Patents Examined by Stephen Castellano
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Patent number: 9592927Abstract: An overpack salvage drum including a drum body and a lid. A bottom wall and side wall of the drum body cooperate to define an interior of the drum body. The lid is configured to close an open top of the drum body. The lid includes at least two independent lid threads to engage with corresponding independent drum threads provided on the drum body. The lid includes a plurality of alternating castellations having a flat inner facing side and castellations having an arcuate inner facing side, which can be interdigitated with castellations on another lid when two lids are stacked together, or can be used to lock with a drum body to rotationally secure a drum body relative to the lid when in a stacked arrangement. The lids include lugs and recesses, or rings that allow for secure stacking of the lids.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: ENPAC, L.L.C.Inventors: Jay Wiley, Lawrence Stanek, Scott R. Janda, Timothy D. Reed
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Patent number: 9592955Abstract: A container is provided herein. The container may include a container joint structure, wherein the container joint structure may include a top side rail provided along a top edge of the container, and provided with a groove-shape having an open top; and corner castings respectively provided at end points of the top edge of the container to be in contact with both ends of the top side rail, wherein a hole may be formed at an abutment surface of each corner casting to the top side rail, and the hole may allow an internal space of the top side rail and an inside of the corner casting to communicated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Urbantainer Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ji Won Baik
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Patent number: 9572449Abstract: Foldable/collapsible cookware is shown having a flexible cooking layer, attached in face-to-face orientation with a heat-heat receiving layer having at least two parts. The first and second parts of the heat-receiving surface are movable between a first cooking position in which the flexible cooking layer is substantially unbent, and a second storage position in which the flexible cooking layer is substantially bent upon itself.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Flexware, LLCInventor: Jeff Livesey
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Patent number: 9576506Abstract: A structure is configured to be flat in an unassembled position and to form a three-dimensional structure in an assembled position. The structure includes a plurality of adjacent panels coupled together along fold lines with each panel including a foam core covered on one surface by a flexible skin. The flexible skin is continuous between the adjacent panels that are coupled together for forming a respective fold line for the adjacent panels to be brought together at a right angle to each other along the fold line. The foam core of each panel includes a mitered surface along abutting edges to form a miter joint when adjacent panels are brought together. Slots are formed in the panel cores adjacent to mitered surfaces. Brackets span a miter joint between adjacent panels, holding the spanned miter joint and panels together in a three-dimensional structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: EPS Specialties Ltd., Inc.Inventor: Edgar L. Wilkinson, Jr.
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Patent number: 9565973Abstract: A cooking pan assembly includes a container for receiving food to be cooked. The container includes a bottom wall and a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening into the container. A handle has a first end and a second end. A coupler releasably couples the first end to the perimeter wall adjacent to the upper edge. The coupler includes first mating member non-removably attached to the perimeter wall and a second mating member non-removably attached to the first end of the handle. The second mating member is releasably engaged to the first mating member.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Inventor: Tashee Paul
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Patent number: 9566990Abstract: A container constructed and arranged to be connected to other containers is provided. In an embodiment, the container may comprise a container portion with an opening into an interior space in which articles to be transported can be stored; a lid for closing the opening; a handle for carrying the container; a front latch for securing the lid to the container portion; and a pivotable side latch, pivotally connected to the lid, that is moveable between a retaining position and a storage position. The pivotable side latch may be configured to engage a retaining structure of another container when the pivotable side latch is in the retaining position. The lid may comprise a depression, and the pivotable side latch may be further configured to be in the depression when the pivotable side latch is in the storage position.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: THE STANLEY WORKS ISRAEL LTD.Inventors: Sharon Bar-Erez, Gil Vilkomirski, Yosi Sabbag, Elad Hay Shitrit
