Patents Examined by Dana Lee Poon
  • Patent number: 11744356
    Abstract: A toothbrush having a detachable head portion is provided. The toothbrush includes a handle portion, a neck portion, and a head portion, and the head portion includes a first head portion and second head portion. The second head portion is detachable from the first head portion. The toothbrush further includes a button portion and an attachment/release mechanism. The button portion is actuatable to actuate the attachment/release mechanism to facilitate detachment of the second head portion from the first head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HAYDEN PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Curan Mehra, Alan Trojanowski
  • Patent number: 11744426
    Abstract: A floor cleaner including a including a body, a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the body, and a liquid distribution system. The cleaning head includes a first and a second cleaning roller for contacting a surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Dawson, Robert McRorie, Donald Lydic, Nicholas DeBlasio
  • Patent number: 11738723
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, a vehicle window installation tool includes a front face defined at least in part by a first engagement surface, the front face extending from a first end to a second end, and from a left side to a right side, and a rear face defined at least in part by a second engagement surface, the rear face extending from the first end to the second end, and from the left side to the right side. The first end is wedge shaped, and a support portion is defined in part by the front face and in part by the rear face. The support portion has a void, the void is open to a second end that is opposite to the first end. The tool can be arranged in multiple positions relative to a window being assembled into the door, to protect and position the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Kaitlyn J Fritz, Mark L Lusky, Sandra C Smith, Kyle Kindle
  • Patent number: 11707814
    Abstract: The invention relates to a grinding machine, which is suitable for a robot-supported grinding process. According to one embodiment, the grinding machine has a housing, a motor arranged in the interior of the housing, a fan wheel arranged on a motor shaft of the motor in the interior of the housing, and a support plate coupled to the motor shaft for receiving a grinding disc. The support plate has openings for intake of grinding dust into the interior of the housing. The grinding machine furthermore has an outlet arranged in a wall of the housing for exhausting the grinding dust out of the interior of the housing and a non-rerun valve arranged in the wall of the housing. The non-return valve enables an to escape from the interior of the housing, but prevents intake of air into the interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: FerRobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Ronald Naderer
  • Patent number: 11700934
    Abstract: A toothbrush device includes a detachably attached toothbrush head. The device includes a handle having a compartment therein for storing replacement toothbrush heads. The handle has a first section and a second section detachably connected together to form the compartment. The replacement toothbrush heads are detachably secured to the second section of the handle. The user can detach the second section from the first section to access the replacement toothbrush heads such that the user can replace the toothbrush head in the toothbrush head holder with a replacement toothbrush head, when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Jean Paul Laurent
  • Patent number: 11684145
    Abstract: A built-in toothpaste type toothbrush structure includes toothbrush casing, toothpaste inner tube, knob switch, toothpaste storage handle and pushing structure. The toothbrush casing includes a toothbrush head, an accommodating space, and an outlet and a socketing portion. The toothbrush casing is sheathed on the toothpaste inner tube and has a toothpaste channel inside, and the toothpaste storage handle is connected integrally with the toothpaste inner tube for storing toothpaste, and the pushing structure is installed in the toothpaste storage handle to push the toothpaste to the toothbrush head. Therefore, the knob switch can control the communication between the toothpaste inner tube and the toothbrush casing to avoid contaminating the toothpaste stored in the toothpaste inner tube, so that home and office users or students can carry and use the toothbrush for dental cleaning and oral hygiene conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: YUAN YOANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chien-Tsan Chan
  • Patent number: 11679518
    Abstract: The multifunctional pocket knife (1) is composed of a handle (2) formed by two joined-together flanks (3, 3?) that provide at least one stowage space (4) for tools that each pivot about link pins (5, 5?) arranged at each end of the handle (2). It is characterized in that it comprises a planar tick-removal instrument (6) that pivots about one of said link pins (5, 5?) and that extends along the longitudinal axis of the pocket knife. Tick-removal instrument (6) designed to be incorporated into a multifunctional pocket knife (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HELVETICA BRANDS SA
    Inventors: Peter Hug, Arnaud Salin
  • Patent number: 11641993
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for reducing a user-sensed weight of a wireless vacuum cleaner including a suctioning pipe and a suction motor disposed on a top of the suctioning pipe, the device comprising: a case disposed adjacent to the suction motor and having a space defined therein, and a rotatable assembly received in the space, wherein the rotatable assembly receives therein a motor and a battery, wherein the rotatable assembly is configured to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise when the motor is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Ji Na Park
  • Patent number: 11628533
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a floor grinding machine (1) for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. The machine comprises a machine frame (2), a grinding head (3), supported by the machine frame (2), a motor (4), supported by the machine frame (2) and operatively connected to the grinding head (3), and a handle frame (5), extending from the machine frame (2), and pivotable relative to the machine frame (2). The machine further comprises a guide member (12), which is pivotable relative to the machine frame (2) and pivotable relative to the handle frame (5), a first locking device (14), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the handle frame (5), and a second locking device (13), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the machine frame (2). The disclosure further provides a handle for a floor grinding machine as well as methods of setting a position of a handle and methods of steering a floor grinding machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Andersson, David Käcker, Andreas Fogelberg
  • Patent number: 11623322
    Abstract: A grinder tool with blind mounting of a disc includes a center alignment mechanism having a first contact and a second contact and a rotational device including an axle that is movable with respect to the center alignment mechanism. A hub is mounted to the axle including a first coupling interface. The disc has a second coupling interface for mating with the first coupling interface. The center alignment mechanism is movable a mounting distance relative to the hub and contacts the disc with the first contact and the second contact to center align the first coupling interface with the second coupling interface. The rotational device is to slowly rotate the hub to angle align the first coupling interface with the second coupling interface to allow the disc to mate and attach to the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: John Alberti
