Patents Examined by Hau Phan
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Patent number: 9248734Abstract: A working vehicle, including: an engine housed inside a bonnet of a front part of a vehicle-body; a purification processing device which performs purification processing of exhaust gas that is discharged from the engine; and an exhaust member which discharges the exhaust gas that is discharged from the purification processing device, to an atmosphere, wherein the exhaust member has: a first exhaust part which protrudes from the bonnet to one side in a vehicle-width direction; a second exhaust part which communicates with an end part of the first exhaust part, and is disposed in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle-body; and a third exhaust part which communicates with an end part of the second exhaust part, and protrudes to the one side in the vehicle-width direction, and a height of an exhaust port of the third exhaust part is lower than a height of a floor of an operator seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: ISEKI & CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoo Kiyokawa
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Patent number: 9242167Abstract: An apparatus for selective holding of a footwear heel to a snow travel aid is provided. The apparatus is of the kind that comprise a base mountable to the snow travel aid, an upper portion slidable relative to the base and at least one forward connector for connecting the upper portion to the heel. The upper portion is rotatable on a generally vertical axis between a downhill position and at least one lateral release position. In this invention, the upper portion comprises at least one camming surface positioned such that rotation of the upper portion toward the lateral release position results in the upper portion translating rearwardly against an opposing force provided by a forward biasing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: G3 Genuine Guide Gear Inc.Inventors: Cameron Allan Shute, Robert Erik Moore
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Patent number: 9241852Abstract: An adapter for coupling an all terrain attachment to a folding wheelchair. A crossbar includes a clamp at each end thereof for coupling between the side frames of the folding wheelchair. An extension bar is coupled at one end to the crossbar and at the other end to the all terrain attachment.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Inventors: Patrick S. Dougherty, Michael E. Dougherty
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Patent number: 9242506Abstract: A modular cap assembly for covering a center bore of a wheel includes an outer piece having a first outward face with a cap retention structure formed therein, a first inward face, and a plurality of first mounting clips projecting from the first inward face to removably engage a wheel retention structure and couple the outer piece to the wheel. The cap assembly also includes a center piece having a second outward face, a second inward face, and a plurality of second mounting clips projecting from the second inward face to removably engage, one at a time, both the cap retention structure and the wheel retention structure. The second outward face is spaced from a wheel face when the center piece and outer piece are together coupled to the wheel and substantially flush with the wheel face when the center piece is coupled directly to the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Omix-Ada, Inc.Inventors: Patrick W. Bennett, Alain Eboli
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Patent number: 9233728Abstract: The present invention relates to a convertible scooter ride-on and, more particularly, to a convertible toy that converts between a scooter and ride-on toy. The convertible scooter ride-on includes a base with a plurality of wheels attached thereto and a seat portion pivotally attached with the base. A handle pole is pivotally attached with the seat portion. Notably, the seat portion and handle pole are convertible between a first ride-on configuration in which the seat portion operates as a seat for a rider and a second scooter configuration in which the seat portion and handle pole are pivoted up and securely locked into an erect position, whereby in the scooter configuration, a user can stand on the base.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: JAKKS Pacific, Inc.Inventor: Damian Mucaro
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Patent number: 9233704Abstract: A jogging stroller frame with a front wheel automatic flattening folding mechanism is provided with a jogging stroller frame which can be folded into a substantially flattened configuration for compact storage by an associating of a linking rod. When the foldable jogging stroller frame is folded into the substantially flattened configuration, the seat support rack shall pull the front wheel set to rotate backward about a horizontal axis to the pair of rear struts through the linking rod, thereby converting the foldable jogging stroller frame into a successively smaller size for more compact storage.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: DOREL JUVENILE (ZHONGSHAN) PRODUCT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tse-Chien Wu, Yung-Shuen Lin, Shan-Heng Lin
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Patent number: 9227643Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a container includes a lower enclosure adapted to accept and retain the container, an insulating lining disposed on an inner surface of the lower enclosure, an upper enclosure hingedly affixed to the lower enclosure and adapted to close upon and seal the lower enclosure, a handle assembly attached to the lower enclosure, and at least one pair of wheels operatively attached to a bottom surface of said lower enclosure, wherein the handle assembly is selectively movable between a deployed position and stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Inventors: Jacqueline P. Bonilla, Carlos A. Bonilla
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Patent number: 9227650Abstract: A child stroller that can grow with the family starts as a single stroller when a second base and standing boards are fully folded toward a first base. The second base can be slid open with respect to the first base to create a space to attach a full-sized second child seat via a second coupling unit. The standing boards may be extended out from the first base at the back that can be used for one foot or both feet, so that a third child can stand on the standing boards. Multiple configurations are provided for the child stroller.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventor: Sharon A. Gillett
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Patent number: 9220312Abstract: The invention relates to a safety ski binding system for the releasable fixing of a ski boot to a ski having an adjustable release mechanism and fixed holding elements. In accordance with the invention, two latching elements which each project laterally from the ski boot and which cooperate with a holder element formed fixed to the ski as a heel holder are arranged at the ski boot. The invention further relates to a ski boot which forms a part of the aforesaid safety binding system.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Inventor: Andreas Allmann
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Patent number: 9221484Abstract: This invention includes a cart assembly with an integrated cooler and a configurable and expandable cargo platform. The cart assembly comprises a chest compartment. One end of support beams is attached to the front surface of the chest. The opposite ends of the support beams are attached to the rear surface of the extension member. One end of an expanding platform is attached to the front surface of the chest. The opposite end of the expanding platform is attached to the rear surface of the extension member. Ends of the telescoping support rails are attached on both the left and right sides of the chest. Opposite ends of the telescoping support rails are attached on both the left and right side of the extension member. The cart assembly can expand and collapse to accommodate larger or smaller cargos and reconfigure the platform into a table.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Inventors: Eric W. Logvin, Brandon Law, Sergio Landau
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Patent number: 9216750Abstract: A cart enabling a single person to pull a livestock chute across the ground. The cart includes a bar having a handle and wheels provided at opposing ends. The bar includes first and second members pivotally engaged together. A crossbar pivotally mounted on the bar includes first and second arms configured to engage handles on a lower front end of the chute. When the bar is in a collapsed position, where the first and second members are disposed at an angle to each other, the first and second arms are insertable into the chute handles. When the bar is moved to an erected position, where the first and second members are aligned along the same plane, a force is applied to a footrest on the bar. The arms lift the front end of the chute off the ground and the cart's wheels move under the front end of the chute.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Weaver Leather, LLCInventor: Steven K. Sindlinger
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Patent number: 9216698Abstract: An auxiliary storage system for attachment to a vehicle, including a storage container and a hitch assembly for releasably connecting the storage container and the vehicle together. The hitch assembly includes a central body, a first connection subassembly for attaching the central body and the vehicle together, and a second connection subassembly connectable with the storage container and movable relative to the central body, for attaching the central body and the storage container together. When the second connection subassembly is connected with the storage container, the storage container is movable thereby between a raised position, in which the storage container is located above a ground surface, and a lowered position, in which the storage container is located on the ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Nashco Enterprises Ltd.Inventor: Ryan Lorne Rhodes
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Patent number: 9216642Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator device for torque transmission equipment such as a clutch, e.g. a friction clutch or dog clutch, or a brake, comprising at least two electric motors, wherein the rotors of the electric motors are kinematically coupled together via a summation gear, and the summation gear has an output side which is coupled to an actuator of the torque transmission equipment in such a way that a state of the actuator can be set as a function of a relative rotation between the two rotors.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Oswald Friedmann
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Patent number: 9216645Abstract: A motor vehicle in which a de-coupler has a first attachment point to a cab body, a second attachment point to a vertical engine exhaust pipe, and a de-coupler mechanism having at least one ball joint which allows limited vertical and limited horizontal movement of the engine exhaust pipe relative to the cab body.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLCInventors: Gagandeep Saini, Gregory Miller, Jason B. Arriaga, Mike Shovels, Thomas Lynn Cumbey, Jr.