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Patent number: 9555961Abstract: A container for transporting cargo includes: a corner member that is disposed at a lower corner of the container and includes an inner space and a bottom hole that is formed in a lower end portion of the corner member to communicate with the inner space; and a locking unit that is used to fasten two adjacent containers when a plurality of the containers are stacked in multiple stages, is movable between a storage position at which the locking unit is stored in the inner space of the corner member and a use position at which the locking unit protrudes to the outside through the bottom hole of the corner member, and fastens the two adjacent containers at the use position. The locking unit may be housed and easily stored in the inner space of the corner member to reduce the risk of being lost during storage.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: VANPLUS CORPORATION, KOREA PALLET POOL CO., LTD.Inventors: Se In Hwang, Byong Yoon Suh
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Patent number: 9555944Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic control unit for a vehicle. The electronic control unit for a vehicle can improve waterproof efficiency of a space between an upper case and a lower case in order to prevent damage to internal components, thereby improving steering stability.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Seong Yeon Eom
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Patent number: 9540138Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic collapsible storage and transport container comprising a bottom part (2) with four collapsible sidewalls (3, 4) arranged in an articulated manner on the bottom part (2). Two opposing first sidewalls can be detachably engaged with the two other opposing second sidewalls (4) The container (1) also comprises a cover (5) and means for sealing (56) the cover to the container in a fixed manner. The bottom part (2) formed by a bottom frame (15) and a bottom plate (16) comprises at least two inwardly open and outwardly closed recesses (19) along each frame side (17, 18), said recesses having lateral boreholes extending parallel to the frame sides (17, 18) of the bottom frame (15). Said recesses (19) are used to receive molded parts (21) formed on the first and second sidewalls (3, 4), provided with lugs (22) extending parallel to the lower edges of the sidewalls (3, 4).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: GEORG UTZ HOLDING AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Yves Hug
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Patent number: 9540137Abstract: A can end for a two-piece beverage can is described. The can end has a center panel positioned about a vertical center axis. The center panel has a means for opening the can end located on a public side. A circumferential strengthening member is located about the center panel. A wall extends upwardly from the circumferential strengthening member. A curl is joined to an upper end of the wall. The curl defines an outer perimeter of the can end. A reinforcing bead is located on the wall between an uppermost portion of the wall and a lowermost portion of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: REXAM BEVERAGE CAN COMPANYInventors: Randall G. Forrest, Timothy L. Turner
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Patent number: 9539894Abstract: A fuel tank includes a tank body having an outer wall formed of a synthetic resin layer having a multilayer structure. The tank body has at least an inner body layer (an inner adhesive layer and an inner base layer) and an outer body layer (a skin layer, an outer base layer, and an outer adhesive layer) between which a barrier layer is interposed. A structure having an air layer therein is attached to the outer side of the skin layer of the outer body layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Tanaka, Shoichiro Kumagai, Hiroshi Kitamura
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Patent number: 9534737Abstract: A fluid tank for a motor vehicle comprising a housing, wherein the housing has a housing base, a housing cover and at least one side wall. A through-passage is formed inside the side wall, wherein the through-passage extends from a first opening in the housing base in the direction of the housing cover. The through-passage is in fluidic connection with the interior of the fluid tank via a second opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN AG & CO KGInventor: Markus Ringstein
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Patent number: 9533825Abstract: A fire-stopping and fire-smothering storage container housing an inner space for storing materials which is defined, relative to the outside space (2), by a plurality of sides (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f) and including at least one fire door assembly (4). The container provides an essentially fire-stopping, airtight structure of walls (5, 5?) forming, together with the door assembly (4) which is also airtight, each side of the container, a system for attaching and assembling the structure and the door assembly, air passages (9a, 9b) extending through the structure, and air-sealing gaskets (8) making it possible to make the air passages airtight, such as to make the container airtight enough to create an air-depriving effect in the inner storage space that rapidly smothers any fire that starts inside of same.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: BAUMERT (SOCIETE PAR ACTIONS SIMPLIFIEE UNIPERSONNELLE)Inventor: Bernard Baumert
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Patent number: 9527653Abstract: Proceeding from a state of the art from which double-walled insulation housings that are provided with supported vacuum insulation are already known, the invention proposes an improved insulation housing that is characterized in that first, a planar surface element (1) is produced, in which the wall elements (2) of the insulation housing, which are connected with one another, are connected with one another by means of a transition region, which region has a notch (10), wherein it is made possible, in this way, to produce the three-dimensional spatial shape of the insulation housing only in a last production step, by means of corresponding folding and setting upright of the wall elements (2) that are connected with one another, and subsequently to fix the wall elements (2) in place in this spatial shape, in accordance with the intended purpose.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignees: KOENIG METALL GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jobst H. Kerspe, Michael Fischer
