Patents Examined by Janet M. Wilkens
  • Patent number: 11897319
    Abstract: A vehicle door frame includes a pillar, a frame molding, and a welded part. The pillar has a first abutting surface and a first outer surface. The upper frame has a second abutting surface and a second outer surface. The frame molding extends along the upper frame to cover an outside of the upper frame in the lateral direction of a vehicle, and has an inner surface facing the first outer surface and the second outer surface with a gap. The welded part is located at a boundary between the first outer surface and the second outer surface, extends along the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface, faces the inner surface, and bonds the pillar and the upper frame together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Takashi Kameyama
  • Patent number: 11885175
    Abstract: A method and system configured to correct a non-compliant, excessive gap condition between a door and a frame, correct a non-compliant, excessive gap condition between a pair of doors at the meeting edge, correct a non-compliant, excessive gap condition at least using a formed metal edge and mechanical fasteners, and correct a non-compliant, excessive gap condition at least using a formed metal edge and mechanical fasteners, whereby the formed metal edge may vary in dimensions to accommodate uneven gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL GUARD PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Aron Fleischmann
  • Patent number: 11877647
    Abstract: An inner support panel includes a first partial panel, a second partial panel, a first layer, a second layer a first panel portion, a second panel portion, a first layer, a second layer, and at least one support structure. The first layer is stacked on the second layer. The first partial panel includes one or two combinations consisting of at least part of the first layer and at least part of the second layer. The second partial panel includes one or two combinations consisting of at least the other part of the first layer and at least the other part of the second layer. The first partial panel and the second partial panel are connected to each other and form a hollow structure by defining a cavity. At least part of the second partial panel extends towards the cavity to form the support structure. The first partial panel can be supported by the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Jinglei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11879292
    Abstract: In example implementations, a header seal for a vertical stacking panel door is provided. The header seal includes a header channel and a seal plate. The header channel includes a body portion comprising a plurality of openings to receive a mechanical fastener and a lip portion coupled to the body portion. The seal plate includes a bracket comprising a plurality of openings to receive a mechanical fastener to connect the bracket to the top most vertical panel and a flexible member to contact the lip portion to form a seal against the lip of the header channel when the vertically stacking panel door is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CORNELLCOOKSON, LLC
    Inventors: James Janick, Joseph A. Garrah, Brandon Carl Smith
  • Patent number: 11877652
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjustable table including (i) a base, (ii) a first elongated rod coupled to the base, wherein the first elongated rod includes one or more first through holes, (iii) a second elongated rod configured to translate with respect to the first elongated rod, wherein the second elongated rod includes one or more second through holes, (iv) a table top coupled to the second elongated rod, and (v) a coupling mechanism configured to be positioned between one of the one or more first through holes and one of the one or more second through holes to thereby set a distance between the table top and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Water Party, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Foley, Stephen Foley, III, Ryan Foley
  • Patent number: 11877427
    Abstract: A cover for covering an opening of a socket formed by a housing comprises a body; one or more bosses extending from the body, a first locking mechanism, a second locking mechanism, and a release tab. The bosses movably couple the body to the housing such that the body is movable between first and second positions. The first locking mechanism releasably attaches to the housing to secure the body in the first position. The second locking mechanism releasably attaches to the housing to secure the body in the second position. The release tab aids in detaching the first locking mechanism from the first wall and the second locking mechanism from the second wall. When the body is in the first position, the body allows access to the socket through the opening. When the body is in the second position, the body prevents access to the socket through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun Chang, Hsin-Chieh Lin, Chih-Hao Chang, Yi-Fu Liu
  • Patent number: 11871843
    Abstract: A corner bracket may include first and second retainers configured to receive respective ends of first and second frame members, such that the first and second frame members are substantially perpendicular with respect to one another. The first and second retainers may include structural and sealing portions, wherein the structural portion includes a first material and the sealing portion includes a second material, with the first material being relatively more rigid than the second material, and the second material being relatively more elastic than the first material. The corner bracket may also include first and second exterior surfaces at least partially including the second material and first and second door panel interfaces configured to provide a seal between the first and second exterior surfaces and interior surfaces of first and second door panels in a closed position. The corner bracket may be incorporated into a frame for a cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Arash Abedijaberi, William Julius McPhil Giraud, Brian Duane Kingsbury, Robert Tomasz Klak, Przemyslaw Andrzej Kukian
  • Patent number: 11867425
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner including a main body, a panel assembly configured to cover a front surface of the main body and coupled to the main body, and a cam assembly including a cam and disposed below the panel assembly, wherein the cam includes a cam contact surface formed along a rotation direction of the cam, the cam contact surface includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion formed to be in contact with the panel assembly at different heights, and the panel assembly is configured to be detachable from the main body by moving up and down with the rotation of the cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyun Chun, Junseok Kwon, Jihong Kim, Moonsun Shin, Wonhee Lee, Changsik Lee, Jaerim Jung, Changwoo Jung, Seoyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11864654
    Abstract: A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
  • Patent number: 11867453
