Patents Examined by Emily M Morgan
  • Patent number: 11134759
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an illuminatable jewelry system having a jewelry element containing a controllable light source. By way of example, the jewelry element may be transparent or translucent. The jewelry may also have other types of decorative elements attached to a length of conductive jewelry wire. A power cell having a solar cell, an energy harvesting circuit and a rechargeable battery are in electronic communication with the light source. Magnetic connectors permit the illuminatable jewelry system to be worn and operate to complete an electrical circuit between the power cell and the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Len Keeler, Kristin E. Kearns
  • Patent number: 11103035
    Abstract: A light-emitting jewelry piece includes a gemstone, a head, and a mounting. The head is configured to interconnect the gemstone to the mounting. The mounting is arranged to secure the light-emitting jewelry piece to a person or a personal adornment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NG DEVELOPMENTS, LLC
    Inventor: John W. Disinger
  • Patent number: 11091943
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for a refrigerating appliance includes a door engaging member that is configured to attach to a door panel through an operational path of the door engaging member. A cabinet engaging member is configured to attach to a structural cabinet. An articulating mechanism extending between the door engaging member and the cabinet engaging member. The articulating mechanism partially defines the operational path of the door engaging member. An articulating wire chase that is coupled to the cabinet engaging member and slidably coupled to the articulating mechanism at a guide slot. The articulating mechanism is operable between a collapsed position and an extended position. Operation of the articulating mechanism operates the articulating wire chase between a serpentine position and an elongated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Luiz Afrânio Alves Ferreira, Daniel Felipe Soares, Gustavo Spezzia
  • Patent number: 11079808
    Abstract: A dual-axis hinge assembly including a first rotating shaft, a second rotating shaft, torque components, a rotating shaft sleeve, a first bracket, a second bracket, and two bracket sleeves is provided. The second rotating shaft is disposed side-by-side to the first rotating shaft. The torque components are disposed at the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft. The rotating shaft sleeve covers the first rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft, and the torque components. The first bracket is connected to the first rotating shaft. The second bracket is connected to the second rotating shaft. The two bracket sleeves are respectively coaxial with the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft and respectively cover the first bracket and the second bracket. The two bracket sleeves and the rotating shaft sleeve are sleeved together. The invention further provides a plurality of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chieh Fang, Wang-Hung Yeh, Shu-Hung Lin, Chun-Wen Wang
  • Patent number: 11072954
    Abstract: A door hinge is disclosed having a frame hinge part and a leaf hinge part, which are pivotable in relation to one another about a pin on a pivot axis. The frame hinge part has an upper and lower housing, the leaf hinge part has a middle housing, insertable between the upper and the lower housing. The pin is insertable into the lower, the middle, and the upper housing, and rotatably mounted in the upper and lower housings. Two eccentricities are provided in the middle housing of the leaf hinge part. The middle housing can be clamped in a rotationally-fixed manner with the pin, so that the leaf hinge part is pivotable in relation to the frame hinge part about the pin. In the non-clamped state, the leaf hinge part is adjustable by means of the two eccentricities in two dimensions transverse to the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Hasler
  • Patent number: 11072956
    Abstract: A hinge bracket assembly includes an anchor plate. A retention member extends perpendicular to the anchor plate. The anchor plate defines a first receiving aperture. A hinge plate is aligned with the anchor plate and includes a hinge arm and a protrusion. The protrusion extends from an edge of the hinge plate opposite the hinge arm. The hinge plate defines a second receiving aperture aligned with the first receiving aperture when the protrusion is received by a space defined by the retention member. A locking arm is rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position and is configured to be at least partially received by the first and second receiving apertures to couple the anchor plate and the hinge plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ian Pavnick, Ryan M. Post, Michael S. Richards, Chad J. Rotter
  • Patent number: 11072953
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge for a switchgear cabinet housing, comprising a first and a second hinge half, which can be connected to each other by means of a hinge pin and which can be pivoted relative to each other about a longitudinal axis of the hinge pin, the hinge pin extending only into the first or the second hinge half in a release position and extending into both the first and the second hinge halves in a locking position, wherein the hinge pin is releasably locked by means of at least one spring clip both in the release position and in the locking position. The invention further relates to a corresponding switchgear cabinet housing and to a corresponding method for mounting a door element on a switchgear cabinet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Frank-Mike Georg, Achim Bloh, Martin Ramdohr, Markus Neuhof
  • Patent number: 11058191
    Abstract: A bracelet including two strands provided with a fastening system which includes at least one longitudinal groove on one of the two strands and at least one longitudinal protuberance on the other strand. The material and the shape of the groove and of the protuberance are configured such that these two elements interlock under pressure exerted by the bracelet user, over two overlapping portions of the bracelet strands. The connection between the strands can easily be separated, preferably by peeling the upper strand away from the lower strand. The bracelet is continuously adjustable in length, without requiring heavy or complex elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Martin, Cedric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 11041335
    Abstract: A hinge includes a leaf unit, first and second action units and an axle unit. The leaf unit includes first and second leaves that are rotatable relative to each other. The first leaf has a first barrel. The second leaf has a second barrel. The first and second action units are co-rotatable with the first leaf. The axle unit includes a fixing member mounted in the second barrel and co-rotatable with the second leaf, and first and second axle constituents respectively associated with the first and second action units and co-rotatable with the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: WATERSON CORP.
    Inventor: Waterson Chen
  • Patent number: 11039680
    Abstract: A pull-out carrying handle is assembled to a case. The pull-out carrying handle includes a carrying handle and two links. Each of two ends of the carrying handle includes a first protrusion. Each of the links includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is assembled to the case, and the second end includes a sliding slot. The sliding slot of each link accommodates one first protrusion. With the single carrying handle, the first protrusions are respectively provided at two ends of the carrying handle, and the ends of the links having the sliding slots respectively accommodate the first protrusions. Thus, through the relative movements of the first protrusions and the sliding slots, the carrying handle can achieve an extensible effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Chih Chou, Juei-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 11033084
    Abstract: A stackable jewelry system including first and second bands which can be stackable to form a stacked configuration in which (i) the first and second bands dispose in coaxial relation, and (ii) a second protrusion of the second band can be capable of radial alignment with a first opening of the first band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Staggerings, LLC
    Inventor: Julie M. Maddocks
  • Patent number: 11021901
    Abstract: A multi-joint hinge includes a base part, on which a door bearing is held pivotably via a lever mechanism with a plurality of levers which are mounted in the manner of a parallelogram. A damping element for braking a closing movement and a spring element for tightening the door bearing in a closing area in the closing direction are arranged within the multi-joint hinge. The damping element and the spring element are connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Eduard Thielmann, Martin Nordieker
  • Patent number: 11000102
    Abstract: A method for producing a gemstone, in particular a diamond, in the shape of a star with several arms, the method including taking a basic, brilliant cut gemstone, the gemstone including a basic crown, a basic pavilion and a basic girdle joining the basic crown and the basic pavilion and defining a plane, cutting a plurality of facets in the respectively basic crown, pavilion and girdle, to obtain a transformed gemstone delimited by a periphery, laser cutting the periphery of the transformed gemstone to produce the star shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: 10981269
    Abstract: A ancillary handle includes: a gripping part of the ancillary handle, a receiving part having an elongate seat for the shank, and a locking device for locking the shank and fixing the surgical instrument to the ancillary handle. A locking part engages in a groove on the outer surface of the shank. The locking part translates between: iii) a locking configuration, in which the locking part engages in the groove and blocks the surgical instrument, and iv) an unlocking configuration, in which the locking part frees the shank. The locking device includes an actuation part for moving the locking part between the locking and unlocking configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NOVASTEP
    Inventors: Rémi Le Besque, Loïc Girod, Wilfried Dulin
  • Patent number: 10973288
    Abstract: A jewelry assembly and method of fabricating includes a support, a sub-assembly attached to the support, the sub-assembly including a base plate having an upper surface, and a center stone having a culet and pavilion positioned above the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Garabed Takessian
  • Patent number: 10905207
    Abstract: A jewelry ring having an outer ring fixedly spaced radially apart from an inner ring by a connecting member where the outer ring defines a plurality of open mountings and the inner ring defines a first plurality of openings, which are aligned with one another. At least two of the plurality of openings in the inner ring are interconnected by a slot to collectively define a receptacle in which a size adjusting device is seated and is connected thereto by a slot and pin mechanism enabling the size adjusting device to translate radially between a smallest interior diameter position and a largest interior diameter position. The size adjusting device has an arcuate insert defining a second plurality of openings aligned one each with one of the plurality of open mountings of the outer ring and has a biasing member seated between the arcuate insert and the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Roland Krainz
  • Patent number: 10905208
    Abstract: A jewelry system with interchangeable decorative segments is provided. The jewelry system includes a plurality of decorative segments, each such segment having a center aperture that extends through the segment along a vertical axis in the center of the segment from a top surface to a bottom surface. The jewelry system also includes a central rod for receiving one or more segments, the rod including a stopper at the lower end to support the received segments and an eyelet at the upper end to receive a chain which when received, prevents the received segments from slipping off the top part of the rod while also facilitating the jewelry to be worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TALIA LUXURY GOODS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ronen Berka, Tal Man
  • Patent number: 10858870
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a first connection means (3) configured to fixed to a structure or frame and rotatably connected to a second connection means (5) configured to fixed to a door device (1) comprises at least one interconnecting means (7) connected to a sliding means (13) and a friction means (17) with at least one friction sliding block (25) secured to the sliding means (13) and sliding along a respective sliding wall (27) of the first connection means (3) and parallel to a direction of translation of the sliding means (13), wherein at least one arrest means (19) is fixed to or made in the first connection means (3) in proximity to a sliding wall (27) to abut with the sliding means (13) to arrest its stroke towards the closing of the door or of the shutter in correspondence an ajar or breather opening condition (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Eros Gherardi
  • Patent number: 10849394
    Abstract: A light-emitting jewelry piece includes a gemstone, a head, and a mounting. The head is configured to interconnect the gemstone to the mounting. The mounting is arranged secure the light-emitting jewelry piece to a person or a personal adornment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NG Developments, LLC
    Inventor: John W. Disinger
  • Patent number: 10808442
    Abstract: A decelerated hinge for pieces of furniture, including a fixed part which can be connected to the body of a piece of furniture and a moveable part, which is constituted by a box with side walls and a bottom and can be connected to a leaf of the piece of furniture, a deceleration device which includes at least one linear decelerator and actuation elements for the linear decelerator; the at least one linear decelerator and the actuation elements being accommodated in an accommodation body which can be coupled to the side walls and the bottom of the hinge box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice