Patents Examined by Gwendolyn Baxter
  • Patent number: 9759367
    Abstract: A base mounting assembly and a display device are provided. The base mounting assembly includes a main support on a side of a first device, a base including a pedestal part below the first device and a support post connected with the pedestal part and opposite to the main support, the support post including a first end away from the pedestal part and a second end connecting with the pedestal part, and a cushion block movably provided between the support post and the main support. A distance between the support post and the main support is gradually reduced from the first end to the second end so that when the cushion block is moved between the first end and the second end, a position of the support post relative to the main support is changed, causing a change of a position of the pedestal part relative to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nannan Hu
  • Patent number: 9752720
    Abstract: An ultra lightweight clamp for three coordinate measuring comprises a support assembly and locating-clamping devices mounted on the support assembly, the support assembly comprising joints and supporting bars, opposite ends of each supporting bar being inserted into a corresponding joint, each locating-clamping device being mounted on several first level joints arranged at the top of the support assembly, the first level joints being each carried by at least three oblique first supporting bars to form a first layer of pyramid-like spatial frameworks, and the first supporting bars each having an lower end inserted into a corresponding second level joint. On the basis of the height of the clamp, the support assembly comprises one or more layers of pyramid-like spatial frameworks, and the joints at the lower end of the bottom layer of pyramid-like spatial frameworks are coupled with feet to be connected to a measuring platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Chongqing Holje Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chrisolof Schyttberg
  • Patent number: 9748891
    Abstract: A support assembly supports a solar panel. The support assembly includes a first support portion including a first base wall. A first lateral wall is attached to the first base wall and includes a first attachment structure. A second support portion is attached to the first support portion such that the first support portion and the second support portion support the solar panel. The second support portion includes a second base wall. The second base wall is attached to the first base wall of the first support portion. A first attachment wall is attached to the second base wall. The first attachment wall defines a first attachment opening into which the first attachment structure of the first lateral wall is received such that the first attachment wall is attached to the first lateral wall. A method of forming a support assembly for supporting a solar panel is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS
    Inventor: Robert Chavez
  • Patent number: 9745761
    Abstract: A mast arm for a concrete distributor mast comprises an elongated box profile support composed, in at least some sections, of a lower belt, an upper belt, and two lateral walls that connect the belts, and comprising at least one partition sheet metal element arranged in a hollow cross-section of the box profile support, the partition sheet metal element being welded to the box profile support along longitudinal welding joints running along the box profile support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Fügel, Karl Westermann
  • Patent number: 9737137
    Abstract: A bracket for supporting electronic devices includes first and second supporting arms, the first connecting arm defining a first connecting portion and the second connecting arm defining a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion can pivot around each other. Either the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion can define a positioning protrusion which is in use hidden, and the other can define a plurality of positioning grooves which are also hidden in use. The positioning protrusion being received in different positioning grooves renders the angle between the first supporting arm and the second supporting arm adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao Liu
  • Patent number: 9741325
    Abstract: A foldable floor stand for guitar, comprises supporting rods, whose top ends are intermeshed, and aluminum tubes connecting with bottom ends of the supporting rods to support a guitar; two plastic engagers are set on top of the supporting rods, a rotatable pad apparatus contacting with guitar surface is arranged on side of the plastic engager supporting the guitar. Due to adopting a pad apparatus to make the plastic supporting panel and back face of the guitar contact in surface, frictions are increased and placements of a guitar or other music instruments onto the stand are more stable, more secure, harder to slide and fall. Connecting supporting rods and aluminum tubes moveably, makes it convenient to adjust positions of supporting rods, to adopt different styles of guitars; it is possible to fold supporting rods wholly inside range of aluminum tubes, making it convenient to carry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: AROMA MUSIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haihua Chen
  • Patent number: 9730530
