Patents Issued in June 1, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170152637
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for applying painted surface markings to roads, parking lots, fields and/or any other suitable surfaces is disclosed. The system may include a plurality of valves and associated spray nozzles mounted onto and/or within a manifold, with each valve being individually controllable in order to regulate the flow of paint being dispensed from the spray nozzles. For instance, a controller may be coupled to each valve in order to control the opening and closing of such valve, thereby controlling the flow of paint supplied to the corresponding spray nozzle. In addition, information regarding the surface marking to be applied (the design, dimensions, orientation, geographical location, etc.) may be stored within and/or received by the controller. The controller may then control each valve such that paint is applied to the surface to be marked via the spray nozzles in a manner that creates the desired surface marking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Grimm, Troy C. Kolb
  • Publication number: 20170152638
    Abstract: A snowthrower includes a motor, an auger driven by the motor to rotate, a handle device for a user to operate, an auger housing for containing the auger and a frame for connecting the handle device and the auger housing. The auger housing is made of at least two different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Xiangqing Fu, Feng Yuan, Keqiong Zhong, Qian Liu, Li Li, Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Liang Chen
  • Publication number: 20170152639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing snow through liquefaction, and the objective of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for removing snow through liquefaction that can melt snow suctioned by a snow suction means into water, thereby enhancing energy efficiency. The apparatus comprises: a snow suction means that includes a stirring part that forcibly crushes and stirs external snow and a suction part that forcibly suctions the snow that is stirred in the stirring part; a water spray means that sprays water into the suction part to melt the snow suctioned by the snow suction means; a storage part that stores the water into which the snow is melted by the water spray means; and a heating means that is located below the storage part and applies heat to the water stored in the storage part, wherein the heated water in the storage part is pumped and supplied to the water spray means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicants: DAEJI PRECISION INDUSTRIES COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Hang Woo CHO
  • Publication number: 20170152640
    Abstract: An erosion control mat provides a plurality of concrete blocks. Each block has an upper portion with a plurality of upper inclined side walls. Each block has a lower portion with a plurality of inclined lower side walls. The block has an upper surface and a lower surface and a block periphery in the form of an edge where the upper and lower side walls meet. Cables or ropes connect the blocks together to form a block matrix and the erosion control mat. Each block has a boot affixed to the block lower portion, the boot having a plurality of inclined side panels. Each boot side panel has an upper edge. The boot has a lower panel, a boot interior surface and an interior that is receptive of at least part of the block lower portion. The boot inclined side panels engage the block inclined lower side walls. The boot lower panel engages the block lower surface. A plurality of anchor posts are attached to the interior surface of the boot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: WASKEY BRIDGES, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen G. BENTON, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170152641
    Abstract: Foundation system for towers, especially for onshore wind turbines, comprising a central shaft buried or partially buried, preferably hollow and formed by dowels made from precast concrete, an essentially flat lower slab and completely buried, and lateral support means in the form of inclined struts that are joined at their upper end with the central shaft and at its lower end with the lower slab, and that are preferably entirely buried. The wind tower is located on the partly buried main shaft. The foundation system may comprise other lower elements connected with the lower slab, such as radial ribs or peripheral beams. The struts are preferably prefabricated elements incorporating an efficient and economical connection system by pre-stressing. The foundation system maximizes the fraction of the weight of the foundation by gravity generated by soil or ballast material, allowing an important economy in the structural materials of the foundation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: José Salustiano SERNA GARCÍA-CONDE
  • Publication number: 20170152642
    Abstract: A liner for a manhole cover is made up of stackable sections. Each stackable section is formed of a plurality (e.g. 4) pieces. Each piece comprises a first arm and a second arm which are substantially perpendicular to one another, the first arm being longer than the second arm, and both arms comprising connection means to allow the pieces to be connected together. The respective dimensions of the first arm and the second arm are chosen such that, when the piece is incorporated into a stackable section comprising three other corresponding pieces that are connected to each other in a sequence of a second arm of one piece connected to the first arm of an adjacent piece to form a quadrilateral stackable section, a further corresponding piece can fit within the stackable section along an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Lee Cassidy, Graeme Pringle
  • Publication number: 20170152643
    Abstract: A seabed plow capable of over-the-stern release and retrieval is usable in any of boulder clearing, trench cutting and backfill modes. In its boulder clearing mode, the plow uses its skid in torquing configuration followed by moldboards to push boulders out of the path to be trenched. In the trench cutting mode, the plow uses the skid in the same configuration with its share and moldboards for initial trench depth and the same share and moldboards with moldboard extensions for increasing trench depth in subsequent passes. In the backfill mode, the plow uses its skid in trench-straddling configuration following a blade with a passage designed to discharge fragmented spoil directly onto the pipe being covered. Thus, a single plow can be reconfigured for all modes for release and retrieval to and from a relatively small vessel without use of heavy lifting equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Michael W. N. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20170152644
    Abstract: Protective shields configured to prevent projection against projectiles, such as during excavating and/or mining operations, are provided. The protective shields include a base layer comprising one or more transparent polycarbonate layers, a sacrificial polycarbonate layer comprising a transparent polycarbonate, and an air gap positioned directly between at least a portion of the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer. The sacrificial polycarbonate layer is directly or indirectly attached to the base layer in a manner to provide the air gap positioned between the base layer and the sacrificial polycarbonate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy David Nickodemus
  • Publication number: 20170152645
    Abstract: A system for automatically coordinating a direction of travel with a position of a turret rotatably mounted on an undercarriage of a hydraulic machine including a hydraulic transmission circuit for connecting a main pump to a bi-directional hydraulic travel motor. The circuit includes a travel control distributor able to vary a driving direction of the motor. The system includes a second hydraulic circuit disposed downstream of a pilot pump providing a pilot pressure. The second circuit includes: a valve controller for controlling a direction of travel, activatable by the operator and able to switch the control distributor by sending different command signals; and a reversing valve, interposed between the valve controller and the control distributor. The system further includes a coordination circuit able to switch or maintain the reversing valve according to the position of the turret and to the command signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Francesco Chioccola
  • Publication number: 20170152646
    Abstract: A hydraulic control for an attachment on a work vehicle. The attachment is mounted on the chassis of the work vehicle and movable between a first position and a second position. A hydraulic cylinder is operable to power movement of the attachment. A fluid circuit communicates with the hydraulic cylinder and is configured to carry hydraulic fluid. A fluid reservoir is in communication with the fluid circuit. Accumulators that are in communication with the fluid circuit automatically store and release hydraulic fluid in response to movement of the attachment. A valve assembly controls fluid communication between the fluid reservoir and the fluid circuit in response to movement of the attachment to its second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Cody L. Sewell
  • Publication number: 20170152647
    Abstract: A flex pin includes a compressible member disposed between first and second rigid members configured to be installed in a tooth and shank assembly. The first rigid member includes a locking recess defined by a front wall, a locking major surface, and a back gradation defining at least one step. At least one of the first or second rigid members includes a bonding recess configured to receive a portion of the compressible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Woo Young Jee
  • Publication number: 20170152648
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, a fluid flow monitoring system includes an ultrasonic sensor for generating measurement signals associated with respective ultrasonic signals propagating through the fluid in the lumen, a shut-off valve for blocking fluid flow in the lumen, and a controller. The controller can be communicatively coupled to the ultrasonic sensor and to the shut-off valve. The controller can be configured to compute a plurality of fluid flow parameter estimates based on a plurality of measurement signals generated by the ultrasonic sensor over a time window while the shut-off valve is open. The controller can obtain an offset value associated with fluid flow parameter measurements during a zero flow state of the shut-off valve. The controller can then check for presence of a fluid leak event based on the fluid flow parameter estimates over the time window and the offset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Hammond, Francis M. Mess, Samuel Elia, Jorge C. Almirall, Brian Gestner, Jeffrey L. Leaders
  • Publication number: 20170152649
    Abstract: A faucet for switching between multiple water sources may include a faucet body, a ceramic control valve, a filtered water source, and a water outlet tube. A water inlet chamber and a water outlet chamber are formed at a bottom portion and a top portion of the faucet body respectively. A valve channel formed at a lateral side of the faucet body is configured to provide loading for the ceramic control valve. A water outlet tube comprising an inner tube and an outer tube is formed inside of the water outlet chamber. By using the long grooving-shaped water channel penetrating the annular wall located at a cross section of the valve channel and the water outlet chamber, the faucet is able to provide plentiful multiple water sources from the outer tube of the water outlet tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: HAIN YO ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chia-Po Chang
  • Publication number: 20170152650
