Patents Examined by Guang H Guan
  • Patent number: 10825282
    Abstract: A coin selector holder for a commercial home appliance is provided. The coin selector holder includes a body mounted on a control panel of the commercial home appliance and provided with a mounting groove opening, a first supporting arm arranged on a first side of the mounting groove opening and fastened to the control panel in a bending manner, and a second supporting arm, arranged on a second side of the mounting groove opening. After the first supporting arm is fastened on the control panel, the second supporting arm is clamped to the control panel, and is slideable along the control panel during the clamping process. A commercial appliance including the coin selector holder for the commercial home appliance is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengcheng Zhang, Yunpeng Sun, Chunfeng Zhang, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10816054
    Abstract: An energy absorber includes a monolithic length of ductile material comprising a first end and a second end. The material is formed to include at least a first longitudinally extending section that extends continuously between the ends, a first discontinuous section extending longitudinally from the first end toward the second end and at least a second discontinuous section extending longitudinally from the second end toward the first end. The first longitudinally extending section is deformed over at least a portion thereof out of a plane running through both ends. The first discontinuous section and the second discontinuous section are connected such that tensile force of a threshold magnitude is required between the ends to disconnect the first discontinuous section from the second discontinuous section, letting the first longitudinally extending section free to deform under tensile force and extend in longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Shane Patton, Brian C. Montgomery
  • Patent number: 10814797
    Abstract: A portable electronic device support assembly for a vehicle comprises a housing for placement, a link arm slidably coupled to the housing at a first end of the link arm, and a device support configured to receive a portable electronic device and rotatably coupled to the link arm at a second end of the link arm. The link arm and device support are movable between stowed and deployed positions. A latching mechanism configured to resist movement of the link arm in the deployed position, the latching mechanism comprising a latch movably coupled to the link arm. The latch is resiliently biased such that the latch engages a recess in the housing when the link arm is in the deployed position. An interaction between the device support and the latching mechanism retracts the latch from the recess as the device support rotates relative to the link arm when moving towards the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gavin Thain, Phil Bunn
  • Patent number: 10807571
    Abstract: An adjustable motor mounting system having an adjustable motor mount and a gear box with a motor. The adjustable motor mount has a first plate attached slidably to I-beams on a frame of a semi-trailer and attached to a second plate with a hinge so that the second plate is rotatable relative to the first plate. A third plate is attached slidably to the second plate and has a mounting plate attached thereto. The gear box is attached to the mounting plate and to a landing gear crankshaft of the semi-trailer. The adjustable motor mounting system renders the gear box movable towards or away from the landing gear crankshaft, movable leftward or rightward of the landing gear crankshaft, and movable upward or downward relative to the landing gear crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kelvin Lee Myrex, Russell Van Freeman
  • Patent number: 10800204
    Abstract: Provided is a touch pen holder unit for holding a touch pen to prevent loss and, more particularly, a touch pen holder unit capable of fastening a touch pen easily and firmly. The touch pen holder unit includes: a wire having a locking part at an end thereof; and a body having a first locking groove at an upper portion of the body and a second locking groove below the first locking groove, wherein the locking part of the wire is seated on the first locking groove and a head of a touch pen is seated on the second locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: KUM OH ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Sang Kim
  • Patent number: 10804684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable bearing element, to an arrangement of cable bearing elements and to a method of manufacturing a cable bearing element. The cable bearing element is adapted to position and/or to hold at least one line section of an electric line, wherein the cable bearing element provides at least one guiding channel for the section of the electric line, wherein a base of a first section of the guiding channel is arranged within a first plane and a base of another section of the guiding channel is arranged within a second plane, wherein the second plane is parallel to the first plane and spaced apart from the first plane with a first predetermined distance, wherein the guiding channel comprises a base part and side walls, wherein a geometry or size of the guiding channel is adapted to the diameter of the electric line or cable which is to be arranged within the guiding channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Leininger, Johannes Schütz, Anton Geiger, Federico Garcia, Ping Wei, Nestor Martinez Pelaez, Oliver Kerle
  • Patent number: 10791862
    Abstract: A support device configured to be placed on a horizontal surface and configured to hold an article. The support device includes a weight member, a rod extending laterally offset from the weight member and extending downwards from an edge of the horizontal surface and ending in an upward curve. A holder extends upwards from the upward curve and is configured to hold the article laterally from the horizontal surface. The weight member is configured to weigh more than an accumulated weight of the rod, holder and article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Dovrat Schwab
  • Patent number: 10791829
    Abstract: A vertically sliding frame mounting system that includes a frame, frame mounted first and second bracket assemblies, wall mounted first and second brace assemblies having recoil springs and self releasing latches. The bracket assemblies slide in the brace assemblies which act as vertical guides while the recoil springs tend to lift the frame. The latch assemblies secure the frame in a lowered position while the recoil springs bias the frame upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Richard C. Carmichael
  • Patent number: 10785886
    Abstract: A mounting device for a consumer grade controller that allows for installation in an industrial application with reliability improvement features. The consumer grade controller is mounted to the mounting device using screws and standoffs, which securely fasten the consumer grade controller to the mounting device. The mounting device is compatible with an industry standard DIN rail allowing for easy installation and removal. The mounting device positions the consumer grade controller vertically with respect to the DIN rail to provide improved cooling and reduce DIN rail space. A power cable is secured with a built-in strain relief feature and held in place with a tie wrap to maintain pressure on the cable and preventing it from accidentally releasing. The mounting device, standoffs, and strain relief feature can be injected molded in one assembly for low cost manufacturing while still providing all the benefits that an industrial application requires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Braun Research Corporation
    Inventor: Kurt Braun
  • Patent number: 10731866
    Abstract: A quick-fastening element is provided for fastening a guide rail to two adjacent horizontally extending bars arranged in a vertically superposed and parallel relationship. The quick-fastening element has a first holding portion adapted for a positively locking engagement with a first horizontally extending bar of the two adjacent horizontally extending bars, a second holding portion adapted for a positively locking engagement with a second horizontally extending bar of the two adjacent horizontally extending bars, and a connecting portion between the first and second holding portions and connecting the first and second holding portions. Each of the first and second holding portions extends from the connecting portion to one side in angled relationship to the connecting portion fastenably between the two adjacent horizontally extending bars. The connecting portion is configured for fastening the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ACCURIDE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Heffel, Friedhelm Petri, Fabian Mainusch
  • Patent number: 10718125
    Abstract: A roof anchor including a mounting portion including a plurality of holes formed therein and an anchor portion having an opening formed therein. The mounting portion and the anchor portion are planar members arranged substantially perpendicular with each other. The anchor portion is disposed along one side of the mounting portion with a bend portion formed at an intersection of the mounting portion and the anchor portion. The mounting portion and the anchor portion form a monolithic piece. The opening includes a lower edge and an upper edge, wherein the lower edge is closer to the mounting portion than the upper edge, and wherein a length of the lower edge is greater than a length of the upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: WERNER CO.
    Inventor: Ivan D. Lopez
  • Patent number: 10717317
    Abstract: An animal skull mount clip system comprising a base, flexible legs extending from the base, and a mounting stud configured to attach the base to a mounting surface, where the flexible legs are configured to be inserted into a brain cavity of an animal skull through a foramen magnum of the animal skull by being flexed toward each other to clear the foramen magnum before expanding back to their original positions, thereby allowing the animal skull to be attached to the mounting surface by the flexible legs within the animal skull and the mounting stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: John Nobi
  • Patent number: 10703228
    Abstract: A seat-track assembly is provided and may include a first track member having a series of locking features and a second track member slidably supported by the first track member. The seat-track assembly may also include a locking mechanism having locking pawls movable between a locked state engaged with the locking features to restrict relative movement between the first and second track members and an unlocked state disengaged from the locking features to permit relative movement between the first and second track members. The locking pawls may each include locking elements that are received within respective ones of the series of locking features in the locked state such that the locking elements restrict relative movement between the first track member and the second track member in two directions when the locking pawls are in the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FISHER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David G. Anticuar, Andrew Joshua Simms, Karl Sponsler, Seth Kirkendall, Sapan Mahendra Poptani, Armin Michel
  • Patent number: 10704775
    Abstract: A fixture such as a light fixture includes, for example, a first lower support, and a first cord and a second cord for suspending the first lower support. Lower portions of the first and second cords are attachable to the first lower support. An upper cord support is attachable to upper portions of the first and second cords. The upper cord support is operable to fixedly position the upper portions of the first and second cords over a range of different positions so that the first lower support is fixedly maintainable at different angles relative to the ground. A fixture may include a second lower support and the upper cord support may be operable to independently fixedly position the upper portions of the third and fourth cords over a range of different positions so that the second lower support is fixedly maintainable at different angles relative to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Swarovski Lighting, Ltd.
