Patents Issued in February 11, 2014
  • Patent number: 8646171
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes: a conveyor device for sucking and holding a substrate in a substantially vertical posture and conveying the substrate in a direction extending along its flat plate surface; a plurality of working devices for performing a working process for mounting areas in edge portions of the substantially vertical-postured substrate received from the conveyor device. In the component mounting apparatus, each of the working devices includes: a substrate holder for sucking and holding the substrate in a substantially vertical posture; a holder up/down device for moving the sucked and held substrate to a downward working position; a receiving member for supporting an edge portion of the substrate positioned in the working position from its back face side; and a working unit for performing the working process on the mounting areas of the edge portions of the substrate positioned in the working position from its front face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Muraoka, Syozo Kadota
  • Patent number: 8646172
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stimulation lead includes providing a lead body having an insulation section that defines a central lumen extending along the insulation section and conductor lumens extending along the insulation section and arranged around, and external to, the central lumen. The lead body also includes conductive contacts located along an axial end of the lead body and conductor wires with each conductor wire disposed within one of the conductor lumens and each of the conductor lumens having at least one of the conductor wires disposed therein. After providing the lead body, conductively at least one of the conductor wires to each of the conductive contacts; and placing non-conductive material into a portion of at least one of the conductor lumens of the lead body. A portion of the conductor lumens and at least a portion of the non-conductive material are disposed radially beneath the conductive contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Janusz A. Kuzma, Anne M. Pianca
  • Patent number: 8646173
    Abstract: A method for mounting an electronic circuit-constituting member on a substrate. The method includes preparing a substrate having a surface comprising a liquid-attracting first region and a liquid-repelling second region that surrounds the first region. The method also includes bringing water into contact with the surface of the substrate so as to dispose said water only on the said first region. The method further includes subjecting said substrate to a member-containing liquid that includes an organic solvent where an electronic circuit-constituting member are dispersed in the organic solvent to move said electronic circuit-constituting member to said water disposed on the said first region. The surface of the member is chemically modified with a silane coupling agent including a group with a C—Cl bond. Also, the method includes removing the water and the organic solvent from the surface of the substrate to mount said electronic circuit-constituting member on said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Nakagawa, Hideo Torii
  • Patent number: 8646174
    Abstract: An object is to provide an electronic component mounting method in which an adequate component mounting work to which a check result is correctly reflected is enabled and it is possible to satisfy both reduction of the failure occurrence rate and improvement of the working efficiency. An electronic component mounting apparatus in which an appearance checking section which checks a board to detect existence or non-existence of a failure item, and a component mounting section which transfers and mounts an allocated mounting object component to the board in which the check is ended are integrally disposed includes a mounting availability determination processing section 28d which determines an availability of an execution of an operation of mounting the mounting object component, based on a result of detection of a failure item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kaida, Hideki Sumi, Masahiro Kihara, Kenichirou Ishimoto, Noboru Higashi
  • Patent number: 8646175
    Abstract: A method for making a conductive film exhibiting electric anisotropy comprises forming a nanomaterial on a substrate, the nanomaterial having a cluster of interconnected nanounits, each of which being substantially transverse to the substrate and having one end bonded to the substrate. The method further includes stretching the nanounits along a first direction to remove the nanomaterial from the substrate so as to form a conductive film having strings of interconnected nanounits, where the nanounits of the strings substantially extend in the first direction. A conductive plate and a method for making the same is also disclosed, where the method further comprises attaching the conductive film to a second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Jeah-Sheng Wu, Jia-Shyong Cheng, Chih-Han Chao
  • Patent number: 8646176
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for sheathing an electrical conductor with an elastic sealing element. In the method, first a through-opening is produced in the sealing element with a first equivalent diameter. Next the through-opening which has been produced with a first equivalent diameter is expanded to a second equivalent diameter, in order to be able to introduce an electrical conductor into it. Then contraction of the through-opening which has been expanded to the second equivalent diameter is brought about, in order thus to obtain sealing off of the electrical conductor from the elastic sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Urbaniak, Rudolf Maron
  • Patent number: 8646177