    Abstract: A shower and speaker assembly. The assembly may include a shower device including a device housing defining an inlet communicating with an inlet chamber, an outlet and a waterway communicating between the inlet chamber and the outlet, the device housing further defining a receptacle having a closed end and an open end, the inlet chamber being behind the closed end, the waterway extending along the receptacle from the closed end toward the open end; and a speaker supportable in the receptacle. The outlet may define an outlet plane, and the speaker may include a speaker housing providing a speaker outlet, the speaker outlet being one of aligned with and positioned forwardly of the outlet plane when the speaker is supported in the receptacle. The assembly may further include a magnetic connecting structure operable to releasably connect the speaker and the shower device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Hanna, Michael James Soetaert, Keith Scott Ruh, William Clement Kuru
  • Publication number: 20170152651
    Abstract: A jet regulator for fluids includes a housing wall and a deflecting device arranged at least partially within the housing wall. The deflecting device deflects a centrally inflowing fluid oppositely to its inlet direction. The deflecting device and the housing wall define a flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Staedtler, Klaus Witte
  • Publication number: 20170152652
    Abstract: A flow diverter for diverting flow between a toilet bowl and a toilet tank, having: a body having an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet; and a flow adjustment mechanism rotatable within the body to selectively divert different percentages of flow between the first outlet and the second outlet; and an air vent and diaphragm in the body to prevent a siphon flow from the first or second outlet back to the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: FLUIDMASTER, INC.
    Inventor: Tuan LE
  • Publication number: 20170152653
    Abstract: A device for facilitating flushing a toilet having a push button. The device comprises a lever having a first end and a second end. A handle is coupled to the first end of the lever. A pivot mechanism is located between the first end and the second end such that the lever rotates about the pivot mechanism. The pivot mechanism is configured to be attachably coupled to a tank cover of the toilet. In one embodiment, the pivot mechanism comprises a downward facing surface having two suction cups, wherein each suction cup is configured for removably coupling the pivot mechanism to a surface of the tank. A hammer head coupled to the second end of the lever. The hammer head is configured for pushing the push button located on the tank cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Ken Frank Seier
  • Publication number: 20170152654
    Abstract: A toilet odor control device according to the present invention has an air filtration unit and a mounting and air intake unit that allows the two units to be separated from and reattached to one another by sliding the air filtration unit relative to the mounting and air intake unit. This feature allows convenient access to the air filtration unit to change filter cartridges and batteries in the air filtration unit without removing the entire device from a toilet. The mounting and air intake unit is provided with adjustable members for receiving fasteners for fastening the mounting and air intake unit to a toilet at a location intermediate of a toilet seat and the rim of a bowl of a toilet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: ROGER LENDSEY SUGGS
  • Publication number: 20170152655
    Abstract: A damp-proof venting device comprising a proximity sensor switch, fan blower, two solenoid valves and a control unit, powered by an external power supply, vents toilet bowl malodour directly into the toilet's sewerage drain, bypassing the toilet's primary water trap via an independent pressure-driven air passage sealed by a secondary independent water trap. Said control unit regulates the operation of venting unit's air blower and two solenoid valves, thus ensuring directionality of displaced air during the venting stage as well as sealing the venting passage after use under all possible circumstances, all in synchronicity with the toilet's engagement by user. A slight variation of said device allows for retrofitting onto geometry and space-accommodating market-available toilet models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Hani A. Abunameh, Mutaz O. MANGO
  • Publication number: 20170152656
    Abstract: The current invention comprises a flexible conduit means for an exhaust system of a combustion engine vehicle, comprising a bellows member (2), an outer flexible braided or knitted member (3) enclosing the bellows member, a resilient member (4), that is elastically deformable and encloses the outer braided or knitted member at least partially and abuts against it, whereas the bellows member comprises two corrugated portions (21), a connecting portion (24) between the corrugated portions, and the resilient member (4) encloses the connecting portion at least partially, the connecting portion (24) comprises flanks (25) that are formed at its axial ends and extend at least in a radial direction, and a curved portion (26) which connects the flanks with each other and which is at least partially enclosed by the resilient member (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Uwe Webel
  • Publication number: 20170152657
    Abstract: A vacuum toilet system having means to diminish stains generated on a lower surface of a shroud when flush is operated with lid closed. The toilet system is structured to make air flow easier into the bowl when lid is closed. The lid is provided with mesh, slit, or air scoop style openings The system also provides a structure in which flush operation is triggered by detecting a predetermined inclining angle of the lid before it closes. Another aspect is that the lower surface of the shroud is curved for keeping shroud away from the of the upper surface around the bowl's rim. Another aspect is that the height of the shroud stays extending from the shroud's lower surface is higher compared to the prior art. The system also provides protrusions projecting upward from the bowl's upper surface opposite the shroud stays in a wavy configuration around the bowl's rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON DYNE-A-MAT CORP.
