Patents Examined by Emmanuel M. Marcelo
  • Baitcaster with spool drive mechanism
    Patent number: 11477971
    Abstract: A baitcaster includes a body, a spool, a handle, and a drive. The body defines a proximate end and a distal end opposite the proximate end. The spool extends between the proximate end and the distal end. The handle extends from the proximate end and is configured to receive an input torque. The drive is configured to receive the input torque from the handle at the proximate end and drive the spool through a coupling at the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TrikaUSA Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Pulkrabek, Ty Warner, Danny Uribe, Ron Hedberg
  • Connectable pulley block
    Patent number: 11479448
    Abstract: A pulley block may include an alpha pulley block including an alpha connector, a beta pulley block including a beta connector, wherein the alpha pulley block is coupled to the beta pulley block when the alpha connector is coupled to the beta connector. At least one of the alpha connector and the beta connector may comprise magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Anderson Rescue Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy E. Anderson
  • Vertical lifting device and method
    Patent number: 11479449
    Abstract: A vertical lifting device and method are provided. The vertical lifting device includes a fixed frame fixed to a foundation. A first cavity allowing passage of a lifting rope is provided in the middle of the fixed frame. A sliding frame moving horizontally on the fixed frame is arranged above the fixed frame. A second cavity allowing passage of the lifting rope is provided in the middle of the sliding frame. At least two stepping vehicles alternately lowering or lifting weights are arranged on the sliding frame and move on the sliding frame. The stepping vehicles are spaced in preset distances. The lifting rope penetrates through the stepping vehicles in sequence. Each stepping vehicle is provided with a clamping part clamping the lifting rope and a driving mechanism driving the stepping vehicle to move on the sliding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ziming Kou, Guijun Gao, Gongjun Cui, Jing Zhang, Haiqing Wang, Xueliang Wei
  • Filament winding apparatus
    Patent number: 11472096
    Abstract: A helical winding unit of a filament winding apparatus includes guide members guiding fiber bundles F to a liner, a movement mechanism moving the guide members, and a rotation mechanism rotating the guide members. Each of the guide members includes two side walls and guide portions fixed between the two side walls. As the guide portions, a first guide portion having a first guide surface and a second guide portion having a second guide surface and provided downstream of the first guide portion are provided. In the height direction, the first guide surface is oriented to one side. The second guide surface is oriented to the other side in the height direction and provided on the other side of the first guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanigawa, Daigoro Nakamura, Hirotaka Wada, Tadashi Uozumi, Hideo Shitamoto, Tatsuhiko Nishida, Masatsugu Goyude, Tetsuya Matsuura, Shu Ikezaki
  • Quick release hoist system
    Patent number: 11472682
    Abstract: A hoist system including an air balancer having an air supply and an air exhaust, a lifting device, and a hoist control pendant to control supply and exhaust of pressurized air to and from the air balancer, respectively, the hoist control pendant configured to control vertical movement of the lifting device. The air exhaust from the air balancer includes a first exhaust flow path through a first exhaust opening and a second exhaust flow path through a second exhaust opening, the first exhaust flow path having a first length and the second exhaust flow path having a second length, the second length being shorter than the first length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory Ethan Roeth, Stephen Wade Pennington
  • Hoist system with household object payload motion control utilizing ambient depth data
    Patent number: 11465889
    Abstract: A system has a hoist system to lift a payload to a position adjacent to a ceiling of a room Image sensor systems collect visual data and payload depth data within the payload and ambient depth data within the room. A controller is connected to the hoist system and the image sensor systems. The controller is configured to control the motion of the hoist system. The motion of the hoist system is controlled in part by the ambient depth data from the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Bumblebee Spaces Inc.
