Patents Examined by Chiedu Chibogu
  • Patent number: 9428258
    Abstract: A holding device for in particular panel-shaped interior lining parts of a fuselage, has a configuration that is easy and simple to mount, each holding device includes a supporting device, which is used to anchor the holding device on a primary structure of the fuselage and comprises a joint; a connecting tube, which extends out of the supporting device and one end of which is attached to the joint; a mounting for an interior lining part, to which mounting the other, opposite end of the connecting tube to the one end is attached; and a lanyard, which is fastened to the supporting device is and the mounting and extends through the connecting tube and the length of which is greater than the length of the connecting tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Benthien, Ali Güngör
  • Patent number: 9427080
    Abstract: A collapsible power-driven table stand includes a supporting body of an elongated shape, a first stand having a first driving member and a plurality of first extendable rods driven by the first driving member to move axially relative to each other and a second stand having a second driving member and a plurality of second extendable rods driven by the second driving member to move axially relative to each other. The first diving member is pivotally attached to one end of the supporting body and the second diving member is also pivotally attached to another end of the supporting body in order to allow both the first and second stands to extend/collapse relative to the supporting body. Accordingly, the assembly of the collapsible power-driven table is simplified and the overall size thereof is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ADJUSTME SOURCING APS
    Inventor: Chou-Hsin Wu
  • Patent number: 9433114
    Abstract: A shelf device facilitates access to electronic modules within an enclosure having multiple vertically stacked levels of module storage locations. A pair of support arms each have an attachment structure on a distal portion of the support arm that is designed to attach to a first one of the vertically stacked levels. A guide rail extends from the distal portion of the support arm toward a proximal portion of the support arm. A cross brace structure is configured to pivotally attach to distal portions of the pair of support arms and a proximal portion of a first one of the support arms. A pair of vertical braces are each configured to pivotally attach to a respective one of the pair of support arms and having a detachable connection structure that is designed to attach to a second one of the vertically stacked levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Hilburn, Christopher M. Marroquin, Tristan A. Merino, Stephen P. Mroz, Scott A. Shurson
  • Patent number: 9422728
    Abstract: A fastening device includes a receptor portion having an angled through hole extending from a first surface of the receptor portion to a second surface of the receptor portion, wherein the angled through hole has an angled axis. The fastening device further includes a top portion having at least a first flange and a second flange extending generally outwardly from the receptor portion. The flanges generally define a flange plane. The angled axis intersects the flange plane at an intersecting angle between 0 and 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Precision Made Products
    Inventors: Chad Ryan Gamble, Mike John Roth, Majid Daneshvar, Hossein Lavvafi
  • Patent number: 9416895
    Abstract: Attachment plates and systems for pipe support interfaces are disclosed. According to one embodiment, system for pipe-support interface, having a pipe, a pipe support, and a low-friction surface between the pipe and pipe support, includes an improvement comprising a plate in an interface between the low-friction surface and the pipe support, the plate constructed of a corrosion resistant material, the plate having a recessed area for receiving the low-friction surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Inventor: Jose Oscar Castellanos
  • Patent number: 9370120
    Abstract: A slide assembly used for installing a chassis to a rack includes an engaging member which includes a body portion, a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion. The first and second fastening portions are perpendicularly connected to an end of the body portion. The second fastening portion bends and extends from an end of the first fastening portion. An engaging space is bounded by the second fastening portion and the rack when the slide assembly is installed to the rack. A hook portion of the chassis can be inserted into the engaging space to contact against the second fastening portion so that the chassis is not allowed to be pulled out from the rack when the chassis is installed to the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9366362
    Abstract: A spring-style railway hose support has a retraction-biased extension unit of a longitudinally compressible spring and a pair of oppositely directed internal wireforms within the longitudinally compressible spring. The internal wireforms engage respective ends of the longitudinally compressible spring, and a closed end of each is configured to allow it to project beyond a respective end of the longitudinally compressible spring. The retraction-biased extension unit is adapted to be directly or indirectly connected to a railway brake hose and to a railway car component that is positioned above the hose on a railway car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Ireco, LLC
