Patents Issued in February 18, 2014
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Patent number: 8651501Abstract: A mobile and adjustable dolly having an adjustable “V” shaped dolly frame. The dolly frame comprises first and second pivotal frame members rotationally coupled to a central support frame member forming a “V” shape. The central support frame member comprises a series of angle maintaining features for securing each frame member at any of a plurality of angled configurations. A distal caster, having a wheel rotation disposed therewith, is assembled to a distal end of each frame member and a central caster is assembled to a pivotal region of the dolly frame. A vehicle support subassembly is disposed upon and extends upward from the each respective frame member. An elongated handle assembly extends from the central caster. The elongated handle assembly further comprises a wheel chock, which removably engages with the central wheel when subjected to the weight of the elongated handle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Steven Davis
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Patent number: 8651502Abstract: A latch device is adapted for coupling a detachably a carrier to a stroller frame, and includes a latch tongue, a latch housing, and a locking member. The latch tongue is mounted on the stroller frame, and has a cam surface and an abutment surface. The latch housing is connected to the latch tongue and is coupled detachably to the carrier. The locking member is connected to the latch housing and includes a latch arm. The locking member is movable relative to the latch housing between a locked position, where the latch tongue is locked to the locking member, and an unlocked position, where the latch tongue is unlocked from the locking member and a slide block of the latch arm abuts against the abutment surface so as to maintain the locking member at the unlocked position. The slide block slides along the cam surface when the locking member is moved toward the unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nuna International B.V.Inventors: Andrew Winterhalter, Steve Wood
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Patent number: 8651503Abstract: A land vehicle, according to various aspects of the present invention allows the driver to lean with a frame that supports the driver and that pivots on a base. Motion of the frame is coupled to the wheels to adjust a camber of the wheels. The wheels are coupled to the base that provides a reference for independent wheel suspension mechanisms. As a result, banking of the vehicle does not affect the suspension of the wheels. Hydraulic assistance to counteract the forces of the suspension systems is unnecessary.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Michael Rhodig
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Patent number: 8651504Abstract: The invention relates to a transverse link (1) having a main body (2), which has at least one first fixing region (3) for pivotal attachment to a vehicle frame element and at least one further fixing region (6) for pivotal attachment to a hub carrier, the main body (2) having at least one wheel limb (8). In order largely to avoid destruction of the journal connection of the transverse link to a hub carrier if the wheel hits a curbstone, for example, the proposal is to provide a transitional region (19), which is arranged between the wheel limb (8) and the further fixing region (6), the transitional region (19) being embodied in such a way that a deformation zone (21) acting in the longitudinal direction (Y) of the wheel limb (8) is formed.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Ford-Werke GmbHInventors: Thomas Gerhards, Michael Johannes Frantzen, Marc Simon, Wolfgang David, Martina Beyer, Karsten Sander, Frank Scheper, Karsten Klostermeier, Jens Wohlers
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Patent number: 8651505Abstract: A bicycle 10 providing increased power transfer and improved aerodynamic characteristics. The bicycle includes a seat assembly 70 that supports the anterior pelvic region so the rider extends forwardly over the bicycle instead of in an upright position. The bicycle also includes a rear mounted drive assembly 80 to increase the power transfer from the rider.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Marty Williams
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Patent number: 8651506Abstract: A special wheelchair device made for fully supporting the feet of the user. It relates to a support accessory for providing added comfort to a person confined to a wheelchair. It spans the space between the left and right foot rests. It is comprised of a length of a sleeve made of a durable material and configured with at least one open end; an elongated cross-section; an external top surface with features like a tread; an essentially smooth bottom surface featuring a shelf-like recess; and an internal aperture with features wherein one of the end with an internal aperture of the device may slide over and essentially encase either of the foot plates of the wheelchair and wherein the opposite end with the shelf may rest on the other un-encased foot plate which results in a closure of the space between the two foot plates.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Sharon S Wright
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Patent number: 8651507Abstract: A mounting assembly for attaching auxiliary equipment to a wheelchair includes multiple adjustment features. In the preferred embodiment, different wheelchair widths may be accommodated by utilizing attachment arms that pivot co-axially with a main column of the auxiliary equipment. The mounting assembly preferably includes a pair of arms and a pair of links that extend from the arms. The lengths of the links and the arms may be adjusted by rotation of a rod portion of each arm and each link, but other means for enabling changes in length are possible. The links are preferably pivotally connected to the arms, so that the distance between the ends can be varied on the basis of the particular wheelchair. Ball-and-socket joints are used, but rotatability of the sockets permits flexibility of the orientations of the joints. Additionally, a vernier adjustment effect may be included to permit adjustments in the angle of the main column.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Daedalus Wings, Inc.Inventors: Bart Kylstra, Nathan Isaiah Jauvtis, Thomas Martin Cook, Sean Kerrel
