Patents Examined by Thanh K Troung
  • Patent number: 11020844
    Abstract: In a hand-held power tool including a gear for driving an output shaft, which is situated in an assigned gear housing, and including a mode-setting unit for setting the operating mode for an impact drilling mode, a drilling mode, or a screwing mode, the mode-setting unit including a rotatable actuating element and a rotatable setting element coupled to the rotatable actuating element. The setting element is coupled, at least in one operating mode, to a transmission element which is mounted on the gear housing and is axially displaceable on the gear housing in a screwing position assigned to the screwing mode and is axially fixed on the gear housing in impact drilling and drilling positions assigned to the impact drilling and drilling modes. The actuating element and the setting element are formed as one piece from plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Hecht
  • Patent number: 10870529
    Abstract: A method of packaging a botanical arrangement includes sliding an inner container holding the botanical arrangement into a front opening of an outer container. The inner container has a flanged portion, and the outer container has a track system configured such that the flanged portion of the inner container engages with the track system of the outer container during the sliding. In addition, the method includes closing the front opening of the outer container by lifting a hinged front panel of the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: SKY PAVE CORP., CREATIVE RETAIL PACKAGING INC.
    Inventors: Lilit Khatchaturian, Dimas Hern, Olga Garabekyan, Steven B. Smith, Meredith Elizabeth Bruner
  • Patent number: 10856867
    Abstract: A surgical instrument comprising a closure drive, a firing drive, and a lockout is disclosed. The lockout prevents the firing drive from being actuated until the closure drive has been sufficiently actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Jerome R. Morgan, Christopher C. Miller, Brian Dinardo
  • Patent number: 10843913
    Abstract: A method for sealingly closing a bottle (1) is described, the method comprising the steps of: providing a cage (1009, a closing stopper (200) and a capsule (300); joining the stopper to the cage and the cage to the capsule (300), obtaining a preassembled closing assembly; aligning the closing assembly on the mouth of the bottle and exerting a pressure so as to sealingly close the bottle, wherein the annular relief of the cage (100) comes into contact with the bottle before the stopper comes into contact with the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ALTERGON SA
    Inventor: Antonio Mutterle