Patents Examined by Anthony R Jimenez
  • Patent number: 12043169
    Abstract: A cancellation device for an automotive feature on a vehicle includes a lever to be manually moved relative to the vehicle from a first, neutral position to a second, non-neutral position to actuate the motor vehicle feature. The cancellation device also includes at least one magnet to move the lever back to the first, neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Pirkey, Gregory J. Organek, Steven J. Dimig, Alan J. Ritz, Ben Dimig
  • Patent number: 12046438
    Abstract: A switch assembly including a switch and a drive system for the switch. The drive system includes a motor for driving the switch, a control device with a power section for supplying power to the motor, a controller for initiating a switching operation of the switch by control of the power section, and a protection circuit. The protection circuit is configured to detect a first error signal via a state contact of the controller in the event of a malfunction of the controller, detect a second error signal via a state contact of the power section in the event of a malfunction of the power section, and initiate a safety measure depending on the first and the second error signal. The control device is configured to activate the protection circuit prior to the switching operation being initiated and to deactivate it following successful execution of the switching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Eduard Zerr, Klaus Ixmeier
  • Patent number: 12038280
    Abstract: Calibrating a pressure sensor of a mobile device includes determining a first plurality of calibration values for a first plurality of visits to a first revisit zone to which a mobile device repeatedly returns; determining a first relative calibration adjustment value based on the first plurality of calibration values; determining an adjusted absolute calibration value based on i) an absolute calibration value used to calibrate pressure measurements made by a pressure sensor of the mobile device, and ii) the first relative calibration adjustment value; and calibrating pressure measurements made by the pressure sensor of the mobile device using the adjusted absolute calibration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NextNav, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dormody, Deepak Joseph, Badrinath Nagarajan, Guiyuan Han, Arun Raghupathy
  • Patent number: 12040141
    Abstract: Disclosed is a switch device including a push operation part having a light transmitting portion, a control board installed in a push operation direction of the push operation part, a fingerprint sensor provided on the push operation part to detect a fingerprint of a user pushing the push operation part, a controller provided on one surface of the control board to control the fingerprint sensor, a flexible board provided to electrically connect the fingerprint sensor and the controller, and a plurality of light sources installed on opposite surfaces of the control board and closer to the push operation part than the controller to illuminate the light transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jihye Lee, Taeseung Kim, Dong June Song, Jin-Woo Kim, Myung Woock Jeong, Hee Uoul Ahn
  • Patent number: 12035793
    Abstract: A hair appliance includes a handle, an electrical component coupled with the handle, and a switch mechanism in electrical communication with the electrical component and a power source. The electrical component has a plurality of settings. The switch mechanism includes a switch and a rotatable adjustment member. The switch has multiple positions and includes a sliding actuator. Each position corresponds to a respective setting for the electrical component. The rotatable adjustment member includes a contact surface operatively coupled with the sliding actuator such that rotational movement of the rotational adjustment member results in translational movement of the sliding actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventors: Steven J. Paliobeis, Luke Hillebrecht
  • Patent number: 12030426
    Abstract: A lever operation device includes an operation lever which rotates integrally with a steering wheel of a vehicle and receives operations at least in upward and downward directions and around which a predetermined region is set so as to prevent the operation lever from contacting with a leg of a user seated in a driver's seat when the steering wheel is rotated to a maximum steering angle, and an operation portion that is arranged on the operation lever so as not to be located out of the region and includes plural operating positions each assigned an executable function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Sato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Tadashi Usuya, Akio Nishiyama, Masahiro Kato, Shinji Hara, Takayuki Aoki, Ryusuke Ohta, Toshihiko Kosugi, Shinji Matsubara
  • Patent number: 12020888
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes, in a case, substrates with electronic components mounted thereon, a thermoplastic hot-melt resin, and a fluid branch member, wherein: the inside of the case is divided into a plurality of spaces; the plurality of spaces are at least any space among spaces between the case and the substrates and spaces between the substrates, and are filled with the thermoplastic hot-melt resin; and the fluid branch member is provided with an opening as an inlet for the thermoplastic hot-melt resin, and flow path parts for branching the thermoplastic hot-melt resin into multiple parts and guiding the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Isagawa, Kazuyoshi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 12021521
