Patents Examined by James M Dolak
  • Patent number: 12384438
    Abstract: The current invention is a foldable door frame holder cart with a rounded support bar in the middle of a base holding a door frame. The base has a plurality of wheels in the preferred embodiment. The device has adjustable brackets which the hinges of the door frame fit into. The adjustable bracket such as a thumb-turn bracket which can be used to better secure the door frame to the device. The device without the door with door frame guides that extend up from the top of the base. The cart can carry multiple doors and can fold into a smaller shape for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Goldwitz
  • Patent number: 12384232
    Abstract: A drivetrain system includes a first drive gear driven by a first motor and a second drive gear driven by a second motor. The first drive gear and the second drive gear are arranged along the axis. The first drive gear includes a first extension and the second drive gear includes a second extension arranged radially within and axially overlapping the first extension. The drivetrain system includes a system of bearings arranged between the first drive gear and the second drive gear, either drive gear and a stationary component, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the drivetrain system includes a clutch assembly arranged between the first drive gear and the second drive gear that interfaces to the first drive gear and to the second drive gear. The clutch assembly allows the drive gears to be locked or otherwise engaged to improve torque transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Cameron Philip Williams, Mason Verbridge
  • Patent number: 12384229
    Abstract: The vehicle side panel protector is a protective structure. The vehicle side panel protector incorporates a mesh structure, a primary panel, an extension panel, an anchor structure, and a vehicle. The mesh structure attaches to the primary panel. The extension panel attaches to the primary panel. The anchor structure attaches to the mesh structure. The anchor structure secures the mesh structure to the vehicle. The mesh structure, the primary panel, and the extension panel form protecting surfaces that protect the exterior surface of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventor: Terrance Douglas
  • Patent number: 12384467
    Abstract: A vehicle-body front structure includes a partition wall portion which demarcates a space inside a vehicle cabin, a motor arrangement portion which is formed by causing a part of the partition wall portion to bulge to an inside of the vehicle cabin and in which at least a part of a traveling motor is capable of being arranged, a reinforcement member which is inclined to be positioned lower toward vehicle rear, and a floor reinforcement which extends in a vehicle front-rear direction. A closed cross-section is configured with the motor arrangement portion, the reinforcement member, and the floor reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Nishimura, Yasuaki Setoh, Taiki Yotsuyanagi, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Akiko Kawamoto, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12377902
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a basket avoidance mechanism including a first tubing, a second tubing, a fixing member arranged on first tubing and a locking member arranged on the second tubing. The fixing member extends towards the locking member towards the locking member to form an abutting part, and the locking member extends corresponding to the abutting part to form an abutted part. When the first tubing is unfolded, the second tubing is in an unfolded position under a support of the first tubing by abutment of the abutting part against the abutted part; and when the first tubing is folded, the second tubing is folded to a folded position by avoiding abutment of the abutting part against the abutted part. The basket avoidance mechanism enables the basket tube to be unfolded or folded smoothly, and its structure is simple. A baby stroller frame is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Liwu Fang, Erxue Wang
  • Patent number: 12371104
    Abstract: A vehicle-body front structure includes a partition wall portion which demarcates a space inside a vehicle cabin and a pair of left and right suspension tower portions which are formed to bulge inward in the vehicle width direction and support upper portions of front suspension apparatuses. A lower-side portion of the partition wall portion is formed to be positioned further to vehicle rear toward a lower position. A traveling motor is installed below the lower-side portion of the partition wall portion. An upper-side portion of the partition wall portion extends from an intermediate portion of the left suspension tower portion in a vehicle front-rear direction to an intermediate portion of the right suspension tower portion in the vehicle front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Yoshida, Taiki Yotsuyanagi, Takayuki Kimura, Satoshi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12371082
    Abstract: The present invention introduces a novel foldable trolley design that addresses the limitations of traditional trolleys. The trolley is designed to efficiently transport both light and heavy objects, and its innovative L-shaped jointer allows for easy folding and storage. The connected base, foot, and supporting stick simplifies the folding process, prevents unexpected foot folding, and maximizes storage efficiency. Ideal for limited space environments, the trolley provides improved stability, safety, and versatility. This invention revolutionizes the foldable trolley, offering a practical solution for storage and transportation needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Deyi Shenzhen Logistics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12371089
