Patents Examined by Niki M. Eloshway
  • Patent number: 11967813
    Abstract: A pull box for accepting cable in electrical wiring installations includes a main body. The main body includes a first leg, a second leg, and a bridge portion spanning between and interconnecting the first leg and the second leg. The first leg, the second leg, and the bridge portion form a U-shape and define an interior space. The pull box further includes a cover. The cover is movable relative to the housing to transition the pull box between an open state and a closed state. The cover permits access to the interior space when the pull box is in the open state and prevents access to interior space when the pull box is in the closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Elías Martínez Valerio
  • Patent number: 11955785
    Abstract: A resin structure includes first and second resin bodies including first and second wall portions and first and second engagement portions, respectively. One of the first engagement portions engages with one of the second engagement portions and form a first engaging part. Another one of the first engagement portions engages with another one of the second engagement portions and form a second engaging part. The first engaging part is positioned on a further front side than the second engaging part in an attaching direction of the second resin body to the first resin body. When the second resin body is rotated toward the first resin body with the first engaging part as a center of rotation and with the one of the first engagement portions being engaged with the one of the second engagement portions, the first wall portion is prevented from interfering with the second wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Tomita, Kengo Ishida, Yukihiro Koyama
  • Patent number: 11951893
    Abstract: A modular robot system which may be configured to accommodate packages of varying sizes is provided. The modular robot may include a base have omni-directional wheels and cameras and sensors, one or more modular containers, and a lid, which may be releasably linked together to form a small, medium or larger units. The base, one or more modular containers, and the lid may be electrically linked to provide information to be used in a number of ways. For example, the electrical link may allow two or more modular robots to communicate with each other, enable external displays of multiple modules to act as one large unit, control the motion of the drawers, e.g., allowing them to open/close, and allow the processor(s) in the lid to communicate with the drive system of the omni-directional wheels. A set of alternating interlocking rails and tracks on corresponding surfaces enable the various layers of the modular robot to interlock with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John Galin
  • Patent number: 11945300
    Abstract: A charging or fueling recess for use in a body opening of a vehicle, which has a recess body and a hinge housing as a rigid part made of a first plastic, wherein the recess body is formed integrally with the hinge housing, wherein the hinge housing has a lower part and an upper part, wherein the charging or fueling recess also has a hinge housing sealing body as a flexible part made of a second plastic which is softer than the first plastic, wherein the hinge housing sealing body is arranged at least sectionally between the lower part and the upper part, wherein the recess body, the hinge housing and the hinge housing sealing body are produced using a two-component injection-molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Werner Krauss
  • Patent number: 11945625
    Abstract: A package includes a container and closure. The container has a neck portion defining an opening. The container has an external thread formation and catch lugs. The closure fits to the neck portion for closing the opening. The closure includes first and second closure portions. The first closure portion includes a top wall portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion depends from the top wall portion. The skirt portion includes an internal thread formation for mating engagement with the external thread formation. The second closure portion includes a tamper-evident band depending from and being partially detachably connected to the skirt portion by a frangible connection. An interior surface of the second closure portion includes catch teeth. The catch lugs mechanically catch and lock with a respective one of the catch teeth to prevent or inhibit the second closure portion from being removed during the opening of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Closure Systems International Inc.
