Patents Examined by Gisele D Ford
  • Patent number: 12258762
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an assembly structure for a tent and a variously expandable outdoor tent. The assembly structure includes stand columns (1) and ring beams (2), where the stand column (1) and the ring beam (2) are each provided with an assembly slot (4), and the stand columns (1) and the ring beams (2) can be assembled by using first connection components to form a tent frame (7); further includes a canopy (3) configured to be cooperatively mounted with the tent frame (7), where the tent frame (7) includes at least one tent frame unit (71), and a single canopy (3) is cooperatively disposed in a single tent frame unit (71); and further includes at least one expansion unit (8), where the expansion unit (8) is cooperatively mounted with an assembly slot (4) by using a third connection component (9). In the present invention, the assembly slot (4) structures are optimally designed, and are combined on the stand columns (1) and the ring beams (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Yotrio Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Adam Garrison, Yingju Sun, Jiehua Chu, Jianqiang Xie
  • Patent number: 12258751
    Abstract: A modular building structure can include a rigid chassis, vertical support components, and wall and roof component(s). The chassis can have storage compartments formed therein and can provide a foundation and floor for the structure. The vertical support components can couple to the chassis to provide a vertical framework for the structure. The wall and roof component(s) can couple to the vertical support components. The vertical support components and wall and roof component(s) can be disassembled from the chassis and stored within the storage compartments. The chassis can include a horizontal bottom panel, vertically oriented crossbeams above the bottom panel, and horizontal top panels above the crossbeams to form the storage compartments. The vertical support components can be poles and the wall and roof component(s) can be cloth. Leveling feet coupled to the bottom of the chassis can allow the chassis to be leveled with respect to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Jupe LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wilson, Remy Labesque
  • Patent number: 12252894
    Abstract: A modular columbarium for storing funerary urns, comprising a plurality of individual containers able to be coupled together in a matrix arrangement, preferably in rows and columns. Said individual containers are each made up of a part made from injection-mouldable plastic material defined by a base and side walls, such that it defines an inner space provided to house at least one funerary urn, wherein each container includes removable closing means provided to close off the inner space from the outside, wherein the closing means include at least one inner door which isolates the inner space from the outside environment, the inner door having releasable locking means and a male-female coupling system for the joining thereof to the individual container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Coral Smart Invex, S.L.
    Inventor: Manuel Lao Hernández
  • Patent number: 12247404
    Abstract: A facade module for separating an interior from an exterior of a building volume includes: a partition plate, including an inner face and an outer face, the partition plate including an inner glazed layer forming the inner face; and a fastening element of the partition plate suitable for fastening the partition plate to a building structure. The partition plate includes at least one stone layer forming the outer face of the partition plate and/or extending over the inner glazed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: MINERAL EXPERTISE, AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Pierre Orjebin, Francois Winkel, Richard Theron
  • Patent number: 12244260
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the mounting systems described herein may be configured to mount a solar panel array to a flat concrete roof like those found throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America. Other systems described herein may be configured to facilitate mounting structures on standing seam metals roofs. Still other systems described herein may be configured to facilitate mounting structures on composite shingle, slate, or tile roofs. The mounting systems described herein may be configured as rail-less or rails free roof mounting systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: EcoFasten Solar, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Cecil Stearns, Alexander Grant Bornemann
  • Patent number: 12234657
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a TRC assemble permanent column formwork and a manufacturing method thereof, which belongs to the technical field of reinforced concrete building construction. The TRE assemble permanent column formwork comprises first panels, second panels, circumferential bolts, longitudinal bolts, nuts and gaskets; the formwork is manufactured from an engineered cementitious composite ECC and a woven fabric net; the first panels are used for assembling the column formwork at the two ends of a column, and the second panels are used for assembling the column formwork in the middle section of the column; the panels are provided with preformed bolt holes, and the bolt holes among the panels are corresponding to each other for bolt connections; the bolts include circumferential bolts and longitudinal bolts. The TRE permanent column formwork provided by the present invention can reduce material waste, labor cost, and project cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shiping Yin, Zhangtao Peng, Xiuxian Li, Yuntao Hua, Xudong Ren, Yingde Zhao, Haofeng Long, Haonan Cong
  • Patent number: 12221793
    Abstract: A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate is optionally MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, and at least one side edge together with a side edge opposite thereto forming a first pair of opposite side edges of said substrate. The first pair of opposite side edges includes mechanical first and second coupling parts, respectively, allowing the floor board to be coupled at the respective side edges with a similar floor board. Also, a floor board covering consisting of a plurality of the floor boards and a method for manufacturing such floor boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: i4F Licensing NV
    Inventor: Pieter Renaat Karel Devos
  • Patent number: 12218622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device fixing a support structure for at least one solar panel, in particular a support rail of a support structure for at least one solar panel, to a corrugated roof comprising at least one corrugated roof plate, said device defines a receiving space for receiving at least part of a crest of at least one corrugated roof plate and being configured for co-action with at least one fastening element for fastening of the device onto the corrugated roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Esdec B.V.
    Inventor: Niek De Bie
  • Patent number: 12213275
    Abstract: This invention describes the use of pre-packaged air shipping containers for delivery of edge data center equipment. The containers are capable of rapid deployment and positioning at the edge data center delivery site to minimize time between the order of equipment and deployment of a functioning edge data center. The containers allow for easy access, and rapid repair/replacement of modular edge data center equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SWITCH, LTD.