    Inventor: Sadao Seimiya
  • Publication number: 20170152658
    Abstract: A rod connection system includes a first structural member having an angled pin connector integrally formed at an end portion of the first structural member with angled pins being spaced apart from and protruding parallel to an end face of the first structural member. The rod connection system further includes a second structural member having an angled socket connector integrally formed at an end portion of the second structural member with angled tubes as sockets for the angled pins of the first structural member. The angled tubes are spaced apart from and protruding parallel to an end face of the second structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Bastian SCHAEFER, Nabankele-Martial SOMDA
  • Publication number: 20170152659
    Abstract: A prefabricated modular reinforced concrete building system includes panel assemblies for foundations, walls, decks, and roofs designed to be built out in a manufacturing facility, shipped to a job site, and filled with concrete. Panel assemblies incorporate a space frame to ensure structural integrity during shipping and during concrete fill. Space frames can include structural columns, rebar mats, spacers, straps, and skin panels. Panel assemblies may be manufactured to contain architectural interior/external finishes, windows/doors, and pre-installed utility distribution systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: James F. Harvey
  • Publication number: 20170152660
    Abstract: A pocket former includes a pocket former body and a keyway former. The pocket former is adapted to form a void in a concrete member allowing access to the stressing end of a post-tensioning tendon. The keyway former is adapted to form a keyway in the concrete to allow grout to be more securely retained in the void.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Felix Sorkin
  • Publication number: 20170152661
    Abstract: Gutter systems, inward corner gutter covers and related methods are provided. A corner gutter cover can include a support post configured to be secured to a splash guard of an inward corner gutter and to extend over a portion of the inward corner with the support post sloping downward from the splash guard toward and inside corner of the gutter. The corner gutter cover can also include a screen disposed on the support post. The screen can be configured to extend on either side of the support post from the support post to an adjacent roof line of a roof when the support post and the screen are installed on the splash guard of the inward corner gutter. The screen can be configured to permit rain water to pass therethrough into gutter while preventing other debris from passing therethrough and diverting the debris away from the inward corner gutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Ronald J. White
  • Publication number: 20170152662
    Abstract: An extension apparatus for rainwater downspouts comprising a multi-piece, articulated extension device that is attachable to the lowermost portion of a rainwater downspout. The apparatus includes a pivotable joint for articulate movement around the joint. The apparatus further includes elastic members on the apparatus side panels to return the apparatus to an original, resting position after articulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: BRIAN ELDER
  • Publication number: 20170152663
    Abstract: A louver cover for a pergola, arbor and the like has pivotal elongated slat assemblies that move between an open upright position and a closed position covering the pergola. The cover is secured between upright supports and cross beams of the pergola. Each slat assembly has a pivotal shaft mounted for pivotal movement between parallel cross beams. The pivotal shaft carries at least one slat member, which is movable between an upright position when the cover is open and a closed position when the slat assemblies extend in a covering relationship over the pergola. In one embodiment, each slat assembly has a slat member with S-shaped profile, and in another embodiment the slat-assembly has two mirror image slat members of J-shaped profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Ivic
  • Publication number: 20170152664
    Abstract: The mortarless brick panel has upper and lower horizontal metal framing tracks with vertical metal wall studs secured therebetween that forms a rectangular frame to which a sheet of expanded metal lath is secured to the face thereof. A sheet of insulation overlays the expanded metal lath and is attached to the frame with screws or other fasteners. The mortarless brick, with a mounting rod protruding from its back side is secured to the panel by hand pressing the mounting rod through the insulation and expanded metal lath and is secured to the expanded metal lath with speed washers or other mechanical fasteners, thereby forming a mortarless brick panel. Time and motion studies have concluded that this mortarless brick can be installed up tp eight times faster than mortar joint brick, providing great savings in erection costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Jay Russell Kelley
  • Publication number: 20170152665
    Abstract: An elevating leveling pedestal having a base rotatably attached to a first coupling end to collectively create a height adjustment mechanism, a second coupling end non-rotatably attached to a first end of a non-threaded midsection of predetermined length with a second end non-rotatably attached to a head assembly to support, secure, and level a surface installed over a non-sloping or sloping sub-surface. Another embodiment comprising a height and slope adjustable pedestal that has its tilting mechanism on the bottom of the pedestal allowing the pedestal column to remain vertical and not skewed made using a single length of unthreaded piping, the rotatable device base having minimal surface threading, and the device base able to be locked in a zero or non-zero slope for supporting a structure above a fixed surface, and the method of using such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: The Ipe Clip Fastener Company, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Pelc, JR., James Dean Upchurch
  • Publication number: 20170152666
    Abstract: A rigid surface covering plastic material includes a base layer which including 100 wt % of PVC resin, 10˜60 wt % of solid plasticizer and 60˜510 wt % of additive. The solid plasticizer is selected from a group consisting of a modified green plastic with a melting point of 50˜150° C. and EPDM. The stiffness of the rigid surface covering plastic material is significantly improved by adding solid plasticizers into the material mixture of the base layer and providing a reasonable formula design of the material mixture, and due to the melting points of the solid plasticizers below a calender processing point of the PVC, the fluidity of molten PVC mixture is improved, and calender molding of the molten PVC mixture is facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: WANPENG LI, NAN YE
  • Publication number: 20170152667
    Abstract: A screed guide drain adaptor includes a circular disk with a recessed circular center portion defined therein. The recessed circular center portion creates a transition between an outer ring portion and the recessed circular center portion. The screed guide drain adaptor includes a drain aperture defined within the recessed circular center portion. The screed guide is made of a rigid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Bart Allen Wilde
  • Publication number: 20170152668
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a distribution boom for stationary or mobile viscous material pumps, comprising at least one boom arm having a box profile. The boom arm has two side walls which are arranged at a distance from one another and which are connected to one another by means of two transverse walls which are arranged at a distance from one another. Each side wall has a lead-through opening for a conveying line. Provision is made according to this disclosure for there to extend between the side walls a tube which is fixedly connected thereto and which opens by way of the tube ends thereof into the lead-through openings. Between the tube ends and the adjacent side wall there is arranged a respective flange which projects in an encircling manner over an outer border of the respective tube end and is welded both to the tube end and to the side wall in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Rau, Eva Daum, Dietmar Fügel
  • Publication number: 20170152669
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a work machine with a chassis, with a mast block which is mounted on the chassis and has a rotary head which can be rotated about a vertical axis of rotation, and with a mast which has at least two mast arms, wherein each of the mast arms, with the exception of a last mast arm which has a free end, is pivotably connected, starting from a first mast arm, to the respectively following mast arm by means of an articulation, and wherein the first mast arm is mounted on the rotary head so as to be pivotable about a horizontal pivot axis. According to this disclosure, at least one chassis-mounted supporting device is provided which has a supporting surface on which a component of the articulation or a component of one of the articulations is supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Rau, Eva Daum
  • Publication number: 20170152670
    Abstract: The present application relates to an adjusting device (1) for adjusting a masonry guide (20) relative to a brick wall to be laid (11), comprising an elongate adjusting body (2), wherein the adjusting device is releasably attachable to both the wall and the masonry guide, and the adjusting device comprises a hinge (3) for rotating at least a part of the adjusting body out of the plane running parallel to the wall when the adjusting device is connected only to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Jan Willem Fransen
  • Publication number: 20170152671
    Abstract: In which a plurality of plates (1), made of injected recycled polymer material, joined together by coupling fittings (2) and secured by retaining devices (3) form peripheral walls (4).) Fitted on a base (5) which reproduces the floor plan of the structure being assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Manolo MACIEL MACHADO
  • Publication number: 20170152672
    Abstract: A support tower, particularly for a wind turbine. The support tower has at least a first elongated component which is internally hollow and at least a second elongated component which is slidably coupled to the at least a first elongated component and movable relative to the at least a first elongated component at least between a retracted position. The second elongated component is at least partially inserted in the at least a first elongated component, and an extracted position, where the at least a second elongated component is substantially extracted from the at least a first elongated component. A moving device for moving the second elongated component from the retracted position to the extracted position, and vice versa, and a blocking device configured to allow the at least a second elongated component to be blocked in the extracted position, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: MICOPERI ENERGIA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Romero SANTUCCI
