Patents Examined by Monica Carter
  • Patent number: 9531179
    Abstract: A cable guide apparatus includes a wheel assembly having a hub and a plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly from the hub, the wheel assembly having a rim coupled to distal ends of the plurality of spokes that equally displace the rim from the hub and rotatably coupled to the hub. The rim includes an outer face defining a groove configured to receive the conductor cable in a nested arrangement as the cable is strung and tensioned. The cable guide apparatus includes a guide assembly having a framework operatively coupled to the hub of the wheel assembly, the guide assembly having a pair of roller members rotatably coupled to the framework. Each roller member has an elongate and generally cylindrical configuration situated adjacent the groove of the outer face of the rim and configured to maintain the conductor cable in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventors: Jamie Allen Ferguson, Carl Allen Ferguson
  • Patent number: 9527187
    Abstract: A tool operating assembly for a lens shaping machine to finish the peripheral edge of a corrective lens wherein the tool operating assembly is disposed in operative relationship relative to a lens operating assembly comprising a lens support assembly to support the corrective lens to be finished and a multi-axis lens positioning assembly to move the corrective lens relative to the tool operating assembly during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens, the tool operating assembly comprising a multi-station tool support assembly to selectively position one of a plurality of tools in operative position to engage the peripheral edge of the corrective lens to be finished and a tool drive assembly to rotate the selected tool during the finishing operation to finish the peripheral edge of the corrective lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard L. Burner, Alan Hodges
  • Patent number: 9527195
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a coupler from tubing includes a pair of pivotally coupled elongated members. Proximal sections of the elongated members serve as handles, while other sections of the elongated members comprise structures for engaging the coupler and the tubing. The apparatus may be used, for example, to remove a coupler from flexible irrigation tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas C. Deane
  • Patent number: 9522654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) for spraying a liquid, intended to be fitted to a longitudinal end of a wiper blade consisting of at least one backing (5) and a wiping edge (1), the device comprising a body (23) and a channel (13) for streaming the liquid, which body and channel are unitary, said channel (13) comprising an inlet orifice (15) and a spraying orifice (16), in which the body (23) comprises a housing (27) intended to receive the backing (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Xavier Bousset, Grégory Kolanowski
  • Patent number: 9522813
    Abstract: A bridge traverses along lift arms of a power unit, having leveling pads with inner rectangular plates and roller bearings; and each lift arms has an inner slide plate. The bridge has the general shape of a rectangular block and has a first longitudinal recess in each side, having a width slightly larger than the width of the slide rail, and a depth equal to the thickness of the slide rail. The bridge has a second longitudinal recess in each side having a width slightly larger than the diameter of the roller bearings and a depth slightly larger than the thickness of the roller bearings. The bridge is biased in the forwardly direction along the slide rails by a rectangular pusher frame. The pusher frame has a pair of side plates, with each outer side having a longitudinal recess therein slightly larger than the width of the slide rail and a depth equal to the thickness of the slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Salvatore Cala
    Inventor: Harry H. Arzouman
  • Patent number: 9522815
    Abstract: A power unit includes a rectangular frame having a forward end for operating the jack stand; a middle portion for retaining the lifting mechanism; a rearward end for controlling the power unit. A pair of lift arms acting in parallel have forward ends, central portions and rearward ends and are interconnected at the rearward ends thereof by a lateral push bar. A pair of horizontally oriented U-shaped leveling pads each having an outer rectangular plate and an inner rectangular plate providing an open rearward end with the opening equal to the thickness of the lift arm, and forming a closed U-shaped forward end, and are pivotally attached at the rearward end thereof around the inner and outer sides of the forward end of the respective lift arm. Each outer rectangular plate of the leveling pad has a downwardly extended lever arm at the forward end thereof for connecting to a leveling link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Inventor: Harry H. Arzouman
  • Patent number: 9522452
