Patents Examined by Michael P. Ferguson
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Patent number: 11459790Abstract: A landscaping barrier comprises a first longitudinal member, a second longitudinal member and a third longitudinal member. The second longitudinal member may be attached to and extend substantially perpendicular from one edge of the first longitudinal member while the third longitudinal member may be attached to and extend substantially perpendicular from the opposite edge of the first longitudinal member and in the opposite direction of the second longitudinal member.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: ET Edge Line LLCInventors: Edward Franchini, Thomas Punchak
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Patent number: 11460276Abstract: A razor wire barrier is disclosed. In some embodiments, an enclosure includes a plurality of panel sections rotatably coupled together, at least one panel section of the plurality of panel sections including a first frame component directly coupled to a second frame component of an adjacent panel section. The enclosure may further include a razor wire panel extending across each of plurality of panel sections.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATIONInventors: William Tyler Howe, Carmen Samara
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Patent number: 11445819Abstract: A set including a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel, wherein the first panel includes a first edge surface, the second panel includes a second panel surface, the first edge surface is facing the second panel surface in a locked position of the first and the second panel, the mechanical locking device includes at least one rod-shaped element at the first edge surface, at least one insertion groove at the second panel surface, the rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove, the rod-shaped element extends at a first angle from the first edge surface, the insertion groove extends into the second panel surface at a second angle from the second panel surface, the mechanical locking device further including at least one locking groove.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION ABInventors: Peter Derelöv, Johan Svensson
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Patent number: 11445820Abstract: A set of panels including a first panel with a first main plane and a second panel with a second main plane. The first and the second panel are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel at a junction plane, wherein the first main plane is essentially perpendicular to the second main plane and the junction plane is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge includes an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane. The second edge includes an edge groove at the junction plane. The edge tongue is configured to cooperate with the edge groove for locking together the first and the second edges in a first direction which is perpendicular to the first main plane. The edge tongue includes a tongue groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION ABInventors: Peter Derelov, Christian Boo
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Patent number: 11441328Abstract: A fence comprising one or more fencing panels with corresponding supports, each fencing panel has perforations, and each fencing panel is scored at least once enabling the folding of one or more portions. The perforations allow for the flow of water, whilst inhibiting the access of small typically endangered, animals to a site. Scoring the fence allows for a lip or lips to be formed on the fence and to further inhibit animal movement.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Ecosupport LimitedInventor: Dean Swensson
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Patent number: 11419228Abstract: Locking mechanisms and separable, repairable (e.g., electronic) devices having locking mechanisms are described herein. In one example, a locking mechanism includes a chassis having a base, a first side wall extending from a surface of the base, and a second side wall extending from the surface of the base. A cavity is provided in a volume formed by the first side wall, the second side wall, and the surface of the base, wherein the cavity is configured to receive a mating component of the device. The locking mechanism also includes a cantilevered plate having a first end and a second, opposite end, wherein the cantilevered plate is attached to the first side wall of the chassis at or adjacent to the first end, and wherein the second end of the cantilevered plate is positioned with the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Aseem Singla
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Patent number: 11401686Abstract: A pin for pivotally connecting two components together is received in aligned openings of the two components. One end of the pin has a head of reduced dimension to be received in a correspondingly-shaped opening in one of the components. Axial movement of the pin in the openings is limited by a lock that engages the head of the pin.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: ESCO Group LLCInventors: Christopher E. Grewell, Lee A. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11396906Abstract: The ball socket assembly includes a housing which has at least one open end and an inner bore that extends along a central axis. The ball socket assembly further includes a ball stud that has a ball portion and a shank portion. The ball portion is disposed in the inner bore of the housing, and the shank portion extends out of the inner bore through the at least one open end. At least one bearing is disposed in the inner, and the at least one bearing has a bearing surface which is in direct contact with the ball portion of the ball stud. The at least one bearing is made of a monolithic piece of a spring-like material and has a single gap and is flexed to preload the at least one bearing against the ball portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts, LLCInventors: John Blair, Brian Krueger, Thomas J. Byrnes, Jr.
