Patents Examined by J. Allen Shriver, II
  • Patent number: 9643632
    Abstract: A portable utility cart includes a main body having four wheeled corner posts that transition to handles along their top ends. An expandable shelf frame is suspended between the four corner posts, and two fixed shelf members that are positioned onto the expandable frame. One or more removable shelf members are positionable between the fixed shelf members, so as to extend the length of the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Wanda Nelson
  • Patent number: 9644782
    Abstract: A machine vision vehicle wheel alignment service system console with an integrated internal structure for supporting a vertical post carrying a machine vision sensor cross member. The vertical post is secured at least partially within the confines of a base unit and has a lower end which terminates at a position which is spaced vertically above the floor of the console, adjacent to an upper surface of the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
    Inventors: Dennis M. Linson, Mark Stirnemann
  • Patent number: 9643633
    Abstract: A front wheel folding structure of a three-wheeled cart, including: a pipe sleeve of a front wheel rack, a rotational joint, a first joint base, a second joint base, and a locking mechanism. The first joint base and the second joint base are symmetrically disposed at two sides of the rotational joint. The locking mechanism is configured to lock the rotational joint. The rotational joint is coupled to the first joint base and the second joint base. The rotational joint includes a front part and a rear part, and the front part is adapted to rotate in relative to the rear part. The front part of the rotational joint is connected to the pipe sleeve of the front wheel rack and is sleeved with a first gear, and a second gear is disposed in the inner side of the first joint base and is engaged with the first gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NINGBO WENTAI SPORT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9643680
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a folding structure for two-wheeled vehicle, comprising: a front wheel; a rear wheel; a first connection rod connected to the front wheel; a second connection rod connected to the rear wheel; a first rotary shaft for rotating the first connection rod relative to the second connection rod; and a second rotary shaft for rotating the front wheel relative to the first connection rod, wherein a space is formed by means of the rotation of the first connection rod relative to the first rotary shaft and the rotation of the front wheel relative to the second rotary shaft so as to allow the first connection rod and the second connection rod to be placed between the front wheel and the rear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED INSTITUTES OF CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Young Bong Bang
  • Patent number: 9636987
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided in which in the neutral range or the parking range, power can be generated in a first power generation mode by engaging an odd-numbered position clutch so as to transmit a driving force of an engine to a motor/generator via a first input shaft, and power can be generated in a second power generation mode by engaging an even-numbered position clutch so as to transmit the driving force of the engine to the motor/generator via reversing means and the first input shaft. Therefore, according to the status of the odd-numbered position clutch and the even-numbered position clutch, by engaging either one thereof, it becomes possible to generate power in the first power generation mode or the second power generation mode, thus enabling power to be supplied without interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Okubo, Kumiko Ohya, Satoshi Igaue, Hiroyuki Takeo
  • Patent number: 9630666
    Abstract: A portable lookout platform is provided with legs which can be moved between raised and lowered positions via a cable and winch system. Pulleys and rollers provide for controlled movement of the legs. A platform is mounted on top of the legs to support a person. The ladder provides access for a person to the platform when the legs are raised. The legs, platform and ladder are mounted on a trailer for transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Keene, Brent C. Keene
  • Patent number: 9630483
    Abstract: A battery unit holding device that holds a battery unit in place includes a fixing part, a fixed part, and a positioning part provided between the vehicle body and the battery unit for positioning the battery unit on the vehicle body. The fixed part has a support shaft extending in a first direction that corresponds to one of a longitudinal direction and a width direction of the vehicle body and supports the load acting downwardly on the battery unit. The fixing part is movable along the support shaft while holding the support shaft at a middle position thereof. When a first impact greater than a first preset force is applied to the vehicle body in the first direction, the positioning part permits the fixing part to move in the first direction along the support shaft from the middle position of the support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Hiroshi Kuno
  • Patent number: 9631342
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes an engine, an engine compartment, an injection device, a top plate and a first guide member. The injection device is disposed in the engine compartment. The top plate has a ventilation part. The ventilation part is disposed in a position horizontally away from the injection device. The first guide member has a guide body. The guide body is disposed along the top plate to direct air existing over the injection device to the ventilation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamimae, Yutaka Tanaka, Norihito Bando, Kazunori Kamei, Kenji Hiraoka, Yasufumi Ohchi
  • Patent number: 9623746
    Abstract: A tank bracket (23) is formed by a bottom surface part (24) having a first frame body (24A), a second frame body (24B), a third frame body (24C), and a fourth frame body (24D), a first side surface part (25) supported by the first frame body (24A) of the bottom surface part (24) and provided in a vertical direction, and a second side surface part (26) supported by the second frame body (24B) and provided in the vertical direction, and a female screw hole (24E) is provided in the bottom surface part (24). A fixing band (28) for fixing a reduction agent tank (22) is provided on the tank bracket (23). On this, the tank bracket (23) is fixed to an undercover (14) of a revolving frame (5) by using each of the female screw holes (24E) of the bottom surface part (24) in a state in which the reduction agent tank (22) is sandwiched between the second side surface part (26) and a right side frame (11) of the revolving frame (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Fujii, Hidenori Mano, Hiroyuki Azuma
  • Patent number: 9623893
    Abstract: A stroller roller, configured to be attached to a stroller having a frame attached to a wheel. The stroller roller includes a wheel clamp assembly configured to grasp the wheel. An extendable arm assembly is attached to the wheel clamp assembly. A frame clamp assembly is attached to the extendable arm assembly and configured to grasp the frame. The frame clamp assembly pushes the extendable arm assembly causing the wheel clamp assembly to rotate the wheel both clockwise and counterclockwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventor: Craig Morris Braidman
  • Patent number: 9623742
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure includes i) a battery frame that includes a battery upper frame made of fiber-reinforced resin and a battery lower frame made of fiber-reinforced resin, and that is arranged on a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel and supports a battery; and ii) a ductile member that has an upper main body portion joined to the battery upper frame, an upper flange portion continuously provided on a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the upper main body portion, a lower main body portion joined to the battery lower frame, and a lower flange portion continuously provided on a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the lower main body portion, in which the upper flange portion and the lower flange portion are overlapped and fixed to a lower surface side of the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Ikeda, Kiyoshi Hokazono, Shinya Kamimura, Kentaro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9623915
    Abstract: A handle assembly is used with a pick-up truck tailgate. The handle assembly comprises a guide tube with an open end, a handle that is housed within the guide tube and a pivot assembly. The pivot assembly comprises a pivot pin connected to one end of the handle and a locking pin. The handle is moveable within the guide tube between a retracted position and an extended position. While in the extended position the handle passes through the open end and the handle may pivot about the pivot pin to move to a support position. When the handle is in the support position, the locking pin can engage the handle and releasably lock the handle in the support position. The guide tube is configured to be secured within a tailgate of a pick-up truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Multimatic Inc.
