Patents Issued in June 7, 2016
  • Patent number: 9357859
    Abstract: A bracket for supporting and displaying a planar object comprises an elongated body member including a planar web and a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web. An end wall extends transversely with respect to and engages the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects. A pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member. At least one of the arms is resiliently deflectable for engagement and retention of the lugs in an aperture of a mounting substrate. During connection, lugs on the arms are adapted to engage the portion of the mounting substrate defining the aperture for moving the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs to engage the mounting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Benchmarc Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis D. Fanning, Jr., Edwin Paul Miller
  • Patent number: 9357860
    Abstract: A hanging shower caddy has detachable shelves which engage brackets that extend from the front of the legs of the caddy back; preferably a stringer on the shelf interacts with a tie that connects the legs, to inhibit vertical lifting of the shelf from the bracket. Alternatively, the top rear rail of a shelf engages notches at the front of the legs. A pole caddy has a removable shelf with tangs that engage holes or other features in a collar that is clamped to the pole. The legs of the back of a hanging caddy are hinged so the top of the back folds for compact shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KENNEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Jeffrey Klowan
  • Patent number: 9357861
    Abstract: A dish assembly includes a pair of folding panels having a preset angular relationship, the panels also including plate holding unit structures that are linearly offset along the rising extent of the structure, for greater single object support stability. The panels are hinged at one or more points more closely adjacent lateral support structure on adjacent the plate holding unit structure openings. The panels fold for flat storage, or open to form a stable angled structure with the angular degree of open deployment stabilized by any method, including a limiting hinge, a guide base, or other structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Isaac Waksul
  • Patent number: 9357862
    Abstract: A frame assembly comprising an outer frame and a divider that divides a display opening of the outer frame into at least a first display window and a second display window. In one embodiment, the divider is molded while components of the outer frame are extruded. In another embodiment, the divider is coupled to the outer frame by sandwiching a portion of the divider between a glazing and the outer frame, and wherein relative movement between the divider and the outer frame is prohibited by interference between retaining features of one or both of the divider and the outer frame. The divider can be removed from the outer frame by simply removing the glazing and taking the divider out of the rabbet without damaging the outer frame. The same outer frame can be used without the divider. In another embodiment, the materials of the outer frame and divider are selected to achieve low cost production with improved visual characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: James Scheyer, Matthew S. Kressin
  • Patent number: 9357863
    Abstract: A mattress cover and skirt system includes a skirt configured to be secured to the mattress. The skirt includes a flexible skirt panel defining an upper edge, a lower edge, and an elastic element disposed along at least a portion of the lower edge. The mattress cover system includes a mattress cover panel configured to be removably attached to the skirt. The mattress cover panel includes an upper layer, a lower layer, and a cushioning member disposed between the upper and lower layers. A connector system includes at least one first connector member disposed along the upper edge of the skirt and at least one second connector member disposed proximate the outermost edge of the mattress cover panel. The second connector member is configured to engage the first connector member so as to removably attach the mattress cover panel to the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Welspun India Limited
    Inventor: Dipali Goenka
  • Patent number: 9357864
    Abstract: A pillow includes a torso cushion tapering from a top end to a bottom end. A torso support surface extends from the top end to the bottom end of the torso cushion. A back surface joins to the bottom end of the torso cushion at a first elevation angle between the back surface and the support surface. A head cushion attaches to the top end of the torso cushion. The head cushion includes a back surface joined to the back surface of the torso cushion, a first angled surface joined to the back surface of the head cushion at a second elevation angle, and a second angled surface joined to the back surface of the head cushion at a third elevation angle. The first angled surface and the second angled surface join to one another along a crest extending from the top end of said torso cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony Gino Campagna
  • Patent number: 9357865
