Patents Examined by Brian L Swenson
  • Patent number: 11428288
    Abstract: A leg assembly, and a shock absorption mechanism for a pole are provided. The shock absorption mechanism comprises a pole body and a leg assembly, wherein the leg assembly comprises a support leg, a tray surrounding the support leg, and a connecting sleeve for connecting the pole body inserting from the top of the support leg. When a bottom of the pole body is inserted into the connecting sleeve and tightly resists against the elastic limiting clamps, the elastic limiting clamps will be pushed outward and limited in the guiding slots of the support leg, so that the connecting sleeve with the pole body can move upward and downward relative to the support leg. There is a mounting space for the shock absorption spring between the support leg and the connecting sleeve, and the support leg has a trend of moving downward due to resistance from the shock absorption spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NINGHAI XINGDA LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinxue Hu
  • Patent number: 11413517
    Abstract: A nose clip and a tail clip for a splitboard ski assembly may each comprise at least three hooks. The nose clip and the tail clip may be adaptable to various splitboard ski designs. A stretcher for a skin assembly may be configured to interface with the tail clip. The tail clip may comprise at least two elongated apertures defining a rail. The stretcher may be configured to interface with the rail via friction and/or secure a skin assembly to a splitboard ski assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SPARK R&D IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: William J. Ritter
  • Patent number: 11414116
    Abstract: Present invention relates to gas cylinder lifting cart having a base frame, a long bar, a keeper bar where the cylinder can be held securely during transport by friction pads on holding brackets, with at least a caster wheel providing easy steering. The keeper bar provides open access to put on a gas cylinder, instead of the hassle, and inherent danger, of lifting a gas cylinder vertically up and down to put on the cart. The base frame has a slight bent angle to facilitate easy tilting towards a slant angle for transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Valtra Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Wong
  • Patent number: 11406157
    Abstract: A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a skater (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the skater and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface (e.g., ice). At least part of the skate boot and optionally at least part of one or more other components (e.g., the skating device) may be constructed from one or more materials (e.g., foams) molded by flowing in molding equipment during a molding process (e.g., injection molding or casting). This may allow the skate (or other footwear) to have useful performance characteristics (e.g., reduced weight, proper fit and comfort, etc.) while being more cost-effectively manufactured. Other articles of footwear are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLC
    Inventors: Ivan Labonté, Conrad Payeur, Candide Déschênes
  • Patent number: 11376486
    Abstract: A device for setting the orientation of a boot binding on a snowboard includes a disk fixable to the board, the binding being mounted to be able to rotate in relation to the disk about a vertical axis of rotation, at least one locking method mounted adjustably between a locked position where it immobilizes the binding in relation to the disk, and an unlocked position where it allows the rotation of the binding around the axis of rotation for an angular adjustment of the binding in relation to the board, the displacement of the locking method is ensured by an actuator, that is remotely controllable, and a locking method and an actuator that are installed in the disk so that: the actuator can be actuated when the boot is retained in the binding and, the locking method is movable by the actuator when the boot is retained in the binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BLACK LINE
    Inventor: Rémi Garnerone
  • Patent number: 11376487
    Abstract: A boss for use with a roller skate and attached to a king pin of the roller skate and adapted to removably support an axle housing. The boss supports a pivot pin adaptor having an adjustable pin fixed into place by a lock nut. The pivot pin adaptor includes a shoulder internally abutting the boss and different angled shoulders can be attached to the boss to adjust the angle of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Hugh Rowland
  • Patent number: 11369860
    Abstract: A truck having configured to couple with a deck. The truck including a base and a hanger. The hanger disposed within a hanger aperture of the base. The hanger rotatably coupled with the base by a pivot assembly. The rotation of the hanger with respect to the base controlled by a compression assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Gerald Tyler
  • Patent number: 11370469
