Patents Examined by Christopher Garft
  • Patent number: 11971122
    Abstract: A multi-diameter clipping mechanism includes an adhesive member, a connecting member, a first and a second clipping members, and an engaging member. The connecting member is connected to the adhesive member. The first clipping member has a guiding trough and a resilient arm. The second clipping member and the engaging member are assembled to the first clipping member. The second clipping member has an engaging tongue and unidirectionally inclined teeth. The engaging member has an engaging salient and a press portion at two ends thereof. When the second clipping member enters the guiding trough, one of the teeth engages with the engaging salient. When the press portion is pressed against the resilient arm by an external force, the engaging member pivots against the first clipping member to disengage the engaging salient from the tooth, thereby making the second clipping member leave the guiding trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Chien-Chung Su
  • Patent number: 11970140
    Abstract: A car tissue box holder is provided. The tissue box is secured to the sun visor of the vehicle by hook and loop or Velcro straps. A pair of straps securing a metal plate to the tissue box attaches to a magnet holder plate secured to the sun visor. The magnet holder plate has a magnetic component help by a plastic component of the magnet holder plate. The Velcro straps are thread through the respective plates. The plates allow adjustment to different sized of tissue box and sizes of sun visors and easy or removal of the tissue box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Founder Plastics Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Ho
  • Patent number: 11959582
    Abstract: An adjustable stand for an electronic device that is operable for stable movement in two directions with the use of a single hand of a user. An ergonomic design leverages a natural and intuitive movement of a user's hand to maintain an orientation of the electronic device throughout at least 180 degrees of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Matthew Malone, Gaurav Bradoo, Po-Yuan Chuang, Thien-Greg Nguyen, Emma Kelp-Stebbins, Grace Hina Lee, Osagie Igbeare
  • Patent number: 11959571
    Abstract: Two identical cradle halves joined together to form a cable clamp that secures at least one cable to a surface. Each cradle half has a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and sides. Each cradle half has at least one cradle portion with a compression insert and an attachment portion. The attachment portion has an adjustment latch with a post having a T-shaped head and a tapered adjustment slot. The cable clamp is formed by joining the two cradle halves with the top of one cradle half positioned on the top of a second cradle half. The cradle portion and the attachment portion of one cradle half is positioned over the cradle portion and the attachment portion of the second cradle half to form the cable clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David J. Sylvester, Rodney G. Rouleau
  • Patent number: 11962269
    Abstract: A method of forming a module clamp of a photovoltaic module support structure may include cutting a folding pattern into a sheet of metal. The folding pattern may include one or more width-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, one or more length-wise slits relative to the sheet of metal, and a hole. The method may include stamping one or more first features onto the sheet of metal to form a stamped sheet and folding the stamped sheet along the one or more width-wise slits and the one or more length-wise slits to form a preliminary module clamp. The method may include stamping one or more second features onto the preliminary module clamp to form the module clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Lucas Creasy, Nathan Schuknecht, Benjamin C. de Fresart
  • Patent number: 11951912
    Abstract: A holder for a handheld device, such as a cellular telephone, is a mount clip that attaches to a motor vehicle door. The first arm of the mount clip terminates with a hook or curve or bent edge. When inserted into the window slot of a motor vehicle door between the windowpane and the door panel, the hook or bent edge of the first arm engages with a portion of the window gasket. A mount fixture with a cradle or tray to hold the handheld device extends from the mount clip. When the holder is installed onto the driver's side door, the handheld device is positioned proximate or adjacent to the steering wheel and does not block the driver's access to the dashboard or the driver's view through the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Chad Lussier
  • Patent number: 11953128
    Abstract: This document describes a pipe clip for quick mount and release. In aspects, the pipe clip includes a base and an upper cover, with several arc-shaped cavities provided on the base. The outer side of the arc-shaped concave cavity is provided with connecting column and racks. The upper cover is provided with a pressing concave cavity corresponding to each arc-shaped concave cavity. The base and upper cover configured to form a pipe cavity by combining one arc-shaped concave cavity and one pressing concave cavity. The upper cover is provided with a perforation corresponding to the connecting column and the connecting column is configured to penetrate through the perforation so that the upper cover can rotate around the connecting column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hellermann Tyton (WUXI) Electrical Accessories Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bing Zhu