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Patent number: 8651508Abstract: A portable trailer dock system features a floating dock assembly pivotally mounted atop a trailer frame to allow elevating of a free end of the floating dock assembly above the corresponding distal end of the trailer opposite the towing end thereof so that the dock can be held above the water surface when the trailer is backed into a body of water to temporarily install the dock thereat. In another embodiment, the connection between the dock and trailer is releasable to allow floating of the dock further out over the water. Another embodiment features a cover disposed over an a-frame neck of the trailer and a pair of extensions pivotally mounted to opposite sides of the neck for selective pivoting into deployed positions cooperating with the a-frame cover to form a walkway between the dock and the towing vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Preston Woodhouse
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Patent number: 8651509Abstract: A tow strap apparatus includes a casing, a reel, a tow strap, a driving unit and a speed-increasing gearbox. The reel is rotationally placed in the casing. The tow strap is reeled on the reel. The driving unit is supported on the casing. The speed-increasing gearbox connects the driving unit to the reel.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Han-Ching Huang
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Patent number: 8651510Abstract: A trailer including: i) a draw bar; ii) a trailer frame supporting a trailer bed; iii) an arm including a first pivot mount; iv) an axle pivotally connected to the arm at the first pivot mount; v) an actuating mechanism actuatable to exert a force on the arm relative to the trailer frame. The axle includes at least one associated wheel and the wheel has a plane of rotation in which the wheel rotates when traveling in a forward direction, and the actuating mechanism is located substantially in the plane of rotation. The trailer bed may be raised or lowered by exerting a force on the arm relative to the trailer frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Innovare Motion Pty Ltd.Inventors: Jason Fankhauser, Colin McKay
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Patent number: 8651511Abstract: A collapsible stroller has a collapsing operation in width and front/rear directions that can be performed simultaneously. The collapsible stroller has a frame including a pair of front leg tubes and a pair of rear leg tubes pivotally collapsibly coupled to the front legs; a seat unit including a pair of seat side-tubes and a pair of backrest tubes; a first collapsing auxiliary assembly horizontally collapsibly disposed between lateral sides of the frame and operably coupled to the side-tubes of the site unit and the rear leg tubes; a second collapsing auxiliary assembly disposed between the rear leg tubes; and an operation unit operably coupled to the side-tubes of the seat unit and releasibly coupled to the rear leg tubes of the frame, thereby the two dimensional collapsing operation of the stroller can be performed by one hand of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Co., LimitedInventors: Hong-Bo Chen, Fu-Sian Yu
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Patent number: 8651512Abstract: The disclosure discloses a passenger airbag apparatus comprising: an airbag configured to inflates and expands from an opening; a retainer configured to comprise a body having substantially rectangular frame-shaped side walls; arm members configured to extend respectively from the side walls along a left and right directions, and to be affixed to the panel; a substantially disk-shaped gas generator attached to the bottom surface of the body; and a support member arranged in a manner that the upper end portion thereof is attached to an outer periphery of the opening and to cover the sides of the airbag, wherein: the retainer further includes hook members provided on the side walls along a front and rear directions, and engage the body with the support member; the body and the hook members are integrally constructed with substantially the same thickness; and the hook members further includes a first rib portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Takata CorporationInventor: Takami Fukagawa
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Patent number: 8651513Abstract: An airbag having a cushion part defining an insertion hole that is positioned between first and second sewing lines provided to a base fabric and that is provided for the insertion of the inflator from an outside to an inside. A diffuser positioned within the cushion part and in which the inflator is inserted from the insertion hole. The diffuser has a tubular portion with a portion formed by folding layers of fabrics and being sewn to the base fabric along the first sewing line. The diffuser fabric of the tubular portion on a side adjacent to the base fabric being additionally sewn to the base fabric along a second sewing line. The diffuser includes a guide member 1 that extends and covers the insertion hole with a surface that continues from an inner surface of the diffuser. The guide member being sewn to the base fabric along the first sewing line.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Masakazu Okamoto, Akifumi Hanawa, Takashi Ohshima
