Patents Examined by Kimberly Wood
  • Patent number: 9810369
    Abstract: A bracket for mounting a device to support structure has (i) a first side and (ii) second and third sides that extend perpendicularly from opposite edges of the first side in the same direction, such that the second and third sides are parallel to each other. The bracket supports a first mounting configuration in which the first side is attached to a face of the device and the second side is attached to a plane of the support structure such that the side of the device is perpendicular to the plane of the support structure. The bracket also supports a second mounting configuration in which the third side is attached to the face of the device and the second side is attached to the plane of the support structure such that the face of the device is parallel to the plane of the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Italy S.R.L.
    Inventors: Erik William Lilieholm, Juan Jose Irola Borja
  • Patent number: 9801484
    Abstract: A stemware stabilizer apparatus engages a piece of stemware between the stem and foot of the stemware to prevent tipping over. The stabilizer apparatus includes a stabilizer body having an upper side and a lower side. A contact surface is defined on the lower side of the stabilizer body. The contact surface is positioned to contact the upper side of a foot on stemware. A stem receiver slot is defined in the stabilizer body allowing passage of the stem. The stem protrudes upwardly through the slot when the apparatus is installed on the stemware. A concave chamber is defined by the lower side of the stabilizer body shaped to at least partially receive the foot. The stabilizer body applies a downward force against the foot and includes a sufficiently heavy material to prevent the stemware from tipping over under some conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Keeley Dodd
  • Patent number: 9797527
    Abstract: A pipe restraint device is disclosed. The pipe restraint device can include a pipe coupling portion to couple with a pipe to be restrained, and a support member coupling portion to couple with a support member extending from a building structure to support the pipe. The support member coupling portion can have a support member interface and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism can be configured to exert a force on the support member to cause the support member to bear against the support member interface sufficient to secure the support member to the support member coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Dallas Martin Dworak, Jr., Troy William Schmidt, George Benedict Von Gnatensky, Michael Tosunian
  • Patent number: 9797547
    Abstract: A mounting adapter for mounting a computer or monitor to a stand is provided. The mounting adapter includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate has an inner surface, an outer surface and a plurality of mounting holes disposed about a periphery. The second plate includes an inner surface, an outer surface, an upper panel, a lower panel and a plurality of mounting holes disposed about a periphery of the upper panel and the lower panel. At least one of the inner surface of the first plate and the lower panel includes a protruding lip in the shape of a circle. The protruding lip is sized to snuggly fit against an inner rim of a computer stand hole. Bolts fit through aligned mounting holes and secure the first plate and the second plate together, sandwiching the computer stand in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventors: Brandon Meyer, Chance Knapp
  • Patent number: 9782002
    Abstract: A hanging bracket for the wall assembly of a wall-cupboard includes, in combination: a metallic base, an arm assembled and articulated on the base and protruding from it with a hook configured for anchoring to a plate (or other equivalent element) fixed to the wall, first and second regulation mechanisms regulating the position of the arm in height and in depth, respectively, and a flange integral with the base and equipped with at least one fixing unit of the hanging bracket to the wall-cupboard, wherein the fixing unit includes a shear-resistant element cooperating with a fixing peg of the hanging bracket to a shoulder of the cupboard. According to the invention, the peg is fitted onto a collar protruding from the flange, there also being a reciprocal fixing element between the collar and the peg, to make them integral with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LEONARDO S.R.L.
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 9783175
    Abstract: A cable mounting assembly that may include a ball fitting having a hole that receives a cable assembly. The ball fitting may be disposed in an abutment and may be received in a bracket that may be disposed on the abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph L Buchwitz, James Adam Drozdowski, Andrew Arthur Brown, Jacob Peter Stencel, Mason Otto Suksumake, Richard Green
  • Patent number: 9777885
    Abstract: A support device is configured to receive an electronic device. The support device includes a base, a holder rotatably mounted to the base, a semi-gear engaged with the holder, an eccentric gear including an shaft inserted into the holder, a wheel module selectively to drive one of the semi-gear and the eccentric gear to rotate, and a rotating module fixed to the wheel module; when the rotating module is rotated in a first direction, the wheel module drives the semi-gear to rotate, so as to make the holder to move up and down with respect to the base; when the rotating module is rotated in a second direction reversed to the first direction, the wheel module drive the eccentric gear to rotate, so as to drive the holder to rotate with respect to the base to adjust an angle between the holder and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chia-Shih Lin
  • Patent number: 9771041
    Abstract: An extension for a vehicle having a frame rail and a cross member with a top flange and a bottom flange, with the cross member connected to the frame rail. The extension includes a top bracket having a vertical portion and a top horizontal member, where the top bracket vertical portion has a leading end portion and a trailing end portion. The trailing end portion is adapted to be attached to the frame rail and the top horizontal member is adapted to engage the cross member top flange. An outer plate is attached to the leading end portion of the vertical portion of the top bracket and has a middle horizontal member. A spacer block is positioned between and attached to the top and middle horizontal members. A bottom bracket has a vertical portion and a bottom horizontal member. The bottom bracket vertical portion is attached to the outer plate and the bottom horizontal member is adapted to be attached to the bottom flange of the cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Fontaine Modification Company
    Inventor: Dan R. Jaynes
  • Patent number: 9743755
    Abstract: A lifting device includes a driving unit, a moving tube, and a rolling unit. The driving unit includes an activating shaft having one end connected to an external object, a sleeve being fixed around the activating shaft and having axially extending flat surfaces, an activating cylinder connected to an opposite end of the activating shaft for driving the activating shaft to move with respect to the sleeve, and a controlling member connected to the activating cylinder for controlling the activating cylinder. The moving tube is mounted around the sleeve and connected to the external object. The movement of the activating shaft synchronously makes the moving tube move upward or downward. The rolling unit includes a plurality of rollers that are rotatably attached to the moving tube and maintain contacting the flat surfaces of the sleeve. Thereby, the lifting device lifts and lowers the external object stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Yen-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 9743732
    Abstract: A case is provided having a hingedly attached lid and at least one (1) base bracket affixed thereto. A securing mounting bracket is capable of joining to an individual base bracket via a fastening means. Each base bracket and mounting bracket create a passageway to accommodate operatively attaching the case to a support structure. A user then has safety eyeglasses stored with the tool for immediate disposal and access. A means to secure safety earplugs within the case also exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: John T. Busby
  • Patent number: 9741269
    Abstract: An improved system for simply assembling, installing, and customizing a signpost. In one exemplary embodiment, the assembled signpost may define a semi-modular post-with-arm structure configured to receive one or more signs via one or more attachment components. The attachment component(s) may be adjustably attached/positioned at any length along the extended arm component. Moreover, the extended arm component, and any signs engaged thereto, may be supported by the post component. Moreover, the post component, the extended arm component, and any signs engaged thereto, may be rigidly yet detachably engaged to a supporting substrate via an anchoring component. The anchoring component may be specifically designed to engage discreetly with the supporting substrate under cover of the post component. Moreover, the assembled signpost may comprise a decorative add-on sub-system intended to make the over-all system more aesthetically pleasing to the intended audience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sign Post Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Robert T. Ellingson
  • Patent number: 9711431
    Abstract: An adjustable fastening bracket used in a radiator includes a supporting stand which includes a plate body provided with pluralities of combination grooves, each combination groove includes a through hole and a long through groove, at least one side of the long through groove away from the through hole is provided with at least one positioning recess; pluralities of positioning elements, each of which includes a positioning plate and a pair of elastic arms, a penetrating hole is provided on the positioning plate corresponding to the through hole, each elastic arm has a positioning convex part; pluralities of fixing elements, each of which penetrates the penetrating hole and the through hole to be disposed in each combination groove, and each fixing element drives the pair of elastic arms to make the positioning convex part of the pair of the elastic arms clip into any one of the positioning recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ABLECOM TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chen-Tang Lin
  • Patent number: 9695976
    Abstract: A traffic signal mounting bracket for mounting a traffic signal on a post. The mounting bracket has a base, a cable, and a traffic signal attachment portion. The base is spaced apart from the post to maintain separation between the back of the base and the post. The cable is secured against rotation in a channel on the back of the base and extends rearwardly from the back of the base to loop around a post and is clamped between the front of the base and clamping blocks releasably attached thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: TRAFFIC HARDWARE + DESIGN INC.
