Patents Examined by Michael C. Zarroli
  • Patent number: 11858374
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing and redistributing energy captured from vehicular motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: John Tyler Polasek, John Joel Polasek, Steven Thomas Polasek, Matthew Theodore Polasek
  • Patent number: 11862888
    Abstract: A vehicle-side connector 1 includes a connector housing 10, a plurality of vehicle-side terminals 50 and heat storage bodies 70. The heat storage body 70 includes a case 71 accommodated in the connector housing 10 and heat storage materials 76 accommodated in the case 71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Akihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11853972
    Abstract: (#1) Green k-12 Curriculum leads to, job readiness, Green Job Trade Skill, Green Residential Repairs & Small Business Training upon Graduation. (#2) The Green Job Training process includes On the Job Training with Multi Generation Green Jobs, Job Readiness, Green Residential Repairs & Small Business Training upon Certification of completion. The Green Training Process leads to manufacturing jobs such as, (#3) Green outside shower invention for portable use for contractors, beaches & remote regions without adequate water. In addition to manufacturing jobs for (#4) Wind turbine Cover invention that protects birds. As well as (#5) Mobile Exercise Bicycle Rack for Bikers and Marathon Riders. In addition to (#6) Mobile Folding Partition for traveling distance learning coaches and educators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Patrice Brown
  • Patent number: 11831099
    Abstract: A modular electrical outlet assembly includes an enclosure that can be installed in a wall of a room. The enclosure has a plurality of wiring terminals that can each be electrically coupled to electrical wiring in the room. The enclosure has a plurality of integral output sockets. Each of the output sockets is in electrical communication with a respective one of the wiring terminals to receive electrical current from the electrical wiring. A module is insertable into the enclosure and the module has a plurality of integral input terminals. Each of the input terminals electrically engages a respective one of the output sockets in the enclosure when the module is inserted into the enclosure to receive electrical current from the electrical wiring in the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Billy Draper
  • Patent number: 11824339
    Abstract: (1) Clips for installation of electrical boxes into a finished framed wall. Plus the box clips can be used on various types of handy boxes for installation on existing walls, the old work box clips fasten the electrical box into a rectangular cutout in drywall. (2) The box clips are made from a 7 and ¾ inch by 2.5 mm or about 3/32's of an inch of cylindrical metal formed in a manner to support a plastic or metal electrical box in drywall. (3) To be used for adding electrical devices or circuits in offices or homes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Arthur Rice
  • Patent number: 11824384
    Abstract: A charging system includes a first charging portion and a second charging portion. The first charging portion includes at least one first connector and at least one first interface for charging a connected device. The first charging portion is configured to receive electrical current from a power source. The second charging portion includes at least one second connector and at least one second interface for charging a connected device. The at least one first connector is removably coupled to the at least one second connector, thereby removably coupling the second charging portion to the first charging portion to facilitate transmission of electrical current between the first charging portion and the second charging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: John Brower
  • Patent number: 11815950
    Abstract: A protective case includes a protective case assembly and a stand assembly disposed in the protective case assembly. The protective case assembly includes a bottom cover. A convex ring is arranged at one side of the bottom cover and a gear ring is arranged on the inner circle of the convex ring. A metal dome works with the gear ring to adjust the angle of the lower stand cover. Both the stand assembly and the protective case assembly can be disassembled, separately used, and separately replaced in case of damage. A support strip after being flipped over is positioned and unlocked via a button. The support strip is locked by a positioning buckle when recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Guangdong Shuowei Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenhong Ma, Jiawei Gao
  • Patent number: 11814270
    Abstract: A power winch with changeable connection position includes a first connection line and an induction line connected between a power source and an electric control box, which are connected to a second connection line for grounding the electric control box, and a third connection line is connected to the power source for grounding. These lines are connected to the exterior of the electric control box and the power source to facilitate a quick detachment from the electric control box and the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Comeup Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Shih Jyi Huang
  • Patent number: 11815098
    Abstract: Certain aspects are directed to a portable and wearable cooling and heating device configured to regulate temperature by blowing cool or warm air that is transferrable, light weight, flexible, and retractable. The device comprises a first support arm, a second support arm, and a control module that is preferably battery powered configured to control the speed of air flow. The first and second support arm each further comprises an air canal with a plurality of air outlets, temperature packs, insulation pads, a housing configured to receive an air flow supplier, an air flow supplier nozzle that directs and enhances the air flow, an air flow barrier that prevents air from reentering the air flow supplier. Additionally, the first and second support arms of the wearable cooling and heating device are further provided with at least one Peltier device to optimize the air temperature and an aromatherapy chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Veersinh Patil, Vinny Aswani
  • Patent number: 11808558
    Abstract: To use launchpad based laser beam generators to stream 50+ kilowatt laser beams up through clear fused quartz discs located in the base of the rocket to super heat the steam in the rocket's pressure chamber for the purpose of increasing the thrusting power of the rocket. This rocket does not use fossil fuel, but rather it uses 99% pure hydrogen peroxide fuel, (H2O2) which flashes into steam without the use of combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: James Michael Holst
  • Patent number: 11804723
