Patents Issued in October 4, 2016
-
Patent number: 9458626Abstract: A high-strength laser configured column anchor and anchoring system is disclosed. The high-strength column anchor provides high-strength pullout resistance when embedded within the wall bed joint. Specially-configured apertures, edging and dimension restrictions provide for flow-through mortar embedment within the wall bed joint. The edging provides irregular and regular patterns ensuring a secure fit within the bed joint. The column anchors include a flat and rotated form for secure attachment to the column flanges and optionally include a securement bar or clamp to further secure the column anchor to the column flanges.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventors: Ronald P. Hohmann, Jr., Ronald P. Hohmann
-
Patent number: 9458627Abstract: A corner flashing system is provided for sealing the corners of recessed window frames against moisture penetration. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises first and second double-flap members, a half-cube member, and caulking. The first and second double-flap members, and the half-cube member are preferably made of asphalt or petroleum based material. In another preferred embodiment, the system comprises one double-flap member, a modified half-cube member, and caulking. In another preferred embodiment, the system comprises a single member that combines a double-flap member and a half-cube member, and caulking. In another preferred embodiment, the system comprises a combination member, a double-flap member, and caulking.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Gene Summy
-
Patent number: 9458628Abstract: A fire-rated angle piece and wall assemblies or other assemblies that incorporate the fire-rated angle piece, in which the angle piece can include an intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The angle can be attached adjacent to a corner of a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed between the framing member and a wall board member at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. A fire spray material can be applied over a portion of the angle piece.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: California Expanded Metal Products CompanyInventors: Don A. Pilz, Raymond E. Poliquin, Thomas Porter
-
Patent number: 9458629Abstract: A method for forming a knockout on a raceway includes removing a knockout from the raceway to form an opening, positioning the knockout within the opening, and thereafter attaching the knockout to the raceway by welding the knockout and the raceway together.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing CompanyInventors: David Bauer, Scott Kletzien, Jim Smith
-
Patent number: 9458630Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a microcellular foam polypropylene thick board, by foaming a polypropylene motherboard by a flat foaming equipment, wherein the polypropylene motherboard bears a core structure and a pore canal structure in the core of the foam polypropylene motherboard, shortening a diffusion path of supercritical carbon dioxide into a polypropylene matrix, thus reducing the saturation time required for diffusion equilibrium and significantly increasing the production efficiency. Also provided is a method for preparing the foam polypropylene motherboard bearing the pore canal structure in the core, by extrusion molding, from general polypropylene as the raw material. The method described in the present invention may be used to produce the microcellular foam board with small cell size, high cell density and high thickness.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MICROCELL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhengrong Ji
-
Patent number: 9458631Abstract: A new concept wall system is provided, wherein the Exterior Insulation and Finish System cladding is created using components with no water absorption, a very low vapor permeability and sealing properties, accommodated with an installation technology which extend the materials properties to the assembly, together with bonding and sealing the intersections and terminations, creating a Non-Permissive to water and vapor diffusion, Exterior Insulation and Finish System (NP-EIFS). The present invention relates to an EIFS cladding having two air and vapor barriers, one applied to the substrate, a continuous liquid membrane with sheathing joints sealed to be moisture barrier for inside vapors, and an exterior weather and vapor barrier which is created using closed cell extruded polystyrene insulation boards, special assembled with joints sealed, to create a non-permissive insulation envelope of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Marius Radoane
-
Patent number: 9458632Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide composite materials and methods of making the same. In some embodiments, the composite materials comprise high temperature resistant composite materials and methods of making high temperature resistant composite materials. In some embodiments, high temperature resistant composite materials of the present invention can be fabricated into landing pads, components used in landing pads to provide a structure to support the take-off and landing of aircraft, roadways or similar travel paths for heavy equipment, and/or components used in roadways or similar travel paths for heavy equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Steven John Morris, James Carl Peters
-
