Patents Examined by L. A.
  • Flat-knitted outdoor clothing and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 12004580
    Abstract: A garment is provided which includes a flat-warp-knitted fabric laminate made of at least one flat-warp-knitted fabric. The flat-warp-knitted fabric includes a polyurethane film which is stretchable in substantially all directions. A knit fabric made of fleecy thread may be adhesively bonded to the film and be positioned between the film and the inner lining. The garment can be made up of five tailored flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces: three flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces for the two front sides and the rear side of the torso, and two flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces for the two sleeves. The seams form the two sleeve cuffs, and the seams are sewn onto the flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces for the torso. The front pieces are sewn together, and the rear side of the torso piece is positioned along the side of the torso by a respective seam. The seams are used to connect these parts along the shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: KJUS North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kurtzweg, Nico Serena, Isabel Rosa Müggler Zumstein, Françoise Adler
  • Rough terrain cart for a wheel chair
    Patent number: 12005008
    Abstract: A rough terrain cart for a wheel chair includes a frame operable to support a wheel chair and a wheel chair user. A pair of cart drive wheels are rotationally mounted to the frame. A locking mechanism is engaged with the frame. The locking mechanism is operable to secure the wheel chair to the cart. A rotational mechanism is engaged with the frame. The rotational mechanism is configured to support a pair of wheel chair drive wheels of the wheel chair and is operable to enable the wheel chair drive wheels to rotate when the wheel chair is secured to the cart by the locking mechanism. A transmission system is engaged with the frame. The transmission system is connectable to the wheel chair drive wheels. The transmission system is operable to transmit torque from the wheel chair drive wheels to the cart drive wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Tyrel Diamond
  • Patient transport apparatus having caster assembly biasing mechanisms
    Patent number: 12005009
    Abstract: A patient transport apparatus including a support structure movable between a chair configuration for traversing floor surfaces and a stowed configuration for storage. A seat section is pivotably coupled to the support structure. A caster assembly includes a pin coupled to the support structure and defining a swivel axis, a caster frame arranged to pivot about the swivel axis between a plurality of caster orientations, a wheel coupled to the caster frame and arranged for engagement with the floor in the chair configuration, and a biasing mechanism interposed between the caster frame and the pin. The biasing mechanism urges the caster frame toward a stowed caster orientation in response to disengagement between the wheel and floor surfaces occurring as the support structure moves from the chair configuration to the stowed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Trey Thomas Pfeiffer, Nathan W. Matheny, Patrick Grossman, Adam Kammers
  • Assistance apparatus
    Patent number: 12005016
    Abstract: An assistance apparatus (1) includes: a base (2); a support arm section (3) that can support a part of the body of the care receiver and that is provided to the base and can perform motion with respect to the standing direction for causing the care receiver to stand or the seating direction for causing the care receiver to be seated; an actuator (5) that is connected to the base and the support arm section; and a buffer mechanism (7) that is disposed at one of members from the base to the support arm section coupled via the actuator or is disposed between members connected to each other and that absorbs at least a part of a drive force of the actuator when an external force in the standing direction is applied by drive of the actuator to the support arm section performing motion toward the seating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Noguchi, Hideaki Nomura
  • Medicament for preventing and/or treating dry eye
    Patent number: 12005063
    Abstract: A compound useful for preventing or treating dry eye and a medicament for preventing and/or treating dry eye comprising the same which does not substantially impact on the intraocular pressure are provided. A method of preventing and/or treating dry eye in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of olodaterol or a salt thereof to the subject is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Kenji Oki, Takashi Nagano, Nagayoshi Asano, Koushi Fujisawa
  • Formulation including doxycycline hyclate and method for administering the same
    Patent number: 12005068
    Abstract: A topical formulation for transdermal delivery of sub-acute does of doxycycline hyclate to treat pain and inflammation may include: a base suspension; and doxycycline hyclate. The doxycycline hyclate is mixed with the base suspension in a proportion such that the formulation lacks any antibiotic effect and the concentration of doxycycline hyclate is between 200 and 600 mg/g inclusive. A method of applying the formulation is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Bruce Roseman