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for actively releasing food additives to deliver aromatic compounds to consumers during food or drink consumption. The food additives may be contained within an encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer may be configured to release the food additives in response to being exposed to energy provided by an activation source proximate to the food additives. The activation source may be incorporated into, or connected with, an eating utensil or an oral implant. The activation source can be manually controlled by a consumer, can be controlled based on conditions near the food additives, or can be programmed with a release schedule that defines how and when food additives are to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Eric C. Leuthardt, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9357866
    Abstract: A closet hanger especially for neckties. The hanger features a novel plastic clip, which allows easy one-handed insertion and removal of ties. Each clip supports the tie with lateral elastic tension. A plurality of clips is arranged to allow ties to be hung face-to-face, saving space over hangers that support ties side-by-side. An adjustable hook screw secures the hanger fixedly in place on the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Edward Allahverdian
  • Patent number: 9357867
    Abstract: A remotely controlled adjustable mailbox support uses a stepping motor, controlled by a microprocessor/CPU, to raise a mailbox platform above a level where the mailbox can be damaged by a passing snow plow. Based on remote command signals received by a internal communications module, the time and duration when the mailbox is raised can be controlled, as well as the height to which it is raised. An optional temporary rf-signal over-ride capability for mail carriers and/or snow plow operators is also provided, as well as control application software for wireless mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bryan
  • Patent number: 9357868
    Abstract: A skew adjustment method and apparatus for adjusting the skewed condition of a movable rail of a window covering in which the movable rail is supported by lift cords wrapped around spools. A drive train disconnecting mechanism is used to disconnect a first spool from a second spool, the first spool is rotated relative to the second spool, thereby changing the length of the first lift cord relative to the second lift cord until the movable rail is in the desired position; and then the first and second spools are reconnected so the first and second spools rotate together. An end cap may be used to enable multiple disassemblies and reassemblies of the end cap to access the skew adjustment mechanism. In one embodiment, there are two movable rails, and the lift cords for both movable rails extend through the same rout holes in the covering. Disconnecting the first spool from the second spool may activate a mechanism that prevents the second spool from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Richard N Anderson, Steven R Haarer
  • Patent number: 9357869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a masticating separator for separating fruit or vegetable juice from fruit or vegetable pulp. The masticating separator comprises a housing (21), an inner wall (43) in the housing (21), an auger (22,71) rotatably mounted in the housing (21), a cavity (46) defined between an outer surface (39,86) of the auger (22,71) and the inner wall (43) to receive pulp and juice, and a juice passageway (44) separated from the cavity (46). An elongate aperture (52) is formed in the inner wall (43) extending between the cavity (46) and the juice passageway (44). Therefore, when the auger (22,71) is rotated about its longitudinal axis to urge pulp and juice along the cavity (46), juice in the cavity (46) is urged to flow through the aperture (52) to the juice passageway (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Sauer, Theodoor Stolk, Marjan Willeke Esther Cornelissen
  • Patent number: 9357870
    Abstract: A capsule for the preparation of a nutritional product in a device adapted to supply liquid into the capsule. The capsule includes at least one compartment containing nutritional ingredients for the preparation of the nutritional product in combination with the supplied liquid, and a filter adapted for removing contaminants contained in the liquid. The capsule also has a selectively openable gas inlet which is placed on or in the capsule to allow gas introduction from outside the capsule into the compartment without passing through the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Frédéric Doleac, Sophie Abraham, Yasmine Doudin, Yann Epars, Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Heinz Wyss, Nicolas Bezet, Lucio Scorrano, Nihan Dogan, Alain Meier
  • Patent number: 9357871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coffee machine for producing and dispensing coffee-based beverages comprising a hydraulic pump (35), at least one dispensing device (13) comprising a filter unit (31) apt to contain ground coffee and a supply unit (14) apt to supply water to the filter unit when the filter unit is engaged with the supply unit and a hydraulic circuit which brings the hydraulic pump into fluid communication with the supply unit of the dispensing device, the hydraulic circuit comprising a supply duct (11) which supplies hot water under pressure to the supply unit, characterized in that it further comprises a system for controlling the dispensing pressure which comprises a control unit (22), a pressure sensor (21) disposed along the hydraulic circuit and apt to generate a control signal representative of the pressure detected, the pressure sensor being electronically connected to a control unit to detect the dispensing pressure, and a hydraulic variable-flow valve (36) disposed along the hydraul
