Patents Issued in August 6, 2013
  • Patent number: 8500034
    Abstract: An integrated solid-state temperature controller that is mountable to an object the temperature of which is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller, or is mountable in a space in which the temperature is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller. The solid-state temperature controller able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures at which the object or space is controlled, and able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures of the object or space when the temperature is not being controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Engenity LLC
    Inventor: Richard S. Garber
  • Patent number: 8500035
    Abstract: A thermostatic mixing valve including a cold water bypass passageway controlled by a pressure-operated check valve that opens upon a failure of a hot water supply to the valve for use with safety devices, such as eyewash and drench shower stations. The thermostatic mixing valve allows the continued delivery of cold water upon a failure of a hot water supply. The lack of hot water causes a cold water valve opening to be closed by a thermal motor, which retracts upon the lack of hot water, yet the bypass passageway is adapted to allow cold water to bypass the thermal motor-controlled cold water valve opening and be directed to the outlet of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Zoltan Goncze
  • Patent number: 8500036
    Abstract: A component includes a transmission arrangement for transmitting a force between an actuator and a control valve. The transmission arrangement includes a post that is associated with the actuator. The control valve is displaceable to an open position from a closed position when an opening force is applied to the control valve that is greater than a closing force provided to the control valve. The transmission arrangement is disposed in the component between the post and the control valve actuator and arranged to mechanically transmit by physical contact an actuator force from the post to the control valve when the post begins to travel towards the extended stroke position, and hydraulically amplify the actuator stroke between the post and the control valve when the post travels from the retracted stroke position to the extended stroke position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Venkataraghavan, Alan R. Stockner
  • Patent number: 8500037
    Abstract: An adjustable water jet device that allows for the arc of the jet of water to be adjusted while the water is still flowing through the device. A multipurpose tool is disclosed which has a central hollow cavity surrounded by a grip. The multipurpose tool can be used to adjust the arc of the water jet, allowing the water to flow through the central hollow cavity of the tool. The multipurpose tool can also be used to adjust the flow rate of water through the device and to disassemble the device for maintenance purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Custom Molded Products, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Charles Li, Bill Drury, Zachary Vogtner
  • Patent number: 8500038
    Abstract: A fluid display includes a fluid source, a gas source, and a light source. The fluid source coherently emits fluid along a first trajectory. The gas source emits gas along a second trajectory that intersects the first trajectory. The light source is directed toward the intersection of the first trajectory and the second trajectory. The second trajectory may intersect the first trajectory at an oblique angle. The fluid source and/or the gas source may emit intermittently. The fluid source may emit a laminar jet or spherical fluid globules. The gas source may intermittently emit a gas vortex. The gas may be a flammable gas. The fluid may be water and the gas may be air. The fluid display may provide a “water sparkler” effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: WET Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Fuller, Michael Jason Baldwin, Keith J. Kalis, Helen S. Park, Riae Yoo
  • Patent number: 8500039
    Abstract: A remote spray nozzle actuating device for spray cans has a spray can holder assembly for holding a spray can, the further including a wireless activator assembly; and a wireless transmitter for remotely activating the wireless activator assembly causing the spray nozzle to be actuated. The spray can holder assembly further has a trigger. The trigger is connected to the wireless activator assembly wherein movement of the trigger actuates a spray nozzle. The wireless activator assembly has a wireless receiver; a power supply; a control circuit; and an actuator. The actuator is connected to the control circuit and wherein upon activating the wireless transmitter a signal is received in the receiver and transmitted to the control circuit to activate the actuator causing the trigger to move activating the nozzle of the held spray can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Arthur L Allen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8500040
    Abstract: A painting system for painting a plurality of colors and a method of using the system to coat articles. The painting system comprises a plurality of paint supply networks and a plurality of paint return networks, each network for a corresponding paint color. A number of paint delivery stations are also provided, each including a plurality of drop lines. Each drop line is in communication with a corresponding paint supply network. Each drop line includes a downstream end coupling. Each paint delivery station includes a plurality of paint return nodes, each in communication with a corresponding paint return network. A paint gun unit is provided with a paint gun supply coupling. The paint gun supply coupling is complementary with each of the downstream end couplings of a corresponding drop line. The downstream end coupling of each drop line is uniquely shaped to engage only with the correct paint return node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nirupama Karunaratne, Carl Cave, Scott Johnson, Russel Woodhouse, Chika Sekine, Darin Long
