Patents Examined by Jonathan G Riley
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Patent number: 11247356Abstract: A shaving razor system with a handle and a shaving razor cartridge mounted to the handle. A flexible electrical bridge with a portion positioned within the handle extends from the handle to the shaving razor cartridge. The flexible electrical bridge has a loop between the shaving razor cartridge and the handle.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach, Maurice Schirmer
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Patent number: 11235434Abstract: The present invention relates to a fault detectable sheet body fixed distance conveying and punching assembly, which may include a rack, a conveying trough seat, a feeding trough, a processing rack and a punching device. On the rack is provided a feed motor and a feed screw. The movable feeding block is sleeved on the feed screw and the movable feeding seat is fixedly connected to the movable feeding seat. On the movable feeding seat is provided a feed lifting cylinder and on the feed lifting cylinder is provided a feed lifting block. On the feed lifting cylinder are equally provided feed blocks which may go through the feeding trough. On the processing rack is also provided a position detecting device which may include a detecting lifting cylinder provided on the processing rack. Under the detecting lifting cylinder is connected the detecting block. On the both sides of the detecting block is provided an acoustic wave range finder.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: DONGGUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventor: Chuan Li
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Patent number: 11225943Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cutting and manipulating the used wind turbine blades for disposal.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: BEST BLADE RECYCLING, LLCInventors: Michael Ray Denson, Marcus Brandon Denson
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Patent number: 11213964Abstract: A hair trimming device arranged to detect positions of the hair trimming device in relation to a client's head and to adjust its trimming length automatically and dynamically according to preprogrammed values at any given point during a hair trimming session.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Klaus Lauritsen
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Patent number: 11192272Abstract: A table saw includes a frame; a saw having a cutting blade supported by the frame; first and second rails extending along opposite sides of the frame; a table supported by the frame; and a fence extending across the table between the first and second rail. A fence holder removably secures the fence to the first rail. The fence holder has a housing and an alignment arrangement configured to balance opposing forces between the fence holder housing and the first rail to hold the fence in a fixed angle relative to the first and second rails.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GPInventor: David E. Dutterer
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Patent number: 11161268Abstract: A control unit of a cutting apparatus has a suction checking function of determining that foreign matter is clogged in a suction hole and issuing an instruction on removal of the foreign matter in a case where the value of a pressure gauge before mounting of a cutting blade onto a mount is less than a first predetermined value, and a mounting checking function of inhibiting start of rotation of a rotary shaft in a case where the value of the pressure gauge after mounting of the cutting blade onto the mount does not reach a second predetermined value smaller than the first predetermined value and permitting the start of rotation of the rotary shaft in a case where the value of the pressure gauge after mounting of the cutting blade onto the mount has reached the second predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji Nitta, Harunobu Yuzawa, Yoshio Matsushita
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Patent number: 11148309Abstract: This invention relates to a novel application of liquid-infused surface materials (LISM) to at least a portion of one or more surfaces of razor components (e.g., frame, housing, clips, blade supports, blade body, blade edge, lubricating bodies, guard, handle, grip, button). If applied to a skin contacting surface of a component, the one or more LISM layers may generally be abrasion-resistant, long-lasting or non-erodible, desirably elevating shaving performance, such as glide, comfort, rinsing, and cleanliness, while also simplifying the manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Neville Sonnenberg, Alison Fiona Stephens, Joia Kirin Spooner-Wyman
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Patent number: 11148316Abstract: A method for aligning a cutter plate in a pelletizer for polymer pellets using a remote alignment adjustment device having a mechanical distance measurement probe and a camera for taking photos or videos. The remote alignment adjustment device is attached to the drive shaft of the cutter plate and rotates with the shaft to correct the alignment in different positions of the die plate. Additionally, a process for preparing polyethylene pellets in a pelletizer using the method for aligning the cutter plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Arfie Wiradjaja, Guenter Sachs-Weingaertner
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Patent number: 11141193Abstract: Embodiments of pelvic floor muscle incising tool of this disclosure include a housing that provides an effective way to shoe-horn the tool and its surgical cutting blade into a precise location between a baby's head and the mother's pelvic floor muscles. The housing provides a duckbill shape that allows for precise placement of the blade to create the incision, protects the baby from the cutting blade (creating only a posterior incision in the vaginal canal), distributes forces applied by and to the baby's head, and allows for concealed extraction of the blade after the incision has been made.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventors: William Clayton Martin, Corby Wade Smithton
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Patent number: 11135665Abstract: A handheld power tool (100) comprising at least one orientation sensor (150) is provided. The handheld power tool (100) is operatively connected to a controller (160; 210) and said controller (160; 210) is configured to receive orientation data from the at least one orientation sensor (150), wherein the orientation data comprises information associated with an orientation of at least a portion of the handheld power tool (100) and to determine operational data based on the orientation data, said operational data representing work performed using the handheld power tool (100). The operational data is determined by determining the orientation of the power tool based on the received orientation data from the at least one orientation sensor (150).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Pär Martinsson, Johan Hallendorff, Tomas Wykman
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Patent number: 11137356Abstract: A method for exposing a buried defect, the method may include illuminating, by a radiation source, an object that comprises the buried defect, with illuminating radiation that passes through radiation transparent part of a chuck, while the object is supported by the chuck; detecting, by a sensor, a detected radiation that passed through the object, to provide a visual indication about the buried defect, wherein the visual indication is indicative of a location of the buried defect; setting, based on the location of the buried object and a spatial relationship between a cleaving element and the sensor, a cleaving axis of a cleaving element to virtually cross the buried defect; and cleaving, by the cleaving element, the object to expose the buried object.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SELA SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING LABORATORIES LTD.Inventors: Vladimir Zheleznyak, Anatoli Eizner