    Abstract: A collapsible child's stroller with a handle frame (30), a front wheel frame (10) and a rear wheel frame (20), mutually connected at a hinge joint (12, 22, 42) for mutual angular displacement between folded and unfolded configurations. The hinge joint has two spaced apart, parallel hinge axes, about which the frames (10, 20, 30) mutually rotate. The stroller is further provided with a locking element (43, 44) moveable between a locked position in which the frames (10, 20, 30) are locked in the unfolded configuration, and an unlocked position allowing the frames (10, 20, 30) to rotate to the folded configuration. The locking element (43, 44) moves in a direction traverse to the parallel hinge axes to better transfer loads between the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: DYNAMIC MOTION, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Hui Huang, Anthony Michael Young, Lee Baker, Mark Bayly
  • Patent number: 11364430
    Abstract: A cross-country skiing kit with a cross-country ski binding and with a cross-country ski boot, wherein the crosscountry ski binding, for articulated connection of a cross-country ski boot to a cross-country ski, is provided with a substantially unyielding binding main body which has a stand surface for a sole of the cross-country ski boot, with a holder device which has a seat for pivotable arrangement of the cross-country ski boot about a pivot axis extending in the transverse direction of the binding main body, with an elastically deformable resetting element for resetting the cross-country ski boot from an upwardly pivoted position in the direction of the stand surface of the binding main body, wherein at least one substantially unyielding elevation is provided on the stand surface of the binding main body, to the rear of the pivot axis in the longitudinal direction of the binding main body, with which elevation the sole of the cross-country ski boot in its unloaded state is arranged at a distance from the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FISCHER SPORTS GMBH
    Inventors: Hannes Kogler, Nicolas Fellin
  • Patent number: 11358047
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a skateboard and control method thereof. A skateboard deck is fixed on an axle of the skateboard, and a first sensor group and a second sensor group are sequentially arranged on the skateboard deck in a width direction. The method includes acquiring a first pressure value of the first sensor group and a second pressure value of the second sensor group; controlling the skateboard to turn to a first direction when the first pressure value is greater than the second pressure value and a difference value between the first pressure value and the second pressure value is greater than a first threshold, and controlling the skateboard to turn to a second direction when the second pressure value is greater than the first pressure value and a difference value between the second pressure value and the first pressure value is greater than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Cheng, Yongfeng Xia
  • Patent number: 11358048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotation mechanism (4) for an electric balance car. The rotation mechanism connects a left car body and a right car body of the electric balance car, and comprises a rotary shaft (40), a sleeve ring (41) and a bearing (42), wherein the sleeve ring (41) is fixedly connected to one side of the rotary shaft (40), the bearing (42) is sheathed on the other side of the rotary shaft (40), and a limiting part (411) is protruded outwardly at a position of an outer edge of the sleeve ring (41). Also disclosed is an electric balance car, comprising the rotation mechanism (4). The rotation mechanism of the electric balance car has a firm and reliable structure, operates smoothly, is convenient to install, and is durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG AERLANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuanmei Zang
  • Patent number: 11358049
    Abstract: An electrical balance car comprises pedals. Each pedal has a convex part located on the edge, and a concave part located in the middle and used to restore the pedal after the pedal descends under the effect of acting force. The electrical balance car can be controlled steadily and is ingenious in structure, easy to assemble and durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG AERLANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuanmei Zang
  • Patent number: 11358050
    Abstract: An electric balance car comprises a left car body, a right car body, a rotation mechanism and wheels, wherein the left car body is connected to the right car body through the rotation mechanism, the wheels are mounted on the left car body and the right car body, the axes of axles of the wheels are lower than the axis of a rotary shaft in the rotation mechanism. The electric balance car can be controlled steadily and is ingenious in structure, easy to assemble and durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG AERLANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuanmei Zang
  • Patent number: 11339042
    Abstract: A mobile elevating work platform includes a chassis and fixed wheels, caster wheels, and a driving and steering wheel secured to the chassis. A control implement coupled with the driving and steering wheel is configured to adjust a steering position of the driving and steering wheel. A drive motor is operable to drive the driving and steering wheel. A platform may be raisable and lowerable with a mast assembly. The control implement may be adjustable to accommodate operator physical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: JLG INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pascal Pierre Penicaud, Pascal Richard, Vincent Paul Philippe Paquiot, Zachary Carrington Foster
