Handle, Handle Component, Or Handle Adjunct Patents (Class 16/110.1)
  • Patent number: 11930958
    Abstract: A hot air fryer includes a main body, a vessel that can be removed from the main body and a basket that can be removed from the vessel. The fryer also includes a manipulating system having a configuration changing system that makes it possible to manipulate the vessel incorporating the basket at the same time, or to manipulate the basket alone, released and removed from the vessel, or to manipulate the vessel alone, released and removed from the basket, so as to allow a first mode of cooking foods in the basket incorporated in the vessel and a second mode of cooking foods directly in the vessel, the basket being extracted from the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Guillaume Prieto, Jérémy Cornu
  • Patent number: 11904752
    Abstract: A cover unit is disposed on both sides of a mounting plate that is coupled to a roof side of a vehicle, respectively. The cover unit includes a first movement guide and a second movement guide formed with movement paths and a guide frame unit that is disposed on the cover unit, respectively, and connected to each other, and sliding and moving along a guide rail provided on the mounting plate. AN angle adjustment unit has a mounting angle that is adjusted as the guide frame unit slides and moves and is coupled to be engaged with the guide frame unit. A handle unit is rotatably coupled to the guide frame unit, and has a drawn-out location and a drawn-out angle that is adjusted step by step by moving along the movement path to allow the angle adjustment unit to be selectively engaged with the guide frame unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NVH Korea, Inc.
    Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Ji Ah Kim, Jin Ho Hwang, Ha Ryung Park
  • Patent number: 11872683
    Abstract: A side handle for a power tool is provided including a main gripping body; a rod extending through the main gripping body and having a threaded end extending through a frontal end of the main gripping body; and a knob mounted on an end of the rod opposite the threaded end and being rotatable relative to the main gripping body. The frontal end of the main gripping body includes a keying feature operable to engage a portion of the power tool to prevent rotation of the main gripping body relative to the power tool while the knob is rotated to fasten the threaded end of the rod to a threaded opening of the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel F. Nace, Levi G. Bowers, James H. Stiles, III, Eric S. Rohrer, Christopher T. King
  • Patent number: 11757363
    Abstract: The invention discloses a power module and a power conversion device. The power module includes a primary converting unit including a first active device unit; a secondary converting unit including a second active device unit; a transformer including a primary unit connected to the primary converting unit and a secondary unit connected to the secondary converting unit; a first heat dissipating unit on which the primary unit and the first active device unit are disposed; a second heat dissipating unit on which the secondary unit and the second active device unit are disposed; and an insulating plate including an insulating plate body and a semi-conducting layer disposed on a surface of the insulating plate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Lan, Weiqiang Zhang, Yicong Xie, Quanliang Zhang, Jing Rong, Wei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11752831
    Abstract: An operator element for an air vent of a vehicle, wherein the operator element is slidably or rotatably mounted relative to a carrier element, and wherein the operator element is associated with a friction brake having an elastically deformable friction body, which elastically springingly pushes against the operator element and/or the carrier element, such that the friction brake moves the operator element relative to the carrier via friction. The friction body is aligned at least in regions in the longitudinal direction of the movement path of the operator element and has at least in regions a cross-section with an at least substantially star-shaped, in particular X-shaped or Y-shaped, cross-sectional surface or a polygonal cross-sectional surface having at least three corners or a cross-sectional surface having circumferentially distributed tooth regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Joachim Pestke, Günther Krämer, Sabine Steinbeiss, Marek Prod{hacek over (e)}lal, Thomas Pacher, Manfred Groben
  • Patent number: 11536058
    Abstract: A structure can be used for connecting a door latch cable to a retractable outside door handle assembly for a vehicle. A mounting housing is inserted into a case of the retractable outside door handle assembly in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and hanged by and mounted at the case in a height direction of the vehicle. A door latch cable is movably installed at the mounting housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jungho Han, Kyoung Taek Kwak, Jinwoo Nam
  • Patent number: 11517153
    Abstract: A removable handle for a cooking utensil is provided. The removable handle includes a proximal end including a gripping surface, a distal end including a plurality of tines, and an elongated shaft extending from the proximal end to the distal end and being bent so that the distal end including the plurality of tines are oriented at an angle that is greater than 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory Darren Koke
  • Patent number: 11419459
    Abstract: A walk-in bathing environment is used by people who may have trouble getting in and out of standard bathtubs or showers. Rotatable grab bars are positioned in and around the bathing environments to aid in entering the environments, exiting the environments, sitting, standing, and otherwise moving relative to the bathing environment. The rotatable grab bars may be placed on the walls, top, external, or generally on and around the bathing environment such that a user can grab the one or more rotatable grab bars in order to provide support for moving relative to the bathing environment. The rotatable grab bars are connected to the environment such that they can be moved between a use and a non-use configuration, such that the rotatable grab bars are extending from a portion of the housing only when desired by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Chet Millerd
  • Patent number: 11338736
    Abstract: This invention relates to an auxiliary tool for automobiles, particularly a car latch pedal including a pedal. The pedal comprises a bottom clamp groove and a first connecting hole at one end; The bracket has a hook on one side of the end and a adjusting hole on the other side of the same end. The hook is hung on the car latch and the first pin is fixed on the first connecting hole. The adjusting hole of the bracket is inserted in the first pin, and the bottom clamp groove is positioned beneath the car latch, pressed on the car latch by using the first pin as the pivot. The car latch is positioned between the hook and the bottom clamp groove. The elastic block is fixed at the other end of the bracket. Small in size, the car latch pedal can be conveniently carried around by cars. Fixing the car latch at proper height will make it convenient to stably load or unload items at the car roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Baorong Wang
  • Patent number: 11246548
    Abstract: Various systems are provided for damping vibration in a mobile radiographic imaging system. In one embodiment, a vibration damping assembly for a C-arm imaging system comprises a pivot element rotatably coupled to a toe portion of the C-arm imaging system and configured to form an interface between the toe portion, a damping element, and a ground surface on which the C-arm imaging system sits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: John Matthew Simmons, Jan Bruening, David Barker, Nathan Pack
  • Patent number: 11213263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mobile imaging. In order to provide a mobile medical imaging system (100) with improved positioning characteristics, A positioning arrangement (126) is provided. The positioning arrangement comprises at least one positioning sensor (128). The at least one positioning sensor determines a current distance between a mobile structure of a mobile medical imaging system and at least one object in an environment of the mobile medical imaging system. The at least one positioning sensor operates in a first mode if a current distance is greater than a predetermined threshold, and/or in a second mode, if the current distance is smaller than the predetermined threshold. In the first mode, the at least one positioning sensor operates at a first spatial resolution, and, in the second mode, the at least one positioning sensor operates at a second spatial resolution, which second spatial resolution differs from the first spatial resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Shailesh Kumar Agrahari, Ravindra Bhat, Amit Agrahari
  • Patent number: 11214188
    Abstract: An illustrated view of an exemplary dekhand device for securing items while being transported is presented. The dekhand device is ergonomically shaped for easy use. Also, the dekhand device is useful for limiting the number of tools required for securing items. The dekhand device is useful for reducing arm strain. The dekhand device is useful for saving time and effort while increasing security, confidence and public safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: Don Ferris
  • Patent number: 11141853
    Abstract: A handle assembly including an elongate handle having an inner end, an outer end, and a length between the inner end and the outer end, and a multipart cover including an inner cover, and an outer cover. The inner cover is fitted removably over the length of the handle, the outer cover is fitted removably over the inner cover, the inner cover and the outer cover concurrently encircle and extend along the length of the handle from proximate to the inner end of the handle to proximate to the outer end of the handle, and the outer cover includes a chemically-resistant exterior gripping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Michael P. Murray
  • Patent number: 11052803
    Abstract: A roof handle for vehicles comprises a carrier which can be fixed to a vehicle roof and on which a handle body is pivotably mounted in order to be pivotable between a holding position, in which a user exerts a substantially downwardly directed weight force on the handle body, and a starting position, in which the handle body is pivoted by a spring into a folded-up position with respect to the vehicle roof, the carrier comprising a molded body made of plastic on which at least one insert made of metal is provided, and the handle body being held on the insert made of metal via bearing elements. As a result, the roof handle can have a low dead weight and be optimally adapted to the geometry of a vehicle roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Steck, Martin Meister, Milto Benjamin