    Abstract: A relay switch device installed on a transmission line of a battery pack to electrically connect or disconnect the battery pack and a load includes a relay assembly including: a contact member configured to apply a current to or release a current from the transmission line and a coil unit configured to function as an electromagnet for opening and closing the contact member; a control unit configured to supply or block a relay power applied to the coil unit; and an operating voltage sensing unit configured to sense an operating voltage applied to the coil unit from the control unit. The operating voltage sensing unit is further configured to transmit an error message to the control unit when the operating voltage is lower than a preset reference operating voltage or out of a preset normal operating voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jin-Hyung Lee, Chang-Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 11787549
    Abstract: A hybrid power system for an unmanned aerial system (UAS) having a liquid fuel engine and a solid oxide fuel cell coupled to the exhaust of the engine for generating electricity that is used by the electric motors of the UAS to create lift and control flight. A conventional remote control (r/c) liquid fuel engine may be used generate exhaust gases including hydrogen and carbon monoxide that are used by a SOFC coupled to the exhaust of the r/c engine to generate electricity. The electric motors of the UAS may thus be powered by the electricity generated by the SOFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeongmin Ahn, Thomas Welles
  • Patent number: 11789462
    Abstract: A system includes vehicles, a central control unit, and a stationary transceiver module connected to the central control unit via a bidirectional communications channel. Each has a transceiver module for bidirectional communication with the stationary transceiver module and/or a vehicle. The transceiver module has a controllable light source and a light sensor. The central control unit transmits driving orders to the vehicles via the stationary transceiver module. A first vehicle that is located within the spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module forwards a driving order to a second vehicle that is located outside the spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module, and the second vehicle transmits data via the first vehicle and the stationary transceiver module to the central control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Zhidong Hua, Thomas Schäfer
  • Patent number: 11784432
    Abstract: A charger includes a body and a pin. The body includes a main body, a first cover body, and a second cover body. The pin is fixedly disposed on the main body. The first cover body and the second cover body are each connected to an rotatable relative to the main body to have a first state and a second state. In the first state, the first cover body and the second cover body are attached to each other, and at least part of a structure of the pin is accommodated in the first cover body and second cover body. In the second state, the first cover body and the second cover body depart from each other to enable the first cover body and the second cover body to expose the at least part of the structure of the pin to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongzhen Cai
  • Patent number: 11774302
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus, such as a pressure gauge, comprises a sensor arranged to produce a sensor output signal that varies with a measured parameter such as pressure, and a plurality of output channels each arranged to receive the sensor output signal. The output channels are each optimized for a different range of the measured parameter. The apparatus further comprises an analog to digital converter (ADC) and control module arranged to select one of the output channels and connect it to the ADC so as to produce a digital channel output, and an output module configured to generate an output reading from the digital channel output of the selected channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Cary Ratner
  • Patent number: 11769955
    Abstract: A solder sleeve for connecting a wire to another wire or to a terminal device is formed from an alloy comprised of 42 percent tin and 58 percent bismuth that has a eutectic melt point of approximately 138° C. The wire receiving portion, at least one side of the solder sleeve is in the form of a hollow tubular member that is extruded so as to lack a longitudinal seam, the opposing side may be in one of many forms. A thermochromic dye is mixed in with a flux layer located on a portion of the outer surface of the solder sleeve, the dye designed to change from a first color to a second color at the same temperature as the melting point of the alloy. The solder sleeve may be held within a heat shrink tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: John Endacott
  • Patent number: 11763104
    Abstract: This invention relates to a slide rule style flight computer. The front disc and the back disc are connected and fixed by positioning clips. The front disc includes a front base disc and a front rotary disc. The front rotary disc is rotatably fixed on the front base disc. The front disc includes a front base disc and a front rotary disc. The front rotary disc is rotatably fixed on the front base disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Cya Aviation Tech Ltd
    Inventor: Chongchao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11764578
    Abstract: A control method for an energy-storage apparatus, an energy-storage apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The energy-storage apparatus supplies power to electrical devices, establishes a communication connection with a terminal bound to a target user, and includes a high-voltage box including a controller, and multiple energy-storage modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Shenzhen Hairun New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingxiong Huang, Yongfei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11764444
    Abstract: The application discloses a connecting assembly, a battery module, a battery group, and a device using the battery module as a power supply. The connecting assembly includes a plurality of connecting sheets, a sampling assembly, and an insulating film, where the plurality of connecting sheets are configured to connect battery cells of the battery module; the sampling assembly includes a circuit board and a sampling terminal connected to the circuit board; the sampling terminal is connected to the plurality of connecting sheets, the insulating film is provided at one side of the sampling assembly and the plurality of connecting sheets, and the insulating film connects the sampling assembly to the plurality of connecting sheets to form an integral structure with the sampling assembly and the plurality of connecting sheets, an insulating film through hole is provided in a region of the sampling assembly covered by the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Wencai Xu, Xuguang Wang, Jihua Yao, Mu Qian
  • Patent number: 11749956
    Abstract: A mobile device electrical outlet, including a main body, a plurality of sockets removably disposed within at least a portion of an interior of the main body to provide electrical power in response to receiving a connection from an electrical plug, and a plurality of charging cords disposed within at least a portion of the interior of the main body to provide electrical power in response to receiving a connection from a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Mirnes Hrbatovic