Patents Examined by Jose V. Chen
  • Patent number: 12251021
    Abstract: A theater chair that is mountable on existing theater platforms that provides a tilting backrest, an extendable footrest, and an extendable headrest, each independently operated by a separate motor. The theater chair comprises a mountable base, a backrest, a headrest, a footrest, a seat cushion, and three motors. The three motors are controlled by a controller operated by the user to facilitate the tilting of the backrest, the extending of the footrest, and the extending of the headrest, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ENPAR SEATING, LLC
    Inventor: Yang Baoping
  • Patent number: 12246664
    Abstract: A power supply structure 11 for a headrest 10 for supplying power to the headrest 10 attached to a seat body 13 includes: a power supply coil 16 that is located in the seat body 13; a power reception coil 30 that is located in the headrest 10 and receives power from the power supply coil 16; and an elastic member 21 that is located in at least one of the seat body 13 and the headrest 10 and urges the power supply coil 16 and the power reception coil 30 in a direction that approaches each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Ono, Hidetoshi Ishida, Satoshi Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12247692
    Abstract: A monitor arm assembly including a rotation limiter that includes movable tabs to set the rotation limits of the arms with respect to each other or other assemblies. The rotation limiter may include exterior ring activators and outer visual references for the set limitations. The monitor arm assembly also includes a plurality of slide tracks to allow the monitor attached the arm to take a plurality of lateral positions. The assembly may further include a connector to join adjacent slide tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: FELLOWES INC.
    Inventors: Tai Hoon Matlin, Peter Maletich, Shawn Michael Applegate, Michael Franklin Egan
  • Patent number: 12246631
    Abstract: In order to cause no difficulty in an assembling process for assembling a resin plate to a seatback even if a plurality of bosses formed on the resin plate vary somewhat in dimension in a height direction, and also in order to prevent unpleasant noise, a vehicle seat is provided in which the resin plate of the seatback has a plurality of bosses formed thereon in positions facing the seatback frame, and under no load on the resin plate, some of the plurality of bosses are in contact with the seatback frame and the remaining ones of the plurality of bosses are out of contact with the seatback frame. On the other hand, while the resin frame is deformed by application of load in a direction of the seatback frame, the some bosses and the remaining bosses are in contact with the seatback frame to bear the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamaoka, Daiki Fumiiwa
  • Patent number: 12246624
    Abstract: A frame structure of the vehicle seat includes: a seat frame that constitutes a seat surface part of the vehicle seat; a pinion that is rotatably attached to the seat frame, and protrudes from an outer side to an inner side in a vehicle width direction; a drive input gear that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame, is rotatable about a rotary shaft at a position different from the pinion, and enmeshes with the pinion; a reinforcement member that is disposed between the seat frame and the drive input gear in the vehicle width direction, and is fixed to the seat frame; and a support member that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame with the drive input gear and the reinforcement member interposed therebetween, supports part of the pinion, and is fixed to the seat frame, and part of the support member comes into contact with the seat frame through an insertion part provided to the reinforcement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Munetomo Kumamoto, Yuki Abe
  • Patent number: 12240639
    Abstract: Product packing systems and methods are provided. A product packing system may include multiple product packing production sections and multiple modular frame sections. Each modular frame section may support one of the product packing production sections and be configured to connect to an adjacent modular frame section. An assembled product packing system may be transported to an installation location and moved to an installation site at the installation location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Sojo Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Barak Bar-Cohen
  • Patent number: 12239239
    Abstract: An inflatable bladder includes, but is not limited to, a bladder body having a wall, a longitudinal dimension, and a lateral dimension. The wall defines an interior volume enclosing a fluid. The wall further defines an opening in fluid communication with the interior volume. The bladder body is fluid tight when the opening is closed. The wall is configured to facilitate an expansion of the longitudinal dimension during an ingress of the fluid into the interior volume and a contraction of the longitudinal dimension during an egress of the fluid from the interior volume. The wall is further configured to maintain a constant lateral dimension during the ingress of the fluid into the interior volume and a constant lateral dimension during the egress of the fluid from the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeremiah Mallette
  • Patent number: 12240585
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aircraft security door as well as methods, systems and apparatus for handling an aircraft security door. In one implementation, a method for installing an aircraft security door onto an aircraft is disclosed. The method includes transferring the aircraft security door to an aircraft service stair, supporting the aircraft security door by a bridge crane coupled to the aircraft service stair, positioning the aircraft service stair in proximity to a fuselage of the aircraft adjacent to an opening in the fuselage, positioning the aircraft security door relative to the opening using the bridge crane, and securing the aircraft security door to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew L. Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur E. Whitson, Jr., Ryan J. O'Connor, Gregory W. Swanson