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Patent number: 9216782Abstract: A tracked running gear includes a drive sprocket having two sides and laterally projecting tooth profiles on both sides; a guide wheel, at least one track roller, at least one support roller, and an endless chain formed by ground plates interconnected in an articulated manner. The ground plates have vertically extending parallel teeth which engage the tooth profiles on both sides of the drive sprocket as the ground plates are diverted around the drive sprocket. The ground plates also include a first running surface having a substantially rectilinear form between the teeth for engaging the track roller and support roller, and second running surfaces having a curved form and arranged on opposite sides of the first running surface and between the teeth for engagement with the guide wheel and the drive sprocket.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining HMS GmbHInventor: Martin Kunigk
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Patent number: 9217239Abstract: Provided is a hybrid construction machine capable of preventing overcharge, comprising: an engine; a generator-motor; a hydraulic pump; a hydraulic actuator to be operated by the hydraulic pump as a hydraulic pressure source; an actuator regeneration section to make a regenerative action of generating actuator regenerated-electric-power through return fluid from the hydraulic actuator; an electric storage device; a charging-rate detector; and a control section. The control section performs: causing the electric storage device to be charged with electric power generated by the generator-motor and the actuator regenerated-electric-power; causing the generator-motor to make a motor action through electric power stored in the electric storage device to assist the engine; and a regeneration control including stopping the generator action and restricting the actuator regenerated-electric-power, when a detected charging rate of the electric storage device is not smaller than a preset charging-rate limitation value.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Mitsunori Hirozawa
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Patent number: 9211895Abstract: A steering bar engageable with and removable from a steering mode transmission in a camera dolly or pedestal. The steering bar has a handle attached to an upper end of a slot tube, with the slot tube telescopically slidable into or over a base tube, and keyed to the base tube. A shift rod has an upper end connected to a shift cap at the steering bar and a lower end connectable to the steering transmission. A clamp clamps onto the shift rod and is axially movable with the handle bar, to allow shifting steering modes via movement of the shift cap, with the steering bar at any selected height.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.Inventor: Leonard T. Chapman
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Patent number: 9211916Abstract: A fender for a wheel rotating about an axis comprises a main fender part extending around the axis, a fender protruding from an axial fender fringe towards the axis, a mudguard comprising a main mudguard section extending downwards from the main fender part and a mudguard skirt protruding towards the wheel axis from an axial mudguard fringe, and an elastic interface. The main fender part, the fender skirt, the main mudguard section, and the mudguard skirt are molded of a same dimensionally stable plastic material. The elastic interface is made of an elastomeric plastic material molded to the main fender part, the fender skirt, the main mudguard section and the mudguard skirt, and connects the main mudguard section of the mudguard to a lower back end of the main fender part, and the mudguard skirt to a lower back skirt end of the fender skirt.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: WEGU HOLDING LEICHTBAUSYSTEMEInventors: Martin Rosenbecker, Grit Mueller
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Patent number: 9211761Abstract: A brake dust seal is configured to protect a wheel with a rim from brake dust coming from a brake proximate the wheel. The brake dust seal includes a solid panel covering a back of the wheel and connected to the wheel with a pliable seal that prevents the brake dust from getting to an outside of the rim.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Inventor: John Edward Young
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Patent number: 9211469Abstract: Ice skateboards, ice skateboard conversion kits, and methods for converting a skateboard to an ice skateboard are presented. An ice skateboard or an ice skateboard conversion kit may include four blades. Each blade may include an elongate sharp lower edge and an opening for pivotally mounting the blade on one of four skateboard axle ends. Eight spacer bushings each may include a bore for pivotally mounting the spacer bushing on one of the axle ends. Lengths of two of the spacer bushings may be configured to dispose at least one of the blades along a middle third of one of the axle ends when the blade is pivotally mounted to the axle end between the two spacer bushings.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Inventor: John W. Lane