Patents Examined by Gisele D Ford
  • Portable personal use module and methods of use
    Patent number: 10851552
    Abstract: A portable personal use module and related methods of use are generally disclosed herein with the portable structural unit having a set of amenities selected prior to the transport of the portable structural unit from an initial location to a designated usage location and subsequently used to customize the interior space at the designated usage location with the portable structural unit removably placed therein along with a command center in communication with at least one powered device from the set of amenities and operable to selectively grant control of the powered device to a user at the designated usage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Cube Dynamics, LLC
    Inventors: Robert DeMatteis, Robert Bowers, Joseph Bowers
  • Composite table top
    Patent number: 10842260
    Abstract: A composite table top including a top plate having an outer and an inner surface, a bottom plate comprising a plurality of projections, each of the plurality of projections having a top defining a top surface. The composite table top has at least a pair of reinforcement inserts disposed at two opposite edges of the bottom plate. The sum of the top surfaces of the plurality of projections is 30%-70% of the upper surface of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NEW-TEC INTEGRATION (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Module for realizing modular building structures
    Patent number: 10829925
    Abstract: A module for realizing modular building structures comprises a bearing block having pairs of flat faces with complementary shaped joints for coupling with further similar modules arranged in side by side position, means for anchoring the bearing block to bearing blocks of side-by-side modules for realizing the building structure. The anchoring means comprise one pair of passages mutually perpendicular and staggered along a first transverse direction, the passages extending in the block from respective flat faces. The anchoring means also comprise reinforcing bars adapted to be inserted in a pair of consecutive passages belonging to two mutually side-by-side modules to define a reinforcement meshed armor. Each bar has ends associated with male and female connecting elements for coupling with facing ends of contiguous bars belonging to a side-by-side module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Marco Citro
  • Floor panel seating assembly
    Patent number: 10822820
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a floor panel seating assembly. The floor panel seating assembly can include adjustable, removable brackets or guides for guiding cross-members and joists of floor panels into their desired positions on a support structure. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of seating a floor panel. The method can include providing one or more adjustable, removable bracket or guide, adjusting the guide(s) to accommodate the width of a wall of the support structure and/or the sizes of the cross-members or joists of the floor panel, mounting the guide(s) to the support structure, and lowering a floor panel into position on the support structure using the guide(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ACSM, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret Robert McLeod, Patrick Merrick Judson
  • Methods and apparatus for refurbishing wind turbine foundations
    Patent number: 10815969
    Abstract: A method for refurbishing a wind turbine includes positioning a new tower support mount on an existing foundation of the wind turbine, the existing foundation including an existing foundation pad and an existing tower support mount at least partially embedded in the existing foundation pad. The method further includes inserting a plurality of anchors through the new tower support mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shijiang Liu, Lan Xu, Jay F. Leonard
  • Set of floor panels and method for installing this set of floor panels
    Patent number: 10815677
    Abstract: A set of floor panels, which is suitable for forming a floor covering in herringbone pattern, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular; wherein the long as well as the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling means; and wherein the male coupling part on the short edge can be inserted into the female coupling part on the long edge in one and the same turning movement which is used to insert the male coupling part on the long edge into the female coupling part on the long or short edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bart Van Der Stockt
  • Window assembly
    Patent number: 10801252
    Abstract: Provided is a frameless window assembly made from a sheet with resilient edge(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Alexander Uskolovsky
  • Covertec wall module building system and method
    Patent number: 10801200
    Abstract: A module, system and method for the utilization of wall modules molds which may be enjoined in various combinations, filled in situ with concrete, cement or similar aggregates aggregate and linked so that said when solidified, said concrete, cement or similar aggregates aggregate combines with said molds to form a continuous structural wall that may be used in the construction of dwellings and other such buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Victor Figueroa
  • Clip for retaining two planar elements
    Patent number: 10801538
    Abstract: A clip for retaining two planar elements assembled together on the main face thereof includes at least two side walls, each equipped with a groove opening and configured to enable the clip to be inserted on the two assembled planar elements and retain them against one another. At least one of the side walls is equipped with a slot opening into the groove and defining a flexible arm secured to the rest of the wall by a bending area. The free end of the flexible arm supports a stop partially blocking at least the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: A. Raymond Et Cie
    Inventors: Antoine Legall, Jean-Baptiste Chevrier, Richard Petri, Emmanuel Turlot
  • Supports for helical piles and anchors
    Patent number: 10794030
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lateral support for a shaft of a helical pile, the lateral support including a tubular portion for receiving the shaft and a plurality of fins extending from the tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Kemp, Shawn David Downey, Daniel V. Hamilton
  • Link-plate connection for monopole reinforcing bars
    Patent number: 10781601
