Patents Examined by Matthew W Ing
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Patent number: 11578743Abstract: An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a channel that receives at least one of a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner edge of the inner liner, and a composite encapsulation system that hermetically seals an insulating cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. The composite encapsulation system includes a base adhesive and an outer adhesive, wherein the base adhesive defines a structural adhesive component and the outer adhesive defines a sealing adhesive component.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Lakshya J. Deka, Hua Liu, Abhay Naik
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Patent number: 11571065Abstract: A modular workstation assembly and method of assemblage comprises multiple modules constructed from a relatively small number of components and arranged in several basic geometries. The workstation assembly includes a desk module, an upper cabinet module, a pair of lateral cabinet modules, and a pair of door modules that hingedly join with the other modules. The door modules hingedly join to the lateral cabinet modules to pivotably articulate between an open and closed position. The modules detachably couple in a sequential pattern, forming multiple styles of workstations operable. The different workstations are arranged, so as to enable a user to work from a sitting or standing position, stow items on multiple shelves, and selectively conceal sections of the workstation with hinged articulation by a pair of lateral modules. The modules are further configured for facilitated disassembly and stowage, one-man portability, and minimal tool and skillset requirements for assemblage.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Inventor: Garth Hubert
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Patent number: 11565397Abstract: The present apparatus is an improved work bench for conveniently performing various tasks. In particular, the apparatus allows a user to uniquely complete difficult jobs in an easier manner. The proposed embodiment provides a unique experience for a user by providing a pleasant experience.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventors: Stanley P. Roberts, Jamie Edwards, Jake Roberts
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Patent number: 11566664Abstract: A connector and associated system. In a first aspect, the connector comprises a patterned surface and a primary track. The patterned surface comprises a surface aperture pattern that is configured to receive at least one protruding element, the protruding element being configured to connect the connector to a first modular component. The primary track is connected to the patterned surface. The primary track can slidably engage a protruding element of a second modular component, thereby connecting the first modular component and the second modular component. In a second aspect, a system can comprise the connector, the first modular component and the second modular component.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: REV Robotics LLCInventors: Francisco Musiol Lima, Gregory Elliott Needel, David Aaron Yanoshak, Jonathan James Bryant, Michael Andrew Kaurich
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Patent number: 11565814Abstract: A slim aircraft monument is installable in an aircraft cabin adjacent to an aisle and has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a middle portion between the upper and lower portions. The monument includes a storage compartment accessible from a first side and a door on an adjacent side, the door deployable into the adjacent aisle or cabin space to reveal folding interconnected panels also deployable into the cabin space. The interconnected panels unfold into a horizontal workspace and, beneath the workspace, a series of vertically stacked storage bays capable of accommodating storage drawers and a cart bay configured for temporary accommodation of a half-size galley cart.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Travis J. Vaninetti, Jefferey M. McKee, Justin C. Christenson, Shawn A. Claflin
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Patent number: 11555644Abstract: An insulating apparatus can include a base portion, a side portion, and an upper portion. Each portion can include a double walled configuration with a gap defining an insulation volume therebetween. The base portion, the side portion, and the upper portion collectively define an interior volume of the insulating apparatus. In one embodiment, the base wall, first side wall, and first upper wall are stainless steel, and the second base wall, second side wall, and second upper wall are aluminum, and wool batting is positioned in the insulation volume, the second insulation volume, and the third insulation volume.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Wool Street LLCInventors: David Lee Nomura, Brook Alison McLeod
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Patent number: 11548684Abstract: Provided are a lockset and a pallet loading bin having the same. A lock hole is arranged at the pallet loading bin. The lockset comprises a lock bar and a handle. A first end of the lock bar is provided with a hook member for fitting the lock hole to realize locking. A connection portion is provided at the lock bar. The lock bar is rotatably connected, through the connection portion, to a bin body of the pallet loading bin. Rotation of the lock bar around the connection portion in a plane parallel to an outer surface of the bin body causes the hook member to extend into or retract from the lock hole, thereby realizing locking or unlocking of the lockset. The handle comprises a connection end. The handle is rotatably connected, through the connection end, to a second end of the lock bar opposite to the first end of the lock bar. Rotation of the handle around the connection end causes the handle to be positioned close to or away from the outer surface of the bin body.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: CHINA INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONTAINERS (GROUP) LTD., CIMC CONTAINERS HOLDING COMPANY LTD., DALIAN CIMC LOGISTICS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Jijun Su, Chunliang Liu, Jiansheng Ni, Bo Li
