Patents Examined by Eyamindae C Jallow
  • Patent number: 12370662
    Abstract: A portable drill accessory that is configured to be operably coupled to a portable drill and facilitate mixing or blending of ingredients disposed within the container of the present invention. The present invention includes a container having an interior volume that is sealably coupled to a base housing. The base housing has operably mounted above the upper surface thereof a mixing blade. Disposed in the base housing is a gear assembly wherein the gear assembly is configured to provide rotational movement of the mixing blade. The gear assembly includes a first gear and a second gear that are oriented at a perpendicular angle with respect to each other. The first gear includes a portion operably coupled to the mixing blade. The second gear includes a shaft portion that is configured to be operably coupled to a drill chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Inventor: Hormuzd Chothia
  • Patent number: 12365078
    Abstract: A power tool having an air cooling system. A special air guidance system is proposed, the components of the power tool, such as a motor, transmission or electronics of the power tool, can be supplied in a particularly efficient manner with a cooling air flow around them and in this way can be cooled. In this case, the cooling system should, in particular, be independent of any components of the housing of the power tool since the air guidance is advantageously brought about by internal guidance processes, wherein these internal guidance processes preferably take place independently of components of the housing of the power tool. In particular, the housing-independent air cooling of the components of the power tool is achieved by the provision of a fan on a rotor of the motor of the power tool, which is designed, by means of a reduced pressure, to produce a cooling air flow and guide it in a suitable manner through the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Greitmann, Roland Meuer
  • Patent number: 12365075
    Abstract: The invention refers to hand-held power tool (10) comprising a tool housing (12), a motor (24) and a tool shaft (36) having a rotational axis (40) and actuated by the motor (24), and further comprising a working element (38) releasably attachable to the tool shaft (36) from outside the tool housing (12) in an axial direction and, after attachment to the tool shaft (36), held in respect to the tool shaft (36) by means of an axial holding arrangement (80). The axial holding arrangement (80) comprises a first element (36; 38) constituted by one of the working element (38) and the tool shaft (36) and a second element (38; 36) constituted by the other one of the working element (38) and the tool shaft (36), and at least two locking elements (70) assigned to the first element (36; 38) movably in a radial direction between a retracted position and a locking position, at least one recess (66) assigned to the second element (38; 36) for receiving the locking elements (70) when in their locking positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Inventor: Andrea Valentini
  • Patent number: 12364482
    Abstract: A protective cover for a surgical instrument including an outer sheath for at least partially covering a head region of the surgical instrument inserted into the protective cover along its longitudinal axis, and a pulling device which is connected to the outer sheath in a force-transmitting manner and comprises a pulling element. The outer sheath has a dividing line which divides the outer sheath into at least a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment and the second segment are connected to one another by a connecting piece and can be transferred from a covering position into a release position of the head region with the aid of the pulling device. The outer sheath includes an orientation device arranged in its distal apex region and centered on the longitudinal axis, which is designed as a thickening of the apex region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: IMD TECH GMBH
    Inventors: Nils Diethelm, Benjamin Diethelm
  • Patent number: 12358319
    Abstract: An envelope sealing and flipping system can be incorporated into a mail inserter system to seal an envelope with a complete unbroken glue line and simultaneously flip the envelope face-up for downstream processing. The system includes a flip cage that receives an envelope and a moveable wetting brush that contacts the flap. The flip cage rotates, causing the flap to drag underneath the wetting brush, and realigning the envelope with a sealer nip which seals the envelope. The flip cage rotates continuously to receive, flip, and seal many envelopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: DMT Solutions Global Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur H. Depoi, John Robert Masotta, Boris Rozenfeld, Daniel Wright, Anthony E. Yap
  • Patent number: 12358119
    Abstract: A handheld processing tool includes (i) a housing, (ii) at least one handle connected to the housing for guiding the processing tool, and (iii) a suspension mechanism configured to suspend the processing tool. The suspension mechanism is arranged, with an axial displacement region and a suspension region extending substantially transversely thereto, around at least part of a contour of the handle such that the suspension mechanism, in a first locking position, is inserted into the housing in a largely surface-neutral manner and, in at least one second locking position, is ejected out of the housing. The suspension region, in the at least one second locking position, can be rotated by at least one opening angle of at least 90° with respect to the first locking position in a tangentially locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Brinkmann, Joerg Kaiser, Tobias Bayha
