Patents Examined by Eret McNichols
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Patent number: 10765606Abstract: A baby bottle holder for supporting a baby bottle in a manner that allows a baby to feed from a baby bottle. A substantially planar support frame has a bottom portion, a top portion with a rounded first side and a rounded second side with an opening configured to accept a portion of a baby bottle. A first side portion of the support frame is spaced apart from a second side portion, so that a baby can grasp one or both side portions. A bottle gripping element lines the opening. In one example, the bottle gripping element is a thin layer of rubbery material. In another example, the bottle gripping element includes a compliant seal portion adapted to accepting bottles of various diameters. In various examples, the frame includes rattles, movable elements such as rotatable wheels, or decorative elements such as “ears”.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Inventors: Joseph Murillo, Roy Paul Prosise
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Patent number: 9894995Abstract: A furniture stabilizing assembly for keeping furniture level on a support surface includes at least one spacer that may be inserted between a leg of furniture and a support surface. Thus, the furniture may sit level on the support surface. The at least one spacer has an adjustable height. Thus, the at least one spacer may space the leg of furniture a selected distance from the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Inventor: Karen Downs
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Patent number: 9878800Abstract: A ram air turbine (RAT) mounting system includes a frame with a forward end having a first side, a second side disposed opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side disposed opposite the third side. The frame also includes an aft end. A first mounting element is connected to the forward end of the frame proximate the first side and the third side. A second mounting element is connected to the forward end of the frame proximate the first side and the fourth side. A first rod is connected to the forward end of the frame proximate the second side and the third side. A second rod is connected to the aft end of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: David Everett Russ, Kanthi Gnanam Kannan
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Patent number: 9851432Abstract: A sensor holder for a sensor for object detection includes: an installation unit for the sensor; a holding frame on which the installation unit is pivotably held; and an adjustment shaft mounted on the holding frame, the adjustment shaft having a guidance contour which proceeds helically around the adjustment shaft and is in engagement with a guidance element of the installation unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Matthias Dihlmann
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Patent number: 9850110Abstract: There is shown a mounting system for a crane that utilizes frictional engagement to a wall surface and does not use counterweights or conventional methods to resist crane forces.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Precision Surveillance CompanyInventors: Christopher Cox, David Maldonado, Andrew Makinson
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Patent number: 9848702Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a supporting member, and a second rail movably coupled to the first rail. The first rail defines a first channel. The supporting member includes a pair of supporting portions and a supporting wall that jointly define a supporting channel. The second rail corresponds to the first channel and the supporting channel. The supporting member is movable relative to the first rail from a first position to a second position, such that the second rail is supported by the supporting portions of the supporting member in the course of moving relative to the first rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Shih-Yen Kao, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 9845816Abstract: A mounting and leveling system for an electronic image display device (10) formed of an array of multiple display sections (12) facilitates adjustment of the alignment of adjacent display sections to minimize visible seams between display sections. Some embodiments include one or more magnetically actuated fasteners (220) that facilitate front-access-only installation and adjustment without requiring access to the rear, top, bottom, or sides of the array. Tools (300, 410) for installation and removal of display modules (50) from a front side of the display device are also disclosed. Fasteners (220) for providing a hidden adjustable connection between first and second objects are also disclosed. One such fastener includes a screw (226) having a magnetic head (222) that presents a magnetic moment perpendicular to its axis of rotation (234).Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Planar Systems, Inc.Inventors: Neil Brashnyk, Todd Loewy, Eric Schuettke
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Patent number: 9845972Abstract: An interlocking system for connecting photovoltaic module frames to a torque tube, including: (a) an interlock dimensioned to be positioned between the sides of two adjacent photovoltaic module frames; (b) a pair of couplings or flanges, wherein the couplings or flanges connect the interlock to both of the adjacent photovoltaic module frames; and (c) a U-lock connected to the interlock, wherein the U-lock is dimensioned to be connected to a torque tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: SolarCity CorporationInventors: Jack Raymond West, Tyrus Hawkes Hudson, David Molina, Brian Atchley
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Patent number: 9840349Abstract: A novel pallet construction and pallet moving system includes a rigid pallet including a linear conduit passing through the pallet between opposing sides of the pallet and open at the ends of the conduit. The conduit includes a removable lining to prevent destruction of the pallet and conduit during use. In alternative configurations, two offset conduits may be provided to accommodate other hardware and use constraints.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: M2 CONCEPTS AND DESIGN LLCInventors: Michael Marquis, Gary Marquis
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Patent number: 9827879Abstract: A power seat slide device capable of changing not only to an electric operation but also to an manual operation, and preventing half-lock in spite of a manually operable structure. For front-rear movement, a rack attached to a lower rail and a pinion meshed with the rack are used, and a driving force of a motor is transmitted to the pinion, which enables the use in an electric mode. As no slide screw is used, while the motor is not energized, rotating the pinion causes an output shaft of the motor to rotate, so that manual adjustment becomes possible.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: DELTA TOOLING CO., LTD.Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Katsuhiro Inoue, Terumi Asai, Shinji Nishimoto
