Patents Examined by Brian D Keller
  • Patent number: 11534043
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone bin assembly having a cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber with a physical filtration member defining the cyclone air outlet. The physical filtration member has an outer wall wherein at least a portion of the outer wall is porous and a plurality of ribs spaced around the outer wall. The ribs have a radial outer side that is positioned radially outwardly of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11510541
    Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaner equipped with a holonomic drive that can drive in a given direction, e.g., north (assigned orientation), and move in a different direction, while maintaining its assigned orientation or that of any desired portion of the robot, such as an intake, or any other portion of the robot that is needed for a particular maneuver. The robotic vacuum cleaner includes a removable, chargeable battery system including a battery pack having batteries and a battery management system extending across all the batteries of the battery pack. A housing, including a top cover, surrounds the battery pack and the battery management system (BMS). The top cover extends over the BMS and includes a circuit board therein. A connector is at least partially connected to the BMS and extends through the housing. The connector is configured to transmit signals between the battery management system and the robotic vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Tailos, Inc.
    Inventors: David Moroniti, Steve Supron, Steven Whitehead, Micah Green
  • Patent number: 11491627
    Abstract: A hammer tool includes a head and a handle tightly coupled to the head. The head defines a through hole and a hole connected to the through hole. The hole extends transversely to the through hole. The through hole is of a first width and the hole is of a width greater than the first width. The handle includes a connecting end inserted through the through hole. The connecting end is extruded after inserting through the through hole to include at least one positioning protrusion protruding into the hole. The connecting end is of a second width at where the at least one positioning protrusion is disposed. The second width is greater than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Tang Chou Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mou-Tang Liou
  • Patent number: 11491628
    Abstract: An impact tool is provided, including a working portion and a handle. The working portion includes a housing which is made of rubber and a filler. The housing defines an inner space, and the filler is stuffed with the inner space. The filler is shear thickening non-Newtonian fluid. The handle is connected with the working potion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Chao-Min Liu
  • Patent number: 11491626
    Abstract: The present invention is an adjustable weight dead blow hammer comprising a hollow head filled with an acceptable fill material. A handle is connected to the head wherein the handle has a hollow chamber that traversers the length of the handle and has an opening into the head. The weight of the hammer head may be adjusted by moving the fill material between the head and the hollow chamber in the handle. Adjustment may be accomplished by a corkscrew device which is disposed within the hollow chamber and having a screw tip at the opening and c screw head on an outside portion of a bottom end of the handle. The corkscrew device within the hollow chamber moves the fill material between the head and the handle. More fill material in the head increases the force of impact, and less fill material in the head decreases the force of impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas B. Horgan
  • Patent number: 11484175
    Abstract: A floor cleaner including a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base including a front side, a back side opposite the front side, and a brushroll chamber. A supply tank is configured to store a cleaning fluid and a distribution nozzle is in fluid communication with the supply tank, the distribution nozzle operable to dispense the cleaning fluid onto the surface to be cleaned. A brushroll cover is removable from the base to access the brushroll chamber. A brushroll is within the brushroll chamber. The distribution nozzle is disposed adjacent the front side of the base and carried on an upper exterior portion of the base and configured to spray forwardly of the base in a direction from the back side toward the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Rafael Davila, Jerald Bradley, Michael Paul Dawson, Nicholas DeBlasio, Don Lydic, Benjamin Shrader
  • Patent number: 11478116
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end and a rear end positioned in a rearward direction rearward of the front end is described herein. The hand vacuum cleaner includes a dirty fluid inlet, an air treatment member downstream of the dirty fluid inlet, a pre-motor filter positioned in a pre-motor filter housing downstream from the air treatment member, a suction motor downstream of the pre-motor filter, an air flow path extending from the pre-motor filter to the suction motor, a clean air outlet downstream of the suction motor, and a handle. The pre-motor filter has a longitudinal length in the rearward direction that is longer than a transverse length in a direction transverse to the rearward direction. The pre-motor filter housing has first and second rearwardly extending pre-motor filter housing sidewalls and the pre-motor filter has first and second rearwardly extending pre-motor filter sidewalls that are positioned transversely inwardly of the pre-motor filter housing sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11465271
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding a hood of a vehicle open during e-coat application and painting. The apparatus includes a support incorporating first and second pairs of legs attached to spaced locations on right and left sides of an engine compartment. The two pairs of legs are connected at an upper portion of the legs. A hood support bar is connected to the upper portion of both the first and second pairs of legs and extends transversely across the engine compartment. A hood striker receiving bracket may be provided on the hood support bar. The apparatus is adjustable to position the hood striker receiving bracket in a range of vertical, transverse and longitudinal locations. The adjustability of the apparatus provides a flexible hood support that reduces thermal distortion or sag due to thermal load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Michael J. Gardynik, Christopher Pope, Christina Dung Nguyen, Venkatasamy Veluchamy
  • Patent number: 11452414
    Abstract: A replacement head for a vacuum device includes a plastic tray, a filter and a pad. The plastic tray includes a dust chamber, a first connector lip and a second connector lip. An opening is provided that allows air, dust and debris to be drawn into the dust chamber during use. The connector lips are provided for attachment to a vacuum device. The pad is attached to the lower side of the plastic tray and is in contact with the floor during cleaning. The filter is connected to the plastic tray such that the filter substantially covers a top opening in the dust chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Richard Mathias, Brandon J. Suleski, James P. Bilodeau, Michael Douglas, Yu Ri Young Kim, Samuel Emrys James
  • Patent number: 11445879
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dust collector for a vacuum cleaner, including a first cyclone disposed within an outer case to filter out dust from air introduced from an outside thereof and introduce the air from which dust has been filtered out to an inside thereof, a second cyclone accommodated in the inside of the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced to the inside of the first cyclone, a first guide vane spirally extended from an annular shaped first space between the first and the second cyclone to induce rotational flow so as to introduce air introduced into the first space to an inlet of the second cyclone, and a second guide vane spirally extended along an inner circumference of the inlet to enhance the rotational flow of air introduced to an inside of the second cyclone through the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Seungyeop Lee, Hyukjin Ahn
  • Patent number: 11446793
    Abstract: A driving tool is provided, including a grip body, a main body, a driving assembly, a press handle, a driven member and a toothed bar. The main body is rotatably disposed on the grip body. The driving assembly is arranged on the main body. The press handle is disposed on the grip body to drive the driven assembly. The driven assembly is disposed on the main body. The toothed bar is connected to the driven assembly and the driving assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Yu-Tung Tan
  • Patent number: 11426846
    Abstract: A quick-release screwdriver structure includes a tool holder and a tool head embedded in a head portion of the tool holder. A fixing seat is sleeved outside the tool head; an inner wall of the fixing seat is provided with a notch, and a bottom surface of the notch is an inclined surface; a steel ball connected to a release ring is installed in the notch, and the steel ball contacts the tool head; and a movement of the release ring will drive the steel ball to move along a longitudinal direction of the bottom surface of the notch so as to lock or release the tool head. A new locking assembly is designed to act on a surface of the tool head so as to achieve locking and disassembly of the tool head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO HONY PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Wenbing Ge
  • Patent number: 11399681
    Abstract: A telescopic tube device includes a first tube assembly, a second tube assembly slidably connected relative to the first tube assembly, and an operating unit disposed at a sleeved position between the first tube assembly and the second tube assembly. The operating unit includes an operating member, a first locking member, a second locking member, and a limiting member. When in a locked state, the limiting member is at an initial position, and the first locking member and the second locking member remain engaged; when in at least one released state, the limiting member is offset from the initial position, and the first locking member and the second locking member are disengaged. At least one elastic member provides the limiting member with a pulling force so that the limiting member has a tendency to remain at the initial position. A related vacuum cleaner is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Skybest Electric Appliance (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juan Wei, Liang Gu
  • Patent number: 11389939
    Abstract: A breaker hammer for breaking hard objects includes one or multiple striking faces. One striking face has a breaking portion inside. The breaking portion occupies about 80% of the area of the striking face. The breaking portion has a plurality of striking areas protruding from the striking face, thereby effectively striking and breaking hard objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LUCKY-BRAND INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 11383363
