Patents Examined by Brian Mattei
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Patent number: 9717974Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure describe a pole and base assembly. The pole and base assembly includes a pole with an upper engagement portion and a lower engagement portion that are biased toward each other. A base includes a socket to receive the pole and a channel that allows the lower engagement portion to pass through the base. The upper engagement portion is retained on the top surface of the base. When the lower engagement portion is passed through the socket and aligned with a locking portion, the biasing force causes the upper and lower engagement portions to clamp together around the base and lock the pole to the base.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Indian Industries, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Hahn, James Eaton
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Patent number: 9723751Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a vibrational isolator may include at least one supporting section and at least one attachment member mechanically coupled to the at least one supporting section and configured to mechanically couple to a chassis, such that when disposed in a chassis, the at least one supporting section suspends from the chassis and is configured to support vibration-generating equipment. In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include forming at least one supporting section and forming at least one attachment member mechanically coupled to the at least one supporting section and configured to mechanically couple to a chassis, such that when disposed in a chassis, the at least one supporting section suspends from the chassis and is configured to support vibration-generating equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventor: Jean Marie Doglio
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Patent number: 9719259Abstract: An improved architectural trim device constructed from cellular polyvinylchloride. The process employs manufacturing dimensionalized cellular PVC architectural components from a single sheet of plastic that can achieve both linear and radius shapes without using heat bending techniques. The process strengthens the cellular PVC, giving it more structural integrity than other products made strictly of cellular PVC. These techniques enable the manufacture of components with tighter tolerances than traditional heat bending techniques which distort the size and shape of the material making accurate and precise assembly difficult.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventors: David A. Guzman, Lionel Guzman
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Patent number: 9708827Abstract: A relocatable corrosion control facility preferably includes a red zone, a yellow zone and a green zone. The red zone is a work area. The work area preferably includes at least one combination paint and sanding booth, an eye wash, a compressor, an air tank, a storage enclosure and a hazardous storage. The yellow zone is an undressing area. The undressing area preferably includes at least two air showers; a respirator and personal protective equipment locker room (RPPE); and at least one dirty locker room. The technician removes equipment in the RPPE locker room and exits into a dirty locker room. The dirty locker room includes dirty clothes storage, showers and sinks. An exit of each dirty locker room leads into a green zone. The green zone is a staging area. The staging area includes at least one clean locker room, at least one office and a lobby.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: KWIKSPACEInventors: Peter E. Gill, Peter E. Gill, III
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Patent number: 9702154Abstract: A structural arrangement for securing scaffolding to a building wall. The structural arrangement includes the building wall with a recess, a façade anchor secured to the building wall and having a receptacle for accommodating at least one securing element. The securing element engages in the receptacle in the façade anchor on the one hand and in the recess in the wall on the other hand. The façade anchor provides a supporting face facing the building wall. A compensating material is provided between the supporting face and the building wall in such a manner that the façade anchor makes contact over its supporting face with, and is supported by the building wall indirectly via, the compensating material.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Wessendorf Systembeschichtungen GmbHInventor: Franz Wessendorf
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Patent number: 9695975Abstract: A hood device is provided with a frame-shape base member and a hook member. The hook member is provided with a rotation unit, a hooking unit, a first engaging unit which engages with the peripheral wall of the base member when the hooking portion is used, and a second engaging unit which engages with the peripheral wall of the base member when the hooking unit is stored. Both lateral edges of the peripheral wall of the base member are provided with a rotation support unit, a first rotation limiting unit against which the first engaging unit abuts, a second rotation limiting unit against which the second engaging unit abuts, a first holding unit into which the first engaging unit is detachably fitted, and a second holding unit into which the second engaging unit is detachably fitted.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Atsushi Ogawa