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Gruppo Cimbali S.p.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Coccia
  • Patent number: 9357872
    Abstract: A device for preparing a liquid food or beverage having an outermost housing with faces that are arranged to shield at least part of a liquid food or beverage module. A face of the housing has a connection to an appliance. This face is arranged to support mechanically such an appliance. The connection is disconnectably connectable by a user to the appliance. The housing is so arranged that the appliance is removably mountable onto the housing face by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Antoine Cahen, Stefan Kaeser, Alexandre Kollep, Frank Kräuchi, Matthieu Ozanne
  • Patent number: 9357873
    Abstract: A combination unit comprising a beverage preparation machine (62) and a separate milk chilling device (10) for storing a volume (16) of milk in a chilled state. The beverage preparation machine (62) comprises a control electronics system (63) and a milk dispensing apparatus (64) for dispensing milk and/or milk froth. The milk chilling device (10) comprises a housing (11), a milk container (14), which is arranged in the housing (11), for accommodating the volume (16) of milk, a chilling unit (18) for chilling the volume (16) of milk, and a milk lance for removing milk from the milk container (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: JURA ELEKTROAPPARATE AG
    Inventor: Shahryar Reyhanloo
  • Patent number: 9357874
    Abstract: A beverage maker to selectively brew hot or cold beverages employs both a heating unit and a cooling unit. The heating unit heats a liquid, typically water, and uses the heated liquid to hot brew a beverage. Using any of a number of touch sensitive buttons, a coolant can enter a cold brewing unit which subjects the hot brewed beverage to cooling via a helical structure. Further, there may be a resting plate for the container to receive the beverage that can be selectively cooled or heated. The end result is a quick and efficient way to brew either a hot or cold beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew Licare
  • Patent number: 9357875
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a combination outdoor cooking and firewood support apparatus having a frusto-conical frame designed to support firewood in a substantially upright orientation along a periphery of the frame in a manner such that the firewood lean toward the center of the frame. A cooking grate can be positioned on the upper end of the frame over the interior area so that food can be cooked over heat generated by the leftover coal from the burnt firewood that fell into the interior area of the frame. The apparatus can be collapsed into a flattened configuration when some of the arms are detached from at least one of the frame members while other arms remain attached to the frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Salvatore Guiliano
  • Patent number: 9357876
    Abstract: A small batch canning system, comprising of a jar holder sized to receive and hold a plurality of canning jars and a lifting device having a pair of handles and an engagement surface integral with the pair of handles. The lifting device is vertically moveable about the jar holder from a lower position spaced apart from the jar holder to a raised position engaged with the jar holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Hearthmark, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Hager, Eileen Tarbutton
  • Patent number: 9357877
    Abstract: A methodology and product or system configurations are provided which allow food to be directly irradiated for cooking applications which involve the impingement of direct radiant energy on food or comestible items. Cooking vessels or cook-packs are used that are optically transmissive in visible or infrared narrow wavelength bands emitted in suitable narrowband cooking or heating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Pressco IP LLC
    Inventors: Don W. Cochran, Jonathan M. Katz, Benjamin D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9357878
    Abstract: An electric grill for cooking food items comprises: a receptacle for receiving fats and breakaway solids generated during the cooking of the food; and a safety mechanism configured to prevent the grill from operating without at least one movement of the receptacle subsequent to the grill being powered on. Optionally, other safety features include, a fire suppression system, temperatures sensors, proximity sensors for detecting obstructions near the grill, weight sensors, liquid level sensors and infrared photo-interrupter sensors for detecting whether the tray has been removed from the grill, since the grill's last operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Bonnie Lee Buzick, Robert James Bair
  • Patent number: 9357879
    Abstract: A griddle (10) is disclosed which includes a base (11) and a griddle plate (13). The base includes a frame (15) and a removable grease trough (16). The frame includes sidewalls (18) with top surface (22) having a grease collection channel (23) with a capture hole (24) located so that liquids within the grease collection channel flow through the grease capture hole and into the grease trough. The base has a grease trough well (26) configured to receive the grease trough therein. The grease trough includes a trough collection catch (28) with a sump (32), a handle base (29), and a thermally insulative handle or handle insert (30). The griddle plate has a top surface (38) and a stepped bottom surface (39) defined by a peripheral side edge (40). The stepped bottom surface includes a groove (44) which forms a drip edge (45) positioned above the grease collection channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Viking Range, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew L. Ortner, Michael C. Milner
  • Patent number: 9357880
    Abstract: An Outdoor Barbeque Grill includes a housing within which is located an oven. The oven may include louvers for admitting heated gases into the oven and an adjustable outlet vent. In one embodiment the grill may include plural cooking surfaces with individual hoods for isolating cooking areas. One or more gas burners are positioned horizontally offset from the cooking area so that drippings from the food do no directly impinge on the burner thus avoiding flare-ups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BNR Technology Development, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Norris, Jeffrey B. Norris
  • Patent number: 9357881
    Abstract: A detector configured to indirectly monitor a level of liquid within a container is provided. The detector includes a temperature sensor and a heat producing element proximate to the temperature sensor. A shell is disposed around the temperature sensor and heat producing element, the shell is configured to be disposed within a container and to provide a barrier between liquid disposed within the container and each of the temperature sensor and heat producing element. The heat producing element is configured to transfer heat generated therein to the shell, and the sensor is configured to measure a surface temperature of the heat producing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: PITCO FRIALATOR, INC.
    Inventors: John P. Gardner, Steven J. Savage
  • Patent number: 9357882
    Abstract: The present invention provides an appliance for preparing frothed or mixed beverage. In one embodiment, the appliance comprises a removable transparent or translucent liquid food container, and a stirrer and stirrer holder that are positioned inside the liquid food container. The stirrer includes magnetic elements so that it can be driven magnetically by a motor without any physical linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: EnE Holdings Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Yuen Chin Chen, Amy Decem Cheng, Dick Tak Fung Leung, Raymond Wai Ming Wong
  • Patent number: 9357883
    Abstract: A food processor includes a base, a processing box and at least a cutter. The base is disposed with a motor inside, the motor is disposed with a rotating shaft; the processing box is assembled to the base and is disposed with a charging opening and a discharging opening. The cutter rotates synchronously with the rotating shaft of the motor, the cutter is assembled inside the processing box and is disposed with a cutter dish with several dropping grooves and several blades fixed on the cutter dish, the blade has several sets of cutter teeth arranged side by side, each set of cutter teeth has at least a large cutter tooth and at least a small cutter tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TSANN KUEN (ZHANGZHOU) ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hei-Wang Lee, Chieh-Wen Lin, Wenxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 9357884
    Abstract: A waterproofing flashing and resulting juncture, comprising in a first embodiment a generally horizontally positioned planar member which is positioned in sandwiched engagement between the upper peripheral edge of a shower pan or shower bench sidewall (or equivalent wallboard) and a lower peripheral edge of adjacent wallboard (or equivalent shower bench, shelf or ledge), and a vertically extending member attached to a distal edge of the horizontal member extending vertically upwardly behind the wallboard (or equivalent shower bench, shelf or ledge). An alternative form of the invention comprises a T-shaped flashing member comprised of a mid-section to which are connected first and second attachment members or wings, the wings adapted to connect the flashing to the room-facing side of the wallboard and/or shower module sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph R. Cook
  • Patent number: 9357885
    Abstract: A bathing vessel includes a base support having a base board that extends between a top, a bottom, first and second side edges, and first and second ends. Two legs are attached on the bottom of the base board, inboard from the respective first and second side edges. The base board is at least partially encapsulated in a polyurethane material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MASCO BATH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joel Lynn Hatchett, Jeffrey McKinley Boyd, Michael Glenn Geels, Scott Kapelanski
  • Patent number: 9357886
    Abstract: A shroud cover for a dispenser is a flexible sheet disposed about an open framework. Preferably, the flexible sheet is resiliently stretchable and stretched over the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GMBH
    Inventors: David Duncan, Heiner Ophardt
  • Patent number: 9357887
