Patents Examined by Chi Q Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10954671
    Abstract: A vibration isolation supporting structure and a vibration isolation system that can prevent a high-frequency vibration and a low-frequency vibration generated on a floor of a building. The vibration isolation supporting structure includes a plurality of supporting portions erected facing each other in a predetermined area near a wall of a floor of a building, a supporting structure supported on the floor by the supporting portions, and a fixing device configured to fix the supporting structure to the floor, and when receiving a release command, the fixing device releases fixing of the supporting structure to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Iga, Hirokuni Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 10953773
    Abstract: A fold and dive seat for a vehicle is provided with a seat-cushion tilting mechanism, a fold and dive mechanism, and a seatback reclining mechanism so as to simultaneously performed both a seatback reclining operation and a tilting operation of a front portion of a seat cushion. The fold and dive seat reduces by evenly dispersing a body pressure over a passenger's upper body and lower body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, DAECHANG SEAT CO., LTD-DONGTAN, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Kyu Moon, Seon Chae Na, Jung Sang You, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Beom Hwang, In Chang Hwang, Myung Soo Lee, Jeong Soo Kim, Eom Seok Yoo
  • Patent number: 10947740
    Abstract: A levelling spacer device for the laying of sheet-shaped products for coating surfaces, including a base positionable posteriorly to a laying surface of at least two sheet-shaped products arranged adjacent and side by side relative to a side-by-side direction, a separator element which rises perpendicularly from the base and is configured to slip between facing lateral sides of the two sheet-shaped products placed side by side, a pusher element adapted to cooperate with the separator element, and a plate provided with at least one through opening configured to be inserted onto the separator element, wherein the plate is configured to be interposed between the pusher element and the base and includes a first flat surface facing the base wherefrom at least one lamella is projecting which is configured to slip between a lateral side of a sheet-shaped product and the separator element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: RAIMONDI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Sighinolfi
  • Patent number: 10945522
    Abstract: Combined multi-style leisure furniture systems comprising one or more main body units and one or more auxiliary units on the main body units, wherein the main body unit is a main body of the furniture, and a plurality of mounting holes are distributed on the main body unit; the auxiliary unit is an auxiliary functional member on the main unit and is provided with an insertion fixing piece; the auxiliary unit is fixed to the main body unit by inserting the insertion fixing piece to the mounting hole of the main unit so as to form the combined multi-style leisure furniture. The invention is not only convenient to combine, but also has various combined styles, and it is little influenced by site limitation during application, and is suitable for various places such as homes, parks, lounges of public places, such as airports and railway stations and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: Runzhong Huo
  • Patent number: 10947767
    Abstract: A vehicle having a door slidably mounted on a shell. The vehicle includes at least one assistance device, comprising both a winder carrying a strap and a receptacle, the winder including a brake for braking unwinding of the strap from the winder, one of the winder and receptacle being fastened to the shell and one of the winder and receptacle being fastened to the door, the strap carrying a latchplate suitable for being reversibly attached to the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERRS
    Inventor: Andre Barbieri
  • Patent number: 10939763
    Abstract: A recliner (1), including a reclining surface (2) and a substructure (3) that can be set on a base and supports the reclining surface (2), the substructure (3) including at least one stand (4) and at least one spring element (5) that is positioned between the stand (4) and the reclining surface (2), the reclining surface (2) being mounted on the spring element (5), the spring element (5) elastically pretensioning the reclining surface (2) in the direction (6) leading away from the stand (4), and the reclining surface (2), when unloaded, being held in an elastically pretensioned manner by a limiting element (7) of the recliner (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Roland Edmund Bachstein
  • Patent number: 10925787
    Abstract: A lift chair frame is disclosed having an adjustable seat including a front support bar assembly including a left member and a right member connected to the left member, a rear support bar assembly opposite the front support bar assembly along a longitudinal direction, a left support bar connected to the front and rear support bar assemblies, and a right support bar opposite the left support bar along a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and connected to the front and rear support bar assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Pride Mobility Products Corporation
    Inventors: Robert O'Leary, David Burke, Richard Warren, Kris Hamby, Mike Zablocky