    Abstract: A convertible stroller is provided that includes a shell configured to support an infant. A pair of rear legs are pivotally coupled to the shell and a pair of front legs are pivotally coupled to a respective rear leg. The rear legs and the front legs are retractable to a first transport condition, and deployable away from the shell to a second transport condition usable as a stroller. A front wheel may be coupled to each front leg that is rotatable about a horizontal axle in the second transport condition. Each front wheel has a post that acts as an axis of rotation in the second transport condition. A cam sleeve is provided that is movably disposed on each post. In a first position, the cam sleeve allows rotation about the axis of rotation, and in the second transport condition prevents rotation of the front wheel about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Evenflo Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Shain A. Saucier, Charles H. Keegan, Meng Zhang, Xiaoyong Yang, Xiang Gao, Wenlong Lv, Bo Feng
  • Patent number: 12365380
    Abstract: The current invention is a foldable door frame holder cart with a rounded support bar in the middle of a base holding a door frame. The base has a plurality of wheels in the preferred embodiment. The device has a plurality of doors support bars and adjustable door locking bars connected to the support bars which the hinges of the door frame fit into. The adjustable door locking bars are connected to a thumb-turn bracket which can be used to better secure the door frame to the device. The device without the door with door frame guides that extend up from the top of the base. The cart can carry multiple doors and can fold into a smaller shape for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Goldwitz
  • Patent number: 12365377
    Abstract: A novel trolley comprises a foldable frame, a handle mounted behind the frame, and four wheel assemblies mounted at four corners of the frame. The frame comprises a frame body consisting of a front wall assembly, a rear wall assembly and two side wall assemblies, as well as a bottom frame assembly located at the bottom of the frame body. Each side wall assembly comprises two connecting rods. Each connecting rod comprises two long rods, two medium rods and two short rods, wherein lower ends of the two long rods are rotatably connected to form a V-shape that is open upwards, and upper ends of the two long rods are rotatably connected to an upper end of the front wall assembly and an upper end of the rear wall assembly respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG PRIDE LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Benlong Sun
  • Patent number: 12365379
    Abstract: A wagon having a wagon frame, a push bar and a handle is provided. The wagon frame has a first end assembly and an opposing second end assembly. First and second rear wheels are rotatably connected to the wagon frame adjacent the second end assembly, and first and second front wheels are rotatably and pivotally connected to the wagon frame adjacent the first end assembly. The handle is pivotally connected to the first end assembly, and the push bar is pivotally connected to the second end assembly. The push bar is lockably positionable in a plurality of use positions and a storage position with a ratchet mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Leapfrog Product Development LLC
    Inventors: Samantha Sturgeon, Collin Ostergaard, Scott Padiak
  • Patent number: 12358124
    Abstract: Systems and devices for use in working on aircraft, automobiles or other machines are disclosed. A creeper for use in working on aircraft, automobiles or other machines may include a bottom frame; a top frame; a plurality of rolling members disposed on the bottom frame; and a seat and backrest disposed on the top frame. The top frame is configured to be height adjustable, and the angle of the backrest is independently adjustable relative to the seat. A system for an adjustable seat, an adjustable backrest, and a rolling means for a mechanical creeper is also disclosed. The system includes a mechanic's creeper that comprises a bottom frame; a plurality of rolling members disposed on the bottom frame; a top frame; a seat disposed on the top frame; a backrest disposed on the top frame; and an adjustment mechanism disposed between the bottom frame and the top frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: PALS Manufacturing LLC
    Inventor: Paul Spainhower
  • Patent number: 12352007
    Abstract: To install an energy storage device with sufficient capacity thereby to extend operating time of an electric work machine, even for a small electric work machine. A hydraulic excavator, as an electric work machine, includes an electric motor, an energy storage device that stores electric power for driving the electric motor, and a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor. The electric motor and the hydraulic pump are vertically located alongside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Alexandre Carton
  • Patent number: 12337902
    Abstract: A vehicle floor frame provides improved ride quality and energy absorption. A wall section opposes a lower surface of a floor panel; an outer wall section extends from an outer end portion of the wall section toward the floor panel; an inner wall section extends from an inner end portion of the wall section toward the floor panel; and a hole and a bead reduce a dimension of the wall section when an impact load is applied from an outer side in a vehicle width direction. A nut plate in a closed cross section of the floor frame includes lateral wall fixed sections respectively fixed to the outer wall section and the inner wall section; an opposing wall fixed section fixed to the wall section; and deformation promoting sections configured to reduce a dimension in the vehicle width direction of the nut plate when the impact load is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Adachi, Hirotaka Natsume
  • Patent number: 12329713
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an easily adjustable walking aid, including two support frames, where the support frame is provided with a first adjusting assembly, a telescopic adjusting seat is disposed between the two support frames, a second adjusting assembly is disposed on the support frame, and a part of the second adjusting assembly is connected to the first adjusting assembly. The first adjusting assembly cooperates with the second adjusting assembly, so that when the walking aid is braked, a brake handle can be prevented from being pressed for a long time, and four wheels of the walking aid can also be braked synchronously. In addition, the height of the walking aid can be adjusted based on the height of a user. What's more, the telescopic adjusting seat is disposed for better storing the walking aid, so that the walking aid can be better used and carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: YONGKANG BEIQIN INDUSTRY & TRADE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jinfei Chen, Zhanxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12325459
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a mobile tool caddy that helps a user free of additional utilities while working under a vehicle, wherein the mobile tool caddy includes a recessed tray bonded with a magnetic sheet to securely hold a different sizes of mechanical tools, and a pair of inbuilt lights to provide an instant, steady, shadowless light source thereby to easily retrieve the mechanical tools and visually see the work details as well as the mechanical tools held by the caddy. The caddy further includes a plurality of wheels to provide sufficient rolling of said caddy. The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a continuous light source to the user standing or lying under the vehicle while leaving his hands free, easy access to the mechanical tools and/or parts, and lightweight & portable unit to be moved around without any physical discomfort to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Inventor: Alan J. Cronan
  • Patent number: 12286004
    Abstract: A vehicle-body structure comprises right-and-left front side frames and right-and-left frame members respectively extending forward from a vehicle-front portion of a battery case below the right-and-left front side frames. Plural right-side connection portions to connect the right-side frame member to the right-side front side frame are provided to be spaced apart from each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Hiramatsu, Takehiro Kamei, Takayuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 12280685
    Abstract: A power distribution device is connected to a power source connector connected to a battery pack, a front connector connected to a front PCU that supplies power to a front MG, and a rear connector connected to a rear PCU that supplies power to a rear MG. Further, the power distribution device has a DC power connector which may be connected to an external DC power source and an AC power connector which may be connected to an external AC power source. The power source connector, the front connector, and the rear connector are provided on an inner side of the vehicle than the DC power connector and the AC power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 12280648
    Abstract: A power storage unit includes power storages each including a long side portion and a short side portion, each of the power storage being in a longitudinal shape. The power storages include first power storages arranged on one side in a first direction, second power storages arranged on the other side in the first direction, and at least one third power storage arranged between the first power storages and the second power storages. The first power storages and the second power storages are arranged as being aligned in a second direction in horizontal arrangement, and the at least one third power storage is arranged in longitudinal arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Kato
  • Patent number: 12275447
    Abstract: An adjustable multi-purpose dolly for transferring furniture or objects of a plurality of sizes. The adjustable multi-purpose dolly may include a center frame assembly, a first end extension assembly and a second end assembly. The center frame assembly may form a bottom portion of the adjustable multi-purpose dolly. The first end extension assembly may form a first end portion of the adjustable multi-purpose dolly. The first end extension assembly may be slidably mounted to the center frame assembly. The second end extension assembly may form a second end portion of the adjustable multi-purpose dolly. The second end extension assembly may be slidably mounted to the center frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: NPS Public Furniture Corp.
    Inventors: Anderson Galindo Machado, Alexander Crudo, Yehuda Freundlich, Elchonon M. Jacobson