    Abstract: A touch control display substrate, a touch control display panel, and a touch control display device are provided. The touch control display substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of touch control electrode blocks, a plurality of first touch control switches, a plurality of compensation switches, a plurality of first signal lines, and a plurality of compensation signal lines. Each of the compensation signal lines is connected to one of the compensation switches and one of the touch control electrode blocks. Each of the touch control signal blocks is connected to the first touch control switches by the first signal lines, and is connected to the compensation switches by the compensation signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lifang Wang
  • Patent number: 11997166
    Abstract: A vehicular arbitration system includes: a main manager configured to receive one or more requests from a plurality of first application execution units and to determine a request for operating a predetermined on-vehicle device based on the received one or more requests and a predetermined rule; and a plurality of sub-managers respectively configured to arbitrate the request determined by the main manager and a request input from at least one second application execution unit that is different from the plurality of first application execution units and to control the on-vehicle device based on an arbitration result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazumutsu Azuma
  • Patent number: 11996248
    Abstract: A switch assembly including an actuator assembly operable to magnetically latch a switch in a closed position, where the actuator assembly includes a cup member coupled to the drive rod opposite to the switch and an opening spring positioned within the cup member and being held in compression when the switch is latched closed, and where the cup member includes a central opening. The switch assembly further includes a scissor link having a first leg and a second leg pivotally attached at a pivot point, where one end of the first and second legs extend into the central opening and are rigidly attached to the cup member and an opposite end of the first and second legs extend through the cover, and where pulling the link away from the actuator assembly breaks the magnetic latch and opens the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: S&C Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Dyer, Joseph W. Milton
  • Patent number: 11990295
    Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch includes a keycap, a pair of frames adapted to support the keycap in an up-down movement, the pair of frames disposed corresponding to each other and substantially rotatably coupled to each other to define an inner space under the keycap, a pair of elastic members connecting the pair of frames to be located at two opposite sides of the inner space, respectively, and an illumination light source disposed between the pair of elastic members in the inner space and adapted to provide an illumination light. During the up-down movement of the keycap, a vertical projection of the pair of frames surrounds the inner space without interfering therewith, so the illumination light passes the inner space to illuminate the keycap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11991843
    Abstract: An apparatus for process automation for use in an area where there is a risk of explosion and in which dusts may occur, including a wall structure serving as a housing of the apparatus and having a first wall structure section defining a first housing inner area and a second wall structure section defining a second housing inner area separated from the first housing inner area, wherein a first circuit arrangement is arranged in the first housing inner area and the first housing inner area is dust-tightly enclosed by the first wall structure section so that the dusts cannot penetrate into the first housing inner area and the explosion safety of the first housing inner area is ensured by the dust-tight enclosure, one or more electrical circuits being arranged in the second housing inner area and all the electrical circuits arranged in the second inner area forming an altogether intrinsically safe second circuit arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Steffen Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 11984709
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of switch gears, and envisages an actuator for a switch gear of an electric panel having a door. The actuator comprises an aligner assembly and an actuator plate assembly. The aligner assembly comprises an aligner pivotably mounted on the switch gear housing, and engaging with a toggle of a circuit breaker, of the switch gear, to angularly displace the toggle. The aligner has a pair of slanting flanges configured to define a valley separated by a gap. The actuator plate assembly comprises a mounting plate mounted on the enclosure door. A shaft element, having a handle element and an engaging element, passes through the mounting plate. The engaging element is configured to nest in the gap of the aligner to angularly displace the aligner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: APPLETON GRP LLC
    Inventors: Rinu Toms, Shriram Divekar, Amit Kulkarni, Mukunda Rao
  • Patent number: 11984706
    Abstract: An interlock structure of a bypass transfer switching device is proposed. When supply power is bypassed through a bypass switch, a lever input portion is closed to prevent manual switching of an automatic transfer switch, and when the automatic transfer switch is drawn from a switchboard, the closed lever input portion is automatically opened. The interlock structure includes: the automatic transfer switch having the lever input portion of a through hole shape for the manual switching of a normal supply and an alternative supply; the bypass switch configured to bypass electric power of the normal supply or the alternative supply supplied to a load side through the automatic transfer switch, the bypass switch including a bypass lever capable of manually changing a bypass circuit; and an interlock device configured to automatically close the lever input portion when the bypass lever is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sunghwan Moon, Shin-o Hwang