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Patent number: 9698724Abstract: The invention includes an apparatus for mounting a photovoltaic (PV) module onto a structure where the apparatus includes a base portion, a stud portion, and a coupling portion. The coupling portion includes a male portion that acts as a spring under load and a clip portion that penetrates the PV module frame to create a grounding bond. The apparatus includes a lower jaw, shaped to pry open a groove, and a key portion that can compress to allow for tolerances. The invention further includes a clip with one or more tabs and one or more teeth. The invention further includes a replacement roof tile which includes a support structure with a horizontal flange, a vertical component, a horizontal component, a flashing with an upper surface and a lower surface, and a tile-shaped metal surface having a curvilinear shape that reflects the shapes of adjacent tiles.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SolarCity CorporationInventors: Jack Raymond West, Tyrus Hawkes Hudson, Emil Johansen
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Patent number: 9689160Abstract: A dismountable module for manufacturing at least one portion of a repeatably dismountable wall of a construction is described, the module comprising: a first body adapted to define an outer surface of said wall, at least one structural member adapted to withstand the loads generated by the wall; the structural member comprises a main body elongated along a first axis, arranged vertically in use, and a thickening protruding from said main body transversally to said first axis; the thickening defines a first face and a second face opposite to the first face and adapted to cooperate, either directly or indirectly, with a further module, superimposable on said module according to said first axis, so as to transfer a load from the further module to said structural member.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Inventor: Flavio Lanese
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Patent number: 9689523Abstract: A mobile electronic device stand has at least two interconnected elements, each element being elongated in form along a longitudinal axis. The interconnection includes at least a pair of adjacent interfacing end surfaces connected so as to be rotatable about an axis between the end surfaces from an iconic elongated configuration of the stand to a folded configuration of the stand. In the folded configuration of the stand, the elements are fixable in a setting position to resist rotation with respect to a support surface when the stand is functionally attached to a mobile electronic device and disposed in a manner to support the mobile electronic device in a selected orientation with respect to the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Jean-Michel Chardon, Remy Zimmermann, Yao Lu, Liang Tang
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Patent number: 9682484Abstract: A set-up stand is provided including a counterbalance mechanism for use in reconfiguring an end-effector with an articulating portion rotated by a bi-directional rotary locking device, for example, a clutch. A counterbalance mechanism is provided including a holding member which is attached to a preloaded member and connected to an articulating portion of the end-effector during reconfiguration of the end-effector. The preloaded member provides a tension load to counterbalance the gravity moment load of the articulating portion when the articulated portion is rotated in the same direction as the output shaft of the bi-direction rotary locking device, to prevent overhauling, chattering or binding stops during rotation and reconfiguration. A method is provided to utilize the counterbalance mechanism as described.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Yhu-Tin Lin, Andrew L. Bartos
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Patent number: 9683690Abstract: A movement-constraining assembly for a fluid-conveying system comprises a fluid-conveying tube defining an inner passage for fluid to pass therethrough. The tube is adapted to be connected to components of the fluid-conveying system at opposed ends thereof. A blocking ring is mounted to the tube with complementary surfaces between the tube and the blocking ring to block rotation between the tube and the blocking ring, the blocking ring having a first joint portion. A base is adapted to be secured to a structure, and having a second joint portion operatively joined to the first joint portion of the blocking ring to form a joint blocking at least an axial rotational degree of freedom of the fluid-conveying tube and allowing at least one translational degree of freedom of the tube relative to the structure. A method for constraining movement of a fluid-conveying tube of a fluid conveying-system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Guy Lefebvre, Francois Doyon, Yves Martin
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Patent number: 9675170Abstract: A telescopic lifting column (1) preferably for furniture, such as height adjustable tables and beds, and comprising at least two mutually telescopic members (2, 3, 4) and an electric drive unit (5, 10; 41, 42) for adjusting the telescopic members. The lifting column comprises a telescopic cable guiding device (22; 45, 58, 80, 103) for guiding at least one electric cable (29), where the telescopic cable guiding device extends between or in all essentials between the lower and upper end of the lifting column and is connected thereto so that the telescopic cable guiding device collaborates in the telescopic adjustment of the lifting column. Thus the cables may be guided in a protected manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Linak A/SInventor: Norbert Klinke
