Patents Examined by Tyler James McFarland
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Patent number: 11717120Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a housing, an agitator, and one or more projections. The housing may have a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a left side, and a right side opposite the left side. The right and left sides extend between the front and back sides. The agitator may be configured to rotate about an agitator rotation axis, the agitator rotation axis extending substantially parallel to the front side. The one or more projections may extend from the housing. The one or more projections may include one or more cliff sensors.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Margaret Mathieu, Justin West
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Patent number: 11712146Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a water tank forming a space to store water, a body forming an exterior and having a housing which forms a space in which the water tank is mounted, a pair of spin mops rotatably mounted at a lower side of the body, a first nozzle provided at the housing, a second nozzle provided at the tank and configured to couple to the first nozzle, and a fixing part generating a magnetic force when the tank is mounted in the housing to fix an arrangement of the tank mounted in the housing. The fixing part includes a fixing device (e.g., a magnet or metal) provided around a circumference of the second nozzle and a response fixing device (e.g., a magnet or metal) provided around a circumference of the first nozzle and having a shape corresponding to the fixing device. The first nozzle and the second nozzle are attached to each other by the fixing device and the response fixing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Moohyun Ko, Sungjun Kim, Donggeun Lee
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Patent number: 11707173Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner with a finger grip area that is provided between a forward side of the handle and a rear side of the main body, and wherein the suction motor is positioned between the cyclone and the finger grip area and an axis that extends between the front of the cyclone and the handle extends through the suction motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11654532Abstract: A fixture is mounted on a work platform and contains: a first movable block, a second movable block, an actuation block, multiple resilient elements, multiple first connection blots, and a threaded bolt. The first movable block includes a first body having a first tilted face, a first defining portion, and a first clamping face. The second movable block includes a second body having a second tilted face, a second defining portion, and a second clamping face. The actuation block includes a third body having a third tilted face, a fourth tilted face, at least one first abutting portion, at least second abutting portion, and a coupling orifice. The third tilted face corresponds to the first tilted face and has a third defining portion, and the third tilted face has a fifth slide section, a sixth slide section, and a third stop section.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: YUE DAR INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventor: Po-Shen Chen
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Patent number: 11654523Abstract: A cement surface grinding device includes a central disk which is extended upwards with a central shaft; the central disk being rotary with respect to the central shaft; at least one outer rotary disk arranged around the central disk; a bottom of the outer rotary disk being installed with a grinding sheet; and a rotary frame arranged above the central disk and the at least one outer rotary disk; the rotary frame including a connecting frame and a plurality of connecting rods; an upper side of the central shaft being connected to a central hole of a seat and the seat being connected to a lower side of the connecting frame; each outer rotary disk being formed with an outer belt wheel and the central disk being formed with a connecting element; and a belt winding around the connecting element and the outer belt wheel.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Inventors: Shun-Jhong Li, Yun-Ciao Wang, Yun-Jui Yang
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Patent number: 11648648Abstract: A wrench for opening and closing a clamp having a lever includes a handle section, a leverage section, and a locking assembly. The leverage section is coupled to the handle section. The leverage section includes an engagement surface to engage the clamp and an opening formed therein, the opening being configured to receive the lever of the clamp therein. The locking assembly is coupled to the leverage section. The locking assembly is configured to releasably secure the leverage section to the lever of the clamp when the lever is received within the opening of the leverage section.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Inventor: George M. Kelly, Jr.
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Patent number: 11642760Abstract: A woodworking clamp having a connector is provided. Two ends of the connector are connected with two clamping members to constitute the woodworking clamp. The connector includes a housing, a receiving tube, a U-shaped buckle, a spring, and a button. When the end of a bar of the clamping member is fully inserted in a notch of the U-shaped buckle, the spring provides a force to return the U-shaped buckle to its original position to complete the locking. When the button is pressed down, that is, a hook of the U-shaped buckle is pressed down, a positioning pin of the bar is released from the receiving tube and the U-shaped buckle so that the bar of the clamping member can be pulled out from the connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventor: Chung Li Chen
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Patent number: 11633828Abstract: A first and a second substrate polishing apparatus and are provided with a film thickness sensor for measuring a film thickness of layer to be polished and polish the layer by pressing the substrate against a polishing pad. The first substrate polishing apparatus outputs difference between output value of the film thickness sensor when an underlayer is exposed and output value of the film thickness sensor when the substrate is not present, as a first offset value. The second substrate polishing apparatus has a storage unit that stores information of the first offset value, an output correction unit that corrects the output value from the film thickness sensor based on the first offset value, and an end point detection unit that outputs control signal indicating end point of substrate polishing when measured value of the film thickness of the layer calculated based on the corrected output value reaches target value.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta Suzuki, Taro Takahashi, Akihiko Ogawa, Shigeyuki Furuya, Yuji Yagi, Nobuyuki Takada, Shinpei Tokunaga
