Patents Examined by Emily M Morgan
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Patent number: 11134759Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Inventors: Matthew Len Keeler, Kristin E. Kearns
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Patent number: 11103035Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: NG DEVELOPMENTS, LLCInventor: John W. Disinger
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Patent number: 11091943Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Luiz Afrânio Alves Ferreira, Daniel Felipe Soares, Gustavo Spezzia
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Patent number: 11079808Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Hsin-Chieh Fang, Wang-Hung Yeh, Shu-Hung Lin, Chun-Wen Wang
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Patent number: 11072954Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventor: Thomas Hasler
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Patent number: 11072956Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Ian Pavnick, Ryan M. Post, Michael S. Richards, Chad J. Rotter
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Patent number: 11072953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventors: Frank-Mike Georg, Achim Bloh, Martin Ramdohr, Markus Neuhof
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Patent number: 11058191Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Jean-Claude Martin, Cedric Nicolas
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Patent number: 11041335Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignees: WATERSON CORP.Inventor: Waterson Chen
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Patent number: 11039680Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hsin-Chih Chou, Juei-Chi Chang
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Patent number: 11033084Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Staggerings, LLCInventor: Julie M. Maddocks
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Patent number: 11021901Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Eduard Thielmann, Martin Nordieker
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Patent number: 11000102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Omega SAInventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
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Patent number: 10981269Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: NOVASTEPInventors: Rémi Le Besque, Loïc Girod, Wilfried Dulin
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Patent number: 10973288Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Inventor: Garabed Takessian
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Patent number: 10905207Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventor: Roland Krainz
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Patent number: 10905208Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: TALIA LUXURY GOODS, LTD.Inventors: Ronen Berka, Tal Man
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Patent number: 10858870Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventor: Eros Gherardi
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Patent number: 10849394Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: NG Developments, LLCInventor: John W. Disinger
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Patent number: 10808442Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.Inventor: Luciano Salice