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Patent number: 9827878Abstract: Provided is a seat sliding device. The seat sliding device comprises a fixed-side rail, a movable-side rail, a lock portion, a first elastically deforming portion, a second elastically deforming portion, a releasing member, and a protruding piece. The movable-side rail comprises an open-sectional portion including two side walls and a lid wall that couples the two side walls to each other. The lock portion is displaceable between a restraint position and a release position. The releasing member is engaged with the first elastically deforming portion. The protruding piece comprises an engaged portion with which the second elastically deforming portion engages.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomio Matsufuji, Kosuke Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9832895Abstract: A display device includes an assembly including a stand placed on an installation plane, a flat-plate-like display section supported by the stand, and a weight object provided on a back face side of the display section, the stand having a contact portion in contact with the installation plane, the contact portion being provided inside a first triangle formed by second and third straight lines and the installation plane, the second and third straight lines both passing through center of gravity of the display section and forming, with respect to a first straight line, an angle equal to a back-falling angle and a front-falling angle of the assembly, respectively, and the first straight line passing through the center of gravity of the display section and being perpendicular to the installation plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventor: Masatomo Tsuzuki
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Patent number: 9822907Abstract: An offset hygienic anchor sealing bracket for installation of block style tube and pipe hangers to a paneled strata in which there is no access to the reverse side, there being a need to secure the anchor bracket to an anchor bolt or toggle bolt and simultaneously shield the exposed toggle bolt structure from the environment of the clean room, sterile room, or sanitary room in order to protect the irregular surface of the toggle bolt from caustic cleaning solutions and to prevent the build up of dirt and bacteria, the anchor bracket having bored pedestals in communication with the cavity which encapsulates the exposed portion of the toggle bolt and secures the anchor bracket thereto, the anchor bracket having a plurality of female threaded receptacles for receipt of fasteners utilized in assembling block style tube and pipe hangers, thus securing the block style tube and pipe hanger to the panel at a desired slope and center line.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Syntiro Dynamics LLCInventor: John Hennon
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Patent number: 9819157Abstract: There is provided a rail attachment apparatus for an electrical device in which a biasing elastic function is imparted to a slider itself, whereby the slider can be adjusted to be thin and the number of components can be decreased. The rail attachment apparatus includes a nipping portion that nips one side edge of an attaching rail fixed to an attaching surface of the electrical device, and a slider that is opposed to the nipping portion and slidably held at the other side edge of the attaching rail in a direction intersecting with this attaching rail. The slider is provided with integrally formed bending elastic portions which bias the slider in a direction to enable nipping the attaching rail.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Tsutsumi, Masaaki Watanabe, Hideki Daijima, Shota Shiinoki, Takashi Shizuka
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Patent number: 9814306Abstract: The invention relates to a column that can be calibrated, in particular for a piece of furniture, wherein the column 100, 101 that can be calibrated has a stationary part 4, at least one movable part 2, 3, and a calibrating means 6, 13, 14, and the movable part 2, 3 can be transferred from a retracted state to a plurality of extended states, and wherein a calibration position of the column 100, 101 coincides with the position of the movable part 2, 3 in an extended state. Such a column can be used in a piece of furniture as an extendable column.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Kessebohmer Produktions GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Michael Köder, Oliver Spahn
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Patent number: 9816279Abstract: A standing seam mounting bracket and a method of using two or three to provide attachment points along a standing seam roof is provided. The standing seam mounting brackets enable complementary use of commonly-owned equipment for enabling roof maintenance and construction. The standing seam mounting brackets may be used in concert with roof jacks, roof ladders, scaffolding members and the like that are commonly owned by most contractors so as to facilitate safe and easy horizontal and vertical movement along the sloped roof.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Inventor: Scott G. Bond
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Patent number: 9815361Abstract: A split bushing torque strut isolator assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a lower bushing configured to be disposed in a vehicle structural component, a bushing housing configured to be coupled to the vehicle structural component, an upper bushing disposed at least partially within the bushing housing, the upper bushing being separate from the lower bushing, and a torque rod having a first end and a second end, the second end being disposed between the upper and lower bushings. A method of assembling the split bushing torque strut isolator assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Krishant Patel, Brian D Dwyer, John C St. Pierre, Jr., Daniel L Brown, Jacob W Brown
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Patent number: 9810452Abstract: A building rooftop mounting structure including a sacrificial material that allows freedom of movement between itself and the rooftop as well as between itself and the mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: PEGASUS SOLAR INC.Inventors: Erich Kai Stephan, Eric R. Stephan
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Patent number: 9809136Abstract: The invention relates to a device for damping an upper suspension part in at least one spatial direction (X, Y, Z) with respect to a lower suspension part movable relative thereto, wherein a spring apparatus which acts between the upper suspension part and the lower suspension part is provided for damping, wherein an actuating element is provided by way of which a force can be introduced into the device bidirectionally in the operating direction of the spring apparatus, wherein the actuating element is actuable via a control apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Grammer AGInventors: Erwin Haller, Jens Kolb
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Patent number: 9803680Abstract: The invention relates to a releasable holding device (1) for attaching objects to a contact surface (8), with a vacuum chamber (7), which is open towards the contact surface (8) and in which, after application to the contact surface (8) by means of a suction device (20) generating a vacuum, a vacuum can be generated, the vacuum drawing the holding device (1) onto the contact surface (8) with the use of an elastic seal (13) which is provided towards the contact surface (8) and, in the event of a vacuum, brings about the adhesive connection to the contact surface (8), wherein the elastic seal (13) consists of at least one encircling seal which is U-shaped in profile and the limbs (15) of which engage over an encircling press-on web (11) of the holding body (2) and the foot surface (14) of which is firmly pressed in order to form the vacuum chamber (7) and the seal between web front edge (11b) and contact surface (8). Suction device and holding device are of two-part design.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Inventor: Katja Pötters