    Abstract: An oil filter removal tool with a cavity for receiving the oil filter, a tapered base portion with reverse (e.g. left handed) threads for gripping the base of the oil filter, and a lip for capturing spilled oil. A wrench connection below the base portion of the tool fits a typical socket wrench head to allow for easy removal of the oil filter using a common tool. The reverse threads grip the base of the oil filter when being turned to the left, and as they tighten onto the filter, they grip tighter and tighter and then begin to loosen the filter. As the filter comes loose, any spilt oil will be captured within the cavity of the removal tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Clair D. Niles
  • Patent number: 11376710
    Abstract: A cyclone dust collecting device includes a dust collecting box and a separator. The dust collecting box includes a dust entrance and a cavity formed by extension in a first direction. The dust entrance communicates with a dust exhaust channel of a host machine. The separator includes a dust inlet and a cyclone tube. The dust inlet communicates with the dust entrance. The dust inlet is configured to guide the dust exhaust airflow into the cyclone tube. The cyclone tube extends in a second direction and is at least partially disposed in the dust collecting box. The cyclone tube includes a dust outlet and an air outlet. The dust outlet is located in the cavity and the air outlet communicates with an outside of the dust collecting box. The second direction obliquely intersects the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianliang Liu, Xiangqing Fu, Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 11358251
    Abstract: A grinding device for inner holes has a body, an extension shaft, a nut, and a button assembly. The body has a driving shaft rotatably disposed in the body and a containing hole disposed through a side of the body. The extension shaft has two ends and a concave structure. One of the two ends of the extension shaft is connected with the driving shaft of the body. The concave structure is disposed on the extension shaft, and is aligned with the containing hole of the body after the extension shaft rotates with the driving shaft. The nut is mounted on the other one of the two ends of the extension shaft. The button assembly is mounted in the containing hole of the body, and is able to be pressed and to extend into the concave structure to restrict the extension shaft from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Jian-Shiou Liaw
  • Patent number: 11338417
    Abstract: The invention provides a torque wrench capable of maintaining accuracy of torque value, comprising a tube; and a rod, a trip mechanism, an elastic element, and an adjustment mechanism installed on the tube. The adjustment mechanism has a handle and a moving member, when the handle is rotated, the moving member can be driven to displace along a longitudinal direction of the tube, so as to change an elastic force exerted by the elastic element to the trip mechanism; an adjustment rod is threadedly connected into the moving member, rotating the adjustment rod is capable of displacing the adjustment rod relative to the moving member, so that a front end of the adjustment rod protrudes from the moving member and exerts pressure on the elastic element. Thereby, the torque wrench can be restored to a correct torque value by simply rotating the adjustment rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: KABO TOOL COMPANY
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11331775
    Abstract: An improved electric screwdriver switch, wherein the switch is installed in a push-down type electric screwdriver, the lower end of the electric screwdriver is provided with a screwdriver head, and its inside is provided with a thimble; the switch includes a structure base with an inner slot and a micro-switch with a touch rod; the inner slot is provided with a L-rod and a spring, and the micro-switch is electrically connected to the motor of the electric screwdriver; when the electric screwdriver presses down the screwdriver head, the inner thimble is linked, and the upper end of the thimble touches the lower end of the L-rod; the touch distance of the upper end of the L-rod and the touch rod on the micro-switch can determine that the motor drives the start/stop of the screwdriver head; the improved structure base is designed as a whole, it features the strong structure and high precision, it is not easy to loose after installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Hsieh Yuan Liao
  • Patent number: 11330945
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes: a main body having a front edge; a suction device having a suction opening and a suction channel; a brush assembly having a rotatable roller brush; and an apparatus for wetting a floor to be cleaned with liquid, the apparatus being associated with the roller brush. The suction opening and the roller brush are arranged in the main body in such a manner as to face the floor to be cleaned. The suction opening has a first wall facing the front edge of the main body and a second wall facing the roller brush. The roller brush loosens dirt from the floor to be cleaned. A pivotable lip is associated with the suction opening and alternately rests against the first wall or the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Alessandro Brugora, Helmut Hofmeister