    Abstract: A wire grid security enclosure with heavy duty latch mechanism is utilized to secure contents while allowing viewing of the contents within. The enclosure includes a base mount onto which a lateral wall is positioned. The enclosure includes an upper panel that closes the top portion of the lateral wall as well as a first door and a second door that are opened to gain access to the enclosure. The first door and the second door are prevented from opening by a first hooked rod and a second hooked rod. The first hooked rod and the second hooked rod are removably engaged to the upper panel as well as to the first door and the second door. The first hooked rod and the second hooked rod connect via a first locking tab and a second locking tab that are positioned on the first hooked rod and the second hooked rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jon R Marler, John L Earnest
  • Patent number: 9731795
    Abstract: A motorized support device for a handling system intended to handle at least one flexible pipe for transferring fluid; the support device comprises: a frame, a support borne by the frame, the support having an upper support surface for supporting the flexible pipe on the frame, and a drive member borne by the frame and able to drive the flexible pipe in two-way translation in a predetermined longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bruno Deletre, Arthur Barret
  • Patent number: 9731629
    Abstract: A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a lock member, a stopper portion, a lever member that rotates in a release direction in association with a forward folding of a seatback, and a memory link being released from the lever member in a state where the lever member rotates in the release direction and rotating to an engageable position at which the memory link is engageable with the stopper portion, the memory link being configured to pass through the stopper portion in a case where the upper rail moves to a front side of the seat, the memory link engaging with the stopper portion to restrict the upper rail from moving to a rear side of the seat in a case where the upper rail moves to the rear side of the seat after the memory link passes through the stopper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukifumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Kojima, Naoki Goto
  • Patent number: 9719630
    Abstract: A pivoting support assembly with a selective position locking capability may comprise a base, a first support arm movable with respect to the base, a first pivot joint pivotally mounting the first support arm to the base, and a first position locking assembly configured to lock a selected position of the first support arm with respect to the base. The first position locking assembly may comprise a first hydraulic motor mounted on the first pivot joint and having a fluid input and a fluid output with a fluid path defined therebetween such that fluid movement on the fluid path between the fluid input and the fluid output operates the first hydraulic motor. The first position locking assembly may comprise a first lock valve in communication with the first hydraulic motor and configured to selectively block fluid movement through the fluid path of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Hurco Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Lyndon J. Hurley
  • Patent number: 9714671
    Abstract: A clamp is provided that allows for easily and securely mounting an object such as a PV panel to a rail having an internal recess or channel. The clamp utilizes one or more splice bars that extend into a recess of a rail that supports a PV panel. In one arrangement, the splice bar is inserted through an end of the rail into the recess such that a portion the splice bar extends beyond the end of the rail. A sliding clamp body engages lateral edges of the slice bar to, in one embodiment, compress a PV panel against a surface of the rail. The sliding clamp body may be affixed to the splice bar to secure the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Inventors: Richard F. Schaefer, David Kreutzman
  • Patent number: 9712107
    Abstract: A modular support assembly for a solar power system includes a plurality of base units each of which includes a base frame having first and second tube members, and a plurality of connection units each of which interconnects two adjacent ones of the base units. Each connection unit includes two sleeve members and a plurality of fasteners. Each sleeve member has a tubular portion sleeved on one end of the second tube member of one of the two adjacent ones of the base units, and a blind flange connected to the tubular portion and closing the one end of the second tube member. The blind flanges abut against each other and are fastened by the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SUN RISE E & T CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chi-Hsu Tung
  • Patent number: 9700131
    Abstract: A self-righting handheld utensil comprises a weighted element having a generally rounded bottom side, an elongated region extending outwardly from the weighted element, and a use portion. The weighted element, by virtue of its rounded bottom and mass, provide for a self-righting function for the disclosed utensil such that, when placed on a flat or substantially flat surface, it counterbalances the utensil to an upright vertical orientation without the need for user intervention or the application of any external force. The weighted element need not become uncoupled from the elongated region and use portion before the user makes operative use of the disclosed utensil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Vartian Corp.
