Patents Examined by William Miller
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Patent number: 9745045Abstract: A door stop element for an aircraft door has a body which is formed at least approximately L-shaped, and which has at least one contact area on the outer side of one of the legs for fixed contact on the aircraft fuselage, and a stop surface on the inner side of the other leg for the aircraft door. The body has a cavity, on the inner side of which adjacent to the stop surface a rib is provided, which extends through the stop surface symmetrically on both sides of the longitudinal median plane that extends perpendicular to the stop surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Matthias Hegenbart, Torsten Noebel, Liu Wang, Michael Sauer, Memis Tiryaki, Dirk Elbracht
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Patent number: 9745223Abstract: A product comprises a combination of a plurality of solids recovered from a plurality of effluents, an interaction between biomass and at least one fluid providing the plurality of recovered plurality of effluents, and at least one solid forming precursor material, the biomass being of animal or human origin, the interaction comprising at least one of degradation of a plurality of organic molecules comprised by the biomass, destruction of tissues comprised by the biomass, transformation of tissues comprised by the biomass, breakage of protein bonds comprised by the biomass, and removal of organic and inorganic molecules comprised by the biomass, and the combination of the plurality of recovered solids and at least one solid forming precursor material forming the product.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Inventor: Hamid Hojaji
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Patent number: 9744090Abstract: A casket comprises a casket shell adapted to receive a deceased, a casket lid closeable on the shell, a handling bar non-pivotally attached to the shell with a first attachment mechanism, a decorative cover overlying the first attachment mechanism and operably attached to the shell with a second attachment mechanism, the second attachment mechanism having a first portion mounted to the shell and a second portion mounted to the decorative cover, the first and second portions of the second attachment mechanism resiliently cooperating to operably removably attach the decorative cover to the casket shell.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.Inventor: Gregory W. Wray
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Patent number: 9745786Abstract: Roller assemblies for hanging panels are disclosed herein. Roller assemblies according to the present disclosure are configured to support a hanging panel and include an elongate rail configured to be mounted on a surface. The roller assembly includes a trolley assembly, which includes a bearing assembly configured to translate the trolley assembly along the elongate rail and a bracket coupled to the bearing assembly and configured to be coupled to the hanging panel. The elongate rail includes a rail adjustment system configured to facilitate adjusting a position and/or an orientation of the elongate rail with respect to the surface. The rail adjustment system is concealed in a rail-assembled configuration, and includes at least two spaced-apart rail adjustment mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Krown Lab, Inc.Inventors: Stefan B. Andrén, Steven W. Savas, Michael Erwin
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Patent number: 9727093Abstract: A biaxial synchronization dual-shaft hinge includes a transmission device set consisting of a first transmission member, a second transmission member, a first interlocking member and a second interlocking member, and pivot shaft set consisting of a first pivot shaft and a second pivot shaft. The arrangement of the transmission device set enables the first pivot shaft and second pivot shaft of the pivot shaft set to be biased synchronously in reversed directions so that the top cover member and bottom base member of the dual-leaf mobile electronic device that are respectively affixed to the first pivot shaft and second pivot shaft of the pivot shaft set can be opened and closed smoothly and stably.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: DEDA METAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Kun-You Chuang
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Patent number: 9725935Abstract: A safety stop device for limiting the movement of a window or sliding door that is fitted with a glass pane. The safety stop has a housing with a top plate. The top plate is flat. Support walls extend from the top plate and terminate in a common plane. A protected area is defined between the support walls and under the top plate. A suction cup is disposed within the protected area. A suction control assembly is coupled to the top plate. The suction control assembly selectively controls air pressure within the suction cup when the suction cup is engaged with the glass pane.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Inventors: Robert Tomassi, Sara Tomassi
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Patent number: 9725938Abstract: A luggage door hinge includes: a front side attachment section configured to be rotatably supported by a vehicle body; a rear side attachment section that extends along a vehicle body front-rear direction in a closed state of a luggage door that opens and closes a luggage room, and is configured to be fixed to the luggage door; a curved section that curves in a substantially circular arc shape between the front side attachment section and the rear side attachment section, toward a vehicle body lower side in the closed state of the luggage door; and a coupling member that couples together an intermediate portion of the curved section and the rear side attachment section.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaya Murata