    Abstract: An installation system and a method for mounting a rotor blade to a hub on a wind turbine are disclosed. The method includes coupling a rotor and a stator together, the rotor rotatably connected to the hub. The method further includes rotating the stator in a first direction, wherein rotation of the stator causes the rotor and the hub to rotate in the first direction. The method further includes securing the hub to prevent rotation of the hub. The installation system includes a coupling device configured to releasably couple a stator and a rotor together and a securing device configured to releasably secure the hub. The installation system further includes at least one stator drive device operably connected to the stator, the stator drive device configured to rotate the stator between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Suresh S. Tirumalai, Bharat Bagepalli, Kurt J. Goodwin
  • Patent number: 8646178
    Abstract: In a method for fabricating a heat exchanger, a metal body includes a bore and inlet and outlet connectors fitted to the body at respective inlet and outlet ends of the bore. The connectors each include an inner surface in which annular grooves are formed. A tube is inserted in the bore such that inlet and outlet ends of the tube are respectively located in the inlet and outlet connectors. A mandrel is operated to expand at least a portion of the tube into contact with the body, and to expand the inlet and outlet tube ends into contact with the grooves of the inlet and outlet connectors, respectively. The heat exchanger provides improved thermal exchange efficiency between the tube and the body, and fluid-tight connections between the tube and the inlet and outlet connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aldo Crisi, Luca Campagna, Silvio Giors
  • Patent number: 8646179
    Abstract: A method for producing an inkjet printhead that includes aligning and stacking together an aperture plate and a plurality of jetstack plates; bonding together the aperture plate and plurality of jetstack plates; after the bonding step, depositing a layer of coating material to a surface of the aperture plate by inkjet printing to form a coating on at least a portion of the surface of an outlet surface of the aperture plate; and curing the layer of coating material to form a cured coating. The method may also include forming a second cured coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kock-Yee Law, Yuanjia Zhang, Varun Sambhy
  • Patent number: 8646180
    Abstract: A method of producing an electromechanical transducer includes a first step of partially modifying a surface of a first electrode; a second step of applying a sol-gel liquid including a metal composite oxide to a predetermined area of the partially-modified surface of the first electrode; a third step of performing drying, thermal decomposition, and crystallization on the applied sol-gel liquid to form an electromechanical transduction film, wherein the drying includes a heat-treatment at 120° C., the decomposition includes thermal decomposition performed at 500° C., and the crystallization includes heat treatment for crystallization at 700° C.; a fourth step of repeating the first, second, and third steps to obtain the electromechanical transduction film with a desired thickness; and a fifth step of forming a second electrode on the electromechanical transduction film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Akiyama, Takakazu Kihira, Keiji Ueda, Akira Shimofuku, Osamu Machida
  • Patent number: 8646181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a shaft-hub component (1) having a shaft (2), a hub component (3; 10; 11; 12) and a shaft-hub connection for an armature of an electrical machine, comprising the steps: hardening of the shaft (2) at least on the outer lateral surface (6) of said shaft (2), shaping of the hardened shaft (2) such that a partial region (L1; L2; L3; L4) of said shaft (2) is shaped in such a manner that at least one radially projecting section (4) and one radially indented section (5) are produced and joining of said shaped shaft (2) and the hub component (3, 10, 11, 12) to the shaft-hub component so that said shaft-hub connection includes an interference fit at the projecting section (4), a hardness of said hub component (3; 10; 11; 12) being less than a surface layer hardness of said shaft (2). The invention further relates to a shaft-hub component for an armature of an electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Baumann, Juergen Koeninger, Eduard Schuster, Edgar Ernst, Alfred Zink, Juergen Vierling
  • Patent number: 8646182
    Abstract: Provided is a sandwich component with a core which comprises a foam material. A fibrous sheet-like material arranged in the foam material at least partially encloses a working region of the sandwich component in a sheet-like manner. At least one strut is incorporated in the foam material and extends from an entry surface of the foam material from outside the working region to at least the fibrous sheet-like material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Weber, Gregor Christian Endres
  • Patent number: 8646183
    Abstract: A process for forming a fiber reinforced core panel which is able to be contoured includes the following steps. First, slice a sheet of a low density material a plurality of times in a first direction of the sheet on at least one side, where the slices extend through only a portion of the thickness of the sheet, then divide the sheet in the second direction of the sheet into a series of low density strips having at least three faces (major face, a first edge face, a second edge face, and optionally a minor face) where the slices in the sheet form a series of cuts in the major or minor face of the low density strips. Next, arrange the series of low density strips to form a core panel and thread a continuous fibrous reinforcement sheet through the low density strips such that the fibrous reinforcement sheet is disposed between adjacent strips and adjacent to the major or minor faces of the low density strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Michael Tompkins, Anthony S. Brandon
  • Patent number: 8646184
    Abstract: In a folding knife in which a release button is used to lock the blade in the open and/or closed positions, and to release the blade from being locked, the release button has a dual tapered sidewall surface on the locking portion of the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mentor Group, L.L.C.