    Abstract: The invention concerns a brush-type deburring machine for simultaneously deburring of an elongate profile section arranged in the longitudinal direction during conveying in a conveying direction with two rows, extending respectively in the conveying direction, of conveying discs arranged offset with respect to each other and having apertures arranged along the periphery thereof for receiving the opposite ends, which are arranged offset with respect to one another, in order to permit a transfer of the elongate profile sections in the conveying direction by rotation of the conveying discs, and the two rows are at a distance adjustable in the longitudinal direction from a minimum distance of less than 80 mm from each other, and with two rotatable brush rollers which are orientated in each case in the conveying direction along one of the two rows (and which are intended for the deburring of the two opposite ends of the conveyed elongate profile sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: RATTUNDE & CO. GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Rattunde
  • Patent number: 9517750
    Abstract: A wiper of a vehicle wiper device moves between a first position, which is a stop position, and a second position. A first pivot member is pivoted back and forth about a first axis by a drive force of a drive source. A second pivot member is pivotal about a second axis. A coupling pivot member is coupled to the first pivot member pivotally about a third axis and the second pivot member pivotally about a fourth axis. The wiper is coupled to and pivoted integrally with the coupling pivot member. A third position is located between the first position and the second position. A line extending through the third axis and the fourth axis is parallel to a line extending through the first axis and the second axis when the wiper is in a first movable range between the first position and the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masami Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 9517552
    Abstract: A filter remover removes a cylindrical filter element housed in a housing through an opening provided in the housing. The filter remover includes: an attachment portion provided with a screw to be screwed onto the opening; an insert portion that includes a base end integrated with the attachment portion and a tip end in a form of a free end, that is elastically deformable in a radial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the filter element in conjunction with a movement in the axial direction caused when the attachment portion is screwed, and that is inserted through the opening into a center hole provided in the filter element as the attachment portion is screwed; and an engaging portion that is provided at the tip end and that is engaged with the filter element after the attachment portion is moved for a predetermined amount when the attachment portion is screwed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minato Tomuro, Shinya Furuhata, Shouhei Nagasaka, Kozo Okuda, Osamu Okamoto, Yukinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 9510669
    Abstract: Methods of producing toothbrush handles having an inner cavity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Lloyd Newman, Li Wen, Andreas Birk, Andreas Bresselschmidt, Andrew Joseph Horton, Stephen Alan Houghton, Siegfried Kurt Hustedt, Scott Andrew Jackson, Jochen Erich Kawerau, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, Ulrich Pfeifer, Bradley John Phillips, Hansjoerg Reick, Richard Darren Satterfield, Heidrun Annika Schmelcher, Franziska Schmid, Jens Uwe Stoerkel, Andrew M. Uhe, George Michael West, Tilmann Winkler, Christopher Thomas Ryan
  • Patent number: 9511747
    Abstract: The invention is based on a wiper blade (12) with an elongate, spring-elastic carrying element (36) which is precurved in a concave fashion with respect to a vehicle window (22) and has two spring rails (52, 66) which run parallel to one another in a plane, and having a wiper strip (24) which is held with a web (34) of its head strip (30) between the spring rails (52, 66) via the carrier element (36), said spring rails (52, 66) being inserted in longitudinal grooves (32) on both sides of the web (34), wherein the wiper strip (24) is secured in the longitudinal direction (20) relative to the carrier element (36) at least close to one of the ends of said wiper strip (24). It is proposed that the spring rails (52, 66) have, at the longitudinal sides facing one another in their end regions, clips (60, 74) with cutters (62, 76) which, in the mounted state, cut into adjoining walls of the longitudinal grooves (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Criel, Hans Beelen, Peter De Block, Peter Saevels, Mohamed Aznag, Eric Windmolders, Jan Bonroy
  • Patent number: 9513118
    Abstract: A strain gage device and method for positioning and applying strain gages in vehicles includes an alignment jig for fixing a position relative to a cylinder bore in an engine block, a rotatable member selectively rotatable relative to the alignment jig to a desired angular position, and at least one arm pivotally mounted to the rotatable member for applying a strain gage to the engine block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kevin Danford
  • Patent number: 9511477
