Patents Examined by James M Dolak
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Patent number: 10160470Abstract: A personal shopping cart, or trolley, to be used to transport purchased items, includes a wheeled base, a handle that extends and retracts, and multiple nesting bins or containers. The wheels and handle are such that the trolley can be easily pulled or pushed. The bins are attached to a frame allowing different vertical positions, enabling the bins to either nest into each other (for storage, minimizing its size), or to extend vertically for carrying merchandise. All bins, with the exception of the bottom bin, are removable from the frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Inventor: Nancy K. N. Unrath
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Patent number: 10144443Abstract: A device for transporting children. The transportation device includes a base and sidewalls extending therefrom, forming an interior volume. Wheels extend from a lower side of the base and a foldable seat is affixed to at least one sidewall. A pair of doors are hingedly attached to opposing sidewalls, which allow a child ingress and egress from the transportation device. The folding seat allows the transportation device to include an increased capacity to hold objects when not in use by the child.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Inventor: James Carbonaro
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Patent number: 10137951Abstract: A trailer has a frame having frame-members configured to support a container, at least a pair of traction devices rotatably mounted on the frame, and a tongue configured to be mounted on a transportation device or an implement being towed by a transportation device. The frame-members may have a three-point mount configured to support a container. The container may be configured to be interchangeable with another container. The container may be an element of a seeding apparatus, the seeding apparatus mountable on the frame-members of the frame. The trailer may have a steering mechanism for the traction devices, and may be convertible between steerable and non-steerable modes. The steering mechanism may be guidance controlled. A transverse distance between the traction devices may be adjustable and/or height of the frame in relation to the ground may be adjustable. The trailer provides greater flexibility of operation under a greater variety of conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Salford Group Inc.Inventors: Geof J. Gray, John Mark Averink, Jacobus A. Rozendaal, Bradley William Baker, Chad Derek Pasma
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Patent number: 10137355Abstract: A device for support and propulsion comprising a shaft, a spring element coupled to the shaft, and a swing arm coupled to the shaft and the spring element. A lower portion of the spring element comprises a ground interface, optionally comprising a wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Brennan Innovation Inc.Inventor: Joel Leslie Brennan
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Patent number: 10130150Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a luggage assembly, and frame, wherein the luggage assembly includes a luggage item and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly includes at least one front wheel, and rear wheels which are all moveable between a folded and an unfolded position. The folded positions of the wheels are within the luggage assembly. The unfolded position of the rear wheels is behind the luggage assembly and the unfolded position of the front wheel is below the luggage assembly. When the wheels are in the unfolded position and the luggage assembly is arranged on the wheels on the ground, the luggage item is tilted and a projected point of gravity of the luggage item is in between the wheels. The disclosed luggage assembly is suitable for being pushed and being pulled, is very stable and provides a stable road behavior.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: ROYALTY BUGABOO GMBHInventors: Machiel Gerardus Theodorus Marie Barenbrug, Erik Geert Spoek, Jacob Geert Arie Den Boer, Marc Constantijn Van Zijl
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Patent number: 10131217Abstract: A vehicle wheel well covering for protecting a wheel well area of a vehicle. The vehicle wheel well covering includes a cover for covering a vehicle wheel well, a shovel assembly extending from the cover, a spine assembly supporting the cover, and a retention prong extending from the spine assembly. The shovel assembly is coupled to the spine assembly and includes a shoveling member and a handle coupled to the shoveling member.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: IP FILE WORLDWIDE LTD.Inventors: Neal Super, Merry Riehm-Constantino, Lyndon Treacy, Amy B. Hangen
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Patent number: 10104829Abstract: An airflow directional control system in an agricultural harvester having a grain tank or other structure, an internal combustion engine and a cooling system cooler box disposed between the grain tank or other structure and the internal combustion engine includes a cooler box cover over the cooler box between the grain tank or other structure and the internal combustion engine, at least one air director between the cooling box and the internal combustion engine and a panel adjustment system controlling tilt of side panels of the harvester.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Herbert M. Farley, Matthew D. Weeks
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Patent number: 10106027Abstract: A compact generator and coolant pump assembly may be used on a vehicle having a fluid reservoir and a plurality of electrical components disposed on the vehicle. The generator includes a rotor and stator disposed in a housing and the rotor is driven by a rotatable input member to generate an electrical output for use by one or more components of the vehicle. The assembly also includes a circulating pump connected to the generator housing and driven by the rotatable input member. The circulating pump may be connected to a fluid reservoir and to one or more electrical components such as a controller or battery on the vehicle through a set of coolant lines to provide coolant to the electrical components. The circulating pump may be offset from the generator housing by a plurality of spacers.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Hydro-Gear Limited PartnershipInventor: Scott W. Keller
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Patent number: 10106087Abstract: A workpiece support is provided for a pickup truck tailgate. The tailgate includes a retractable step including a pair of step support members. The attachment brackets include a workpiece support bar and a riser that are attached to the step support members and to each other at a right angle. The workpiece support bar and riser may be fixedly attached to each other or attached by a pivot connector. Detachable connectors are provided to connect a workpiece support bar and riser detachably to the step support members.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua R. Hemphill, Jack Marchlewski, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Hemphill
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Patent number: 10100712Abstract: The present invention relates to a ground milling machine with two cooling ducts, which allow a mutually separated guidance of cooling air. The present invention further relates to such a cooling system and a method for cooling a ground milling machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: BOMAG GmbHInventors: Matthias Baldus, Diana Stein, Manfred Hammes, Nils Muders
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Patent number: 10093361Abstract: An apparatus for providing a vehicular fender extension comprise a wheel-well casing having a top surface, a bottom surface, an inside edge and an outside edge, the wheel-well casing being adapted to fit within a vehicular wheel-well, a guiderail located at the outside edge of the wheel-well casing, and an extending member slideably supported by the guiderail, the extending member having a top surface, a bottom surface, an inside edge and an outside edge, extending between first and second ends. The apparatus further comprises at least one actuator operable to move the extending member between a first position wherein the extending member is contained within the wheel-well casing, and a second position wherein the outside edge of the extending member is distal from the outside edge of the wheel-well casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventor: Kyle Wilson
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Patent number: 10093185Abstract: A safety apparatus for a vehicle battery and a method for operating the same capable of preventing accidents such as fire and battery explosion are provided. The safety apparatus includes a fixed housing that is fixed to a vehicle body and a movable housing that is movably disposed in the fixed housing to move due to external impact. An impact sensor is disposed within the fixed housing configured to be fractured due to the movement of the movable housing and an elastic member is configured to provide a restoring force to the movable housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Hae Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 10086903Abstract: A saddle-ridden vehicle includes: a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side and on other side in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction; an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members; an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion; a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner; an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger and supplies resulting air to the engine; and an exhaust wind duct which determines a discharge position or a discharge direction of the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler, and the exhaust wind duct is disposed above the engine on the one side in the vehicle width direction and extends to rear of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Hamaguchi, Kazuhiro Okita
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Patent number: 10081381Abstract: A shopping cart comprises a support seat provided therein with tracks, and a support frame supporting the support seat. The support frame comprises a first support frame and a second support frame disposed across each other and rotatably connected. Bottoms of the first and second support frames are installed with wheels; and tops thereof are installed in and movable along the tracks. When in use, by moving the tops of the first support frame and the second support frame respectively to two ends of the tracks to press against them and placing goods on the support seat, the goods can be carried freely without handbags, greatly saving physical strength and being convenient and efficient; and when not in use, the shopping cart can be folded and placed in a trunk of a vehicle for later use, thus occupying small room due to the small size and being convenient to carry.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Inventor: Fuze Lin
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Patent number: 10065493Abstract: A vehicle comprises a transaxle, a battery and a load carrying bed. The transaxle includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting an axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the axle via the drive train. The battery is provided for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The transaxle and the battery are disposed below the load carrying bed so as to overlap the load carrying bed when viewed in plan.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Kochidomari, Takashi Nishizawa
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Patent number: 10058763Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski binding used in telemark skiing. An exemplary system maintains a toe of a ski boot in association with a ski while permitting a heel of the ski boot to elevate to a top surface of the ski. The binding system comprises several complex subsystems, such as a toe mating mechanism, a toe plate system, a base plate system, a heel fastening mechanism, a sliding plate system, and rail system.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Bishop Bindings LLCInventor: David L. Bombard
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Patent number: 10052956Abstract: A safety apparatus for a vehicle battery and a method for operating the same capable of preventing accidents such as fire and battery explosion are provided. The safety apparatus includes a fixed housing that is fixed to a vehicle body and a movable housing that is movably disposed in the fixed housing to move due to external impact. An impact sensor is disposed within the fixed housing configured to be fractured due to the movement of the movable housing and an elastic member is configured to provide a restoring force to the movable housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Hae Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 10035462Abstract: The self-propelled working machine (1) comprises: moving means (2) configured for allowing movement of the machine on a bearing plane (3); propulsion means (4) operatively associated to the moving means and configured to cause and maintain the movement of the working machine on the bearing plane; a frame (5) supporting the moving means and the propulsion means, an operating member (6) and relative actuating means, a maneuver cab (7) arranged directly or indirectly on the frame (5) and comprising at least an access door (8), the cab (7) and the frame (5) defining an encumbering volume of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L.Inventor: Marco Iotti
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Patent number: 10005352Abstract: A drive unit for a vehicle includes a drive unit spindle. The drive unit spindle extends along an axis for connecting the drive unit to the vehicle. The drive unit further includes one or more wheel assemblies. Each of the wheel assemblies has a hub that is removably supported by the spindle along the axis. At least one of the wheel assemblies includes a wheel which rotates about the hub and a motor connected to the wheel to rotate the wheel about the hub.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Sudipto Aich, David Melcher, Zachary David Nelson, Christopher Peplin, Jamel Seagraves
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Patent number: 10000138Abstract: A cooling device of an onboard secondary battery, includes a housing that is provided in a vehicle, and houses a battery pack including a secondary battery and a case that covers the secondary battery, a blower that blows an air at an outside of the vehicle into the housing, a temperature determiner that determines whether or not an air temperature of the outside of the vehicle is lower than a temperature of the secondary battery, and a blow controller that drives the blower, when the temperature determiner determines that the air temperature of the outside of the vehicle is lower than the temperature of the secondary battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi Tanaka