Patents Examined by Michael McDuffie
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Patent number: 10794463Abstract: A bracket for a powertrain component in a vehicle includes a base with a sidewall extending upward and outward from the base, the sidewall including gaps at an upper edge to support frame members of the vehicle upwards from the powertrain component. The sidewall also extends downward from the base to attachment points for suspension members of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dakota D. Kirtland, Daniel T. Sellars
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Patent number: 10780993Abstract: A protection apparatus employed in the construction of aircraft can be collapsed to a small configuration to enable insertion of the apparatus to access openings in a structure of the aircraft, for example an access opening in a wing of the aircraft, to position the protection apparatus inside the aircraft structure. Once inside the aircraft structure, the protection apparatus can be expanded from its collapsed configuration and positioned over components in the aircraft structure, for example hydraulic tubing or electric wiring, to protect those components from damage by a worker working in the aircraft structure above the components.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brian M. Hass, David J. Zimmer, Christopher J. Wheaton, Jeffrey J. Ravenberg, Kelli Dawn Simon
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Patent number: 10775207Abstract: A portable metrology stand is disclosed that has three primary legs, which are rigidly, rotatably attached to a base support, which prevents the leg tubes from rotating outwardly beyond a defined angle by adjustable hard stops associated with the base support. The base support is itself supported by a center column disposed between the three legs. The legs are rigidly displaced from the center column by struts. A tensioning nut is threaded onto a bottom end of a clamping collar which is pulled up against an adjustable snap-ring in a snap-ring groove in the center column. Tightening the tensioning nut onto the clamping collar draws the clamping collar down into the tensioning nut thereby forcing outwardly the struts and forcing the legs against the adjustable hard stops.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: METROLOGYWORKS, INC.Inventors: Eric S. Becker, Joel R. Gorden
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Patent number: 10773610Abstract: A device for swiveling and tilting a vehicle seat is provided. The device performs a swiveling operation to enable the vehicle seat to be rotated in a desired direction using a motor driving force and a gear/screw operating mechanism associated with the motor driving force. The device also performs a tilting operation to enable the vehicle seat to be tilted backwards by a desired angle using the motor driving force and a lead screw/link operating mechanism associated with the motor driving force.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Seung Hyun Kim, Seong Mun Yun, Hyun Kyu Moon, Ju Yeol Kong, Seon Chae Na, Hyung Jin Park, So Young Yoo, Sung Hak Hong, Chan Ho Jung, Mu Young Kim
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Patent number: 10753586Abstract: An LED light includes a body, a holder connected to the body, and a function extension unit detachably connected to the body. The holder includes a telescopic member stretched or contracted to adjust a length of the holder along an axial direction of the LED light. The present disclosure can solve technical problems that a conventional LED light can't be adapted to different installation environments. The function extension unit is configured to set different function modules to communicate with a power supply of the body according to needs of different customers so as to drive the body to change an output state of the power supply, thereby light emitting units of the body can work in different states. The present disclosure can further provide a smart driving system of an LED light to be customized to control a lighting mode of the body.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN SNC OPTO ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Jianjun Xu
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Patent number: 10738938Abstract: A portable metrology stand is disclosed that has three primary legs, which are rigidly, rotatably attached to a base support, which prevents the leg tubes from rotating outwardly beyond a defined angle by adjustable hard stops associated with the base support. The base support is itself supported by a center column disposed between the three legs. The legs are rigidly displaced from the center column by struts. A tensioning nut is threaded onto a bottom end of a clamping collar which is pulled up against an adjustable snap-ring in a snap-ring groove in the center column. Tightening the tensioning nut onto the clamping collar draws the clamping collar down into the tensioning nut thereby forcing outwardly the struts and forcing the legs against the adjustable hard stops.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: MetrologyWorks, IncInventors: Eric S. Becker, Joel R. Gorden
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Patent number: 10716400Abstract: A server rack includes supports connected to a bottom base, and at least one shelf connected between at least two of the supports. Adjustable feet engaging the bottom base are disposed proximate a corresponding generally corner region of the bottom base. Jack bodies protruding upwardly from the bottom base are disposed proximate the corresponding generally corner region of the bottom base.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Timothy D. Jones, John R. Palmer, Alan J. Brumley
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Patent number: 10710203Abstract: A universal jig is provided for clamping wind turbine blades. The jig has a rectangle-like shape forming a space for clamping a blade at the blade root or the blade body. The jig comprises a set of vertically-moving parts; a set of horizontally-moving parts; a plurality of adjusted pads; and a plurality of positioning parts. The vertically-moving parts comprise two upper connecting posts and two lower connecting posts sheathed with each other separately to form two length sides of the jig. The horizontally-moving parts comprise two left connecting posts and two right connecting posts. The adjusted pads are locked on the left and the right connecting posts. The positioning parts are locked at the upper and the lower connecting posts of the length sides of the jig and are locked at the left and the right connecting posts of the width sides of the jig.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCILInventors: Yu-Chu Lin, Yan-Ting Lin, Wei-Nian Su, Chin-Cheng Huang
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Patent number: 10703303Abstract: A tailgate accessory mounting system includes a first track, a first anchoring bolt slidably received within a slot of the first track, and a mounting plate secured to the first track by the first anchoring bolt. The tailgate accessory mounting system may be secured to a tailgate of a vehicle, such as a pickup truck, for example.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Joshua Robert Hemphill, Craig Angelo Moccio, Brian Kenneth Sullivan
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Patent number: 10687437Abstract: A fixing buckle assembly of a slide rail used for an industrial cabinet includes a fixing frame, a plurality of fixing members, a fixing plate, a hook plate, and an elastic member. The fixing frame is mounted to an end portion of the slide rail and is reversely bent to form a mounting surface corresponding to a surface of the slide rail and has a notch adjacent to the mounting surface. The hook plate and the elastic member are sandwiched between the mounting surface and a slide space formed by the fixing plate through the fixing members. When mounted to the industrial cabinet, the two protruding posts of the fixing plate are inserted in two of buckle holes of a rack, and the hook plate is driven by the elastic member to be engaged with a back of the rack to be in a locked state.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: MARTAS PRECISION SLIDE CO., LTD.Inventor: Wan-Lai Chen
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Patent number: 10681995Abstract: A hanging apparatus that includes a frame apparatus that supports a display item and a bracket coupled thereto. The bracket may include a body portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion facilitating coupling of the bracket to the frame apparatus. The body portion may include a peripheral edge including first, second, and third edge portions. There may be a first slot extending from the third edge portion towards the second edge portion and a second slot extending form the third edge portion towards the first edge portion. Furthermore, there may be an aperture extending through the body portion that includes an entry section, first nesting section, and a second nesting section. The first slot and the first nesting section may be aligned along a first axis and the second slot and the second nesting section may be aligned along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: MCS INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Michael Lee Pyle, Matthew Scott Kressin
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Patent number: 10682928Abstract: A vehicle slide rail device including a memory operation link which is configured to release a lock mechanism while leaving a memory member in a state of defining a default position, a holding link which is configured to, in response to an operation of the memory operation link, be engaged with the memory operation link by being biased and hold the memory operation link in a release operated position, a detection member which is configured to come into contact with a trigger member installed and be moved so as to release the holding state of the memory operation link at the release operated position, and a variable structure which is engaged with the pressing portion of the holding link and is configured to change a position where the pressing portion is arranged in the holding link according to a movement of the memory operation link.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Goto, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hiroaki Teraguchi
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Patent number: 10680417Abstract: The invention relates to a securing system for securing a roof structure, in particular a cooling device, in a notch on the roof of a switch cabinet, wherein the securing system comprises a pretensioning device connected to the roof structure for a securing clamp, wherein the securing clamp comprises a fixed end and an end that moves with respect to the fixed end, on which the pretensioning device engages, so that a radius of curvature of the securing clamp can be set via the pretensioning device, wherein in a first position of the pretensioning device, the securing clamp engages underneath an edge of the notch and thereby fixes the roof structure on the switch cabinet, and in a second position of the pretensioning device, the securing clamp releases the notch.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Carsten Baumer
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Patent number: 10670168Abstract: A Conduit Tile Hook is disclosed for supporting a conduit above a roof. The Conduit Tile Hook simply slides under an existing roof tile, without cut-outs or removing any nails, and allows the conduit to sit 1.5? off of the roof surface to decrease the effects of heating caused by solar irradiance.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: MYCROGRID ELECTRIC CORP.Inventors: Isaac Jorge Gamez, Matthew Christopher De La Torre
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Patent number: 10672308Abstract: An apparatus and related methods includes a base attached to an upright structure (such as a street light pole), a mounting bracket that releasably engages the base while supporting a hanging banner, and an install adapter that releasably holds the mounting bracket and banner until the mounting bracket attaches to the base. A removal adapter facilitates disengaging the mounting bracket and banner from the base. The mounting bracket and install adapter (and removal adapter) are attached to a pole and engage (and disengage) remotely and without using separate fasteners, thus allowing a worker to install (or remove) banners high on the upright structure while standing on the ground. The base and mounting bracket have tapered shapes that wedgingly engage, secured by a spring-biased friction retainer. The install adapter and removal adapter have structures that facilitate remote install and removal of the mounting bracket from the base.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: CP Global, LLCInventor: Calvin R. Peters
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Patent number: 10670169Abstract: A stackable bracket includes a base, and a plurality of clips configured to extend from the base. Each of the plurality of clips is configured to include a pair of holding members, each of the holding members of the plurality of clips is configured to define an opening configured to receive one of a plurality of cables or ducts, and the openings of each pair of holding members are configured to be aligned with one another in a first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD.Inventors: Harvey Etheridge, Kim Leeson
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Patent number: 10663195Abstract: In various representative aspects, an assembly for securing a solar panel rail support structure to a tile roof. More specifically, the apparatus includes a base plate that is secured to the roof beneath various shapes of tiles on the tile roof and a generally L-shaped bracket that is then coupled to a rail support guide. The bracket is then capable of being adjusted in various locations along the base plate by utilizing a spring lock mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: IronRidge, Inc.Inventors: Jon Ash, Shawn Meine, Anumeha Narain, Clayton Rietz, David Taggart
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Patent number: 10663089Abstract: A cable tie mount that provides multiple mounting options and accommodates a plurality of cable bundle positions. The cable tie mount includes a body having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The top surface includes a top center opening defined by top inner walls. The bottom surface includes a bottom center opening defined by bottom inner walls. The cable tie mount also includes a center hole extending through the body from the top center opening in the top surface to the bottom center opening in the bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: David J. Sylvester
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Patent number: 10653253Abstract: A wall article hanging device uses a plate having at least one prong, a bent configuration, and a keyhole opening to allow the wall article hanging device to be easily attached to from a wall article using a screw protruding from a back of the wall article and removed without having to remove the screw.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Inventor: Renny H. Barnes
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Patent number: 10655374Abstract: A hinge device includes a base member, a lid member connected to the base member via a hinge structure having a hinge pin and a bearing hole loosely receiving the hinge pin. The base member is provided with a first abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure, and the lid member is provided with a second abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure so that the lid member can rotate relative to the base member from an open position to a closed position, the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion being configured to abut each other in a direction orthogonal to an axial line of a hinge axis of the hinge structure when an angle formed by the first member and the second member is within a first angular range preceding the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Mitsuru Fukumoto, Yoshimi Arai, Yuhei Chinomi