  • Patent number: 10925395
    Abstract: A wardrobe capable of being moved into and out of a hotel room, and into and out of a storage room, is disclosed. The wardrobe comprises a top, a bottom, two side walls, a back, and four wheels along the bottom, where the wardrobe would otherwise touch the floor. The wheels can optionally be lockable wheels. The wardrobe also includes a means for attachment to one or more walls in a room in which the wardrobe will be used. Suitable means for attachment include holes through which pins can be inserted, pins which fit into holes in a wall, Velcro or other hook and loop attachments, straps, ropes, magnets, clips, cotter pins, and the like. The wardrobe can optionally include one or more additional elements, including one or more doors, one or more drawers, shelves, closet rods, tie/belt racks, mirrors, cubby holes, a cover for the wheels, a safe, and crown, chair, and/or base molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Plush Cujo LLC
    Inventor: Jon Langbert
  • Patent number: 10926683
    Abstract: To secure both flexibility and rigidity of a pressure-receiving member, a pressure-receiving member capable of moving rearward in a state of receiving a load from a back of an occupant is included in a seat back of a conveyance seat for supporting the back of the occupant. The pressure-receiving member has a load-receiving portion which receives the load from the back of the occupant at a front face, and the load-receiving portion includes a load-receiving portion piece formed so that a length in a vertical direction of the seat back is shorter than a length in a seat width direction, and a rear reinforcement rib protruding along a thickness direction of the load-receiving portion from the load-receiving portion piece and extending along the seat width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA CO.
    Inventors: Koji Onuma, Ryuhei Abe, Taiji Misono, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu, Akira Nakajima, Yuki Fukuda, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Rob Colja
  • Patent number: 10919417
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat for a vehicle, comprising a seat part that has a seat part frame, comprising a backrest part and comprising a first and a second switching console element which each comprise at least one control element for actuating at least one function of an actuator element of the vehicle, the first switching console element being arranged on a first side of the seat part and the second switching console element being arranged on a second side of the seat part so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat, the seat part and/or the backrest part being designed so as to be adjustable with respect to a degree of inclination, it being possible to change a relative position of a first portion of the first switching console element, with respect to the vehicle seat, it being possible to transfer the change in the relative position of the first portion of the first switching console element into a change in a relative position of a first portion of the second switching
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Thomas Haller
  • Patent number: 10919373
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a door and a door frame installed along a circumference of the door. An upper portion of the door frame is joined to an upper end portion of an inner panel. The upper end portion of the door frame is extended toward the inside of the vehicle to form a coupling portion. A weather strip is mounted on the inner panel along the circumference of the door, the weather strip being coupled to the coupling portion of the inner panel. A first coupling element by which one side of the weather strip is fixed is formed at the coupling portion and a second coupling element is coupled with the first coupling element at the coupling portion so that the weather strip is directly coupled with the door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Je-Won Choi
  • Patent number: 10919418
    Abstract: A car seat with belt guide disposed at the side of the seat shell is for redirecting the shoulder belt when the car seat is installed on the vehicle seat, passed and fastened by the seat belt of the vehicle seat. The redirection of shoulder belt improves the symmetry of forces encountered by the vehicle seat and also improves the kinetics of the car seat during a crash. A break-away feature in the belt guide advantageously absorbs forces at different times during a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Gregory Sellers, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10913378
    Abstract: A seat recliner for a vehicle includes a step inserted in an assembly hole of a seat frame and a second flange, and a conventional sub-guide protrusion of a lock gear is removed. The second flange is provided with both a free section and a locking section using only a guide protrusion. The seat recliner includes: a first flange having a plurality of guide parts, and a guide space; a plurality of lock gears disposed in the guide spaces of the first flange; a lock cam disposed on the first flange; a control part disposed on the lock gears and the lock cam; and a second flange including a first part and the second part, and coupled to the seat frame by insertion of an outer circumferential surface of the second part into an assembly hole of the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Seung Hun Chang
  • Patent number: 10907394