  • Patent number: 8500041
    Abstract: A portable direct-circuit sprayer includes a body. The body includes a water chamber therein for containing water, a component chamber therein and with two open sides, and an integrated floor between two portions of the water chamber between which the component chamber is positioned. A pump is installed in the component chamber in order to pressurize the water from the water chamber. A panel shuts one of the open sides of the component chamber. A cover shuts the other open side of the component chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Scott Wu
  • Patent number: 8500042
    Abstract: A configurable rotary spray nozzle having lower manufacturing and maintenance costs through the use of an external shell providing strength and resistance to damage such that molded internal components can be utilized to provide the desired spray characteristics. The molded internal wet components can comprise molded polymeric structures that allow for the formation of complex flow geometries and structures that are either impossible or economically impractical to achieve with conventional tooling and machining operations. The use of an external shell provides for use of replacement kits to maintain or otherwise replace worn and/or damaged internal wet components while reusing the external housing. The use of the external shell also allows a user to customize and change spray performance of the configurable rotary spray nozzle by swapping internal wet components having selected flow geometries and characteristics so as to provide a desired spray performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hydra-Flex Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Brown, Jaime Harris, Dave Kennsinger, Chris Molitor
  • Patent number: 8500043
    Abstract: In a device for spraying on pigmented liquids by means of an air flow comprising a base body, a spray nozzle disposed at the front side of the base body, said spray nozzle having a needle acted upon by a spring disposed in the center thereof, a compressed air inlet and an adjacent compressed air duct, an inlet for a pigmented liquid, with a controllable compressed air flow supplied via the compressed air duct being guided past an inlet for the pigmented liquid where it is loaded with droplets of liquid, said droplets of liquid being discharged by the spray nozzle as long as the compressed air flow is maintained, it is provided that the nozzle (5) and the needle (12) are positioned in a nozzle carrier (10), with the nozzle carrier (10) being provided with the inlet (17) for the pigmented liquid, and with the nozzle carrier being removable or replaceable, respectively, as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Bernd Kriesmair
    Inventor: Berthold Heigl
  • Patent number: 8500044
    Abstract: A multiple nozzle differential fluid delivery head is disclosed. The fluid delivery head includes a body that defines a fluid chamber having a longitudinal axis. The body includes an inlet for connection to a fluid source, and the inlet is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. The fluid delivery head includes a plurality of outlet ports connected to and extending away from the body. Each outlet port has an interior space in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. The fluid delivery head includes a nozzle insert removably secured in an outer end of each outlet port. At least one nozzle insert has a fluid delivery aperture in fluid communication with the interior space of its associated outlet port for delivering fluid out of the interior space of its associated outlet port. One or more of the outlet ports is angled away from a plane normal to the axis of the fluid delivery head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Sawalski, Michael J. Skalitzky, Nitin Sharma, Padma Prabodh Varanasi, Yong Chen, Allen D. Miller
  • Patent number: 8500045
    Abstract: A fuel injector that comprises a parallel circuit fuel filtration circuit providing filtered fuel to the control valve. Specifically, a fuel filter is positioned inside the injector within the passage leading to the control valve. Debris is removed from the fuel and filtered fuel is allowed to pass through to the control valve. Unfiltered fuel may be purged from the fuel injector during injection. Alternatively, unfiltered fuel may be removed from the injector via the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan D. Moore
  • Patent number: 8500046
    Abstract: An assembly for controlling water turbulence through a high pressure cleaning machine includes a nozzle body, which has an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path. The nozzle body has a fastening end that is designed to couple the nozzle body to a pressure washer, at an end of a spray gun shaft, for example. The nozzle body also includes a plurality of conduits (e.g., an array of tubules) arranged in parallel with each other along the flow path and located between the inlet and the outlet. Additionally the nozzle body may include a screen or screens positioned along the flow path. The plurality of conduits and the screens are designed to reduce a turbulence of a water flowing through the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Gilpatrick, James A. Louden