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Patent number: 11549744Abstract: A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes panels having sheet metal outer side walls and polymer inner side walls. The polymer inner side walls are heat-sealed to a layer of polymer material laminated to a flat sheet metal blank to form vacuum cavities. The blank is then bent along fold lines to form a cabinet structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Nihat Cur, Axel Julio Ramm, Guolian Wu, James Kendall
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Patent number: 11535379Abstract: A system for monitoring the state of a service cart and applying corrective measures and warnings when potentially unsafe conditions exist includes sensors for monitoring the speed and inclination of the service cart. Speed and inclination data are displayed for the operator, along with any limit-based warning states. Under certain conditions, an actuator automatically activates a brake to immobilize the service cart. The system also includes a proximity sensor to identify obstacles in front of the service cart. The system defines limitations for obstacles in front of the service cart and activates the brake under certain conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventors: Ganeshraj Rajan, Divakararao Vadada
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Patent number: 11536066Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet and an inner door. The inner door is configured such that an outer door panel is mountable on the inner door. An adjustable hinge rotatably couples the inner door to the cabinet. The adjustable hinge includes a movable door balance adjuster. A visual scale graphic is positioned proximate the adjustable hinge. The visual scale graphic includes a plurality of outer door panel weight indicia and a plurality of door balance adjuster position indicia. Each of the plurality of door balance adjuster position indicia corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of outer door panel weight indicia.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Ian Moore, Charles Andrew Bierbaum, Marcelo Torrentes
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Patent number: 11519661Abstract: An outer wrapper that defines a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, and first and second side walls and includes an inner liner. A trim breaker seals the outer wrapper to the inner liner to define an insulation space. A single vacuum port is disposed on each of the top wall, the bottom wall, and the first and second side walls. A plurality of vacuum ports is disposed on the rear wall. An insulative material is disposed between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. A filter media is disposed proximate each vacuum port such that air can be drawn from the insulation space past the filter media and through each vacuum port.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Abhay Naik, Subrata Shannigrahi, Gustavo Frattini
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Patent number: 11510487Abstract: A desktop lifting platform includes a lifting column, a desktop, a base, a controller, and a manipulator, wherein the base is placed on a work platform like a desk; the lifting column includes a drive motor; the controller includes a main control unit (MCU) and a motor-driving circuit, the output end of the MCU is connected to the motor-driving circuit; the desktop lifting platform includes a sensing unit adaptable for detecting or sensing whether the desktop lifting platform hits an obstacle or tilts, such that when sensing that the desktop lifting platform hits the obstacle or the tilts, the sensing unit emits a signal to the controller for controlling the lifting column to stop lifting.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: ZHEJIANG JIECANG LINEAR MOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Qing Deng, Miaojiang Ding, Xueli Chen
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Patent number: 11503913Abstract: A method for restoring the visual appearance of a wire shelf, products employed in the method, and a kit containing the parts used for the restoration are provided for simplifying the process of altering the appearance of a wire shelf construction. The kit preferably includes a top surface covering having adjustable depth dimensions using joinable segments. A profile is adapted and configured to engage with the top surface covering. Fasteners coupled the front profile to the wire shelf.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: JOHN LOUIS INC.Inventor: Steven M. Tines
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Patent number: 11492747Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus, including a framework and a shell arranged on the framework, the shell includes a front plate provided with a clothes delivery opening, the front plate is a whole plate-shaped structure covering the front surface of the laundry treatment apparatus, an upper edge of the front plate is bent downwards to form a first installation surface, and atop of the front plate is fixed on the framework through the first installation surface. The front plate is an integrally formed integral plate-shaped structure covering the front surface of the laundry treatment apparatus, so that the laundry treatment apparatus has an integral whole appearance. The front plate and the framework are stably fixed into a whole, and gaps are prevented from being formed in the front, the back and two sides of the front plate of the laundry treatment apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOMEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenwei Li, Zhiwei Zhao, Benfu Xing, Shaolei Yi, Leilei Ai, Jihui Pan
