Patents Examined by Richard G Davis
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Patent number: 12269570Abstract: An altitude movement device comprising of a ballonet within an outer envelope with the ballonet configured to control buoyancy and an apparent wind generating device combined with the altitude movement device to generate an apparent wind to propel the vehicle laterally with respect to the direction of the jet stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventors: James C. Wang, Jane Wojcik, Michael Wojcik, Y. S. Hsu
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Patent number: 12268204Abstract: A rodent trap adapted to insert through a wall surface, in some embodiments into an interior, inaccessible void, the rodent trap comprising an elongated tubular component having an open distal end and an open proximal end, the open proximal end connected to a vacuum and flexible arm, the rodent trap operable to suck a rodent entering the elongated tubular component into the vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventor: David Schuelke
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Patent number: 12263957Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft including a vision module including a base and a chassis including a first beam fixed to the base by four fixing means, a second beam fixed to the first beam by four fixing means, and two third beams fixed to the structure of the aircraft and between which the second beam is fixed by two third fixing means, where each fixing means takes the form of a system with two eccentric rings where the two rings are mobile in rotation relative to one another about parallel rotation axes. Also an aircraft with such an assembly fixed to a structure thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Airbus Operations SASInventor: Sébastien Bertrand
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Patent number: 12263970Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a traveling vehicle body, a coupler to couple a working implement with the traveling vehicle body, and a takeoff/landing station to restrict a skid of an unmanned aerial vehicle when the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off or lands. The agricultural machine includes a protector to protect an operator's seat. The takeoff/landing station is provided on the protector. The takeoff/landing station is attached to the protector and includes an arm extending in a horizontal direction when the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off or lands.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Kinoshita, Takanori Morimoto, Susumu Umemoto, Shinnosuke Ishikawa
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Patent number: 12262702Abstract: Fishing equipment carriers include a rod housing and a support coupled to the rod housing. The support defines an aperture configured to receive a fishing rod therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Thule Sweden ABInventors: Calvin Champa, Daniel Wesolowski, Johan Larsson
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Patent number: 12250938Abstract: The disclosure discloses an outdoor mosquito killing lamp including a housing and a lamp cover connected to the housing; a mosquito killing assembly and a light emitting assembly are provided on the housing; the light emitting assembly includes an illuminant and a dazzling cover, the illuminant is connected to the housing and disposed between the housing and the lamp cover; the dazzling cover covers the illuminant and is disposed inside the lamp cover, and the lamp cover or the housing is provided with a connecting member. The outdoor mosquito killing lamp has not only the functions of lighting and mosquito killing, but also has the function of entertainment, which can meet the needs of modern people.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: NINGBO DAYANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Zheng, Yuanai Ning
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Patent number: 12252243Abstract: In a front view of this aircraft, there is an over-lap portion where at least a part of a fuselage and at least a part of two cruising rotors overlap, and a rear portion of the fuselage has an inclined surface which is displaced downward from upward progressing from the front to the rear, such that the area of the overlap portion gradually becomes smaller progressing from the front to the rear.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Ishitsuka, Kazuma Yoshii
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Patent number: 12227274Abstract: A search and rescue drone system includes a buoyant body member, a frame attached to the buoyant body member for carrying a motor and propeller, and an electronic array including a camera, GPS, an EPIRB radio distress beacon, and a transmitter/receiver for remote control flying the drone and communicating with an operator. A laser guidance system may provide coordinates for landing near a swimmer in distress. The search and rescue drone may also be programmed to simply fly to the location of an electronic wearable device, like a bracelet, that is worn by a man overboard. In another embodiment, the search and rescue drone includes pivoting motor mounts, so that it can take off and land vertically with propellers rotating in a horizontal plane, and then the propellers may pivot to rotate in a vertical plane for propulsion across water similar to a fan boat with rescued people aboard.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Inventors: Thomas Lawrence Moses, Merrill Stuart Ross
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Patent number: 12221212Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising a convertible body operably coupled to at least one sensor, and further configured to rotate at least about a longitudinal axis, thereby providing a full field of regard for the at least one sensor, and a plurality of arms extending laterally from the convertible body, each arm of the plurality of arms having a rotor assembly coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Marc T. Angelucci
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Patent number: 12219951Abstract: A handheld vacuum assembly for the capture and collection of small insects that includes a vacuum body defining a suction chamber, a motor operably configured to generate a vacuum downstream in the suction chamber, a funnel member defining a suction channel located downstream of the suction chamber and a suction channel area therein, a valve disposed within the suction channel that is configured to open and close to inhibit or prevent insects from leaving the funnel member, and a filter assembly disposed upstream of the suction channel, downstream of the motor, having a porous membrane member, having a filter cap selectively removably coupled to the porous membrane member and having a plurality of selectively removable strips disposed thereon and each having an adhesive surface oriented in a direction facing the distal tip of the funnel member.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Inventor: Brian Rogers
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Patent number: 12221220Abstract: A flexible cover for an aircraft hands on stick and throttle. The cover has a top layer and bottom layer joined by a grid having a particular grid density range and Shore A hardness range providing flexibility in cold climates and frictional grip to remain on the throttle in hot climates. The cover has an irregular perimeter, matched to the irregular perimeter of the particular throttle of the aircraft. The cover may have an indicium to assist in proper placement on the throttle. The cover is unitary and fits in the map case of the cockpit.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Emil Wodicka, III
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Patent number: 12213472Abstract: The Fly Graveyard is the only product of its kind that attracts flies into a novelty trap with an unprecedented, non-poisonous liquid that captures the fly, indefinitely. This avant-garde product is uniquely designed with durable glass materials, designed to look like a fly for fun aesthetics and can be conveniently hung on the wall, placed on the floor, a table and/or any surface area as an improved pest control alternative.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Inventor: Stan Campbell
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Patent number: 12214855Abstract: Described herein are features for a high altitude lighter-than-air (LTA) system and associated methods. The LTA may include one or more super-pressure balloons (SPB). One or more of the SPB's may include one or more interior volumes. One or more of the interior volumes may be configured to receive an LTA gas therein to supplement the free lift of the LTA system. There may be an adjustable valve or vent to release the LTA gas. One or more of the interior volumes may be configured to receive ambient air to provide a variable downward force. The SPB may use a compressor to pump in ambient air. The compressor or another valve may release ambient air to decrease the downward force. A zero-pressure balloon (ZPB) may be attached with the one or more SPB's. The ZPB may supplement lift for the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: World View Enterprises Inc.Inventors: Rodger Farley, Taber MacCallum, G. Ryan Lee, Sebastian Padilla, John Straus
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Patent number: 12208920Abstract: A landing facility that enables flight vehicles to land safely even in strong winds. The landing system of the invention includes a first area for landing a flight vehicle, a windbreak part having a predetermined height and cover part at least a portion of the perimeter of the first area, and a second area located away from the windbreak part, where the flight vehicle descends to a predetermined flight altitude. The flight altitude is lower than the predetermined height of the windbreak part. The second area is an area selected from a plurality of permitted areas where vertical descent is permitted. A portion of the windbreak part comprises a net.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: AERONEXT INC.Inventor: Yoichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 12201100Abstract: A fishing reel is provided. The fishing reel includes one or more sensors that can obtain data of the fishing reel in a first movement. The fishing reel also includes a computing device. The computing device can estimate a casting posture of a user of the fishing reel from a plurality of casting postures, based on the data of the fishing reel and a model classifying the plurality of casting postures. The casting posture corresponds to the first movement. The computing device can control an operation of the fishing reel based on the casting posture of the user, and transmit data of the casting posture to a separate device.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN BOSAIDONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Zhiyuan Yu, Le Xiao, Tianshi Cui
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Patent number: 12201103Abstract: A wearable fishing pole holding device includes an elongated tubular-shaped main body having a top end, a closed bottom end and a hollow interior. A neck strap extends outward from a top portion of the main body for positioning the main body against the chest of a user, and a belt loop extends outward from the bottom end of the main body for engaging the belt of a user. A malleable lip extends downward from the main body and is positionable between a users waist and belt. The belt loop and lip secure the bottom portion of the main body against the users waist. The main body includes an opening along the top end for receiving the bottom end of a fishing pole. Semi-circular indentations hold a reel secured to the fishing pole in place to permit one handed operation of the reel.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Inventors: James Daniel Brooke, Christopher Daniel Brooke
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Patent number: 12193433Abstract: An external game call having a housing through which air is blown. The housing has a reed having an elastomeric material, typically latex, stretched between two arms of the reed frame. The reed is mounted in the housing such that airflow travels across the reed causing the latex to resonate, generating sounds that mimic game animals such as elk. The housing has an actuator that is depressed to position an actuator tongue onto the reed, and to exert variable pressure on the reed based on pressure applied by the user on the button. The actuator tongue is configured in structure to simulate a human tongue, thus producing life like sounds typically achieved by the use of internal reeds.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Inventor: Willaim L. Ayer, III
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Patent number: 12179920Abstract: An air delivery barrel system is described, the air delivery barrel system includes a strap system that provides line stretch of the strap system when a force is exerted on the strap system, the strap system including a continuous strap, a first barrel, the first barrel being formed out of a cylindrically shaped wall and the cylindrically shaped wall including a channel that the strap system passes through, an end cap, the end cap being detachably connectable to a bottom end of the first barrel, the end cap protecting a bottom portion of the strap system, a lid, the lid being detachably connectable to a top end of the first barrel, the lid including a recess through which the strap system passes through, and a second barrel that can be situated within the first barrel and the cylindrically shaped wall of the first barrel protects the second barrel.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: S.W.O.R.D. International Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Allen Elrod, Christopher Collin Klaftenegger
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Patent number: 12179937Abstract: A hydraulic system for a rapid mooring device of an offshore operation helicopter includes a fuel tank, a hydraulic pump, an electric motor, a check valve, a pressure sensor, a filter, an overflow valve, a two-position four-way electromagnetic reversing valve group, a three-position four-way Y type hydraulically operated reversing valve, an stacked double throttle check valve, an stacked internally controlled hydraulic lock, an externally controlled large flow hydraulic lock, a safety valve, a cartridge valve, an energy accumulator, a pneumatic hydraulic pump, a thick and thin parallel single rod hydraulic cylinder, a mechanical claw unlocking cylinder, a centering lock unlocking cylinder and an emergency lock unlocking cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Yanshan UniversityInventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Zhuxin Zhang, Zhiguo Sun, Xuezhong Ai
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Patent number: 12171206Abstract: A harvesting unit with one or more pumps including one or more suction nozzles directed towards the seabed, one or more inlets that lead from the suction nozzle to the pump, an outlet to a sorting device, one or more motors for driving the one or more pumps, where the sorting device, which at least separates bottom-dwelling marine organisms from bycatch and foreign bodies, has an outlet for bottom-dwelling marine organisms leading to a collecting unit, a structural main frame that carries at least the harvesting unit, and a towing and launching system for deployment and propulsion of the harvesting unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Tau Tech ASInventors: Øystein Tvedt, Bernt Rogne, Bjørn Roppen, Sverre Olav Farstad, Jan Rogne, Karl Fredrik Sandvik