Patents Examined by Christopher Besler
  • Method and apparatus for double sling chair
    Patent number: 9510691
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel double sling chair. The double sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction. The double sling chair comprises a chair frame having a back section with an upper rail and a lower cross member, a decorative cross member, and a seat section, a seat panel coupled to the seat section of the chair frame, a first fabric back panel having length is coupled to the upper rail and the decorative cross member without having to thread the first fabric back panel to the decorative cross member, a second fabric back panel having length is coupled to the lower cross member and the decorative cross member without having to thread the second fabric back panel to the decorative cross member to form a back rest for the back section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Numark Industries Company Limited
    Inventor: Clifton Shao-ming Lee
  • Truck front end attachment mount
    Patent number: 9505456
    Abstract: An attachment mount for the front end of a truck, which can fit trucks with full-width or tapering chassis. The attachment mount may include a front member for supporting a front-end truck attachment, and a distribution member. The distribution member may be attached to the vehicle chassis and to the front member, so that the attachment mount spreads stresses originating from downwardly-directed forces exerted on the front member by the attachment, to the front portion of the vehicle chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventor: Bill B Cunagin
  • Apparatus and method of controlling chuck, and exposure apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 9507272
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention disclose an exposure apparatus and a method of tuning parameters of a chuck, which may reduce a time taken to level the chuck by previously tuning parameters of the chuck. The method of tuning parameters of a chuck includes detecting a tilt component of the chuck, performing chuck tilt adjustment to minimize the tilt component of the chuck, and tuning the parameters of the chuck if a residual tilt component is present after performing the chuck tilt adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ja Yul Kim, Sang Don Jang, Tae Kyu Son
  • Methods of flow baffle installation
    Patent number: 9506237
    Abstract: A method of flow baffle installation is disclosed herein. The method, in various aspects includes the steps of orienting a side support at a specified elevation about a sidewall of a sump using a leveling support, bolting the side support to the sidewall of the sump following the step of orienting a side support at a specified elevation about a sidewall of a sump using a leveling support, orienting an opposing side support at the specified elevation about the sidewall of the sump using a corresponding leveling support, bolting the opposing side support to the sidewall of the sump following the step of orienting an opposing side support at the specified elevation about the sidewall of the sump using a corresponding leveling support, adjusting an adjustable cross-member to span between the side support and the opposing side support. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: UPSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES INC
    Inventors: William F. Braunwarth, Bonnie Brewer, Aaron Gendler
  • Assembly method and machine of direct injector unit
    Patent number: 9506442
    Abstract: A direct injector unit includes a fuel pipe and injectors fixed to the fuel pipe. The direct injector unit is assembled to a cylinder head by: mounting the cylinder head in a predetermined posture; holding the direct injector unit while positioning a reference injector and guiding remaining injectors such that their leading end portions are movable; and inserting the injectors into injector mounting holes of the cylinder head by relatively moving the direct injector unit toward the cylinder head in a state in which the reference injector is positioned with respect to a corresponding injector mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Watanabe, Takeshi Hara, Yusuke Miho, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Kenichi Yokoo
  • Fluid reservoir shell
    Patent number: 9504308
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid reservoir shell that provides protection for the fluid reservoir of a personal hydration system. The fluid reservoir shell is rigid and does not collapse easily under external pressure. The fluid reservoir shell is sized to contain the fluid reservoir but still fits in a personal hydration system pack. The shell protects the fluid reservoir and prevents the fluid reservoir from leaking due to excessive external pressure. The fluid reservoir shell disclosed includes a shell top piece and a shell bottom piece, which couple together to enclose the bladder of the fluid reservoir. The fluid reservoir shell provides ready access to the fill port and the drink tube of the fluid reservoir when the fluid reservoir is contained in the fluid reservoir shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventor: Leonard B. Wood
  • Stent retained on a balloon catheter
    Patent number: 9504590
    Abstract: A balloon is inflated from a collapsed configuration, then deflated. A polymeric stem is then disposed over the deflated balloon and the stent crimped to the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yunbing Wang, Gregory Kilinski, Luis Vazquez
  • Assembly including parts made of dissimilar metals and the method of manufacturing the assembly
    Patent number: 9500304
    Abstract: A method of joining parts with an electromagnetic joining process and an assembly made according to the process. Seals are assembled to a first part and a second part is assembled over the first part and the seals. A lubricant is applied to the first part between the seals to preoccupy or partially fill the area within the joint to prevent moisture from penetrating into the joint and causing corrosion. A portion of the second part is deformed into recesses formed in the first part to join the first and second parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko
  • Pull tab and method of manufacturing a pull tab
    Patent number: 9498027
    Abstract: A pull tab for zippers is formed by a cord having a cord retaining member attached to one end of the cord and a socket in the top surface of the cord retaining member, and a plug attached to other end of the cord. The plug has a shape corresponding to the shape of the socket, so that the plug can fit securely within the socket, thus, forming a loop with the cord. A slidable locking device is placed around the cord, the locking device having an interior cavity corresponding to the shape of the cord retaining member, such that placing the plug into the socket and sliding the locking device over the cord retaining member locks the second end of the cord to the cord retaining member. In a method for manufacturing the pull tab, the plug and cord retaining member are continuously overmolded in one piece on a length of the cord, and then cut into pieces to form completed pull tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Duraflex Hong Kong Limited
    Inventor: Te Chien Chen
  • Turbine engine blade removal apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9494040
    Abstract: A turbine engine blade removal apparatus with a pair of opposed outwardly biased blocks are positioned proximal a blade root and corresponding rotor disc slot between opposed axial faces of the subject first rotor disc and an adjoining second rotor disc. The blocks are outwardly biased in abutting contact with first and second rotor disc axial faces, aligning an aperture of a guide bushing with an exposed axial face of the blade root, the guide bushing coupled to at least the first block. A punch is inserted in the guide bushing aperture so that a punch tip is in abutting relationship with the blade root axial face. An impact tool drives an opposite impact end of the punch, causing the punch to direct a relative driving force on the blade root, separating the blade root from the corresponding rotor disc slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Derek A. Bird
  • Round container for germinating and drying malt
    Patent number: 9487349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a round container and to a round container configured for said method, which provide faster construction of the round container, mostly independent from the precision of the preliminary work in spite of high final precision, and which provide simple transportation of the components to the construction site. This is accomplished by the invention through setting up wall profiles (2), which are continuous over the wall height of the round container (1) and which have in particular a flat inner surface, continuously along the circumference and by connecting them with one another and with the subsurface in particular through bolting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SCHMIDT-SEEGER GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Götz, Michael Nieberler
  • Composite structural element, particularly for a vehicle suspension, and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9487058
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structural element comprises steps of providing separate first and second half-shells made of at least one layer of composite material including a fiber-reinforced polymeric matrix, providing a core made of ductile material, joining the core to the first half-shell such that at least one cavity is defined inside the structural element, and joining the second half-shell to the first half-shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SISTEMI SOSPENSIONI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Santini, Piero Monchiero, Guido Borgna
  • Foil processing device
    Patent number: 9481542
    Abstract: A foil processing device comprises at least two supply units for supplying at least two foils for processing, a processing unit for processing the at least two foils to each other and a transport unit for transporting the foils from the supply unit to the processing unit. At least one of the foils is segmented comprising mechanically weak zones separating subsequent foil segments for enabling real-time correction of a relative position between the foils. The transport unit includes at least two support members for supporting at least two subsequent segments of the segmented foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
    Inventors: Jacobus Hubertus Theodoor Jamar, Irene Kaashoek
  • Holding needle comprising gripping cheeks
    Patent number: 9475157
    Abstract: A take-off needle comprises a hollow lance having a distal end adapted to perform a insertion operation, said hollow lance being connected to at least one pipe provided with a spigot for it to be connected to a tube, and comprising a body for holding the hollow lance and pipe relative to each other such that the spigot projects from the holding body, said needle timber comprising two flanges held on respective sides of and spaced from the holding body by virtue of a spacer disposed between each flange and the holding body, said flanges extending in a longitudinal direction from the spigot to the vicinity of the proximal end of the hollow lance, the width of each flange being greater than the width of the portion of the holding body facing the flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Stephane Olivier, Jerome Geyer, Gerard Muller