    Inventors: Jayson Alan Hill, Mladen Halar
  • Patent number: 9694724
    Abstract: A vehicular seat slide device, includes: a first rail fixed to one of a vehicular floor and a seat; a second rail fixed to the other one of the floor and the seat, and linked to be movable relative to the first rail; a screw rod supported by the second rail to be rotatable around an axial line which extends in a moving direction; a metal case fixed to the first rail, and through which the screw rod is inserted; a resin nut housed in the metal case in a state of being unmovable in the moving direction with respect to the metal case, and screwed to the screw rod; and a metal nut housed in the metal case in a state of not being in contact with the resin nut in the moving direction, and screwed to the screw rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Nagata, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Kenji Tatewaki, Yuki Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9689419
    Abstract: A threaded portion with thread groove formed and non-threaded portion without the thread groove are prepared on rod-like portion of stud, and non-threaded diameter-increasing portion whose outer diameter is increasing toward thread ridge of screw portion with thread groove formed and non-threaded small diameter portion connecting to small diameter region of non-threaded diameter-increasing portion and having same diameter as that of small diameter region are prepared at threaded portion side edge of non-threaded portion. A holder is provided with stud-receiving hole which receives the rod-like portion, a first locking portion and a second locking portion. The second locking portion is engaged with the non-threaded small diameter portion in a fixedly holding status, and the second locking portion is engaged with the non-threaded diameter-increasing portion in a status that the holder is moved for a predetermined amount in a direction away from the fixedly holding status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Shuji Nakamura, Hiroto Matsuno
  • Patent number: 9644697
    Abstract: A clamping bushing which, due to the particular eccentric geometry and composite materials used to manufacture the same, comprising elastomers (14, 15) and metal sheets (10, 11), is suitable for the reduction of principally vertically acting vibrations and structure-borne sound which can arise in machines/gearboxes and, in particular, in wind turbines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FM Energie GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz Mitsch
  • Patent number: 9642453
    Abstract: A collapsible support device configured to support an object in an inclined position, may include a base portion and an upper support panel. A hinge connecting the base portion to the upper support panel may be disposed at one edge of the base portion and a first edge of the upper support panel. The collapsible support device may be configured to be in at least one open position such that the base portion and the upper support panel are at an angle relative to each other and to be in a closed position such that the upper support panel lays against the base portion. The collapsible support device may be used to support the object at an inclined position in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey N. Feinberg
  • Patent number: 9635772
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus configured to mount a power supply unit to an electronic device includes a case and a locking member. The case includes a side wall and a division plate. A receiving space is defined between the side wall and the division plate. The receiving space receives the power supply unit. The division plate defines a locking hole. The locking member is pivotally mounted on the side wall. The locking member includes a pressing pole and a locking tab. The locking member is rotated on the side wall to have the pressing pole press a power supply unit and the locking tab positioned in the locking hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng-Kuei Wang, Tung-Ho Shih
  • Patent number: 9631770
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching (removably or fixedly) a panel, board, sign, fence, or other long, flat object to a t-post, is described. In some embodiments, the bracket includes a t-post attachment portion, the t-post attachment portion including a face plate and two opposing side plates, the face plate extending between the two opposing side plates and fixed to front edges of the two opposing side plates, and a panel attachment portion, the panel attachment portion including a flat plate, the flat plate fixed to back edges of the two opposing side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Edward James Holestine
  • Patent number: 9623769
    Abstract: A seat pedestal includes an open base upon which a plate assembly is mounted for translational movement upon the base. The plate assembly includes a bottom plate, a seat mount for supporting a seat, and a bearing means between the bottom plate and the seat mount to permit the seat mount to rotate. One lock releasably secures the plate assembly in the driving position and another, which is self-actuating, releases the seat mount so that it can rotate freely when it is in the resting position. A stop carried by the seat mount defines a range in which the seat may be rotated. At least one pair of interlocking members couples the seat mount with the bottom plate to transfer lateral loads born by the seat to the base. The bottom plate, the bearing means, and the seat mount have concentric openings through which wires may pass for accessories such as power/heated seats, headrests, and computer screens and related accoutrements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Roeglin, Hari Sunkara