Patents Examined by J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11980924
    Abstract: An electric pipe expander and intelligent control circuit for the electric pipe expander are provided The electric pipe expander includes a pipe expander body and a mandrel sliding cavity disposed on the pipe expander body. A chuck body capable of clamping a pipe to be processed is disposed at an opening end of the mandrel sliding cavity. A mandrel is slidingly connected in the mandrel sliding cavity, an outer side end of the mandrel is provided with an obliquely disposed pipe expanding cone, an inner side end of the mandrel is provided with an elastic body accommodating cavity. Flat keys are disposed on the mandrel, and an elastic body is clamped and disposed between the flat keys and a bottom surface of the elastic body accommodating cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG VALUE MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yourong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11980564
    Abstract: A therapeutic back mobilizer harness that transmits a user-applied PA force to one or both sides of the spinous process at a specific spinal segment, to improve alignment and decrease pain. The harness includes a contact member, a belt that retains the contact member, and a pull system connected to the belt. A user pulls forward on handles of the pull system to apply the PA force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Jaime Loomis
  • Patent number: 11976833
    Abstract: An air conditioning system controller is provided, which performs an air conditioning of a house through an air conditioning controller. The air conditioning system controller includes an in-house power generation amount obtaining section for obtaining a power generation amount generated by a natural energy power generator (for example, a solar power generation panel), an electric power amount obtaining section for obtaining a consumed electric power amount used in the house, a comparing section for comparing the power generation amount obtained by the in-house power generation amount obtaining section with a consumed electric power amount obtained by the electric power amount obtaining section and an air conditioning controlling section for controlling the air conditioning controller according to a comparison result provided by the comparing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kanematsu, Koki Ando, Ayumi Konishi
  • Patent number: 11978992
    Abstract: A crimp machine is provided and includes an anvil having a lower die having a lower forming surface. The anvil is configured to support a crimp barrel of a terminal that receives a wire. The crimp machine includes a press having an upper die having an upper forming surface. The press is movable relative to the anvil during a crimping process to connect the crimp barrel to the wire. A crimp zone is defined between the upper forming surface and the lower forming surface. The crimp machine includes a vision system positioned to view the crimp zone. The vision system includes an imaging device configured to image the crimp barrel of the terminal and the wire. The vision system operates the imaging device to capture an image prior to the crimping process for performing a validation pre-check prior to the crimping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions Gmbh
    Inventors: Matthew Orlowski, Peter John Borisuk
  • Patent number: 11975755
    Abstract: Provided is a screw shaft in which shape accuracy of a male threaded portion is sufficiently secured. A screw shaft includes a large-diameter shaft portion, medium-diameter shaft portions and small-diameter shaft portions. The large-diameter shaft portion has a male threaded portion along its entire axial length on its outer peripheral surface. The medium-diameter shaft portions are arranged axially adjacent to the large-diameter shaft portion and have an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the large-diameter shaft portion. The small-diameter shaft portions are axially arranged adjacent to the medium-diameter shaft portions on sides opposite to the large-diameter shaft portion, have an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of each of the medium-diameter shaft portions, and do not have rolling traces having a helical shape on their outer peripheral surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Saito
  • Patent number: 11975756
    Abstract: An assembly for a steering column assembly including an engagement plate and a telescope plate at least partially disposed within the engagement plate. The engagement plate may be adapted to be located between a column tube of a steering column assembly and the telescope plate. The engagement plate and the telescope plate have one or more features for engaging with or contacting each other to provide energy absorption during an impact exceeding a threshold load. These features may include one or more projections or protrusions, one or more slots, one or more ribs, or a combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NSK Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Mathur, Gerald Lim, Jonathon Lyte, Victor Corona Martinez, Simon Read, David Ray Hartman
  • Patent number: 11975792
    Abstract: A system and method to select and implement a suspension tune is disclosed. The system includes a memory configured to store a plurality of suspension tunes. A suspension controller configured to implement one of the plurality of suspension tunes for at least one suspension component of a vehicle. A manually operated switch to receive a user input, the manually operated switch configured to navigate between the plurality of suspension tunes, and, based on the user input, designate a different one of the plurality of suspension tunes to be implemented by the suspension controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen Ericksen, Andrew Diao, Mike Fraguglia, Evan Peterson, James T. Pickett
  • Patent number: 11975589
    Abstract: A steering system includes a base body having a contact surface on a base body side and a bearing area for pivotable suspension of a first distal end and a retaining element having a contact surface on a retaining side and a fastening section for fastening a spring element, and that is arranged at an end of the base body and fixed to the base body by an adhesive between the contact surfaces, and/or wherein an axle body with a contact surface on the axle side, wherein the base body is fixed to the axle body by an adhesive introduced between the contact surfaces, wherein the retaining element is fixed to the axle body by an adhesive introduced between the contact surface on the axle side and the contact surface on the retaining side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Frederik Biewer
  • Patent number: 11979416
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting threats using threat signatures loaded in a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Sophos Limited
    Inventors: Santosh Subramanya, Shankar Jayaraman, Sajimon Kurien, Mukesh Kumar, Guruskanthan Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 11969738
    Abstract: A hydraulic mantle system for a gyratory rock crusher enables the safe, quick and efficient replacement of a worn or deformed mantle. The system includes a main shaft, an annular nut, an annular hydraulic piston and an annular mantle. The main shaft has a flange and external threads adjacent the flange. The annular nut body has side surfaces and internal threads that are threaded onto the external threads of the main shaft. The annular hydraulic piston has side surfaces that slidingly engage the side surfaces of the annular nut body. The annular mantle has an upper neck portion and a lower edge portion. The main shaft extends through the upper neck portion. The upper neck portion of the annular mantle is compressed between the flange of the main shaft and the annular hydraulic piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Technofast Industries Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Wentworth Bucknell, Robert Wentworth Bucknell
  • Patent number: 11973201
    Abstract: An impact detection device for a traction battery of a motor vehicle includes at least one air-filled chamber formed on an underbody element for the traction battery. An air-filled chamber is at least laterally sealed to outside and defined by a sealing material. A pressure hose and an introduction element for the pressure hose can be provided, wherein the air-filled chamber can be coupled to a pressure sensor through the pressure hose, and the introduction element can be attached to the underbody element and formed to couple the pressure hose to the air-filled chamber through the sealing material in a set position. The introduction element can be embedded by the sealing material which seals the air-filled chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: AUDI AG, DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ilija Brandic, Markus Grupp, Julius Rausch, Oliver Stoll
  • Patent number: D1024504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Quanzhou Fanfrog Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaojin Chen
  • Patent number: D1025558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ROTHY'S, INC.
    Inventor: La Vion Gibson
  • Patent number: D1025559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ROTHY'S, INC.
    Inventor: La Vion Gibson
  • Patent number: D1025560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CROCS, INC.
    Inventors: Federico Fongher, Brad Little, Michael Sarantakos
  • Patent number: D1025561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CROCS, INC.
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Alexander Jacob Mayhew
  • Patent number: D1025562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: CROCS, INC.
    Inventors: Federico Fongher, Jie Liu, Michael Sarantakos
  • Patent number: D1025577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DUNLOP PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR B.V.
    Inventor: Elroy Bongers
  • Patent number: D1026417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ROTHY'S, INC.
    Inventors: La Vion Gibson, William Roth Martin, Matthew Taylor
  • Patent number: D1026423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Zhiwei Wu