Patents Examined by Willie W Berry
  • Patent number: 11780689
    Abstract: An aggregate transferring apparatus for elevating aggregate may include a base assembly with a base frame, an unloader structure on the base frame, and a base conveyor on the base frame positioned to receive aggregate from a vehicle positioned on the unloader structure. The apparatus may also include an aggregate elevating assembly with a deployable frame mounted on the base frame and being movable between storage and deploy positions, and an elevating conveyor for receiving aggregate from the base conveyor and conveying the aggregate upwardly on the deployable frame. The apparatus may further include a conveyor extension assembly for conveying aggregate horizontally outward from the elevating assembly. The extension assembly may include an extension conveyor movable between lowered and raised positions and being articulated with an inboard and outboard segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Masaba, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Brenden, Tyler Dewitt
  • Patent number: 11772889
    Abstract: A lift assembly includes a lift arm having a first arm portion, a second arm portion, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The first arm portion has a first end coupled to a chassis and/or a body of a vehicle. The second arm portion interfaces with the first arm portion and terminates with a second end. The first actuator facilitates repositioning the second arm portion relative to the first arm portion. The second actuator facilitate pivoting the first arm portion about the first end. The first actuator is configured to reposition the second arm portion relative to the first arm portion when the second actuator pivots the lift arm between a stowed position and a working position such that a relative distance between the first end and the second end changes as the second actuator pivots the lift arm between the stowed position and the working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua D. Rocholl, Matt Deinema, Jarud H. Hoefker, Justin Wilmes
  • Patent number: 11756813
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes an index unit including a load pot, in which a container is seated, and an index chamber connected to the load pot, and a process executing unit having a load lock chamber connected to the index chamber and a process chamber that treats a substrate transferred to the load lock chamber, the index unit further includes an alignment unit provided in the index chamber and that aligns a substrate type sensor transferred to the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Seok Jang, In Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 11745943
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a lock, a tailgate, an ejector, an actuator, a second actuator, and a processor. The body defines a receptacle for storing refuse. The lock is coupled to the body and is configured to releasably secure a movable tailgate. The receptacle contains the ejector. The ejector can transition from a first position that is spaced from the tailgate to a second position proximate the tailgate. The actuator is configured to transition the ejector from the first position to the second position. The second actuator is configured to move the tailgate. The processor is configured to selectively unlock the tailgate and transition the ejector from the first position to the second position in response to receiving a single input to thereby eject refuse from the receptacle without receiving multiple inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Koga, Emily Davis, Jerrod Kappers, Vince Schad, Robert S. Messina, Christopher K. Yakes, Joshua D. Rocholl, Vincent Hoover, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Zachary L. Klein, John Beck, Brendan Chan, Skylar A. Wachter, Dale Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11730643
    Abstract: A wheelchair lift system for a vehicle comprises: a platform for accommodating a wheelchair; a lifting arm; a hydraulic circuit including a hydraulic actuator arranged to act on the lifting arm to raise and lower the platform; a barrier mounted on the platform and pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position; a plurality of sensors each arranged to generate a sensor output; a user input device arranged to generate control signals to control operation of the lift; and a control unit. The control unit is arranged to receive the control signals and to receive the sensor output from each of the sensors and to control the hydraulic circuit thereby to control of the lift to perform a number of different operations. The control unit is also operable in a fully operational mode and a safety mode and is arranged to perform a plurality of checks on the sensor outputs, and to record a result of each of the checks, and to switch between the fully operational mode and the safety mode based on the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ROXANA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Gabriel Alexandru Holicov, Valentino Rasini
  • Patent number: 11724878
    Abstract: A conveyor carriage movable on a guide rail. The conveyor carriage includes a conveyor frame; a pair of side rails spaced apart from each other; and a load carrying portion coupled to the pair of side rails. A drop-down plate hingedly mounted to the conveyor frame and positioned in between the pair of side rails. The drop-down plate is pivotable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the drop-down plate encloses a component of the conveyor carriage in the closed position. The conveyor carriage to pick up and deposit loads from and to a load handling station. The load handling station including a control box with a pivotable lid to enclose one or more components of the load handling station in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Hart, Thomas Kramer, Jarl Nicholas Sebastian, Joshua Jackiewiecz, Anthony Turco, Ang Li, Justen Pahls
  • Patent number: 11699608
