Patents Examined by Anita M. King
  • Patent number: 12133601
    Abstract: A quick-release anchoring apparatus with acceleration damping includes an anchor member configured to engage an external reference surface and form a substantially airtight seal therewith that defines a controlled pressure zone. A first auxiliary component carries the anchor member. A vent port provides fluid communication between the controlled pressure zone and an area of ambient pressure. A second auxiliary component moves relative to the first auxiliary component between a vent port closure position and a vent port open position. The second auxiliary component and the first auxiliary component are discrete components. One or more flexible members deform as the second auxiliary component moves in a venting direction away from the vent port closure position toward the vent port open position. The one or more flexible members resist accelerations of the second auxiliary component away from the vent port closure position but allow normal lifting of the anchoring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Israel Harry Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 12129869
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket includes a first member that includes a plurality of fingers and a first channel between the plurality of fingers. The first channel includes a plurality of teeth. A first flange extends from the first member and includes a first engagement surface. The second bracket includes a second member and a third member spaced from the second member. A second channel is formed between the second member and the third member. A second flange extends from the second member on an opposite side of the second member from the third member. The second flange includes a second engagement surface. In an installed configuration, the first bracket is secured to the second bracket; the first engagement surface faces the second engagement surface; and the plurality of fingers are inserted into the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Servies, Jonathan Spoerke
  • Patent number: 12114797
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curtain rod fixing device, comprising: a device body unit detachably installed and fixed to an installation part coupled to a curtain box or window frame; and a curtain rod supporting unit detachably coupled to at least two or more regions of the circumferential surface of the device body unit and provided with a curtain rod holder at an end thereof to support the curtain rod. The curtain rod holder is bent in multi-step and has elasticity so that curtain rods of various diameters can be mounted. This configuration allows the curtain rod to be easily and conveniently installed according to the position or shape of the curtain box or window frame where the curtain is installed, thereby having an effect of significantly reducing cost or operational loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: Seongwook Park
  • Patent number: 12109948
    Abstract: An adapter device for a vehicle includes a rail unit installed in the vehicle and defining a moving path, and an adapter unit mounted on the rail unit to move along the moving path, with a connector for mounting various convenience equipment being interchangeably coupled to the adapter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KIPP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ji Ah Kim, Jin Ho Hwang, Ji Seob Park, Sascha Fischer, Patrick Staiger, Adrian Dettling
  • Patent number: 12108847
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adapter panel which can be used for converting a MOLLE/PALS strap ladder surface to a hook-and-loop surface, as well as a hook-and-loop surface to MOLLE/PALS strap ladder surface. In some embodiments, the disclosed adapter panel may retain the functionality of the original system while adding the functionality of the second system. In some further embodiments, the adapter panel may be used as a stand-alone organizational system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Godai Group LLC
    Inventor: Garrett Gee
  • Patent number: 12104631
    Abstract: An inflatable clamping apparatus and system that are utilized to securely support a wide variety of objects on an elongated member, such as a pole, post, beam, tree or the like. In one embodiment, the clamping apparatus has a pair of inflatable bladders that define a member receiving area, an air chamber inside each bladder, a connecting section interconnecting the bladders, an apparatus connecting mechanism that connects to the object, and an air valve to place pressurized air into the air chambers. In one configuration, the apparatus connecting mechanism connects to an object connecting mechanism associated with the object to secure the object to the apparatus. When the elongated member is in the member receiving area, the bladders are filled with air and the object is attached to the apparatus, the bladders will press tightly against the elongated member to securely hold the apparatus and object thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Earl M. Harris, III
  • Patent number: 12096853
    Abstract: A table stabilizing device is configured to remedy wobble of a tabletop on a table. These configurations may include a slider that attaches or secures to a table leg of the table. The slider may have wedge W that interposes between the table leg and the floor. An end user can move the slider to change the position of the wedge W relative to the table leg, thus raising or lowering the table leg to stabilize the table. On a pedestal table with multiple legs, this feature will distribute weight across the other table legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: David Hastings Bahnson
