Patents Examined by Steven A. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 12295131
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, anti-static bag, and kit for transporting an electronic component in the anti-static bag. Along with the electronic component, a desiccant and a temperature indicator are added to the anti-static bag. The anti-static bag is then vacuum sealed to reduce the air and moisture in the anti-static bag. The vacuum sealed bag, desiccant, and temperature indicator, insure that the formation of condensation on the electronic component will be minimized, which will potentially prolong the life of the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Michael Tunks, Ayedin Nikazm
  • Patent number: 12280932
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton (90) comprises a plurality of primary panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) for forming a tubular structure and an end closure structure for at least partially closing an end of the tubular structure. The primary panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) include a top panel (16). The end closure structure comprises a top end closure flap (28A/28C) having a handle opening, a first side end closure flap (24A), and a web panel (26A) coupling the top end closure flap (28A/28C) with the first side end closure flap (24A). The web panel 26A is hingedly connected to the top end closure flap (28A/28C) as well as to the first side end closure flap (24A). The top end closure flap (28A/28C) is connected to the top panel (16) by at least one corner panel (40A, 40B, 40C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Boukredine, Julien D. Merzeau
  • Patent number: 12280921
    Abstract: Hinged closures for containers are provided. The hinged closures allow for a closure that can be held in the open position with a large opening angle. The hinged closures include a lid portion and a skirt portion interconnected by a hinge portion. The hinge portion can be formed from two connecting columns and a central tongue, or two tongues and a central connecting column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventors: Sanjeev Khattar, Stephane Graux
  • Patent number: 12280903
    Abstract: A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers that includes a first engagement means configured to engage a can and a second engagement means configured to engage a bottle, wherein the first engagement means and the second engagement means are generally superimposed upon each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Bowman, Griffin E. Rustad, Hyunchul Kim, Jacob M. Fornof
  • Patent number: 12275577
    Abstract: A wig storage assembly includes a plurality of boxes that is each structured to define an interior storage area to contain a wig. The plurality of boxes is stackable on top of each other having each of the plurality of boxes being removably attached together to facilitate a plurality of the wigs to be simultaneously transported. A plurality of screens is each releasably attachable to a respective one of the plurality of boxes to retain the wig in the interior storage area of the respective box. A plurality of dividers is each insertable into the interior storage area defined in a respective one of the plurality of boxes for dividing the interior storage area of the respective box. A lid is removably attachable to a topmost one of the plurality of boxes when the plurality of boxes is stacked for carrying the stack of plurality of boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Kim Joseph
  • Patent number: 12275560
    Abstract: A packaging structure of the disclosure includes: a box in which a component is stored; and a holding member installed in the box, the holding member being configured to hold the component. The holding member includes: an undersurface portion that has a first opening portion into which the component is inserted and is placed on a bottom surface of the box; a top surface portion that has a second opening portion into which the component is inserted and is placed above the undersurface portion; and a first side surface portion connecting the undersurface portion and the top surface portion in an up-and-down direction. The holding member is formed by being bent along boundary lines between the first side surface portion, the undersurface portion, and the top surface portion, and is formed into two kinds of three-dimensional shapes that are mirror symmetric to each other, according to bending directions of the boundary line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryou Ootaka, Taiyo Miyazaki, Masayuki Iida, Hayanori Kadoguchi
  • Patent number: 12269659
    Abstract: Various forms of tabbed sealing members are described along with the laminates from which the sealing members are formed. In some forms, the tabbed sealing members may generally be formed from materials that may be processed using a single recycling stream. In one form, the tabbed seals do not include any metal foils, such as would traditionally be included in induction heated seals. Instead, the seals may be applied in other manners, such as using ultrasonic sealing, conduction heating, high frequency sealing/welding, pressure sensitive adhesives, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Selig Sealing Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Sachs, Rafael Zamora
  • Patent number: 12268319
    Abstract: A headphone case is provided that serves as both a case for storing headphones and other objects, and a cushion to be worn around the neck. The case has either a fixed cushion located on different parts of the case, or a material that can be inflated, where the material has an outside layer comprising a cushion material. The case has two halves, a top half and lower half, which are held together by one or more hinges or other means. The headphone case can have a control unit for electronically inflating the material on the case, and for controlling units inside the case for controlling an amount and intensity of heat and vibration. An application running on a phone, tablet or computer may control the functions of the various units inside the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Erik Mikael Ahroon
  • Patent number: 12257693
    Abstract: A storage case includes a base including a lower surface, walls extending from the lower surface, and a plurality of recesses arranged in a grid adjacent the lower surface. The lower surface and the walls define a cavity, and each recess has a double bayonet shape defining a partially circular shape with a pair of bayonet channels. The storage case further includes a peg positioned within the cavity and having an elongated body configured to support a tool accessory. The elongated body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the first end includes a bayonet projection. The bayonet projection is alternately receivable in each of plurality of recesses by a bayonet style coupling, and the peg is orthogonal to the lower surface of the base when coupled to each of the plurality of recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter R. Heath, Steven W. Hyma, Benjamin T. Jones
  • Patent number: 12257209
    Abstract: A two-cell container device the device includes a first housing and configured to house a liquid, the first housing including a body, wherein the body further comprises an annular form with an interior reservoir for the liquid and a central through-hole and a mouth portion providing access to the interior receptacle. The two-cell container device includes a second housing, the second housing secured within the through-hole, the second housing configured to house at least a pill, wherein the second housing includes a first side including at least a pill receptacle having an opening and a second side adhered to the first side, wherein the second side covers the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventors: Howard Beader, Lori Bovarnick
  • Patent number: 12253798
    Abstract: Reticle containers include a rotating latch including a spring. The spring provides force bringing the segments of the reticle container towards one another such that a reticle in the container is clamped between the container segments. The rotating latch can include a head as part of an assembly on one of a cover or a baseplate of the reticle container, with a slot configured to accommodate the head provided on the other of the cover or baseplate. The head can be disposed at an end of a shaft, with the shaft connected to a base, which is contacted by spring providing force such that the contact of the head with the other of the cover or baseplate provides clamping force to a reticle stored between the cover and baseplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Russ V. Raschke, Brian Wiseman, Matthew Reber
  • Patent number: 12246898
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a transportation unit for transporting a plurality of coils. This transportation unit provides an easy transportation and an easy to handle system wherein the respective load of coils which can be shipped can be increased. The transportation unit comprises a palette, and a plurality of bags stacked in layers on the palette, wherein each of the bags contains a plurality of coils arranged in a first layer such that centers of the coils in the first layer are arranged parallel with respect to each other such that an axial direction of the center of each coil in the first layer is approximately perpendicular to an extension direction of the palette. Further the disclosure relates to an assembly comprising a plurality of transport units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventors: Hakan Konukoglu, Goekhan Aydin
  • Patent number: 12246881
    Abstract: A modular shipping container has a base formed from a central portion, a first end portion, a second end portion, two sidewalls and two end walls. The central portion includes a rectangular planar area with perpendicular base sidewalls extending upward on two first opposing sides of the generally rectangular planar area, and at least two wings extending downward from each of two second opposing sides. A male latch portion is provided extending upward from each of the at least two wings on each of the second opposing sides of the generally rectangular planar area. The first end portion and the second end portion each includes a generally rectangular planar area with perpendicular base sidewalls extending upwards on three sides and having at least two female latch portions in the rectangular planar area along a fourth side. Each female latch portion mates with an associated one of the male latch portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TW AMERICA INC.
    Inventor: Todd T. Turner
  • Patent number: 12246894
    Abstract: A container having sidewalls that define an interior area for receiving items inside the container and a container lid to close the items inside the interior area of the container. The container lid has a recessed area in its upper surface. The container has a display panel with a display surface on which identifying information describing the items in the container is displayed. The display panel is received in the recessed area when not in use and is moved to a raised position to display the identifying information to prevent persons from unnecessarily opening the lid when seeking an item that is not in the container. A support assembly supports the display panel in the raised position. A writing instrument for writing the identifying information can be attached to the display panel with a clip or other securing mechanism. In one configuration, the container is an ice chest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Raul Rodriguez, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12239764
    Abstract: Catheters including thermoplastic polyurethane polymer tubing with improved shape recovery after storage in a substantially coiled configuration are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: Brent H. Sellers, Paul Healy, William K. Arnold, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas
  • Patent number: 12239522
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for storing a bioprosthetic heart valve is disclosed. The packaging assembly can include a sub-assembly comprising a valve holder configured to hold the bioprosthetic heart valve, and a clip configured to receive a shaft of the valve holder. The clip can comprise a body having an outer periphery and opposing inner edges. The opposing inner edges can define a slot in the body for receiving the shaft of the valve holder. The slot can be open at a first end of the body and extend, along a longitudinal axis of the body, from the first end to a docking aperture. The clip can further comprise a compliance feature in an interference-fit area of the slot adjacent to the docking aperture. The compliance feature can comprise a cutout adjacent to each of the opposing inner edges such that each of the opposing inner edges defines a beam within the interference-fit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harvey H. Chen, Myron Howanec, Jr., Robert Pozzo, Jr., Curt G. Corte, Laura Elizabeth Wasson
  • Patent number: 12234077
    Abstract: A panel tray includes: a main body part including outer walls extending in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction and defining a space on a lower surface thereof, a plurality of slots disposed respectively at corners where one sidewall of the outer walls extending in the first direction and another sidewall of the outer walls extending in the second direction meet each other, where the slots include a plurality of guide parts. Each of the guide parts includes a first guide part extending in the first direction, and a second guide part intersecting the first guide part and extending in the second direction, and each of the slots includes an alignment mark defined on an upper surface of one of the first guide part and the second guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Yeob Kang, Ja Huem Koo
  • Patent number: 12234081
    Abstract: A cell box includes a bottom plate on which an object to be packed is placed, a sidewall formed at a peripheral edge of the bottom plate, and a spacer that is switched between a first state where one end of the spacer protrudes by a first distance from a sidewall toward a side of an accommodation space accommodating the object to be packed, and a second state where the one end does not protrude from the sidewall toward the side of the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Okuyama
  • Patent number: 12234056
    Abstract: A rack for storing and/or transporting elements, in particular glazing elements, of the type including a receiving structure for these elements, the top part of the structure including a receiving device and a securing device for an additional top rack that is to be stacked thereon, and the bottom part of this structure including a complementary device that can allow it to cooperate with the receiving device and the securing device of an additional bottom rack on which it is to be stacked. The securing device includes at least two members separated from one another in the transverse direction by a value of a pitch corresponding to a difference in dimensions, in the transverse direction, of the racks that are to be stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Francisco José Benito Huertas, Alberto Martinez De Pablo
  • Patent number: 12227337
    Abstract: A closure cap for closing the pouring opening of a container, has a cylindrical threaded part with an open edge and an inner thread to interact with an outer thread of a container neck of the container, a security ring held on a protrusion on the container neck, a plurality of security webs releasably connecting the security ring to the open edge, a first holding strip with a first end rigidly connected to an open edge of the threaded part and a second end rigidly connected to the security ring, and a second holding strip with a third end rigidly connected to an open edge of the threaded part and a fourth end rigidly connected to the security ring. The second end on the circular path of the security ring is in a substantially diametrically opposed manner to the fourth end before the threaded part is opened for the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Franz-Michael Lässer, Werner Steurer, Erwin Mayer, Peter Winghart