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Patent number: 8651514Abstract: A vehicle interior panel for use over an airbag includes a covering disposed over a substrate. The covering includes a decorative layer with an inner surface that faces the substrate and an opposite decorative surface. A non-visible tear seam is formed at the inner surface of the decorative layer. Tear seam tape is attached to the inner surface of the decorative layer along at least a portion of the tear seam to hold the decorative layer together at the tear seam. The tear seam tape can help prevent the tear seam from becoming visible at the decorative surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.Inventor: David Zhang
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Patent number: 8651515Abstract: A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag that can form a plurality of chambers with a single inflator and protects an occupant from an impact on a side door by deploying the airbag between the occupant and the side door. The chambers of the airbag includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber that can be deployed above and below a door arm rest in a vehicle vertical direction, and a chest chamber 12c that is disposed closer to the inner side of an occupant compartment in the vehicle width direction than the upper and lower chambers and can be deployed around a chest region of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriyoshi Baba, Isamu Nagasawa
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Patent number: 8651516Abstract: A curtain airbag device capable of inflating and deploying without suffering a burst of a cushion part at an end of a cushion part protector near an inflator. The curtain airbag device includes a cushion part extending in a front to back direction of the vehicle, accommodated in a state rolled up from a lower end toward an upper end thereof, and inflating and deploying downward when gas is supplied thereto. The curtain airbag device includes an inflator for supplying gas to the cushion part from a predetermined position at the upper end of the cushion part, and an elongated protector 180 having an arc-like open curve cross section that is open downward and covering the cushion part, with an inner surface thereof making contact with the cushion part. The cross section of the protector being defined by the open curve, with an end point P of the open curve on a vehicle inner side smoothly going up at a first end near the inflator so that the open curve has an increasing distance between end points thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Minfun Kim, Yoshihiro Ohba, Hidenori Suzuki
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Patent number: 8651517Abstract: A side curtain air bag system deploys downward during a crash event into a protection zone overlapping an out-of-position head region. An inflator discharges an inflation gas upon the occurrence of the crash event. The system employs an inflatable bag including first, second, and third chambers. The second chamber has a respective deployed position coinciding with the out-of-position head region. The first chamber has a respective deployed position between the B-pillar and the deployed position of the second chamber. The third chamber has a respective deployed position along a lateral edge of the inflatable bag so that the second chamber is disposed between the first and third chambers. The chambers are configured so that the third chamber substantially fills prior to expansion of the second chamber, whereby the inflatable bag substantially completes its downward movement prior to full expansion of the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Krish E. Aekbote, Marwan A. Elbkaily, Mary A. Mason, Chunyu Wang
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Patent number: 8651518Abstract: A side airbag may be smoothly deployed when there is a side collision, and damage to the side airbag at edges of a module case is prevented or suppressed. A recess portion is formed in a seat frame made of resin, and an airbag module is accommodated in the recess portion. The airbag module is provided with a module case in a substantial box shape. An upper side gap is formed between an upper wall portion and an upper end of a side airbag, and a lower side gap is formed between a lower wall portion and a lower end of the side airbag. A length of the upper wall portion is set shorter than a length of an upper wall portion of the recess portion. As a result, the side airbag is less likely to come into contact with the upper wall portion of the module case.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehisa Shamoto, Osamu Fukawatase
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Patent number: 8651519Abstract: A restraint system for a mobile platform is provided and may include a seatbelt, an anchor attached to the seatbelt and to the mobile platform, and an airbag attached to the mobile platform via the anchor. The airbag may be movable from a pre-deployed state to an inflated state.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Brian Keith Czach, David Warren Funnell, Jan Pontus Soderstrom
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Patent number: 8651520Abstract: An inflator (10), especially for a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising a combustion chamber (24) in which solid propellant (28) adapted to be burnt off while forming a gas is accommodated, a storage chamber (26) containing a pressure gas (30), an igniter (14) and a component (20) arranged between the combustion chamber (24) and the storage chamber (26). There is at least one flow communication between the storage chamber (26) and the combustion chamber (24). The component (20) includes an additional weakened zone (22) adapted to be destroyed upon activation of the inflator (10) so as to permit flow of gas from the combustion chamber (24) into the storage chamber (26).Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbHInventors: Christian Jung, Thomas Kapfelsperger, Michael Lemm
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Patent number: 8651521Abstract: An airbag module for installation in a motor vehicle has an airbag made of an airbag fabric and folded up before being triggered by an inflation device. The airbag fabric has at least one slit forming an adaptive ventilation opening and a retaining strap, which at one end is held releasably on a retainer on the airbag module and at the other end is connected fixedly to the airbag. The slit (11) is cut into the airbag fabric and has two ends configured to prevent the slit (11) from tearing when pressure is applied. The retaining strap is arranged on the inside of the airbag and is guided through a securing loop (17) attached to the airbag fabric opposite the fixed end (14) of the retaining strap across the slit (11) toward the retainer.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Klaus-Peter Kühne, Karl-Heniz Sommer, Marc Schock, Marcus Weber, Jörg Albert
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Patent number: 8651522Abstract: An airbag for a motor vehicle, comprises a support structure that can be displaced from a storage position to a restraint position, and a covering which surrounds a restraint volume of the airbag formed by the support structure in its restraint position. At least one connecting element, which extends inside the restraint volume, connects together the hollow bodies of the support structure and/or the surface areas of the covering.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Andreas Hirth, Lutz Quarg, Friedrich Reiter, Clark Ruedebusch
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Patent number: 8651523Abstract: An airbag includes: a base chamber; a left-half airbag inflated on a front-left side of the passenger, wherein a first opening is formed at an upper portion, and a second opening is formed at a lower portion; and a right-half airbag inflated on a front-right side of the passenger wherein a first opening is formed at an upper portion, and a second opening is formed at a lower portion. A first seam joining the left-half airbag and the right-half airbag is formed to surround the first openings, and a second seam joining the left-half airbag and the right-half airbag is formed to surround the second openings. The first seam is located above an entrance line along which a top of a head of a small passenger enters the airbag and is substantially parallel with the entrance line.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Takata CorporationInventor: Yasuhito Miyata
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Patent number: 8651524Abstract: An example trajectory control envelope includes a trajectory control envelope configured to receive an airbag and to control deployment of the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Adam Hardin, Peter L. Vigeant
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Patent number: 8651525Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat mounted onto the vehicle body, a seat belt configured to be fastened by a person seated on the seat, a retractor for winding in the seat belt, and a retractor mounting device mounted to the vehicle body. The retractor mounting device includes a retractor bracket, and a cover disposed outward relative to the retractor bracket to cover the retractor bracket from an outward direction, and the retractor is mounted to an inner surface of the retractor bracket in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidetoshi Kaku, Tyler Furman, Brian Butler, Yoshinori Tsumiyama
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Patent number: 8651526Abstract: In a steering apparatus, an upper bracket that supports a steering column is configured as a breakaway bracket, and has a telescopic adjustment function that allows the steering wheel position to be adjusted in the axial direction of the steering column. The upper bracket has a first through-hole extending through the upper bracket in the axial direction. The upper bracket is provided with a guide rail 7 that has a fixed portion and a body portion. The fixed portion is fixed to a mounting stay. The body portion extends from the fixed portion toward the front of a vehicle in the axial direction, and is inserted in the first through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: JTEKT Corporation, Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakamura, Keiji Kishimoto, Kazuyuki Tamenaga, Takeshi Matsuda, Hiroji Nagano, Kazuyoshi Wakabayashi, Shigeru Hoshino, Tomokazu Fujita
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Patent number: 8651527Abstract: A double wall dome seal seals between a steering gear and a dash panel of a vehicle. The dome seal includes a cover portion, a base portion, and a collapsible seal. The cover portion surrounds an axis and seals against the dash panel. The cover portion defines a first opening. The base portion surrounds axis and seals against the steering gear. The base portion defines a second opening. The collapsible seal surrounds the axis and is disposed between the cover portion and the base portion. The collapsible seal defines a cavity which opens between the first opening and the second opening such that the axis extends through each of the first opening, the cavity, and the second opening. The collapsible seal deforms between an extended position and a collapsed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventor: Todd E. Allen
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Patent number: 8651528Abstract: A vehicle splash guard comprises a base portion, a guard portion, a mounting portion, a mating portion and a flexible portion. The guard portion extends from the base portion. The mounting portion extends from the base portion and is configured to mount to a vehicle body structure. The mounting portion includes a mounting portion free edge. The mating portion is configured to abut the vehicle body structure. The mating portion includes a first mating portion free edge and a second mating portion free edge. The first mating portion free edge extends from the base portion to the mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Ashley Earl, Barugur S Balasundaramohan
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Patent number: 8651529Abstract: An integrable bookstand adapted to be integrated into a hard back cover of a book is disclosed. The integrable bookstand having a withheld and deployed conformations. In the withheld conformation the bookstand is coplanar with the hard back cover, rendering the latter storable in tandem between other flat articles.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Eran Yair
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Patent number: 8651530Abstract: A pipe coupling including an annular clamp having an opening at at least one end of its axial length for inserting therein a pipe, the annular clamp including two clamp members, an annular seal disposed in the annular clamp, and a mechanical fastener that includes a threaded shaft with a washer flange, the washer flange having a lower rim, wherein when nuts are tightened on both ends of the threaded shaft, the lower rim bites into the annular seal.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Eliezer Krausz Industrial Development Ltd.Inventors: Eliezer Krausz, Avi Chiproot
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Patent number: 8651531Abstract: An apparatus for disposing of waste fluids includes a conduit system adapted to transport waste fluid from a receptacle to a sanitary sewer using an eductor having a venturi device. The conduit system includes first and second conduits. First and second connectors are used to connect the first conduit to the second conduit. The second connector includes a flap that acts as a check valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Allegiance CorporationInventors: Thomas L. Michaels, Kenneth Horton, Jr., Shannon C. Ingram
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Patent number: 8651532Abstract: A device for connecting two pipes with different external diameters using a sleeve arrangement which bridges the butt joint between the ends of the pipe facing each other. The device contains at least a fixing sleeve which can take up the clips for the two pipes, and, if necessary, a sealing sleeve which is surrounded by the fixing sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Winfried Felber
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Patent number: 8651533Abstract: A duct mating assembly includes first and second ducts having side surfaces connected along their edges to define an interior air space. A coupling portion is formed on one of the first or second ends of the ducts. The coupling portion of the first duct includes first and second sections joined by side sections. The first section of the first duct includes a fifth portion that extends to a sixth portion. A transition portion is positioned between the fifth and sixth portions. The transition portion steps downward and extends forward and then steps back up relative to the fifth portion for preventing air leakage between the first and second ducts. The second section of the first duct includes a first snap feature formed thereon and the fourth section of the second duct including a second snap feature formed thereon, the first and second snap features are operative to connect the second and fourth sections of the first and second ducts.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Samaneh Shahidehpour, Atsushi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8651534Abstract: A locking device for locking a leaf of a leaf installation has first and second locking elements with respective first and latching elements. The second latching element is located at an end facing the first latching element and capable of a latching operative engagement with the first latching element. The second locking element is stationarily disposed relative to the leaf installation. The first locking element is disposed with regard to the leaf to move correspondingly to a movement of the leaf, so that the first locking element is moved translationally into a locking position towards the second locking element and away from the second locking element into an unlocking position. One of the locking elements has an activating element operable to allow for the latching operative engagement between the latching elements in a blocking position and to prevent the latching operative engagement in a release position.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Dorma GmbH +Co. KGInventors: Andreas Finke, Ralf Höher
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Patent number: 8651535Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide an electric household appliance, especially a dishwasher, comprising a child-proof lock which has a simple and reliable design and is easy to operate. According to the invention, a means for selectively blocking or slide which can be moved between two positions blocks, in a first position, the movement of the locking member, thereby activating the child-safety feature, and in a second position of the means for selectively blocking, does not block the movement of the locking member, thereby deactivating the child-safety feature.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Anton Oppel, Erich Schmid
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Patent number: 8651536Abstract: A door lock device includes a hook rotatable supported on a base plate; a latch supported on the base plate and rotatable between a latching position, engageable with the hook and an unlatching position not engaged with the hook; a latch controller which prevents the hook from rotating from the striker holding position to the striker releasing position, and makes the latch return to the latching position upon the hook reaching the striker releasing position after engagement between the latch and the hook is released by rotating the latch to the unlatching position from the latching position when the latch controller performs a door opening operation from the door fully-closed state; and a detector which detects that the door is open by referring to the returning operation of the latch to the latching position from the unlatching position that is caused by the latch controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Shiroki CorporationInventors: Hayato Kurebayashi, Ryota Kadonishi