Patent number: 9458633Abstract: According to one aspect, a roof membrane is provided. The roofing membrane includes a main body, a first adhesive material, and a second adhesive material. The first adhesive material is bonded to a top surface of the main body and positioned toward a first edge thereof. The second adhesive material is bonded to the top surface of the main body and positioned toward a second edge thereof. The second edge is positioned opposite the first edge such that the first and second adhesive materials are positioned toward opposite edges of the main body and the same surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Johns ManvilleInventors: Ethan Nelson McGraw, Troy Furgal, Todd Nathan, Eric Alden Olson, Zebonie Sukle
-
Patent number: 9458634Abstract: A set of essentially identical panels (1, 1?), such as building panels, provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue (30), which is arranged in a displacement groove at a first edge of a first panel (1). A second panel is provided with a tongue groove at a second edge. The displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with the tongue groove (20) for locking together the first and the second edge. The displaceable tongue has a spring constant that varies along the length of the tongue.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION ABInventor: Peter Derelov
-
Patent number: 9458635Abstract: A stringer for decking has a strip of material to extend over a top surface of a decking joist, and is provided with clips. Each clip has a base part standing up from the strip, and a head projecting in the lengthwise direction of the strip. Alternate clips have their heads projecting towards opposite ends of the joist. The size of the head, and the height of the head above the strip, are chosen to fit into the grooves of a standard grooved deck board. The lengthwise spacing between two adjacent clips with their heads facing towards each other is chosen so that the standard grooved deck board will fit onto the two clips with the two heads received in the grooves on either side of the board. The lengthwise spacing between two adjacent clips with their heads facing away from each other sets the width of a gap between two boards fitted onto the two clips.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Jeffrey Sargen
-
Patent number: 9458636Abstract: Modular floor tiles and modular floor systems are described herein. A floor tile system includes a modular floor tile and a plurality of resilient support assemblies. The modular floor tile includes a top surface layer having a top surface and a bottom surface and a plurality of rigid support portions extending from the bottom surface. The resilient support assemblies are supported against the bottom surface and include an outer resilient support portion having a hollow interior, and an inner resilient support portion positioned centrally relative to the outer resilient support portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: SNAPSPORTS COMPANYInventors: Jorgen J. Moller, Jr., Jeremiah D. Shapiro
-
Patent number: 9458637Abstract: The invention comprises a concrete form. The concrete form comprises a first panel having a first primary surface for contacting plastic concrete and a second primary surface opposite the first surface; and a second panel having a first primary surface and a second primary surface opposite the first surface, the second panel being attached to the first panel so that the first primary surface of the second panel is adjacent the second primary surface of the first panel. The concrete form also comprises a layer of radiant heat reflective material and a layer of insulating material disposed between and covering the second primary surface of the first panel and first primary surface of the second panel. A method of using the concrete form is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
-
Patent number: 9458638Abstract: A leave-in-place forming system for concrete slabs and pavements that comprises a number of components including two or more of the following: a plate dowel for load transfer between adjacent concrete panels (joint stability), a divider plate, and an assembly or molding to finish the concrete to, that armors the joint and/or provides a water-tight seal to the joint. The joint assembly could incorporate an integral setting assembly or bracket or could be used with a re-usable setting bracket. The integral assembly or bracket is most suitable when it is desirable to place concrete to both sides of the joint assembly at the same time. The re-usable setting bracket is most suitable where concrete is placed to just one side of the assembly and it is desirable to re-use the setting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Nigel K Parkes, Russell Boxall
-
Patent number: 9458639Abstract: A safety anchor device attachable to a metal roof is provided in one-piece construction and is noninvasively attached to a metal roof. The device leaves no marks or flaws in or on the roof or roof structure. The device has a substantially tetragonal beam. Rods extended from the beam slidingly engage raised ridges in a metal roof panel, typically at a roof ridge or at any other open-ended roof panel. A closed rounded end of a u-loop is permanently affixed to the tetragon beam and faces downwardly toward the metal roof panel. Objects, equipment and people can be linked to the u-loop to prevent falling.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Charles Coleman
-
