Patents Examined by Tom Rodgers
  • Patent number: 11974710
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning tools, and discloses a mop bucket and a cleaning tool having the same. Through quantitative use of water for one cleaning and direct spin-drying after cleaning, the cleaning tool is convenient for operation and energy-efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Weiming Zhou
  • Patent number: 11971128
    Abstract: A plug removal tool may include a mount for attaching the plug removal tool to a structure and a plug nut. Additionally, the plug removal tool may include at least one rigid arm extending between the mount and the plug nut. Further, the at least one arm may have at least one translational degree of movement and at least one rotational degree of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hugues Trifol, Matthieu Dezaphix
  • Patent number: 11951765
    Abstract: A blackboard eraser cleaning device is provided and includes an outer shell (1). A cover (2) is arranged at the upper part of the outer shell (1), an inner shell (3) is arranged inside the outer shell (1). A clamping mechanism (19) is arranged at the upper end of the inner shell (3). A leaning station (8) is defined inside the clamping mechanism (19). A cylinder (9) is arranged around the clamping mechanism (19). A height adjustment mechanism (10) is arranged inside the outer shell (1). The height adjustment mechanism (10) includes a servo (101) arranged inside the outer shell (1) and located on a side of the inner shell (3). According to the present application, a variety of cleaning modes may be achieved to meet the actual usage of the blackboard eraser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinmin Yang, Qi Qiu, Hao Chen, Mingbin Gong
  • Patent number: 11950738
    Abstract: Provided is a clean water and wastewater separating mop bucket, including: a lower bucket body and an upper bucket body movably disposed in the lower bucket body; wherein the lower bucket body includes a clean water container and a sewage container that are independent of each other and are blocked from each other; a water guide pipe, connecting the clean water container and the upper bucket body; and a water pump device, connected to the water guide pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Ping Zhuang
  • Patent number: 11944188
    Abstract: An oral hygiene product, in particular a toothbrush, comprises at least one application unit and at least one handle unit, the at least one handle unit being formed partly from a soft component and partly from a hard component, wherein the soft component extends at least over a substantial part of a main extent of the at least one handle unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Armin Bärtschi
  • Patent number: 11931869
    Abstract: A powered and cordless box wrench able to reach and turn fasteners in tight locations consisting of a hex insert with retention features and a hex opening for fasteners, a tool head frame and cover with a recess for a drive shaft, at least one battery, polarity switch button and arm, a power button and arm, and a drive motor with a set of planetary gears and ring, plus a lockout wheel where the hex insert may be secured by the tool head and driven by the motor, planetary gears and drive shaft to ease the difficulty in turning hard to reach fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob D White, Andrew L Walters
  • Patent number: 11927034
    Abstract: A tool for installing a door striker pin includes: a latch engagement section having a first surface, a striker pin extending from the first surface, and an abutment surface that extends generally orthogonal to the first surface; and a pin positioning section coupled to the latch engagement section and including a positioning surface with a striker pin slot formed therethrough that extends in parallel with the striker pin. The striker pin slot is positioned in the positioning surface such that the striker pin slot is aligned with a striker pin installation location when the striker pin of the latch engagement section is engaged with a latch of a door and the abutment surface rests against a frame to which the door is pivotably coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Michael Braun, Robert van der Linde, Sean Steuck, Sands Ruffalo, III, Russell E. Cederberg, Peter Burelbach, Lorenzo Gomez, Adnan Shamim, Jared Kempken
  • Patent number: 11926023
    Abstract: A hand held electric pulse tool performs tightening operations in which torque is delivered in pulses to tighten a screw joint. The tool includes an output shaft and a sensor to determine a parameter value associated with tightening of the screw joint. The tool is operative to provide torque pulses on the output shaft in a tightening direction until a first parameter value associated with the tightening of the screw joint is reached, then pause the tightening during a first time interval, and then provide torque pulses on the output shaft in a loosening direction until a second parameter value is reached. Next the electrical pulse tool is operative to pause the tightening during a second time interval and provide torque pulses on the output shaft in the tightening direction until a third parameter value is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Daniel Per Erik Asplund, John Robert Christian Friberg
  • Patent number: 11912244
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and devices for material removal from a wiper. Embodiments included a wiper attached assembly comprising a vibration mechanism configured to dislodge or decouple accumulated debris or residue from a wiper. Power for the vibration mechanism may be supplied from a battery within the wiper attachment assembly or supplied from a vehicle that the system is installed upon. Activation of the present wiper attachment assembly may be manual, autonomous, or a combination thereof. Control inputs may be hardwired into a microcontroller of the wiper attachment assembly or received wirelessly from an input device. Additionally, the present invention discloses material selection and manufacturing considerations of critical components such as the top cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wiper Shaker, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Lagina, Bart Hautala
  • Patent number: 11910970
    Abstract: A device is described herein comprising a central body, a plurality of dividers, and a handle. The central body comprises a first surface and a second surface. Each divider of the plurality of dividers extends upwardly from the first surface of the central body. Each divider of the plurality of dividers extends radially from an interior of the first surface to a periphery of the first surface. The handle is attached to the central body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUD SCRUB LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Truong, Steven Truong
  • Patent number: 11903539
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a proximity-triggered user interface, and configured to provide one or more indicia to a user based on the proximity of the user to the surface cleaning apparatus. The surface cleaning apparatus can be provided with one or more proximity sensors, and the user interface is configured to receive input from the one or more proximity sensors and provide one or more indicia to the user based on the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Miller
  • Patent number: 11904440
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a body, a driver, a manipulation section, a load sensor, and a controller. To the body, a tool is attachable. The driver is configured to drive the tool to rotate, the tool being attached to the body. The manipulation section is configured to receive an operation for causing operation of the driver. The load sensor is configured to measure a load caused when the driver operates. The controller is configured to: set an upper limit value of a rotation speed of the driver in accordance with the load measured by the load sensor; and control driving of the driver to rotate based on the upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11897743
    Abstract: The industry-standard corkscrew has numerous flaws resulting in broken corks—even in the hands of a professional. The present invention is a radical departure from the traditional corkscrew apparatus. The opener generally consists of the handle and an internally threaded half-pipe. The half-pipe slides between the cork and the bottle, wherein the series of threads engage the cork. Rotating the handle causes the threads to bore deeper into the neck of the bottle until the handles meets the lip of the bottle, and then lift the cork out of the bottle until it disengages and falls away from the opener. It should be appreciated that the elegance of the opener resides in its simplicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Kirk Carter, Nicholas Robert Pierce
  • Patent number: 11897102
    Abstract: A hydraulic screw tensioning device includes a tubular body, with a through opening and an annular cylinder chamber surrounding the through opening and a tubular piston movably supported in the tubular body and connectable to a screw to be tensioned. The tubular piston includes a stepped outer portion and divides the annular cylinder chamber into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber. The second pressure chamber is closed by an annular end cap secured to the tubular body. The first pressure chamber is connectable to a pressure source for hydraulic fluid. The second pressure chamber is connectable to a pressure source for a compressible medium via a conduit connector mounted on the annular end cap. The conduit connector extends radially in relation to a geometric axis (A-A) of the tubular body. A damage protecting structure is provided to protect the conduit connector against accidental physical damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: David Michael Evans, Adam Thomas Lee
  • Patent number: 11890754
    Abstract: A moving robot includes a main body which forms a space therein, a noise generating member which is disposed inside the main body and generates a noise, an inner housing and an outer housing which surround the main body, and two or voice recognition members which are disposed in the housing and are disposed to be separated from each other, and a noise recognition member which recognizes a noise. The voice recognition members are disposed on a side opposite to the noise generating member based on a central point and disposed to be separated from each other along an outer peripheral surface of the housing. Accordingly, a voice command is determined by a difference of the voice data acquired by the two voice recognition members separated from each other and noise data recognized by the noise recognition member to improve voice recognition efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byeongmin Lee, Byungdoo Yim, Haejun Park
  • Patent number: 11894244
    Abstract: A cleaning member mounting mechanism has: a cleaning member holding part, to which a cleaning member assembly having a cleaning member for cleaning a substrate W can be mounted; a member rotation part for rotating the cleaning member assembly held by the cleaning member holding part; and a moving part which moves the cleaning member holding part along an axial direction when the cleaning member assembly is removed, thereby to bring the cleaning member holding part into a rotation fixed position to restrict a rotation of the cleaning member holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Miyazaki, Tomoaki Fujimoto, Takuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 11883362
    Abstract: An assembly fixture device for attaching a vial adapter to a vial includes a base, a support member secured to the base, a handle connected to the support member, a vial adapter grip assembly connected to the handle and comprising an adapter grip member configured to engage and hold a vial adapter, and a vial grip assembly connected to the base comprising first and second grip members that are movable relative to each other and configured to engage and hold a vial. The first grip member is biased toward the second grip member to provide a vial engagement force, where the vial engagement force is about constant when a distance between the first and second grip members is less than 40 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company Limited
    Inventors: Jude Cancellieri, Kivilcim Eralp, Paul Paia Marici, Derek Hugger, James J. Kennedy, III, Daniel Hamilton
  • Patent number: 11883922
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a polishing head defining plural pressure chambers D1 to D5 for pressing a wafer W on a polishing pad 42, a pressure control unit performing pressure feedback control by individually controlling pressures in the pressure chambers D1 to D5, a film thickness measurement unit measuring a film thickness distribution of the wafer W being polished, a storage unit storing multiple pieces of information on a preset pressure of the pressure chambers D1 to D5, and a response characteristic acquisition unit changing the preset pressure every time a predetermined condition is satisfied during polishing of the wafer W, measuring a polishing rate applied to the wafer W, and acquiring a response characteristic of the polishing of the wafer W. The response characteristic indicates responsiveness of the polishing of the wafer W to the pressure feedback. The response characteristic is acquired based on the obtained polishing rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Watanabe, Keita Yagi
  • Patent number: 11877712
    Abstract: An automatic and currentless dirt remover for collecting dirt from the area surrounding the dirt remover, having a dirt-collecting body and a rolling-action sheath body, which defines a receiving space for receiving the dirt-collecting body. The sheath body has openings for providing external access to the dirt-collecting body, which has a surface that collects the dirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Susanne Schmekel
  • Patent number: 11873202
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an opening tool for opening and/or removing a tab portion of a beverage can. The opening tool includes a hollow housing. The hollow housing includes a generally cylindrical housing body having a top end, a bottom end, an outer surface, an inner surface and an open cavity extending from a top end towards a bottom end of the housing body. The opening tool further includes one or more claws, having a claw body extending between a claw end portion and a claw tip such that the tip of each of the claws is adapted to be hangingly disposed within the open cavity of hollow housing. In operation, when a beverage can is passed through the hollow housing from the bottom end towards the top end, the claw tip of at least one of the claws engages and pulls-opens the tab portion while the beverage can moves out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A.
    Inventors: Robert Gaafar, Maisie Devine, Patrick O'Riordan, Hilary Farnsworth, Peter Daly, Doreen Swift, Ralph Cassara, Glenn Drost, Rodney McGaugh