Patents Examined by Shantese L. McDonald
  • Patent number: 11331765
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods and systems that include multiple lapping stages having at least one lapping stage that laps while a heat source is applied to cause expansion during lapping and at least one subsequent lapping stage that laps while the heat source is reduced (e.g., turned off).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Sherve, Neil Zuckerman, Vasudevan Ramaswamy, Andrew Habermas
  • Patent number: 11325237
    Abstract: The invention relates is a multi-purpose utility tool. More specifically, the present invention provides an attachable handle for gripping pots and pans used in outdoor cooking. The attachable handle can be configured to connect to a fuel canister and prepare the fuel canister for disposal or recycling. The attachable handle can have a puncture tool to pierce the fuel canister. The connection of the attachable handle to the fuel canister can aid in the evacuation of fuel from the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Outdoor Element, LLC
    Inventor: Michael John Mojica
  • Patent number: 11325816
    Abstract: A lifting apparatus and controller therefore, where the lifting apparatus includes independently driven lifting columns and independently driven wheels that are controlled by a controller having a number of sensors such as limit sensors, position sensors, rotation sensors, laser sensors, torque sensors and the like. The independent motors for lifting and driving may also be removed easily to provide for improved servicing and maintenance. The various sensor signals are used to calculate, coordinate and calibrate the apparatus for precise and safe movement by the motors in order to perform lifting and positioning operations, for example rail car repair and service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BBM Railway Equipment, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan W. Knapp, Peter McGonagle, Mark O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 11325667
    Abstract: A system for changing a height of a hanger mounting plate, may include a frame; a hanger arm fixing device mounted at an upper side of the frame in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and fixing both sides of the connecting blocks; a pin fixing device which is mounted at a center portion of the frame to be movable in a width direction of the vehicle body and separates or couples the coupling pin from/to the connecting block; and a mounting plate height adjusting device mounted at a lower side of the center portion of the frame to be movable in the height direction of the vehicle body in a state in which the mounting plate height adjusting device supports a lower portion of the mounting plate, and adjusting a height of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young Jin Jung, Sangduck Han, Jung Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11325241
    Abstract: A sawhorse extension rack system incorporates two vertical extension portions coupled to a sawhorse and having openings for receiving and retaining work-pieces. The two vertical extension portions are coupled to opposing ends of the sawhorse and have a beam retainer opening that slides over a support beam extending from the sawhorse. The vertical extension portions extend up from the sawhorse and each have first and second vertical support members and one or more cross-supports to produce one or more openings to receive a work-piece. A user may slide the first and second vertical extension over the support beam and then position one or more work-pieces in the openings to increase work capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Jay Thomas
  • Patent number: 11318578
    Abstract: A tool holding fixture for a tool drive and a device for polishing of optical workpieces, the tool holding fixture being coupled by a magnet and by quick connections to the tool drive and forming a preassembled unit with a tiltable tool holder and assigned bearing part together with a bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Klaus Hofmann, Helwig Buchenauer
  • Patent number: 11319187
    Abstract: An elevator car position detection device is provided capable of preventing erroneous detection of a metal object other than an object to be detected. The elevator car position detection device includes: an object to be detected provided in one of a hoistway and a car of an elevator, the object to be detected being formed of a magnetic body and having a slit-like opening; and a magnetic detection device provided in the other of the hoistway and the car of the elevator, the magnetic detection device being configured to detect a change in magnetic flux density according to the slit-like opening when facing the object to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Mochizuki, Jin Inoue, Masahiro Ishikawa, Akihide Shiratsuki
  • Patent number: 11311985
    Abstract: A shifting device includes a sleeve module and a shifting member movably disposed in the sleeve module. The sleeve module has a through hole. The through hole is divided into a first hole region, a buffering region, and a second hole region. The shifting member includes a third operating section and a fourth operating section. The shifting member is movable between a first position and a second position. The fourth operating section of the shifting member is situated in the buffering region when the shifting member assumes the first position, and the second hole region and the third working hole are adapted to turn a fastening member. The third operating section of the shifting member is situated in the buffering region when the shifting member assumes the second position, and the first hole region and the fourth working hole are adapted to turn the fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HUA WEI TOOLS CO.
