Patents Examined by Michael S. Lee
  • Patent number: 12378982
    Abstract: An improved clamping mechanism that enables rapid and secure attachment to a wide variety of objects and includes an adjustable cuff that incorporates a ratchet mechanism to adjustably and quickly surround and securely contact elongated cylindrical members of various diameters. An additional set screw is incorporated to further tighten a portion of the cuff against a surface of the clamped cylindrical members. The improved clamping mechanism can be used to attach microphones, lights, instruments, smartphones, and other items to existing poles or stands or other equipment, and can be used to manage cables, ropes, wires, and other types of elongated items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Inventor: Andrew Varner
  • Patent number: 12344449
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a strap system for securing a payload. The strap system includes a first fastener having a connecting crosspiece, a reversing crosspiece, and a hanger capable of attaching to the payload. The strap system also includes a strap attached to the connecting crosspiece of the first fastener and capable of passing around the payload, passing between the connecting crosspiece and the reversing crosspiece, and tightening the strap around the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Inventor: Stephen Mitchell Foreman
  • Patent number: 12329251
    Abstract: A watchband connector includes a first fastener, and a second fastener arranged on the first fastener; wherein a clamping mechanism is arranged between the first fastener and the second fastener to fix the first fastener and the second fastener; the clamping mechanism includes a receiving slot defined on a top of the first fastener, and a limit member arranged in the receiving slot and fixed to the second fastener; the limit member is matched with the receiving slot; a connection assembly is arranged on the first fastener, to fasten the second fastener in the receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventor: Yanghui Zheng
  • Patent number: 12326208
    Abstract: A clamp including a body having a top portion hinged to a bottom portion, each of the top portion and the bottom portion including a rounded inner surface for receiving an elongated element, a ratchet on the top portion having a plurality of teeth, an opening in the bottom portion for removably receiving the ratchet, and a retaining assembly for adjustably engaging a portion of the plurality of teeth in the opening, the retaining assembly being releasable without tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Evan Martin
  • Patent number: 12311829
    Abstract: A load strapping device includes a ratchet device so the strap may be pulled through the mechanism uninterrupted. The ratcheting device has an entrance and exit on a common side of a housing of the device in which the load strap enters and exits to adjust the length of the device. A fixed length strap is attached at an opposite end to attach to a surface, and the movable strap is attached to a separate surface. The device is operated to move the strap through the housing to control the length of the strap between the surface connections to tighten or loosen the strap relative to the two surface connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Inventor: Justin Garretson
  • Patent number: 12295463
    Abstract: A push button connector includes a first panel, a first trigger, a second trigger, and a slider. The first panel has a first pivot and a second pivot parallel to it. The first trigger includes a first connecting portion and a first buckle ring connected to each other. The first connecting portion is connected to the first pivot and can rotate around it. The first buckle ring is generally ring-shaped with a first opening. The second trigger includes a second connecting portion and a second buckle ring connected to each other. The second connecting portion is connected to the second pivot and can rotate around it. The slider is connected to the first panel. Both triggers have open and closed positions, with the buckle ring closing the opening in the closed position. The slider drives both triggers between these positions. This push button connector ensures easy operation and high safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: WENZHOU YUANFEI PET TOY PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingyun Zhuang
  • Patent number: 12274332
    Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a buckle for connecting a functional element to a webbing loop, having a base element which comprises a bottom region and two web elements and can be inserted under the webbing loop in such a way that the bottom region is arranged below the webbing loop and the web elements engage around the webbing loop on both sides, and having a connecting element which can be latched to the web elements of the base element arranged on the webbing loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: LINDNERHOF-TAKTIK GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Schwager
  • Patent number: 12269416
    Abstract: A belt fitting for a safety belt device, having a base section and a latch plate projecting from same. The base section has a belt eyelet with a belt strap running surface, which is in sliding contact with a belt strap guided through the belt eyelet when the safety belt is being worn, wherein, in the transverse direction of the belt strap, the belt strap running surface transitions on both sides at lateral corner regions into a belt eyelet edge opposite the belt strap running surface. The belt strap running surface has a surface contour which provides stable transverse guidance of the belt strap in the belt eyelet under loading conditions, which counteracts a transverse load component acting on the belt strap. A displacement body is formed on the belt eyelet edge-opposite the belt strap running surface, which reduces a gap width of the belt eyelet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten Moeker, Falk Lesser, Peter Schoenfisch, Peter Widel, Ernst Glas, Michael Otto
  • Patent number: 12256814
    Abstract: A connection structure includes: a connection pin that includes a first part and a second part between which a step is formed and that connects a first target and a second target by being inserted in an insertion hole; and a pin locker movable in a moving direction in a recess formed in either the first or second target. The pin locker has a pin engaging part that engages with the step of the connection pin and a pin insertion part. One of the recess and the pin locker has a first abutting part, and another has a first abutted part. When the pin locker is at a specific position and the first abutting part abuts the first abutted part, at least either an orientation or a position of the pin insertion part is limited such that the second part is allowed to pass through the pin insertion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Maruyama, Masao Amano
  • Patent number: 12258175
    Abstract: A molded plastic clip for attachment to the edge of a container sleeve to form part of a passive lock operable between the sleeve and a base structure such as a molded plastic pallet having a peripheral groove for receiving the edge of the panel. The clip comprises a molded plastic body having two generally planar panels joined at one end by a double hinge that allows the panels to be folded into a parallel condition spaced apart by the geometry of the double hinge wherein the inner surfaces of the panels are provided with integral male and female snap lock features and an outer panel is provided with an integral protruding tab feature near the double hinge to fit into a locking slot or opening in the structure groove. The clips are used in multiples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Shuert Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew C. Shuert, Jeffrey C. Jurcak