    Inventor: Robert H. Owen
  • Patent number: 11937728
    Abstract: A cooking accessory receivable within a cooking chamber of an oven appliance includes a base plate to receive a food item thereon, an enclosing lid disposed over the base plate, the enclosing lid defining a main inlet and an access opening, the main inlet being defined along the vertical direction and the access opening being defined along the transverse direction, and a guide plate attached to an interior surface of the enclosing lid above the base plate, wherein the base plate and the enclosing lid form a high temperature chamber for the food item, the high temperature chamber being in fluid communication with the cooking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Juergen Paller
  • Patent number: 11930945
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a food serving apparatus such as scoop designed to be magnetically mounted on top or underneath of a metallic lid of containers. The scoop comprises a bowl and a handle. The handle comprises a cavity, which includes at least two magnets separated by a small distance. The magnets are mounted within the cavity to hold the scoop on out side or in side of the metallic lid of the container. During the molding process, the molten plastic flows over and under the magnets to hold them in place in the cavity of the handle. The plastic encapsulated magnets in the handle avoids trapping of germs and other harmful biological microorganisms, thereby making the scoop very safe for storage on top surface or inside of the product container lids. Further, the scoop is made from food grade plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Jordan Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11926473
    Abstract: A sanitary product disposal container includes a container housing having a movable housing top cover, a movable housing bottom cover, and a sensor. A cover actuating mechanism may operably engage the housing top cover to actuate the housing top cover between open and closed positions. The sensor may operably interface with the cover actuating mechanism to facilitate deployment of the housing top cover between the open and closed positions responsive to sensing the presence of a person in proximity to the container housing. Accordingly, a used feminine hygiene product may be placed in the interior space of the container housing in the open position of the housing top cover without having to touch the container housing in order to open the housing top cover. The housing bottom cover may be selectively opened to facilitate removal of the used feminine hygiene products from the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Kelly Marie Sansone
  • Patent number: 11926469
    Abstract: A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: UFP Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John M Grigsby, III, Carl D Prentice
  • Patent number: 11927390
    Abstract: The utility model discloses a multipurpose portable vacuum insulation ice bucket, which is technically characterized in that the multipurpose portable vacuum insulation ice bucket comprises a soft rubber lid, an inner lid is connected to a lower part of the soft rubber lid through rubber coating, and an outer lid is placed above the inner lid; and the inner lid is connected with an inner container through a thread, the inner container is welded with an outer container and an outer container bottom and vacuumized, a bottom of the inner container is provided with an inner container bottom, and inner container steps are arranged inside the inner container. The multipurpose portable vacuum insulation ice bucket has multiple functions because of the steps arranged inside, has the advantages of simple structure, easy use and high portability, and may adapt to chilled beverages of different sizes as needed, which effectively improves the use experience of consumers and reduces the use cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Rui Cao, Weiliang Gu
  • Patent number: 11926457
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sampling system for processing a liquid sample, including a retrieving module configured to be fluidically connected to a liquid-source and configured to retrieve a liquid sample from the liquid-source, a filling module configured to fill the retrieved liquid sample into a sampling container, a storing module configured to store the sampling container filled with the liquid sample, and a disposal module configured to discard the liquid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Bo Ottersten, Eckhard Sommer
  • Patent number: 11919687
    Abstract: Disclosed are configurations of inner and outer shells for a multi-piece closure assembly. The inner shell includes a base wall, and an outer skirt extending away from the base wall, carrying external thread segments, and including an axially outward portion, and an axially inward portion terminating in a grip petal portion having petals with radially inwardly projecting container engagement lugs and radially outwardly projecting outer shell engagement lugs. The outer shell includes a base wall, an inner skirt extending away from the base wall, and an outer skirt extending away from an outer periphery of the base wall at a location spaced radially outwardly from the inner skirt and including an internally threaded portion carrying internal thread segments and an unthreaded extension extending away from the threaded portion and on an axial side of the internally threaded portion opposite that of the base wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Brozell, Thomas Shepherd
  • Patent number: 11919384
    Abstract: A resin filler tube includes: a tubular body; a flange having a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the tubular body, a thickness greater than a thickness of the tubular body, and a predetermined width in an axial direction, and having a first axial end face forming a weld surface to be welded to an outer circumferential edge of an opening hole of a fuel tank; and a base-end-side reverse tapered portion which connects between an end of the tubular body on the fuel tank side and an end of an outer circumferential surface of the flange on a side opposite to the fuel tank side, and which is reversely tapered so as to increase a diameter toward the flange. The base-end-side reverse tapered portion has an inner diameter that is not less than an inner diameter of the tubular body over an entire range in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiya Mizuno, Tomoyuki Fukuyasu, Atsuo Miyajima, Yoshikazu Kaneyasu, Nao Sato, Tsubasa Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11919679
    Abstract: A storage container may include a hollow main body, a lid, and an attachment mechanism for removably attaching a shackle holder. The hollow main body has a plurality of sidewalls, a first end, and a second end, opposite the first end. The lid may be disposed on the first end of the main body and the attachment mechanism may be disposed on the second end of the hollow main body. The shackle holder may be configured to retain a shackle. The shackle holder is capable of being disposed on storage containers with main bodies that vary in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RUGGED SAFETY, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas J. Turner
  • Patent number: 11912487
    Abstract: A bag-in box includes a storage box provided with a through hole of a pouring nozzle opening and closing mechanism at a lower side wall; and a suspension container suspended in the storage box. A bottom portion of the storage box is provided with a base for holding the suspension container inclined toward the through hole. An upper portion of the storage box is provided with a suspension unit for suspending an opening and closing plug provided at an upper portion of the suspension container. The opening and closing plug is opened when filling a liquid content. When pouring the liquid content, the opening and closing plug is suspended and held by the suspension unit and the opening and closing plug is closed, so that the liquid content is pourable by opening of the pouring nozzle opening and closing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Inter Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Hagihara
  • Patent number: 11911542
    Abstract: A medical apparatus that includes an apparatus body that has a surface with an opening and a cover coupled to the apparatus body about an axis of rotation angled to the surface. The cover is operable to rotate about the axis of rotation to move between a first position wherein the cover closes the opening and a second position wherein the cover is moved to allow access to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Brubaker, Nathan Wray Matheny, Kurosh Nahavandi
  • Patent number: 11905073
    Abstract: A cap comprises a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion integrally provided with the top plate portion through a corner portion and screwed to a mouth portion of a can container, and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer which is provided separately from the cap body to face the top plate portion, includes a protrusion portion formed on an outer peripheral side of a portion opposed to the mouth portion when the cap body is screwed with the can container and gradually decreasing in thickness toward an outer peripheral edge, and slides on the top plate portion and a sealing layer which is integrally provided with the sliding layer and seals the mouth portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Daiwa Can Company
    Inventors: Eiji Araki, Takashi Kawada, Kenji Takagi
  • Patent number: 11906110
    Abstract: An insulation arrangement configured to cover a vessel containing a liquified gas is provided. Embodiments include an insulation arrangement including an aerogel composition and a vapor barrier, where the insulation arrangement reduces heat transfer between the ambient environment and the liquified gas. Other embodiments include an insulated clamping device configured to connect a vessel to a framework and a connection system including the insulated clamping device, where the vessel includes the aforementioned insulation arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Aspen Aerogels, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Zrim, Mihael Gruden
  • Patent number: 11905747
    Abstract: A liftable hinge mechanism includes a base, a connecting component and a pin. The base has a narrow slot. The connecting component has an axle hole. The pin slidably passes through the narrow slot and rotatably inserts into the axle hole. The connecting component can be rotated and/or shifted relative to the base via the pin. A reciprocating engaging mechanism includes a shaft, a rotary plate, a first engaging component and a linkage module. The rotary plate is rotatably disposed on the shaft. The linkage module is connected between the rotary plate and the first engaging component. Rotation of the rotary plate drives the linkage module to move the first engaging component into a locking mode or an unlocking mode. The liftable hinge mechanism and the reciprocating engaging mechanism are applied to an airtight device with a housing and a cover capable of being folded and unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation
    Inventor: Pai-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 11905071
    Abstract: An auto-lock sealing valve structure of a rubber jointing ring using the lid attached to the rubber jointing ring includes a lid, a rubber jointing ring, and a bottle body. The rubber jointing ring connects the lid and the bottle body. The designation of the vapor escaping groove in the lid body helps the air inside the rubber jointing ring escape out, simultaneously the raised edge on the bottle lid prevents the rubber jointing ring part from coming out off. The gaps on the body part of the rubber jointing rings help the air inside the bottle body to entirely escape but still ensure that the liquid inside the devices cannot escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Ly Huy Sang