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Patent number: 9723931Abstract: A sleeve for installing hinge is provided, a mounting hole is opened in a top plate, wherein the sleeve for installing hinge comprises a main body capable of inserting into the mounting hole and a stopper fixed to an upper end of the main body and withstood with a top surface of the top plate, a slot where a hinge is inserted therein is opened in the sleeve for installing hinge, the slot passes through the stopper and extends down into the main body, a hook is configured at a side wall of the main body, the hook is deformed under pressure so as to allow the main body and the hook to pass through the mounting hole, the hook has a stop surface facing up, after the main body and the hook pass through the mounting hole, the stop surface faces a bottom surface of the top plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: DONGGUAN WEIHONG HARDWARE AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei Lu
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Patent number: 9718308Abstract: A castor includes a wheel support and at least one roller mounted on the wheel support. The at least one roller has a peripheral portion provided with a hollow air chamber which is provided with a plurality of hollow air columns. One of the hollow air columns is provided with an air inlet. The at least one roller is made of soft material that is made by a blow molding operation. The soft material is initially made into a tubular blank by a blow molding machine. A gas is then filled into the soft material to blow and shape the soft material in a die at a high temperature to form the at least one roller. The at least one roller is then stripped from the die.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Wen-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 9717359Abstract: A theft-resistant wall mount mailbox is provided. A housing has a rectangular shape with a front side and a back side. A rotatable mail deposit is pivotably attached to the front side of the housing and includes a mail delivery door, an inner panel affixed on a proximate end at an angle to a bottom of the mail delivery door, and a safety arm affixed at a further angle to a distal end of the inner panel. A mail retrieval door is located below the rotatable mail deposit and pivotably attached to the front side of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: David J. Bolles
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Patent number: 9714534Abstract: A hydraulic door closer is disclosed. The hydraulic door closer may include a top cap surrounded by an O-ring that is located at the top of the hydraulic door closer housing opposite a spindle to seal the hydraulic fluid within the housing. In addition to or in lieu of the top cap design, the door closer may include a locking washer to secure the valves to the housing; epoxy and an O-ring at the interface between the top cap and the housing of the door closer; use of a dual-walled rubber seal around the spindle; use of dual O-rings on each valve stems; use of caps that are made of the same material as the housing instead of aluminum and use of epoxy on the end caps; and/or use of backcheck with an adjustable spring.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: International Door Closers, Inc.Inventors: Danny Dean DeGott, Siho Sung
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Patent number: 9708841Abstract: A hinge cover can be removably attachable to a hinge and include a snap on feature comprising a cylindrically shaped inner surface with a c-shaped cross-section, the c-shaped cross-section comprising an opening and a top portion opposite the opening configured to be releasably coupled to a hinge without adhesive, screws, or nails. The hinge cover can further include a deflecting feature, the deflecting feature further including a width extending in a direction of an axis of the cylindrically shaped inner surface of the snap on feature. The hinge cover can include a first ramp portion sloping away from the top of the snap on feature in a first direction. The hinge cover can include a second ramp portion sloping away from the top of the snap on feature in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Inventor: Gregory Kar
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Patent number: 9700168Abstract: A package receptacle system including a package receptacle assembly. The package receptacle assembly may include a door-unit, a locking-mechanism, a top-unit, a rear-wall, a floor-unit, and two foldable-side-walls in functional and structural combination. The package receptacle assembly is structured and arranged to provide a user with a device useful for placing and receiving a package in a secure location to prevent theft and damage of the package. The locking-mechanism of the package receptacle assembly may require a code to be unlocked, which may include a tracking-number of the package. Additionally, locking-mechanism may include short-range-radio-protocol (e.g., BLUETOOTH) capabilities such that the code may be entered without physical contact to the touch-screen or may be entered via a mobile application.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: Dion Evans
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Patent number: 9700477Abstract: A basket apparatus with enhanced strength for use with a water-based pet cremation machine includes a lower basket assembly having an inner compartment formed by a lower frame assembly that constructs a plurality of faces including a front face, a rear face, side faces, and a bottom face, each face having a perforated mesh coupled thereto, at least one divider disposed within the lower basket inner compartment to create a first set of compartments to store pets, an upper basket assembly disposed on the lower basket assembly and having an inner compartment formed by an upper frame assembly that constructs a plurality of faces including a front face, a rear face, side faces and a bottom face, each face having a perforated mesh coupled thereto, and at least one divider disposed within the upper basket inner compartment to create a second set of compartments to store pets.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventors: Alec John Franks, Jeffrey Alan Franks
