Patents Examined by James M Dolak
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Patent number: 10974754Abstract: Proposed is a baby carriage having improved convenience of use, the baby carriage including a main frame, a seat frame, a storage basket, and a wheel unit, wherein the baby carriage is generally used as a single baby carriage and a seat is detachably coupled to the rear of the single baby carriage such that the single baby carriage is utilized as a twin baby carriage when a second baby is born, and wherein it is possible to carry a pet in the baby carriage irrespective of carrying a baby or an infant in the baby carriage, whereby the baby carriage is used in various forms depending on circumstances of a user or a home.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: BRAN-NEW INTERNATIONALInventor: Yejin Choi
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Patent number: 10967720Abstract: A body-on-frame vehicle includes a left frame rail, a right frame rail, a plate, a plurality of cross-members, a plurality of power storage modules, and a first electric motor. The plate is attached to both frame rails. The plurality of cross-members are attached to both frame rails. Adjacent cross-members cooperate with the plate and frame rails to define compartments. The plurality of power storage modules are disposed within a plurality of the compartments. The first electric motor is supported by a section of the frame rails forward or rearward of the power storage modules.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ari Caliskan, Arnold Kadiu
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Patent number: 10960769Abstract: In an onboard charging apparatus, a plurality of main electric-power storage apparatuses are connected in series to one another. A main electric-power storage apparatus on a lowest potential side of the main electric-power storage apparatuses is a lowest potential electric-power storage apparatus. The lowest potential electric-power storage apparatus has a nominal voltage that is set to 12 V, and supplies electric power to an electrical component mounted to a vehicle. In the onboard charging apparatus, a connecting unit selectively connects, by switching control, the output terminal and any of high potential side terminals of the main electric-power storage apparatuses. A switching control unit controls switching of the connecting unit to switch the high potential side terminal selected as a connection destination of the output terminal among the high potential side terminals of the main electric-power storage apparatuses, based on an output voltage of the output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Keiji Kondo, Makoto Taniguchi, Asaka Kimura
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Patent number: 10960911Abstract: A trolley for medical equipment includes a base mounted on a plurality of wheels. A brake device including at least one deformable brake pad is located beneath the trolley base. A release mechanism is provided to move the brake pad between a raised position in which it is spaced above a floor surface on which the trolley wheels rest, and a lowered position in which the brake pad is pressed against the floor surface under the weight of the brake device to a exert a braking force on the trolley.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd.Inventor: John Hynes
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Patent number: 10958134Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator assembly, a rotor positioned within the stator assembly, and a rotor carrier coupled to the rotor. The rotor carrier includes a hub portion, a first cylindrical portion coupled to the hub portion and defining a first diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the rotor, and a second cylindrical portion extending from the first cylindrical portion and defining a second diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the rotor. A first clutch is positioned within the rotor carrier and engages an inner surface of the first cylindrical portion of the rotor carrier. A second clutch is positioned within the rotor carrier and engages an inner surface of the second cylindrical portion of the rotor carrier.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Bradley D. Chamberlin, Sven N. Altlay, Jomon Kaniampalackal
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Patent number: 10946265Abstract: Rear holding element for a ski boot comprising a heel grip (11), a lever (6) and a fitting pedal (7), characterized in that the fitting pedal (7) is mobile relative to the heel grip (11).Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: SKIS ROSSIGNOLInventor: Reinhold Zoor
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Patent number: 10926148Abstract: A snowboard support apparatus, attached to the snowboard in such a way that it extends from the board and provides a physical support for the rider to lean against in order to aid in the process of learning to snowboard. The support apparatus provides support to the rider to allow them to develop skills in being able to ride a snowboard in an incremental and natural manner without constraining the riding experience.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventor: David Chalfant Manley