  • Patent number: 11577356
    Abstract: During chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate, a signal value that depends on a thickness of a layer in a measurement spot on a substrate undergoing polishing is determined by a first in-situ monitoring system. An image of at least the measurement spot of the substrate is generated by a second in-situ imaging system. Machine vision processing, e.g., a convolutional neural network, is used to determine a characterizing value for the measurement spot based on the image. Then a measurement value is calculated based on both the characterizing value and the signal value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Cherian, Jun Qian, Nicholas Wiswell, Dominic J. Benvegnu, Boguslaw A. Swedek, Thomas H. Osterheld
  • Patent number: 11553785
    Abstract: A toothpaste dispensing pen style toothbrush including a toothbrush head assembly, a housing assembly, and an electrical assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide a simple solution to brushing your teeth. The housing assembly includes toothpaste stored therein. A screw rod is longitudinally mounted within the housing assembly. At a bottom portion of the screw rod is a screw cup. The screw cup travels the length of the screw rod when a button is pressed to actuate a battery powered motor that spins the screw rod. The screw cup then pushes the toothpaste out of the housing and into the toothbrush head assembly along a channel. The channel ends at an outlet on a toothbrush head. Thereby dispensing toothpaste onto toothbrush bristles. A user can place a cap over the toothbrush head assembly that resembles a pen cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Marks, Carole Marks
  • Patent number: 11548124
    Abstract: A pneumatic wrench includes a handlebar having a main body, two extension walls defining an engagement notch therebetween, and a first air channel extending inside the main body and the two extension walls, and a tool head having a head portion, a neck portion extending from the head portion into the engagement notch, and a second air channel extending inside the head and neck portions. A pivot shaft is inserted through the handlebar and the tool head such that the tool head is swingable relative to the handlebar. The pivot shaft has a shaft body with a shaft hole, and two first and one second through holes in air communication with the shaft hole. The first air channel is communicated with the second air channel via the first and second through holes and the shaft hole. As such, the pneumatic wrench is angle-adjustable to fulfill user's need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: YUEH-CHI ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuan-Cheng Ho
  • Patent number: 11534897
    Abstract: A modular tool bit holder system includes an angle tool bit holder, and a flexible shaft tool bit holder. The angle tool bit holder includes a housing containing a first input shaft, a first angle gear rotatably drivable about a first axis, a second angle gear, and a first bit holder rotatably drivable by the first angle gear about a second axis at an angle to the first axis. The flexible shaft tool bit holder includes a second input shaft, a flexible intermediate shaft rotatably drivable by the second input shaft, and a second tool bit holder rotatably drivable by the flexible intermediate shaft. The angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder are operable separately or in combination. A connection assembly is configured to non-rotatably couple the angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder when they are operable in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11529033
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a housing defining at least part of a cyclone chamber and a pre-motor filter chamber. In one embodiment, the housing is pivotally mounted to the main body of a hand vacuum cleaner. The housing is moveable between an in use position and an emptying position, in which the cyclone chamber and the pre-motor filter are concurrently openable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11524391
    Abstract: A clamp device has first and second jaws movable relative to one another for clamping an object therebetween. A clamp sensor operatively connected to one of the jaws generates a clamping signal representative of a clamping force urging the first and second jaws towards one another. A display is arranged to display a value proportional to the clamping signal which is representative of the clamping force between the first and second jaws. A motor for driving movement of the second jaw relative to the first jaw is operated by a controller that responds to operator commands in a manual control mode and/or which automatically drives the motor so as to maintain the clamping signal measured by the clamp sensor within a prescribed threshold range to apply a constant clamping force between the first and second jaws under an automated control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Tory Weber
  • Patent number: 11510483
    Abstract: An oral care implement and/or a cleaning element for an oral care implement. The cleaning element may include an annular cleaning component having an inner surface defining a cavity. The annular cleaning component may be formed from a plurality of arcuate portions with each of the arcuate portions extending from a first end to a second end and terminating in a distal end. A height of each of the arcuate portions may be greater at the second end than at the first end. The plurality of arcuate portions may be arranged in a ring so that the first end of each of the arcuate portions is adjacent to the second end of another one of the arcuate portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Eduardo Jimenez
  • Patent number: 11498818
    Abstract: A vehicle support assembly mountable to a runway vehicle lift having a frame with a plurality of vertically oriented spaced apart support, a rack having a plurality of portions, wherein each portion is movably coupled to a different vertically oriented support, a runway vehicle support supported on the rack, a lift actuator coupled to the rack to move the rack and the runway vehicle support up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Steven M. Koehler, Stanley M. Koehler
  • Patent number: 11484111
    Abstract: A brush structure contains: a holder and multiple cleaning assemblies. The holder includes multiple ribs. A respective cleaning assembly includes a positioning element, a brushing unit, at least one flexible element, and a support plate. The respective cleaning assembly is accommodated in a respective receiving groove by using the positioning element, and a top of the positioning element is engaged by a respective rib. The positioning element has an accommodation orifice defined therein, and the positioning element has a stop shoulder extending from an inner wall of a top thereof. The brushing unit has a base and multiple brushes mounted on the base, the base is received in the accommodation orifice of the positioning element, and the multiple brushes extend out of the accommodation orifice and are stopped by the stop shoulder. The at least one flexible element abuts against the base and the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Shih Chih Chiang
  • Patent number: 11471007
    Abstract: A cleansing device is proposed. The cleansing device may include an inner cleansing part coming into close contact with a cleansing target; an outer cleansing part provided outside the inner cleansing part; and a rotating part configured to rotate the inner cleansing part and the outer cleansing part relative to each other. The inner cleansing part and the outer cleansing part have at least one contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Mina Kim, Taek Jong Kwak, Sanghwa Lee