Patents Examined by Eret McNichols
  • Patent number: 9132844
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement 10 for mounting a utility 26 to an end 16 of a post 17. The mounting arrangement 10 includes an attachment member 11 for attachment to the post 17 fixed against rotation when attached to the post 17. A rotatable member 12 is connected to the attachment member 11 and is rotatable relative to the attachment member 11 about the axis of the post 17. The rotatable member 12 includes a connection arrangement 13 for connecting a utility 26 to the rotatable member 12, so that the utility 26 can rotate with the rotatable member 12. The rotatable member 12 is rotatable between first and second positions. A cooperating arrangement comprising at least one abutment 35, 37, 38, 42 is provided for cooperation with the rotatable member 12 to facilitate accurate return of the rotatable member 12 from the second position to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS RAIL AUTOMATION PTY. LTD
    Inventors: Daniel Wood, Dion Marriott
  • Patent number: 9136621
    Abstract: An arrangement has guides that define passageways for left and right edges of a card, and a tab located in a path of a connector at a front edge of the card. The tab is elastically deformable out of the path by movement of the connector, as the card is inserted into the arrangement. The tab returns to a space behind the connector when the connector moves past a highest point on the tab. The highest point is located between two surfaces of the tab: a ramp-up surface and a ramp-down surface. During movement along the path, the connector slides on the ramp-up surface to elastically deform the tab out of the path, and on further movement the ramp-down surface pushes on the connector as the connector mates with another external connector. Thereafter, presence of the tab keeps the two connectors mated, until the module is removed from the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventor: Wayde C. Jaskela
  • Patent number: 9108533
    Abstract: A longitudinal guide for vehicle seats, including two elongate rails, each including a lower rail, an upper rail supported on the lower rail and displaceable in a longitudinal direction, and two bearing areas for guiding means, the bearing areas lying diagonally opposite to and biased against each other, each upper rail and lower rail having an L-shaped region, if viewed in profile, formed by a base leg and an L-leg protruding from the base leg substantially perpendicularly, and two end regions adjoining the L-shaped region, each end region of the upper or lower rail together with the end region of the associated lower or upper rail forming an embracing area by mutually hooking, the end regions of the upper rail forming the bearing areas with opposite portions of the associated lower rail, and a plurality of balls being supported in a first bearing area on the end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Wolfgang Suck, Nick Röhnert, Karsten Hartleb, Andreas Prause, Bernd Griebel
  • Patent number: 9101210
    Abstract: A track type supporting mechanism for supporting at least one machine is disclosed in the present invention. The track type supporting mechanism includes a base, at least one linear guideway disposed on the base, at least one sliding block slidably disposed on the at least one linear guideway, and at least one supporting platform disposed on the at least one sliding block for supporting the at least one machine, so that the at least one machine slides relative to the base via the at least one linear guideway and the at least one sliding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 9101392
    Abstract: An information reader of an injection container that includes a container clamping mechanism clamping side portions of the injection container, the container clamping mechanism includes a pair of first clamping bodies arranged on one side of the side portions of the injection container, and a second clamping body capable of entering between the pair of the first clamping bodies. Each of the pair of the first clamping bodies includes a first clamping unit having a first recess in an approximate doglegged shape, and a first arm portion projecting approximately horizontally from a lower end portion of the first clamping unit. The second clamping body includes a second clamping unit having a second recess in an approximately reverse doglegged shape formed to face against the first recess, and a second arm portion projecting approximately horizontally from a lower end portion of the second clamping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Ookuma Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Okuma
  • Patent number: 9089206
    Abstract: This invention provides to a full size convenient folding portable podium which folds together as a single unit and thus requires no assembly or disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: BERRIEN METAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Baylor, Joel S. Barrett, Larry Barrett
  • Patent number: 9089205
    Abstract: This invention provides to a full size convenient folding portable podium which folds together as a single unit and thus requires no assembly or disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: BERRIEN METAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Baylor, Joel S. Barrett, Larry Barrett
  • Patent number: 9088138
    Abstract: A mounting device for securing an electronic component includes a support base, a fixing board and a latching member. The support base includes a first track defining a first sliding direction and a second track defining a second sliding direction that intersects with the first sliding direction. The fixing board is connected to the electronic component and capable of sliding along the first track with the electronic component. The latching member is capable of sliding along the second track and includes an elastic element. The elastic element is configured to position the latching member at a desired position with respect to the support base and to provide a resilient force to the latching member, allowing the latching member to push the fixing board to cause the fixing board to abut against the support base, thereby limiting a movement of the fixing board along the first track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 9073561
    Abstract: An improved railroad coupler mount for attaching equipment, such as an end-of-train device (EOT), marker light, test gear, etc., to a railroad coupler. The mount is comprised of a pivoting lever with brace (a V- or U-shaped notch) that grips the rib between vertically spaced coupler coring holes and a lever tip that contacts the inner wall of the coupler top coring hole, a pad that bears against the exterior face of the coupler guard arm side and a mechanism that forcibly pivots the lever tip towards the pad on an axis roughly parallel to the coupler axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Gary William Egerton
  • Patent number: 9068602
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for the elbow swivel joint of a support arm for selectively locking the lower arm section and upper arm section of the support arm relative to each other, in which the lower arm section has a swivel head positioned between the end flanges of the upper arm section. A carriage bolt runs through centrally-located coplanar screw holes in the swivel head and end flanges for completing the live hinge of the swivel joint elbow. The locking mechanism preferably includes three spring-biased locking pins that sit in three open-ended guide channels in the relevant end flange of the upper arm section, and there are also a plurality of corresponding locking pin receiving notches on the engagement surface of the swivel head, and a locking knob for compelling the three spring biased locking pins into mating engagement with the corresponding locking pin receiving notches on the engagement surface of the swivel head and holding them in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventors: Low Boon Hoe, Low How Wei
  • Patent number: 9068689
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for automatic fire sprinkler systems and other objects to be securely attached to the structure of a ceiling of a building, and additionally relates to a mounting clamp for securely gripping the tee of a suspended ceiling in order to mount an object to be held in proximity to the ceiling and a mounting clamp for mounting the sprinkler head of a fire protection system or other type of water system. The system provides means for more rigidly mounting various components of the system to the existing piping and ceiling structure found at an installation location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventors: William E. Hickle, Mark D. Hickle
  • Patent number: 9046216
    Abstract: A monitor stand for supporting a screen unit is provided. The monitor comprises a supporting unit, a mounting unit, at least one contact wall and at least one brake unit. The brake unit includes a resisting block capable of moving between a first position and a second position. A lower frictional threshold force is generated between the resisting block and the contact wall if the resisting block is at the first position; an upper frictional threshold force is generated between the resisting block and the contact wall if the resisting block is at the second position. The mounting unit moves against the supporting unit and toward a first direction or a second direction, and the resisting block is at the first position if the mounting unit moves toward the first direction, and the resisting block is at the second position if the mounting unit moves toward the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Syncmold Enterprise Corp.
