Patents Examined by Jeffrey O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11334123
    Abstract: A foldable display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a first body and a second body, and a hinge unit which is connected between the first body and the second body. The hinge unit includes a first joint which includes a first recess, a second joint which faces the first joint, a third joint disposed at one side of the first joint, a first leaf spring disposed in the first recess, and a first fastener fixed to the third joint through the first leaf spring and the first joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., FINE DNC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Yong Kim, Chang Soo Kim, Sung Chun Hong, Jin Yong Sim
  • Patent number: 11326377
    Abstract: A hood prop attaches to right and left side hoods and engages a receptacle plate attached to a fire wall. The hood prop includes a mounting plate attached to hood latch fasteners at a bottom rear position of each side hood. A mounting plate end of a prop arm is pivotally attached by a friction fit. The friction fit allows the arm to pivot on the rod but retain a position to reduce or eliminate any rattles. The arm includes at least one bend to align a firewall end of the prop arm with a receptacle reaching out from the receptacle plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Kugel
  • Patent number: 11311997
    Abstract: An adapter is arranged to secure to a rotary device. The adapter includes a handle rotatable about an axis, and a coupler extending from and coaxial with the handle. The coupler is adapted to engage the rotary device via traction elements for simultaneously rotating the rotary device and the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: OSSUR ICELAND EHF
    Inventors: Valgeir Petursson, Stefan Orn Stefansson, David Sandahl
  • Patent number: 11293207
    Abstract: A hinge cover assembly (10) for a hinge having an elongate hinge arm has first and second cover members (20, 22) mountable about the hinge arm so as to completely encircle the hinge arm over at least part of its length. The first cover member (20) has a channel portion (24) which surrounds the arm on three sides and the second cover member (22) is mountable to the first enclose the arm on the other side. The first cover member (20) has locking projections (46) on the inner surface of a side wall that engage in apertures in the hinge arm. The cover assembly (10) is particularly suited for use with a swan neck hinged used to mount a boot lid to a vehicle body. A housing portion (32) of the first cover member encapsulates a mounting structure of the hinge and may have a clip formation for clamping an edge region of a trim panel mounted to the boot lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Molyneux, Steve Crowe, Paul Wentworth
  • Patent number: 11291325
    Abstract: A track hanger (100) includes a hook (103) and an extension (104), a base member (102), and a key (403). The key is detachable from the hook, and the base member is detachable from the extension. The key can include a first major surface (401) and a second major surface (402). The first major surface can define one or more barbs (404) that facilitate one-way insertion of the key into a track (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
    Inventors: Paige Wexler, Joshua Bobo, John Piazzi
  • Patent number: 11291814
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding a roll-on medication applicator including a curved handle and a sleeve in which the applicator is held. The handle has upper and lower flanges supported by a web attached to the sleeve. The flanges are widened and thickened with undulations and curve over and merge at a free end of the handle. The sleeve has a closed end with an air hole and a side wall with a slit opening at an open end. The slit widens into a finger hole proximate the closed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Ryan A. Swier
  • Patent number: 11286700
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a safety device for a sliding door with which finger pinching can be automatically prevented without manually operating a stopper, and which can be smoothly closed without a resistance that acts when closing the sliding door. [Solution] A safety device for a sliding door is provided with a guide frame 11 and a feed plate 12 that are mounted on the opening side and the sliding door side, respectively, so as to face each other. A low-speed movement groove 38a and a lock groove 38b are provided on the guide frame 11 side. A contact face 12c that is inclined to contact a disk roller is provided on the feed plate 12 side. In addition, when the feed plate 12 collides with the disk roller 14 at a force stronger than or equal to a prescribed value, the shaft 14b of the disk roller 14 is moved from inside the low-speed movement groove 38a to inside the lock groove 38b and the movement of the disk roller 14 in the left-right direction is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOK, INC.
    Inventor: Toshiki Tomisawa
  • Patent number: 11281260
    Abstract: The description relates to devices and device adjustment. One example can include a first portion that defines a cam pivot. The example can also include a height adjuster comprising a wedge and a positioning loop positioned over the cam pivot, such that rotation of a cam on the cam pivot to contact one cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge toward another component or to contact an opposite cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge away from the another component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Kevin Chen, Jason Dale Brown, Anthony George Picardo, Anthony Ernest Hillyerd, Brian David Bitz, David Michael Lane
  • Patent number: 11280123
    Abstract: The door stopper is adhered to the front wing of the door that has been completely opened and the door is prevented to move from this point on. When the door is desired to be closed, the door is pulled gently by hand, the force applied by the door to the stopper tensions the pressure spring and the pressure spring forces the moveable head down to the floor, thereby enabling the door to pass over the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Ercan Zirek
  • Patent number: 11268310
    Abstract: A hinge assembly with reinforced abutment surfaces via the use of multiple strike plates. The strike plates are made from stronger and more robust materials than the underlying hinge, such that the strike plates bear the loads (vs. the underlying hinge material) to prevent deformation of the hinge components during use over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ciari Guitars, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Spangler, James Lee
  • Patent number: 11247509
    Abstract: A caster includes a running wheel, a fork and an assembly journal, wherein the fork is pivotable in relation to the assembly journal and a braking device is arranged in the fork and can be displaced into the braking position via a tappet actuated by a trip cam. A direction lock can be set without a braking action on the running wheel. Two tappets are movable independently of each other, wherein only the direction lock without a braking action can be set via one of the tappets. Another caster includes a running wheel, a fork and an assembly journal, wherein a braking device is provided in the fork and can be displaced into the braking position via a trip cam. The braking device has a first braking part for friction-locking action on the running wheel and a second braking part for the interlocking lock of the running wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: TENTE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Horst Hartkopf
