Patents by Inventor Tianzhe Wang
Tianzhe Wang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11926998Abstract: An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: LEAKSMART INC.Inventors: Jason Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang, Martin Marsic
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Publication number: 20210363734Abstract: An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Jason Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang, Martin Marsic
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Patent number: 11098464Abstract: An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Jason Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang, Martin Marsic
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Publication number: 20200071914Abstract: An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Jason Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang, Martin Marsic
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Patent number: 10508422Abstract: An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Jason Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang, Martin Marsic
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Publication number: 20190218760Abstract: A plunger having a plunger body with a handle flange portion for connection to an associated handle, a domed portion extending from the handle flange portion, a frustoconical portion extending from the domed portion, and a first bulbous portion extending from the frustoconical portion, wherein the domed portion is configured to collapse at least partially into the frustoconical portion during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Tianzhe Wang, Jason Sharratt, Andrew Byron Logar, Martin Dusan Marsic
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Patent number: 10287763Abstract: A plunger having a plunger body with a handle flange portion for connection to an associated handle, a domed portion extending from the handle flange portion, a frustoconical portion extending from the domed portion, and a first bulbous portion extending from the frustoconical portion, wherein the domed portion is configured to collapse at least partially into the frustoconical portion during use.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Tianzhe Wang, Jason Sharratt, Andrew Byron Logar, Martin Dusan Marsic
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Patent number: 10231542Abstract: A furniture pad including a body having a floor engaging surface portion and a peripheral edge portion at least partially surrounding the floor engaging surface portion. The peripheral edge portion has a first density and the floor engaging surface portion has a second density, the first density being greater than the second density. The peripheral edge portion extends away from the floor engaging surface portion such that the peripheral edge portion does not contact an associated supporting surface when the floor engaging surface portion is in contact with the associated supporting surface, whereby the peripheral edge portion has a relatively more durable surface as compared to the floor engaging surface portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Tianzhe Wang, Jason Sharratt, Andrew Byron Logar
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Patent number: 10202746Abstract: A fill valve assembly for use in a water storage tank including: a tube; an inlet valve assembly supported by the tube and including an inlet valve and a valve lever operatively coupled to the inlet valve, the inlet valve being on in a first position of the valve lever, and being off in a second position of the valve lever; a float constrained for axial movement in a direction along the tube and coupled to the valve lever; and a linkage assembly positioned between the valve lever and the tube and pivoting between a first upright position wherein the valve lever is maintained in the first position and a second folded position, the linkage assembly including a pivot axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube, the float coupled to linkage assembly and constrained from axial movement when the linkage assembly is in the upright position.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Martin Marsic, Jason A. Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang
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Publication number: 20180334786Abstract: An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Jason Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang, Martin Marsic
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Publication number: 20180163383Abstract: A plunger having a plunger body with a handle flange portion for connection to an associated handle, a domed portion extending from the handle flange portion, a frustoconical portion extending from the domed portion, and a first bulbous portion extending from the frustoconical portion, wherein the domed portion is configured to collapse at least partially into the frustoconical portion during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Tianzhe Wang, Jason Sharratt, Andrew Byron Logar, Martin Dusan Marsic
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Publication number: 20180160810Abstract: A furniture pad including a body having a floor engaging surface portion and a peripheral edge portion at least partially surrounding the floor engaging surface portion. The peripheral edge portion has a first density and the floor engaging surface portion has a second density, the first density being greater than the second density. The peripheral edge portion extends away from the floor engaging surface portion such that the peripheral edge portion does not contact an associated supporting surface when the floor engaging surface portion is in contact with the associated supporting surface, whereby the peripheral edge portion has a relatively more durable surface as compared to the floor engaging surface portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Tianzhe Wang, Jason Sharratt, Andrew Byron Logar
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Publication number: 20170211264Abstract: A fill valve assembly for use in a water storage tank including: a tube; an inlet valve assembly supported by the tube and including an inlet valve and a valve lever opertively coupled to the inlet valve, the inlet valve being on in a first position of the valve lever, and being off in a second position of the valve lever; a float constrained for axial movement in a direction along the tube and coupled to the valve lever; and a linkage assembly positioned between the valve lever and the tube and pivoting between a first upright position wherein the valve lever is maintained in the first position and a second folded position, the linkage assembly including a pivot axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube, the float coupled to linkage assembly and constrained from axial movement when the linkage assembly is in the upright position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Martin Marsic, Jason A. Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang
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Patent number: D841784Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Jason A. Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang
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Patent number: D873395Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Jason A. Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang
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Patent number: D876936Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Andrew B. Logar, Tianzhe Wang
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Patent number: D886254Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Jason A. Sharratt, Tianzhe Wang
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Patent number: D891234Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.Inventors: Andrew B. Logar, Tianzhe Wang