Patents Examined by Sara S Clarke
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Patent number: RE47166Abstract: A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a front, rear, first side, second side, top and bottom forming a toner reservoir. An outlet port is positioned on the front of the housing proximate the first side for transferring toner out of the reservoir. A drive gear is positioned on the front of the housing and has a center proximate the second side for receiving rotational power. A cavity is formed in the bottom of the housing. A latch catch is positioned in the cavity on an inner side of the front of the housing for receiving a latch for securing the toner cartridge in an image forming device. The latch catch is positioned closer to the bottom of the housing than the outlet port and the drive gear and between the center of the drive gear and the outlet port in the side-to-side direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: John Andrew Buchanan, Gregory Alan Cavill, James Richard Leemhuis, Randal Scott Williamson
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Patent number: RE47454Abstract: A clutched driven device (10) having a clutch assembly (16) with a first rotary clutch portion (50), a second rotary clutch portion (52), a bearing (54), a wrap spring (56) and an actuator (60). The first rotary clutch portion has an interior clutch surface (76). The first and second rotary clutch portions are rotatably disposed about a rotary axis (70) of the clutched driven device. The bearing is received between the first and second rotary clutch portions and supports the first rotary clutch portion for rotation on the second rotary clutch portion. The wrap spring is disposed radially inwardly of the bearing and has a plurality of helical coils (114) that are received against the interior clutch surface. The actuator is configured to selectively initiate coiling of the wrap spring to cause the helical coils of the wrap spring to disengage the interior clutch surface to a predetermined extent.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Litens Automotive PartnershipInventors: Andrew M. Boyes, Gary J. Spicer
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Patent number: RE47553Abstract: Provided is a robot including a hand and a control unit that operates the hand. The control unit rotates a first object around a predetermined position of the first object with the hand and moves the first object with respect to a second object, based on a captured image including the hand and the first object.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Tohoku UniversityInventors: Takashi Nammoto, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Koichi Hashimoto
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Patent number: RE47605Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond abrasive cutting element consists generally of a layer of high grade polycrystalline diamond bonded to a cemented carbide substrate. The polycrystalline diamond layer has a working surface and an outer peripheral surface and is characterized by having an annular region or a portion thereof adjacent the peripheral surface that is lean in catalysing material. A region adjacent the working surface is also lean in catalysing material such that in use, as a wear scar develops, both the leading edge and the trailing edge thereof are located in a region lean in catalysing material.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Baker Hughes, A GE Company, LLCInventor: Roy Derrick Achilles
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Patent number: RE47622Abstract: A target is sensed by an antenna array having a transmitter antenna and a receiver antenna, both of which are caused to be electromagnetically coupled to the target. The antenna array is rotated, and as the array rotates, a change in at least one of the coupling between the transmitter antenna and the target and the coupling between the receiver antenna and the target is detected at multiple rotational orientations of the antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of ArizonaInventors: Ben K. Sternberg, Steven L. Dvorak, Oleg Krichenko
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Patent number: RE47724Abstract: An adjustable eyewear retention device having two comprising a resilient elongate member adjustable in length, such as a pair of cables, two and a pair of temple retainers connected to one another by the elongate member, guiding means and grasping means which allow adjustment of the device to the dimensions of a user's head. In another embodiment, the guiding means is eliminated and the cables are connected by means of the grasping means such that when the temple retainers are attached to the temples of a pair of eyeglasses and the eyeglasses are worn by a wearer, the resilient member forms an arc suspended off the wearer's neck.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CABLZ, INC.Inventor: Ronald Wade Williams
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Patent number: RE47861Abstract: A shower fixture is provided that includes a fixed fluid dispensing unit and a removable fluid dispensing unit releasably secured to a receptacle therefor associated with the fixed dispensing unit such that the fixed dispensing unit and removable dispensing unit in a secured relationship form an integral dispensing face. A fluid supply provides selective communication with a front or side mounted diverter control interface for directing fluid flow to at least one of the fixed and removable fluid dispensing units.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Sidus Technologies Inc.Inventor: Mordechai Lev
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Patent number: RE47919Abstract: Windows and secure corner assemblies are generally described. The windows may include a sash having stiles arranged on vertical sides thereof and rails arranged on horizontal sides thereof. Primary reinforcement members may be arranged within the stiles. Secure corner assemblies may be configured to be arranged within corners of the sash formed by intersections of the stiles and the rails. The secure corner assemblies may include at least one secondary reinforcement member arranged on an external surface of one of the rails, such as a top rail. A tilt mechanism may be configured to be coupled to a primary reinforcement member and the at least one secondary reinforcement member, thereby providing a continuous reinforcement connection around the window sash. Vinyl windows using corner assemblies according to some embodiments may have increased pressure ratings compared to vinyl windows that do not include such corner assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: PGT Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth John Vanderbent, Jr., Samuel Ray Bryant, Arlin James Beechy, Michael Dietmar Nau
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Patent number: RE47971Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorption apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.Inventors: Alan Tanner, Kim Tat, Stephen B. Oltman, Meihui Lin
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Patent number: RE47973Abstract: A turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG) having a guide grate (18) which surrounds a turbine wheel (4) radially at the outside, which has an adjusting ring (5) operatively connected to the guide blades (7) via associated blade levers (20) which are fastened to blade shafts (8) at one of the ends thereof. Each blade lever (20) has a lever head (23) which can be placed in engagement with an associated engagement recess (24), which has a base wall (26), of the adjusting ring (5), and which has a stop (25) at least for setting the minimum throughflow through the nozzle cross sections formed by the guide blades (7). The stop is a first support point (25) on the base wall (26), wherein, in the minimum throughflow position, the lever head (23) makes contact, via a wall surface (27) facing toward the base wall (26), with said first support point.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Dietmar Metz