    Inventor: Rob Roy
  • Patent number: 12203270
    Abstract: Disclosed is a terrace canopy constructed from a support pillar provided with a cavity for discharging precipitation incident on the terrace canopy towards a ground surface and at least two beams, each of which provided with a gutter for discharging precipitation incident on the terrace canopy to an end face of the beam. A headboard is attached to the end face of the beams. A corner connection element is fixedly attached to the support pillar and to the headboards. The corner connection element is provided with one, or preferably, a plurality of support legs extending towards the support pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: RENSON SUNPROTECTION-SCREENS
    Inventors: Joost De Frene, Kristof Lemiegre, Lennart De Meulemeester, Pieter Brabant, Stijn Colpaert, Thomas De Rycke
  • Patent number: 12206356
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for improving solar carport systems and in particular, for improving a solar carport integrated with a busbar. Aspects of the disclosed technology include an integrated solar carport that includes at least one beam, at least one rail coupled to the at least one beam, and one or more vertical columns configured to support the at least one beam and the at least one rail. Further, the integrated solar carport includes one or more solar modules coupled to the at least one beam or the at least one rail and a busbar coupled to each beam of the at least one beam and one of the vertical columns. Methods of manufacturing the integrated solar carport are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holding LLC
    Inventors: Darren Hau, Jeffrey Robert Brandon, Lin Zhuang Khoo
  • Patent number: 12188501
    Abstract: A clip linkage is disclosed comprising clips to restrict relative parallel displacement between a panel and a back surface. The clip linkage is set intermediate the panel and the back surface so as to be hidden. The clip linkage is particularly useful for holding a panel to a back surface having a corner such as a corner of a wall or ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Charles Porter
  • Patent number: 12188220
    Abstract: A self-storage facility with a first set of load bearing modular units (LBMUs) aligned along a same first horizontal plane. The first set has a plurality of rows of LBMUs and each LBMU in each row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs is positioned in a side-to-side relationship with another LBMU in a corresponding row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs. Furth, each LBMU in each row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs is positioned in at least one end-to-end relationship with another LBMU in an adjacent row of a plurality of rows of LBMUs. The facility also includes a first passageway through both sidewalls and transverse to a major axis of each LBMU in a majority of the LBMUs in a first row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs, and a second passageway through both sidewalls and transverse to a major axis of each LBMU in a majority of the LBMUs in a second row in the plurality of rows of LBMUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: GS LICENSECO LLC
    Inventors: David Wayne Ledoux, Richard Waldon Stockton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12180724
    Abstract: A system and method for assembling framing assemblies for use as ceiling or floor structures of modular building units using automation are disclosed. The framing assemblies include trusses that are attached at the lateral edges thereof by a joist including at least one layer of dimensional lumber to form a substantially rigid framework. Cover panels are positioned over and attached to an inner surface of the framing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BUILDZ, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Bellissimo, Jason Daryl Hunsinger, Stanley Clark Beard, Jr., Harrison Grant Meadows
  • Patent number: 12173506
    Abstract: A roof system is provided. The roof system includes a roof body capable of forming a flat roof or a corrugated roof, where the roof body is provided on a roof pillar; a gutter system is provided at a valley position of the corrugated roof or on the flat roof; a skylight system is further provided at a pitched roof or a ridge of the corrugated roof or on the flat roof; and a pressure relief adjustment component is provided on the skylight system. According to the roof system, a plurality of roof modules are assembled into the roof body. Two adjacent ones of the roof modules are fixed by a connecting plate and a self-locking component when assembled. A plurality of reinforcing points work cooperatively, so the roof system achieves a high utilization rate, and ensures the overall stability and bearing capacity of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: 2ND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD OF CHINA CONSTRUCTION 5TH ENGINEERING BUREAU
    Inventors: Zhitao Zheng, Hongliang Deng, Wenbing Shen, Sheng Li, Chuang Li, Xin Li
  • Patent number: 12173465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a connection between two pipe segments of different widths, preferably of a tower-like structure, in particular of a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Bartminn
  • Patent number: 12158012
    Abstract: A panel including a centrally located core, at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core, which first coupling part includes an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward grooved formed in between the upward tongue and the upward flank wherein the upward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of a downward tongue of a second coupling part of an adjacent panel; which second coupling part includes a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove formed in between the downward tongue and the downward flank, wherein the downward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of an upward tongue of a first coupling part of an adjacent panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: i4F Licensing NV
    Inventor: Eddy Alberic Boucké
  • Patent number: 12152387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling grids, for example, suitable for forming a suspended ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a support bar configured to extend across grid beams of a ceiling grid. The support bar includes a first hook configured to secure to a first grid beam of the ceiling grid and a second hook configured to secure to a second grid beam of the ceiling grid. A spanning member extends from the first hook to the second hook and is configured to support the weight of an element attached to the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Wiesener, Aaron Davis, Zachary Donahue
  • Patent number: 12129678
    Abstract: Disclosed is a terrace canopy comprising a beam which is constructed from a set of profiles. The set includes a beam profile provided to serve as a beam of the terrace canopy, in which the beam profile has an upright inner side wall and a first connection means. The set also comprises two mutually different spacer profiles, each of which is attachable to the beam profile via the first connection means. Each spacer profile also has a further connection means to which a beam-finishing profile can be attached, which beam-finishing profiles also form part of the set. The spacer profile determines the distance between the outward facing surface of the beam-finishing profile and the upright wall of the beam profile. Hence, the width of the beam can be varied depending on the type of wall infill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: RENSON SUNPROTECTION-SCREENS
    Inventors: Joost De Frene, Kristof Lemiegre, Lennart De Meulemeester, Pieter Brabant, Thomas De Rycke
  • Patent number: 12129660
    Abstract: A panel, which is rectangular and has long and short edges, includes a coupling part on each long edge and on each short edge, which allows coupling of the panel to another such panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: UNILIN BV
    Inventor: Jan De Rick