  • Patent number: 12098804
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a first fixing piece, a second fixing piece, a room, a cover, a first embedded piece and a second embedded piece. The first fixing piece is on a first surface of a first housing and includes some first fixing holes. The second fixing piece is on a second surface of the first housing and includes some second fixing holes. The room includes is disposed on an edge adjacent to the first and the second surfaces. The cover covers the opening and includes some through holes. The first embedded piece is on a third surface of a second housing and includes some hooks. The second embedded piece is on the third surface and includes an extension arm. When the hooks respectively extend into the first or the second fixing holes, the extension arm penetrates into the room through the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: ChihJung Chen, ChengHung Tsai, HungChun Chen
  • Patent number: 12096849
    Abstract: A holding device for supporting and suspending a computer component below a support surface includes a holding seat, a rotating rod rotatably mounted on the holding seat about an axis, a flexible strap connected with the holding seat and the rotating rod and having a bracing section for looping and bracing the computer component, and an adjusting unit disposed on the holding seat. The adjusting unit includes a retaining ring, a coupling rotary disc and a biasing member disposed on the holding seat and arranged along the axis. With the coupling rotary disc being operated to rotate the rotating rod for reeling or unreeling the flexible strap, and with the biasing member biasing the coupling rotary disc to engage with the retaining ring for retaining the rotating rod, the adjustment of the flexible strap is convenient and safe to conduct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Jui Hung
  • Patent number: 12083943
    Abstract: A low-profile, selectively extendable cupholder located within an interior of a motor vehicle configured to transition between a collapsed position substantially maintaining a neat, clean appearance of the interior of the motor vehicle, and an extended position configured to receive a beverage container, the cupholder including a body portion defining one or more recesses, a lid portion configured to both pivot or slide relative to the body portion between an closed position and an open position, and one or more floor portions operably coupled to both the body portion and a lid portion and configured to both pivot and telescopically extend relative to the body portion between a collapsed position and an extended position, wherein in the extended position the body portion, the lid portion and the one or more floor portions collectively define a cavity configured to receive a beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: POLESTAR PERFORMANCE AB
    Inventors: Ross Kelk, Matthew Stirzaker, Michael Newey
  • Patent number: 12075592
    Abstract: An example modular cable management device for a media patching system is provided. The device includes a body defining a top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front side, and a rear side opposing the front side. The device includes an opening formed in the body at the bottom surface and extending into the body. The opening includes features for engagement with a fastener for detachable coupling of the body to the media patching system. The device includes extensions protruding from the front side of the body. The extensions define one or more spaces therebetween for receipt of cables associated with the media patching system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Legrand DPC, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Knychalski, Ryan J. Grandidge, Daniel M. Smith, Michael J. Moldoch
  • Patent number: 12071271
    Abstract: A holding structure for simultaneously holding containers for pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic compositions, includes: at least 10 receptacles for receiving the containers and being formed by side walls; a flat base frame including a central recess; first webs running parallel to each other in a first direction across the central recess; second webs running parallel to each other in a second direction across the central recess, the first webs and the second webs being arranged such that the first webs and the second webs form the side walls, each of the first webs and the second webs being formed as a continuous beam having a maximum waviness wmax of 4.0 mm; and a support structure connected with the first webs and the second webs and being formed as an outer frame or a plurality of stabilizing ribs in a grid pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Christian Komann, Petra Vilt, Ugljesa Babic, Yannick Dähler
  • Patent number: 12055246
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a flexible conduit which includes a flexible member and a rigid member in fluid communication with the flexible member. The apparatus has a releasable connector and a shock absorber. The releasable connector has a first member and a second member. When a releasing force is applied to the flexible conduit, the releasable connector separates. The shock absorber is configured to absorb a load when the releasable connector separates. The shock absorber may include a compressible material that includes a metal, such as a metal foam or a corrugated metal sheet. The releasable connector and the shock absorber may be integrally formed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: The Metraflex Company
    Inventors: James Reynold Richter, Martin I. Rogin, Thomas Diamantopoulos
  • Patent number: 12055205