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Patent number: 11490542Abstract: Adapters for mounting patch panels to data center racks enable the patch panels to be repositioned with respect to the racks in a rotatable or pivotable manner. A patch panel mounted to an adapter has a jack or port on one side of the adapter, and a jack or port on another side of the adapter. With the adapter aligned at an obtuse angle with respect to a front edge of a rack, a component may be inserted into the rack, or removed from the rack. Subsequently, the adapter aligned at an acute angle, or any other angle, with respect to the front edge of the rack. Mounting patch panels to the adapters enables the patch panels to be maintained outside of the rack, and increases a number of components that may be installed within the rack, or space or volume that may e occupied by components within the rack.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Randall Darche, Zachary Jackson
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Patent number: 11484121Abstract: A modular cabinet system including a cabinet shell configured with an open front space, a cabinet insert configured to be selectively installed in, and removed from, the cabinet shell by being passed through the open front space, a pair of first slide members respectively provided to each inner side surface of the cabinet shell, and a pair of second slide members respectively provided to each outer side surfaces provided proximate each side of the cabinet insert, wherein the respective first slide members are configured to interact with the corresponding second slide members to guide the cabinet insert into, and out of, the cabinet shell.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventor: Richard D. Cornell
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Patent number: 11478071Abstract: A folding stool or a folding table and a folding frame thereof. The folding frame includes a left frame, a right frame, and two middle support legs. A front end of an inner side of the left frame and a front end of an inner side of the right frame are provided with front hinge pieces that are hinged to each other, and a rear end of the inner side of the left frame and a rear end of the inner side of the right frame are provided with rear hinge pieces that are hinged to each other. Tops of the two middle support legs are respectively hinged with the front hinge pieces and the rear hinge pieces. Each of the two middle support legs is provided with a sliding sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Luhao Leng
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Patent number: 11471022Abstract: Provided is a dish washer having an enhanced structure for usability. A dish washer may be installed in a built-in type in a system kitchen including a cabinet having a storage room and a counter arranged on the cabinet to have an opening. The dish washer includes a tub having a front opening, a front door provided to open or close the front opening, a cover frame mounted on the opening of the counter to be separated from the tub in a vertical direction of the dish washer, a top door installed on the cover frame to open or close the opening of the counter, and a coupling member coupling the cover frame to the tub to be expanded or contracted in the vertical direction of the dish washer.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Gee Hong, Sung Jin Kim, Jin Doo Kim, Seul Gi Lee, In Ju Lee, Gyu Dong Jeon, Seung Min Chae
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Patent number: 11470961Abstract: A shelf system may have a shelf member, and a biasing bracket attached to the shelf member having a rear portion and a forward portion. The system may also have a biasing member having a first end connected to the rear portion of the biasing bracket and a second end connected to the shelf member. The forward portion of the biasing bracket may have a lower stop adapted to prevent the shelf member from extending below a horizontal orientation. And, a pivot bracket may be located behind the lower stop through which a pivot extends and into the biasing bracket to permit selective movement of the shelf member.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Adrian Steel CompanyInventors: Mark Anthoney Henry, Jr., Joshua Merle Rogers, Joshua Michael Gerez
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Patent number: 11470958Abstract: A folding table with increased seating space is provided. The table may include a tabletop and a plurality of legs affixed to an underside of the tabletop. The legs may be configured to be movable, bi-directionally, between an unfolded position and a folded position. The folding table may include two or more folding mechanisms for moving the legs between the unfolded position and the folded position. The folding table may include a plurality of bump brackets affixed to the underside of the tabletop. Each bump bracket may correspond to one of the plurality of legs. When the legs are in the unfolded position, each bump bracket may be configured to engage the corresponding leg and provide structural support for the corresponding leg.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NPS Public Furniture Corp.Inventors: Elliot Levy, Charles P. Kiesow