Patents Examined by Hau V Phan
  • Patent number: 10442451
    Abstract: A mobile child support and entertainment device includes a base panel having roller elements for rolling support along a support surface, an upper support body having a seat positioned generally centrally therein for receiving a child, and at least one support leg extending between the base panel and the upper support body. The device allows a caregiver to move the child in the device from location to location, and provides entertainment and activity for the child. Embodiments of the device are configured for ease of maneuverability and access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Burns, Jacob Sclare
  • Patent number: 10446816
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module. The battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a plurality of end plates at least partially surrounding the battery cell stack; and a support member coupled to the plurality of end plates and supporting the plurality of end plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Ho Lee, Jae-Yeong Kim, Hyuk An, Young-Sop Eom
  • Patent number: 10442490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a foldable tricycle, operable between a first mode of operation steerable by a tricycle rider, and a second mode of operation steerable by an attendant pushing the tricycle. The tricycle comprising: a pair of rear wheels; a foldable seat comprising a chair and a back support, for accommodating said tricycle rider; a foldable arm rest, connected to said foldable seat; a parental handle, for steering said tricycle by said attendant pushing the tricycle; a main frame, configured to rotatably hold said rear support, to support said foldable seat, to rotatably support said rider handle, to rotatably support said fork; and a latching mechanism, capable of locking and unlocking the rotatable movement, of the rear support, in relations to the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SMART TRIKE MNF PTE LTD.
    Inventor: Yoram Baron
  • Patent number: 10427607
    Abstract: A retractable running board (A) comprising at least one supplementary step that facilitates getting in/out of a vehicle (B) for the passengers, e.g. in vehicles (B) with high ground clearance, at least one driving member supplying the driving force required by the system, at least one drive shaft, at least two flanges in at least one of which said driving shaft is embedded, at least two levers that are engaged with said flanges and capable of performing rotational movement in y axis (y) perpendicular to the ground upon being actuated by the drive shaft, at least one intermediate lever, and at least two step brackets which are secured in said supplementary step and which, at the other end of the lever which is fixed to the flange, are capable of performing rotational movement in y axis (y) perpendicular to the ground relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Birinci Otomotiv Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anomin Sirketi
    Inventors: Cihat Otacioglu, Hakan Aydin, Mehmet Balaban, Vedat Korap
  • Patent number: 10427558
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a safety seat that is used in vehicles and convertible as a pushchair and mainly includes safety seat, housing, converter mechanism, at least one front wheel, at least one rear wheel, a telescopic handle and a plurality of light sources. Safety seat enables user to safely seat thereon. Housing accommodates safety seat thereon. Housing also houses front wheels and rear wheels while in folded configuration and supports front wheels and rear wheels in un-folded configuration. Housing has a front wall that can be used as a leg support. Converter mechanism easily converts safety seat in a first configuration for use in a vehicle and a second configuration for use as a pushchair. Telescopic handle, when extended, helps pushing pushchair and when retracted can be used as safety seat. Light source illuminates the area in surrounding safety seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Clifford Gregory Dickens
  • Patent number: 10428844
    Abstract: A method and system for generating electrical power from a wheeled engine-driven vehicle. At least two hydraulic pumps are provided for pumping hydraulic fluid though respective hydraulic fluid outputs of the hydraulic pumps. A first one of the hydraulic pumps is driven by the engine of the vehicle and a second one of the hydraulic pumps is driven by one or more of the road-wheels of the vehicle. Hydraulic fluid pumped by the first and second hydraulic pumps is input in parallel to a hydraulic motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventor: Eugene Holt
  • Patent number: 10421498
    Abstract: A snow and rain deflector assembly for vehicles for preventing whiteout conditions on snow covered roads caused by commercial vehicles. The snow and rain deflector assembly for vehicles includes a sleeve assembly including a sleeve having a side wall and a bottom; a sleeve support assembly in communication with the sleeve and adapted to removably mount the sleeve to a vehicle such as a trailer; a panel support member removably fastened to and depending from the sleeve assembly; and panels secured to and depending from the panel support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Albert Blomberg