  • Patent number: 12358111
    Abstract: A pneumatic framing tool includes a housing with an axis of symmetry X, a nose with a tubular portion centered about the axis X and secured to the housing by at least one bolt, a sleeve disposed within the housing, a piston driver disposed within the sleeve having a base portion centered about axis X and a tubular portion that extends from the base portion along the axis X into the tubular portion of the nose, and a bumper disposed within the sleeve such that the tubular portion of the piston driver extends through a center of the bumper along axis X. The bumper include a plurality of retaining alignment protrusions that align the bumper in the sleeve and an external concentric ring that rests between the sleeve and the nose and allows for removal of the bumper without removing the bolts and the nose from the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: PneuTools, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick William Lamb, Frederick William Lamb, II
  • Patent number: 12358252
    Abstract: An apparatus for production of corrugated cardboard pre-folded blanks includes: a frame defining a working plane; a feeding unit which receives a cardboard sheet and moves it in a longitudinal direction on the working plane; a sensor unit for detecting input data regarding the size of an item to be packed; a control unit which receives and processes the input data to generate a setting for the apparatus; a plurality of cutters and creasers to make cuts and folding lines on the cardboard sheet to form the blank; a plurality of actuators moving the cutters and the creasers relative to the frame based on the setting; a glue applicator for applying a strip of glue on a portion of the blank; a folding unit having first and second folding hands for folding front and rear flaps of the blank to overlap and be attached by the glue strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: BESTBOXIT INC.
    Inventors: Marco Faretra, Gino Bassi
  • Patent number: 12350808
    Abstract: A power tool including a primary housing and a motor assembly connectable to a cutting tool. The motor assembly is configured to drive the cutting tool. A secondary housing is mounted within the primary housing. At least one first dampening system is coupled between the primary housing and the motor assembly. At least one second dampening system is coupled between the primary housing and the secondary housing. The at least one first dampening system and the at least one second dampening system are configured to reduce vibrations in the secondary housing generated by the motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Herdling, Heiko Langhammer, Rene Thieme
  • Patent number: 12349909
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a surgical buttress or reinforcement for a surgical stapler assembly. The surgical stapler includes an anvil with a tissue contacting surface and a staple cartridge with a tissue contacting surface. The surgical buttress, in either one or two pieces, is releasably secured to the tissue contacting surfaces. The staples are delivered through the surgical buttress to provide a reinforcement for the staples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Lexington Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jameson Kief, Andrew Marecki
  • Patent number: 12350795
    Abstract: Position sensing related to a component within a power tool. The component within the power tool is, for example, a hammer of an impact mechanism and can include one or more sensible features that allow a controller of the power tool to precisely determine the position, speed, and acceleration of the component. One or more sensors can be used to determine the rotational position of the hammer and the axial position of the hammer. The rotational position of the hammer can then be used to calculate, for example, rotational speed and acceleration of the hammer. With precise determinations of the rotational and axial position of the hammer, the controller of the power tool is able to precisely time the impact between the hammer and the anvil to optimize the impact between the hammer and the anvil (e.g., to maximize energy transfer between the hammer and the anvil).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob P. Schneider, John S. Dey, IV, Timothy R. Obermann
  • Patent number: 12350805
    Abstract: An auxiliary handle for a work tool reduces vibrations transmitted to a grip. An auxiliary handle for a work tool is an auxiliary handle detachably attachable to the work tool. The auxiliary handle includes an attachment being elongated, elastically deformable, and windable around an outer circumference of the work tool, a threaded shaft including a basal portion connected to two ends of the attachment, a base being cylindrical and receiving the threaded shaft, a distal member being adjacent to a distal end of the base and receiving a distal end of the threaded shaft screwed into the distal member, and a grip being cylindrical and covering the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Taro Hisano
  • Patent number: 12343009
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses for a motorized surgical handle assembly. An example apparatus includes a non-movable handle, a movable handle configured to be moved away from and into proximity with the non-movable handle, wherein the movable handle comprises a locking protrusion, a selector lever configured to rotate between a locked position and an unlocked position, and a selector cam coupled to the selector lever, wherein the selector cam comprises a surface with a concave locking opening, and wherein the selector cam is configured to rotate in response to the selector lever rotating, wherein, when the movable handle is in proximity with the non-movable handle and the selector lever is in the unlocked position, the surface with the concave locking opening is positioned adjacent to the locking protrusion to lock the movable handle in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Lexington Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Marecki, Leon Amariglio, David Thomas Moy, Jr., Richard Moyer