  • Patent number: 11052804
    Abstract: An assist handle (10) for a vehicle passenger compartment includes a gripping body (12) having at least one base (14) for bearing on and fastening to a wall of the passenger compartment. At least one clip (18) is carried by the base or each base and configured to fasten the handle to the wall. The clip is configured to be engaged at least partially in an orifice in the wall and includes at least one elastically deformable tab (28) configured to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with an edge of the orifice. The clip also includes at least one first element (30) which is configured to cooperate by elastic snap-fastening with at least one second element (22) formed in one piece with the base, so as to fasten the clip to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Christophe Le Tinnier
  • Patent number: 10966515
    Abstract: The invention is of various portable, handheld, electronic skincare devices with exterior regions that are configured to engage human skin in a manner that provides a benefit to the skin and/or to tissue proximate to the skin. The exterior regions are configured to vibrate, heat, cool, sense, and/or stimulate the skin. The generated and applied vibrations may be of predetermined and different waveforms configured to achieve a particular result, such as, applying a skincare product to the skin or loosening an element from the skin. The exterior regions may be: a plurality of touch-points, a smooth-plate, and/or a rounded and smooth base. The benefit may be of: cleansing, massaging, soothing, relaxing, loosening of sinus pressure, application of skincare product to skin, removal of skincare product from the skin, opening of skin pores, closing of skin pores, heating, cooling, wrinkle reduction, massaged lymphatic tissue, and/or drained lymphatic tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Qyk Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Rakesh Tammabattula
  • Patent number: 10907332
    Abstract: A flush actuator assembly for a plumbing fixture includes a housing, a handle and a lever. The housing is configured to be removably coupled to the plumbing fixture. The handle is pivotally and removably coupled to the housing. The handle includes a stem configured to extend through the plumbing fixture and into the housing. The arm is removably coupled to the stem within the housing. The arm is configured to pivot with the handle. The lever is at least partially disposed in the housing, and is configured to be selectively disengaged from the stem to removably couple the handle to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Tony Lambert, Daniel Halloran, Randy Mesun, Jonathan Guay, Keith Muellenbach
  • Patent number: 10857662
    Abstract: A hand-held tool comprises a tool part and a handle surrounding a section of the tool part and connected to same in a torque-transmitting manner. The tool part comprises a connection contour used to connect the handle in a torque-transmitting manner at least in some areas, in a section surrounded by the handle. The handle comprises an inner handle piece which can be connected to the connection contour and surrounds same in a torque-transmitting manner. With the inner handle piece slid onto the connection contour, one or more outwardly-open casting channels are provided between the two parts. The handle further comprises an outer handle piece made of plastic, which during the course of a plastic moulding process is moulded around the unit comprising the tool part which has an inner handle piece connected to the connection contour thereof, wherein the at least one casting channel is at least partially filled with the plastic material which forms the outer handle piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KIRCHHOFF WITTE GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Rohlfs
  • Patent number: 10820671
    Abstract: An assembly structure of a tubular body and a handle includes a tube, two connecting members, a handle, a position-limiting member and a blocking member. The tubular body has at least one pair of insertion holes. Each connecting member has a concave surface with a positioning post. The connecting members are mounted on the outer periphery of the tubular body with the positioning posts inserted into the insertion holes respectively. The handle is connected to a coupling base. The coupling base has a mounting hole and is mounted around the connecting members. The position-limiting member and the blocking member are provided at two opposite ends of the connecting members respectively and abut against two opposite ends of the coupling base respectively. The assembly structure allows the handle to be easily and securely mounted and positioned on the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ST. YORK ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10799606
