Patents Examined by Guang H Guan
  • Patent number: 10359212
    Abstract: A clamp for securing an air conditioning unit in a window without the need for any modification and/or damage to the air conditioning unit or window. The clamp includes a plurality of planar members forming two oppositely facing channels. A first channel engages the air conditioning unit rail while a second channel engages the window sash of the window. The clamp further includes two fasteners to abut the window sash and the air conditioning unit rail. The clamp therefore prevents the window from being opened and the air conditioning unit from being pushed through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nation Wide Products LLC
    Inventor: Jason Darby
  • Patent number: 10351339
    Abstract: The subject plastic bag holder is adapted for holding a large plastic bag next to a side of a two wheel cart and on top of a base of the cart. The bag holder includes a “U” shaped ring having threaded ends for attachment to a horizontal support bar. The support bar is attached to an upper portion of a frame of the cart. The support bar and the ring included a plurality of spaced apart, upwardly extending, pins. The pins are used for attaching the plastic bag to the top of the support bar and the top of the ring for holding the bag in an open top position for receiving the yard and garden waste material therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventors: Deborah U. Moens, Kenneth R. Moens
  • Patent number: 10352497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizing mount, the stabilizing mount including a cylindrical element and a leveling system adjustably connected to the cylindrical element. The leveling system includes a sleeve adjustably connected to the cylindrical element, wherein the sleeve can be adjusted 360 degrees about the cylindrical element and a first arm adjustably connected to the sleeve, wherein the first arm can be adjusted at least 180 degrees about a connector disposed through the sleeve. The leveling system further includes a mount connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GCO Outdoor Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Yokiel, Joseph Paul Yokiel, II
  • Patent number: 10330422
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a toollessly interchangeable ring gear drive mount system for a rotatable turret including a ring gear, a ring gear drive module, a mount bracket, a pair of receiver members, and a pair of mount flanges. In an exemplary aspect, the mount bracket may extend in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the ring gear and be adapted for mounting to a platform arranged in a rotatable relationship to the ring gear. The pair of receiver members may extend from the mount bracket and define a pair of slide channels positioned substantially vertically and oriented substantially parallel to the axis of rotation. The pair of mount flanges may each be sized and shaped to be slidably inserted into a corresponding one of the pair of slide channels and adapted to support the ring gear drive module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: NPC Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Norman L. Domholt, Richard Reid, John David, Tyler Andrew Jacobson, Michael Richmon Thoreson
  • Patent number: 10323786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manually adjustable monitor bracket for a flat panel display of a mobile diagnostic device that includes at least two joints with mutually parallel pivot axes, the joints being connected to one another by a first arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Ziehm Imaging GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Hörndler, Ewald Hauser
  • Patent number: 10317006
    Abstract: A display mount includes a vertical adjustment mechanism configured to be operatively coupled to a wall and a horizontal adjustment mechanism having a first end portion operatively coupled to the vertical adjustment mechanism and a second end portion that is configured to be operatively coupled to a display. With the vertical adjustment mechanism operatively coupled to the wall and with the display operatively coupled to the horizontal adjustment mechanism: the vertical adjustment mechanism is configured to lower and raise the display vertically parallel to the wall without the display moving substantially horizontally away from and toward the wall; and the horizontal adjustment mechanism is configured to extend and retract the display horizontally away from and toward the wall without the display moving substantially vertically parallel to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Wirepath Home Systems, LLC
    Inventors: William Jacob Kozlowski, Jr., Christopher Glenn Franck, Matthew R. Shute, Jamie Lee Quinlan
  • Patent number: 10300813
    Abstract: A height adjustment apparatus for a vehicle seat may include a pinion gear mounted in a side frame having a front portion and a rear portion are connected to a seat bracket by links; a rack gear engaged with a top end of the pinion gear and coupled with the seat bracket via an hinge, the rack gear moving according to driving of the pinion gear to raise and lower the side frame; and a play adjustment bracket for guiding up and down motion of the moving rack gear by providing repulsive force to a top portion of the rack gear, the play adjustment bracket being fixedly positioned by being fastened with a plurality of support pins provided in the pinion gear and the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, HYUNDAI DYMOS INC., Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea Limited
    Inventors: Gil Ju Kim, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Do Park, Keun Gwack, Jong Moon Yoo, Sang Ho Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Seon Chae Na, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Man Seo, Eom Seok Yoo, Jae Yong Jang, Erwan Guillouet
  • Patent number: 10288209
    Abstract: A pipe anchor is disclosed having a pipe trunnion stop for attaching to an outer surface of a pipe by welding. A mating top cradle and a bottom cradle generally encircle and hold a length of the pipe. The bottom cradle has a pass-through to accommodate the pipe trunnion stop. There is a base onto which the bottom cradle sets, the base includes a void into which the pipe trunnion stop is secured. An insulation layer is positioned between the pipe and the top cradle and bottom cradle, and around the pipe trunnion stop. A bolting assembly on the top cradle and a mating bolting assembly on the bottom cradle secure the top cradle and the bottom cradle to each other. Another embodiment includes multiple pipe trunnion stops along with respective pass-through and base void sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Rilco Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Zagorski, Joseph A. Donoghue, Michael E. Bock
  • Patent number: 10274130
    Abstract: A carrier device has a support frame (1), a tubular carrier element (2), a first connecting element (3) at one end of the carrier element (2) and a second connecting element (4) at the other end of the carrier element (2). The first connecting element (3) is connected with the support frame (1), via a clip collar element (5). The second connecting element (4) is connected with a manipulation element (7), via a ball joint (6). The first connecting element (3) is connected with the clip collar element (5), via a ball joint (8). The carrier element (2) is designed as a continuous tube from one end to the other. The carrier element (2) can be inserted and clamped securely in tubular clamping elements (9) arranged on the carrier element side of the two connecting elements (3,4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DE-STA-CO Europe GmbH
    Inventor: Hanagal Manjunath Balasubramanya
  • Patent number: 10274109
    Abstract: An engine block clamp assembly is provided. The engine block clamp assembly may comprise an engine block clamp frame configured to clamp around the axially outward edge of a silicone insert. The silicone insert may comprise a series of apertures configured to removably receive external engine tubes and electrical harnesses. The engine block clamp frame may comprise a tabbed clamp half and a slot clamp half. The tabbed clamp half may have a tabbed end and a mounting end. The tabbed end may comprise a tabbed hinge. The slot clamp half may comprise a slot end and a mounting end. The slot end may comprise a slot. The tabbed hinge may be configured to operatively fit within the slot to couple the tabbed clamp half to the slot clamp half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart C. Kozan, Conrad W. Cote
  • Patent number: 10277021
    Abstract: A hook terminal is disclosed, the terminal including: a hook unit formed with an upper side-opened fixing groove into which a cable of several strands can be inserted; a fixing unit integrally formed with a bottom side of the hook unit and fixed to a main body; a cable disengagement prevention unit formed at an upper end of the hook unit to inhibit the cable from being disengaged; and a plurality of pressure lugs formed at the hook unit to inhibit the cable from moving to an axial direction by applying pressure to an external surface of the cable, whereby the cable disengagement prevention unit fixing the cable by way of hot pressing work inhibits the cable of several strands from being disengaged and from moving to an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hunjung Kim, Minjung Shin
  • Patent number: 10266074
    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: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FISHER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: David G. Anticuar, Andrew Joshua Simms, Karl Sponsler, Seth Kirkendall, Sapan Mahendra Poptani
  • Patent number: 10250024
    Abstract: There is provided a cable breakout support, comprising a clamp for clamping to a trunking, and a clip for clipping to a cable breakout of a cable bundle supported in the trunking. Each clamp comprises at least two trunk fittings for fitting to at least two respective bulbous longitudinal edges of the trunking; and a clip fitting for connecting to a respective clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics UK LTD, Tyco Electronics Corporation India PVT Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Mark Eyles, Praveen Kurundwad, Dharmendra Jain, Srivani Chandoor, Suresh Kumar Muthuswamy, Shivaprakash Kainthaje