Patent number: 9458640Abstract: Methods of force management for a force management anchor (FMA) include apparatus between a post and a base plate that resist post rotation under fall loads, the apparatus resisting said rotation at a constant torque. A peak constant torque is less than a torsional “tear-out” capacity of a surface for maximizing energy absorption. While the fall force vector remains generally parallel to the base plate during a fall, the post is movable between an upstanding and a lowered orientation resulting in a variable moment arm and a resisting force that also varies for maintaining the torque substantially constant. Apparatus can include devices between the post and the base plate such as a torsion rod, a friction clutch or a cam arrangement. Other approached include designed deformation of the post itself, such as a through tapered post.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: High Engineering Corp.Inventor: Greg Small
-
Patent number: 9458641Abstract: Ballast systems for, particularly, inflatable decontamination shelters are described. The systems may be integrated into the overall structures of the shelters so as to avoid need for sand bags or other discrete weight-providing objects. They additionally may use liquids (rather than or in addition to solids) for weight-providing purposes, with the liquids including water supplied by the same plumbing system that supplies a shower of a shelter.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Air Cruisers Company, LLCInventor: Andrew Mahlon Harlow
-
Patent number: 9458642Abstract: A mast is erected to support a load. At least one stay cable supports the mast. The stay cable is oriented to the mast within a radial distance of the blade from the mast. The stay cable is stressed to support the mast while the wind drives the blade without collision of the stay cable.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Ultimate Strength Cable, LLCInventor: Walter L. Lambert
-
Patent number: 9458643Abstract: A modular crypt structure comprising a frame, a module insert defining a chamber and a closure panel and methods of constructing the same are disclosed. The chamber functions as a crypt module and receives bodily remains or portions thereof. The chamber is closed by attaching a closure panel, such as a stone crypt front to the frame. The modular crypt frame may comprise a plurality of horizontal bars and a plurality of vertical bars. A method of constructing a modular crypt structure comprises erecting a frame, providing at least one module insert, configuring the insert to define a chamber adapted to receive bodily remains, and closing the crypt module. A modular crypt system including a niche side wall is also disclosed having a niche side wall frame, a niche insert defining a plurality of niches positioned within the frame, and a closure panel positioned on the niche side wall frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Matthews Resources, Inc.Inventors: Charles T. Young, Kenneth B. Bridgeman
-
Patent number: 9458644Abstract: Apparatus for erecting a hunting blind, comprising a frame including at least one movable frame member for selective orientation in a configuration defining a blind outline, and a plurality of vegetation support elements spaced apart on the at least one frame member, each support element defining an opening sized and configured for insertion of an item of vegetation and having a clamping element for securing the vegetation item in an upright disposition to conceal a hunter behind the blind outline.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Daniel Ross Russell
-
Patent number: 9458645Abstract: A modular fence kit including at least one pre-formed fencing panel, at least one fence pole removably attached to each of a sidewall of each fencing panel via at least one fastener, such as a clamp, and a base attached to each fence pole. The base is one of a weighted hollow first base body into which a host sleeve locks, a stake into which the fence pole is directly inserted, and a disc atop which the fence pole is attached. The host sleeve supports the fence pole within the first base body. A pair of opposing vertical protrusions, disposed on the outside wall of the host sleeve, lockingly engage a slot within the first base body.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventors: Marc J. King, Rubie Jewel King
-
Patent number: 9458646Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a handle for a door having a body mountable to a surface of the door, a slide member configured to be received at least partially within the body so as to slidingly move between a first position wherein the slide member projects beyond the body and a second position wherein the slide member is substantially retracted into the body, a fastening member mounted within the body so as to receive at least a portion of the slide member when the slide member is in the second position so as to lock the slide member in the second position, and a locking mechanism configured to prevent opening of the door when the sliding member is in the second position, wherein sliding movement of the slide member from said first position to said second position engages the locking mechanism to prevent opening of the door.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Cary Maguire
-
Patent number: 9458647Abstract: A lock including a housing having an opening for a locking bolt, a locking bolt movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, an actuator positioned within the housing, and a rotary blocking device that prevents the locking bolt from moving to the unlocked position. The lock may optionally include a tamper resistant mechanism that is designed such that attempting to forcibly move the locking bolt from the locked position to the unlocked position while the actuator remains in the locked condition causes the locking bolt to engage the tamper resistant mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MG TECH CENTER BV H.O.D.N. LOCK TECHNOLOGYInventor: Klaus W. Gartner
-