  • Patent number: 11953143
    Abstract: A mounting pad system for securing equipment, such as an HVAC outdoor unit or a standby generator, is provided in the form of a lightweight fillable pad member having a plurality of receivers located on a top surface of the pad member. The receivers are associated with attachment points located on the equipment and are used to secure the equipment to the pad. The pad member contains a filling port on its top surface and is configured as a molded hollow shell containing a gelling material which, when mixed with water, provides support to reduce deflection of the pad member caused by the equipment secured to the pad, prevents damage to the pad that would otherwise be caused by the expansion of internal contents upon freezing and prevents leakage of internal contents of the fillable pad in the event of an unintended breach in the hollow shell. The pad member is provided with at least one through-hole that acts as a supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew L Carpenter, Robert P Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11945299
    Abstract: A fuel fill tube assembly for an associated vehicle comprises a tubular fill conduit, a receiver attached to the fill conduit, and a bracket mountable to a surface of the associated vehicle, the bracket is configured to be received by the receiver to thereby support the fill conduit relative to the associated vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FLUID ROUTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas K. E. Wilhelm, Barry Lee Damron
  • Patent number: 11946588
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to display assemblies and counterbalance mechanisms for rotatable displays. In one example, a counterbalance mechanism for a rotatable display comprises at least one crank arm rotatably connected to a ground. The counterbalance mechanism also comprises at least one spring comprising a first end connected to a spring end of the at least one crank arm, and a second end connected to the ground. At least one connecting link has a first portion connected to the at least one crank arm and a second portion connected to the rotatable display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Benjamin Wendt
  • Patent number: 11940174
    Abstract: A heat-exchanger fixing plate fixes a side portion of a heat exchanger to a housing panel of an air-conditioning apparatus, the heat exchanger including a heat radiation fin and a heat transfer tube. The heat-exchanger fixing plate includes a heat-exchanger support portion facing the side portion of the heat exchanger, and having an insertion hole through which a hairpin portion of the heat transfer tube of the heat exchanger is inserted; and a housing-panel fixing portion separate from and fitted to the heat-exchanger support portion fastened with a screw to the housing panel such that the heat exchanger is fixed to the housing panel. The housing-panel fixing portion is made of material having a higher mechanical strength than that of the heat-exchanger support portion, and the heat-exchanger support portion is made of the material having a lower friction coefficient than that of the housing-panel fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mizuki Yada, Hisanori Ikeda, Takuya Niimura, Ryosuke Taoka, Yosuke Katayama, Yusuke Tatara, Yuto Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11937725
    Abstract: The present application provides a full light-shading curtain rod including a curtain hanging rod, an end of the curtain hanging rod is provided with a corner structure, and the corner structure is configured for guiding a curtain hung on the curtain hanging rod to turn. It further includes a screen curtain hanging rod, and the screen curtain hanging rod is mounted at a side of the curtain hanging rod facing a wall foundation. An end of the corner structure is detachably connected with a mounting disc, and the corner structure and the mounting disc form a mounting assembly for mounting the curtain hanging rod on the wall foundation. An end of the screen curtain hanging rod is provided with a connecting bracket, and the connecting bracket is connected with the mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jiaxiang Xu, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 11930941
    Abstract: A twist-tie dispenser comprises a twist-tie cluster and a base. The base includes a top portion, a rear wall extending downward from the top portion, and an open front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Twist-Ease, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Helseth, Jeffrey Michael Helseth, Matthew James Helseth, David J. Benson
  • Patent number: 11933449
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable bracket for a display device. The adjustable bracket includes a mounting seat for being fixed to an object surface, a pylon for mounting the display device, and a connecting arm with two ends being rotatably connected to the mounting seat and the pylon, respectively. The mounting seat is provided with a lifting means and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a retraction state of the pylon therein. The bracket is suitable for a variety of display devices of various specifications, and the pylon is adjustable in three dimensions relative to the mounting seat, thereby meeting the use requirements. The power structure is built to protect itself and to avoid safety hazards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KUNSHAN TAIRU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhihua Rui