    Abstract: A health status assessment method and system for a transport vehicle automatic or semi-automatic access device is disclosed. The health status assessment system has at least one leaf actuated by a kinematic chain including at least one motor having an associated angular position or rotation speed encoder and at least one switch. The health status assessment method includes steps for analyzing at least one actuating cycle of the kinematic chain between a first and a second position wherein, during one said cycle, information is acquired representative of the electrical energy consumed by the motor, or position or speed information provided by said encoder or binary information indicating positions of switches. The method further includes dividing said cycle into a plurality of functional segments based on said acquired information, calculating at least one descriptor value, and then establishing a health status diagnosis of the health status assessment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Quentin Thevenet, Benjamin Lamoureux, Frédéric Setan, Laurent Vagner
  • Patent number: 10907292
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance door assembly comprises a plastic fishbowl. Typically, laundry treating appliances, such as dryers, have door assemblies comprising glass fishbowls. Utilizing plastic enables a fishbowl to have a sharper radius of curvature than that of a glass fishbowl due to manufacturing constraints of glass. A shaper radius of curvature allows for greater capacity in the treating chamber in a laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Harbrecht, Douglas Mikkelsen, Christoph Miller, Joel Sells, Prasath M. Thirukonda
  • Patent number: 10899260
    Abstract: A headrest (1) of a vehicle seat includes a first head support device (1?) and a second head support device (1?). The headrest includes a tilting device (7) for tilting the first head support device (1?) relative to the second head support device (1?). The headrest (1) includes a height adjusting device (9) for adjusting the height of the first head support device (1?) relative to the second head support device (1?). A vehicle seat is also provided including an arm rest and a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.á r.l.
    Inventor: Thomas Dillinger
  • Patent number: 10900217
    Abstract: A building space divider system for providing one or more rooms in a building space, the building space divider system comprising at least two framework beams and coupling strips, in which the framework beams extend in a longitudinal direction, and the framework beams include longitudinal beam coupling parts where two of the framework beams are back-to-back coupled via the coupling strips, each coupling strip comprising two strip parts each having a beam coupling end extending along a longitudinal side of the strip part for coupling to the beam coupling part of the framework beam, and a strip coupling end extending along an opposite longitudinal side of the strip part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ZIPPERWALL HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Antonius Sasja Fransen
  • Patent number: 10900229
    Abstract: A canvas hanger profile for making a stretched ceiling in a room to be conditioned, the hanger profile comprising at least two wings connected together by a connecting lining, one of the wings being arranged to allow the fastening of the hanger profile on a wall of the room to be conditioned, a second wing, which constitutes a canvas hanger wing, being provided with a blocking end of a canvas hook, wherein the connecting lining and the hanger wing are arranged to define together an unclosed air passage slot through the profile and are delimited by the blocking end of the hanger wing hook, the profile having at least one through opening arranged to allow air to pass through said profile from or towards the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Scherrer, Damien Lang
  • Patent number: 10900271
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which may automatically open or close a door and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator may automatically open or close door(s) of the refrigerator by controlling a motor. After lapse of a predetermined time after the door of the refrigerator has been closed, the refrigerator operates a motor with an output used when the door is not opened, such that the refrigerator may remove noise while simultaneously maintaining a constant door opening time when the door is opened. In addition, when the door opening signal time is detected, the refrigerator may immediately opens the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-In Eom, Young Kyun Jeong, Chan Young Park, Hyun Uk Park
  • Patent number: 10895100
    Abstract: The present invention is a threshold gasket assembly to be used in conjunction with end and/or back dams to form a sill pan. The threshold gasket assembly is fixed to a lower region of a rough opening in a wall and comprises a base with a plurality of fins projecting away from base to form a corresponding plurality of channels with a length generally the same as a base. Base has a generally “L” shaped cross section. At least two fins are sufficiently spaced from another to prevent contact with each other thereby simultaneously ensuring that moisture is dammed by at least one fin and directed by at least a portion of an adjacent channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TEJAS SPECIALTY GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Ortega, Tracy Bowling