    Inventor: Zhong-Song Li
  • Patent number: 11300880
    Abstract: A coating system includes supporting pins, a suction plane, and a calibrating disk. The suction plane is located between the supporting pins, and the calibrating disk is configured to dispose on the supporting pins or the suction plane. The calibrating disk includes a round top surface and a round bottom surface being opposite to the round top surface. The round bottom surface has a round plane and a dependable wall surrounding the round plane, and an edge of the round plane and an edge of the round bottom surface are concentric. The dependable wall is configured to limited horizontal movement of the supporting pins, and the round plane is configured to cover the suction plane. A calibration method of the coating system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sheng-Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 11298809
    Abstract: A tool is formed of an upper component and a lower component. An intermediate component is formed of a first plate and a parallel second plate. The first plate and the second plate span the lower end of the upper component forming an upper pivot point and span the upper end of the lower component forming a lower pivot point. A foot is integrally formed with and extends r the lower component. A handle is formed of a cross piece with a central extent from the lower component adjacent to the lower end of extent central extent being attached to the upper end of the upper component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Michael J. Lomsak
  • Patent number: 11298798
    Abstract: A polishing delivery apparatus, configured to provide slurry and rinse agent to a polishing pad, includes a delivery arm, at least one first nozzle, and at least one second nozzle. The delivery arm is rotatably connected to the polishing pad and has an arc-shaped top surface facing away from the polishing pad, a bottom surface facing away from the arc-shaped top surface, and a recess indenting from the bottom surface. The first nozzle is mounted on the bottom surface of the delivery arm and has a first nozzle head facing toward the polishing pad. The second nozzle is mounted in the recess of the delivery arm and has three second nozzle heads, in which one of the three second nozzle heads faces toward the polishing pad, and the other two of the three second nozzle heads face toward sidewalls of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiun-Bo Wang, Chia-Hung Su, Yuan-Chi Hsieh, Chih-Yuan Chen, Ming-Fa Tsai, Chih-Wang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11298782
    Abstract: A welding jig assembly operable to assist a welder in welding pipe elbows of varying diameters to an adjacent portion of pipe. The welding jig assembly includes a body member that is planar in manner having a first end and a second end. The body member further includes a first arm member and a second arm member that are integrally formed therewith and have a void therebetween. The first arm member and the second arm member have chuck engagement rods extending outward therefrom. The welding jig assembly includes a first set of pipe elbow support members and a second set of pipe elbow support members located on opposing lateral edges of the body member. The sets of pipe elbow support members are arcuate in form and have portions extending outward from opposing sides of the body member. An aperture is formed in the body member to receive a securing chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Justin George Oswald Wiest
  • Patent number: 11292117
    Abstract: Provided is a tool that includes a handle assembly including a top portion and a bottom portion. The tool also includes a lock plate disposed between the top and bottom portions and having a deflectable arm having a free end biased towards the top portion, a fixed end opposite the free end, an inner edge, an outer edge, and a detent near the free end and the inner edge. The tool additionally includes a blade having first and second ends, an indent in a bottom surface of the blade near the first end for engaging the detent in a closed position, and a ramp on the bottom surface near the indent defining a reduced thickness portion of the blade that reduces in thickness from the indent towards an edge of the blade to reduce contact between the detent and the blade during rotation of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Victor J. Levand, Sharad Gaurav, Sarah Bridget Mulroy, Joshua R. Robertson, Edward Ray Goodwin, Jr., Randi Boss, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11285584