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Patent number: 8651537Abstract: A door lock apparatus includes a latch mechanism having a latch being engagable with a striker and having a pawl stopping a rotation of the latch being engaged with the striker at a half latched position and a fully latched position, a half latch detection portion, a full latch detection portion, a driving portion for rotating the latch being in the half latched position toward the fully latched position, an intermediate position detection portion and a controlling portion for controlling the driving portion to start the driving portion in order to rotate the latch being in the half latched position toward the fully latched position, to stop the drive of the driving portion when the latch is in the fully latched position and to temporally stop the driving portion when the latch is in the intermediate position.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Imatomi, Kimito Shimizu, Jun Ishida
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Patent number: 8651538Abstract: The invention relates to a lock comprising a lockable knob, formed by a closure tongue (1) non-rotatably mounted on the shaft of a cylinder (2) which rotates in a casing (3) under the action of a knob (4). The knob (4) is mounted on the cylinder (2) and casing (3) such that it can move linearly between two end positions, namely an operating position and a locked position. The casing (3) and the knob (4) include at least two geometrically arranged linear guides (33, 43) which, during the linear movement of the knob (4), are engaged with, or released from one another. In addition, the cylinder (2) and the knob (4) include radial openings (20, 40) which are positioned coaxially in the locked position and offset axially in the operating position. The cylinder (2) and the casing (3) include geometrically arranged cams (22, 32) which limit the rotational movement of the cylinder (2) in the casing (3) between the tongue (1) -opening and -closing positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2009Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Ojmar, S.A.Inventor: Ricardo Sendin Martin
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Patent number: 8651539Abstract: An integrated grip arm for transfer reticles and carrier boxes is disclosed for improving throughput, yield and reliability of transport equipment. The integrated grip arm comprises a plurality of grippers to accommodate a plurality of reticles and carrier boxes without the need of separate arm or gripper changes. The integrated grip arm can further comprise sensor or means to select the right gripper for the right reticles or carrier boxes.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: Dynamic Micro System, Semiconductor Equipment GmbHInventor: Lutz Rebstock
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Patent number: 8651540Abstract: The present invention is a lifting apparatus that includes a master wedge bar, a slave wedge bar, a cam lug and a handle. The master wedge bar and slave wedge bar are configured to be placed in a drilled core in an object to be lifted. The cam lug is pivotally coupled to the master wedge bar and drivingly engages with the slave wedge bar such that upward force applied to a lift end of the cam lug drives the slave wedge downward. The master wedge bar and the slave wedge bar generate an outward force upon the core wall of the object upon the downward movement of the slave wedge bar relative to the master wedge bar such that the apparatus engages the core wall and secures itself in it by friction. A handle is configured to disengage the apparatus from the core wall when lifted upward.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Daniel Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Timothy E. Daniel
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Patent number: 8651541Abstract: A holding support for electronic device is disclosed, which includes a case and a bracket. A bracket compartment is formed on the case and defined by an opening formed on the outer surface of the case. The bracket has a body and at least one finger hole formed thereon for sliding a finger through. The bracket can be retracted in or extended from the bracket compartment by being arranged at a retracted position or extended position, respectively. Therefore, the user can firmly secure the electronic device and prevent from dropping it accidentally.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Universal Global Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Jen Chen, Kuo-Kuang Liu
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Patent number: 8651542Abstract: A placement device comprises a vacuum gripper (110) and a holder (120). The gripper, formed as a vacuum needle, is movable relative to the holder along a first axis. The gripper and the holder are mutually coupled by a membrane (160) allowing the gripper to tilt away from the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Roger Gortzen, Ronald Plak, Jorg Balder Van Schijndel
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Patent number: 8651543Abstract: The grasping apparatus includes a grasping portion for grasping a workpiece. This grasping portion has i) pawl portions having squeezing portions that squeeze the workpiece, and ii) contact portions, each of which has an inner bag made of elastic material, and a granular substance that is filled in the inner bag. The contact portions are attached to portions of the squeezing portions that contact the workpiece, and harden the granular substance while keeping it in an appropriate shape by increasing a volume ratio of the granular substance to an inner volume of the inner bags. Retaining portions that have concavo-convex shapes are formed on the attaching surfaces that are portions of the squeezing portions that the contact portions attach to.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Matsuoka, Masayuki Tamura