  • Patent number: 8500047
    Abstract: A method and a device for removing backing adhesive, typically a mixture of CaCO3 3 and SBR, from a carpet. The method includes: (a) sorting the carpets into different categories according to the materials from which the fibers of the carpets are made; (b) removing the bottom layer from a sorted carpet; and (c) removing the backing adhesive by grinding it off the carpet with a grinder until all the adhesive is removed and the fibers of the carpet become loss, which is then collected for recycle. The device is specifically designed to perform the above method and includes a grinder, a feeding device and a pressing wheel device on a frame. The feeding device has an active roller and a passive roller positioned on a support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Chengjin Yu
  • Patent number: 8500048
    Abstract: An apparatus for drying and powderizing organic material. The apparatus includes at least one chamber including: an intake adapted to receive warm air and the material into the at least one chamber, and an outlet adapted to transport warm air and powder out of the at least one chamber; at least one rotatable drive shaft in the at least one chamber adapted to rotated; and at least one blade assembly on the at least one drive shaft. The blade assembly includes a blade hub about the rotatable drive shaft and at least one blade coupled to the blade hub, wherein the at least one blade is adapted to powderize the material to expose a surface of the material to the warm air so that moisture in the material evaporates into the warm air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cake Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Potter
  • Patent number: 8500049
    Abstract: A shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is configured to operate the motor to drive the cutter elements to shred the at least one article and to set a flutter threshold higher than the predetermined maximum thickness threshold, if the detected thickness is less than a predetermined maximum thickness threshold. The controller is also configured to thereafter continuously detect the thickness of the at least one article being inserted into a throat of the shredder; and to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the thickness detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is greater than the flutter threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Fellowes, Inc.
    Inventors: Tai Hoon K. Matlin, Michael Dale Jensen
  • Patent number: 8500050
    Abstract: A food waste disposer has a grinding mechanism that improves fineness and speed of grinding food waste, and also controls or meters the size of the comminuted food waste particles that are discharged from the food waste disposer. It does so by utilizing a more aggressive grind ring of the grinding mechanism that includes horizontal shredder elements in addition to openings, and blocking all except the openings in a minor circumferential portion of the grind ring from discharging comminuted food waste and water to a discharge outlet. In an aspect, a resilient seal is used to seal the adapter ring to a housing of an upper end bell of the grinding section and also provide a seal for a rotating shredder plate assembly of the food waste disposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventor: Jerry G. Ryder
  • Patent number: 8500051
    Abstract: An articulating flexible overhead boom disposed on one aggregate processing plant and configured to pivot so as to hold a power cable connecting two adjacent aggregate processing plants at an elevation above the ground so as to permit walking and/or driving a vehicle between the adjacent plants while the connection power cable remains overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Terex USA, LLC
    Inventor: Edwin J. Sauser
  • Patent number: 8500052
    Abstract: A roller mill includes a substantially horizontal grinding table, at least one roller operating interactively therewith which is configured for rotation about its centerline by means of a roller bearing and being connected to a roller shaft. The roller mill also includes a force device for at least partial absorption of an axial force originating at least from the roller and acting in the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft. The force device comprises a first part mounted on a machine component which is stationary relative to the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft and a second part mounted on a machine component rotating about the centerline of the roller and co-rotating therewith. The first and second parts comprise opposing pressure surfaces which both extend substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the roller shaft and form between them a compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: FLSmidth A/S
    Inventor: Alexander Helm
  • Patent number: 8500053
    Abstract: A lid 1 that is adapted to cover a food processor bowl 2 has a flexible sealing ring assembly 3 that is mounted to a lower surface of the lid 1, along the perimeter. The sealing assembly 3 includes resilient springs 4 that compress and relax in order to provide a downwardly biased force between the sealing assembly 3 and the upper rim 5 of a bowl 2 to which the lid 1 is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Conair Corporation
    Inventors: Chi Tong Chan, Joseph J Laskowski, Charles Z Krasznai
  • Patent number: 8500054
