Patents Examined by Hau Phan
  • Patent number: 9561815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cart with easy accommodation of a handle by a spring, comprising: a loading plate in which articles are loaded at the upper portion, a cut groove is vertically penetrated to be formed at the front end, the front end is opened at the lower portion so as to be horizontally penetrated to the back end, and a space part is formed to communicate with the cut groove; driving wheels provided at the lower part of the loading plate; a cover to be coupled to the lower part of the space part; a handle member accommodated in the space part so as to be moved to the front end of the loading plate, and rotated toward the cut groove so as to be exposed to the upper part of the loading plate; a stopper formed at the cut groove side in the space portion and preventing the separation of the handle member; and a spring unit comprising a fixture provided in the back of the space part, a rotation shaft provided at the fixture, and a spring wound to the rotation shaft and of which an end is connect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sejin Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Yong Choi
  • Patent number: 9556585
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator capable of achieving prevention of interference between an exhaust gas treatment device and a counterweight and suppression of lowering in operability at the time of lifting of a counterweight is provided. An auxiliary plate is provided to be attachable to and detachable from a counterweight. The auxiliary plate is superimposed on the exhaust gas treatment device in a plan view while it is attached to the counterweight. The counterweight has a plurality of holes for lifting formed in an upper surface. The hole for lifting is formed in the auxiliary plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Doi
  • Patent number: 9555845
    Abstract: A roller device includes a shaft, a bushing, a roller shell, a retainer, and a seal. The roller shell is fitted over the outer circumference of the bushing. The retainer is fixed detachably to an end of the bushing, and fitted in an end of the roller shell on a radially outer side. The seal is disposed on the outer circumference of the shaft so as to seal a gap between the shaft and the bushing. The seal includes a first seal member attached to the bushing and a second seal member attached to the shaft. The first seal member is rotatable relative to the second seal member. The second seal member has an outer circumferential end disposed on an inner side with respect to an inner circumferential end of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Naoaki Kita
  • Patent number: 9550508
    Abstract: An assembly for transporting containers and more specifically an ice chest cooler to a desired location is described. The assembly comprises a strap which has been sewn together to form the shape square in the center. On end of the square, the fabric extends out and contains a fastener to connect to the handle of the ice chest cooler. On the other end, the fabric extends to form a handle. Assembled to the fabric is a pair of axles. The two axles are coupled at their ends to a pair of wheels on the front and rear of the assembly while the cooler is positioned on top of the axles. One method of assembling the axles to the fabric is by puncturing precise holes in the fabric to pass the axle through the fabric and mate the fabric and axle to the inner side of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventor: Jose Parra
  • Patent number: 9550542
    Abstract: A kit for an electric cycle includes a powertrain module including a case, a battery disposed in the case, an electric motor in communication with the battery and disposed in the case, and a connecting port on the case. The kit includes a first module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port and a wheel rotatably connected to the frame member, a second module including a frame member configured to releasably engage the connecting port, and a releasable locking feature on the connecting port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Dueñas Figueroa, Luis Alfonso Domínguez Victorio, Haydee Guadalupe Martinez Rivera, Raciel Cruz Ramirez, Ramón Jáuregui Ortiz, José Guillermo Saavedra Roman, Ana Laura Quintanar Meléndez, Daniel Amaury Menchaca Gonzalez, José de Jesús Martinez Colin
  • Patent number: 9550512
    Abstract: A simple device for transporting materials is formed of a sheet of a flexible plastics material of generally tear drop shape to define a front tapered converging portion connected directly to a rear semicircular cupping portion. A rope passes through a pair of transversely spaced holes at the front edge to define a forwardly extending handle portion. The rope extends rearwardly along each side of the front portion to a hole at or adjacent a rear edge of the side edge and is covered by a stiffening tube. The rope passes through holes at the rear cupping portion to define a rear portion of the rope outside the sheet across the rear covered by a stiffening tube engaged over the rear portion of the rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Schioler, Paul Bundy
  • Patent number: 9545964
    Abstract: A crawler traveling device includes a sprocket and a rubber crawler. The sprocket is provided with a wheel portion that is mounted to a driving axle and tooth portions. The tooth portions are provided at side portions of the wheel portion, spaced apart in a sprocket circumferential direction. The rubber crawler is provided with a rubber body that is wrapped round the sprocket, a wheel portion support face that is provided at an inner periphery portion of the rubber body, and engaging recess portions. The engaging recess portions are provided, spaced apart in a crawler peripheral direction, at each of two crawler width direction side portions of the inner periphery portion to sandwich the wheel portion support face. The engaging recess portions are recessed toward the crawler outer side and the tooth portions can be inserted into and engaged with the engaging recess portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuo Shimozono
  • Patent number: 9540788
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, an inverter, and first through fourth brackets. The first bracket extends in the vehicle width direction, and is disposed in front of the inverter. Both ends of the first bracket are supported by the vehicle body frame. The second bracket is fixed to the left part of the inverter, and extends in the vertical direction. The second bracket is fixed to the first bracket. The third bracket is fixed to the right part of the inverter, and extends in the vertical direction. The third bracket is fixed to the first bracket. The fourth bracket is fixed to at least one of the second and third brackets, extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle away from the first bracket, and is supported by the vehicle body frame. The shortest sides of the inverter extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Naito
  • Patent number: 9540022
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Weaver Leather, LLC
    Inventor: Steven K. Sindlinger
  • Patent number: 9539890
    Abstract: A vehicle drive device including: an input member drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine; an output member drivably coupled to wheels; a single wheel drive rotary electric machine that transfers a drive force to the output member; a speed change mechanism provided in a power transfer path that connects between the wheel drive rotary electric machine and the output member; and an inverter device that controls the wheel drive rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Miyazawa, Tatsuyuki Uechi, Tatsuya Kondo
  • Patent number: 9533728
    Abstract: A three wheeled scooter comprises a chassis having forward and aft ends with a front wheel non-pivotally mounted to the forward end and a pair of rear wheels coaxially mounted to the aft end. The chassis defines a longitudinal axis and includes a support assembly and a handle assembly extending upwardly from the support assembly. The rear wheels are configured to be angularly yawable relative to the longitudinal axis between a neutral position and a yawed position. Steering of the scooter is thereby effectuated by angular yawing of the rear wheels relative to the longitudinal axis such as by asymmetric loading of one of opposing sides of the support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SBYKE USA LLC
    Inventor: Bradley E. Wernli
  • Patent number: 9533600
    Abstract: A method and device for improving a structurally integrated propulsion battery system with a battery, a tray for accommodating the battery, with lower and upper internal structural cross beams coupled to the tray, and a liquid cooling plate located between the upper internal structural cross beam and the lower internal structural cross beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Leo F. Schwab, Tao Wang, Phillip D. Hamelin
  • Patent number: 9533631
    Abstract: A corrugated plate portion of a core panel is sandwiched between an upper panel and a lower panel, and is formed in a shape in which upwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the upper panel and extend in a vehicle transverse direction, and downwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the lower panel and extend in the vehicle transverse direction, are lined-up alternately. A sum of contact surface areas of the upper panel and bottom wall portion sides of the downwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion is smaller than a sum of contact surface areas of the lower panel and bottom wall portion sides of the upwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Kamimura, Koki Ikeda, Kiyoshi Hokazono
  • Patent number: 9526975
    Abstract: A power and stabilizing apparatus for rolling or sliding-based recreational activities is disclosed. The apparatus may include a shafted body coupled to a biased member. The biased member may be a bowed biased member or any other biased member configured to store and release energy during use of the apparatus. The apparatus may also include a shoe coupled to the biased member opposite the body, the shoe having a traction element coupled thereto. The body may be a shafted telescoping body configured to lock in an extended position and lock in a retracted position. The body may be coupled to the bowed biased member with a coupling member having a first leg coupled to the body and a second leg coupled to the bowed biased member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BRAAP, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Henrie, Shawn Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9528309
    Abstract: A hood hinge assembly for rotation of a hood of an outdoor power equipment device between an open position and a closed position may include a fixed bracket mounted directly or indirectly to a frame of the outdoor power equipment device, and a movable bracket mounted to the hood to enable the hood to be moved between the open position and the closed position via rotation of the movable bracket relative to the fixed bracket. The hood hinge assembly may define an axis of rotation for the hood via a first offset pin and a second offset pin that have respective distal ends oriented in the same direction for sequential engagement with respective ones of a first receiving hole and a second receiving hole that are spaced apart from each other by a distance greater than a distance between the respective distal ends of the first and second offset pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Corey Fisher
  • Patent number: 9522707
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport vehicle having variable width and track width, a chassis (14) and at least one steering axle (16, 18, 20, 22), wherein the chassis (14) comprises two chassis parts (28) each carrying a row of bogies (60) arranged one after the other and are adjustable transverse to a vertical longitudinal medium plane (26) of the transport vehicle. According to the invention only a single longitudinally adjustable transverse track rod (72) is arranged between the two rows of bogies (60) connecting two bogies (60) of the one or the other steering axle (16, 18, 20, 22) and which length is adjustable according to a degree of enlargement or reduction of the width and track width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SCHEUERLE FAHRZEUGFABRIK GMBH
    Inventor: Florian Kern
  • Patent number: 9517657
    Abstract: An axle link junction unit includes a base section and an attachment section, the base section comprising a hollow body at least in transitions into the attachment section along an attachment axis, the attachment section non-detachably fixing a support element to the axle link junction unit, wherein a second attachment section is arranged coaxially with respect to the first attachment section and is situated opposite the first attachment section, and wherein a third attachment section extends substantially along a second attachment axis and a fourth attachment section extends substantially along a third attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Olaf Drewes, Frederik Biewer
  • Patent number: 9517686
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body structure and a traction battery for providing power to a powertrain. The vehicle also includes a bracket connecting the traction battery to the body structure. The bracket defines a frangible element configured to substantially restrict movement of the traction battery and sever in response to force upon the battery greater than a first threshold. The bracket also defines an extensible portion adapted to unfurl after the frangible element is severed allowing tethered displacement of the traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Saravanan Paramasivam, David Moschet, Amar Marpu, Kimberley King, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Patent number: 9517785
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus comprising a first frame part and a second frame part, each frame part has roller elements on one end and the frame parts movable relative to one another, a guide handle provided on a first end of the first frame part, a footboard provided on the second end of the first frame part, a handhold provided on the first frame part between the guide handle and the footboard, and a transport container suitable for transporting wares fastened to both the first frame part and the second frame part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventor: Pius Ponticelli
  • Patent number: 9511789
    Abstract: A stroller includes a stroller frame, a front seat assembly, a rear seat assembly, and an accommodating basket. The stroller frame includes two side support assembly disposed oppositely. The front seat assembly and the rear seat assembly are disposed between the two side support assemblies. The accommodating basket is disposed between the two side support assemblies and located under the front seat assembly and includes a main portion and an expansible side portion connected to the main portion. The main portion forms an accommodating space. The rear seat structure is moveable relative to the stroller frame. When the rear seat assembly is moved relative to the stroller frame, the expansible side portion is capable of spreading upward to be fixed on the two side support assemblies so as to extend the accommodating space upward into the rear seat space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Chin-Ming Cheng, Shun-Min Chen, Yun-Ju Chen, I-Ting Yeh