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Patent number: 11633838Abstract: A gear puller assembly includes a yoke that defines a plurality of puller arm receiving interfaces, a threaded jack shaft threadably received through the yoke and having a pressing surface on an end thereof, and a plurality of puller arms, wherein each respective puller arm is configured for being selectively engageable with a respective puller arm interface of the yoke. A detent assembly extends from the yoke through each of the puller arm receiving interfaces, each of the detent assemblies configured for engagement with respective puller arms to cause the puller arm to maintain a locked position defined at an angle between the respective puller arms and the yoke.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: HORIZON TOOL, INC.Inventors: Joseph R. Mundy, Ian M. Wirick, Christopher R. Simpson
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Patent number: 11628522Abstract: A handling device for servicing a piston with a small end attached to the piston via a piston pin, having a basic frame, a receiving device that is pivotable or tiltable relative to the basic frame for the piston removed from an internal combustion engine, an actuator for pivoting or tilting the receiving device relative to the basic frame, and a locking device via which the receiving device is lockable on the basic frame in different pivot positions or tilting positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS SEInventors: Ewald Kottre, Mario Stegmayr
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Patent number: 11612289Abstract: A cleaner is disclosed. The cleaner includes: a housing having an introduction opening through which air is introduced; a filtering unit configured to be mounted in an inner space of the housing, and defining a dust collection space between the filtering unit and an inner surface of the housing; and a cleaning unit configured to surround the filtering unit, and configured to be raised and lowered inside the dust collection space along with a manipulation unit, wherein, when the cleaning unit is in an initial position, at least a portion of the cleaning unit is connected to an air introduction path extending from the introduction opening to form a guide flow path to guide a flow of introduced air.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: In Gyu Yang, Jin Hyouk Shin, Dae Ho Chang, Kyoung Ho Ryou
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Patent number: 11571798Abstract: A multi-function tool. The multi-function tool includes a first socket body having a first sidewall defining a first socket and a second socket, the first socket body being aligned with a first axis. The multi-function tool also includes a second socket body having a second sidewall defining a third socket, the second socket body being aligned with a second axis that is substantially parallel to the first axis. The first socket body is connected to the second socket body by a bridge.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Bluntool LLCInventors: Louis Statman, James Michael Shoemaker
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Patent number: 11458606Abstract: A tool for driving a shaft a shaft within an apertured member, the tool incorporating a segmented sleeve having upper, lower, and medial segments, each segment having upper and lower ends, a hollow bore of the lower segment being helically threaded; a shaft biasing screw mounted within the lower segment's hollow bore, upper and lower joints, the upper joint connecting the upper end of the screw with the upper segment, and the lower joint connecting the medial segment with the lower segment; a first gear component attached to the upper segment; a support frame attached to the medial segment; a second gear component mounted rotatably upon the support frame, the second gear component being positioned for rotating the first gear component; a rotary power input stem fixedly attached to the second gear component; and a clamp or hook arms adapted for positioning the apertured member beneath the screw's shaft biasing lower end.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Inventors: Robert A. Blasi, Teresa K. Blasi
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Patent number: 11446798Abstract: A torque tool is provided, including: a barrel; a first member disposed to the barrel, including at least one first engaging portion; a second member disposed in the barrel, including at least one second engaging portion, the at least one second engaging portion and the at least one first engaging portion being disengageably engaged with each other; an elastic mechanism, disposed inside the barrel and including elastic arms, the second member being configured to abut and radially deform the elastic arms; wherein when there is a torsional three greater than a preset torque value between the at least one second engaging portion and the at least one first engaging portion, the second member urges and radially defines the plurality of elastic arms so that the at least one second engaging portion and the at least one first engaging portion are relatively slipable and disengageable.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Yu-Ching Lin
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Patent number: 11351661Abstract: The combined battery jumper cable with wrench is configured for use with a vehicle. The combined battery jumper cable with wrench forms an electric termination that attaches a cable to a terminal post of the vehicle battery. The combined battery jumper cable with wrench forms a ratchet that is used to attach an electrical terminal of the vehicle to the terminal post of the vehicle battery. The combined battery jumper cable with wrench includes a working head, a transfer mount, and a motive structure. The transfer mount attaches the motive structure to the working head. The working head is the working element of the tool. The motive structure transfer externally provided energy to the working head through the transfer mount. The motive structure removably attaches to the transfer mount.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventor: Douglas Jones
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Patent number: 11298810Abstract: A tool for driving a shaft within an apertured member, the tool incorporating a segmented sleeve having upper, lower, and medial segments, each segment having upper and lower ends, a hollow bore of the lower segment being helically threaded; a shaft biasing screw mounted within the lower segment's hollow bore, upper and lower joints, the upper joint connecting the upper end of the screw with the upper segment, and the lower joint connecting the medial segment with the lower segment; a first gear attached to the upper segment; a support frame attached to the medial segment; a second gear mounted rotatably upon the support frame, the second gear being positioned for rotating the first gear; a rotary power input stem fixedly attached to the second gear; and a clamp or hook arms adapted for positioning the apertured member beneath the screw's shaft biasing lower end.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Inventor: Robert A. Blasi