  • Method of surface texturing for a writing instrument tip
    Patent number: 12005536
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metallic ball pen tip for a writing instrument comprising a feeding passage extending in an axial direction, the feeding passage reaching in a housing configured to receive a ball, the housing being defined by a cylindrical wall and a wall, the method comprising the steps providing a preform of the metallic ball pen tip comprising the feeding passage and the housing, the housing being defined by the cylindrical wall and a wall, machining the wall so as to obtain a stepped wall, broaching feeding grooves in the stepped wall and coining the stepped wall with a spherical die so as to obtain the ball seat, and a metallic ball pen tip obtained by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Société BIC
    Inventors: Julien Bouchet, Stéphane Larue, Eric Pestour
  • Power transmission system for driving robot joint
    Patent number: 12005575
    Abstract: A power transmission system for driving a robot joint includes a driving part including a first driving unit and a second driving unit, a first force transmission part including a first sheath formed to have a predetermined length, flexibility, and a hollow shape and a first wire which is inserted into the first sheath and of which one end is fixed to a joint of a robot and the other end is connected to the first driving unit, and a second force transmission part including a second sheath formed to have a predetermined length, flexibility, and a hollow shape and a second wire which is inserted into the second sheath and of which one end is fixed to the joint of the robot and the other end is connected to the second driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, ENDO ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daehie Hong, Byung Gon Kim, Jinwoo Choi, Chae Dong Lee, Jung Hyun Im, Hyuk Soon Choi, Jeonghan Kim
  • Reconfigurable compact electric transport device
    Patent number: 12005988
    Abstract: An electric transport device included an outer casing including a top, a bottom, a front, a back, and an interior space. A rear wheel assembly is mounted to the outer casing. The rear wheel assembly extends rearward of the back of the outer casing when the electric transport device is in a riding configuration. A locking mechanism is configurable in a first configuration to engage the rear wheel assembly to lock the rear wheel assembly in a riding position. The locking mechanism is configurable in a second configuration to disengage the locking mechanism from the rear wheel assembly permitting the rear wheel assembly to be moved relative to the outer casing to move the rear wheel assembly from the riding position to a stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew B. Staal, Jackie P. Porchay, Michael J. Kim, Ming Hsein Lee, Ding Jong Chou, Sheng Yu Huang
  • Air suspension system
    Patent number: 12005989
    Abstract: The integrated tank and compressor mounting system for a motorcycle has a mount block which has a mounting face, and a compressor clamp. The mount block has a threaded cylindrical section which forms a tank mount for mounting a tank. The tank has a cylindrical tubular section closed at one end and threaded at the other end such that the tank threads correspond to the mount block threads. The tank provides air for an air suspension which includes a forward suspension unit activated by air and an aft suspension unit activated by air. A supply line connects the tank air volume to an inlet valve on the suspension control unit. The suspension control unit has a cylindrical forward control valve passage and the forward control valve passage has a forward transfer chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Vince Costa
  • Elevating speaker for use in bathtub
    Patent number: D1030704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TROLLING ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huei-Ching Chou Lu, Tzeng-Tian Huang, Ta-Tsung Dan
  • Microphone
    Patent number: D1030723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Suzuki, Karin Maebashi, Sean Bryson
  • Microphone stand
    Patent number: D1030724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AUDIO-TECHNICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Suzuki, Karin Maebashi, Sean Bryson
  • Car mobile phone interconnect box
    Patent number: D1030726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Aizhu Wang
  • Wireless connectivity device
    Patent number: D1030727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Paul Wolf, Fred Bould, Martin Duhayon, Jamie Starr Perin
  • Phone case
    Patent number: D1030729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Liyan Zhong
  • Auto stereo mounting device
    Patent number: D1030739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Pieckdey Khoeun
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D1030746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Namhyun Kang, Minah Koh, Hakdo Kim, Dongkyun Kim, Sol Lee
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D1030747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Namhyun Kang, Minah Koh
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D1030748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer