Patents Examined by Steven M. Marsh
  • Locking cable hanger and method of using
    Patent number: 11569646
    Abstract: A cable hanger for the solar, mining, and electrical industry for use in supporting a plurality of conductive cables from a messenger wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRIA COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED
    Inventors: Allen Garrett Smith, Frank Edward Hodge, David James Prasko, Timothy Joseph Wedding
  • Access devices and methods of using and making the same
    Patent number: 11564521
    Abstract: Access devices for removably retaining an object are provided, as well as methods of making and using such access devices. The access device can include: a device body including a back side and a front side; an anchor device secured on the back side of the device body, and the anchor device for securing the access device to a supporting structure; and a retention device secured on the front side of the device body, and the retention device for removably retaining the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kara Perrelli, Marc Perrelli
  • Compact joining and leveling system for parts of furniture and furnishing items
    Patent number: 11560915
    Abstract: A compact joining and leveling system for parts of furniture and furnishing items with a bottom and a shoulder includes, in combination, a front-foot unit and a rear-foot unit, wherein each front- and rear-foot unit includes a leveling group with a regulation mechanism in height that can be maneuvered with tools, wherein the leveling group of the front-and rear-foot units can be actuated from the front with respect to the piece of furniture through the space between the base and the floor, wherein the system also includes a connection group for stably interconnecting the bottom and the shoulder through a blocking element, and wherein the connection group can be actuated from the front with respect to the piece of furniture through the space between the bottom and the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Carlo Cattaneo
  • Row-end cantilevered beam module support
    Patent number: 11558008
    Abstract: Solar trackers that may be advantageously employed on sloped and/or variable terrain to rotate solar panels to track motion of the sun across the sky include bearing assemblies and other mechanical features configured to address mechanical challenges posed by the sloped and/or variable terrain that might otherwise prevent or complicate use of solar trackers on such terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nevados Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Yezin Taha, Amitoj Gill
  • Security apparatus for a tablet
    Patent number: 11553790
    Abstract: A security apparatus comprises a support assembly and a keyboard retainer. The support assembly comprises a first retaining portion, a second retaining portion pivotally coupled to the first retaining portion, and a lock assembly defining a locked state and an unlocked state. The keyboard retainer comprises at least one base member pivotally coupled to the first and second retaining portions and included a top surface extending along a top surface plane, and an opposing bottom surface. The at least one base member comprises one or more securing members extending from the bottom surface of the first base, and one or more retainers extending above the top surface plane of the first and each retainer comprising a retaining member extending away from the first base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Scorpion Security Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklyn W. Gulick, Gary R. Page, Patrick McEwen, Andy Bartoszewski
  • Hanger for mounting cables
    Patent number: 11551589
    Abstract: A cable hanger includes: a base panel having opposed ends; a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end; a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and a pair of gripping members, each gripping member attached to a respective arm, each gripping member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel. The arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the gripping projections engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Taig S. Rajpal
  • Solar panel mount
    Patent number: 11549724
    Abstract: A solar panel mount for installing a solar panel on a roof. The mount generally includes a bracket plate a first surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, two opposite side edges flanking the first surface, wherein at least a portion of one of side edges is in the form of a flange transverse to the first surface; and a base plate attached to the bottom edge of the bracket plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HAINING CHUANGYUAN SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.
    Inventor: Guohao Zhu
  • Monitor arm with decorative lighting
    Patent number: 11543073
    Abstract: A monitor arm with decorative lighting (or luminous display arm) includes a light-emitting element and a wire that is connected to the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element and the wire are routed through an inside cavity of the arm. A conductive slip ring is disposed inside a connecting joint of the arm to facilitate electrical connection of the wire. The monitor arm with decorative lighting includes wiring arranged inside a cavity of the arm so as to not be visible from the exterior providing additional safety and organization for wires and a clean outward appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO TUOTUO RIVER DESIGN COMPANY
    Inventors: Xiaodong You, Xiangyang Chen
  • Telescoping modules for use in modular utility systems
    Patent number: 11535288
    Abstract: Four types of telescoping modules are disclosed wherein the first type has a pair of opposed female ends, the second type has a pair of opposed female ends, and the third type has a female end and an opposed male end. The fourth type has two opposed male ends between which a positionable threaded rod and retaining components stably extend the length between the male ends of the telescoping module. Alternatively, the fourth type of telescoping module may have a female end and a male end. Each of the male ends of the second, third, and fourth types of telescoping modular components comprises a cylindrical body with one or more linear set(s) of two or more spaced-apart prongs on the circumferential surface of the cylindrical body. Each of the female ends has a cylindrical receptacle with one or more linear channels and/or prong-retaining slots for receiving therein the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Alexander Leblanc
  • Cable restraint and method of securing a cable
    Patent number: 11536396
    Abstract: A cable restraint has: a first arm, having a first proximal end, a first distal end, and a first gripping portion located at the first distal end; a second arm, having a second proximal end, a second distal end and a second gripping portion located at the second distal end; wherein: the first proximal end is joined to the second proximal end, and the cable restraint is movable between: an open configuration in which the first gripping portion and the second gripping portion are spaced from each other to define a gap into which a cable may be inserted, and a closed configuration in which the first gripping port and the second gripping portion cooperate with each other to define a cable restraint channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: D-LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Ruddick, Stephen Bianchi
  • Apparatus for securing accessories and leveling objects to wire shelving
    Patent number: 11533996
    Abstract: In various representative aspects, an apparatus for securing accessories to a steel-wired shelf. More specifically, the apparatus is an interface that conforms to the shapes of openings in the side panels on the shelf units and provides an interference fit. A variety of accessories can be secured to the interfaces by using a standard nut and bolt connection means. A second embodiment pertains to an interface that is secured to the evenly spaced horizontal wire arrays on the shelves that can level objects that are placed on top of the wire array. Various embodiments of the apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kid Genius, LLC
    Inventor: George Colvin Stone
  • Grommet and wire harness
    Patent number: 11538609
    Abstract: A grommet includes a fitting body causing a fitting groove to be fitted to a circumferential edge of a through hole, and a first tubular body and a second tubular body. The fitting body includes a tubular portion, a rib rising from an outer circumferential wall surface of the tubular portion, and a locked portion disposed radially inside the rib, rising from the outer circumferential wall surface, and configured to be locked to an outer circumferential surface of the first tubular body, to suppress elastic deformation of the tubular portion or reduce elastic deformation amount. The rib is elastically deformable in a circumferential direction, and the outer circumferential wall surface has a plurality of projection groups constituted by the locked portion and a plurality of ribs disposed radially outside the locked portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kiyota, Masaru Kiuchi, Takeshi Onoda
  • Method and system for adaptive gimbal
    Patent number: 11530775
    Abstract: A method for detecting a payload on a carrier configured to support the payload includes obtaining a obtaining at least one motion characteristic of the carrier. The at least one motion characteristic is indicative of a coupling state between the carrier and the payload. The method further includes assessing the coupling state between the carrier and the payload based on the at least one motion characteristic. Assessing the coupling state between the carrier and the payload includes at least one of assessing whether the payload is coupled to the carrier or assessing whether the payload is correctly mounted at the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI OSMO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Guoqing Li, Jingyuan Wang
  • System and method for securing power and communications cables and associated hardware within crown molding
    Patent number: 11519525
    Abstract: A system for crown molding that enables safely incorporating electrical and communications cabling within crown molding by creating one or more protected paths which inherently prevent overly sharp bends in crown molding corners and by mitigating damage from penetrating punctures through a decorated face designed to fracture when improperly penetrated by a screw or nail, and enables the secure installation of hardware either concealed within the molding or securely and favorably positioned through the decorative face to view or sense a room, and enables additional cable capacity that is concealed within a light reflector to increase lighting efficacy as well as power and data delivery capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Jeremy P. Hoffman
  • Precision vibration-isolation system with floor feedforward assistance
    Patent number: 11512757
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods to reduce unwanted motion in precision instruments are described. An active vibration-isolation system may include a feedback loop that senses motion of an intermediate mass. In noisy environments, where the feedback loop would otherwise fail or provide inadequate isolation, feedforward control can be implemented to sense floor vibrations and reduce motion of the intermediate mass that would otherwise be induced by the floor vibrations. The feedforward control can reduce motion of the intermediate mass to a level that allows the feedback loop to operate satisfactorily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Technical Manufacturing Coporation
    Inventors: Igor Kordunsky, Jeffrey L. Worthey, Antonio Lopes
  • Thrust surface bearing
    Patent number: 11515832
    Abstract: Solar trackers that may be advantageously employed on sloped and/or variable terrain to rotate solar panels to track motion of the sun across the sky include bearing assemblies and other mechanical features configured to address mechanical challenges posed by the sloped and/or variable terrain that might otherwise prevent or complicate use of solar trackers on such terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NEVADOS ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Yezin Taha, Amitoj Gill
  • Flute lyres
    Patent number: 11510489
    Abstract: A flute lyre includes a music holder and a body attached to the music holder. The body includes a neck member, a support member, and an arm member extending between the neck member and the support member. The support member includes a base support and a music holder support. The neck member is configured to extend about and contact a user's neck, and the base support is configured to contact the user's torso when the flute lyre is positioned on the user. The music holder support is positioned on an exterior side of an arm of the user, and the arm member is positioned between the user's arm and the user's torso for contacting the user's arm when the flute lyre is positioned on the user and the user holds the flute in the playing position. Other example flute lyres and methods of constructing flute lyres are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph David March
  • Shopping shelf
    Patent number: 11503926
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a shopping shelf. The shopping shelf includes: a shelf support; and a rack detachably mounted to the shelf support; where the rack includes: a mounting bracket; a weight sensing device above the mounting bracket; a suspension bracket base above the weight sensing device; and a suspension bracket having one end detachably mounted to the suspension bracket base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Cloudpick Smart Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengliang Zhai, Linan Feng, Wenyao Wu, Jieyu Ma, Ding Xia, Tingtao Li, Yimei Zhang
  • Tubular fluidic actuator system and method
    Patent number: 11502639
    Abstract: An actuator comprising a bottom plate, a top-plate and one or more hub assembly extending between and rotatably coupling the bottom and top plates. The actuator also includes one or more bellows units disposed between the top plate and bottom plate, the one or more bellows units comprising a first and second inflatable bellows coupled by a web extending between the first and second bellows, the first and second bellows defining respective and separate first and second bellows cavities, with the first bellows of the bellows units disposed on a first side of the bottom plate, and the second bellows of the bellows units disposed on a second side of the bottom plate, opposing the first side, and between the top and bottom plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUNFOLDING, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Douglass Betts, Saul Thomas Griffith, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Peter Sturt Lynn, Leila Marcia Madrone, Matthew Ness Schneider, Kevin Patrick Simon, Louis Basel, Victoria Hammett Macomber, Dan Goldwater
  • Stand for laser projection tool
    Patent number: 11480289
    Abstract: A stand for a laser projection device is provided. The stand includes a mounting structure that couples to the laser projection device. In one embodiment the stand includes three legs that are coupled together at a junction, and a central column extends downward from the junction and the mounting structure is coupled to the mounting structure, thereby permitting the laser projection device to emit light towards a ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R. Millane, Seth A. Rueter