    Abstract: Various implementations of the invention are directed toward a sanitizing door handle and/or components of such sanitizing door handle. Some implementations of the invention are directed toward a manual sanitizing door handle while some implementations of the invention are directed toward an auto-sanitizing door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto an exterior surface of the sanitizing door handle in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the door handle. According to some implementations of the invention, a sanitizing fluid is dispensed directly onto a user's hand(s) in connection with an operation of the door handle to sanitize the user's hand(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KleanTouch LLC
    Inventor: Michael Rafko
  • Patent number: 10752771
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns thermoplastic resin compositions including a polymer resin, a dielectric glass fiber component, a hollow glass fiber, and an impact modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Hui Peng, Bing Guan, Wei Shan
  • Patent number: 10660478
    Abstract: A removable handle for a cooking utensil is provided. The removable handle includes a proximal end including a gripping surface, a distal end including a plurality of tines, and an elongated shaft extending from the proximal end to the distal end and being bent so that the distal end including the plurality of tines are oriented at an angle that is greater than 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Gregory Darren Koke
  • Patent number: 10603781
    Abstract: This is a system to customize an implement handle's size and outer contour to the specific requirements of an individual user and thus improve the handle ergonomics. Disk shaped handle segments, with a central aperture, are stacked onto the tang of the implement and firmly held in place with a butt cap. The handle segments have various sizes of width, height, and thickness which may be mixed and matched to create a multitude to handle sizes and shapes. The segments can be disassembled and reconfigured since they are not permanently fastened to the implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Leroi Kramer Price
  • Patent number: 10595597
    Abstract: Assembly screw (1) for the pivoting attachment of at least two horology components in a position of assembly, the assembly screw (1) comprising at least one guide portion (3) allowing one of the horology components to pivot, and at least one threaded portion (4) allowing it to be fixed to another horology component, wherein this screw comprises a shoulder (5) intended to come into abutment against this other horology component and a zone (10) of lower mechanical rigidity to reduce the contact pressure applied at the shoulder (5) of the assembly screw when the horology components are in the position of assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Adrien Catheline, James Rejzner
  • Patent number: 10590677
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a door-operating mechanism for selectively releasing a vehicle door from a closed position. A door handle is in communication with the door operating mechanism. The door handle is operable between a flush position, wherein an outer face of the door handle is flush with a portion of an exterior surface of the vehicle door such that only the outer face of the door handle is accessible, and an extended position, wherein the outer face of the door handle is moved away from the exterior surface of the vehicle door such that a rear surface of the door handle is accessible. A heating mechanism is in thermal communication with the outer face of the door handle and the exterior surface of the vehicle door. A remote transmitter is in communication with the heating mechanism, wherein the remote transmitter selectively activates the heating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kosta Papanikolaou, David Manuel Rogers, Rajesh K. Patel, Livianu Dorin Puscas
  • Patent number: 10538963
    Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening may include a shade movable between extended and retracted positions, and a wand having a rod with a top end and a bottom end. The top end of the wand may be operatively coupled to the shade via an operating cord and movable to actuate the operating cord to move the shade between the extended and retracted positions. A handle may be coupled to the bottom end of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC
    Inventors: James M. Anthony, Kevin M. Dann, Jeffrey L. Spray
  • Patent number: 10532758
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a hand grip for wrapping around a handlebar. The hand grip includes a first elongated coupling member, a second elongated coupling member, and a cover arranged between the first elongated coupling member and the second elongated coupling member. The first and/or second elongated coupling member include one or more protrusions arranged to be inserted into one or more holes or recesses of the bar. The hand grip can easily be attached to for example a handlebar of a baby stroller, and can easily be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: ROYALTY BUGABOO GMBH
    Inventors: Machiel Gerardus Theodorus Marie Barenbrug, Ruben Arnt Kempes, Marco Willem Hendricus Nieuwenhuizen, Pieter Anthonie Hollebrandse, Andreas Johannes Petrus Schalkwijk
  • Patent number: 10514056
    Abstract: Fasteners are disclosed herein which resist loosening even when used in applications and environments where the fastener is exposed to vibration. In one form, a two piece fastener is used for connecting multiple workpieces. In another form, a simplified fastener is disclosed for quickly and easily connecting items. In yet another form, a plug type fastener is disclosed. Other fasteners and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventor: Scott J. Emmerich
  • Patent number: 10442333
    Abstract: An armrest for removable door vehicles is disclosed which allows for the user of a vehicle having removable doors to use the door frame and existing striker plate to work with the removed door(s) for insertion of the mount disclosed into the door striker plate so that the mount may support an armrest attached to the upper leg of the mount via a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Lewis Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Craig Lewis
  • Patent number: 10345029
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a user interface electrical module and a user interface housing fixed to a heat insulating material. The user interface housing has a first receiving space which is open towards a side of the door to receive the user interface electrical module. A handle member includes a covering portion for closing the open side of the first receiving space and a grip portion located in front of a handle groove. A rear wall of the user interface housing facing the handle groove forms a rear boundary of the handle groove. The thickness of the heat insulating material of the door which is occupied by the handle groove can therefore be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Yuan Ding, Jicong Song, Changliang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10288342
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door having a door liner, a front wall, a user interface housing connected to the front wall, a user interface electrical module and a handle. The user interface housing, the door liner and the front wall are fixedly connected to a heat insulating layer. The user interface housing has first and second receiving spaces which can be in communication. The user interface electrical module can be inserted into the first receiving space through the second receiving space. The handle is detachably received in the second receiving space and separates the first receiving space from a handle groove in the second receiving space. The user interface housing has at least one installation wall between the first receiving space and the handle groove in a depth direction of the handle groove, and the handle is fixed to the installation wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Yuan Ding, Jicong Song, Changliang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10266306
    Abstract: A hand-held vessel has a bottom wall, a sidewall and a supportive strap attached to the bottom wall and the sidewall. The bottom wall and sidewall have an inner and outer surface. The sidewall extends from the bottom wall, whereby the inner surfaces of the bottom wall and sidewall define a cavity for holding fluids or loose materials therein. The strap has a first end and a second end, whereby the first end is fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end is selectively secured to the bottom wall. The strap is adaptable to accept a user's hand disposed between the strap and the outer surface of the sidewall. The strap urges the hand against the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Bercom International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark W. Bergman
  • Patent number: 10246222
    Abstract: A handle assembly for grippably engaging a container, and methods for making and using such a handle assembly, whereby the handle assembly is adjustable between a collapsed condition and an extended condition in which the handle assembly provides a grippable element for grippably engaging the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: Susan Francesca Hudachek
  • Patent number: 10215208
    Abstract: A fastener is provided for securing a first panel to a second panel. The fastener includes a stud insertable through apertures in the first and second panels. A handle pivotally connected to a stud head and pivotal between an upright position and a folded. A biasing assembly is connected to the stud head and the handle that biases the handle outward relative to the stud head. A fastener is also provided for securing together the first and second panels, including a grommet, a receptacle and an insert in threaded engagement with an interior of the receptacle. The receptacle may be a rivet nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ned C. Bowers, Russell Ortner
  • Patent number: 10131063
    Abstract: A shaving razor adapter used to attach a shaving razor cartridge to a razor handle. The razor cartridge has a pair of distally positioned arc shaped receiving regions and a camming surface. The adapter engages the razor cartridge with a pair of outwardly facing arc shaped bearings for mating into said pair of arc shaped receiving regions of said razor cartridge. The adapter has a recess and a pair of detents for receiving and engaging the handle. The handle has a biasing member to engage the camming surface of said razor cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Cabot Metcalf, Ashok Bakul Patel
  • Patent number: 9993109