    Abstract: Provided is a gear grinding machine which can dress a grinding stone while a gear is held attached to the machine regardless of the size of the gear. To this end, the gear grinding machine (1) engages and mutually rotates a work (W) and the grinding stone (17) to thereby grind the work (W), wherein the gear grinding machine is equipped with a turning table (22) which holds the work (W) and rotates around a work rotating shaft (C), and a pivot table (31) which is pivotably supported around the work rotating shaft (C); and a dresser (40) which is capable of dressing the grinding stone (17) is provided on the pivot table (31), the pivot table (31) being pivoted to move the dresser (40) between a dressing position (D1) and a retreat position (D2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Katsuma, Kunihiro Watanabe, Toshimasa Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9510664
    Abstract: A personal care article, such as a toothbrush having an inner cavity made in one molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
    Inventors: Li Wen, Matthew Lloyd Newman, Andreas Birk, Andreas Bresselschmidt, Andrew Joseph Horton, Siegfried Kurt Hustedt, Scott Andrew Jackson, Jochen Erich Kawerau, Ulrich Pfeifer, Richard Darren Satterfield, Heidrun Annika Schmelcher, Franziska Schmid, Jens Uwe Stoerkel, Benjamin John Wilson, Tilmann Winkler
  • Patent number: 9511748
    Abstract: A connector for connecting a wiper blade and multiple types of wiper arms, the connector including a base for attachment to a wiper blade. The connector further includes a receiving element attached to the base, the receiving element having a structure to receive and be connected to at least six different wiper arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Stanislaw Piotrowski, James C. Fournier, Anders Olof Rostlund, Mark Kurth, Kenneth H. Teal, Subramaniam Shanmugham, Ashok Darisipudi
  • Patent number: 9511466
    Abstract: A fluid pressure cylinder and a clamp device that, when an output member arrives at a prescribed position such as, in particular, an advance limit position or a retraction limit position, are capable of detecting the position of the output member on the basis of change of air pressure as, due to an opening/closing valve mechanism, the communication state of an air passage within the clamp main body is changed over together with the operation of the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: PASCAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 9505597
    Abstract: A load-bearing top plate which provides contact with a vehicle chassis by means of a bearing plate and is the part of a jack employed in cars and other vehicles for hoisting heavy loads to a certain small height or moving bodies at rest for a short distance exerting high pressure on them. It is characterized in that it has a lower piece, and a upper piece which is in contact with the vehicle and enables intended position of the aforementioned rotatable load-bearing top plate by first rotating over the aforesaid lower piece and then locking. One pin connects the aforementioned lower piece and upper piece. A pushing element is inserted around the aforesaid pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ARIKAN KRIKO VE MAKINA SANAYI TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventor: Cem Güney Ayana
  • Patent number: 9505593
    Abstract: A jacking device includes a base member, an upper member, and, at least one intermediate member. Each member includes screw threads adapted to engage a respective screw thread of an adjacent member. Drive means is included to permit movement of the members, and to thereby raise or lower an upper surface of the jacking device. The intermediate member may rotate as the drive means operates, but the upper and lower surfaces are preferably prevented from undergoing rotational movement. A plurality of such jacking devices may be operated simultaneously to raise or lower a load or other object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MSLV Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Tony Francis Poke
  • Patent number: 9505089
    Abstract: A clamping device utilizing the principle of leverage comprises a body, a L-shape front clamping leg, a pair of L-shape rear clamping legs, a spring clip, and a braided ground wire. Both the front and the rear clamping legs are slidable on the body and fixed by wing screws so that the position of the body relative to the front and rear clamping legs is adjustable and hence the clamping size and clamping force are also adjustable. Copper tips are added to the legs to eliminate sparkling while welding. A braided wire can be connected to the body for grounding purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Harry Wong, Daqing Zhu
  • Patent number: 9506492
    Abstract: A tensioning system for tensioning a stud is provided. The system includes an adapter ring having an external surface, an internal surface engaging the external surface of the stud or puller screw, and at least two bores defined therein. The posts have first and second ends and are disposed in the bores. The first ends are supported by a stop surface, and the second ends extend outwardly from the bores. A cylinder includes an internal surface engaged with the external surface of the adapter ring. First and second pistons are movably positioned within the cylinder with an intermediate cap disposed therebetween to define first and second hydraulic chambers. The first piston is configured for being supported by the second ends of the posts. The hydraulic chambers are hydraulically connected to one another, whereby providing a hydraulic fluid in the chambers operates to apply a tension force on the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Riverhawk Company
    Inventor: Timothy J. Trautman