    Inventors: Sankarshan Narasimha Murthy, Garrett Rayner, Prahlad Athreya, Aaron Licata, Deepthi Krovvidi, Scott Tandoi, Terrence Williams
  • Fishing line spooling station
    Patent number: 11464218
    Abstract: A fishing line spooling station comprises a spool support having a first side and a second side and a side support extending perpendicularly from the first side of the spool support. The spool support includes an opening with side rails and a threaded central shaft. A brake slider having a brake face oriented toward the side support engages the rails and the central shaft and is positioned relative to the side support with a brake slide adjustment thumbscrew. The side support includes a height adjustment slot and a spool spindle extends perpendicularly from the side support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: RAILBLAZA LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Ross Pratt
  • Coiling device
    Patent number: 11458527
    Abstract: A method for making a device for coiling an elongated flexible object into a predefined shape includes the steps of winding a length of wire around an elongated first mandrel having a diameter approximately the same as a diameter of the object, winding the first mandrel, with the wire wound thereon, around a second mandrel which is configured to conform to the predefined shape, and heating the first and second mandrels to set the windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Dennis M. Pfister
  • Vehicle crane system for transporting an attachment part, in particular a main jib of a vehicle crane
    Patent number: 11453577
    Abstract: A vehicle crane system includes a vehicle crane having a detachable attachment part, in particular a main jib, and an attachment part transporting unit which is designed to receive the attachment part when the latter is detached from the vehicle crane and comprises a mobile transporting device for transporting the attachment part. To remove and mount the attachment part of the vehicle crane and to transport it, the transporting device is equipped with at least one loading arm, the free supporting end of which is provided for at least indirect temporary coupling to an attachment part which is to be received or is already received. The loading arm is mounted pivotably on the transporting device such that an attachment part to be loaded or unloaded can be moved down onto the transporting device or from the transporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Tadano Demag GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Meissner, Matthias Roth, Klaus Königstein
  • Positioning and line clamping device capable of realizing buffering
    Patent number: 11452285
    Abstract: Disclosed is a positioning and line clamping device capable of realizing buffering. The device comprises a connecting base, wherein a spool is fixedly mounted at the upper end of the connecting base, and a sliding groove penetrates through the upper end of the outer side wall of the connecting base. According to the positioning and line clamping device, a fishing line is inserted from one end of a stopping block and pulled out from the other end of the stopping block after being pulled out from the spool by using a buffering and positioning assembly; the fishing line is wound on a batten, the length of the pulled-out fishing line becomes the use length of the fishing line through limiting of the batten and the stopping block when people do not conduct manual adjustment, and therefore the function of controlling the fishing range of the fishing line is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Yifan Xu
  • Lift capacity system for lifting machines
    Patent number: 11447373
    Abstract: A lift machine includes a machine chassis, a boom extending from the machine chassis, and a connector extending from the boom for coupling to a load. The machine further includes a control system that determines a lift capacity of the machine based on a skew of the connector caused by the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Caldwell, Timothy E. Camacho, Aaron J. Gnagey
  • Engine hoist attachment assembly
    Patent number: 11434108
    Abstract: An engine hoist attachment assembly for hoisting a vehicle component includes a tube, a bar, and a pair of rods. The tube has a first end that is configured to slidably insert a terminus of a boom of an engine hoist to removably couple the tube to the boom. The bar has a back face that is coupled to and extends bidirectionally and perpendicularly from a second end of the tube so that the bar is substantially parallel to a surface upon which the engine hoist is positioned. The pair of rods is coupled to and extends in parallel from a front face of the bar. The rods are configured to position under a vehicle component, positioning a user to utilize the engine hoist to selectively lift and lower the vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Phil Feistner
  • Crane
    Patent number: 11434113
    Abstract: Provided is a crane (1) comprising: a boom (7) capable of being raised, lowered, and telescoped; a wire rope (8) being suspended from the boom (7); a winch (9) for winding and unwinding the wire rope (8); and a hook (10) being raised and lowered by the winding and unwinding of the wire rope (8). The crane further comprises a spooling operation instrument (24) for enabling commanding an operation state of the winch (9). When the hook (10) is raised to a height at which the hanging length d is a prescribed value by an operation of the spooling operation instrument (24), the boom (7) is raised and extended while the wire rope (8) is unwound such that the prescribed hanging length d is maintained, thereby sustaining the elevation operation of the hook (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hayashi
  • Crane
    Patent number: 11434111