    Inventors: Der-Wei Lu, Chung-Cheng Hu
  • Patent number: 9046213
    Abstract: A lifting device adapted to bear an object is provided. The lifting device includes a body, a sliding member, an elastic member, an adjusting member and a connecting member. The sliding member is slidably disposed at the body moves along a first axis and stays at any position between a highest position and a lowest position. A first end of the elastic member is disposed at the body. The adjusting member is pivotally disposed at the body and linked up to the elastic member. The connecting member is disposed between the adjusting member and the sliding member. Wherever the sliding member is located, total torques generated by a force provided by the elastic member, gravity of the object and the sliding member, friction forces between the body, the sliding member, the elastic member, a fixed pulley and the connecting member are substantially zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Inventor: Ming-Hsien Huang
  • Patent number: 9038970
    Abstract: A vibration-dampening clamp for clamping long, narrow articles such as pipes includes a pipe clamp member made of hard resin that has pipe clamp portions for restraining the long, narrow articles, a mounting member made of hard resin that has a mounting portion for mounting to the fastened member, and an elastic connection member made of soft resin that is packed between the pipe clamp member and the mounting member. The pipe clamp member and the mounting member do not make direct contact, so that detachment of the pipe clamp member from the mounting member is inhibited. The detachment inhibiting structure incorporates a T-shaped portion that comprises a flat plate portion and a prism portion formed in a mounting member, and an arm portion formed in the pipe clamp member that extends about the periphery of the flat plate portion of the T-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Shin Kataoka, Suguru Mizukoshi
  • Patent number: 9033291
    Abstract: A bag holder for allowing a person to easily fill a plastic storage bag without the help of an additional person to hold the plastic storage bag open. The bag holder includes a first support, a second support, upper arms connecting the top ends of the first support with the second support, lower supports connecting the bottom ends of the first support with the second support, and clamps positioned opposed to one another, the clamps are secured to at least one of the first upper arm, the second upper arm, and the middle section of the first support and the second support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: Michael James Branham, Cara Darlene Hershberger
  • Patent number: 9022214
    Abstract: A clamp is provided. The clamp comprises a frame and a movable structure. The movable structure is detachably connected with the frame to define a receiving space for receiving at least one substrate. After sliding along a surface of the frame to a suitable position, the movable structure is adapted to be fastened together with the frame to fix the at least one substrate in the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Preoptix (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tu-Fu Lai, Zhon Gren Zhu, Mok Mei, Chun-Chieh Hung
  • Patent number: 9022329
    Abstract: A cable organizing device which mounts to an underside of a desk or to a wall, such that cables from computers and other equipment can be quickly and easily wrapped around the device, thus taking up the slack in each of the cables and keeping them off of the floor. The cable organizing device includes a plurality of loop hooks on each side, spaced apart such that individual cables can be wrapped around and between the loop hooks in a variety of ways. The device is designed to be easy and inexpensive to manufacture, yet sturdy and versatile in use. The cable organizing device can handle any type of wire or cable material, and the cables can be connected at both ends before being wrapped onto the cable organizing device. A mounting aid is included with the cable organizing device, thus making it easy for a person to install.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Eric Gallup
  • Patent number: 9010698
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a device for holding an article, wherein the device includes a front panel including a first aperture positioned above a second aperture. The first aperture is dimensioned to receive a display hook; and, the second aperture is dimensioned to receive and retain the article. A rear panel is hingedly connected to the front panel, wherein the rear panel includes a third aperture positioned above at least one fourth aperture. The third aperture is dimensioned to receive the display hook; and, the fourth aperture is dimensioned to receive and retain a second article. The device further includes a card removably connected to the rear panel via perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Lindy Bowman Company
    Inventor: Linden H. Bowman
  • Patent number: 9004427
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for connecting a light shelf to a structure in cantilever fashion. A pair of receiver units attach to the structure and each has a pair of brackets with a slot there between. A recess is formed on an upper interior surface of the upper bracket. The lower bracket has an abutment support surface distal to the structure. A pair of inserter units attach to opposite sides of the shelf, each having an insertion leg and an abutment support. The insertion leg inserts into the recess of a corresponding receiver when the abutment support rests on the abutment surface. The weight of the shelf pulls the abutment support into engagement with the abutment surface and pushes the insertion leg into engagement with the recess, holding the shelf horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Prashanth Philip Irudayaraj, Jeffrey Scott Dolby, Jotpreet Singh Chahal, Gregory B. Mckenna, Robert Holcombe
  • Patent number: 9004421
    Abstract: A support system for a fire protection sprinkler includes a support bar having a pair of end brackets disposed at the ends of the support bar. A center bracket assembly is mounted on the support bar and includes a support bracket and a hinge bracket pivotally connected to the support bracket by a hinge pin. The pair of end bracket assemblies each include an outside bracket and an inside bracket secured to the outside bracket wherein at least one of the outside and the inside bracket has an upper end connected to the support bar and includes an angled body extending laterally outward from the upper end away from the center bracket wherein the outside and inside brackets define a channel therebetween for receiving an upper rail of a T-shaped rail of a drop ceiling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Viking Corporation
    Inventor: Shawn J. Feenstra