    Abstract: A substrate storage apparatus includes a stage on which a cassette that has a lid detachably mounted to an opening is disposed, a lid attaching/detaching plate that performs attaching/detaching of the lid to/from the opening of the cassette disposed on the stage, and is provided to be movable between a mounting position in contact with the lid disposed at a position of the opening and a retracted position not in contact with the lid disposed at the position of the opening, a lid holding sensor that detects whether the lid is being held by the lid attaching/detaching plate, and a controller that determines presence/absence of abnormality related to attachment/detachment of the lid based on a detection result of the lid holding sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro Matsumoto, Michiaki Matsushita, Akira Murata, Minoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11674268
    Abstract: A railway wagon for moving sleepers including: a base structure having a platform and at least one carriage, a first conveyor carried by the platform and configured to move the sleepers along a feed direction, a second conveyor distinct from the first conveyor and also carried by the platform. The second conveyor has: a first portion extended above the platform within a lateral size of the latter, and a second portion extending outside lateral size of the platform and configured to move the sleepers outside the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SRT SOCIETA' A RESPONSABILITA' LIMITATA CON SOCIO UNICO
    Inventor: Gilberto Salciccia
  • Patent number: 11667469
    Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis and a body assembly. The body assembly includes a series of panels configured to contain a volume of refuse therein and an ejector. The panels define a hopper volume and a storage volume. The ejector is configured to fully eject refuse from the storage volume. The ejector includes a wall at least partially defining an opening and a coupling pivotally and fixedly coupling a panel to the wall. The wall is movable within the storage volume. The panel is repositionable relative to the wall between a closed position and an open position. The panel extends at least partially across the opening when in the closed position and is angularly offset relative to the closed position when in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard G. Betz, II, Yanming Hou, Gregory H. McCarty
  • Patent number: 11661274
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for container transporters and related item manipulation devices. In one embodiment, an example item manipulation device may include a support platform, and a conveyance surface attached to the support platform and configured to convey a container at least a portion of a distance from a first side of the support platform to a second side of the support platform, where the conveyance surface defines at least a portion of a container passage through which a container can be conveyed. The item manipulation device may include a manipulator comprising a first arm disposed along a longitudinal axis of the item manipulation device and a second arm disposed along the longitudinal axis of the item manipulation device, where the manipulator is engageable with the container to move the container at least partially onto the conveyance surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kushal Patel, William Scott Kalm
  • Patent number: 11655101
    Abstract: A rack storage system with at least two multi-level longitudinally extending storage racks separated by an aisle, and at least two load lifting devices for storage units. Guide tracks run in at least some of the rack levels along the aisle for storage and retrieval vehicles that transport storage units between the storage racks and load lifting devices, with the guide tracks arranged to extend along the aisle and past the load lifting devices to enable access to the storage racks and each load lifting device. The load lifting devices are arranged in a row in a longitudinal direction of a storage rack either within the storage rack itself or in an extension of the longitudinal extension of a storage rack and a conveyor is connected to the intermediate load lifting device by circumventing at least one lifting device by using free space of an adjacent aisle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Dematic Limited
    Inventor: Mantas Pla{hacek over (s)}{hacek over (c)}inskas
  • Patent number: 11628101
    Abstract: A safety device used in conjunction with a vehicle wheelchair lift, having a mounting plate for securing to the floor of a vehicle, upright members disposed on opposite longitudinal ends of the mounting plate, a barrier plate in overlying relationship to the mounting plate and pivotally connected to the uprights for movement between a raised and lowered position, the barrier plate, when raised, acting as a physical barrier to prevent a wheelchair from rolling across the mounting plate, and an actuator operatively connected to the barrier plate. In one embodiment, the upright members are a housing and a support wall. In another embodiment, the uprights are elongated members and include a cross bar disposed horizontally and in spaced parallel relation to the mounting plate when the barrier plate is raised and is disposed vertically and transverse to the mounting plate when the barrier plate is in the lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: David P. Grant, Kris A. Bowles
  • Patent number: 11606907
    Abstract: A dual auger grain cart includes a horizontal auger assembly, a vertical auger assembly, and a drive assembly operatively connected to the horizontal and vertical auger assemblies. The horizontal and vertical auger assemblies each include an auger shaft and flighting disposed on the auger shaft. The drive assembly includes a first member operatively connected to the horizontal auger shaft, a second member operatively connected to the vertical auger shaft, and a power input device operatively connected to the first and second drive members to drive rotation of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts. The arrangement of the first and second members allow the longitudinal axes of the horizontal and vertical auger shafts to be coplanar and the vertical auger flighting to extend at least in part below the longitudinal axis of the horizontal auger shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Schlimgen, Michael D. Van Mill