    Inventors: Scott David Worden, Muamer Hodza, Antonio Costa, Geoffrey Lee
  • Patent number: 9623551
    Abstract: An automotive creeper is disclosed herein. The automotive creeper includes a plurality of spaced-apart longitudinal frame members extending in a lengthwise direction of the automotive creeper; a plurality of spaced-apart, transverse frame members connected to each of the plurality of spaced-apart longitudinal frame members, at least one of the plurality of spaced-apart, transverse frame members including an open end that is configured to receive a support member of an automotive creeper accessory device inserted therein; and a body pad supported on one or more of the plurality of spaced-apart, transverse frame members, the body pad configured to accommodate a torso of a user resting thereon. A mechanics chair assembly that includes a mechanics chair and the automotive creeper is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventors: Craig Eugene Bowen, Richard Mark Spring
  • Patent number: 9624814
    Abstract: An engine is disposed below an operator's seat in such a manner that a flywheel housing is located at the front of a traveling machine body. An exhaust gas purification device is disposed behind the engine and below a radiator. The engine is connected, on the left side thereof, to an air cleaner for taking in fresh air, and is connected, on the right side thereof, to an exhaust pipe which is connected to the air inlet side of the exhaust gas purification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masataka Mitsuda
  • Patent number: 9623926
    Abstract: A walker device is disclosed including an overarching frame with an overarching top, and a sitting assembly coupled to the frame. The frame extends at least primarily in a first direction between a front side with at least two front wheels and a rear side with a first rear wheel. The frame includes a rear frame part and a middle frame part. The rear frame part includes a height allowing a user to walk over the rear frame part and take place on the sitting assembly. The middle frame part includes a width allowing a user to place his or her legs on either side of the middle frame part. The sitting assembly suitably includes a hinge with a saddle pad for a transition between a first state and a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventor: Barbara Elisabeth Alink
  • Patent number: 9617716
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a hydraulic pump driven by an engine; a rotational speed detection unit that detects an actual rotational speed of the engine; an exhaust gas purification device that purifies nitrogen oxide in exhaust gas discharged from the engine using a reducing agent solution stored in a reducing agent tank; a torque control unit that decreases output torque of the engine according to decrease of a detected remaining amount of the reducing agent solution; and a storage device that stores a threshold value not less than an engine rotational speed at which the hydraulic pump starts discharge, wherein when the actual rotational speed of the engine is not more than the threshold value, the torque control unit does not decrease the output torque of the engine regardless of the remaining amount of the reducing agent solution detected by the remaining amount detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Atsushi Shimazu, Masashi Yamashita, Tetsuji Tanaka, Isamu Aoki, Shoroku Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9616740
    Abstract: A hydraulic module designed to be mounted on a hydraulic hybrid vehicle, characterised in that it forms a rigid and compact assembly comprising a body (32) receiving the high- and low-pressure accumulators intended to supply traction motors of the vehicle, comprising a generally parallelepipedal shape, and having attachment means designed to be fixed under a floor at the rear of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TECHNOBOOST
    Inventors: Nelson Fiorini, Pascal Gateau
  • Patent number: 9616910
    Abstract: Detachable umbrella mounts for coolers are provided that include a base, having two or more coupling elements spaced from one another for engaging a tow handle of a cooler when the detachable umbrella mount is in the mounted configuration, that is configured to be selectively engaged with the tow handle when the detachable umbrella mount is in a mounted configuration and, alternatively disengaged from the tow handle when the detachable umbrella mount is in an unmounted configuration, and an elongated tubular member attached to the base and extending from a base end to a top end having a top opening configured to receive at least a portion of a shaft of an umbrella. Coolers are also provided that include a container portion and a detachable umbrella mount selectively affixed thereto. Methods for selectively mounting a detachable umbrella mount to a cooler are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Shade Cooler LLC
    Inventors: Michael Chaloux, Leo Mustaki
  • Patent number: 9616737
    Abstract: A link device for linking a motor vehicle cradle and a structural element of a body of the vehicle, the link device including a unitary ear including a base for connection to the cradle and an upper portion for connection to a structural element of the body. The ear includes a lateral portion including a bent U-shape for accommodating a bearing for guiding an anti-roll bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Franck Bourlon, Bertrand Dubreuil
  • Patent number: 9604538
    Abstract: A vehicle including an engine at a rear, and a clutch system including a hydraulic conduit passing below the vehicle and connecting a master cylinder placed at the front of the vehicle and a slave cylinder located at the rear thereof. The hydraulic conduit is positioned in a vicinity of a pre-existing heat source in the vehicle, to be heated by the heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Benoit Janier, Vincent Blondeau