  • Patent number: 12336714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a circular stapler. The circular stapler includes a stapling head assembly, an anvil detachably attachable to the stapling head assembly, and a handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a handle controller, a connector, and handle transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit a first signal to an external hub. The handle transceiver is separated from the handle controller and is in electrical communication with the handle controller via the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Logan R. Rose, Christopher Denzinger, Shane R. Adams, Eric Lafay
  • Patent number: 12330257
    Abstract: A handheld work apparatus includes a work tool. The work apparatus defines a longitudinal plane and includes a handle having a longitudinal axis. The blocking lever is mounted so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis. The blocking lever blocks the actuating lever in a blocking or disable position and enables the actuating lever for actuation in at least one operating enable position. In the direction of view perpendicular to the longitudinal plane, the longitudinal axis of the handle and the rotational axis of the blocking lever conjointly define an angle (?). The angle (?) lies in a range of from 10° to 60°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Felix Oberhofer, Marcus Jenke, Franziska Kern, Thomas Maier, Verena Mann, Lars Bathke, Roland Mandel, Benedikt Posner
  • Patent number: 12319484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-touch-removable container packaging film, and a container comprising same and, more specifically, to a one-touch-removable container packaging film, and a container comprising same, the packaging film: being naturally removable from the container when a container lid is rotatably separated from a container body in order to open contents sealed in the container, so as to be forcibly removed from the container according to the opening of the container contents without the need to consciously remove the packaging film in order to recycle the used container, and thus inconvenient actions such as removal of the packaging film during disposal of the container can be fundamentally eliminated; being forcibly removable according to the opening of the container contents so that the packaging film is necessarily removed from the container after the container is used even if the packaging film is not intended to be removed; and being easily removable with only a one-touch rotational
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventors: Sang Jin Ham, Dong Min Jang
  • Patent number: 12312226
    Abstract: A wine bottle opening device is provided. The device is comprised of a wine bottle opening device with a set of adjustable spring jaws. The jaws can be adjusted around a wine bottle cork or cap to facilitate easy removal. The device may also be comprised of an integrated corkscrew and an integrated bottle opener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Inventor: Cheryl Jones
  • Patent number: 12311521
    Abstract: A multi-stage trigger assembly for portable, hand-held, battery powered tools is provided. The tool may be configured as a crimping tool, a cutting tool or other type of tool. The tool has an in-line handle assembly and a working head assembly. The trigger assembly has a first stage that is a manual operation and a second stage that is an electro-mechanical operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Matthew Wason, Brian McCulloh White, John David LeFavour
  • Patent number: 12310591
    Abstract: A surgical stapling device that includes an adapter assembly that has a flexible outer tube, and a tool assembly that is supported on the flexible outer tube having an anvil assembly and a shell assembly that supports an annular staple cartridge. The shell assembly includes a mechanism for approximating the anvil assembly with the shell assembly over two clamping stages to minimize forces transferred to the flexible outer tube of the adapter assembly during clamping. The shell assembly also includes a mechanism for minimizing firing forces required to eject staples from the staple cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: David A. Nicholas
  • Patent number: 12295793
    Abstract: A system for preventing unwanted tissue migration in surgical staplers includes a surgical stapler having an end effector including an upper jaw and a lower jaw. A distal end of the upper jaw is connected to a distal end of the lower jaw, and a proximal end of the upper jaw is connected to a proximal end of the lower jaw. First and second tissue stops are formed on the distal and proximal ends of the lower jaw, respectively. The second tissue stop and the proximal end of the upper jaw define a no cut zone when the surgical stapler is in an open position. The surgical stapler also includes a tissue cutting device disposed within the lower jaw for resecting tissue. The system also includes a warning, blocking, impeding, or barrier forming device for preventing the unwanted migration of tissue into the no tissue zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: STANDARD BARIATRICS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Mark S. Ortiz, Jonathan R. Thompson, Richard P. Nuchols, Caleb J. Hayward, Robert T. Means, III, Saylan J. Lukas