Patents Examined by James M Ference
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Patent number: 11332939Abstract: An indirect light skydome with natural ventilation for building roofs consists a half sphere dome with a curved brim (101) and an air vent (102) around the dome (100), which attached to the horizontal circular base (6) with a fan shape opening to allow only indirect sunlight and connected to the tube for light transmission inside the building. The dome (100) is divided into transparent part (1) for receiving only indirect light and opaque part (2) for direct light protection, which are made into a single dome using a coating technique to prevent rainwater leakage in the joints. The shading part and the fan shape opening correspond to the sun's angle for effective direct light protection during the daytime and all year round. The air vent (102) is designed for effective air flow for stack and cross ventilation in all directions. The indirect light skydome with natural ventilation helps to reduce heat and increase quality of daylight.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Sopa Visitsak, Nattaree Sridaranon
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Patent number: 11319705Abstract: Construction unit (1) for building up a frame (2), wherein the frame (2) comprises at least two girders (3a, 3b) and multiple uprights (4), wherein the construction unit (1) comprises a first construction profile (4), a second construction profile (5) and a third construction profile (6), wherein the first construction profile (4) is provided to serve as an upright (4) and the second and the third construction profile (5, 6) are each provided to be part of a respective girder (3a, 3b), wherein each construction unit (1) is provided to form only one upright (4) of a frame (2) and that multiple such construction units (1) are provided to be successively interconnected so that the first construction profiles (4) of successively construction units (1) extend at a distance from one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Inventors: Chris Van De Voorde, Lucas Rik Ferdinand Wyffels
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Patent number: 11319709Abstract: A support arrangement for supporting covering elements on a soffit and/or a fascia of a building. The support arrangement has a backing member that is operable to receive covering elements and is formed at least partially from non-metallic material. The support arrangement further has an attachment means for attaching the support arrangement to a building or building component such that it forms a part of the building. The support arrangement is non-flammable and can easily receive fixings to fix covering elements thereto. Covering elements can be fixed to the support arrangement and then the arrangement can be attached to a building or building component such that the covering elements form a part of the soffit or fascia of the building.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Masonry Support Systems LimitedInventor: Sean Coyle
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Patent number: 11319747Abstract: An assembly for a door or window frame including an elongated sill and a corner key attached to each end of the sill. The corner key includes a water chamber for collecting water therein and a plurality of ports for diverting water from the water chamber outwardly through a drain port. The water chamber and plurality of ports are designed to temper a high-pressure gradient in the sill and effectively promote water egress away from the sill.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: JELD-WEN, Inc.Inventors: Derek Kindt, Jacob Anderson, Travis Irvine, Chris Graetsch, David Yagla
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Patent number: 11313125Abstract: A modular foundation system comprises a concrete reinforced matrix having embedded pre-tensioned components and a recessed tension bolster region adjacent the lower surface of the foundation at each end, and a pair of lifting safety bars partially embedded in the foundation within the recess and terminating at the end of the foundation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Ground Force IP, LLCInventor: Kenneth L. Neatherlin
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Patent number: 11313121Abstract: A dry partition wall system comprising a plurality of wall elements, a floor-side connection element extending over several wall elements, a ceiling-side connection element extending over several wall elements, in which the plurality of wall elements are arranged side by side and are retained on the floor-side connection element and on the ceiling side-connection element and thus jointly form a partition wall, and in which the wall elements are of a multi-layer design.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventors: Catharinus Anne Quirijns, Simon Scheepens
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Patent number: 11313170Abstract: A shimming device for attaching a substrate to a stud wall includes a plate, which has a first edge that is linear. The plate can be mounted to a respective opposed side of one of a plurality of studs to which the substrate is to be mounted. The plate is one of a plurality of plates that can be positioned on and mounted to the plurality of studs so that each plate is positioned at a respective support point for the substrate. Each plate is positioned with the first edge of the plate proud of an edge face of the stud and so that the first edges of the plurality of plates define a plane. The substrate, upon mounting to the plurality of studs, is parallel to the plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventor: Pedro Delcides-Borges