  • Patent number: 11981477
    Abstract: A storage container that comprises a base, lid and a timer disc that is removably attachable to the lid. The lid comprises a top surface having a circular recess formed thereon and one or more first mating elements disposed within the circular recess. The timer disc comprises a housing that encapsulates a display, a microcontroller, and a battery, and one or more second mating elements. The timer disc is manipulable to cause the one or more second mating elements to engage with the one or more first mating elements, thereby securing the timer disc to the lid. The manipulation of the timer disc to cause the one or more second mating elements to engage with the one or more first mating elements also causes an electrical connection to be made between the battery and each of the microcontroller and the display, thereby activating the microcontroller and the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventors: Charles R. Driscoll, Rachelle L. Driscoll
  • Patent number: 11984710
    Abstract: A circuit breaker with an integrated motorized racking mechanism, automatically provides electrical power to the racking motor when the breaker is inserted into a breaker compartment. The racking motor remains powered when the breaker is in either a disconnected position, a testing position, or a fully connected position. A racking power plug mounted within the circuit breaker conducts electrical power to the racking motor by automatically connecting to a stationary racking power receptacle mounted in the breaker compartment, and remains connected as the circuit breaker moves through the breaker compartment during the racking operation. A control power plug is mounted in the circuit breaker to connect to a stationary control power receptacle mounted in the breaker compartment and to conduct control power to control circuits in the circuit breaker after the racking motor has completed racking the circuit breaker into the connected position in the breaker compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Williford, Amol Shrirang Bagaitkar, Sergio Flores
  • Patent number: 11978598
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap, a lift mechanism and a light-emitting part. The lift mechanism includes a first support, a second support, and a spring structure. The first support and the second support are connected to and between the base and the keycap, so that the keycap can move relative to the base in a vertical direction. The spring structure is a single structural part and is connected to the first support and the second support and drives the first support and the second support to lift the keycap in the vertical direction. The lift mechanism as a whole defines a central space that extends through the whole lift mechanism in the vertical direction. The spring structure does not enter the central space. The light-emitting part is disposed on the base corresponding to the central zone, and emits light to illuminate the keycap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11979005
    Abstract: A multi-family metering device including a plurality of modular meter compartments where the modular meter compartments are interconnected and laid out in a horizontal section. The multi-family metering device comprises a pull section having a first enclosure and a plurality of modular meter compartments for multiple service disconnects with an individual modular meter compartment provided for each service disconnect such that each modular meter compartment of the plurality of modular meter compartments having a second enclosure different from the first enclosure. One or more modular meter compartments of the plurality of modular meter compartments are configured to be attached to both or either side of the pull section. The second enclosures are joined together instead of providing one enclosure with a common wiring compartment that is divided into different sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventor: Fan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11970082
    Abstract: A system for mitigating thermal runaway in a battery-powered electric vehicle (EV). The system includes a gas sensor configured to measure a level of at least one type of gas in a vicinity of a battery of the EV, a thermal event detector configured to determine, based on the measured level of the at least one type of gas, that the battery is experiencing out-gassing, and a communications interface configured to transmit an alert to a fleet management system regarding the out-gassing of the battery. The fleet management system alters an assignment of the EV in response to the out-gassing of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Ramon Ferguson, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman
  • Patent number: 11969515
    Abstract: This embodiment relates to a button module having a sterilization function. The button module according to one aspect comprises: a cover including an opening; a housing being coupled to the cover; a button body disposed inside the housing, including a first body and a second body selectively exposed to the outside through the opening; a rotation shaft for rotating the button body; a printed circuit board disposed at a rear side of the button body, the printed circuit board including a switch and a germicidal lamp irradiating light toward the button body; and an elastic member disposed between the rotation shaft and the first body and between the rotation shaft and the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Jang Moon Lee