  • Patent number: 12232609
    Abstract: A furniture assembly is provided that allows to independently adjust height of furniture legs and thus adjust the angle at which the user-interfacing surface of the furniture, such as seat or tabletop, are positioned. This feature allows to set up the furniture for office-type use even in the outdoors and to compensate for sloped or otherwise uneven terrain. The furniture assembly can take form a chair, a sofa, or a table, with all of these furniture items being easily and conveniently foldable and unfoldable to allow for easy transport. Multiple safety features promote the furniture in staying in folded or unfolded configuration, as desired by the user, and prevent accidental change of configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FURNIGAMI INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Van Raalte, Michael Yim, Jonathan Thai, David Suttie, Blake Johnson, Peter Van Raalte
  • Patent number: 12226051
    Abstract: Embodiments of a side shelf for coupling to an outdoor cooking station configured to control placement of objects adjacent a cooking surface of the outdoor cooking station. The side shelf includes an upward facing flat surface extending to a front periphery, a rear periphery, an outer periphery and an inner periphery. Further, the upward facing flat surface includes an upstanding elongated ridge, the upstanding elongated ridge extending above the upward facing flat surface and extending at least partially along the inner periphery of the upward facing flat surface. With this arrangement, the upstanding elongated ridge extends to define a set-back from the cooking surface for controlled placement of the objects on the upward facing flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Dahle, Steve L. Puertas, Jeffrey D. Clark
  • Patent number: 12226708
    Abstract: A jigsaw puzzle table includes: a puzzle board; a board bracket, wherein the puzzle board is mounted on a mounting end of the board bracket; a lower support, wherein the board bracket is mounted between the puzzle board and the lower support, the board bracket and the lower support are configured to support the puzzle board, the board bracket and the lower support are movably connected to each other; and a positioning fastener, connected to at least one of the board bracket and the lower support. The positioning fastener is configured to secure the board bracket and the lower support to fix a height of the puzzle board. The positioning fastener is further configured to release the security between the board bracket and the lower support to enable the board bracket and the lower support to be at least partially movable to adjust the supported height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Inventor: Xiaoling Che
  • Patent number: 12221026
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a foot and/or calf support, a lower seat part which has a seat surface and can be coupled to a vehicle structure having an interior floor in a preferably longitudinally displaceable manner, and a backrest having a backrest surface. The foot and/or calf support has a support surface that is arranged in front of the lower seat part and is movable between a stowed position and a use position. The foot and/or calf support is arranged with a first seat-side edge in front of, on or under the lower seat part and includes a free edge which is remote from the seat-side edge and is arranged in front of the lower seat part so as to be spaced apart from the lower seat part and is coupled to the vehicle structure. The foot and/or calf support is formed by or has at least one support element having the support surface, the support element being designed as an at least two-dimensionally flexible sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sylvia Kleindl, Michael Leng
  • Patent number: 12221248
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of a composite pallet with augmented compression support may comprise a pallet pulp body, a multiplicity of support foot sheathes, and a support bottom plate. The pallet pulp body may be comprised of pulp and may have an upper faceplate and a plurality of support feet disposed oppositely of the upper faceplate. A foot cavity may be defined within each support foot. Each of the support foot sheaths may envelope at least a portion of a corresponding support foot. The support bottom plate may be affixed to two or more of the support foot sheaths. A plurality of arcuate stiffener grooves may be disposed in the upper faceplate. One or more of the foot cavities may have a compression column disposed therein. Each compression column may comprise one or more column layers, a compression column block, or a combination thereof. The column layers may be nested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Paul Zhang
  • Patent number: 12221016
    Abstract: A seat assembly for use in an automotive vehicle includes a seat back pivotally coupled to a seat cushion and at least one link pivotally coupled between the seat cushion and a seat base. A detent assembly is rotatably coupled to the seat base, the detent assembly actuatable between a use condition for operatively coupling the at least one link and the detent assembly, and an override condition for decoupling the at least one link and the detent assembly. A linkage motor is operatively engaged with the detent assembly for pivoting the at least one link to move the seat assembly between a plurality of positions. Actuation of the detent assembly from the use condition to the override condition allows for manual pivoting of the at least one link to move the seat assembly between the plurality of positions in situations where the linkage motor is unable to be actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Seating Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Ploch