  • Patent number: 10421506
    Abstract: A cantilever extension for a primary trailer is provided. The primary trailer includes a frame that extends from a hitch end to a rear end, and a primary trailer deck coupled to the primary trailer frame. The cantilever extension includes a cantilever deck. The cantilever extension is rotatably coupled to the primary trailer frame proximate to the rear end, and the cantilever extension is rotatable between a stow position, wherein the cantilever deck is oriented in a substantially face-to-face relationship with the primary trailer deck, and a deployed position, wherein the cantilever deck is oriented substantially co-planar with, and aft of, the primary trailer deck. The cantilever extension in the deployed position is supported solely via coupling to the primary trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Bull Moose Tube Company
    Inventors: Matthew Martin Schattgen, Rodney Dale Crim, Timothy John McGreal, Jeffrey Wilcox Ingels
  • Patent number: 10421367
    Abstract: An adaptive and adjustable isolation fault testing of a multi-string battery of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The isolation fault testing can be performed in an adjustable or predetermined loop having dedicated time windows for respective battery strings in compliance with the system requirements, specification, and regulatory regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FARADAY & FUTURE INC.
    Inventors: John Alser, Douglas D. Chidester, Anil Paryani, Phillip John Weicker
  • Patent number: 10414422
    Abstract: Provided herein is an infant wagon having improved convenience of use, wherein the infant wagon includes a front frame, a rear frame, a support frame, side frames, a front handle frame, and a rear handle frame, and is configured such that the axial distance between front wheels and rear wheels thereof is reduced, whereby it is possible to easily switch between a usage mode and a storage mode, such that the structure of the wagon wheel unit is simplified to reduce production costs, whereby it is possible to achieve product competitiveness, such that, when the wheels are worn or damaged, it is possible to easily replace the wheels, and such that the front wheels and the rear wheels are compatible with each other and are interchangeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BRAN-NEW INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Yejin Choi
  • Patent number: 10406653
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for coupling a first and second wheeled vehicle. The apparatus includes a first area with a stop to engage an undersurface of the first wheeled vehicle and a second area with spaced apart openings to receive wheels of the second vehicle. The apparatus also includes a hook member positioned between the first and second areas and including surfaces to engage a perimeter of the frame of the first wheeled vehicle. The method includes engaging a perimeter of the frame of the first wheeled vehicle with the hook member. The method further includes rotating the stop about an engagement point between the hook member and the frame of the first wheeled vehicle until the stop engages an undersurface of the frame. The method further includes positioning a pair of wheels of the second vehicle in the spaced apart openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: DYNAMIC CONCRETE, LLC
    Inventors: Ron Yagur, Patrick Pollitt
  • Patent number: 10406983
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure has a cargo area structure, a retractable step and a handle assembly. The cargo area structure has a floor, a first side wall and a tailgate at least partially defining a cargo area. The retractable step is installed to the cargo area structure beneath the floor and the first side wall and adjacent to the tailgate. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle fixedly attached to the base. The base is attached to the first side wall with a portion of the base overlaying a corresponding portion of the upper surface of the first side wall and with an attachment assembly extending through the at least one opening in upper surface of the first side wall with a first portion of the grip handle extending inboard over the floor of the cargo area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Patterson, Martin Petersen
  • Patent number: 10406061
    Abstract: A walker incorporates a folding frame with two (2) rear legs, a center frame, and a front base. At the distal end of each rear leg is a wheel and located at the bottom of the front base leg is a pair of wheels secured about an axle. A seat is removably attached to the frame and can also collapse. The walker also incorporates a voice-activation illumination, a pair of hand grips each disposed at the distal ends of the frame, a rear wheel locking mechanism, a mobile telephone charging port, and a plurality of incidental item holding devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventor: Debora January
  • Patent number: 10406049
    Abstract: A mobile carrier includes a first frame, a directional wheel pivoted to the first frame, a second frame pivoted to the first frame, a steering adjustment mechanism connected to the second frame, and a steering wheel. The steering adjustment mechanism includes a first rotating element and a second rotating element coupled to the first rotating element. When a first rotating axis of the first rotating element is perpendicular to a plane, the first and the second rotating elements are locked to each other and are capable of rotating around the first rotating axis simultaneously. When a second rotating axis of the second rotating element is perpendicular to the plane, rotational degree of freedom of the first rotating element is restricted, and the second rotating element is capable of rotating around the second rotating axis relative to the first rotating element. A steering adjustment mechanism is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Yi Liang, Cheng-Hsing Liu, Shu-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 10406043
    Abstract: A first transport apparatus includes a deck for supporting a patient thereon and a lift mechanism supporting the deck. The deck is removable from the lift mechanism for use as a second transport apparatus or part of a second transport apparatus. The first transport apparatus further includes an electrically powered device at the first transport apparatus, and a user input device for wireless control of the electrically powered device, which is operable at or near the first transport apparatus and the second transport apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Ross Timothy Lucas
  • Patent number: 10399499
    Abstract: A service access walkway for a rotary mixer machine is provided. The service access walkway includes a first walkway section and a second walkway section pivotally coupled to the first walkway section by at least one hinge. The second walkway section is configured to pivot between a closed position and an open position. The service access walkway further includes a magnetic assembly configured to magnetically engage the second walkway section with the rotary mixer machine when the second walkway section is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew David Stoner, Roger Allen Hedlund
  • Patent number: 10399677
    Abstract: A cart including a housing and a first foot and a second foot mounted to the housing bottom. Each foot is moveable back and forth from a direction away from one end of the cart towards the other end, and each foot including a recess opening downwardly away from the housing bottom. The cart includes a low pressure source in fluid communication pathway extending from each recess to the low pressure source. Each fluid communication pathway includes a valve operable for opening and closing the fluid communication pathway between the recess and the low pressure source. The cart includes a first motor connected to one foot and another motor connected to the other foot, with each motor operable for moving its respective foot back and forth. The cart includes a control system connected in communication with each motor and each valve, with the control system controlling each motor to move its respective foot back and forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Bates, Shrenik Shah, Feng Jiang, Philip Watson
  • Patent number: 10391812
    Abstract: A system. The system includes a wheel, a tire mounted on the wheel, a tire shield, elastomeric members and an extension limiting member. The elastomeric members are coupled to the wheel and the tire shield. The an extension limiting member is coupled to the wheel and the tire shield. The elastomeric members are configured to allow for controlled radial and rotational displacement of the tire shield relative to the wheel in x and y directions while the wheel is rotating during a collision event involving the tire shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Hutchinson Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry W. Stuck, Colin G. Vogel, Charles J. Tabone
  • Patent number: 10384504
    Abstract: A trailer system for transporting multiple adult passengers and/or supplies over harsh terrain (e.g., snow, ice, wetland, etc.) when towed behind a vehicle. The trailer system includes a cabin, first and second skis, and first and second suspension assemblies. The suspension assemblies connect the skis, respectively, with the cabin. The suspension assemblies incorporate multiple pivot points that effectively isolate the skis from cabin, and promote true “tracking” of the trailer system relative to the towing vehicle. In some embodiments, the cabin has a highly buoyant construction, allowing the trailer system to float in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SnoBear USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Mario J. Nozzarella
  • Patent number: 10377587
    Abstract: A trailer restraining device comprising a portable frame having mounted thereto a tail hook and a king pin receiver that includes at least one of a receiver hydraulic cylinder, a receiver pneumatic cylinder, a receiver electric actuator, and a receiver winch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Stabilock, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Terrance Kimener