  • Method and article for constructing a three dimensional decorative object
    Patent number: 9475340
    Abstract: A method of constructing a three dimensional decorative object from a foil sheet and a fabric overlay is the subject of the invention. The method includes shaping the foil sheet into a three dimensional configuration, providing the foil sheet with an adhesive coating and adhering a fabric overlay to the foil. In another aspect of the invention the foil sheet has a fabric overlay adhered to one side and is utilized to form a three dimensional decorative object by shaping the sheet into the desired three dimensional object and then providing a decorative finish to the fabric side of the sheet. The method may include applying a layer of plaster on top of the fabric overlay. An article useful in constructing a three dimensional object is also encompassed by the invention. The article comprises a foil sheet having a fabric overlay adhered to one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: David L. Osment
  • Dental crowns and bridges and method of making same
    Patent number: 9468509
    Abstract: Dental prostheses and methods for making them are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises a sequence of steps including milling a cavity in a block of a coping material, filling the cavity with a green ceramic material, milling a portion of the green ceramic material away to leave a layer of green ceramic material on an occlusal surface formed in the coping material, milling the underside of the block of coping material to form the coping with green ceramic material, and sintering the coping with green ceramic material to complete the prosthesis. The milling steps may be performed by a computer-controlled mill. The computer may execute a CAD-CAM program that includes data from a three dimensional model of a tooth that is to receive the prosthesis. The dental prosthesis may be a dental crown or a dental bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: CMP Industries LLC
    Inventor: Devon O. Howe
  • Coverings for electric cords and methods of covering electric cords
    Patent number: 9472930
    Abstract: A covering for electric cords includes an elasticized fabric sleeve having a first end defining a first opening and a second end defining a second opening. The sleeve defines a lumen between the first and second openings configured to dispose an electric cord therein. The covering further includes a tether slidingly disposed within the lumen of the sleeve adapted to dispose the electric cord within the lumen of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Inventor: Lisa L. Lake-Maiorana
  • Method of installing a diffuser in an air cycle machine
    Patent number: 9469406
    Abstract: A method of installing a diffuser in an air cycle machine includes placing a first housing on a shaft, placing a seal plate on the shaft, and placing a diffuser on the shaft. Next, the diffuser and the seal plate are aligned with an alignment tool. The alignment tool has a first annular surface to align with a radially outer surface of the seal plate and a second annular surface to align with an annular flange on the diffuser. Finally, the diffuser is fastened to the seal plate and the alignment tool is removed from the diffuser and the seal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Beers, Clarence J. Wytas, Jr.
  • Printing sleeve including meltable polymeric cord reinforcing layer or polymeric reinforcing layer
    Patent number: 9472619
    Abstract: A printing sleeve is provided which includes a reinforcing layer formed from a polymeric cord reinforcing material which softens and flows at a temperature less than that used in the final curing step of forming the sleeve or a polymeric reinforcing material having a thickness of between about 0.003 inches and 0.010 inches. The reinforcing layer provides a smooth surface to support an outer print surface layer and provides improved print performance while enabling a reduction in the overall thickness of the reinforcing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Day International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Queen, Richard Czerner, Creg Bradley, David Blender
  • Fuel-cooled bladed rotor of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 9464527
    Abstract: Liquid fuel from a rotary fluid trap is atomized by a sharp edge on an inside surface of an aft cavity of a bladed rotor of a gas turbine engine and directed into each of a plurality of associated hollow blades through corresponding blade inlet ducts that are in fluid communication with corresponding aft hollow interior portions of each blade. A radially-extending central rib within each blade partitions the hollow interior thereof into aft and forward hollow interior portions that are in fluid communication through an associated opening in the central rib and through a radially-extending gap between the central rib and the interior surface of the blade. A blade outlet duct provides for fluid communication between the forward hollow interior portion and a forward cavity of the bladed rotor, and a rotor outlet duct provides for discharging the fuel from a radially-inboard portion of the forward cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Williams International Co., LLC
    Inventors: Robert S. Thompson, Jr., Gregg G. Williams, David W. Jarrell, Curtis E. Lynch, Mark E. Suchezky