    Inventor: James Westerfield
  • Patent number: 8646185
    Abstract: A hand tool having a reciprocally driving mechanism includes a driver, a body and a blade assembly. The driver has a driving shaft and a trigger. The driving shaft is controlled by the trigger and has a gear portion. The body has a driving gear having a teeth portion disposed on a top of the driving gear for engaging the gear portion. The driving gear has a stub eccentrically disposed on a bottom of the driving gear for driving a driving unit to move and to relatively drive a driven rod. The driven rod is connected with the blade assembly. The driving shaft is able to drive the blade assembly to reciprocally move for providing a higher torsion, a higher driving force, and a higher cutting speed, such that the hand tool is suitable for cutting a thicker workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Jian-Shiou Liaw
  • Patent number: 8646186
    Abstract: Multi-angle levels and plumbing methods are described. In one aspect, a multi-angle level has a body made up of a base section and a rotating section rotatably secured to the base section. A leveling mechanism is disposed on the rotating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Dish Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: David M. Lettkeman, Patrick Harold Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8646187
    Abstract: Ammunition measurement tools include a frame having a reference surface adapted to contact a first caliper jaw of a pair of calipers, a gauge element attached to the frame and movable, the gauge element defining a plurality of apertures of different selected diameters, each aperture diameter corresponding to a diameter of a selected part of a cartridge, the gauge element being operable to move to position a selected aperture in registration with a second jaw of the pair of calipers such that the distance from the aperture to the second jaw may be measured to determine a length dimension of a cartridge positioned in the aperture. The gauge element may be rotatably connected to the frame to rotate about an axis. The frame may include an attachment facility operable to secure to the jaw of a pair of calipers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Forster Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Rodney P. Hartman
  • Patent number: 8646188
    Abstract: A portable golf club face measurement device, which accurately and quickly measures data regarding, for example, the orientation of the golf club face relative to the shaft and the orientation of the golf club face relative to a point located on the toe of the club, is disclosed herein. The measurement device has a face probe, a retaining arm, at least one gauge, and at least one clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventor: Peter Ligotti, III
  • Patent number: 8646189
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved continuous vertical feed pistachio nut dryer that has an inner compartment defined by bulkhead walls formed of smooth and seamless outer walls of perforated sheet stock, and has an infeed chamber with a batch hopper used in conjunction with an auger to provide a structure configured to operate in a batch fill mode wherein the inner compartment is filled evenly along the length of the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: James William Tjerrild
  • Patent number: 8646190
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a laundry dryer having a removable front casing panel (1). A laundry dryer according to the invention comprises a front casing panel (1) and a frame structure (4) for accommodating a tub (5) and operational component parts (6) which are required for drying laundry, said frame structure (4) comprises a front supporting member (12) having means (21) for removably mounting said front casing panel (1). The laundry dryer is characterized in that said front supporting member (12) comprises a portion (13) that forms a component part of said tub (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation
    Inventor: Luciano Sartor
  • Patent number: 8646191
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole assembly. The sole assembly includes a first member that is coupled to the upper and a second member that is moveably coupled to the first member. The first member moves relative to the second member in response to a first input load directed along a first vector, and the first member engages the second member in response to a second input load directed along a second vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Amos, Petre Gheorghian, Martine I. V. Mientjes, Erez Morag
  • Patent number: 8646192
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a composite tooth for working the ground or rocks, said tooth comprising a ferrous alloy at least partially reinforced with titanium carbide according to a defined geometry, in which said reinforced portion comprises an alternating macro-microstructure of millimetric areas concentrated with micrometric globular particles of titanium carbide separated by millimetric areas essentially free of micrometric globular particles of titanium carbide, said areas concentrated with micrometric globular particles of titanium carbide forming a microstructure in which the micrometric interstices between said globular particles are also filled by said ferrous alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Magotteaux International S.A.