  • Patent number: 10233639
    Abstract: A utility channel comprising a plurality of channels and accessory components, the channels having a rectangular cross section with a bottom wall and horizontally spaced parallel sidewalls extending upwardly from lateral edges of the bottom wall, opposed inturned flanges at upper edges of the sidewalls, the flanges having notches open at flange edges distal from a respective sidewall, in alignment with the notches of the opposed flange and uniformly spaced along the length of the channel, the accessory components in the channel interior space engage the flanges to maintain their assembled position in the channel interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Abraham M. Underkofler, Peder J. Gulbrandsen, Mark R. Paulsen
  • Patent number: 10228089
    Abstract: A steel stand for supporting heavy structures such as road construction and excavating equipment, either with or without a jacking device, wherein the stand has a central tubular steel core member welded at its ends to parallel steel plates, and having a perimetrically positioned plurality of steel, vertical side members spaced substantially circumferentially around the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Ronald M. Norris
  • Patent number: 10190703
    Abstract: A support for a pipe which comprises a body which comprises a through-orifice for the pipe. The through-orifice has a diameter which is greater than an external diameter of the pipe. At least one base of the support is configured so as to be in contact with and connected to a fixing surface. A first ring and a second ring each have an eccentric orifice and are configured so as to be fitted one into the other in the orifice of the body about the pipe when the support is put in position. By rotating at least one of the first and second rings, the position of the axis of the pipe may be adjusted radially relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Bruno Alquier, Clément Rivera, Gérard Millet
  • Patent number: 10167989
    Abstract: A multidirectionally deflectable engine mounting apparatus includes a laterally oriented base surface and a longitudinally extending elongate shaft having a laterally oriented shaft flange. The shaft flange is longitudinally adjacent to the base surface. A resilient washer is located directly longitudinally between the base surface and the shaft flange. A top plate includes a plate aperture. The shaft extends longitudinally through the plate aperture. The top plate is attached directly to the base surface with the resilient washer and the shaft flange located longitudinally between the base surface and at least a portion of the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bruno J. Desrochers
  • Patent number: 10161558
    Abstract: A lifting device for holding a display is provided. The lifting device has a slim appearance, wherein a width of a frame of the lifting device is 5-30 mm. The lifting device holds the display on a working surface through a plurality of constant force springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chi Lee, Ko-Hsien Lee
  • Patent number: 10148075
    Abstract: A first fastening clip comprises at least one seat for a line, and at least one hermaphroditic coupling section for connecting the first fastening clip to a second fastening clip of identical construction as the first fastening clip. The hermaphroditic coupling section of the first fastening clip comprises a base surface, a first connecting portion including a groove that widens inwardly from an opening of the first connecting portion distal from the base surface, a second connecting portion including a protruding rail that has a thickened intermediate portion between opposite longitudinal narrower ends, a first locking structure, and a second locking structure. The first locking structure of the first fastening clip is configured to lock with the second locking structure of the second fastening clip, and the second locking structure of the first fastening clip is configured to lock with the first locking structure of the second fastening clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Hubert Loewe, Juergen Hofmann
  • Patent number: 10139015
    Abstract: An apparatus for engaging a rod is defined to include a frame, at least one arm extending from the frame and a liner fitted within each arm. The frame is configured to be secured to a surface. The at least one arm includes a U-shaped channel having legs curved into a base of the channel, and further includes an overhang lip extending over each leg. The liner includes a U-shaped profile defined to have a pair of legs extending into a base of the liner, and further includes an outside edge of the liner is grooved to define a pair of opposing flanges extending from the liner and configured to frictionally engage the U-shaped channel. Wherein when the liner is installed in the channel the overhang lips extending over the legs of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Charles VanValkenburgh