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Patent number: 9527624Abstract: A case includes a first container, a second container, and a connector. The first container includes a first moveable door and a skirt. The first moveable door moves to selectively provide access to a first storage compartment in the first container. The skirt is made from a first material. The second container is made from a second material that is more pliable than the first material. The second container defines a second storage compartment. The second material is folded over the connector and connected with itself to attach the connector with the second container. An opening is provided in the skirt or in the connector. A barb protrudes from the skirt or from the connector. The barb is received in the opening to connect the connector and the second container with the first container.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Helen of Troy LimitedInventors: Troy Phipps, Shelley Palazzolo, Morris Elijah Worden, IV, Marie Gabrielle Yvonne Bachoc, Heidi Serene Farrell, Kirsten Climer, Lauren Argo, Alexander Stuhler
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Patent number: 9522762Abstract: A container includes a main body having a receiving space and an opening; and a cover covering the opening of the main body. The main body has a rib divided and a groove portion between the parts of the rib, the cover has at least two track-shaped coupling grooves into which a rib of a main body of another container of same shape is inserted and which are spaced apart from each other, and has a track-shaped airtight groove in an edge portion of an opposite surface of the cover to allow the coupling grooves to be put therein. An edge of the opening of the main body is inserted into the airtight groove, and a spaced portion between two track-shaped coupling grooves of a cover of another container is inserted into the groove portion of the rib of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: SUNRISE CO., LTD.Inventor: Sang-Kee Kim
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Patent number: 9511900Abstract: The invention describes a negative-pressure tank having a partition, the partition including at least two walls, and the negative-pressure tank including at least two chambers, and a free space being present in the partition in which an ambient pressure prevails. The invention further describes a sorption machine having a negative-pressure tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: INVENSOR GMBHInventors: Andrej Laufer, Jan Sonnenberg, Soeren Paulussen, Niels Braunschweig
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Patent number: 9512964Abstract: This invention is a high pressure gas container into which a high pressure gas is charged, includes: a liner into which the high pressure gas is charged; and a reinforcing sleeve that envelops an outer surface of the liner, wherein the liner includes: a cylindrical liner trunk portion; and a pair of liner shoulder portions formed by reducing a diameter of respective end portions of the liner trunk portion, and the reinforcing sleeve includes: a sleeve trunk portion fitted to the liner trunk portion; and a pair of sleeve shoulder portions that extend from the sleeve trunk portion so as to contact the respective liner shoulder portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: KYB CorporationInventors: Yoshinari Nakamura, Takashi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9499298Abstract: A packaging container for a product including: a bottom tray including a base wall and a tray wall extending around the periphery of the base wall; a sleeve member supported on the bottom tray and extending along the periphery of the base wall such that the bottom tray and sleeve member together define a volume having an upper opening for accommodating the product, the sleeve member having a lower edge portion secured to the base wall by a securing arrangement; wherein the securing arrangement includes at least one aperture provided in the lower edge portion of the sleeve member, at least one clip member located along an inner face of the tray wall, the clip member including a shoulder for engaging a respective said aperture, and at least one abutment member located adjacent the clip member for abutting the lower edge portion of the sleeve member and maintaining the lower edge portion in an engaged position with the clip member.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Who-Rae Australia, LLCInventors: Giles Frederick Matthews, Elizabeth Helen Christmas, Lorrin Megan Windahl
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Patent number: 9493270Abstract: A large load carrier having a rectangular, pallet-like floor part and lengthwise and crosswise side walls that rise from the floor part. Either the lengthwise side walls or the crosswise side walls have contact points for several frames disposed one above the other, in the region against the other side walls, as carriers for the inserts (layers) that carry the goods to be transported. The side walls can be folded on top of one another towards the inside, and the frames are releasably mounted in the contact points.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: George Utz Holding AGInventors: Jean-Marc Dubois, Christian Mathews, Juergen Straub