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Patent number: 10921819Abstract: Disclosed is an automated guided vehicle system including at least one AGV for following predetermined magnetic paths on a ground surface to carry cargo to selected points on the paths. The AGV includes a chassis, top plate mounted on the chassis for receipt of cargo, a pair of driving wheels coupled to driving motors, and plural passive omni-wheels. Control and navigation circuitry is provided to operate the motors to drive the driving wheels to cause the AGV to follow a desired one of the paths. The AGV provides illumination indicating its direction of travel and status. It also includes laser scanners for obstacle detection.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: ASI Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Brucker, Jeffrey Grabner, John William Cross, Joseph Robinson
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Patent number: 10919375Abstract: A device that supports a motor vehicle component includes a plate that is equipped with a securing device for securing a protective casing of the component and an attachment device for attaching to a structural element of the chassis of the motor vehicle. The attachment device is designed to break in the event of a collision involving the motor vehicle. The support device also includes a deflector that forms a ramp tilted upwards, one end of which extends at the height of the plate and an opposing end of which is tilted relative to the plate. This support device helps protect the occupant in case of a frontal impact collision by preventing rigid members from stacking up in a critical manner in the engine compartment.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Lionel Blanc, Celine Lafoy
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Patent number: 10919379Abstract: A fuel tank includes a tank main body and a fuel filler neck. A breather hole is provided in an inner surface of the fuel filler neck. A connecting pipe opens to the inside of the fuel filler neck though the breather hole and extends from the fuel filler neck in the radial direction. The inside of the fuel filler neck includes a first vapor-liquid separation chamber therein that is partitioned from the tank main body and connected to the breather hole. Liquid fuel entering the breather channel is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tatsuya Tanaka
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Patent number: 10910616Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack for a vehicle, which includes a pack case forming an appearance of the battery pack, a static electricity inducing pattern forming a conductor pattern of a predetermined form on a BMS circuit board provided in the pack case and a discharge terminal connected to the static electricity inducing pattern, and a cable connector for both communicating and grounding, which is composed of a pack connector having a first connection portion configured to be connected to a data transmission terminal on the BMS circuit board and a second connection portion configured to be connected to the discharge terminal, and a vehicle connector connected to the pack connector by a harness cable and installed to the pack case to be exposed out through a connector mounting hole formed through the pack case.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Yong-Joon Choi, Do-Hyeon Kim, Hwa-Joong Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu
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Patent number: 10876460Abstract: An exhaust pipe assembly comprises an exhaust pipe extending along a pipe axis and a fastening panel that is mounted to the exhaust pipe. The cross-section of the fastening panel is configured in a curved manner, and two contact surfaces of the fastening panel, which are spaced apart in the circumferential direction, are soldered to the exhaust pipe. A support connected with the fastening panel is arranged between the two contact surfaces of the fastening panel. The fastening panel can be fastened to the exhaust pipe by the following steps: an exhaust pipe and a sheet-metal tab are provided; a soldering material is then captively fixed to the sheet-metal tab; and the sheet-metal tab is then arranged on the exhaust pipe such that the soldering material contacts the exhaust pipe to finally solder the sheet-metal tab to the exhaust pipe.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventors: Holger Lampe, Bernhard Mayereder, Julian Raphael Olm
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Patent number: 10875506Abstract: A housing device includes a first housing part and a second housing part arranged at different heights, each housing part to house a storage battery, and a first guide and a second guide to assist insertion of the storage battery into a respective one of the first housing part and the second housing part. The first guide and the second guide assist the insertion of the storage batteries in different respective manners.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Koketsu, Kenichi Etsunagi, Michihito Okado, Takumi Shiiyama, Ryo Oshima, Ryuichi Kimata
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Patent number: 10864934Abstract: A child transport carrier includes an upper frame member having a forward end and a rear end and a rear frame coupled to the upper frame member. The rear frame includes a lower rear frame member, an upper rear frame member having an upper end fixedly coupled to the rear end of the upper frame member, and a first joint assembly coupling the lower rear frame member and the upper rear frame member. The rear frame is configured to fold between an unfolded in-use position and a folded storage position. The upper frame member and the upper rear frame member are fixed relative to each other. The first joint assembly is disposed longitudinally rearward of the forward end of the upper frame member and longitudinally forward of the rear end of the upper frame member in the unfolded in-use position.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Thule Canada Inc.Inventors: Wesley Fleming, Daniel Britton