  • Patent number: 12239191
    Abstract: A belt adjusting and holding device includes: a device body including a belt insertion part allowing insertion of a belt and an opening section communicating with the belt insertion part; and a belt folding member including a grasping part and a folding-back part to fold back the belt within the opening section. The belt folding-back member is configured to move forward and backward within the device body. Standing wall portions rising in a stepped shape are formed on the upper and lower inner wall surfaces of the belt insertion part. The belt folding-back member is formed with a protrusion, which substantially stepwisely bends the belt between the protrusions and the standing wall portions at a backward position of the belt folding-back member and release the belt at a forward position of the belt folding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: YUGEN KAISHA SANKUSU
    Inventor: Akinori Morishita
  • Patent number: 12232578
    Abstract: A quick release buckle includes a housing defining a first opening therethrough and includes an engaging surface disposed adjacent to the first opening. A webbing is received through the first opening of the housing. A first pawl and a second pawl are pivotally mounted to the housing. A catch is at least partially received between the first pawl and the second pawl. A first pawl biasing member and a second pawl biasing member are engaged with the first pawl and the second pawl, respectively, and are configured to bias the first pawl and the second pawl into engagement with the catch. A bar is slidably received within the housing and extends across the first opening. A first bar biasing member and a second bar biasing member are configured to bias the bar toward the engaging surface, such that the webbing is gripped between the bar and the engaging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Christopher S. McLeod, Michael T. Weiss
  • Patent number: 12232582
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a wearable apparatus. The electronic apparatus may include a housing assembly and an electronic component. The housing assembly is configured to connect with a connector, and includes a housing and an engaging member. The housing defines a mounting groove. The engaging member is arranged in the mounting groove and capable of moving relative to the housing to engage with the connector or disengage the connector. The electronic component is disposed in the housing. The housing defines a sink. The housing assembly further includes a baffle mounted in the sink, and the baffle defines a through hole being configured to let the connector pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuege Xue
  • Patent number: 12227269
    Abstract: An apparatus, including: a main body (302) including at least one passage (320A, 320B) configured to pass a first cord section and an adjacent second cord section therethrough; and at least one cord lock (322A, 322B). When neither the first cord section nor the second cord section is disposed in the at least one cord lock, the main body is free to move along the first cord section and the second cord section which are disposed in the at least one passage. When the first cord section and the second cord section are disposed in the at least one cord lock the main body is not free to move along the first cord section and the second cord section. The first cord section and the second cord section can be selective moved into an out of the at least one cord lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ROSWELL CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Bradley J. Turner
  • Patent number: 12222019
    Abstract: Steel wire rope adjuster terminal consisting of a piece of equipment designed to be assembled on a steel wire rope in order to form one of the two fastening ends thereof by means of a system for adjusting the length of the steel wire rope and then locking it, which is based on a fixed component comprising an internal box in which a cam can rotate until it forms a channel by means of respective grooves wherein the steel wire rope can slide if it is not bearing a load, and in which the cam is activated and trapped against the fixed component when the wire rope is bearing a load, so that the system does not damage the wire rope in any way and it can be unlocked in a completely reversible way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Eduard Goula Barri
  • Patent number: 12220026
    Abstract: A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a moveable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the moveable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry J. Cowdery, Donald E. Godshaw, Du Hai
  • Patent number: 12220023
    Abstract: An easy-to-assemble buckle includes a male buckle and a female buckle assembly. The female buckle assembly comprises a female buckle, a fastener, a button and a back cover. The fastener has a spring arm on its lateral side. The button is connected with the spring arm. The male buckle has an insert pin. The button is configured with a spring arm slot with its openings facing frontward and inward. The fastener is inserted from the front end of the female buckle and is locked and fixed with the female buckle through a buckling mechanism. The spring arm is inserted into the spring arm slot is pressed against the button. The fastener is configured with a through insert hole extending from the front to the back. The insert pin of the male buckle goes through the insert hole and is inserted into the female buckle to connect with the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Ying-Chuan Yen
  • Patent number: 12213580
    Abstract: A tool holder device that holds a plurality of tools. The device is insertable into a pocket of clothing. Connecting members of the device are relative to certain sides of the device such that the weight of the tools is transferred to a side of the device. As such, the clothing of a user bears less weight and is less susceptible damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Terry Pyle
  • Patent number: 12188507
    Abstract: A closure device has a first closure part including a body and a second closure part. Closure parts for closing the closure device are placeable against one another along a closing direction and in a closing position being connected to one another. The closure device also includes at least one locking element which is disposed so as to be adjustable on the body of the first closure part, and at least one engagement portion which is molded on the second closure part. The at least one locking element and the at least one engagement portion in a closing position are mutually engaged in such a manner that the first closure part and the second closure part are locked to one another. The first closure part has a first magnetic installation and the second closure part has a second magnetic installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Fidlock GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Lasse Hiller
  • Patent number: 12185795
    Abstract: A shoe lace securement system has a pair of shoe lace securing mechanisms. Each of the pair of shoe lace securing mechanisms has a container having a hollow interior storing unused portions of the shoe lace. A mechanism secures one end of the shoe lace to the container. A first connector is coupled to a bottom surface of the container attaching the container to the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: James Terrell Rankin