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Patent number: 9677705Abstract: A wall hanging fixing device includes a decoration cover which is provided with a hanging member in its inner side. The hanging member is fixed on a supporting seat in the inner side of the decoration cover with screws. The hanging member is provided with a hanging connection groove which is fit with a supporting member. The fixing device is also provided with a movable member that can move towards or away from the hanging connection groove. It is easy and quick to install the wall hanging fixing device. After an expansion bolt is fixed, the hanging member of the fixing device is hung on the expansion bolt without any disassembly, so as to protect the bathroom articles, and the hanging member can be fixed. This design effectively prevents loosening.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: NINGBO BOSHENG PLUMBING CO., LTD.Inventor: Difeng Cen
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Patent number: 9677265Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a curtain wall panel bracket leveling system that facilitates leveling a panel bracket mounted to a fixture (such as an embedment or an anchor array) cast in a concrete slab.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Larry Moeller, Stanislaw Piotrowski, James C. Fournier, Gary Lind, Frank Otte
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Patent number: 9668578Abstract: The instant invention relates to a profile element for connecting plate-shaped elements, which are oriented orthogonally, parallel and in a line relative to one another, for constructing free-standing or wall-mounted, expandable storage furniture, in particular shelves.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: alfer aluminium Gesellschaft mbHInventor: Thomas Wilbs
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Patent number: 9669934Abstract: The invention proceeds from a seat fastening for fastening a seat, in particular an aircraft seat, to a fastening rail, with at least one base body, which is provided at least for a vertical fastening in the fastening rail, and with at least one horizontal-fastening element, which is slidable with respect to the base body at least between a locking position and an unlocking position. It is proposed that the seat fastening comprises at least one locking device, which is provided to fixate the at least one horizontal-fastening element in the unlocking position.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Marsel Mejuhas
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Patent number: 9673596Abstract: A weatherproof back box for receiving a fire alarm notification or other fire alarm device includes a back wall and sidewalls that project from the back wall and define a mouth. The sidewalls further include recessed portions that extend from the back wall toward the mouth, and end prior to the mouth. The back box further includes mounting posts, which are preferably less than 50% of the depth of the back box, that project from the recessed portions into the mouth. Additionally, these mounting posts receive fasteners for securing the fire alarm notification device in the mouth of the back box.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbHInventors: James T. Roberts, Alexander Andrews
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Patent number: 9664417Abstract: An energy capturing device is positionable above a roof of a building, structure, or object. Each of a plurality of lifting components has a short leg with an inner end coupled to the building, structure, or object and has a long leg with an upper end positionable above the building, structure or object. An upper pivot member couples the upper ends of the long legs to the energy capturing device. A lower pivot member pivots the energy capturing device between a raised operative orientation above the building, structure, or object and a lowered inoperative orientation beneath the building, structure, or object. A control system allows positioning the energy capturing device with respect to the building, structure, or object.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Inventors: Michael J. Reischmann, Nigel G. Jones
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Patent number: 9655443Abstract: An adjustable locking shelf support system for use in a medicine cabinet or other cabinet. The adjustable shelf support members have set-off lugs which are inserted and locked into slots in a recessed race located in the vertical walls of the cabinet. The front portion of the adjustable locking shelf support member protrudes into the cabinet toward the front has a channel that, together with the cooperating adjustable locking shelf support member located on the opposite side vertical wall of the cabinet, accepts a shelf made of glass or other material. The adjustable shelf support members can be removed and replaced throughout the cabinet in other slots evenly spaced in a vertical orientation in the recessed race of the vertical walls of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: American Glasscrafters, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Fernando Cano, Michael Balagyozyan
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Patent number: 9650789Abstract: Mounting brackets used for mounting decorative panels to walls is provided. The mounting brackets may each include a substantially planar body having a front surface, a rear surface, a top end and a bottom end forming a height in between, and a first end and a second end, forming a length in between. The mounting brackets further include at least one hook rail protruding from the front surface of the body at an angle relative to the front surface. The hook rail runs along at least a portion of the length of the body. A hook rail of a first bracket interlocks with a hook rail of a second bracket when the second bracket is disposed in an upside position relative to the first bracket.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Inventor: James Reid Gulnick