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) dispenser that includes low cost electronic components that can read and write to the tag of a refill cartridge. In one embodiment, the reader utilizes a multi band pass filter to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. In another embodiment, the controller utilizes an internal comparator to convert the radio frequency identification into a digital signal that is processed by a controller to perform a dispensing function representative to the code of the tag. The dispenser in both embodiments also includes a pair of transistors that write to the RFID tag of the refill cartridge. A dispenser according to the invention also includes the capability to read and/or write to tags upon cartridges employed by the dispenser, and augmenting the operation of the dispenser as a function thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson W. Wegelin, Aaron R. Reynolds, Chip W. Curtis
  • Patent number: 9357888
    Abstract: A hygiene compliance monitor for a dispensing container that dispenses material when a dispensing nozzle is actuated, includes a flexible main section having a receiving aperture through which the dispensing nozzle extends, so as to enable the main section to be removably attached to the dispensing container. Extending from the main section is a secondary section that is terminated by an attachment sleeve that is configured to removably retain the dispensing nozzle therein. A token, such as a magnet, is carried by the attachment sleeve and is detected by a sensor carried by the main section. Thus, when the dispensing nozzle is actuated to dispense material, the sensor detects the presence and non-presence of the token and accordingly updates a count value that is presented on a display that represents the number of actuations of the dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jackson W. Wegelin, Matthew J. Archer
  • Patent number: 9357889
    Abstract: A toilet seat and/or lid assembly comprising a toilet seat and/or lid and a device (100) for automatically lowering a toilet seat and/or lid, the device (100) comprising activation means including an activation member (170), the activation member (170) depending from the toilet seat and/or lid so as to be positioned, in use, in a toilet basin below the upper surface thereof, the activation member (170) being arranged to be moved by flow of water in the toilet basin from flushing the toilet to activate the activation means to operate closure means to close the toilet seat and/or lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Magnus M. McFarlane
  • Patent number: 9357890
    Abstract: An environmentally-friendly portable toilet that is waterless, odorless and cost efficient, that uses a continuous bag supply having a predetermined single dose or portion of at least one chemical automatically deposited therein, the at least one chemical functional to kill pathogens in waste that is deposited through an opening in the seat and a corresponding opening of the continuous bag supply; the waste-filled continuous bag supply is at least temporarily sealed by activation of a mechanical sealing mechanism, and released downwardly into a base section, which is connected to a hard plastic sitting unit, forming an integral, closed system for waterless sanitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sanitation Creations, LLC
    Inventor: Elizabeth Morris
  • Patent number: 9357891
    Abstract: A holder for securing a cleaning apparatus in an upright position and comprised of a base plate, an upright arm, and a hinge for securing the upright arm to a top surface of the base plate. A top end of the upright arm is for engagement with a bracket on the cleaning apparatus. The base plate preferable also has a resilient pad on an under surface to assist in maintaining the base plate stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Richard C. Chappel
  • Patent number: 9357892
    Abstract: A vacuum suction nozzle comprises a nozzle body comprising a first end and a second end, a nozzle passage extending through the nozzle body from the first end to the second end, and a plurality of channels traversing the first end. The channels enter the nozzle passage tangentially. Each channel may be wider proximate an outer surface of the nozzle body than proximate the nozzle passage. A vacuum system comprises the nozzle and a vacuum generator coupled to the nozzle. A method for vacuum cleaning comprises inducing a vortex flow proximate the nozzle with a vacuum generator, and translating the nozzle generally parallel to a surface to remove particulates from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Henry Pang Kim Pong, Ronnie Tan Kwang Liang, Siantar Tanioes
  • Patent number: 9357893
    Abstract: A mobile device moving in a specific area including a driving unit, an environment sensing unit, a control unit and a transmittal unit is disclosed. The driving unit moves according to a first driving signal. The environment sensing unit detects an outline of the specific area to generate detection information. The control unit processes the detection information to generate first map information and position information. The transmittal unit transmits the first map information to an electronic device. The electronic device generates second map information according to the first map information, and the control unit generates the first driving signal according to the first map information, the second map information and the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MSI COMPUTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yung-Shen Lee
  • Patent number: 9357894
    Abstract: A mobile robotistic mopping machine is formed of a body frame, a mop cloth, a power device, and a control device. The power device includes two opposite wheels and two opposite motors connected with the respective wheels for driving the wheels to rotate to further enable the body frame via the wheels to make the mop cloth move forward for cleaning the ground. The control device is electrically connected with the motors for controlling the motors. When the body frame makes the mop cloth move forward for a predetermined distance, the control device can control and make one of the motors reversely rotate and meanwhile make the other keep normal rotation to further enable the body frame to make the mop cloth turn for a predetermined angle and then keep moving forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: EGENPOWER INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Hsi Chiu, Fei-Yun Zhu
  • Patent number: 9357895
    Abstract: A gravity feed solution distribution system for use with surface maintenance and conditioning machines includes front and rear counter-rotating brush rollers within a shroud, a manifold having delivery ports and disposed within the shroud above the counter-rotating brush rollers, an agitating blade extending from an inner surface of the shroud and underneath the manifold to contact the front counter-rotating brush roller, and a baffle extending downward from an inner surface of the shroud above the front counter-rotating brush roller to contact the front counter-rotating brush roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Kärcher North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Leifheit, Steven Tucker
  • Patent number: 9357896
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide effective technique for a higher cleaning effect and higher operability of a cleaning element. According to the representative cleaning element 110, a distance d1 between adjacent ones of the fusion bonded parts 114 is longer than a length d2 or d3 formed on both of the pair adjacent fusion bonded parts 114 and 116 in the respective longitudinal end regions of the cleaning element 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akemi Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9357897
    Abstract: A portable, hands-free device for cleaning a cooking utensil includes a motor, a source of electrical power electrically coupled to the motor, and scrub brushes mechanically coupled to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Brent McNair Estep
  • Patent number: 9357898
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishmachine that includes at least two tanks and methods of using the tanks to isolate, substantially isolate, or incrementally isolate different chemistries from each other during a cycle. The disclosed dishmachine design and method allows for the use of two different, and potentially incompatible, reactive, or offsetting chemistries to be used in the same dishmachine cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Lee J. Monsrud, Jeffrey P. Ellingson, Brian P. Carlson, Louis M. Holzman
  • Patent number: 9357899
    Abstract: Support structures for dishwashers are disclosed. An example dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation includes a tub defining a treating chamber with an opening, a frame coupled to and structurally supporting at least a portion of the tub, a dish rack mount coupled to the frame, and a dish rack coupled to the dish rack mount, wherein the weight of the dish rack is substantially borne by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Harshal J. Bhajak, Rexford W. Cordill, Steven J. Kuehl, Thomas M. O'Brien, Donald J. Wilson
  • Patent number: 9357900
    Abstract: An assembly including an integrated device for dispensing washing agents, having a body intended to be mounted in an opening of a sheet-like wall which delimits the washing chamber and which has a peripheral formation which protrudes towards the outside and is intended to abut against the surface of the wall surrounding the opening, on the side of the wall which faces the washing machine; and an ozone-generating device, with a housing which has an outlet opening and contains electric ozone-flow generating means suitable for emitting a flow of ozone towards the outlet opening, so as to introduce it into the washing chamber of the machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ELBI INTERNATIONAL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Marone, Sergio Damilano
  • Patent number: 9357901
    Abstract: A system for graphically visualizing an orientation of a steerable distal portion of an elongate instrument is disclosed. The system includes an instrument having an elongate body. The elongate body includes a proximal portion and a steerable distal portion. The system also includes at least one tensioning member attached to said steerable distal portion, wherein the actuation of said at least one tensioning member results in an approximate y-bend and an approximate x-bend of said steerable distal portion, and wherein said approximate y-bend and approximate x-bend define an approximate overall bend of said steerable distal portion. The system further includes a graphical user interface and an icon representing said approximate overall bend on said graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Eno, Amir Belson, David Blaha, David Mintz, Bruce Robert Woodley
  • Patent number: 9357902