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a front panel door part, a drawer part located rearward of the front panel door part, and a connection device that is located at the front panel door part, that is configured to couple the front panel door part with the drawer part, and that is configured to transmit power from the front panel door part to the drawer part. The connection device includes an exposed portion that is exposed through the rear surface of the front panel door part and that allows a user to manipulate the connection device, and the connection device is configured to, based on a manipulation of the exposed portion of the connection device by the user, decouple the front panel door part from the drawer part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jinho Kim
  • Patent number: 11865901
    Abstract: A corner die-molding portion of a glass run includes an outer peripheral portion to cover an end flange portion of an outer panel of a door, a holding portion having one end portion connected to an inner surface of the outer peripheral portion, and a supporting portion provided between the holding portion and the inner surface of the outer peripheral portion. An inner space and its opening are provided between the outer peripheral portion and the holding portion such that, when the glass run is attached to a window frame, the end flange portion of the outer panel is inserted into the inner space from the opening, and then the supporting portion is brought into abutment against a tip end of the end flange portion of the outer panel. It is possible to suppress flexural deformation of the outer peripheral portion, thereby improving the glass run in external appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KINUGAWA RUBBER IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukiko Fujishima
  • Patent number: 11864339
    Abstract: A lock device may include a slider assembly including a first slider, a second slider movably coupled to the first slider, and a base having a planar portion with a top rail and a bottom rail that hold the slider assembly and allows the relative movement of the first slider relative to the second slider along the top and bottom rails in the base. The second slider can move relative to the first slider to different positions including a latch lock position, a latch unlock position, and a latch impending lock position. The lock device may also include a latch assembly attached to a chassis. The latch assembly including a latch element is configured to move to a first, a second, and a third heights from the top rail of the base corresponding to the latch lock position, the latch unlock position, and the latch impending lock position of the slider assembly, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZT GROUP INT'L, INC.
    Inventors: Chen An, Zichun Song
  • Patent number: 11857073
    Abstract: A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
  • Patent number: 11849843
    Abstract: A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
  • Patent number: 11851943
    Abstract: A passage barrier includes a frame and a gate engaged in the frame. The four corners of the frame are provided with mounting holes for receiving pressurized fasteners. An adjustment member can be rotated on a rod of the pressurized fastener. The mounting hole and the rod are designed so that the rod can only slide in the mounting hole but cannot rotate. In the installation process, a user is reminded not to press the frame on both sides of the passage by rotating the rod of the pressurized fastener, but to press the frame on both sides of the passage by rotating the adjustment member, so that the user can quickly find the correct the installation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABORDER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Xuzhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11845555
    Abstract: An on-board device for a vehicle, preferably a galley or a bar for an airplane, has at least one visible side wall and at least one paneling for partially or completely concealing a work area of the on-board device. The paneling is adjustable between at least two configurations. The paneling forms or covers at least part of the side wall in a first configuration and conceals the work area partially or completely in a second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Cabin Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Hausner, Samuel Klassen, Nathalie Christian
  • Patent number: 11840372
    Abstract: A cargo pallet is disclosed. The cargo pallet may have a pallet base. The cargo pallet may also have a pallet liner. The pallet liner may have a pallet liner base. The pallet liner base may be positioned on the pallet base. The pallet liner may also have a pallet extension, which may be fixedly attached to the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may project outwardly from the pallet liner base. The pallet extension may also have a support surface that may at least in part extend outwardly beyond a footprint of the pallet base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Lee, Frank J. LeRose
  • Patent number: 11828526
    Abstract: A gasket is positioned on an icebox within a refrigerator appliance. The gasket includes a first lateral edge spaced apart from a second lateral edge. The first lateral edge has a first height and the second lateral edge has a second height. The first height is greater than the second height. A longitudinal edge extends between and is integrally formed with the first and second lateral edges. The longitudinal edge tapers from the first height to the second height. The second lateral edge is positioned proximate a hinge assembly of an appliance door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Ishan Subhash Khekale
  • Patent number: 11819124
    Abstract: A revolving shelf system including first and second side plates configured to be mounted on opposite side walls of a cabinet, a drive track configured to extend from an inner front face to an outer back face of each of the first and second side plates, at least one shelf member having first and second ends connected to the drive track, and a drive mechanism located on the outer back face of at least one of the first and second side plates, the drive mechanism configured to move with a rotation motion the at least one shelf member about the drive track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Richard D. Cornell
  • Patent number: 11821447
    Abstract: A dovetail-type embedded connecting piece and an office desk are provided. The dovetail tenon type embedded connecting piece includes a dovetail groove and a dovetail tenon in a mortise-tenon connection with the dovetail groove. The dovetail groove includes a main plate and an auxiliary plate detachably connected with the main plate. A first clamping groove and the dovetail groove are formed by the main board and the auxiliary plate in use. The dovetail tenon includes a left side plate and a right side plate detachably connected to the left side plate, and in a use state, a second clamping groove is formed by the left side plate and the right side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yuxia Chen, Chuangye Li, Yong Guo, Bin Yan, Xinhui Fan