Resilient Wedge Patents (Class 292/256.63)
  • Patent number: 11358750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a can lid of a conventional design, in particular intended for beverage cans, whose special feature comprises the fact that a substantially ring-shaped molded plastic part is fastened to the lower side of the lid surface surrounding the opening region to form an opening that is sealingly reclosable, in that a plastic stopper part is fixedly connected to the lower side of the tongue tab that is upwardly pivotable during the opening procedure and sealingly engages into the molded part, and in that the peripheral contour of the tongue tab is preferably disposed in the region of the molded part at a predefinable spacing from the stopper part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Gregor Anton Piech
  • Patent number: 10396617
    Abstract: An electronically commutated direct current motor with a housing, a housing cover, a bearing shield, a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor includes a shaft and a permanent magnet and the stator consists of single terminals, which are provided with terminal insulation. The direct current motor ensures a space-saving construction connection of motor components or components with the housing of the electronic commutated direct current motor, conforming to its class, wherein additional connections or sealing elements are not required, wherein a firm and sealed connection can be manufactured upon demand and an easy integration of other functions and interfaces is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Guttenberger, Nikolaus Dietrich
  • Patent number: 9821881
    Abstract: A bicycle hydraulic operating device comprises a base member, a piston, and a plug member. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar and has a cylinder bore and a through-hole. The cylinder bore extends in a first direction. The through-hole includes an outer opening on an outer surface of the base member and extends from the cylinder bore. The piston is configured to be movably disposed within the cylinder bore. The plug member is configured to plug up the through-hole and has an inside part disposed inside the outer opening. The inside part has a maximum outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the outer opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Keiji Matsueda, Masahiro Nakakura
  • Patent number: 9669882
    Abstract: A method of assembling a panel sealing apparatus and the panel sealing apparatus includes a panel. The panel defines an aperture and a sealing assembly. The assembly includes a first component and a second component, with the second component at least partially surrounding the first component and is secured to the first component to form a unit. In certain embodiments, the assembly includes a plurality of clips disconnected from each other, each configured to be attached to the panel in the aperture separately from each other and attached to the panel separately from the unit. In other embodiments, the assembly includes a band and a plurality of clips each independently attachable to and detachable from the band, each of the clips configured to be attached to the panel in the aperture separately from the unit and the clips attached to the band before placement of the clips in the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Todd E. Allen
  • Patent number: 9568027
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder may include a cylinder body having an open end with an opening, a piston rod movable back and forth, a close-off member having an insert part protruding in a fitting manner into the open end of the cylinder body, the close-off member having a flange opposing the edge of the cylinder body, a coupling means operable between the inner surface of the cylinder body and the outer circumferential face of the insert part to secure, in at least one axial direction, the close-off member in the cylinder body, the coupling means including a radially-compressible coupling ring, and a clamping ring clamped between the flange and the edge at the open end of the cylinder body, the clamping ring being made of a resilient, compressible material, the clamping ring being clamped, when compressed in the axial direction, between the flange and the edge at the open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventor: Jan Albertus Beumer
  • Patent number: 8297463
    Abstract: A closure is shown for an equipment sub. A closure door is carried by a sub body and movable thereto between open and closed positions for providing access to a pressure vessel. Various improvements are disclosed including a new mechanism for positioning wedge shaped arcuate segments between the door and the sub body, a retainer mechanism for guiding movement of cross bars, a split hinge adjustment mechanism for adjusting planarity and concentricity between the closure door and the sub body, an increased annular wall body thickness region surrounding the sealing surface for reducing warpage during welding, a pressure lock rod member which also engages a combination of cross bars and a crank for driving the cross bars, and a pry bar that can facilitate better manually operated leveraging of the closure door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Perry Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: James G. McQuaid, Donald W. Ray, Firdosh Mehta P E
  • Patent number: 8191700
    Abstract: A bill box for use in a bill acceptor having a RFID read/write module and adapted for receiving bills from the bill acceptor is disclosed to include a housing having a bracket provided with locating grooves, bottom plates, stop plates, finger slot and stop grooves and suspending therein and dividing the internal space of the housing into a bill storage chamber and a partition chamber, and a memory carrier provided with stop blocks, retaining lugs, springy retainer and stop strips for quick mounting in the bracket in a detachable manner and carrying a wireless memory device for recording bill storage data by the wireless read/write module of the bill acceptor wirelessly for quick data check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Currency Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Jr Chen, Cheng-Kang Yu, Yueh-Ping Hsu
  • Patent number: 8023259
    Abstract: The invention discloses a hard disk securing apparatus including an upper housing, a lower housing, and a securing module. The lower housing is fixed in an electronic apparatus and includes a block part. An accommodation space is formed between the upper housing and the lower housing and used for accommodating a hard disk of the electronic apparatus. The securing module is disposed on the upper housing, and includes a ring-shape elastic body and a clasp member extending from the ring-shape elastic body. The clasp member detachably clasps the block part of the lower housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Siu-Ming Lam, Hui-Tung Yu
  • Patent number: 7662611
    Abstract: A fixture and method is provided for in vitro storage of a cornea. The fixture includes a platform having a corneal-sceral rim receiving surface, a clamp having a mating surface for the cornel-scleral rim and handles. A locking mechanism is provided to secure a donor cornea between the clamp and platform. The combination cornea, platform and clamp are placed in a storage unit having a fluid preservation media. In one embodiment, the storage unit includes a vial having an optically clear closed end and an opened end. A lid is secured to the open end of the vial and engages the handles in order to stabilize the clamped cornea within the vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cleo Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Company, LLC
    Inventors: Rolf A. Schmidt, David B. Soll, Richard C. Pauley