  • Patent number: 11603261
    Abstract: Method of handling proppant at a well site using a plurality of modular proppant containers in which first and second modular proppant container in a filled state are removed from delivery transport vehicles and transferred to first and second cradle positions on a support structure using one or more heavy-duty handlers. Proppant is discharged by gravity feed from the outlet of the first and second modular proppant containers and directed to a hopper until the modular proppant containers are in an empty state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Oren Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Oren, Joshua Oren
  • Patent number: 11603298
    Abstract: An apparatus for hoisting and forwarding of logs enables the forwarding of logs along an axis towards a processing area. The apparatus is adjustable in height either due to various configuration of ground or to various heights of processing area in various wood processing machines, and is comfortable both for each user as well as for manufacturers and distributors. The apparatus is also easy to transport to any desired locations by using a tractor. To this aim, supporting legs on the apparatus are telescopic and connected a bearing framework, with a movable part engaging the ground. Bearing members on a hoisting unit are telescopic and embedded in the bearing framework, with a displaceable part engaging the ground. The bearing framework may be provided on its side and faced away from the hoisting unit, as well as furnished with a coupling member for connecting the apparatus to a tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Iztok Span
  • Patent number: 11587814
    Abstract: A vertical batch furnace assembly for processing wafers comprising a cassette handling space, a wafer handling space, and an internal wall separating the cassette handling space and the wafer handling space. The cassette handling space is provided with a cassette storage configured to store a plurality of wafer cassettes provided with a plurality of wafers. The cassette handling space is also provided with a cassette handler configured to transfer wafer cassettes between the cassette storage and a wafer transfer position. The wafer handling space is provided with a wafer handler configured to transfer wafers between a wafer cassette in the wafer transfer position and a wafer boat in a wafer boat transfer position. The internal wall is provided with a wafer transfer opening adjacent the wafer transfer position for a wafer cassette from or to which wafers are to be transferred. The cassette storage comprises two cassette storage carousels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Chris G. M. de Ridder
  • Patent number: 11292677
    Abstract: A conveyor sled assembly is utilized to supply proppant in support of oilfield hydraulic fracturing operations. The conveyor sled assembly includes precisely positioned components where tolerances between components are so small as to prevent significant spillage at component junction boundaries. This manner of fitting proppant pods onto the conveyor sled assembly increases predictability of which pods will discharge their proppant load first. This enhances reliability of the overall proppant delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Proppant Express Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Mark John D'Agostino, Scott Joseph D'Agostino, Chad Michael McEver, Marc Kevin Fisher
  • Patent number: 11034276
    Abstract: An auxiliary convey mechanism for goods in a vehicle compartment, comprising a plurality of splice plates, a plurality of surface boards, a plurality of support frames, a plurality of conveying assemblies and a plurality of avoidance gaps. Each of the conveying assemblies comprises a lifting frame and rollers. Avoidance gaps are formed between two adjacent support frames of the support frames along a length direction of a surface board of the surface boards. Each of the conveying assemblies is disposed in each of the support frames, and each of the surface boards is bent along a width direction of the surface board to have a corrugated shape. The auxiliary convey mechanism for goods in the vehicle compartment has higher structural stability while without occupying the transport space of a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ZheJiang TOPSUN Logistic Control Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Buqin Ruan, Zhaoyin Xiao
  • Patent number: 7406926
    Abstract: A bird feeder port, especially suited for dispensing fine sized birdseed and configured for insertion through an exterior wall of a bird feeder; the port comprising a feed distributor with an open front portion accessible to a bird and in addition having at least an upper portion and a lower portion; said lower portion having an aperture in the lowermost floor portion through which bird seed is in use presented and can be eaten by a feeding bird. The aperture preferably comprises a slot and has a width of between 5 and 13 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: C J Wildbird Foods Limited
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Nock
  • Patent number: 5593047
    Abstract: A display assembly is provided which includes one or more display stands, each having a T-shaped base and one or more tower members extending therefrom. Each tower member is rotatable about a rod which extends into the T-shaped base. A connector plate is used to interconnect two or more display stands in order for the interconnected display stand to assume many different configurations. One or more display racks are connected to each tower member. Each display racks accommodates products having different widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Great Northern Corporation
    Inventor: Larry C. Haugen