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Patent number: 11135730Abstract: A switch lock apparatus includes a top plate; an insert; a spring; a lock plate; and a bottom plate. The top plate and the bottom plate are rotationally fixably attached. The spring separates a top surface of the lock plate and a bottom surface of the top insert. The insert, the spring, and the lock plate are rotationally fixably attached. The bottom plate includes a space for lodging a portion of the lock plate. The lock plate is substantially rotationally fixably attached when the portion is lodged in the space. The lock plate is rotationally movable with respect to the bottom plate when the portion is not lodged in the space. The insert is attached to a blade portion of a knife. At least one of the top plate and the bottom plate is attached to a handle portion of the knife.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Rexford Knives, LLCInventor: Todd Rexford
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Patent number: 11122735Abstract: A spool and a trimmer head. The trimmer head includes a housing defining a cavity and rotatable about an axis. A spool is supported in the cavity and operable to support line to be dispensed. The spool is movable along the axis relative to the housing, and the spool and the housing define cooperating conical surfaces to center the spool during movement of the spool toward and in a position relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Beth E. Cholst, Troy C. Thorson
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Patent number: 11123888Abstract: A razor handle. The razor handle can have a main body and a pivoting head pivotally coupled with the main body about a first axis of rotation. A severable benefit delivery member can extend from a main body connection on the main body to a pivoting head connection on the pivoting head, the benefit delivery member providing a first biasing torque on the pivoting head to affect an angular deflection about the first axis of rotation of the pivoting head relative to the main body. A spring member can extend from a spring-main-body connection on the main body to a spring-pivoting-head connection on the pivoting head, the spring member applying a second biasing torque to affect an angular deflection about the first axis of rotation of the pivoting head relative to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: The Gillette Company LLCInventors: Ashok Bakul Patel, Steven Francis Quigley, Jin Kyung Kim, Eric Glenn Siegmann, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Regan Marie Fiascone, Steven Michael Bourque, Matthew Frank Murgida
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Patent number: 11104028Abstract: Fences for use in table saws are disclosed. One embodiment may include an actuator, handle or lever to lock and unlock the fence from the table, where the actuator, handle or lever is positioned substantially above the tabletop and substantially within the perimeter of the table (including any rail associated with the table). Another embodiment may include an actuator, handle or lever to lock and unlock the fence from the table, where the actuator, handle or lever is positioned along a top surface of the fence and configured so that the fence unclamps from the saw when the actuator, handle or lever is pressed. The fence may be configured to include a material support shelf that is selectably extendable and retractable.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SawStop Holding LLCInventors: Jeremy J. Burke, John P. Nenadic, Stephen F. Gass, J. David Fulmer, Paul H. Stasiewicz
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Patent number: 11104022Abstract: A razor blade cartridge includes: a housing: a razor blade fixedly mounted in the housing including: an edge that is elongated in a direction orthogonal to shaving direction, the edge includes a cutting edge formed in a single arch and opposing rear and front faces, wherein the cutting edge extends along a longitudinal direction which is orthogonal to shaving direction; a connection portion extended and bent from the edge toward a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and orthogonal to the shaving direction, the connection portion having faces continuous with the front and rear faces of the edge respectively; and a support portion extending from the connection portion in the direction orthogonal to both the longitudinal direction and the shaving direction, the support portion supporting the edge and the connection portion, the connection portion and the support portion are a single body.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: DORCO CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Ho Park, Su Hwan Kim, Byung Sun Ahn
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Patent number: 11097388Abstract: A fence assembly for a table saw includes a primary fence including a first elongated body having a first body first side, a first body second side, a first body top side, and a first body bottom side, and a first height measured between the first body top side and the first body bottom side. A secondary fence is pivotally mounted to the primary fence and pivotable between a deployed position adjacent one of the first body first side or the first body second side, and a stowed position adjacent the other of the first body first side or the first body second side. The secondary fence includes a second elongated body having a second body top side and a second body bottom side, and a second height measured between the second body top side and the second body bottom side. The second height is less than the first height.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: TTI (MACAO COMMERCIAL OFFSHORE) LIMITEDInventor: David E. Dutterer
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Patent number: 11084177Abstract: A knife is provided that includes a replaceable blade element. The knife employs a blade carrier that is fixedly interconnected to or foldable with respect to a handle. The blade carrier selectively receives the replaceable blade element that is locked into the blade carrier by way of a hook and movable pin combination. The replaceable blade element is designed to be inserted within the blade carrier quickly, easily, and safely.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: OUTDOOR EDGE CUTLERY CORPORATIONInventors: David R. Bloch, Chen Haisheng, Liang Houkun
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Patent number: 11076953Abstract: Systems, dies, and methods are provided for processing pericardial tissue. The method includes positioning a die-cut assembly over the pericardial tissue, the die-cut assembly including a die having a plate, a die pattern, and an opening, the die pattern attached to the plate, the opening formed in the plate to provide access to the pericardial tissue, and measuring a thickness of the tissue through the opening. The die-cut assembly may be mounted for automated vertical movement, and a platen on which the tissue is placed is capable of automated horizontal movement. Different target areas on the tissue can be assessed by measuring the thickness through the die, and when an area is deemed suitable the die pattern cuts a shape therefrom. The system is useful for cutting uniform thickness heart valve leaflets, and can be automated to speed up the process.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Oanh H. Nguyen, Ivan Jankovic, Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon, Juan C. Velez, Jon Boomgarden
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Patent number: 11077568Abstract: The present invention relates to electric shavers, handpieces of such shavers and a method of manufacturing such electric shavers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a shaver set comprising a plurality of electric shavers.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Braun GMBHInventors: Joachim Krauss, Cirilo Javier Perez Lopez, Uwe Ludaescher, Sebastian Hottenrott