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Patent number: 11299863Abstract: A support assembly for supporting a building structure, the support assembly comprising: a pile adapted to be buried into a ground surface, the pile having a longitudinal axis; a pile head adapted to be secured to a top end of a pile, the pile head including a mounting member engaging the pile and an extendable member movably mounted to the mounting member, the extendable member being movable relative to the mounting member, along the longitudinal axis, the extendable member including: a support platform adapted to receive the support beam of the manufactured home's support frame thereon; and at least one holding member adapted to engage the building structure and to prevent movement of the support beam relative to the support platform.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Goliathtech, Inc.Inventor: Julian Reusing
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Patent number: 11293187Abstract: A mounting rail for mounting tiles to a backing system of a building wall structure comprises a tile support linked with a back-fixing rail via a tile-support carrier. The tile-support carrier comprises an acoustic damper between the tile support and the back-fixing rail. This impedes the transmission of acoustic energy from the tiles to the backing system, and so improves the acoustic insolation while the mechanical stiffness of the tile-support carrying arm is maintained. The acoustic damper may be provided in the form of one or more angled bends, apertures, an obtusely angled connection of the tile-support carrier to the back-fixing rail or a connection of the tile-support carrier at an upper or lower end of the back-fixing rail, or combinations of two or more of these features.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: ASH & LACY HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventor: Jonathan Evans
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Patent number: 11293186Abstract: A facade unit mounting apparatus is disclosed. A first support attaches to a wall and includes a first base extending outwardly from the wall. The first support includes a plurality of resilient elements mounted to the first base which include a plurality of projections extending from the first base. A second support is configured to attach to the wall. The first and second supports grip at least one facade unit mounted between the first and second supports. The plurality of resilient elements are configured to bias the at least one facade unit against the second support. The plurality of projections are configured to extend inwardly and away from the first base to thereby grip the at least one facade unit against outward movement from the wall. Disclosed embodiments are suitable to interface with facade units such as brick slips, other fired clay units, masonry units, tiles, etc.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: JAMES & TAYLOR LTDInventor: Luke Prior
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Patent number: 11286672Abstract: A method of fluidly connecting two downspout components without fasteners. The method embodies an elastic band dimensioned to slidably receive connecting ends of the two downspout components in such a way that the material of the elastic band frictionally engages the received connecting ends in a seamless, fastener-less, drip-free seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Inventor: John Paul Ellis
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Patent number: 11286711Abstract: Blast, ballistic, and entry resistant compression frame systems include a plurality of bolts, an exterior frame assembly having a peripheral flange and a plurality of sleeves that receive the bolts, an interior frame assembly having a peripheral flange and a plurality of apertures that receive the bolts therethrough, an exterior gasket between the peripheral flange of the exterior frame assembly and an exterior surface of the wall of the building, and an interior gasket between the peripheral flange of the interior frame assembly and an interior surface of the wall of the building. The exterior frame assembly peripheral flange and the interior frame assembly peripheral flange apply a compression force to the wall when the bolts are torque tightened into the threaded sleeves. Methods of installation in a wall of a building are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMYInventors: John S Judson, David V Senior, Craig R Ackerman, Daniel Duke
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Patent number: 11280087Abstract: An edge protection system for use with concrete flooring, including an initial edge unit having a first part and a second part, the first part for coupling to an edge portion of a first concrete flooring panel and the second part for coupling to an opposed edge portion of a second, neighbouring, concrete flooring panel, the system also including an angled edge unit having a first part and a second part, the first part for coupling to another edge portion of the second concrete flooring panel and the second part for coupling to an opposed edge portion of a third, neighbouring, concrete flooring panel, and a modular intersection part at an intersection of the first to third panels, wherein the modular intersection part is adapted to be coupled to the initial edge unit with the initial edge unit extending radially from the modular intersection part in a first direction, and wherein the modular intersection part is adapted to be coupled to the angled edge unit with the angled edge unit extending radially from theType: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Thomas James Murdoch, Greg Stephen Mason
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Patent number: 11283393Abstract: A solar panel system comprises a base, the base attached to a building at a geographic location; a rotating crown having a rotating mechanism, the base supporting the crown; a solar panel device attached to the crown, the solar panel device having an exposed surface, the shapes of the base, crown and solar panel device positioning the exposed surface in a sloped orientation relative to a horizontal plane at the geographic location, the rotating mechanism rotating the solar panel device, the base and crown shapes positioning the rotating mechanism to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the horizontal plane and to maintain a consistent slope relative to the horizontal plane as the exposed surface rotates; and a control system controlling rotation from a first azimuthal direction to a second azimuthal direction that faces the exposed surface towards the Sun more normally than the first azimuthal direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: KBFX LLCInventor: Alain Poivet
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Patent number: 11280089Abstract: A grid mounting system for a suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a support structure and a mounting bracket coupled to the support structure. An elongated first grid member is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket about a pivot axis defined by a pivot member. The first grid member is movable about the pivot axis in a plurality of angular mounting positions. In one embodiment, the grid mounting system further includes a second grid member which may be pivotably or fixedly coupled to the mounting bracket. The support structure may be a wall or perimeter trim bracket attached to the wall in some installations.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: Scott D. Harnish, Nathan H. Canfijn
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Patent number: 11279261Abstract: A vehicle seat adjustment device includes a first adjustment mechanism, a second adjustment mechanism, and a controller. The first adjustment mechanism is moved in a first direction upon driving of a first motor to adjust a position of a vehicle seat. The second adjustment mechanism is moved in both the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction upon driving of a second motor to adjust the position of the vehicle seat. The controller controls and drives the first motor and the second motor. A speed at which the second adjustment mechanism is moved in the first direction is lower than or equal to a speed at which the first adjustment mechanism is moved in the first direction. When the second motor needs to be driven, the controller drives the second motor while driving the first motor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Okada, Soichiro Hozumi, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shinichiro Komaki
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Patent number: 11274448Abstract: A rain irrigation assembly includes a collector that is insertable into a downspout of a rain gutter to collect rain running in the downspout. A plurality of hoses is each fluidly coupled to the collector to receive the rain from the collector. A plurality of watering units is provided and each of the watering units can be positioned at a selected area of a yard. Each of the watering units is fluidly coupled to a respective one of the hoses to receive the rain from the respective hose. Each of the watering units has a foraminous surface to pass the rain outwardly therefrom for irrigating the selected area of the yard.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Inventor: Stephen Horstmyer
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Patent number: 11268280Abstract: In an anchorage (1) of continuous fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strands that anchors continuous fiber-reinforced polymer strands (2) to concrete structures, there is provided an untwisted diameter-expanded portion (3) expanded to a diameter D2 by being radially expanded with respect to a diameter D1 of a general portion (4) of the CFRP strands (2) by untwisting any section of the CFRP strands (2) formed by stranding a plurality of element wires (20, 21) that are bundles of multiple continuous fibers, and filling and curing a time curable material (5) in a clearance among the element wires the untwisted section that is untwisted.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: TOKYO ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., ORIENTAL SHIRAISHI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Masuya, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Toru Tanaka, Eiji Koda, Hiroshi Watase, Meguru Tsunomoto
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Patent number: 11268286Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a quickly dismantlable floor member and a spliced floor, to solve the technical problem that the conventional floor members cannot be dismantled conveniently for repairing and replacement. The quickly dismantlable floor member is of a tetragon shape, a lateral face of a first side of the quickly dismantlable floor member is provided with an automatic latch, the automatic latch comprises a locking head, the locking head is retractable, and the locking head is able to, after the quickly dismantlable floor member is installed, join with an neighboring conventional floor member. The spliced floor employs three or more quickly dismantlable floor members.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Jiangsu Longing New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haibing Gu, Jiaojiao Liu, Min Zhong
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Patent number: 11261596Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a precast wall having increased pouring resistance. The precast wall has a configuration by which resistance to the pouring pressure of concrete poured between outer and inner panels is increased, the configuration including rail members buried in outer and inner panels, link members disposed between connection members connecting the rail members in the outer and inner panels to act integrally, and coupling members.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: Taeyeong PCM Co., Ltd., Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung-Seck Seo, Yoon-Seop Shin