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Patent number: 10843718Abstract: The construction industry ranks among the largest and most dangerous industries in the world. To promote worker safety, government regulations require use of fall protection equipment, such as railings, many of which are expensive, wasteful, and/or time consuming to use. Accordingly, the present inventor devised some alternatives. One exemplary system incorporates a dual post base plate configured for attachment to a concrete floor via a single concrete anchor bolt, instead of the multiple bolts used conventionally, thereby reducing assembly time and cost. Another embodiment includes a rolling cart assembly which stores the rails in a side-by-side vertical arrangement and the base plates in an interleaved sequence, promoting easy access during installation and inventory control during disassembly and storage. Additionally, some embodiments include four stacking posts that extend upward from the cart, enabling multiple carts to be stacked vertical on atop the other to save space on construction sites.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventor: Debra Lee Hilmerson
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Patent number: 10843552Abstract: A motorcycle intake air guide for guiding an intake air volumetric flow from a front region of a motorcycle to a motorcycle internal combustion engine includes a front air guiding duct, a rear air guiding duct arranged downstream of the front air guiding duct, and a steering head bypass region arranged between and connecting the front and the rear air guiding ducts to one another. The front and the rear air guiding ducts have a closed profile. The steering head bypass region preferably has, in a steering head cross-sectional plane which is arranged orthogonally with respect to a main flow direction of the intake air volumetric flow in the steering head bypass region, a non-closed profile for guiding the intake air volumetric flow around a steering head recess through which a steering head of the motorcycle extends. The steering head may close the non-closed profile at the steering head recess.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Fritz Duermaier
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Patent number: 10836441Abstract: Plural canister bodies supported by rocker members are disposed below a floor panel. The canister bodies are housed in a case. Lower couplers are disposed above the canister bodies. The lower couplers abut a cover member of the case. Upper couplers are disposed between the cover member and the floor panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Osamu Sawai
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Patent number: 10828213Abstract: A foldable wheelchair comprises a plurality of width-adjustable hinged foldable cross-members connected to side frames to support a pivotable tiltable seat frame. The seat frame angle is operably controlled by use of gas springs that can be configured to support users of varying weight. The wheelchair is further configured to control lateral stability of the seat frame. The seat frame cooperates with a forward positioned pivot that maintains the user's knees in a position relative to the ground. Wheel adjustments allow for a range of seat height.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Ki Mobility, LLCInventors: Alan Ludovici, Thomas J. Whelan, Richard E. Schneider, Murray G. Slagerman
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Patent number: 10827654Abstract: A cooling device which can arrange a cooling water tank in parallel near an electric power control device, and can more effectively utilize a space inside the engine room, and by which the miniaturization of the engine room is realized, and temperature increase of the wiring can be suppressed. The cooling device is a cooling device for cooling a device of a vehicle including an electric power control device to control an input-output voltage of the vehicle and a wiring connected to the electric power control device, and includes cooling water for cooling the device of the vehicle and a cooling water tank for accommodating the cooling water; the cooling water tank has a dented side surface wall along an external shape of the wiring, and has a shape which covers at least a portion of the wiring by closely disposing the wiring along the dented side surface wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Kimura, Yoshinaka Hirata
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Patent number: 10821944Abstract: A vehicle leveling system includes a jack adapted to be mounted to a vehicle frame without modifying the vehicle frame. In a particular embodiment, the jack includes a first bracket adapted to urge against the bottom and side surfaces of a member of the frame and configured to be fastened to a member of the frame through a manufacturer-provided aperture in the frame. The jack additionally includes a second bracket to couple the first bracket to the jack. In a more particular embodiment, the first bracket includes a horizontal adjustment feature, and the second bracket includes a vertical adjustment feature.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Quadra Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Johnnie Eugene Lehman, Gary Anthony Lehman, Robert Daniel Slack