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Patent number: RE48103Abstract: A transfer system comprises a plurality of rollers configured to provide a rotating function; an endless belt installed on the plurality of rollers; a thin-film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a functional material adhered on the first surface, the functional material including at least one of a cosmetic material and a medical material. The thin film and the functional material are retained on the endless belt so that the functional material is in contact with the endless belt. The thin film and the functional material are transferred to an adherend so that the second surface is in contact with the adherend. A transfer system includes: a thin-film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a functional material adhered on the first surface; and a transfer apparatus having a third surface on which the thin film and the functional material are retained so that the functional material is in contact with the third surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayo Shinoda, Tomoki Masuda, Haruka Kusukame, Mitsuru Harada
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Patent number: RE48465Abstract: Processing food items in a blender by operating the cutter assembly at a predetermined operating speed, reducing the operating speed of the cutter assembly t, and accelerating the operating speed of the cutter assembly in response to the items in the container having settled around the cutter assembly until the food items are suspended above the cutter assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventor: Kenneth P. Mally
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Patent number: RE48480Abstract: A baby supporting device is provided which includes a frame. The frame includes a first portion for mounting onto a wall and a second portion pivotally coupled to the first portion and rotatable between a first position and a second position. A first stop member extends from the first portion, and a second stop member extends from the second portion, such that when the second stop member engages the first stop member it stops the second portion at the second position. A first surface covers at least a portion of the first portion, and a second surface covers at least a portion of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Dikran Babikian, Branko Bem
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Patent number: RE48586Abstract: The contact portion of the end face of a conical roller, which is a portion to be slidingly contacted with a collar portion, is ground such that the outer contour line of the section thereof has a continuously curved line which passes through at least not only the first point but also between the third position and fourth position.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Takashi Murai, Shinichi Tsunashima, Osamu Fujii
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Patent number: RE48610Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for injecting a composition into soil. The composition is passed under pressure into a filler tube housed within an expandable element situated in a first hole. When the composition is pumped, therein the filler tube is raised and, the expandable element expands when the composition fills the expandable element, thereby solidifying the adjacent soil. Further, due to expansion, the structure above the ground is lifted. The rate of pumping the composition into the filler tube is determined by pressure of the composition, the type of soil, or by the chemical reaction detected by a first sensor and/or a second sensor present in a second or third hole. The material injected into the ground improves the soils beneath a structure, such as a house to create a resistance once the material permeates the soil and expands.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventor: Yamil Dominguez
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Patent number: RE48949Abstract: The invention relates to a force transmission device for power transmission between an input and an output, comprising at least an input and an output, and a vibration damping device disposed in a cavity that can be filled at least partially with an operating medium, in particular oil, the vibration damping device coupled with a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is tuned as a function of an oil influence to an effective order qeff, which is greater by an order shift value qF than an order q of an exciting vibration of a drive system.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten Krause, Dominique Engelmann
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Patent number: RE49079Abstract: A system for wirelessly monitoring the health of an infant comprising a sensing module removably disposed within a wearable article. At least a portion of the sensing module can be in contact with an infant's foot. The sensing module can include a processing unit configured to receive and process health readings received by the sensing module. A wireless transmitter can also be in communication with the processing unit. The wireless transmitter can be configured to transmit the processed health readings to a receiving station. The receiving station can indicate an alarm if the processed health readings indicate a health trend that falls outside of a particular threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Owlet Baby Care, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Gibbons Workman, Tanor G. Hodges, Jacob B. Colvin, Wyatt M. Felt, Jordan J. Monroe, Zachary David Bomsta
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Patent number: RE49183Abstract: A lamp socket adapter includes a main body, a sleeve disposed outside of the main body, and a center electrode disposed at the rear end of the main body, in which a front end of the main body is provided with an insulating plug, the insulating plug has a through hole, the through hole is connected to a cavity of the main body, a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet each having a front end disposed in the through hole are arranged in the cavity, the rear end of the first electrode sheet is electrically connected to the center electrode, and the rear end of the second electrode sheet is electrically connected to the sleeve. Therefore, the lamp socket adapter of the present disclosure has the advantages of saving material costs, compact structure, and facilitating the fixing, mounting and replacement of a lamp bulb.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: Tanghe Yaohao Electronics Co., Ltd., Dongguan Yaohao Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Li-jian Huang, Sheng-Hsin Liao
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Patent number: RE49337Abstract: The invention relates to a connector, such as a subsea connector (100), for connecting a line or lines such as mooring lines (140), to a subsea structure (145), such as a submerged turret loading or a submerged turret production buoy. The invention also relates to associated apparatus, structures and methods. The subsea connector (100) comprises a first portion (105) and a second portion (110) and means (115) for connecting the first (105) and second portions (110). The means (115) for connecting comprise at least part of a through-passage (120) in the second portion (110). The first portion may comprise means (125) for connection to one or more lines (140), such as mooring lines, allowing rotational movement around or about a transverse axis of the first portion (105) with respect to the line (140).Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Inventors: Richard Taylor, Andrew Clayson
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Patent number: RE49709Abstract: Provided are a blower, capable of suppressing noise occurring in a stator while significantly improving blowing efficiency, and an outdoor unit using the same. The present disclosure comprises: a bell mouth part spaced apart at a predetermined distance in the radial direction with respect to an outer circumferential end of a propeller fan; and a diffuser part installed on the downstream side of the bell mouth part, and having a flow path area which is enlarged from the upstream side toward the downstream side with a larger magnification rate than the magnification rate of the flow path area in the downstream end of the bell mouth part; and a stator part having a plurality of stators, wherein the stator part is arranged within the diffuser part.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Suguru Nakagawa, Seiji Sato