Patent number: 9458648Abstract: A fastener for highly curved access panels on aircraft or other structures is disclosed. The fastener features a bottom-grasping design which allows for an unblemished outer panel surface, simple and rapid pneumatic fastener actuation for both latching and unlatching, high reliability, built-in clamping pre-load of the access panel onto the structure, and full retractability of the fastener inside the supporting structure. The fastener includes a Belleville spring with a piston centrally disposed therein, where the piston and spring deflect outward upon application of pneumatic pressure. A pneumatic valve opens upon application of a higher pressure, allowing locking dogs in the piston to deploy radially into a cavity in the access panel. When pressure is removed, the Belleville spring relaxes, the locking dogs grasp a lip of the cavity, and the access panel is latched onto the structure with a clamping pre-load. A pneumatic sequence for unlatching is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: Matthew A. Neal, Charles R. Smith
-
Patent number: 9458649Abstract: A vehicle door open/close operation apparatus is provided in which a design cover can be opened by a manual operation and can close at least part of an opening provided in a door, and a latch release is operated by a latch device due to the operation of an operating member in a state in which the design cover is open, wherein displacement of the design cover from a closed position toward an open position is detected by a detection switch, and a control unit carries out the user authentication in response to detection of displacement of the design cover by the detection switch. This enables the necessity for carrying out an operation of the operating member again to be avoided even if the operating member is operated quickly, thus enabling the door to be opened smoothly.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda LockInventors: Hiroto Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Kouzuma, Kazuyuki Kuriyama
-
Patent number: 9458650Abstract: A latch assembly is provided for a holding a vehicle endgate in a closed position. The assembly includes a latch pin having a main shaft disposed generally along an axis and a projection that is spaced apart from and projects toward the main shaft axis. A first receiving member is connected to one of a vehicle frame and the endgate and has a hole for receiving the latch pin main shaft. A second receiving member is connected to the other of the frame and the endgate and has a hole for receiving the latch pin main shaft. The first receiving hole and the second receiving member hole are in alignment when the endgate is in the closed position. The first receiving member includes an inclined annular groove for receiving the latch pin projection. When the latch pin projection is disposed in the annular groove, gravity will impede the latch pin projection from exiting the groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: U-Haul International, Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Votruba, Robert A. Dolan
-
Patent number: 9458651Abstract: An adjustable door lock includes a catch plate having a body and a plurality of flanges positioned on an exterior face of the body such that a corresponding gap is formed between the body and each of the flanges, respectively. Advantageously, a catch having a channel is adjustably connected to the catch plate wherein the catch is selectively interfitted through at least of one of the gaps. A door plate is disposed adjacent to the catch plate and adapted to be secured to the door. A locking bolt is in communication with the door plate and linearly reciprocated along a first linear path passing along the door plate and the channel. Notably, the catch is automatically adjusted along a second linear path orthogonally registered relative to the first linear path such that the linear channel automatically becomes axially aligned with the locking bolt as the locking bolt ingresses and egresses the catch.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Jason L. Stile
-
Patent number: 9458652Abstract: A dual-shaft synchronous movement device and an assembling method thereof. The dual-shaft synchronous movement device includes a first shaft and a second shaft, which are assembled with each other and synchronously rotatable. The invention includes providing an assembling device and arranging on the assembling device a first rotor and a second rotor (or a third rotor and a fourth rotor) between which a drive section is wound; winding the drive section onto the first and second rotors (or the third and fourth rotors) in a tensioned state; and pushing the first and second rotors (or the third and fourth rotors) onto the first and second shafts. Through the first and second rotors (or the third and fourth rotors) and the drive section, when the first shaft is rotated, the second shaft is synchronously rotated.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventor: An Szu Hsu
-
Patent number: 9458653Abstract: A check link structure includes a first bracket, a cam arm and a cam follower. The first bracket has a pivot support structure defining a first pivot axis. The cam arm is coupled to the first bracket for pivotal movement about the first pivot axis. The cam arm includes a cam block and a support shell. The cam block has a cam surface that includes a plurality of positioning recesses and a plurality of movement restricting lobes between adjacent ones of the plurality of positioning recesses. The support shell defines a block receiving space that non-movably retains the cam block. The cam follower has a follower surface that is configured to continuously contact the cam surface of the cam block in response to movement of one of the first bracket and the cam follower relative to the other of the first bracket and the cam follower.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventor: Zachary Wickliffe
