent shelter accessories or a fixed object using a paracord or other materials. It also includes different ridged, hinge and awning assemblies to support the tent. The assemblies can anchor, manipulate, adjust and support the tent. An awning assembly coupled to the pole rigging system can be coupled to a tent shelter when laid flat. A hinged rigging system can be adjusted and supported so that the tent can be manipulated into desirable shapes including a shape that folds into a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: James John Wiseman
  • Patent number: 11958399
    Abstract: A strap end manager holds a loose cargo strap end against a tight portion of the strap. The manager fits over an end of a loose strap, and the loose strap is wound around the manager. Top and bottom, right and left wings, fold around the strap and around the tight portion, and secure the wound loose end. The wings may include hook and loop material to retain the wings around the wound loose end. The strap end manager may further be used to facilitate storing cargo straps in the same manner as for holding loose cargo strap ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Rodrigo Martinez
  • Patent number: 11958670
    Abstract: A cable tie has a band and having a tensioning device which is integrated in the band and which divides the band into a first and a second region, each of which regions has a toothed portion. A cable channel, or a component, to which an object, such as for example a cable harness, is to be fastened can remain in the fitting position because both ends of the cable tie can be plugged into cable locks from one side. No tools are required for the fitting of the cable tie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventor: Gerhard Lindner
  • Patent number: 11930892
    Abstract: A retention device can be used with an adjustable strap. The adjustable strap can be part of a tie down strap system, a backpack, or a fanny pack. A free end of the adjustable strap can be inserted and pulled through a tensioning device. The retention device can be placed around a portion of the adjustable strap adjacent to the tensioning device. The retention device can prevent the adjustable strap from undesirably pulling back through the tensioning device. The retention device can include a top plate and bottom plate that sandwich the strap and then connected to each other. The retention device can also be a strip of material that includes a plurality of tiny loops and a plurality of tiny flexible hooks that are used to attach to the adjustable strap and wrap around the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VisumLearn, Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip A Poston
  • Patent number: 11932176
    Abstract: A T-flange with a snap fit feature will ensure a tight fit once the operator overcomes the snap feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventor: Mark F. Esper
  • Patent number: 11918087
    Abstract: An article of clothing in the form of a belt includes: a cord having a proximal end and a distal end; and a buckle having an eyelet and a locking feature; wherein the buckle is attached to the proximal end and the distal end of the cord is configured to pass through the buckle eyelet; and the locking feature is structured and arranged to selectively lock and unlock movement of the cord through the buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LT BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Ronald Chambers, Ephraim Pittore-Candelario
  • Patent number: 11918930
    Abstract: A connection structure for toy tents having a first connection component, a second connection component and a connection buckle, the first connection component and the second connection component are clamped together, the connection buckle is clamped with the first connection component and the second connection component, an outer hemisphere of the first connecting assembly is clamped with an outer hemisphere of the second connecting assembly and an inner hemisphere of the first connecting assembly is clamped with the inner hemisphere of the second connecting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: JAM'N PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Shuxiong Tan
  • Patent number: 7315416
    Abstract: A screen panel includes a rigid glass, a lenticular lens and a Fresnel lens laminated with each other, and the edges of the screen panel are sealed. An air evacuation path is formed between the lenses by wires inserted between the contact surfaces of the lenses, or by convexes or concaves previously formed on one of the contact surfaces. Because of the provision of the air evacuation path, the air between the lenses of the screen panel is sufficiently evacuated, and the lenses can closely attached to each other. Therefore, the flatness of the screen panel can be enhanced, and the degradation of the image quality can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sadakazu Tomita, Kouhei Teramoto, Teruo Miyamoto, Kimihide Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 7301699
    Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, a light emitting diode (LED), and a reflector. The reflector having the first, the second, and the third reflecting surfaces is arranged in the rear of an LCD screen of the LCD panel. The first reflecting surface is arranged parallel to the LCD screen. The light source is arranged between the LCD screen and the LED such that a main axis of light emitted from the LED is parallel to the LCD screen. The second reflecting surface is arranged such that the light is reflected off the second reflecting surface toward the LCD screen. The third reflecting surface is arranged such that the light is reflected off the third reflecting surface toward the first reflecting surface and transmitted to the LCD screen. With this configuration, the amount of the light is less likely to be reduced when the light passes through a light guiding member and the brightness of the LCD screen is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohito Kanamori, Yayoi Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 7295369