  • Patent number: 11338193
    Abstract: A snowboard binding with a base, a bearing shell movable about a first rotary pin supported by the base, and a pedal for controlling the bearing shell from an open position to a closed position, the bearing shell including a shell bottom and two shell sides supporting the pedal. The first rotary pin is supported by the bearing shell to form a boot stop in the shell bottom in any position of the bearing shell lying between an open position and the closed position. The shell bottom can support a bearing and the base, a pin housed in the bearing to form a hinge extending along the axis of rotation of the first rotary pin. The pedal can move relative to the shell sides about a second axis of rotation and be supported by two arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: NIDECKER SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Edmond, Daniel Schmäh, Henry Nidecker, Xavier Nidecker
  • Patent number: 11331561
    Abstract: A ground-engaging devices that is capable of sustained rolling, stable braking, secure standing, and walking. In one preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a wheeled footwear device. In another preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a wheeled footwear platform. In yet another preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a wheeled artificial foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kuang-Ming Wu, Thomas Jason Wu
  • Patent number: 11325019
    Abstract: Pole handle, for alpine ski poles or cross-country ski poles, with a handle body and with a hook for fastening a hand holding device. A displaceable latching structure is arranged in the region of the hook so that an eye-shaped device which is pushed in from above and is provided on the hand holding device is fixed in a self-locking manner. The hook is arranged on the stick handle on the hand side in the upper region. A holding mandrel, which is set off from the handle body to the hand side, forms an insertion slot. The latching structure includes a retaining lug which defines a region, restricted against a force, for the eye-shaped device. An upper region of the holding mandrel or the entire holding mandrel, viewed in the running direction, can be deflected laterally on both sides against a restoring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LEKISPORT AG
    Inventors: Eberhard Heim, Tobias Böing, Jan Vocelka
  • Patent number: 11325020
    Abstract: Various implementations include a skateboard truck including a baseplate, a hanger, and a kingpin. The baseplate defines has a mounting surface. The hanger includes a main portion, a pivot pin, a first branch, and a second branch. The pivot pin is disposed within a pivot cup of the baseplate. The kingpin is disposed within openings in the baseplate and hanger. The branches each have curved longitudinal axes, a first portion coupled to the main portion, and a middle portion coupling the first and second portions. The second portion of each of the branches defines an axle opening. The first portion extends from the main portion toward the middle portion in a direction away from a mounting surface plane. The second portion extends from the middle portion in a direction toward the mounting surface plane. The first portions are closer to each other than the second portions are to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Milton, LLC
    Inventors: Scott McCarthy, Logan McCarthy
  • Patent number: 11318364
    Abstract: Skateboard trucks and skateboards using the improved trucks are disclosed. Truck according to the present invention can comprising a hanger with wheels. A base assembly is included having an at least partially hollow housing section. The hanger is rotationally mounted to the base assembly. The hanger also comprises a hanger portion that is within partially hollow housing section. Compressible spring elements are included within the partially hollow housing section, wherein the hanger portion operates on the compressible spring elements when the hanger rotates in relation to the base assembly. Skateboard are also disclosed that utilize the truck. One or more trucks are mounted to the skateboard deck with the truck having internal compressible spring elements that are compressed when turning the skateboard. The internal compressible spring elements also expand to return the truck to a neutral position when the skateboard is not turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MTMX, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Slagter, Carl Victor deCiutiis
  • Patent number: 11312220
    Abstract: There are provided a floor panel, a pair of right-and-left floor frames, and a battery unit supporting a battery module and mounted at the floor frames. The battery unit comprises the battery module, a pair of right-and-left side frames mounted at the pair of floor frames, and a pair of front-and-rear module supporting mechanisms which comprises a pair of front-and-rear cross frames respectively extending in a vehicle width direction and interconnecting the pair of side frames and mounting brackets supporting a front end portion and a rear end portion of the battery module. Bending rigidity, in a vertical direction, of the module supporting mechanism comprising the third cross frame and the first mounting bracket is set to be lower than that of the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morihide Yamada, Kazuhisa Hatano, Hisashi Akune, Munenari Takahashi