  • Patent number: 11933436
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing a bundle of wires to a surface via a clamp assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a clamp, such as a P-clamp, that may be mounted to a support before installing a bundle of wires. The clamp includes first and second clamp members that cooperate to form an opening through which the wire bundle extends. The first and second clamp members may be engaged with and disengaged from one another without a tool. In some embodiments, the P-clamp includes a snap-in mechanism with a clip and a corresponding housing. In some embodiments, the clamp includes an inner cushion that allows the clamp to accommodate a range of wire bundle diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremi Proulx, Mathieu Desjardins, Dimitri Laflamme, Rachid Ouallou
  • Patent number: 11927300
    Abstract: A lift apparatus and method of use thereof for securing a garden device and moving the garden device between a lowered position and a lifted position are provided. The lift apparatus broadly includes a base, a lift rod, and a universal mounting plate. The base is configured to be secured in a position on a ground surface. The lift rod is removably coupled to and extends outwardly away from the base. Further, the lift rod is configured to alternatively operate to move the garden device between the lowered position and the lifted position. The universal mounting plate is removably coupled to the lift rod at an end of the lift rod opposite that of the base. Further, the mounting plate includes engagement pins configured to interface with elongated slots to secure the garden device to the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Scott Eccard
  • Patent number: 11927285
    Abstract: A cable bushing having a two-part, frame-shaped housing having lower and upper housing parts forming a passage opening in the installed position. An elastic sealing element is inserted into the lower and upper housing parts, respectively. The two sealing elements close the passage opening in the installed position, forming adjacent tubular cable bushing channels. The corresponding cable bushing channel is formed by semi-tubular recesses in the corresponding sealing element. Each sealing element has parallel longitudinal walls, separated from one another by longitudinal grooves, respectively. The innermost longitudinal wall is closed. For forming the corresponding cable bushing channel, the other longitudinal walls have semi-tubular recesses with a decreasing radius from the outermost to the second innermost longitudinal wall. One sealing element has transverse ridges between adjacent cable bushing channels orthogonally to the longitudinal walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Reflex Winkelmann GmbH
    Inventor: Yannick Lips
  • Patent number: 11929708
    Abstract: Wire or cable holder assemblies employed in a solar power system are disclosed. In some embodiments, an assembly could include a cap and a base configured with channels. When the cap and the base are clamped to an object (e.g., a solar module frame), enclosures defined by the channels and a surface of the solar frame module are formed to hold cables. In some embodiments, an assembly could include a plunger with at least one leg and a base that includes a receptacle for receiving the plunger and a hook for holding electrical cables. A leg include a rack having teeth adapted to fall into notches or spaces formed by complementary teeth of a pawl found in the receptacle that forms a ratchet which permits insertion of the plunger into the receptacle but not an extraction. If extraction is desired, an external force may be applied to release the pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sunrun South LLC
    Inventors: Greg McPheeters, Emily Figurski, Ezekiel Ferguson, Marty Affentranger
  • Patent number: 11926266
    Abstract: An installing module includes a seat bracket, a plurality of lower gaskets, a device bracket and an upper gasket. The seat bracket includes a first locking plate and a second locking plate locked to each other. The first locking plate includes a first concave and the second locking plate includes a second concave corresponding to the first concave. The lower gaskets are respectively disposed on the first concave and the second concave. The lower gaskets face each other and jointly define a lower assembly hole and are disposed on a lower side of a head-support fixer of a car seat. The device bracket is locked to the seat bracket and an electronic device is pivotally coupled to the device bracket. The upper gasket is disposed between the device bracket and the head-support fixer, and the head-support fixer is clamped between the upper gasket and the lower gaskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Chien-Chih Lin, Yi-Ming Chou, Chun-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11923667
    Abstract: A cable tray of the ladder type configuration can be fabricated from soft solid curable polymer strips comprised of a thermosetting material. The curable polymer strips in a pliable state may be wound into strip rolls for storage and transportation to the installation site. At the installation site, the soft solid curable polymer strips can be deployed, molded into pliable formed rail sections, and transversely connected together by a plurality of rungs. The curing process can be completed by, for example, exposing the thermosetting material to a ultraviolet or visible light source to produce hardened rail sections of the ladder type cable tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Jonah Kadoko