    Abstract: A control unit is detachably coupled to a camera and receptive of the imaging data with a plurality of data processing instructions being stored on the camera and/or the control unit such that when the camera is coupled to the control unit, the plurality of data processing instructions transfer the imaging data from the camera to the control unit. The data processing instructions being field upgradeable with a portable upgrading module which may couple directly to either the camera and/or the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc R. Amling, David Chatenever, Bruce L. Kennedy, Barry A. Mirrer
  • Patent number: 9357903
    Abstract: A hand-holdable steering mechanism is used as part of a medical device such as a catheter or an endoscope to allow movement of a steerable distal portion of the catheter or endoscope. The mechanism can include a housing, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The first actuator is configured to move the steerable portion along a first plane when the first actuator is moved between first and second positions. The second actuator is configured to move the steerable portion along a second plane different than the first plane when the second actuator is moved between first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Tah, Isaac Ostrovsky, Jozef Slanda
  • Patent number: 9357904
    Abstract: An electronically controlled high frequency jet ventilation laryngoscope includes a laryngoscope handle and a laryngoscope blade. An oxygen supply tube is set within the laryngoscope handle and the front end of oxygen supply tube is placed on the front end of the laryngoscope blade. The laryngoscope also includes an electronic controller having a shell body, a display screen, a solenoid valve, a power supply module, a control module and a control switch. The shell body is fixed at the top of the laryngoscope handle; the display screen and control switch are on the shell body; the power supply module and control module are within the shell body; the solenoid valve is on the oxygen supply tube within the laryngoscope handle; the display screen, control module and control switch are connected with the power supply module; and the control module is connected with the display screen and the solenoid valve, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SHANDONG YIHE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Da Wu
  • Patent number: 9357905
    Abstract: An airway device is provided for opening a patient's airway. The airway device provides dual tubes which allow the patient to breathe on his/her own, to be ventilated, or to be intubated. The airway device includes a camera which provides constant visualization of the patient's tissues during insertion of the airway device and during the entire medical procedure. A transmission lumen monitors heart and breath sounds. Information from the camera and the transmission lumen is relayed to a microprocessor to allow for monitoring which may be remote. An airway assist device may be used with the airway device for properly positioning the patient's tongue is also disclosed. The airway assist device is inserted into the patient's vallecula to manipulate the patient's tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Molnar, Arcangelo Michele Iusco
  • Patent number: 9357906
    Abstract: A surgical illumination device includes a LED with a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a heat transfer pad. A flexible circuit has first and second electrically conductive traces extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The first conductive trace is electrically interconnected with the positive terminal, the second conductive trace is electrically interconnected with the negative terminal, and a heat transfer window on the flexible circuit is aligned with the heat transfer pad. The illumination device includes a heat sink having a distal end with a distal end face. A thermally conductive adhesive pad is disposed between the LED and the distal end face of the heat sink. The thermally conductive adhesive pad is aligned with the heat transfer window of the flexible circuit and the heat transfer pad of the LED base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Engineered Medical Solutions Company LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Coppersmith, Maximilian Linder, Michael H. El Kazzaz
  • Patent number: 9357907
    Abstract: A device for performing examination through the uterine cavity, preferably to carry out a computed tomography virtual hysterosalpingography, by the use of a speculum and a cannula or probe, wherein the device comprises a support for centering in the speculum and the probe is retained in a central end of the support to guarantee the centering of the probe within the cervix and the holding of the probe in the desired position during the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Patricia Marina Carrascosa
  • Patent number: 9357908
    Abstract: A blade extending tower is provided for setting blade depth on retractors having telescoping or extending blades. The blade extending tower features a base, a column extending from the base, and mating features on the column configured to engage the blades of a retractor to extend the blades to a desired blade depth. Blade depth of the retractor is set buy sliding the retractor onto the blade extending tower such that the mating features of the blade extending tower engage the blades or the retractor, stopping the blades progression while the rest of the retractor continues along the length of the column. Thus the blades of the retractor are extended from the retractor to a depth determined by the configuration of the blade extending tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Frasier, Connie P. Marchek, Timothy Beardsley, Michael Zajack