    Abstract: A fabrication method for a rear-projection screen includes the steps of providing a light source and a lenticular lens sheet; projecting parallel light onto the lenticular portions of a lenticular lens sheet to make one surface of the lenticular lens sheet opposite to the lenticular portions have a plurality of bright and dark areas located thereon; detecting the locations of the bright and dark areas on the surface of the lenticular lens sheet opposite to the lenticular portions; and spreading an opaque material on all the dark areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Shih-Shiun Chang
  • Patent number: 7293878
    Abstract: A projector having an image display element for modulating light on the basis of an image signal and a projection lens for projecting light emitted from the image display element on a screen, includes: a lamp which has a light emitting source for emitting light; a reflector which reflects light emitted from the light emitting source; a cover glass which covers an emission surface of light from the reflector; a cooling fan disposed outside the reflector; and an air direction changing unit which changes a direction of cooling air caused by the cooling fan. The air direction changing unit is disposed within a space surrounded by the reflector and the cover glass, and outside an emitted light path of light reflected by the reflector. Cooling air within the space is exhausted outside the projector through the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Morita, Mikio Shiraishi, Tetsuki Nishimura, Hideki Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7292391
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing the lens substrate with straight light control portions 1A that is provided with a plurality of convex lenses (microlenses) 32 on a surface thereof and is used so that light enters the lens substrate from the side of the surface thereof on which the plurality of convex lenses 32 are provided includes the steps of: preparing a substrate having a plurality of concave portions on one surface thereof; forming the plurality of convex lenses 32 using the substrate having the plurality of concave portions; and forming a straight light control portion 4 in the vicinity of the apex of each of the plurality of convex lenses 32. The straight light control portion 4 is used for controlling the ratio of straight light in the light entering each of the plurality of convex lenses 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7283301
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an emissive screen having luminescent pixels that are addressed solely by a laser addressing system. Each pixel includes a luminescent region located next to a photocathode. When struck by the laser beam, free electrons are created that are accelerated by an applied high voltage field from the photocathode to the luminescent region, thereby causing the luminescent region to emit visible light with a brightness (energy) that is substantially higher than the energy of the addressing beam. Apertures are optionally provided in hexagonal luminescent regions to relax beam-scanning requirements. Optional millichannel plates (crude versions of 2nd generation night vision system Microchannel plates) are provided to enhance photon multiplication. A position sensitive device is implemented using the photocathode or photoanode (luminescent) material to facilitate the scanning and modulating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Peeters, Noble M. Johnson, Ross D. Bringans
  • Patent number: 7274509
    Abstract: The device relates to a wall roll-up screen of which the upper and the lower are attached with the upper short rod and the lower short rod, respectively, wherein the screen is constituted to be rolled up when not in use and to be unrolled when used, by the lower short rod; and the left and the right end of the upper short rod are mounted with steel structure of groove shaped ringscapable of coupling magnets and the left and the right end of the lower short rod are mounted with magnets to allow them to be coupled with the groove shaped rings of the left end and the right end of the upper short rod, upon rolling up the screen by the lower short rod and, if necessary, separating the magnets from the groove shape rings, thereby to obtain good portability and mobility of the screen, to prevent the screen from being twisted from side to side upon fixing the screen, and to improve aesthetic value of product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Inventor: Hae-Yong Choi
  • Patent number: 7258452
    Abstract: There is disclosed a projection optical system which is capable of moving a projected image within a predetermined region (effective projection region). The projection optical system, which projects an image of an object surface in the effective projection region of a predetermined image surface comprises two or more optical systems, among which a first optical system on the object surface side comprises a zoom portion which zooms the projected image. The projection optical system further comprises one or more rotatable members which rotate around the position of an exit pupil of the first optical system or its vicinity. In addition, by rotating the one or more rotatable members, the projected image is moved within the effective projection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koshi Hatakeyama, Tsunefumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7246955
    Abstract: An automatic camera lens module retracting/extending apparatus for mobile communication terminals converts rotating movement of a driving motor into rectilinear movement to automatically retract/extend a camera lens module into/from a mobile communication terminal including a lens housing extending a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a lens cam assembly to accommodate the lens housing therein, the lens cam assembly converting rotating movement of a driving motor into rectilinear movement to automatically retract/extend the lens housing into/from the lens cam assembly in the longitudinal direction of the lens housing. The lens housing is automatically rotated about a rotating axis of the lens housing by means of the lens cam assembly when the lens housing extends from the lens cam assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hee Cho, Sang-Gook Kim