    Abstract: An adjustable food holding apparatus, said apparatus comprising: at least one fork assembly selectively, releasably, and slidably disposed along a rotisserie rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Keith Brown
  • Patent number: 9962531
    Abstract: A dilation catheter system is provided to dilate the ostium of a paranasal sinus; or to dilate some other anatomical passageway (e.g., within the ear, nose, or throat, etc.). The dilation catheter system may include a dilation catheter, a dilator, a guide catheter, and an inflator. The dilation catheter may be positioned between the dilator and the inflator. The guide catheter may be inserted within the affected passageway to allow the dilator to be positioned through the guide catheter and into the affected passageway. The inflator may then be actuated to transfer fluid from the inflator, through the dilation catheter, and into the dilator. The transfer of fluid may inflate the dilator to an expanded state to open or dilate the affected passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ACCLARENT, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Johnson, Emron J. Henry, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Cory G. Kimball, Kenneth E. Carper, Daniel L. Geiger, Kyle A. Lehr
  • Patent number: 9737120
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a mobility device includes, an elongated body having a first end and a second end; a joint near the first end of the body configured to attach the body to at least one of; a walker, a wheelchair, or a rollator; and a coupler near the second end of the body configured to removably attach the body to the striker plate of an automobile doorframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Vadim Gordin
  • Patent number: 9706679
    Abstract: A digital data handling unit has a manually graspable part operable for removal of the unit from a digital data handling host. The manually graspable part includes an illuminable portion which, when illuminated, serves to distinguishably identify a particular digital data handling unit. The illuminable portion may be an illuminable strip. The digital data handling unit may be one of a data processing unit, a data storage unit, a data controller subsystem unit or a data communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew S. Walsh
  • Patent number: 9630311
    Abstract: A pistol grip style attachment for use with a paintbrush having an extending handle, the attachment including a body having a configured gripping surface, with a channel defined in the body adapted to receive the handle. A clamping member is displaceable within the body in order to engage an underside location of the handle. In one embodiment, the body includes first and second assembleable halves, each further exhibiting a reinforced ribbed interior. A passageway communicates the channel defined between the assembleable halves with a bottom location of the body for seating the clamping member in a limited displaceable fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Charlie Creelman
  • Patent number: 9498880
    Abstract: An example bicycle service rack includes: a main body extending vertically from a single base; a bicycle mount coupled to the main body, the bicycle mount being configured to hold a bicycle; at least one cable coupled to the main body, the at least one cable being coupled to a bicycle tool; and an air pump coupled to the main body, the air pump being configured to pump air into a tire of the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rolf W. Scholtz, Joel Greenblatt
  • Patent number: 9410347
    Abstract: A short drop apparatus for a vehicle door may include a door handle rotatably mounted to a door panel at a front side thereof and having an inner engaging part at a rear side thereof, a door lever including a guide to be engaged with the engaging part of the door handle to operate in response to a rotation of the door handle, a switch positioned in front of the door lever to selectively transmit a signal to open or close a window glass with a turning ON or OFF state of the switch, and a switch lever engaged to the switch and coming into contact with a front side of the door lever at front and rear sides of the switch lever, respectively, the switch lever operating simultaneously with the door lever when the door handle may be manipulated, to turn on the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yong Dae Seo, Kyoung Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 9358694
    Abstract: A hand guard strap which mounts to and is held onto the handle of a tool, such as a knife, by sliding onto the handle at distal and proximal ends, the hand guard being held in a secured position by means of spring tension in the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Sean Heumann, William L Heumann
  • Patent number: 9271725
    Abstract: A surgical fastener system includes a plurality of fasteners having a throughbore with a non-circular cross section portion. The fasteners may engage with a splined mandrel that passes through the throughbore of the fasteners and rotates the fasteners relative to the mandrel to move at least one of the fasteners along the mandrel, e.g., along the mandrel's longitudinal axis. A distal end of the mandrel may be inserted into a material, such as a tissue, prosthetic or other, and a fastener may be deployed from the distal end of the mandrel while the distal end is positioned in the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Davol, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Colesanti, Augustus Felix, Alan Bachman, Ray Adams, Joseph Paul, Jeff Stein