    Inventors: Marcela Vavruskova, Andrew M. Schuyler, Jerrid E. Ayen
  • Patent number: 10690266
    Abstract: Disclosed is a suspension device comprising an upper connecting member and a lower bearing member. The upper connecting member comprises a first upper jointing portion and a second upper jointing portion, and the lower bearing member comprises a first lower jointing portion and a second lower jointing portion. The first upper jointing portion is provided with a first opening, the first lower jointing portion is substantially T-shaped. The root part of the first lower jointing portion can be rotated freely in the lower part of the first opening. The second upper jointing portion is provided with a second opening and a third opening that are elongated, the second lower jointing portion is provided with a first side plate and a second side plate configured to be inserted into the second opening and the third opening, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGMEN EUROFIX METAL AND RUBBER PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shizhong Jiang
  • Patent number: 10672305
    Abstract: A wheel/foot assembly for a sign display stand or other object includes a cradle partially enclosing an optional wheel. The assembly is releasably attachable to a leg for a sign display stand, protects the leg and can be easily replaced if worn. The assemble protects wear on the stand and permits the sign display stand to be wheeled, rather than dragged or carried. Because the assembly is releasably attached, it can be replaced easily if damaged or worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventors: Clifford Struhl, Raymond M. Schneider
  • Patent number: 10654377
    Abstract: To reduce energy loss to increase power transmission efficiency, as well as to suppress unusual sound resulting from whirling vibration. A driving force transmission mechanism includes a drive unit that generates a rotation force and consists of a motor, as well as an independent rotating mechanism that is disposed between the drive unit and one of a pair of left and right gear mechanisms so as to be connected to the output shaft of the drive unit and has greater kinetic energy than the rotating parts of the gear mechanisms. Flexible shafts that rotate by smaller kinetic energy than any of the kinetic energy of the drive unit, the kinetic energy of the rotating mechanism, and the friction forces and damping forces of the rotating parts of the gear mechanisms connect between the drive unit and rotating mechanism, between the rotating mechanism and one gear mechanism, and between the drive unit and the other gear mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Delta Tooling Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Katsuhiro Inoue, Kiyonori Umezaki
  • Patent number: 10654436
    Abstract: One example of a sliding device for a vehicle seat that can reduce false detection by a sensor is disclosed. The sliding device includes a fixed rail fixed to a vehicle; a movable rail, to which the vehicle seat is directly or indirectly fixed, that is slidable relative to the fixed rail; a mounting bracket having a fixed portion directly or indirectly fixed to the movable rail, and an extending portion extending from the fixed portion to a front side of the seat; a sensor fixed to the mounting bracket and displaced with the movable rail to detect a position of the movable rail; and a restrictor located closer to the front side of the seat than the fixed portion is. The restrictor restricts a displacement of the sensor by contacting the mounting bracket or the sensor when the extending portion is displaced in excess of a predefined extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuki Nagatani
  • Patent number: 10641314
    Abstract: A suction holder includes a suction unit, a housing unit, a pressure deformable unit, and a linkage positioning unit. The suction unit includes a suction cup and a traction element engaged to a top of the suction cup. The pressure deformable unit has a circumference radially distributed with a plurality of elastic pressing elements. The pressure deformable unit is located on the suction cup and is confined in the housing unit. The linkage positioning unit can drive the traction element to move upward so that the suction cup can attach to a surface. When the surface is curved or has arcs, the elastic pressing elements can be deformed to different extents to be pressed on the suction cup to maintain better attachment to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Eagle Fan
  • Patent number: 10589727
    Abstract: An adjustable motor mount having a first plate with a first side and a second opposite side, a second plate, and a third plate. The first plate is connected to the second plate with a first hinge and the second plate is connected to the third plate with a second hinge. The second plate is rotatable relative to the first plate and the third plate is rotatable relative to the second plate. The third plate can be raised or lowered relative to the first plate and can be moved towards or away from the first plate. The first plate and the second plate may have spaced hinge members, as an alternate embodiment so that the second plate is slidable towards the first side and the second side of the first plate. The adjustable motor mount allows a motor to be easily moved upward, downward, left, right, towards, and away from a crank shaft of a landing gear drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kelvin Lee Myrex, Russell Van Freeman