    Inventors: Kevork Wartersian, Harout Wartersian
  • Patent number: 9689511
    Abstract: A tie wrap anchor assembly and methods of assembly include a body member having an internal passageway and an outwardly extending structure. A fastener element includes a first threaded end portion, a second end portion and a flange member between the first and second end portions. A cylindrical member is configured to extend within the internal passageway and receive at one end the fastener element for positioning the body member between the flange member on the fastener element and a laterally extending element on the cylindrical member. In one configuration, the body member is freely pivotable relative to the cylindrical member, and in one configuration the cylindrical member has a head with a plurality of surfaces that can be used to turn the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: The Monadnock Company
    Inventor: Klint Thornton
  • Patent number: 9689510
    Abstract: A cable organizer includes a sliding rail assembly including a first sliding rail unit, a second sliding rail unit and a connection member with two opposite ends thereof respectively pivotally connected to the first sliding rail unit and the second sliding rail unit, and a cable-organizing rack including a first holder block and a second holder block respectively affixed to the first sliding rail unit and a first cable supporting frame and a second cable supporting frame respectively pivotally connected to the first holder block and the second holder block so that the first cable supporting frame and the second cable supporting frame can protrude out of the sliding rail assembly, facilitating maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Tien Chang
  • Patent number: 9675045
    Abstract: A tag hanger has a strap which can pass around a support structure, such as a D-ring on an animal collar, and a retainer assembly that clamps one or more tags to one end of the strap, restraining their motion to prevent noise caused by the tags jangling together. The other end of the strap attaches to the retainer assembly to secure the tag holder to the support structure. A blocking element can be included on the strap to prevent contact between the tags and the support structure. The retainer assembly can employ a hex-head bolt that serves as a base element and a threaded retainer shaft that passes through a retainer passage in the strap and through hanger passages in the tags; a nut threadably engaging the bolt can then serve as a clamping element to secure the tags to the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Jennifer Posthumus
  • Patent number: 9677325
    Abstract: The presently-disclosed subject matter includes a bracket that can be mounted to a surface, and that can protect openings and other water sensitive areas on the surface from water damage. Embodied brackets can comprise a mount that can be mounted to a surface, an extension that protrudes outwardly from the mount, and an attachment portion to which a water resistant material can be attached. In some embodiments the bracket is mounted to a wall above and/or near an opening or other water sensitive area, and the bracket and/or water sensitive material protect the opening or water sensitive area from water damage. In some implementations two or more brackets are attached to form a continuous bracket structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventors: Henry Buermann, Wade Holt, Tony Ziter
  • Patent number: 9671057
    Abstract: A support plate is used for supporting an electronic device. The support plate includes a first plate member, a foldable portion, and a second plate member. The foldable portion is connected to the first plate member and the second plate member. The first plate member includes a combining portion far away from the foldable portion and a contact portion adjacent to the foldable portion. The second plate member includes at least one combined portion and a non-slip element attached on a side surface of the second plate member. The combining portion is foldable to combinedly position the combined portion, wherein the contact portion supports the second plate member and forms an included angle with the second plate member. Accordingly, the support plate can stably support the electronic device and can be expanded or received quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SOLUTION EXPERT 33 INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ben-Tien Lin
  • Patent number: 9668598
    Abstract: A self-righting handheld utensil comprises a weighted base having a generally rounded bottom end, an elongated region extending outwardly from the base, and a use portion. The base, by virtue of its generally rounded bottom and mass, provide for a self-righting function for the disclosed utensil such that, when placed on a flat or substantially flat surface, it counterbalances the utensil to an upright vertical orientation without the need for user intervention or the application of any external force. The base need not become uncoupled from the elongated region and use portion before the user makes operative use of the disclosed utensil. The bottom end of the base may comprise one of several structural embodiments that retain the self-righting function of the utensil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Vartian Corp.
    Inventors: Kevork Wartersian, Harout Wartersian
  • Patent number: 9663271
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a bistable hold open mechanism including first and second flexible flat, strip like members positioned relative to each other. The members include opposing first and second ends; an inner mating surface; and an opposing outer bonding surface. One or more pivot members and/or hinges is integrated into the second member separating it into a side seal portion and an operable portion, the side seal portion coupled to the operable portion. Embodiments include flexures which allow the pivot members or hinges to be biased in open or closed configurations. Applying a slight pressure to the members opens the mechanism. When the mechanism reaches a predetermined point, the pivot or hinges lock, maintaining an open configuration. Closing the mechanism only requires a slight pressure be applied to the external surface of the members, resulting in the pivot members or hinges unlocking and rotating towards a closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ProAmpac Intermediate, Inc.
    Inventor: Vishaal B. Verma