    Inventor: Guy Berton
  • Patent number: 8646193
    Abstract: An automatic page-turning scan device for automatically turning and scanning pages of a book includes an automatic page-turning device and a scan module. The automatic page-turning device includes a base, a book support, a page-pressing module, a pick-up and page-turning module, and a system controller connected with the book support, the page-pressing module and the pick-up and page-turning module. The book support slidably mounted to the base includes two supporting panels for supporting the book. The page-pressing module is mounted to the supporting panel includes a driving module, and a pressing plate driven by the driving module. The pick-up and page-turning module mounted to the base includes a pick-up holder, a pick-up arm and a path guiding mechanism. The scan module is mounted to the automatic page-turning device, and the system controller controls the scan module to scan the pages of the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fong-Jhou Li, Wei-Yuan Peng, Chien-Hui Lee, Chun-Peng Wang, Ta-Jung Kuo
  • Patent number: 8646194
    Abstract: A light film apparatus having an illuminated graphics panel with at least two segments that can be individually powered. A controller manages a power which is delivered from a power supply to each of the segments, so that each of the segments is either powered on, powered off or powered to an intermediate level. With the independent control of power to the different segments, it is possible to create a three-dimensional appearance of a moving image from a generally two-dimensional panel arrangement. A housing can be mounted so that the graphics panel abuts or is closely mounted to a mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: George O. Podd
  • Patent number: 8646195
    Abstract: A front panel assembly includes a front panel, and an identification plate. The front panel defines two arc-shaped slots and a through hole. The through hole includes a positioning area, first and second extension areas extending from the positioning area along perpendicular directions, and a transition area between the first and second extension areas. The identification plate includes a main body with a logo marked on a front side, and two engagement tabs and a cam protruding from a back side of the identification plate. The engagement tabs slidably engage in the corresponding slots. The cam includes a rotation portion received in the positioning area of the through hole, and a locking portion extending from the rotation portion to move between the first extension area, the second extension area, and the transition area of the through hole, with the identification plate rotating relative to the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Ren Fu, Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Patent number: 8646196
    Abstract: A sign assembly includes a base, a pair of spring members, and a panel. The spring members include a resilient portion that includes attachment means at a first end to enable attachment of the spring member to the base. The spring members also include a generally straight rod that extends from a second end of the resilient portion. The panel defines a pair of openings at a lower edge configured to slidably receive the rod of the spring members. The amount by which the rod slides into the panel is configured to secure the panel in an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: American Louver Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey M. Glass, Jr., Janet Riddich
  • Patent number: 8646197
    Abstract: A system is provided for hanging an overhead sign from a ceiling. The system includes an elongated member, a connector member, and a fastening mechanism. The elongated member includes an elongated portion and a set of two nodes formed on opposing ends of the elongated portion. A first node is configured to be coupled to the overhead sign. The connector member includes a hook, an extended portion, and a disk. The extended portion defines a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The hook extends from the first end of the extended portion and is coupled to the second node. The disk extends radially outwardly from the second end of the extended portion for rotatable attachment to the ceiling. The fastening mechanism is inserted through the second node and the hook of the connector member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy A. Clark, Amy M. Bacskai, Daniel Golke
  • Patent number: 8646198
    Abstract: A container to receive goods to be held securely. The container includes a hollow body with walls, and a lid with walls. A security assembly extends between one of the walls and one of the walls to provide evidence of opening and/or tamper. The security assembly includes a pair of inserts between which a tag (seal) extends that is altered if a container is opened or tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mikoh Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Samuel Atherton, David G. Rodriguez, Bruce John Semmler, Jeffrey Charles Robertson
  • Patent number: 8646199
    Abstract: A tag assembly for securing a tag to a pair of eyeglasses, wherein the eyeglasses have a frame for holding a pair of lenses and two hinged legs. The tag assembly includes a tag, a shrink tube and optionally an electronic identification device (“EID”), a hook, an information panel and a substantially flat pad. The body of the tag is inserted into the opening in the shrink tube and the tag assembly receives one of the first hinged legs of the pair of eyeglasses. The shrink tube secures the hinged leg in the tag assembly upon the application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: B&G Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Norman, Jake Strassburger
  • Patent number: 8646200
    Abstract: An ammunition magazine with an improved base locking, including: a hollow magazine body, a follower, a spring and a magazine base. The magazine body is equipped with track guides that correspond to grooves embodied on the magazine base, that the magazine base is guided onto. The spring is spirally embodied such that the first turn fully encompasses the surface of the magazine base and in the compressed state the rest of the spring, without the first turn, can fully fit into the follower pressed by the spring. The magazine base has a catch on one side and a hole positioned next to the catch. The magazine body has a slit allowing the catch to pass unobstructed into the magazine body and catch the detent spot on the spring positioned inside the magazine body. An advantage is improved safety of magazine base locking to the magazine body and simpler construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: HS Produkt D.O.O.
    Inventor: Mario Rendulic
  • Patent number: 8646201
    Abstract: A firearm training tool having a shot indicating system in further in one form a trigger take-up indicating system. The trigger module is adjustable to adjust various properties of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: NextLevel Training, LLC
    Inventors: Michael F. Hughes, Jack Kettlestrings, Gregory Davis, Britt Lentz
  • Patent number: 8646202
    Abstract: A fishing device has a device body having an outer surface, a conduit extending through the device body, an annular groove in the outer surface of the device body extending at least partially around the device body, and an annular wedge positioned around the device body and within the annular groove. In use, a fishing line is positioned through the conduit and wrapped completely around the annular groove. The annular wedge is adapted to lock the fishing line in the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Ronald Buhler
  • Patent number: 8646203
    Abstract: A multi-action fishing lure includes a buoyant head section, a tail section, a joint, and a lip. The head section includes a front surface and an opposing rear surface. The tail section includes a lip that protrudes from a forward region of the tail section. The front surface includes a recessed region, and also includes a line connection device extending from the recessed region. A joint flexibly couples the head section to the tail section. The fishing lure can be retrieved to generate multiple different actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Steven P. Pennaz
  • Patent number: 8646204
    Abstract: A capture cage includes a cage structure with a cage door, a pedal pivotally connected in the cage structure, a rotation member moving with the pedal, a suppression member located adjacent to an operation rod, and an induction lever pivotally connected to a top face of the cage structure. When the cage door is open, an inducible member of the cage door is confined by the inductive lever; the induction lever is restrained by the suppression member and is located adjacent to a head portion of the operation rod; and the pedal is suspended when the rotation member is supported by the operation rod. When the pedal is tilted, the rotation member separates from the operation rod; the head portion of the operation rod pushes the induction lever away from the suppression member and the operation rod moves downwardly; and the inducible member is released and the cage door closes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Fu Chuan Chiu
  • Patent number: 8646205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fabricated landscape architecture system that can simply form landscape architecture of a wall surface or the like. The fabricated landscape architecture system, includes a plurality of support plates (60), a plurality of cultivation boxes (10) and water supply pipes (30). The plurality of support plates (60) are arranged in one or more lines in a vertical or horizontal direction and include a plurality of fastening holes and pipe grooves (13). The plurality of cultivation boxes (10) are formed in the shape of a box of which one surface is open. A plurality of fastening protrusion (25) to be inserted into the fastening holes, pipe grooves (13) positioned so as to face the pipe grooves (13) of the support plates (60) and the assembly holes are formed on the bottom of the cultivation box (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Heung-Yeul Cho
  • Patent number: 8646206
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system of presence detection in a door assembly for the prevention of patient/detainee suicide, comprising: a door frame, wherein the door frame defines an opening; a door mounted in said opening, wherein the door is allowed to operate from open to closed position with respect to the door frame; a presence sensing arrangement, which allows detection of the presence of an object near the surfaces of the door, door frame, and the upper and lower surfaces of the door or door frame from open to closed position. Placement of presence sensors on the upper or lower surfaces of the door allows presence detection when a patient/detainee attempts to drape a ligature object across or underneath said surfaces. A control system may monitor the system, and can activate an alarm system for early detection and prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Door Control Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jimmy Don Gilchrist
  • Patent number: 8646207
    Abstract: A self-closing entry system includes an entrance, a base support member located at one side of the entrance, a bearing arrangement attached to the base support member, a gate surface member pivotably mounted to the base support member, a bumper assembly defined by at least one bumper frame member pivotably fastened to the gate surface member at a gate fulcrum, at least one bumper contact element fastened to the at least one bumper frame member, and wherein the at least one bumper contact element is capable of axial rotation about the at least one bumper frame member, a counter-balance assembly extending from the first bumper frame member to the second bumper frame member, and a means for latching the gate system, allowing the gate surface member to move in one direction upon activation of a latching control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Mark Lankford
  • Patent number: 8646208
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to selectable-mode vehicle door assemblies. Some embodiments include door assemblies that are capable of operating in a sliding mode, and in a swinging mode according to user selection. Some embodiments can include one or more doorframes that can be selectably engaged in a swing mode or a slide mode. Other embodiments generally relate to methods associated with selectable-mode door assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Matt Taracko
  • Patent number: 8646209
    Abstract: The invention relates to the adjusting and locking of the position of a guide rail for a movable window pane in a vehicle door. A device, a vehicle door equipped therewith and a tool provided for the adjusting and locking are disclosed. In the vehicle door, a first mounting plate mounted on the rail side and a second mounting plate mounted on the door side are provided, which are connected to one another by screw-fastenable mounting means. One of the mounting plates comprises an engaging element for an eccentric lever, which on rotation brings about a mutual translational displacement of the mounting plates in an adjusting (Y) direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Bayrische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventors: Klaus Hampel, Jürgen Knorr, Detlev Mathes, Michael Pangerl
  • Patent number: 8646210
    Abstract: A device for setting the position of a closing element for a porthole in an open position toward the outside around an opening in a wall of a room includes a protruding part with a circular shape fastened to the wall around the opening by means of at least one fastener, and a joining part that has a first end connecting a hinged end of the closing element to the protruding part. The protruding part has at least one first groove. The joining part has a second end movable in the at least one first groove, and the movement of the second end in the at least one first groove entails movement of the closing element in the open position around the opening. In a closed position, the closing element integrally covers the protruding part in order to seal the porthole in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Pierre Mauriac
  • Patent number: 8646211
    Abstract: A sliding door system includes at least one sliding door having an upper and lower sliding-door mount, as well as an upper and lower guide rail for displaceably receiving the upper and lower sliding-door mount, respectively. The guide rails extend parallel to each other and each have a clear inner width that is at least twice as large as the thickness of the sliding door. The upper and lower sliding-door mounts are each at most half as wide as the clear inner width of each guide rail, allowing moving the sliding door into recessed and lifted-out positions, each constituting a stable state. By overcoming a resistance force, the sliding door can be moved between stable states. The sliding door system is lightweight and robust, and enables sliding doors to be displaced freely without a particular sliding door being assigned in a fixed manner to a particular opening to be covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Rosenbeck-Mortensen, Thomas Lund, Joyce Tan, Hans Henrik Jochumsen
  • Patent number: 8646212
    Abstract: There is provided a seal structure for vehicle that includes a weather strip member 8 installed to a retainer member 9 provided to a circumference edge of a body aperture 7 and having a substantially “U” shape in section. The weather strip member 8 includes a primary seal lip 10 installed to an outer-cabin side surface part 9a of the retainer member 9 and makes a contact with an outer-cabin side surface 6b of a glass panel member 6, and a secondary seal lip 11 installed to an inner-cabin side surface part 9b and makes a contact with an inner-cabin side surface 6c of the glass panel member 6. The weather strip member 8 further includes a hollow seal part 12 installed near a bottom surface part 9c of the retainer member 9 and makes an elastic contact with an periphery end 6a of the glass panel member 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kanji Matsuwaki, Kousuke Terada, Shinya Murakami
  • Patent number: 8646213
    Abstract: A glass run capable of being readily attached to corner parts of a door frame of a door of a motor vehicle such that an end edge of a corner cover of the glass run can be securely engaged with an end of a corner piece. A corner cover adapted to cover a vehicle-exterior surface of the corner piece like an arcuate configuration is formed in a corner section of the glass run. An arcuate end edge of the corner cover defines a corner cover lip for contacting an end of the corner piece, and a corner cover engaging wall is formed in the corner cover so as to protrude inwardly from a vehicle-interior surface of the corner cover lip. The corner cover engaging wall and the corner cover lip define an engaging groove, and a plurality of corner cover inclination ribs are formed so as to respectively have an inclined surface connecting the corner cover engaging wall and the vehicle-interior surface of the corner cover lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisayuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8646214
