Patents Examined by Naschica Sanders
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Patent number: 6260814Abstract: An air compressor 10 for an air leveling suspension system of a motor vehicle is mounted on a vibration reducing bracket 12. The bracket includes a bottom panel section 16 that has a perforated metal grid 40 embedded therein. Side walls 18 extend to an open top 20. A first set of brass inserts 24 are embedded into a plurality of tiers 22 that are spaced between the closed bottom panel section 16 and open top 20 to mount the air compressor 10. A second set of brass inserts receive bolts 31 to mount the bracket to the chassis 14 of a motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1998Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Cambridge Industries, Inc.Inventor: Dale J. Mathews
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Patent number: 6176461Abstract: A method and implementing computer system enclosure is provided which includes a selectively removable base support unit which is designed to stabilize vertical mounting capabilities when the base unit is attached to the enclosure and to allow horizontal mounting of the electronics enclosure when the base unit is detached. The electronics enclosure includes a locking edge on one of its sides. The locking edge is selectively engageable with a base support unit to provide a wide footprint for stable mounting of the electronics enclosure on the side of the enclosure which has the base unit attached. In an exemplary embodiment, the locking edge is tapered to force a tight fit between the enclosure and the support base unit. A locking mechanism is also operable at one end of the support base unit-electronics enclosure interface to provide a positive stop to lock the enclosure in place relative to the support base unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1998Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.Inventors: Daniel Paul Beaman, M. Lawrence Buller, Larry Thomas Cooper, Brian Michael Kerrigan, Tristan Alfonso Merino, John Richard Pugley
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Patent number: 6173935Abstract: A mounting device for attaching a fan or similar electrical fixture to a cathedral ceiling either at the center of the ceiling or in a pitched section thereof during construction is described. The mounting device comprises; 1) a rectangular box having an open top, a closed bottom, at least two opposing extended side walls and at least one short side wall of about the same depth as; 2) an integral electrical outlet box having a center screw hole, forming a part of the closed bottom and having its open end approximately coplanar with the outer surface of the closed bottom. According to a first embodiment, the extended sidewalls are of a shape to fit the peak of a cathedral ceiling and the mounting device includes two opposing short sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1999Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
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Patent number: 6170782Abstract: A resilient support (10), such as for supporting part of the exhaust system of a motor vehicle, is molded from elastomeric material such as rubber. Upper and lower end blocks (16, 18) have through bores (12, 14) for receiving fixtures connected respectively to the body of the vehicle and to the exhaust system. The blocks (16, 18) are interconnected by three integral diagonally directed arms (22, 24, 26). Vertical vibration of the exhaust system is resisted, absorbed and damped by a combination of tension in the arms (22, 24, 26) and bending at their points of interconnection with the upper and lower blocks (16, 18). The support (10) is thus relatively resilient in this direction. However, sideways movement of the exhaust system, tending to cause movement of the lower block (18) in the direction of the axis of the lower bore (14), is firmly resisted by the arms (22, 24, 26).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Draftex Industries LimitedInventors: Gonzague Barrier, Pascal Chanteux, Luc Pecot
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Patent number: 6161808Abstract: A knockdown support stand for support of aquarium or terrarium-type containers of varying capacities. The stand includes a plurality of support members depending from the bottom surface of a substantially planar top of the stand. Each support member includes first and second resiliently bendable and twistable legs which are joined together at their bottom ends. The legs each include an upper end which is permanently bent at ninety degrees to the longitudinal centerline of the leg and within the plane commonly occupied by the first and second legs. This bent end is further permanently bent at an angle of forty-five degrees in a direction out of the plane commonly occupied by the legs. A plurality of pairs of receivers are attached to the bottom surface of the top at spaced intervals about the periphery of the top. The receivers of each pair are oriented with their extended longitudinal centerlines intersecting at a right angle at a location inwardly of the periphery of the top and of the pair of receivers.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: American Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Dion A. East, Kevin H. Page, Hollinger L. Morton, III
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Patent number: 6161811Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an electric-component mounter including a substrate supporting device which supports a circuit substrate, an electric-component supplying device which supplies a plurality of electric components to be mounted on the circuit substrate, a mounting device which receives the electric components from the electric-component supplying device and mounts the electric components on the circuit substrate supported by the substrate supporting device, and a base member which supports the substrate supporting device, the electric-component supplying device, and the mounting device, the apparatus including at least one elastic member which is provided between the base member and a surface of a floor which supports the base member, and at least one damper which damps vibration of the base member and the floor surface relative to each other, the vibration resulting from elastic deformation of the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinsuke Suhara, Takao Enomoto
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Patent number: 6149116Abstract: A holder for a mobile telephone is provided, which includes a main body to which a mobile telephone is magnetically attached, and an angle controllable attachment supporting means for attaching the main body to the surface of an object such as a vehicle dashboard. The magnetic attachment means includes a magnet fixed to the main body, and a piece of iron attachable to the back of the mobile telephone and attachable to the magnet by magnetic force. The angle controllable supporting means comprises a pair of independently moveable hinge-connected supports which are also hinge-connected to the bottom of the main body. The main body can be attached to the dashboard of a vehicle without regard to the curvature of the surface of the dashboard, and the mobile telephone can be securely attached magnetically and easily separated from the holder.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: D.L. Telecom Co. Ltd.Inventor: Ryu Byung Won
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Patent number: 6131863Abstract: A universal mounting system is disclosed. The system includes an adaptor, which includes a mounting plate having a center. A common aperture is positioned on the mounting plate at a selected distance from the center. Sets of apertures, each set including the common aperture, are formed in the plate at the selected distance from the center and are positioned angularly equidistant from one another. The system further includes a number of arms corresponding to the number of radial holes in the motor equally spaced from one another. The first ends of the arms are attached to the selected set of apertures corresponding to the number of radial holes in the motor. The second ends of the arms are attached to the corresponding radial holes of the rotor plate to secure the adaptor to the motor. An accessory is mounted to the adaptor.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1999Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Inventor: Paul Fiacco
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Patent number: 6098943Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a unit incorporating a lighting control motion switch therein to either a wall or to a ceiling. Disclosed is the mounting of a unit housing the lighting control motion switch to either a wall or ceiling through the intermediary of a novel clip-on mounting bracket, subsequent to securing the clip-on bracket to the wall or ceiling. In order to provide the novel mounting arrangement for readily mounting the entire unit to either a ceiling or to a wall, there is provided the clip-on bracket structure which includes an inverted U-shaped element adapted to be inserted through a recess formed in the back of the back housing portion and to pass upwardly through an aperture in the upper end of the recess into contact with the inner surface of the rear wall thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1998Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Carol Z. Howard, Ward E. Strang
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Patent number: 6065725Abstract: An adjustable retaining bracket for securing a display panel to a stationary object. The invention provides a retaining bracket having a latching arm, with a rounded nose, pivotally connected to the bracket. The latching arm engages a corresponding latching pin located on a support arm. The support arm is secured to a display panel and pivotally attached to the mounting bracket using bolts. The invention is then secured to the existing store shelving using nuts and bolts. The latching arm contains at least one detent and is used to retain the display panel at a variety of viewing angles depending upon which detent engages the latching pin. When the display panel is rotated counterclockwise (toward the store shelving), the latching pin of the support arm engages the rounded nose of the latching arm, raises the arm and comes to rest in a detent position. Further movement of the sign will move the sign to the next detent position (if available).Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1998Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: NDR CorporationInventor: Timothy L Mason