-
Patent number: 9458654Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of sliding door systems. The invention relates to a wheel carriage8300) for a sliding door resting in sliding track (106), comprising wheel connection means (340) adapted to removably connect a wheel shaft (331) at two connection points (341) positioned on each side of a wheel (330). The invention also relates to a method for exchanging the wheels (330) of a wheel carriage (300), by lowering a door panel and replacing the wheels (330), while the wheel carriage (300) is resting in the sliding track (106).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems ABInventors: Ingemar Palsson, Sven Asbo, Erik Backman
-
Patent number: 9458655Abstract: The disclosure provides a window balance assembly for installation in a window assembly. The window balance assembly includes a carrier, a curl spring, and a mounting bracket. The spring element includes first and second portions. The first portion is contained by the carrier and the mounting bracket engages the second portion. The carrier has a first housing including a channel formed in an exterior side of the first housing and an aperture in which a receiver is included. The channel extends vertically upwardly from the aperture toward the top end of the first housing portion to facilitate a full-drop-in installation and removal of a window sash from the window assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, LLCInventor: Richard S. deNormand
-
Patent number: 9458656Abstract: An internally powered sliding panel has a power source and drive train contained internally within the stiles and rails of a frame. A driven wheel is rotatably mounted on the frame and connected to the power source via the drive train. The panel may further include a lift system including a second power source, a lift mechanism, and a lift drive which are contained internally within the stiles and rails of the frame. The power sources, drive train, lift mechanism, and lift drive may be contained completely inside the stiles and rails of the frame. The movement of the panel along a fixed path, and the raising and lowering of the panel, may be regulated by a control system. The control system includes a microcontroller and sensor used to determine the position of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: ANDERSEN CORPORATIONInventor: Brad Mickelson
-
Patent number: 9458657Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically closing a garage door can include one or more door open sensors, one or more motion sensors, one or more timers, and a door close activator. In certain embodiments, the one or more door open sensors are configured to detect whether the garage door is completely open. In various embodiments, the one or more motion sensors are focused in a garage and configured to detect motion within the garage. In certain embodiments, the one or more timers are configured to delay for a predetermined time period after motion is no longer detected. In various embodiments, the door close activator is configured to close the garage door after the delay of the predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: GBF CORP.Inventors: John Stuhr French, Patrick Thomas Brennan
-
Patent number: 9458658Abstract: A casing system for covering the edges of structural frameworks and the like. The system includes a first casing piece and a second casing piece shaped to fit together. The first casing piece has a decorative profile milled into at least one side or end edge. The second casing piece has a reverse image of the decorative profile milled into a side or end edge. The pieces fit together by abutting edges or sides having a decorative profile and the reverse image of the decorative profile.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Walter Karl Stavenjord
-
Patent number: 9458659Abstract: A universal adaptor may be used to secure a fenestration product to a structure having an opening. The universal adaptor may include an adaptor piece sized to be received on each periphery portion of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: PROFILE UNIVERSAL WINDOW ADAPTER, LLCInventors: Carrie A. Thorndyke, Jon A. Neely
-
Patent number: 9458660Abstract: A door includes a door frame, first and second door skins having rectangular outer peripheries and inner openings, and a frameless glazed unit received at the openings. The door skins include exterior surfaces facing away from the door frame and opposite interior surfaces facing and secured to opposite sides of the door frame. The exterior and interior surfaces of the first and second door skins establish integral lips and grooves of the first and second door skins Opposite sides of the frameless glazed unit directly contact and are sealed by the integral lips and sealant and/or adhesive contained in the grooves of the first and second door skins.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventors: Timothy D. Gouge, Abhishek Vaidya, Robert C. Allen, Steven B. Swartzmiller, Jason M. Walsh
-
Patent number: 9458661Abstract: A sliding door assembly is provided comprising a first door having a tortuous leading edge, a door frame, a guide track, and a member having a complementary tortuous edge to that of the door. The drive assembly includes magnets to drive the door between open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: VERITAS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LLCInventors: David P. Farrell, Herbert Todd Ferrence
-