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Patent number: 8651544Abstract: A jaw crusher liner handling tool includes a lifting eye having a radially extending shank and a radially extending lug, the lug including a hole parallel to the axis of the eye. The shank includes an elongate head on its end that is remote from the eye and is parallel to the axis of the eye.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Thomas Bruce
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Patent number: 8651545Abstract: A lifting system can be used to move an item between a use position and a stowed position in a structure such as a vehicle or home. The item may be an article of furniture, an appliance, a storage unit, a platform, workbench, or the like. The lifting system may be motorized and/or utilize a flexible drive to move the item. The lifting system may be used to reciprocally move the item between the use position and the stowed position in the structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Lippert Components, Inc.Inventor: C. Martin Rasmussen
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Patent number: 8651546Abstract: A vehicle center console trim assembly includes a console body and a cover. The console body includes a first side section and a ledge extending laterally from the first side section along a lower body portion of the console body. The cover is coupled to the console body and overlies a side surface of the first side section to form a side pocket between the cover and the side surface of the first side section with the ledge defining a bottom surface of the side pocket. The cover includes an upper cover portion that extends along an upper body portion of the console body, which is spaced above the lower body portion of the console body, with the upper cover portion concealing the ledge of the first side section of the console body from view in a downward vehicle looking direction from a location above the console body.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Melaina Vasko, Walter Yourke, Thomas Mally, Douglas Dawe
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Patent number: 8651547Abstract: A system for reducing the air resistance of a truck, particularly an articulated vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a cargo space that is limited downward by a loading floor and in the height thereof by a roof wall spaced apart therefrom. The aim is to provide a system that minimizes the face area of the truck and thus the fuel consumption in dependence on the actual cargo space used. According to one embodiment, the roof wall is height-adjustable opposite the loading floor.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbHInventor: José Manuel Algüera Gallego
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Patent number: 8651548Abstract: A moving apparatus forcefully closes a movable body after moving the movable body to a prescribed position and includes first and second sliders and an impelling device. After the movable body has been opened, the first slider is locked in position and the second slider is attached to the movable body. As the movable body is being closed and moved to the prescribed position, the second slider moves relative to the first slider tensioning the impelling device. Once the movable body has reached the prescribed position, the second slider releases the movable body and is locked in position, and the first slider is attached to the movable body. The impelling device then urges the first and second sliders towards one another causing the movable body to close.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nifco Inc.Inventor: Yuichi Shirase
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Patent number: 8651549Abstract: A recess (1?) is proposed in a bottom panel (2?) of a body, in particular of a vehicle body, having a recess bottom (4?) which for its part merges into a recess wall (5?), wherein the recess (1?) has one or more first bottom corrugations (3?) which reinforce the recess bottom (4?) and one or more first wall corrugations (6?) which reinforce the recess wall (5?), wherein at least one first bottom corrugation (3?) and at least one associated first wall corrugation (6?) are arranged in a common vertical plane in such a way and are formed in such a way that the profile structure of the first bottom corrugation (3?) adjoins the profile structure of the associated first wall corrugation (6?) in the transition region from the recess bottom (4?) to the recess wall (5?), and wherein the shaped-out portion of said first wall corrugation (6?) is changed with regard to the shaped-out portion of the first bottom corrugation (3?) in such a way that the first bottom corrugation (3?) is formed towards the recess interior andType: GrantFiled: November 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Knut Raffel, Tran Minh Dang
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Patent number: 8651550Abstract: A stowable seat arrangement can include a seat having a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat bottom. A pair of front and rear legs can be pivotably coupled to the seat bottom. A first floor panel can be fixed to the pair of front legs. An access panel can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle and the front legs. The seat can selectively articulate from a deployed to a stowed position where the seat is adapted to be received in a stowage recess of the vehicle. The articulation of the seat can automatically open the access panel to provide access to the recess and then close the access panel upon the seat being in the stowed position. The first floor panel can automatically move to a substantially horizontal position relative to a vehicle floor to provide a flat load floor configuration when the seat is in the stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Chrysler Group LLCInventors: Carl Mather, Todd R. Teasdale