  • Patent number: 11236535
    Abstract: Disclosed is a door-stopping device, including a linking arm and a locking mechanism, one being rigidly connected to the leaf of the door and the other to the frame, the linking arm including at least one face intended for engaging with a braking element resting on the face of the linking arm, the braking element being controlled by a blocking element resting in a notch provided on the braking element, the blocking element engaging with resilient return element intended for exerting a pressure of the blocking element on the braking element, thus allowing the relative holding of the door in open position in any given position between the closed and fully-open positions. The device is particularly applicable to motor vehicle doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: André Prieur
  • Patent number: 11236536
    Abstract: An appliance includes a door having a vertical support. A first pivot member defines a first pin receptacle and is coupled with a lower hinge mount coupled with an appliance body. The first pivot member includes a first protrusion having a first inclined surface and a first horizontal surface. A lower hinge support is fixedly coupled with the vertical support and is rotatable between first and second positions. A second pivot member is coupled with the lower hinge support, defines a second pin receptacle, and includes a second protrusion having a second inclined surface and a second horizontal surface. The second horizontal surface contacts the first horizontal surface in the first position. A lower hinge pin is coupled with the lower hinge support and is vertically translated within the first and second pin receptacles when the second pivot member moves between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Abubackar M. Balekundri
  • Patent number: 11230868
    Abstract: A torque rod for a closure panel of a vehicle includes a first end portion, a second end portion, a fixing portion, and first and second coiled spring portions. The first end portion is configured to be connected to a first hinge member connected to the closure panel. The second end portion is configured to be connected to a second hinge member connected to the closure panel. The fixing portion is configured to be fixed to the vehicle body structure. A first coiled spring portion is disposed between the first end portion and the fixing portion. A second coiled spring portion is disposed between the second end portion and the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Scott Dennis
  • Patent number: 11213940
    Abstract: A dual ended handle such as that used with cleaning implements is provided. The dual ended handle comprises a pole with a first end and a second end, the first end having a first threaded fastener and an implement connecting feature having a tapered cone, the second end having a second threaded fastener and a locking member. A grip having a first end is configured to releasably engage at least one of the first threaded fastener or the implement connecting feature, and a second end configured to releasably engage the second threaded fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: UNGER MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: James M. Buckley, John Anthony Triunfo
  • Patent number: 11207916
    Abstract: A coupling mechanism is provided for coupling a supporting element to a frame, and includes a base member and a C-shaped retainer. The frame includes a frame body and a leg member that has a leg body extending downwardly from the frame body to terminate at an enlarged leg end. The base member defines therein a recess for the enlarged leg end therein. The supporting element is coupled to a lower major surface of the base wall. The C-shaped retainer extends to be disposed about the leg body, and is configured to be detachably coupled to a surrounding wall of the base member for retaining the enlarged leg end in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Other World Computing, Inc.
    Inventors: I-Ching Shih, Chao-Nan Huang
  • Patent number: 11207917
    Abstract: A wheel assembly includes: a wheel set unit including a wheel bracket and a wheel; and a brake unit including a brake element disposed between the wheel bracket and the wheel, a threaded member sleeved movably on the brake element, and a screw extending threadably through the threaded member, extending through the brake element so as to prevent movement of the threaded member on the brake element, and pushable downwardly such that the brake unit moves downwardly to press resiliently against the wheel, so as to arrest rotation of the wheel. Only a single tool is needed to be accessed to a lower end of the screw so as to adjust a distance between the brake unit and the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CATIS PACIFIC MFG. CORP. LTD.
    Inventor: Ching-Sung Lin
  • Patent number: 11193317
    Abstract: A mounting position adjustment mechanism for a rotating door that is mounted to be rotatable around a shaft includes a base member, a support member, an adjuster, and a fixing member. The base member is configured to be fixed to a door body of the rotating door. The support member is coupled to the base member at one end side of the shaft to be movable along a door surface of the rotation door in a direction orthogonal to the shaft. The adjuster is configured to adjust a position of the support member with respect to the base member in the direction orthogonal to the shaft. The fixing member is configured to fix the support member to the base member at two or more positions on the one end side of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11162285
    Abstract: A door hinge assembly includes: a door frame defining a frame opening and a jamb at one side of the frame opening, the jamb including two frame corners protruding into the frame opening and a jamb brace connecting the two frame corners across the frame opening, the jamb brace defining two spaced-apart hinge holes therethrough; a door movable to selectively provide access through the frame opening, and an elastic cord connecting the door to the door frame, the cord extending sequentially through a first of the two hinge passages, through a first of two passage openings at the jamb edge, through a first of the two hinge holes, across the jamb brace, through a second of the two hinge holes, through a second of the two passage openings at the jamb edge, and through the second of the two hinge passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Lovevery, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Fouts, Thomas Creason Rigby
  • Patent number: 11160333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an eyelet which is easily fastened and has a strong coupling force, and the eyelet of the present disclosure includes an eyelet base and an eyelet washer, wherein the eyelet base includes: a disk-shaped base part having a circular hollow hole formed at a center portion thereof; a cylindrical fastening part formed to extend from an inner circumference of the base part formed by the hollow hole to be orthogonal to the base part, and inserted into a circular hollow hole in a center portion of the eyelet washer to be fastened to the eyelet washer; and a fixing protrusion formed in a ring shape on an outer circumference of the fastening part to prevent separation of the eyelet washer from the fastening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Chung Han Yu