    Abstract: A weather strip 10 has a trim portion 20 and a hollow seal portion 40. The trim portion 20 is made up of an external sidewall 21, a bottom wall 23 and an internal sidewall 22 to thereby be given a substantially U-shaped cross section. A first flange holding lip 24 is formed on an interior surface of either of the external sidewall 21 and the internal sidewall 22 so as to be positioned on an opening side of the trim portion 20, a second flange holding lip 25 is formed on the interior surface of the same sidewall so as to be positioned on a bottom wall side of the trim portion 20, and opposite flange holding lips 26, 27 are formed on an interior surface of the other of the external sidewall 21 and the internal sidewall 22 so as to be positioned between the first flange holding lip 24 and the second flange holding lip 25 while extending therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Otsuka, Masatoshi Hotta, Hideaki Minoura
  • Patent number: 8646215
    Abstract: A glass guiding system is provided comprising first and second glass pieces, each having an inboard surface, a front edge and a rear edge. The system also includes a first guiding assembly comprising a guide bonded to the inboard surface of the first piece and a retaining structure having a channel to slideably retain the guide, wherein the rear edge of the first piece and the front edge of the second piece engage when the first piece is fully raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory James Grudzinski, Chester Stanislaus Walawender
  • Patent number: 8646216
    Abstract: An example of the disclosed seating system includes a plurality of seating risers configured to telescope relative to one another, and at least one of the seating risers is a powered seating riser configured to deploy and retract the seating risers. Further included is a controller operable to drive the powered seating riser to correct a misalignment condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Stageright Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Koch, Brian Staten, Timothy Hockemeyer, Kyle R. Camp
  • Patent number: 8646217
    Abstract: A gutter insert for preventing the clogging of gutters and devices that are used for conducting a fluid to a desired location. The gutter insert can be connected end-to-end to produce a modular gutter insert having a desired length for placement in a gutter or like device. Closed ends on each segment of the modular gutter insert provide a plurality of internal screens for preventing debris from flowing towards downstream gutter downspouts and outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Aleksandar Ratajac
  • Patent number: 8646218
    Abstract: A gutter cover for a roof gutter, fashioned to extend longitudinally in overlying relation to a length of the gutter. The gutter cover comprises: (i) a top portion extending forwardly from a rear edge of the gutter cover; (ii) a front wall extending downwardly from the top portion; (iii) a ledge extending generally horizontally in front of the front wall; (iv) a first longitudinally extending ridge formed in the top portion, (v) a first bank of apertures behind the first longitudinally extending ridge, and (vi) a second bank of apertures in front of the first longitudinally extending ridge; wherein the average size of the apertures in the first bank is larger than the average size of the apertures in the second bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Anthony M. Iannelli
  • Patent number: 8646219
    Abstract: A fixture is provided for locating wind turbine equipment on a foundation within an inner envelope for a wind turbine tower, prior to erecting the wind turbine tower. The fixture includes a mounting section, adapted to mate with guidepoints at predesignated locations on the wind turbine foundation; and a locating section, extending inward from the mounting section, adapted to locate the position for wind turbine equipment on the foundation for the wind turbine tower and within the inner envelope of the wind turbine tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Thomas E. Lyness
  • Patent number: 8646220
    Abstract: A system or kit of wood and plastic component materials is provided which can readily be assembled to form a structure. The components are precut so that measurement and cutting of the component materials is eliminated. The components are readily assembled using conventional fasteners. Components have precut notches in order to facilitate the assembly of the components without the requirement for measurements. This assures that the components will be assembled correctly and eliminates the opportunity for inaccurate measurements. The roof is formed from plastic panels secured to wooden trusses. The floor is formed from plastic panels secured to the wood framing of the walls. The plastic roof panels and plastic floor panels are designed to be secured to each other and to the wood frames to assure heavy duty interlocking construction of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Suncast Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Kopp, Michael R. Vogler