    Abstract: A magnetically assisted direction-changeable roller wrench has a main body, a driving member, a direction changing knob, plural rollers, a magnetic balancing member, and a magnetic positioning unit. The driving member, the rollers, and the direction changing knob are mounted in a head portion of the main body. The magnetic positioning unit includes a first and a second magnetic member located respectively on the driving member and the direction changing knob. The corresponding surfaces of the first and the second magnetic members have the same magnetic polarity, so a predetermined distance can be maintained between the first and the second magnetic members to secure the direction changing knob in position. The direction changing knob can displace each roller into contact with an engaging surface of the corresponding side of the driving member. The magnetic balancing member and the magnetic positioning unit lie in opposite directions to enable balanced magnetic attraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KABO Tool Company
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11279020
    Abstract: An apparatus, having: a panel (100) comprising a top surface (102), a bottom surface (104), and a side surface (106) spanning the top and bottom surfaces; plural upper retaining slots (110), each upper retaining slot recessed into the panel through the top surface, extending parallel to the top surface, and opening through the side surface in at least one location (112), wherein each upper retaining slot comprises a trapezoidal shape; and a dog hole (122) extending through the panel from the top surface to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Henry Wang
  • Patent number: 11264784
    Abstract: Conductor identification may be provided. A first sleeve may be placed around a first conductor and a second sleeve around a second conductor. Next, a first tag may be placed on the first conductor and a second tag on the second conductor. Then, the first conductor and the second conductor may be pulled together through a conduit. The first conductor may slideably move through the first sleeve and the second conductor may slideably move through the second sleeve as the first conductor and the second conductor are pulled together through the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventors: Willie Franklin Fowler, Jr., Jeremy Harris, Richard Mike Temblador, Juan Alberto Galindo Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11262126
    Abstract: A drying system for a vehicle includes an airflow intake duct structured to be mountable to the vehicle so as to reside exterior of the vehicle. The airflow intake duct includes an intake duct airflow passage structured to receive an airflow therein from outside the vehicle when the vehicle is moving. An airflow duct is structured to be coupled to the intake duct so as to reside in an interior of the vehicle and so as to receive therein the airflow from the intake duct when the intake duct is mounted exterior of the vehicle. The airflow duct includes a plurality of holes structured to enable discharge of a portion of the airflow from the airflow duct into the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Paxton S. Williams, Scott Louis Frederick
  • Patent number: 11253733
    Abstract: A vehicle window glass shear system and method for causing shearing breakage of vehicle window glass under emergency conditions by a concealed and easily operated system, having a concealed handle unit having a handle, a handle-unit bracket, and a handle-unit cable brace, having a concealed shear unit mounted on the bottom edge of the vehicle window with a shear-unit bracket, window-clamping plate, and fasteners, a shear bolt with a piercing point, a shear drive wheel, and a shear-unit cable brace, and having a cable within a cable sleeve transferring the activation force from the handle unit to the shear unit, driving the shear bolt toward the vehicle window and driving the piercing point into the vehicle window causing shearing breakage of the window glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: John Hirsius
  • Patent number: 11253970
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a slurry supply system including: a slurry mixing unit configured to mix slurry; a slurry supply unit in which the slurry mixed in the slurry mixing unit is stored and configured to supply the slurry to a polishing apparatus; a pipe configured to connect the slurry mixing unit and the slurry supply unit; and a slurry cooling unit installed in at least one of pipes configured to connect the slurry supply unit and the polishing apparatus to cool down the mixed slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SK SILTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11241593
    Abstract: A lash cleansing slip apparatus and cleaning system is described. The lash cleansing slip is configured to facilitate the safe and effective cleaning of make-up such as mascara, eyeliner, and similar cosmetics from the eye region of a user. The apparatus is equipped with specially designed holes configured to accommodate an index finger and a thumb of a user to facilitate the cosmetic removal. A front of the apparatus is preferably padded and is designed to be the cleaning face of the apparatus to be applied to the eyelid and eyelashes of the user while minimizing irritation of the eyes. Consistent use of the apparatus, in contrast to conventional cleansing wipes, is envisioned to minimize the creation of wrinkles of the eye region over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Robin Sheriden Marie Maglinti