    Inventor: Brian G. Maki
  • Patent number: 9360079
    Abstract: A vibration damping device including a first mounting member arranged on a lower side of a second mounting member, the first and second mounting members being elastically connected by a main rubber elastic body, and an outer bracket arranged on the lower side of the second mounting member. A coupling part is constituted by engagement between a bottom edge of the second mounting member and a top edge of the outer bracket, and the second mounting member is configured to be attached to a vibration source via the outer bracket. The outer bracket is arranged in opposition to the first mounting member in an axis-perpendicular direction, and an axis-perpendicular stopper member that regulates relative displacement between the first and second mounting members in the axis-perpendicular direction is constituted by contact between the first mounting member and the outer bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Takayoshi Yasuda, Akio Saiki
  • Patent number: 9326406
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an apparatus for protecting and providing a stand for a display, which may be an electronic display, which resolves the issues of the prior art in a novel, self-contained, easy to deploy manner. The apparatus of the invention is comprised of a transportation case configured to be utilized as part of the stand when it is desired to support a display, deployable elements contained in the transportation case that enable easy and rapid deployment of the stand and display, and other elements, including, optionally, the display itself. The transportation case is configured to accept and protect a display during shipment. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the invention includes the display itself. When deployed for viewing, the display stand may be covered by a decorative skirt. The apparatus is a compact, deployable, self-contained unit for display and shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Event Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Brandt
  • Patent number: 9323025
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kinematic mount having a base part (8) and a bracket part (7), which is positioned on the base part (8), and which is tiltable relative thereto around at least one tilting axis. The invention provides that the mount has at least one pivot lever (22, 23), which is connected to the base part (8) by way of a first joint (25), and which is connected to the bracket part (7) by way of a second joint (27, 24, 28), which is spaced apart from the first joint (25) in a longitudinal direction of the pivot lever (22, 23). The base part (8), the pivot lever (22, 23), and the bracket part (7) form a gear unit, which converts a movement of an actuator (11, 12) impacting the pivot lever (22, 23) into a tilting of the bracket part (7) relative to the base part (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TOPTICA Photonics AG
    Inventors: Rainer Heidemann, Frank Lison
  • Patent number: 9283976
    Abstract: A restraining belt for children in a shopping cart is disposed in a housing. The housing is fastened on the shopping cart. A fastening element is provided by way of which a lattice bar of the shopping cart is enclosed in a U-shape. The fastening element has clip-like protrusions extending between the individual lattice bars and the clip-like protrusions have grooves and edges of the housing engage in the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventors: Franz Wieth, Horst Sonnendorfer
  • Patent number: 9281084
    Abstract: A motor stand of a primary motor-driven pump unit of a pressurized water nuclear reactor comprises an upper flange and fixing means suited to ensure the fixing of transverse holding means of the said primary motor-driven pump unit, the said primary motor-driven pump unit comprising an electric motor having a lower flange suited to be integrated with the said upper flange of the said motor stand. The motor stand is characterized in that the said fixing means comprise an annular element resting on the said upper flange of the said motor stand suited to be flanged between the said upper flange of the said motor stand and the said lower flange of the said motor, the said fixing means comprising at least one radial excrescence in which there is arranged a space suited to receive the said holding means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: AREVA NP
    Inventor: Olivier Philippart
  • Patent number: 9271567
    Abstract: A collapsible power-driven table stand includes a supporting body of an elongated shape, a first stand having a first driving member and a plurality of first extendable rods driven by the first driving member to move axially relative to each other and a second stand having a second driving member and a plurality of second extendable rods driven by the second driving member to move axially relative to each other. The first driving member is pivotally attached to one end of the supporting body and the second driving member is also pivotally attached to another end of the supporting body in order to allow both the first and second stands to extend/collapse relative to the supporting body. Accordingly, the assembly of the collapsible power-driven table is simplified and the overall size thereof is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ADJUSTME SOURCING APS
    Inventor: Chou-Hsin Wu
  • Patent number: 9249625
    Abstract: An attachment apparatus is disclosed suitable for use with ladders comprising a wedging section enabling it to be wedged into a central bore of a rung of a ladder for attachment thereto. The attachment apparatus may have a wedging section formed from a resilient material. It may further include elongate engaging section whose cross-sectional dimension is less than that of a largest dimension of a central bore of a rung of a ladder for attachment thereto. It allows a user of the such apparatus to safely suspend items such as paint pots or tools from a ladder for easy reach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Ladder Limb Limited
    Inventor: Alistair Taylor
  • Patent number: 9241419
    Abstract: A bracket fixing hole that is configured to insert a screw part of a bracket fixing screw that is configured to mount the bracket to a bracket mounting part, a clamp hole that is configured to mount a cable clamp, and at least two notches that are configured to position the bracket to the at least two convex parts of the bracket mounting part are formed to a bracket. The bracket fixing hole and the clamp hole are faced on the opposed sides in such a manner that a first line segment that connects parts of the two notches is disposed between the holes. A second line segment that connects a center of the bracket fixing hole and a center of the clamp hole and the first line segment generally bisect each other at right angles. A gravity center is disposed on the side of the bracket fixing hole to the first line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Ikezawa
  • Patent number: 9211001
    Abstract: A holder allows an electronic device to be positioned on a support surface so that the electronic device is visible to a user. The holder includes a base which is placed on the support surface. At least one front support is connected to and outwardly projecting from the base, and at least one rear support is connected to and outwardly projecting from the base, the rear support being spaced apart from the front support defining a cavity therebetween. The cavity is shaped and dimensioned to receive the electronic device. The electronic device can either be installed in a vertical position or in a horizontal position in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: Nicolas Felix Negretti
  • Patent number: 9188247
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a cable securing device comprising a base, a housing having an interior and an exterior surface and two spaced-apart edges allowing a plurality of cables to be inserted into the said housing, and a tongue connecting the two edges so as to hold the cables in the housing. The said tongue is connected removably at one end, known as the free end, to the first edge. The tongue comprises at least one orifice capable of engaging with a pin provided on the exterior surface of the housing. The interior surface of the tongue comprises a touch-and-close structure capable of engaging with a touch-and-close structure provided on the exterior surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Pauchet, Julien Tonnellier, Patrick Mongiorgi
  • Patent number: 9175881
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and a system for compensating for thermal expansion and contraction of rail mounted solar panel rooftop systems. In one aspect, a floating end clamp that secures a solar panel in slidable captive cooperation with a mounting rail. In another aspect, a rail splice bridges two mounting rails with a gap between the rails for thermal expansion and contraction. The rail splice includes indicia for setting the gap distance between rails based on ambient temperature at the time of installation. In another aspect, a spacing gauge includes indicia for setting the gap distance between rails based on ambient temperature at the time of installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sunmodo Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford Schrock, Jun Liu
  • Patent number: 9168783
    Abstract: A pivot hanger assembly adapted to being mounted to a structural supporting location associated with a vehicle lift. A clamp subassembly includes a plurality of assembleable and inter-adjustable brackets adapted to being affixed around a rectangular tubular perimeter corresponding to the structural supporting location of the vehicle lift. A selected one of the brackets exhibits at least a first hinge collar support extending along a vertically extending edge, with an elongated arm exhibiting at least a second hinge collar support along a proximal end which aligns with the first collar support in order to define a continuous channel. A hinge pin inserts through the continuous channel and in order to hingedly mount the arm to the clamp subassembly in a load bearing permitting fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Black, Gary Wade McMullen
  • Patent number: 9163842
    Abstract: A home appliance, such as a range, for floor-standing operation, including an appliance body, a floor-standing frame supporting the appliance body, the frame including a traverse frame member and an anti-tip bracket mounted to a support surface, the anti-tip bracket including a stanchion and an engagement member projecting from the stanchion in an generally horizontal manner and a tooth projecting downwardly from a distal end of the engagement member for engagement with a portion of the traverse frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: David Adams, Sibyl Perkins, Michael Rutherford