Patent number: 9458662Abstract: A fenestration assembly is described. The fenestration assembly includes: (1) a layer of film; (2) a frame having a first surface and a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface, the first surface substantially surrounding and having secured thereon the film and the frame having a thickness such that when the second side is fitted onto a window or a window frame, the thickness of the frame defines a space between the film and the window; and (3) wherein said film is a low-emittance film having an emissivity equal to or less than 0.35.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Clear Wall CorporationInventor: Normand Marchand
-
Patent number: 9458663Abstract: A process and system for manufacturing roller blinds is provided which includes structure for performing plural steps including a first step of helically winding slat fabric about a drum, thereby forming a slat product. A second step includes moving the slat product from the drum to a platform. A third step includes winding the slat product about a roller tube to form a roller blind. A fourth step includes moving the blind from the platform to a heat treating device.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, Paul G. Swiszcz, David P. Hartman, Michael Robert Stanczyk
-
Patent number: 9458664Abstract: An adjustable cord locker for fastening at least a lift cord to a bottom rail and regulating a length of the lift cord includes a barrel, a reel, and a control wheel. The reel is received in the barrel for rotation by control. The lift cord is inserted into the barrel and fastened to the reel to be wound around the reel when the reel is turning. The control wheel is connected to the reel for a user to operate to turn the reel. The control wheel is provided with teeth, and the barrel is provided with a pawl. The pawl is engaged with the teeth to allow the control wheel to be turned or hold still.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Chao-Hung Nien, Xu-Wu Qu
-
Patent number: 9458665Abstract: A wind lock for an overhead roll-up door, the wind lock having a first edge which is substantially straight and capable of extending substantially perpendicular vertically from a face of a door panel to which the wind lock attaches to, the wind lock including a second edge having an angled-beveled face, wherein the second edge extends at an angle from the first edge laterally across the face of an attached door panel is beveled with the face of the door panel so as to extend vertically from the face at an angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: RYTEC CORPORATIONInventors: Brian Drifka, Raymond Sauve, Andrew John Schumacher, Christopher Gontarski, Jeffrey Thomas Malinowski
-
Patent number: 9458666Abstract: A screen track assembly for mounting and tensioning a retractable screen across an opening, the assembly having a generally U-shaped outer track member having an opening; an inner track member received within the outer track member, the inner track member adapted to receive a retractable screen, the inner track member being movable relative to the outer track member; biasing members to present a biasing force to extend the inner track member toward the opening of the outer track member; and adjustable mechanical fasteners to fix the position of the inner track member relative to the outer track member such that the screen may be tightened or loosened as required for proper functionality.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Michael Murray
-
Patent number: 9458667Abstract: A gate for a deck railing is made with composite rails that match the profile and height of the composite rails of the deck railing where the gate is being used. The gate includes a pair of spaced side rails that securely support mounts that fit within the ends of the top and bottom composite rails. In some configurations, a cross brace is used from the top of the side rail with the hinges to the bottom of the other side rail. The gate is assembled from a gate kit that allows the user to provide lengths of the composite deck railings to be used as the top and bottom rails in the gate at locations that match the deck railing in order to provide a strong, durable deck gate that blends in with the deck railing.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Roger E. Bugh
-
Patent number: 9458668Abstract: A gate within a gate within a barrier. A first, relatively small gate is engaged within a second, relatively large gate, which is engaged in a barrier for extending across a passageway of a residence. The relatively large gate can be closed to, for example, minimize access of toddlers to the passageway, while the relatively small gate can be opened to, for example, maximize access of small dogs to the passageway. One example of a passageway is the head or bottom of a stairway. The relatively large gate, when closed, minimizes toddlers from falling down or climbing up stairs. The relatively small gate, when open, permits small dogs to walk down or climb up the stairs.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.Inventor: Mark A. Flannery
-
Patent number: 9458669Abstract: A drilling table for a drilling rig has an accommodation sleeve that can be rotated via a rotational drive for accommodation of a Kelly rod provided with driving contours. Coupling elements are disposed on the inside wall of the accommodation sleeve for engagement into the driving contours of the Kelly rod for transfer of torque and bias forces. Broken-out areas are introduced into the accommodation sleeve, through which areas the coupling elements that can be inserted from the outside are passed, to project into the sleeve interior. A drilling rig has such a drilling table.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertiebsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Christian Heichel, Holger Bube
-
Patent number: 9458670Abstract: One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material. These holes may be used for drilling, tunnel boring, excavation, and so forth. The ram accelerator devices propel projectiles which are accelerated by combustion of one or more combustible gasses in a ram effect to reach velocities exceeding 500 meters per second. An endcap may be deployed within a tube of the ram accelerator device to prevent incursion of formation pressure products such as oil, water, mud, gas, and so forth into a guide tube of the ram accelerator. During operation the projectile penetrates the endcap and at least a portion thereof impact a working face. In some implementations a purge gas may be used to form a ullage between the endcap and the working face.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Hypersciences, Inc.Inventor: Mark C. Russell
-
Patent number: 9458671Abstract: A floating, offshore drilling and/or production platform is equipped with a rail-mounted transport system that can be positioned at a plurality of selected positions over the well bay of the vessel. The transport system can move a drilling riser with a drilling riser tensioner system and a blowout preventer from one drilling location to another without removing them from the well bay of the vessel. Using the transport system, the drilling riser is lifted just clear of a first well head and positioned over an adjacent, second well head using guidelines. The transport system may then move the upper end of the drilling riser (together with its attached tensioner and BOP) to a second drilling location. A dummy wellhead may be provided on the seafloor in order to secure the lower end of the drilling riser without removing it from the sea while production risers are being installed.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Seahorse Equipment CorpInventors: Travis Randall Jordan, Robert M. Kipp
-
Patent number: 9458672Abstract: New apparatus and methods are provided for positioning and attaching centralizers to the inside sidewalls of a wellbore. One or more centralizers are maintained in the interior of a pipe that is transported downhole into a well for deployment. Preferably, the pipe is also the wellbore's casing and the centralizers are deposited in a top-down manner as the casing travels downhole. The centralizers of the present invention are constructed to have an at least partially circular structure with a central hole. The preferred centralizer has an expanding circular structure wherein the diameter of the centralizer is substantially uniform so as to form an annular construction. Once deployed, the annular centralizer expands to engage the wellbore sidewall with the central hole expanded for passage of the well casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: PORTABLE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, INC.Inventor: Scott E. Jewett
-
Patent number: 9458673Abstract: The present invention provides a hard-rock core barrel roller cutter assembly, which comprises a roller cutter and a saddle. The roller cutter comprises a base portion for operating, and a connecting portion integrated with the base portion and detachably connected to the saddle. The connecting portion has a butted oblique plane, and a width of the connecting portion is gradually increased from one end adjacent to the base portion to another end far away from the base portion. A fixing block is detachably connected to the saddle, and the fixing block has a pressure slope which matches with the butted oblique plane. A width of the fixing block is gradually decreased from one end adjacent to the base portion to another end far away from the base portion, and the saddle is muff-jointed out of the connecting portion and the fixing block.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Inventor: Chung Jie Vinsing Ching
-
Patent number: 9458674Abstract: A cutting element for an earth-boring tool. The cutting element comprises a substrate base, and a volume of polycrystalline diamond material on an end of the substrate base. The volume of polycrystalline diamond material comprises a generally conical surface, an apex centered about a longitudinal axis extending through a center of the substrate base, a flat cutting surface extending from a first point at least substantially proximate the apex to a second point on the cutting element more proximate a lateral side surface of the substrate base. Another cutting element is disclosed, as are a method of manufacturing and a method of using such cutting elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventor: Nicholas J. Lyons
-
Patent number: 9458675Abstract: A transportable drilling rig having a self-elevating drill floor includes a base structure comprising multiple base towers that can be transported to a wellsite and positioned around an intended wellbore location. A horizontal base frame is installed between lower regions of the towers to form a stable rig base structure, and a drill floor can then be constructed over the base frame and between the base towers. A suitable rig mast can then be erected on the drill floor. Floor-lifting cables are anchored to upper regions of the base towers and disposable around corresponding sheave assemblies associated with the drill floor. The free ends of the floor-lifting cables can be engaged by the traveling block in the rig mast, whereupon the rig's drawworks can be actuated to elevate the drill floor and mast as required and then locked to the base towers.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: DRECO ENERGY SERVICES ULCInventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Donald Leonard Burlet