    Abstract: Reinforcing bars include load transfer connectors. A link plate includes openings that mate with the load transfer connectors to overlie the splice between reinforcing bars being spliced. A cover plate may be fastened over the link plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOWER ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Semaan
  • Sandwich panel
    Patent number: 10774525
    Abstract: A sandwich panel includes a first plate member and a second plate member, each of which is metallic, a spacer unit which is metallic and formed in the shape of a rectangular frame, and a core member. The core member is arranged in a region surrounded with the spacer unit between the first plate member and the second plate member. The spacer unit is made up of a plurality of spacers that are formed as separate members. The first plate member and the second plate member are bonded to the core member and each of the plurality of spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL COATED SHEET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Harada, Mitsuhiko Yazaki, Yoshio Kayama, Yoshinori Suenaga
  • Method of seating a floor panel
    Patent number: 10767379
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a floor panel seating assembly. The floor panel seating assembly can include adjustable, removable brackets or guides for guiding cross-members and joists of floor panels into their desired positions on a support structure. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of seating a floor panel. The method can include providing one or more adjustable, removable bracket or guide, adjusting the guide(s) to accommodate the width of a wall of the support structure and/or the sizes of the cross-members or joists of the floor panel, mounting the guide(s) to the support structure, and lowering a floor panel into position on the support structure using the guide(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ACSM, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret Robert McLeod, Patrick Merrick Judson
  • Floor panel for forming a floor covering
    Patent number: 10753103
    Abstract: Floor panel, characterized in that it is of the type that can be installed according to the fold down-technique, that it comprises coupling means in one piece on all four edges, and that measures are taken in order to avoid an undesired shifting on the long edges during the turning down of the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARL
    Inventor: Guy Van Hooydonck
  • Floor panel for forming a floor covering
    Patent number: 10753105
    Abstract: Floor panel, characterized in that it is of the type that can be installed according to the fold down-technique, that it comprises coupling means in one piece on all four edges, and that measures are taken in order to avoid an undesired shifting on the long edges during the turning down of the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARL
    Inventor: Guy Van Hooydonck
  • Floor panel for forming a floor covering
    Patent number: 10753104
    Abstract: Floor panel, characterized in that it is of the type that can be installed according to the fold down-technique, that it comprises coupling means in one piece on all four edges, and that measures are taken in order to avoid an undesired shifting on the long edges during the turning down of the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARL
    Inventor: Guy Van Hooydonck
  • Systems, methods, apparatus, and compositions for building materials and construction
    Patent number: 10745905
    Abstract: A structural insulated building unit is provided for constructing a building. The structural insulated building unit includes an insulating core, first and second cementitious panels, and a connecting portion. The insulating core is defined by multiple sides and opposing first and second faces. The first and second cementitious panels are coupled to the first and second faces of the insulating core. The connecting portion is provided on one of the sides of the insulating core, and aligns the structural insulated building unit with an adjacent structural insulated building unit having a complementary connecting portion when constructing a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Omnis Advanced Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Simon K. Hodson, Jonathan K. Hodson
  • Mounting systems for securing a solar array and clamping systems thereof
    Patent number: 10731897
    Abstract: Mounting systems for securing a solar array to a mounting frame and clamping systems thereof are disclosed. The clamping systems may include one or more hooks for connecting a solar panel module to mounting frame. The hooks may be disposed on one or more wings of a clamp plate that extend from a rail structure of the clamp plate. The rail structure may form a rail chamber which receives a mounting rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: FTC Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Nagendra Cherukupalli, Milo Zabala, Rechel Cruz
  • Composed element, multi-layered board and panel-shaped element for forming this composed element
    Patent number: 10731689
    Abstract: Composed element including at least two panel-shaped elements, which each have an edge zone in which coupling means are present in the form of a profiled part respectively extending in the longitudinal direction of the respective edge zone, as well as each including an end face extending transversely to the respective edge zone, wherein said profiled parts allow coupling the panel-shaped elements together in an interlocking manner, wherein at least one of the panel-shaped elements includes an arrangement which hides from view at least a portion of the profiled part formed at the pertaining edge zone at the location of the end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: UNILIN, BVBA
    Inventors: Luc Maertens, Mark Cappelle, Luc Vanhastel, Luc Deman, Guy Van Hooydonck
  • Bottle cap backsplash assembly method for use
    Patent number: 10731356
    Abstract: A method for installing repurposed bottle caps in the form of a tile construction sheet to a prepared support surface such as a kitchen, “wet bar”, or bar, backsplash. In addition these sheets can be made to accommodate installation in various other applications including bartops and table tops. Each sheet will exhibit a number of evenly spaced bottle caps affixed to a mesh woven substrate layer that is made to accept these bottle caps in a perpetual stationary state and which allows for installation to a fixed surface in a timely manner using industry standard materials and practices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher James Minze