    Abstract: A track system may include a track assembly and a support assembly. A track assembly may include a wheel receptacle. The support assembly may include a support member removable from and adjustably connected to the track assembly. The support member may include a wheel. The wheel may be adjustable to an engaged position in which the wheel engages the wheel receptacle. The wheel may be adjustable to a disengaged position in which the wheel is not engaged with the wheel receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Antoine Moulin
  • Patent number: 12048383
    Abstract: A pallet assembly including a plurality of trays separated by supports is provided. Each of the supports includes a rectangular portion and a wing portion. The wing portion is formed from two layers of materials connected together by a locking tab or other suitable means. The wing portion can include a first portion and a second portion at an angle with respect to the first portion. A tab can be used to facilitate placing the first portion of the wing at the angle with respect to the second portion of the wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Mertz, II, Brad L. Clark
  • Patent number: 12044356
    Abstract: A canopy installing structure has a hanging mount and a canopy. The hanging mount has an upper mounting unit, at least one hanging hook segment mounted on the upper mounting unit, and a hanging mount main body. The hanging mount main body is fixed on a ceiling through the upper mounting unit. The canopy has an annular wall and at least one engaging groove segment. The annular wall is mounted around a side wall of the upper mounting unit. The at least one engaging groove segment is formed on an inner side of the annular wall. The at least one hanging hook segment protrudes toward the annular wall and each engaging with a respective one of the at least one engaging groove segment. The canopy installing structure improves the disassembling efficiency and facilitates ease in assembling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: FOSHAN CARRO ELECTRICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian-Sheng Zhang, Han-Hua Huang
  • Patent number: 12043157
    Abstract: A deployable elastomeric bottle holster for use with an aircraft passenger seat or other application. The holster includes a support bar to which a first elastomeric band is pivotally attached. A second elastomeric band is interconnected to the first elastomeric band through an intermediate collapsible mesh tube. In use, the mesh tube is collapsible to bring the first and second bands together to stow the bottle holster in a pocket or the like, and in a deployed condition the second band hangs below the first band by the mesh tube in an extended condition. The bottle holster may be constructed from elastic materials such as polyesters and polyurethanes for light weight, durability, performance, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Roderico Tuico, Margareth Rose T Recinto, Jose Federico S Espiritu
  • Patent number: 12038123
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an overlapping spliceable display apparatus including a fixing assembly on a back of a display module, for fixing the display module to a support, the fixing assembly includes: an angle adjusting structure, which is connected to the display module, for adjusting an angle of a display surface of the display module in a first plane perpendicular to the display surface; and a position adjusting structure, which is connected to the angle adjusting structure and the support, for adjusting positions of the display module in a first direction, a second direction and a third direction, wherein any two of the first direction, the second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to each other, the first direction and the second direction are each parallel to the first plane, and the third direction is perpendicular to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zifeng Wang
  • Patent number: 12038125
    Abstract: A calibration system and a calibration bracket thereof. The calibration bracket includes: a base; a fixed vertical rod, one end of the fixed vertical rod being mounted on the base; a movable vertical rod, mounted on the fixed vertical rod, and being able to move relative to the fixed vertical rod along a length direction of the fixed vertical rod; a brake member, configured to provide a friction force for driving the movable vertical rod to be fixed relative to the fixed vertical rod along the length direction of the fixed vertical rod; and a hanging member, mounted on the movable vertical rod, the hanging member being used for hanging a calibration element, the calibration element being used for calibrating an advanced driver assistance system of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Lianjun Liu, Kaikai Zhang
  • Patent number: 12030417
    Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a body that defines a cup-receiving cavity and an aperture that extends through a side wall of the body, a first bracing feature and a second bracing feature, each of which is coupled to the body and positioned outside of the cup-receiving cavity, and a retention finger. The retention finger includes a first portion that extends into the cup-receiving cavity through the aperture, a first engagement feature coupled to the first portion and pivotably engaged with the first bracing feature, and a second engagement feature coupled to the first portion and engaged with the second bracing feature. The retention finger is operable to move via pivotal movement of the first engagement feature relative to the first bracing feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Diego F. Villacres Mesias, Gustavo Llamas Maldonado, Jose Carlos Hernandez, Matthew J. Hickey, Michele M. Mathews