    Abstract: A crane calculates the resonance frequency of the fluctuation of a suspended load determined from the hanging length of a main wire rope or a sub wire rope, generates a control signal for actuators, in accordance with the operation of a turning operation tool, a hoisting operation tool and the like, and generates a filtering control signal for the actuators in which a frequency component in any frequency range has been attenuated from the control signal at any ratio in reference to the resonance frequency. When the actuators are controlled by the operation of the respective operation tool and when the actuators are controlled regardless of the operation of the respective operation tool, the frequency range to be attenuated and the attenuation ratio are switched to different settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Kanda, Kazuma Mizuki, Tatsuya Yanagisawa, Tomokazu Goto
  • Winch line tension measurement system
    Patent number: 11434114
    Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring and regulating winch line pull for winches are disclosed. A tension measuring system may be mounted to a winch mounting bracket for measuring tension in the winch line during use. The tension measuring system may comprise at least one load cell for measuring the tension in the winch line. A control system may receive a measured tension value for the winch line, compare the measured tension value to a target tension value, and consequently adjust the motor. The control system may be configured to hold the winch line at a substantially constant tension. The measured tension values may be logged and graphically displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Altec Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian R. Graham, William Naber
  • Fishing line reel with in-line payout control
    Patent number: 11419323
    Abstract: A reel for fishing line or the like provides for extremely rapid payout by releasing the line to unwind by sliding rapidly around a guide surrounding the line spool and by rotation of the line spool itself. A handle extending rearwardly from the reel controls a line guide preventing sliding of the fishing line around the guide and providing controllable friction and locking of rotation of the line spool only when actuated by the user to permit retraction of the line or controlled tensioning of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AMS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Braun, Tim Morines
  • Boom slewing angle detection device for mobile crane
    Patent number: 11414304
    Abstract: In this boom slewing angle detection device, a slewing angle detecting gear is attached to an end of a shaft of a pinion gear that meshes with a ring gear formed on a slewing bearing rotatably supporting a crane boom, and the amount of rotation of the slewing angle detecting gear is detected by a slewing-angle-detecting proximity sensor. The slewing angle detecting gear is not meshed with the ring gear or the pinion gear, which compose a slewing force transmission mechanism; thus, grease, and the like, do not adhere to the slewing angle detecting gear, and external teeth for detection of the slewing angle detecting gear are not subject to wear, so accurate slewing angle detection is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MAEDA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Tokutome, Mitsuaki Wada, Takahisa Karasawa
  • Fishing reel components and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11412724
    Abstract: Fishing reel components and a manufacturing method thereof that achieve not only highly accurate finishing dimensions, but also a deep and glossy metallic appearance while maintaining sufficient corrosion resistance at a precision finishing portion that rotatably supports a drive member, and that can increase the work efficiently of the entire surface treatment. The fishing reel components include a body member having a coating layer formed of higher-purity aluminum than that of the die-cast material on the die-cast material; and the anticorrosion layer formed by anodization on the coating layer. The body member is provided with the support portion that rotatably supports a drive member. The support portion independent from the body member is formed by the support member having a higher corrosion resistance than the die-cast material of the body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaro Abe, Mamoru Koike, Takeshige Ohara
  • Fishing reel, braking force control system and braking force setting device
    Patent number: 11412725
    Abstract: A fishing reel includes a spool capable of winding a fishing line, a spool brake that brakes the spool, and a spool braking force controller capable of controlling braking force from the spool brake, wherein the spool braking force controller is configured to have a receiver capable of receiving an instruction from an external device, and to set braking force based on the instruction as to the braking force received by the receiver from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, Inc.
    Inventor: Hiromu Yasuda
  • Hand-held device for powering the rewinding of a fishing reel
    Patent number: 11395481
    Abstract: A hand-held device for powering the rewinding of a fishing reel which includes a housing having an interior compartment. The spool support shaft of the fishing reel has a gear mounted thereon after the crank handle thereof has been removed. A rechargeable DC battery is mounted in the interior compartment. A DC motor is positioned in the interior compartment and is electrically operated by the DC battery. The DC motor has a drive shaft which is rotatable in a single direction. The drive shaft has a gear mounted thereon. The gear on the spool support shaft may be connected to the gear on the drive shaft of the motor whereby the spool may be rotated to rewind the fishing line onto the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Craig A. Vogeler