Patents Examined by Ramón O. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 7883071
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for isolation system according to various aspects of the present invention comprise a plurality of elastic elements disposed in one or more planes between an equipment body and a mounting structure and are not symmetric about the center of gravity of the equipment body. The isolation system is configured to modally decouple vibration along one axis from other axes of vibration and provide an isoelastic mounting system in up to all six degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gary L. Fox, Nicholas E. Kosinski, Shawn B. Harline
  • Patent number: 7883752
    Abstract: This invention relates to a decorative assembly that is placed above a table to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the surrounding area. The present invention is an assembly that fits through the center hole of a garden or patio table designed to accommodate a center, pole supported umbrella. The invention comprises interchangeable, decorative elements that can be used year round in garden or patio table and has means to provide electricity to the decorative elements through any standard electrical outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventor: Tonya Auvil
  • Patent number: 7878470
    Abstract: A motorized mount attaches a monitor to a wall and is able is able to reposition the angle of a monitor through motorized action. The motorized mount can extend the and then swivel and/or tilt the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventors: Sung Il Oh, Byung Ju Yi, Gyu Chang Kim
  • Patent number: 7874534
    Abstract: Disclosed is a circuit board mounting backplate to mount a circuit board including a base unit, a tongue unit formed by bending a region enclosed by a notched groove formed at a portion of the base unit and a horizontal unit formed by bending the tongue unit at a predetermined height position so as to be horizontal to the base unit, and burring holes are provided at the horizontal unit and the base unit, respectively, so that center positions of the burring holes are arranged at a same position and that a diameter of the burring hole provided at the horizontal unit is larger than a diameter of the burring hole of the base unit, and the circuit board is mounted on the horizontal unit and/or the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7871050
    Abstract: An adjustable tray assembly for engaging a cupholder in a vehicle comprises a tray having a plurality of cuts to form an aperture; and a frustum adapter having a downwardly tapered cylindrical shape, wherein the frustum adapter defines a first cavity for removably receiving an inserted beverage container, and wherein the adapter is removably inserted in the aperture and in the cupholder to bind the tray in place, and wherein the tray is substantially perpendicular with respect to a central axis of the cupholder and is capable of supporting various items, including food items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventor: Marc I. Epstein
  • Patent number: 7871053
    Abstract: A fixing device used for mounting a storage device includes a support bracket and a buffer structure attached to the support bracket. The buffer structure includes a buffer member and a metal cushion. The buffer member is positioned on a first surface of the support bracket, and the metal cushion is positioned on a second surface of the support bracket. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The metal cushion has two elastic portions. A bottom surface of each elastic portion faces the second surface. A distance is formed between the bottom surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tung-Cheng Fu
  • Patent number: 7871047
    Abstract: In a fixture for spatial positioning of a device, in particular a device for a medical application, that is supported in a pivoting arrangement on a holding device or the like by means of an arm, quick and easy alignment of the device in relation to a person's treatment area is provided. This alignment is achieved in that a ring-shaped holding body is attached to the free end of the arm, that a spherical outer jacket surface is provided on the device with the surface enclosed wholly or in part by the holding body, and that the outer jacket surface of the device is held in the holding body and can be pivoted relative to the holding body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: AST GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Schwarze, Hugo Stephan, Andreas Martin
  • Patent number: 7861986
    Abstract: A bracket and method for supporting a cubicle wall on a movable wall having at least one horizontal mounting channel. The bracket has a lower bracket member and at least an upper bracket member that attaches to a movable wall module. A cubicle wall start is then coupled thereto. If a higher cubicle is needed, the bracket will have at least one intermediate bracket member to increase the overall length of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Jonathan Cline
  • Patent number: 7861995
    Abstract: This electronic device stand is a credit-card-sized sheet, equipped with cut-outs and scoring to permit its easy folding into an adjustable stand. The lower half of the card rests on a flat surface, while the upper half of the card is folded upward and is held in place by a tab that folds upward from the lower half to adjustably engage the upper half. A second tab, located at the far end of the lower half, is folded upward to secure the bottom of the electronic device, the back of which is leaned against the erected upper half of the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Abraham Dean Liou
  • Patent number: 7857269
    Abstract: A mounting system is provided for supporting equipment such as solar module arrays on a rooftop or other underlying surface. The mounting system includes a pipe, and a grasp section. These couple to a base that is extended into or otherwise integrated with the underlying surface. The pipe may be coupled so as to extend a height from the underlying surface. The grasp section is coupled to a top section of the pipe and is structured to secure to a section of the solar module array when the solar module array is installed on the underlying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: PVT Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Reed Plaisted, Brian West
  • Patent number: 7857264
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for mounting two generally parallel elongated members (such as pipes) in close proximity to each other and to an adjacent surface. The mounting assembly is so arranged that the elongated members are permitted a limited degree of freedom of movement in an axial direction. Additionally, the mounting assembly is so arranged that the elongated members may be readily secured and released therefrom. The mounting assembly includes a mounting component for securing a respective elongated member to a bracket, each mounting component including a mounting part mounted to the front side of the bracket, a containment part that defines, in conjunction with the front side of the bracket, a loop through which the elongated member extends, and a holding part that extends through an opening in the front side of the bracket to a rear side of the bracket, such that the mounting part and the first holding part extend from different sides of the containment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce, PLC
    Inventor: Neal L S Carter
  • Patent number: 7857276
    Abstract: A cooler pad for supporting a notebook computer on a user's lap is disclosed to include a soft pad having an accommodation space, a cooling fan mounted in the accommodation space, two slotted cover plates attached to the top and bottom sides of the accommodation space and fastened together to hold down the cooling fan in the accommodation space for enabling the power cord of the cooling fan to be extended to the outside of the soft pad for connection to the notebook computer to obtain the necessary working voltage for the cooling fan during operation of the notebook computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Chen-Source Inc.