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Patent number: 11391057Abstract: A winged slat for retaining the slat inside a chain link fence. The winged slat may have a body with first and second sides and one or more pairs of fins, joined to each other at a vertex, and longitudinally disposed at a side of the slat body. Some versions of the slat include a dual-winged slat with a first pair of such fins on one side, and a second pair of fins on an opposite side. Some slat versions omit a precise vertex and have fin pairs that attach to the slat body at substantially the same location. Fin pairs may be arranged asymmetrically around the slat body. Each pair of fins may have a combination of straight and/or angled fins.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Privacylink, LLCInventor: Patrick R. Hoggan
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Patent number: 11391319Abstract: A joint arrangement between at least one first and second component, preferably sheetlike metal component, which has in each case a top and bottom side including a joint bushing which is received in a first opening of the first component, and a joint pin which is led through the joint bushing and which has a pin head, wherein that pin section which is situated opposite the pin head and which protrudes out of the joint bushing is fastenable to the second component preferably by means of a rivet connection. It is particularly advantageous for a stop disk element to be received between the pin head and the top side of the first component, and for the joint bushing to be formed as a collar bearing with a bushing section received in the first opening and a ring-shaped collar section adjoining said bushing section, wherein the ring-shaped collar section bears against the bottom side of the first component.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventor: Heiko Schmidt
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Patent number: 11378119Abstract: A connector includes a body having gear teeth. A first sleeve is rotatably coupled to the body. A moveable member is positioned in a hole of the first sleeve. A second sleeve is movable with respect to the first sleeve between a locked and unlocked positions. A releasable locking member is positioned between the moveable member and the gear teeth. In the unlocked position of the second sleeve, a recess formed in the second sleeve is aligned with the opening. Upon rotation of the first sleeve, the moveable member is translated into the recess as the releasable locking member travels along the gear teeth. In the locked position of the second sleeve, the recess is rotationally spaced from the opening, and, the releasable locking member is sandwiched between the gear teeth and the moveable member to prevent rotation of the first sleeve with respect to the connector body.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, LLCInventor: Le Huu Nguyen
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Patent number: 11377206Abstract: A torque link assembly for a landing gear includes a lower torque link and an upper torque link that releasably engage first and second quick release pin assemblies. The pin assemblies each include a housing attached to one of the torque links, and a locking pin member extending through the housing. The locking pin member includes a rod portion and a pin portion, and is slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position for hingedly connecting/disconnecting the torque links. One of the housing and the locking pin member includes a channel having a longitudinal portion and a circumferential portion, and the other has a guide pin that engages the channel. The guide pin is in the longitudinal portion of the channel when moving between the engaged and disengaged positions, and is retained in the disengaged position when the guide pin is in the circumferential portion of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS CANADA INC.Inventors: Steven Amberg, Randy Lee, Zoran Pasic
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Patent number: 11359665Abstract: In the present invention, a housing includes a first opening in a first edge region facing a pin of a ball stud, the ball stud protrudes from the first opening, a gap is provided between an inner wall of a cavity and an outer wall of a bearing shell, a lining is injected into the gap, and the housing further includes a second opening in a second edge region opposite from the first opening for injecting the lining through the cavity, and one or more structural elements for clamping the lining to the inner wall of the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Kondoh, Ryoji Motomura, Frank Zill
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Patent number: 11362446Abstract: An earth connector for a fence panel includes a member with a sharp edge which penetrates protective material on rods of the panel to come into electrical contact with at least two of the rods.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: COCHRANE STEEL PRODUCTS (PTY) LTDInventor: Richard Bruce Cochrane
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Patent number: 11346392Abstract: A flexure bearing having a first sleeve and a second sleeve is provided. Each sleeve includes a first pillar having a first end attached to the sleeve and a second end projecting outwardly from the sleeve and a second pillar having a first end attached to the sleeve and a second end projecting outwardly from the sleeve parallel to and diametrically opposed to the first pillar. The flexure bearing has a plurality of blind holes and a plurality of compression springs, each compression spring having a first spring end fit into one of the blind holes of a pillar of the first sleeve and a second spring end fit into a corresponding blind hole of an adjacent pillar of the second sleeve when the second sleeve is interconnected to the first sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd UniversityInventors: Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Azhar Ali Khan, Mohammed Alhulaimi, Majed Inkis
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Patent number: 11339575Abstract: A handrail system includes a top rail and one or more support posts. The rail and post/s may be formed from a synthetic material such as a fibre reinforced plastics material. The or each connector has a rail connection part for connection to a rail section at either end thereof and a post connection part for connection to a support post, the connector forming part of the top rail whereby a continuous top rail is provided, in which the connection of the post/s to the connector/s is articulated so that in use the rail slope is adjustable. The system also includes one or more adjustable corner connectors including first and second parts hingedly connected to each other and being attachable to a rail section and a support post or leg.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: PIPEX LIMITEDInventors: Simon Eves, Matthew John Hewstone
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Patent number: 11333216Abstract: A connector including: a first buffer member that includes a spiral-shaped wire in a plan view; a second buffer member that has a substantially annular and flat plate-like shape, and that is capable of warping in a thickness direction; a collar member that includes a cylindrical portion surrounded by the first buffer member and the second buffer member, a first flange facing a radially inner side of the first buffer member, and a second flange facing a radially inner side of the second buffer member; and a coupling member that includes a first holder section holding radially outer sides of the first buffer member and the second buffer member, a second holder section holding the shielding body, and a coupling member base portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: NICHIAS CORPORATIONInventors: Tadakatsu Kato, Ichiro Raita, Keiichi Yoshino, Koki Enami
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Patent number: 11326734Abstract: A monolithic gimbal includes a top body portion having a top surface configured to be mounted to a housing, a middle body portion coupled to the top body portion, and a bottom body portion coupled to the middle body portion. The bottom body portion has a bottom surface configured to be mounted to a device. The monolithic gimbal further includes first flexure blades integrally formed with the top body portion and the middle body portion. The first flexure blades enable rotation of the top body portion and the bottom body portion about a first axis. The monolithic gimbal further includes second flexure blades integrally formed with the middle body portion and the bottom body portion. The second flexure blades enable rotation of the top body portion and the bottom body portion about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANYInventors: Richard Ready, Jeffery M. Gallagher
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Patent number: 11313147Abstract: A modular fence unit integrates a base, a pair of end posts extending through slots formed in the base, and a fence panel design resting above the base between the pair of end posts. A tongue and groove combination provides the joint used to situate the fence panel design between the posts. The joint enables the fence panels to be releasably attachable to the end posts. The fence unit can incorporate a single panel, multiple vertically-oriented panels arranged horizontally, or multiple horizontally-oriented panels arranged vertically. The base includes an interior compartment space capable of holding fluid, such as liquid, to enable the base to serve as stabilizing ballast.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventor: Michael B. Maher
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Patent number: 11306784Abstract: A vehicle drivetrain assembly (10) and method for making the assembly of first and second torque transmitting members (12, 14), one of which (12) is aluminum and the other of which (14) is steel, that are joined by an electromagnetic pulse weld (16) progressively applied along a radial direction relative to the axis (A) of assembly rotation so as to provide a lightweight construction.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: TransForm Automotive LLCInventors: Brian M. Nosakowski, Johnny B. Heang