    Abstract: A method and device for adjusting the unstored length of tubing directed to improving the use of infusion sets that deliver fluids to a user. The device includes a storage module and other features for adjusting, storing and securing the length of the tubing. The method of adjusting the length of the tubing to a desired length typically comprises removably attaching the tubing to the adjuster, adjusting the tubing by wrapping the tubing around a hub or post of the adjuster, and fixing the length of the unstored tubing by attaching the tubing to a securing device such as a friction structure or fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Kevin L. Grant, Larry B. Gray, Matthew C. Harris, Jeffrey L. Klein, Craig R. Steinfels, Brian D. Tracey
  • Patent number: 8500055
    Abstract: A coil tubing system including a reel having a core rotatable about a horizontal axis, the core having a surface defining an interior cavity about the horizontal axis and a tubing having an inlet end positioned proximate the horizontal axis. A bend is formed in the tubing between the inlet end and a core point of the tubing positioned proximate the core surface, the permanent bend positioned substantially within the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Vishal Saheta, Rod Shampine, Jason Turk, Don Cardon
  • Patent number: 8500056
    Abstract: A self-compensating tension control device for regulating the payout of filamentary material from a spool includes a fixed support and a spindle assembly rotatably carrying the spool. A tension force applied to the filamentary material, in opposition to a biasing force, moves the spindle assembly linearly in relation to the fixed support. An eddy current braking system includes a conductive member rotatable with the spindle assembly and a magnetic member carried by the fixed support. The spindle assembly and the conductive member move linearly toward a side-by-side relationship with the magnetic member when the tension force applied to the filamentary material is reduced and unable to overcome the biasing force. Linear movement of the spindle assembly and the associated conductive member can be obtained by either a straight line mechanism or a linear ball bushing mechanism. A supplemental brake may also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: RJS Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond J. Slezak
  • Patent number: 8500057
    Abstract: A method of adhesive-free threading of a fibrous material web for winding around a winding body includes the steps of diverting the fibrous material web in the circumferential direction of the winding body, guiding the fibrous material web with its unfolded leading edge ahead in the direction of a nip formed between the winding body and a drum and catching the leading edge of the fibrous material web by interaction with the fibrous material web and/or the winding body. An apparatus for adhesive-free threading of a fibrous material web for winding around a winding body has a diverting device for diverting the fibrous material web in the circumferential direction of the winding body and a mechanical guide for guiding the fibrous material web with its unfolded leading edge ahead in the direction of a nip formed between the winding body and a drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Åkerlund, Mikko Veijalainen, Antti Kylä-Rekola
  • Patent number: 8500058
    Abstract: A paper roll fixing device of a printer includes a first supporting base, a second supporting base, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The first fixing member comprises a rotatable first fixing slab. The second fixing member comprises a rotatable second fixing slab. When the first fixing slab and the first fixing slab are pushed by a paper roll, the first fixing slab and the first fixing slab are rotated to the position without stopping the paper roll from entering or leaving the space between the first supporting base and the second supporting base. As a consequently, the paper roll can be smoothly introduced into or removed from the paper roll fixing device. By the paper roll fixing device, the paper roll can be introduced into or removed from the paper roll fixing device with a single hand or in a single step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Tsui Lan
  • Patent number: 8500059
    Abstract: A solution to the problem one person tying down the rotor blades of a helicopter when the rotor blades are too high to be reached by a person standing on the ground involves a rotor blade tie down having a flat structure of two adjacent layers attached along three sides and open on one side to facilitate the placement of an end of the rotor blade in an interior of the device. An exterior surface of each of the layers of the flat structure has a member fixed thereto adjacent the open side of the tie down for receiving a rotor blade tie down installation tool. A tether has one end fixed to the tie down and a free end for attachment to a structural member of the helicopter. A helicopter rotor blade tie down installation tool is a pole having a pair of spaced apart substantially parallel arms fixed to the pole that extend away from the pole and are oriented substantially perpendicular to the pole to be received in the members on the exterior of the rotor blade tie down device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Ronald L. Beasley
  • Patent number: 8500060
    Abstract: An aircraft comprising a fuselage, a vessel associated with the fuselage, a propulsion system associated with the fuselage, and a lift system. The vessel is capable of storing a pressurized gas compressed to a density that allows the aircraft to operate under water. The lift system is capable of providing the aircraft lift to fly in air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert Erik Grip
  • Patent number: 8500061
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a jet engine with a downward deflectable propelling nozzle; an auxiliary power unit with a downward deflectable propelling nozzle; and a transformable wing. The transformable wing includes a fixed wing, hydraulic sleeve, an air intake duct including an upper wall and a lower wall, a thin wing connected to the hydraulic sleeve, a sliding wing, leading edge flaps, trailing edge flaps, an aileron, and a hinge. The transformable wing is configured, during vertical take-off/landing, to transform such that a leading end to an air intake duct in a vertical direction is formed on the fixed wing, and the air intake duct is formed internally in and along a direction of the wingspan of the fixed wing to cause air taken in by the jet engine to flow, in a common direction, over upper and lower surfaces of the thin wing, thereby generating lift for vertical take-off/landing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Li Jing Chen
  • Patent number: 8500062
    Abstract: A rotor system for a rotorcraft, the rotor system is a rotor hub having six rotor blades attached to a rotor mast via a rotor yoke assembly. Each rotor blade is angularly spaced in 30° and 90° alternating angular increment about a mast axis of rotation. Such rotor blades spacing reduces the vibration that is translated into the rotorcraft through the rotor mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Brunken, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8500063
    Abstract: A pump unit installed inside a wing, and a panel body constituting part of a wing structure portion forming a surface structure of the wing are provided. The pump unit includes a backup hydraulic pump that can supply pressure oil to an actuator when a loss or reduction occurs in the function of an aircraft central hydraulic power source and an electric motor that drives this pump. Except for at least the panel body, the wing structure portion is formed from fiber reinforced plastics. The panel body is formed of a metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Nakagawa, Atsushi Fukui
  • Patent number: 8500064
    Abstract: A hybrid power distribution system for an aircraft generates hydraulic power from one of a plurality of power sources based on which power source provides energy most efficiently. Power sources includes an electric power distribution bus that distributes electrical energy onboard the aircraft, a pneumatic distribution channel that distributes pneumatic energy onboard the aircraft, and mechanical power provided by one or more engines associated with the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Louis J. Bruno, Anthony C. Jones, Todd A. Spierling, Gregory L. DeFrancesco
  • Patent number: 8500065
    Abstract: Corresponding to reducing the number of components that need to be separately installed, in addition to a weight reduction and a reduction in the cable loom volume, improved system reliability is obtained if the loads relating to a seating space in a passenger cabin (12), in particular in an aircraft, are combined on an overhead panel (17) which is connected, via line connections which are now only short, to a spatially associated supply module (19), which is operated in cutouts (20) in a stub frame (13), in order to anchor a hat rack (11) in the fuselage structure (16) of the cabin (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Diehl Aircabin GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schmid, Marc Renz, Norbert Knopp, Juergen Grabmann, Dietmar Voelkle, Markus Klingseis, Wolf-Dieter Kuhnla
  • Patent number: 8500066
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting wireless signals. An apparatus comprises a stringer having a channel and a waveguide located within the channel. The waveguide is capable of carrying a number of wireless signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Dennis Michael Lewis, William Preston Geren, Jason P. Bommer
  • Patent number: 8500067
    Abstract: An aircraft for unmanned aviation is described. The aircraft includes an airframe, a pair of fins attached to a rear portion of the airframe, a pair of dihedral braces attached to a bottom portion of the airframe, a first thrust-vectoring (“T/V”) module and a second T/V module, and an electronics module. The electronics module provides commands to the two T/V modules. The two T/V modules are configured to provide lateral and longitudinal control to the aircraft by directly controlling a thrust vector for each of the pitch, the roll, and the yaw of the aircraft. The use of directly articulated electrical motors as T/V modules enables the aircraft to execute tight-radius turns over a wide range of airspeeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Woodworth, James Peverill, Greg Vulikh, Jeremy Scott Hollman
  • Patent number: 8500068
    Abstract: A joint construction for an aeronautical structure made from composite material having an internal structural element and an adjoining skin element which define the aeronautical structure, which includes a coupling element disposed between and contiguous with the internal structural element and the adjoining skin element, wherein the coupling element has opposing adjoining diagonally configured end portions which form a wedge shaped diagonal joint therebetween which terminates at the internal structural element at one end and the skin element at the other end, and a plurality of rivets extending from the internal structured element to the adjoining skin, across the coupling element and across the diagonal joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations, S.L.
    Inventors: Enrique Vera Villares, Jose Maria Pina Lopez, Ignacio Jorge Outon Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8500069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for moving objects, particularly luggage, in an aircraft hold, said device including a moving wall (10) and at least one belt. One end of the belt (20) is connected to a roller (24) around which the belt (20) is wound. The other end of the belt (20) is attached to the moving wall (10). A lower section of the belt (20) extends from the moving wall (10) to a threshold element (22) and an upper section of the belt (20) extends from the threshold element (22) to the moving wall (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Laurent Saint-Marc
  • Patent number: 8500070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spacecraft structure that comprises a flat-wide body center fuselage, right and left side arch-wings and rocket propulsion power plant compartments, wherein the arch-wing is anchored to the fuselage via a foldable hinge mechanism. The fuselage structure is constructed as a single solid structure body of the spacecraft. A top portion at the rear of fuselage comprises a jet propulsion power plant to provide thrust during take-off from the airport. Both the left and right side arch-wings are anchored to a front and a rear portion of the center fuselage structure. Both the front and rear wing portions enable spacecraft lift and superior maneuverability during flight. The spacecraft is air tight and water tight and includes floatation devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Sunstar Im
  • Patent number: 8500071
    Abstract: First and second crossing predictors communicate with each other, and each predictor transmits signals to instruct downstream adjacent predictors to activate their warning devices at a constant warning time (referred to as DAXing) by using train detection information from the other predictor. The communications between the predictors may be rail based, wireless or wired using conductors other than rails. Multiple predictors may be present between the first and second crossing predictors, and each such predictor may be DAXed by one of the outer predictors based on the train's direction. The predictor also transmits a signal to inform the other predictor of the presence of the train so that the other predictor may determine whether to suppress DAXing. Detecting an incoming train direction at a predictor may also occur by utilizing a second receiver attached to the track rails at a location offset from the first receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Invensys Rail Corporation
    Inventor: Randy O'Dell
  • Patent number: 8500072
    Abstract: A support device for supporting at least one electric harness where it passes through a through hole in a composite material structure, the structure presenting two faces into which the hole opens out, the device including a first element made of dielectric material presenting a first bearing surface designed to be applied against one of the faces of the structure and a sleeve having a first end secured to the first bearing surface and having outside dimensions that are smaller than those of the hole so as to be capable of being inserted therein, and a second element made of dielectric material presenting at least one second bearing surface suitable for being applied against the other face of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Labinal
    Inventors: Arnaud Camille Ayme, Serge Thierry Roques
  • Patent number: 8500073
    Abstract: A clamp with a first clamp halve with a hinge portion and a first opening for a fastener; a second clamp halve, with a hinge portion and a first opening for a fastener; a cable opening; and a hinge device for connecting the two hinge portions. The clamp may also include a first clamp halve with a second opening for a closing insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Wayne L. Quesnel
  • Patent number: 8500074
    Abstract: A freestanding bicycle storage rack for use in garages and other areas, comprising a large freestanding “T”-shaped frame attachable to a base portion supported by a large weighted stand member, is similar in appearance and style to the base stands used on portable basketball hoops. An upper cross member of the frame is provided with a plurality of large hooks attached to the bottom of the upper cross member on each side. Bicycles are hoisted up and attached to the hanging hooks by their front or rear tires. Scooters and other similar devices may also be stored using the same hooks. These features provide the ability to store bicycles off of the floor without connections to a wall, ceiling, or other building structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventors: Scott Cochran, Michelle Gullett
  • Patent number: 8500075
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention includes loading and carting system having support mechanisms each including pairs of telescoping members extending away from each other and an object sling extending between the pairs. The system further includes a reversible platform to which the support mechanisms are mounted, where the platform includes on a first side thereof a set of base portions in which the support members are mounted and on a second side thereof wheel mounts to which wheels can be mounted. The first side may be configured to support a bulky object during a carting process and the second side configured to support the object during a loading or unloading process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC
    Inventors: Harlie D. Frost, Russell W. White
  • Patent number: 8500076
    Abstract: A cup holder fastening structure includes a cup body, a fastening means hinged on the cup body and a pivotal unit. The cup body has a first coupling portion extended therefrom. The fastening means includes a strap containing a latch teeth section and a holder. The strap is fastened to an upper end of the holder. The holder has a slot to be threaded through by the strap and a second coupling portion extended from one side to mate the first coupling portion. The pivotal unit is hinged between the first and second coupling portions to adjust the angle of the cup body. Through the strap the invention can be strapped on any type of vehicle bars and installed and removed easily. Through the pivotal unit the cup body can be adjusted to a desired use angle to provide greater usability and practicality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Chin-I Lai
  • Patent number: 8500077
    Abstract: A telescoping assembly for use with a CPU holder including a mounting track with mounting holes for securing the mounting track to the underside of a generally horizontal surface such as a desk; runners disposed in the mounting track; a telescoping track, adapted for insertion into the mounting track and to engage with the runners therein; a pivoting member, adapted for engagement with the telescoping track and to engage with a CPU holder, the pivoting member comprising a track engagement member and a CPU holder engagement member being joined for 360° rotation about a vertical axis therethrough; and wherein the telescoping track is adapted for translation along the mounting track from a retracted position to an extended position, and when the telescoping track is in the extended position a CPU retained in the CPU holder is positioned past the edge of the generally horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Ole Falk Smed
  • Patent number: 8500078
    Abstract: A modular bracket (10) comprising a mounting portion (11) adapted to be mounted to a vertical or horizontal surface and an arm (13) extending from the mounting portion (11), the arm (13) having a coupling formation (23) at its free end for coupling to a further member having a complementary coupling (28). The further member may comprise a hook member (25) which may extend substantially linearly from the arm (13) or be inclined downwardly. In another embodiment the further member includes an arm having a plurality of hooks for supporting fishing rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Peter Castellanos
  • Patent number: 8500079
    Abstract: Disclosed therein is a sprinkler mounting device having a mounting bracket that includes a tightening member mounted on the front of a bracket body for opening and closing an open portion by a lever, so that the tightening member can firmly hold a reducer, to which a head is joined, once a worker bends the lever back after inserting the reducer into the bracket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Kofulso Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-il Oh
  • Patent number: 8500080
    Abstract: A rod securing device includes a securing plate and a first driving arm. The securing plate is capable of receiving a rod. The first driving arm is located in the securing plate. The first driving arm is capable of moving along a first direction. The first driving arm includes a first engaging portion and is capable of moving from a securing position, where the first engaging portion of the first driving arm is capable of engaging the rod received in the securing plate, to a release position, where the first engaging portion is capable of being disengaged from the rod received in the securing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wang Hu
  • Patent number: 8500081
    Abstract: A seat tube of a bicycle has a tubular body and a tightening block. The tubular body has an insertion hole and a stationary block. The insertion hole is defined in the tubular body and has an inner surface and a tightening recess. The inner surface is formed in the tubular body. The tightening recess is defined in the inner surface. The stationary block is embedded in the tightening recess and has an oblique surface and a fastener hole. The fastener hole is defined in the oblique surface. The tightening block is mounted slidably on the oblique surface and has a tightening surface, a through hole and a fastener. The tightening surface is shaped to correspond to the inner surface. The through hole is defined through the tightening block. The fastener is mounted through the through hole and engages the fastener hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Peng-Yu Tseng
  • Patent number: 8500082
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a seat base sliding device applied to a seat of a heavy machinery such as a loader, an excavator, or the like. The seat base sliding device includes: a seat base with a lower part is fixed to a floor of a vehicle body and an upper part at which a seat is installed; a sliding plate slidable inwards and outwards in a lateral direction of the seat base at both left and right sides of the seat base and in which a control stand is fixed to one side thereof; and at least one adjustment unit selectively fixing the sliding plate of which the position is determined by sliding movement to the seat base. The present disclosure is capable of preventing a cabin from knocking against both control stands of a seat device at the time of assembling the cabin around the seat device and in addition, preventing the corresponding control stands from interfering in a thigh of a driver at the time of operating a control lever of each control stand laterally after assembling the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8500083
    Abstract: This invention concerns a device for vibration damping of an object (1) moving along a trajectory arranged on a frame (7), whereas the object (1) involves spaces filled-in with magnetorheologic fluid which moves towards the object (1) and the device contents at least one control electromagnet (2,12) for achieving magnetorheologic fluid condition change to which a signal for vibration damping is fed from a control unit, whereas the control electromagnet/s (2,12) is/are arranged firmly on the frame on which the object's (1) trajectory is positioned. The control electromagnets (2,12) are arranged evenly with regard to the object's (1,5) trajectory (4,14), in case of need evenly to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cvut V Praze, Fakulta Stronjni
    Inventors: Michael Valasek, Michal Mikulec