  • Patent number: 12214699
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat having a variable cushion length. The vehicle seat includes: a front panel of metal arranged on a front-end side of a seat cushion to form a frame of the seat cushion; a sliding device allowing a movable portion to be displaceable and including a sliding member of resin displaceable relative to the front panel in seat front-rear directions; and a bracket of metal that is coupled to the front panel in a manner displaceable relative to the front panel in the seat front-rear directions and that is displaced integrally with the sliding member, the bracket transmitting a load acting on the movable portion to the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Takiya, Akihiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 12202387
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seat rail locking device that fixes a seat after the seat has moved in a fore and aft direction of a vehicle. The seat rail locking device includes a guide bracket provided in the moving rail, a pair of locking units supported by the guide bracket, configured to move in an upward and downward direction, and arranged in the longitudinal direction, each locking unit comprising a plurality of locks selectively engaged with the fixing locks, and a fixing bracket configured to fix the locking unit to the moving rail. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent a play between the locks and the fixing locks from occurring at locations where the locks of the lock unit provided in the moving rail are engaged with and locked to the fixing locks provided in the fixed rail. Further, it is possible to prevent BSR noise and damage to parts from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: DAS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Il Choi
  • Patent number: 12195186
    Abstract: A seat system is configured to be within an internal cabin of an aircraft. The seat system includes one or more seat supports configured to support one or more seated passengers. One or more backrests are moveably secured to the one or more seat supports. The one or more backrests are selectively moveable between a forward-facing position and a rearward-facing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Cynthia Vandewall, Jared Bowen, Alejandro Lozano Robledo, Juan Sebastian Ramirez Loaiza, Rebecah Pelle, Zichun Gao, Yifei Wu
  • Patent number: 12187489
    Abstract: An object carrying assembly and a transfer robot. The object carrying assembly (100) comprises: an object carrying component, which comprises two opposite boundary portions; and clamping and bearing members (120), wherein the clamping and bearing members (120) are arranged at the two boundary portions and are rotationally connected to the object carrying component, and the clamping and bearing members (120) are provided with bearing members (121) and clamping claws (122) on two sides of a rotating shaft (130), respectively. When the object carrying component is empty, the bearing members (121) are at least partially higher than a bearing surface of the object carrying component, and when the object carrying component is loaded, the bearing members (121) are not higher than the bearing surface, and the clamping claws (122) are higher than the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Shanghai Quicktron Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangwei Zou, Sheng Pan, Xinhao Wang, Yundi He, Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 12179981
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a top frame-type structural system for load fixing. The system can be used together with pallets that can support a product/merchandise or goods, which are supported, stowed and/or palletized, and subsequently fastened/fixed by a rope, tape and/or strap. In particular, the top frame of the present system is configured to mechanically interact with the strap and efficiently distribute the generated stresses derived from the force tension to which it is subjected to ensure the integrity and bracing of the product. The present system includes a set of structural components, manufactured in a modular manner, which can be assembled and disassembled/taken to pieces, which offers a practical product, easy to handle and transport, and specifically, being manufactured in a modular manner, such that the present structural system can be advantageously transported, packaged using less space, thus improving its logistics and handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Plasticos Tecnicos Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V.
    Inventor: Juan Pedro Baca Sánchez
  • Patent number: 12178321
    Abstract: An art furniture system that provides a tabletop is provided. The tabletop includes an easel region, a first and a second stationary region. The easel region is hingedly attached to the first stationary region. The art furniture system also includes two side supports. A first side support is disposed under, and fixedly attached to, the first stationary region. A second side support is disposed under, and fixedly attached to, the second stationary region. When the easel region is undeployed, the easel region is located between the first stationary region and the second stationary region such that the two stationary regions and the easel region form a flat surface. When the easel region is fully deployed, it is disposed at an angle between 83° and 88°, and most preferably at angle of 86°, with respect to a plane formed by a top surface of the first and second stationary regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Lakewood Candies LLC
    Inventors: Brochie Bergmann, Yaakov Landsman, Yehuda Ehrentreu