  • Patent number: 9084396
    Abstract: A handheld power working machine includes a main body including a driving part, a working part provided in the main body and configured to drive by the driving part, and a gripper provided to be able to rotate with respect to the main body. The gripper includes a restriction part configured to be able to switch between at least a restriction state where the gripper is restricted from rotating with respect to the main body and a release state where the gripper can rotate by releasing the restriction state, and switching operation parts configured to perform switching operation to switch between the restriction state and the release state in the restriction part. Respective switching operation parts are disposed in at least one side and the other side of the gripper in a rotating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoaki Sato
  • Patent number: 9039050
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for actuating the closure of a movable part (12) of a motor vehicle, in particular a door, or hatchback, or similar, comprising a support (11) that can be fixed to the inner face of the movable part (12), a bearing unit (20) that can be pivoted about a first axis (13) provided on the support (11) and a handle element (40) with a first (41) and a second end (42), the second end (42) being fixed to the bearing unit (20), whereby the handle element (40) can be pivoted together with the bearing unit (20). According to the invention, the first end (41) is pivotally mounted on the first axis (13) and at least one bearing element (22, 22a, 22b) is provided for the horizontal bearing of the first end (41), said bearing element being located in the region of the first axis (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HUF NORTH AMERICA AUTOMOTIVE PARTS MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventors: Dirk Müller, Ralf Lennhoff
  • Patent number: 9015905
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a hygienic handle assembly and related methods for automatically advancing a clean portion of a protective sleeve over a handle after use of the handle by a person. In one embodiment, an exemplary hygienic handle assembly comprises a pair of first magnetic couplers, each having a passage therethrough, and a handle extending between the pair of first magnetic couplers and having a second magnetic coupler at each of its opposing ends. Each of the second magnetic couplers may be configured to be located within at least a portion of a corresponding first magnetic coupler, wherein magnetic fields of the first magnetic coupler repel magnetic fields of the second magnetic couplers received therein such that each second magnetic coupler is magnetically suspended within the corresponding first magnetic coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Shyh-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20150107056
    Abstract: A poster handle including one or more support members, each support member having a support body with one or more support extensions and one or more securing elements on at least a portion of an attachment side of the support member, and a handle member including an attachment section, one or more gripping sections and one or more securing elements on an attachment side of the attachment section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Coley Creative
    Inventors: Ann Coley, Stuart Harvey Lee, Jenna Marie Edgemon
  • Patent number: 9010452
    Abstract: A multi-segmented handle built in tiers, with vibration isolators separating one tier from the other tiers. The tier that connects via isolators with a machine base is the one to which the other tiers are attached. The tiers shape is circular or a series of circles to diminish the shock wave and each tiers tubes are filled with a vibration dampening element turning the tier into a harmonic absorber. Each tier has attachments to accommodate the isolators for attaching one tier to another tier. The shapes that the tiers take are not limited to circular but includes all shapes, curved or straight and the isolators include all types of isolators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventors: Susan J. Williamson, Glen E. Moore
  • Patent number: 9003592
    Abstract: A pole-cleaning device sleeve having a pole-like member with a proximal end, a distal end, opposite to the proximal end, and a length separating the distal and proximal ends, the pole-like member having a head portion defining a working surface and being coupled to the distal end of the pole-like member, the pole-cleaning device also having a removably couplable sleeve with a distal end substantially adjacent to the head portion, a proximal end terminating at a location along the pole-like member length, and a sleeve length separating the distal and proximal ends, an outer layer being of a substantially deformably-resilient and polymer-based material, an inner layer coupled to the outer layer and contacting an outer surface of the pole-like member, and the outer and inner layers encapsulating at least a portion of the pole-like member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: Kaj Zingo Smith