    Inventor: Te-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 7854414
    Abstract: A cable clamp device for use in a well bore to secure cables to pipes and the like includes a flexible fastening member of relatively uniform cross-section, and a block that accepts the fastening member as it encompasses the circumference of the pipe in a loop. The cable clamp also and accepts the cable running axially along the pipe. The flexible fastening member overlaps itself, and is secured in a loop by deformation of its material. The height of the block from the surface of the pipe is greater than the height of the outer surface of the flexible fastening member and the surface of the pipe. The end surfaces of the clamp are angled with respect to the perpendicular of the pipe's surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Artificial Lift Company Limited
    Inventors: Phil Head, Marcus Dixon
  • Patent number: 7850130
    Abstract: A support arm which utilizes a material with material properties such that the support arm may be easily placed into a position within a range, yet at the edges of this range have elastic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventors: Joeben Bevirt, David Eliot Scheinman, Fred Italo Polito
  • Patent number: 7850135
    Abstract: Device for adjusting and controlling the inclination of an object with respect to a given support, comprising at least one plate pivotally connected to a base through at least one arm which is pivoted at said base and coupled, at the end opposite that connected to said plate, to inclination adjusting means; said inclination adjusting means comprise a pin which is movable along a plane perpendicular to the oscillation plane of said arm and along a direction perpendicular to the direction of said pivot, said pin being provided with suitable guide means and drive means and being coupled to the free end of said arm through suitable means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Euromet s.r.l.
    Inventor: Franco Stacohiotti
  • Patent number: 7850138
    Abstract: A battery hold-down clamp effective to resist theft of a battery from a vehicle, such as an RV, boat, automobile, and the like. One version includes a metal strap that is bent to form a loop having a cross-section profile substantially in agreement with a held cross-section of a battery, or battery container. The metal strap is hinged, to permit the loop to be opened for its installation. A portion of anchor structure and the battery are then enclosed within the loop. The strap resists moving the battery away from the anchor structure. After the strap is placed around a battery and anchor, a lock is installed to resist opening of the loop and extraction of the battery in a radial direction. A structural interference may be formed between the installed strap and protruding structure associated with the battery, thereby resisting extraction of the battery from the loop in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Inventor: Charles W. Fox, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7850139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transportation frame for an oversize container or the like and a method of installing the frame onto the container or the like. The transportation frame includes a top frame body comprising two top corner fittings each provided with a top corner fitting hole, a bottom frame body comprising two bottom corner fittings each provided with a bottom corner fitting hole, and a plurality of posts each having two ends connected to the top frame body and the bottom frame body respectively. The orientations of the two top corner fitting holes and the distance therebetween, and the orientations of the two bottom corner fitting holes and the distance therebetween satisfy the requirements for coupling with corner fittings of neighboring stacked containers. With the invention, non-standard containers may be easily hoisted, stacked and transported. Moreover, the transportation frame can be easily operated and stored while being reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd., Qingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzan Hua Huang, Guohao Huang, Zhiqing Li, Ryan Xu, Niancheng Zhou, Chaofu Xie, Songlin Xu
  • Patent number: 7850131
    Abstract: The invention is a telescopic column (1) comprising: two or more tubular members (2; 3) telescopically engaging one inside the other; a drive unit (6) contained inside the tubular members (2; 3); a cover (4) attached to the end of the inner tubular member (3); a supporting plate (8) attached to the outside of the cover (4); a tubular rod (5) associated with the drive unit (6), installed inside the tubular members (2; 3) with its end (5a) associated with the cover (4); means (7) for controlling the extension and withdrawal of the tubular members (2; 3). During the withdrawal of the tubular rod (5) inside the tubular members (2; 3), a safety device (9) operatively connected to the control means (7) stops the drive unit (6) if a counteracting element (C) obstructs the lowering of the supporting plate (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sir Societa' Italiana Riduttori SRL
    Inventor: Francesco Battistella
  • Patent number: 7845608
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a support member, a sliding member, a spring member, and a cover. The support member is configured for maintaining an electronic device thereon. The sliding member is configured for being secured on a display. A retaining portion is located on the sliding member and defines a through hole. A spring member is secured on the support member and engages the through hole of the sliding member. A cover is secured on the support member to position the sliding member between the support member and the cover. The sliding member is slidable relative to the support member and the spring member, and the retaining portion resiliently deforms the spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Nian-Yuan Yang
  • Patent number: RE42060
    Abstract: Couplers with ball-shaped heads are mounted on a pair of objects, and a split arm assembly is interposed along a line of juncture between the pair of couplers and clamped together about the heads thereof. However, before that time, a spring is interposed between the pair of elongated arm sections in the assembly to produce a differential in the reaction of the respective pairs of end portions in the arm sections to the clamping forces so that the assembly is formed into a bifurcated arm assembly at one of the heads. That one head is also compressible so that after the split arm assembly has been rotated in relation to the one head, or vice versa, to set the angle of the line of juncture with respect to one or both of the objects, further clamping of the assembly operates to interlock the assembly with the heads of the pair of couplers to rigidify the connection made by the assembly between the pair of heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: National Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali