Patents Examined by Rodney Mintz
  • Pole and method of manufacturing the pole
    Patent number: 11052566
    Abstract: A pole for supporting a cable. The pole includes a plurality of truncated cones arranged in a linear array to form the pole, wherein each truncated cone receives an adjacent truncated cone within its interior. Each truncated cone in the pole is formed from a veneer by moving the longitudinal edges of the veneer towards each other. A method of manufacturing the pole and various uses of the pole are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Lars Andersson, Rickard Mårtensson
  • Glazing with profiled seal and trim and method of manufacturing the glazing
    Patent number: 11046163
    Abstract: A glazing includes a glazed element, at least one profiled seal portion, at least one trim having an elongate shape and which has a base and at least one flange, the base being situated above an exterior face of the profiled seal portion, wherein the flange includes, at an opposite end to the base, at least one tab which is present in the profiled seal portion while penetrating the profiled seal portion via a hole that opens onto the exterior face and does not open onto an interior face of the profiled seal portion and the tab being wholly in contact with the profiled seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Romain Gonnet, Yoann Machizaud
  • Roof panel, roof assembly and roof
    Patent number: 11043915
    Abstract: Roof panel comprising a photovoltaic module having a top surface, a bottom surface and lateral edges, and at least one rib fixedly connected to the photovoltaic module and transversely, preferably perpendicularly, projecting away from the bottom surface and extending along a lateral edge of the photovoltaic module. The height (h, h1, h2) of the at least one rib increases, preferably continuously increases, in direction along the lateral edge, such that the lower edge of the at least one rib is inclined with respect to the bottom surface and/or the top surface of the photovoltaic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: g-neration.energy AG
    Inventor: Claudio Gisep
  • Two-piece track system
    Patent number: 11041306
    Abstract: A fire-rated receiver channel includes at least one intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The receiver channel can nest with a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. In other arrangements, a track assembly includes two nested tracks, an inner track and outer track. The assembly is designed so that the outside width of the outer track is equal to or less than the outside width of the inner track to present a substantially flush external surface for attachment of exterior sheathing elements when the assembly is used in an external wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA EXPANDED METAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventors: Donald Anthony Pilz, Raymond Edward Poliquin, Fernando Hernandez Sesma
  • Breakaway form clip
    Patent number: 11035115
    Abstract: A clip for holding a structural member in position relative to a member as part of a form for receiving concrete includes a main body portion, a hook portion extending from the body portion for receiving at least a portion of the structural member, and a first breakaway section between the main body portion and the hook portion. A form incorporates such clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Stockton Products
    Inventor: Angel Torres
  • Systems and method for adjusting a drilling rig
    Patent number: 11035143
    Abstract: A drilling rig system includes a drilling rig that includes a mast, a pair of hydraulic pistons coupled to a pair of front legs of the mast and configured to apply a first force to the mast, the first force acting in a direction opposing a force generated by a weight of the mast, a plurality of raising lines coupled to a crown block of the mast and to a pair of rear legs of the mast opposite the front legs and configured to apply a second force to the mast, the second force acting in a direction opposing the force generated by the weight of the mast, and a drawworks assembly coupled to the plurality of raising lines and configured to apply a force acting away from the crown block of the mast to at least one of the plurality of raising lines to generate the second force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Fathalla Shalouf
  • Curtain wall
    Patent number: 11035120
    Abstract: Curtain wall including mullion profiles, transom profiles and panels, where the mullion profiles extend vertically, with the transom profiles being fixed at right angles to the mullion profiles, where the transom profiles and the mullion profiles define rectangular openings. The panels are placed in the openings to close these openings, where the panels are secured by means of first glazing beads, that are attached to the mullion profile by means of first attachment aids, where the first attachment aids and the mullion profiles are designed to attach the first attachment aids to the mullion profile, where the first attachment aids and the first glazing beads are designed to snap the first glazing beads onto the first attachment aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
  • Partition wall
    Patent number: 11035119
    Abstract: A partition wall for a building structure having a plurality of building units separated by such partition wall to provide acoustic insulation therebetween. The partition wall has a plurality of column assemblies, such as at least two, substantially vertically mounted in a generally horizontally oriented base profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL A/S
    Inventors: Jannie Bakkaer Sørensen, Klavs Koefoed Jakobsen
  • Insulation panels with perforated facers
    Patent number: 11028578
    Abstract: An exterior insulation panel for installation in an exterior building envelope of a building. The insulation panel has an interior face for facing toward an interior space of the building, an exterior face lying opposite the interior face for facing away from the interior space of the building, and a foam core laminated with a perforated exterior facer on one or both faces of the panel, at which the exterior facer defines an uncovered outermost layer of the panel. Each perforated facer comprises openings therein through which moisture is migratable into the foam core during moisture-rich environmental conditions, for temporary holding of the excess moisture until such conditions subside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Quik-Therm Insulation Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Bernard Ted Cullen
  • Pier bracket assembly
    Patent number: 11028550
    Abstract: A pier bracket comprises a seat including a base plate and an upper plate extending orthogonally from the base plate wherein, when the base plate is positioned for supporting a structure, the upper plate is adjacent to the structure for securing the upper plate to the structure. A tubular member is mounted to the seat and adapted to slidably receive structural piers. A planar support plate is distally spaced from and parallel to the base plate. Each of a pair of side plates extend between an opposite side edge of the base plate and the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Independence Materials Group, LLC
    Inventor: William A. Gantt
  • Fire resistant construction block
    Patent number: 11015339
    Abstract: A fire resistant construction block that comprises a core comprising a polygonal shape including a front face, a rear face, a right face, a left face, a bottom face, and a top face. The fire resistant construction block further comprises a fire resistant coating surrounding at least a portion of the core and an optional intermediate layer disposed between the core and the fire resistant coating. The fire resistant construction block can comprise a plurality of channels, and the top face of the fire resistant construction block comprises a sloped surface. The fire resistant construction block can be configured to be disposed above a window of a building and the placement of the fire resistant construction block can enable an exterior wall of a building to comply with a National Fire Protection Agency Code 285 standard fire test method and/or other fire test standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Old Mill Brick LLC
    Inventor: Garrick Hunsaker
  • Concrete wall section
    Patent number: 11015345
    Abstract: A concrete wall section manufactured with a weight that allows the user of the concrete wall section to transport manually the concrete wall section. Combinations of concrete wall sections can be used to replace traditional frames of a structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Walter Smith
  • Blast protection wall including cementitious panel
    Patent number: 11002033
    Abstract: A wall for a building that includes a framed wall structure including a top support, a bottom support, and opposing side supports connected together, and at least one intermediate support attached to the top support and the bottom support, and a blast panel made of a cementitious material attached to the framed wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
    Inventor: Frank Pospisil
  • Anchor apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10995485
    Abstract: An improved anchor apparatus and method consisting of a hanger configured for connection with a surface where the hanger has a length with a first end and a second end and an anchor in the hanger where the anchor is connected with the hanger along a first part of the anchor and where the anchor is releasably connected with the hanger along a second part of the anchor such that when the second part is disconnected from the hanger the second part of the anchor extends away from the surface of the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: RFW Anchors LLC
    Inventor: Mark Lee Cochran
  • Ceiling system having a plurality of different panels
    Patent number: 10995489
    Abstract: A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space having a plurality of walls. The ceiling system includes a grid system that extends to at least two of the plurality of walls and separates the building space into an occupiable space below the grid system and a plenum space above the grid system; and a plurality of ceiling tiles that are supported by the grid system and, with the grid system, create a barrier between the occupiable space and the plenum space, the plurality of ceiling tiles including three different polygonal non-rectangular ceiling tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: AWI Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Nathan J Baxter, Samuel D Pawlak, Scott D Harnish, Ryan D Hanuschak, Nicholas J Friez, Nathan H Canfijn, Marie A DePaul, Kain A Place
  • Method and devices enabling rapid construction of buildings
    Patent number: 10988921
    Abstract: A method including placing on a surface a first beam having a first end with a first clevis component opposing a second clevis component. A second beam, including a second end having a third clevis component opposing a fourth clevis component, is placed adjacent the first end on the surface. The first clevis component is connected to the third clevis component. A lifter is connected to the first end and the second end, which are lifted simultaneously from the surface while rotating the first beam and the second beam about the connector until the second clevis component engages the fourth clevis component. Connection between the second clevis component and the fourth clevis component then may be completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Overflow, Ltd.
    Inventor: Matthew Garry
  • Diaphragm to lateral support coupling in a structure
    Patent number: 10975590
    Abstract: An example system is disclosed that may include a diaphragm, a pair of C-channels coupled to the diaphragm, a horizontal beam having two opposite ends, a pair of collars configured to slide onto the two opposite ends of the horizontal beam, the pair of collars each including a flange around a perimeter of each of the pair of collars, the flange configured to couple to an end of each of the pair of C-channels, a pair of columns coupled to the two opposite ends of the horizontal beam, and a brace coupled to at least one column of the pair of columns and the horizontal beam. An example method is disclosed for translating a lateral load from a diaphragm to a lateral load support system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Innovative Building Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arlan Collins, Mark Woerman, Mark D'amato
  • Safety plate
    Patent number: 10975998
    Abstract: A safety plate has a first, concave side for abutting a pipe, a second, convex side opposite the first, concave side, an arcuate portion interposed between a first linear portion and a second linear portion, a first edge on the first arcuate portion, and a second edge on the second arcuate portion; wherein the distance between the first and second edges is less than an exterior diameter of the pipe. A method of using a safety plate involves forcing the first side of the safety plate to abut the pipe, the safety plate extending around at least half of the circumference of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Arnold E. Unruh, Sr.
  • Truss plates for joining members
    Patent number: 10975571
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed a system for joining pieces of lumber, the system including a truss plate for attaching the pieces of lumber together and a mounting press for mounting the truss plate onto the lumber. The mounting press includes first and second flat plates with the first flat plate having a rod perpendicularly extending from a central portion thereof and the second plate having a centrally located rod aperture for receiving the rod. The rod is mated to a threaded collar and both are configured to press the first and second flat plates together when the collar is threaded onto the rod. The truss plate consists of a flat piece of metal having a plurality of teeth projecting from one side. An aperture is formed on the plate which is dimensioned to receive the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Dragomir Smoljo
  • Anchor and clutch assembly
    Patent number: 10968645
    Abstract: Anchors, clutches, and lifting systems are described herein that increase the size of a shear cone within a precast concrete panel without using multiple clutches and without increasing the complexity of the lift system. A shear cone is the volume within the panel that the anchor and clutch pull on when orienting and positioning the precast concrete panel. Anchors described herein encompass a larger volume of the panel in different ways to produce a larger shear cone. Similarly, the clutches described herein have features that allow a clutch to accommodate the improved anchors. As a result, the anchors, clutches, and lifting systems provide a larger shear cone in the panel to increase the load capacity of the lifting system and reduce the likelihood of failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Meadow Burke, LLC
    Inventors: David L. Kelly, Michael J. Recker