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Patent number: 9700923Abstract: The present invention reveals a method for obtaining a solid product comprising the cremated ashes of a human being or animal, inside a vessel, comprising the following steps: separating the ashes produced as a result of cremating a body, determining the ashes produced by the body itself and the ashes produced from other elements present during cremation; grinding the ashes produced from the separated human ashes; introducing the ashes and a wax composition into a vessel and closing the vessel with a lid; (iv) heating the vessel, subjecting it to centrifugation and cooling the vessel. It likewise discloses a solid product comprising cremated human or animal ashes inside a vessel, obtained as a result of the method and a case containing said solid product.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: THE OMNEO UNIVERSAL GROUP, S.L.Inventor: Quim Camps
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Patent number: 9700167Abstract: An impact resistant mailbox support apparatus including a mailbox support post and a mailbox having a dome-shaped body, a front door, and an attachment arm hingedly attached to the mailbox support post. The attachment arm has at least one first spring-loaded self-returning hinge. The attachment arm of the mailbox is configured to selectively swing in one of a rightward direction and a leftward direction upon impact and return to an original pre-impact position following impact as a result of the at least one first spring-loaded self-returning hinge. The mailbox support post optionally includes a lower half, an upper half pivotally attached to the lower half, and a second spring-loaded self-returning hinge. The upper half is configured to selectively rotate in one of a rightward direction and a leftward direction upon impact and return to an original pre-impact position following impact as a result of the second spring-loaded self-returning hinge.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: Victor Nordberg
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Patent number: 9701007Abstract: A side handle (18) is provided for a handheld power tool (1). The user can grasp the side handle (18) by a grip element (19). A ring-shaped clamp is provided for clamping the side handle (18) onto the handheld power tool (1). The clamp (36) has two ends (32, 33) that can be joined. A pre-tensioned spring (39) presses the joinable ends (32, 33) against a stop (40) in order to join them under a force that acts in an effective direction (29). A release mechanism (41, 43) is held in a normal position by the force of the pre-tensioned spring (29) that acts in the effective direction (29). Against the force of the pre-tensioned spring (39) that acts in the effective direction (29), the user can deflect the release mechanism (41) into a release position in order to cancel the force that presses the joinable ends against the stop.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Markus Holubarsch, Stefan Schmid, Stefan Hammerstingl, Ferdinand Kirsten
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Patent number: 9700166Abstract: A mailbox with improved structural rigidity and improved impact resistance over previous mailboxes includes one or more of a rod at least partially within a rolled front edge of the mailbox, use of the mailbox floor to improve structural integrity, such as by rolling the body and floor edge together, rolling the body edge and sliding a flanged floor into the roll, or hemming the floor and body together, and/or a front door impact brace.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES, LLCInventors: Christopher Andrew Farentinos, Craig Ronald Steele, Raffy Michael Arce-Paje
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Patent number: 9693924Abstract: A body bag includes a first layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a second layer coupled to the first layer. The upper surface of the first layer at least partially defines a first cavity sized to receive the body. The second layer has an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface of the first layer and the upper surface of the second layer at least partially define a second cavity sized to receive a stiffening mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Honor, LLCInventors: Jason Alan Newell, Brandon W. Schulte
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Patent number: 9693925Abstract: A first call pouch includes an inner layer forming a compartment comprising at least one sidewall, a bottom wall and a top having a zippered opening. The inner layer is water resistant, proof, or sealed to contain fluids. The inner layer further including one or more pockets formed therein for storage of related items including gloves. The zippered opening is a bi-directional zipper extending substantially the entire length of the bag. An outer layer encapsulates the inner layer. The outer layer includes at least one outer sidewall, an outer bottom wall, and an outer top wall that shares the zippered opening with the inner layer whereby opening of the bi-directional zipper provides access to the inner compartment. Further, the outer bottom has a pocket adapted to receive a pad, and the outer layer top wall has at least one pocket.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Inventor: Alphonso Thomas Schiavone