  • Publication number: 20170152673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable shelter assembly including a support. An expandable shelter is supported by the support and expands to shelter at least one person. One or more anchors are provided for anchoring the shelter. Advantageously, the anchors anchor the shelter to impede the assembly from bang blown away in the wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Fraser
  • Publication number: 20170152674
    Abstract: Stackable supports for supporting upright fence posts are arranged in overlying relationship, forming an “X” shape with sockets (30) extending from the support blocks (22) up through openings (44) of the cross blocks that receive the end portions of the fence posts (15), with lock pins (50) that extend through the aligned openings of the sockets and the fence posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Charles J. MacKarvich
  • Publication number: 20170152675
    Abstract: The present invention in at least one embodiment provides a post assembly 10, 10.0, 10.00, 10.000, 10.0000, 110, 210, 310 for a parking lot barrier system 11, the post 12 of the post assembly 10, 10.0, 10.00, 10.000, 10.0000, 110, 210, 310 being of any appropriate section and being characterized in that at or near to the base 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Pavey
  • Publication number: 20170152676
    Abstract: A door or window arrangement has a panel movable relative to an opening bounded by a frame so as to close against a strike jamb or move away from it. A locking element moves between a locked state in which it engages between the panel and the strike jamb to prevent separation of the panel from the strike jamb and a released state in which the panel can be separated from the strike jamb. A linkage is displaced by a terminal part of a closing motion of the panel so that completion of the closing motion can only occur when the locking element assumes its locked state. Preferably, the linkage is deployed so that force applied to displace the panel through the terminal part of the closing motion results in a force applied to the locking element to displace it towards its locked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Amir RAZ
  • Publication number: 20170152677
    Abstract: A lock device including a keyway sized and configured to receive a key, a sensor assembly including an optical source and a key height sensor, and a controller in communication with the sensor assembly. The optical source is configured to generate an optical signal, and the key height sensor is configured to generate a key height signal in response to receiving the optical signal. The key is configured to interact with the optical signal such that the key height signal varies based upon the height of the key. The controller is configured to generate a key profile based at least in part upon the key height signal, to compare the key profile to authorization data, to select an action based upon the comparing, and to perform the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Klammer, William P. Dye, Michael P. Hogan, Samir Moustaffa Tamer, Don Baker, Douglas A. Holmes
  • Publication number: 20170152678
    Abstract: A system including a lock class having a plurality of lock families, with each lock family including a plurality of lock cylinders. Each of the lock families has a control pin location which is different from the control pin location of another of the lock families within the lock class. Each of the lock cylinders generally includes a shell, a plug rotatably mounted in the shell, and a control ring rotatably mounted on the plug at the control pin location of the lock family of which the lock cylinder is a member, and a control pin operable to selectively couple the plug with the control ring. Each lock family may be associated with a control key family. Each control key family may include a plurality of control keys, each of which may have a control bitting configured to urge control pins of the associated lock family to a coupling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Jason C. Clifford
  • Publication number: 20170152679
    Abstract: An electronic lock with a lock assembly that includes a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The electronic lock includes a motor configured to drive the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position. A controller is provided that is configured to control actuation of the motor to selectively move the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position. The electronic lock includes a user interface configured to output information about the electronic lock. A misalignment scoring means is provided for detecting interference to movement of the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position and determining a lock misalignment score based on the detected interference. The user interface identifies the lock misalignment score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Nedal Almomani, Matthew Lovett, Timothy Brewer
  • Publication number: 20170152680
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for electronic locks with a selectable power off function. The electronic lock includes an electronic controller disposed within a lock housing and operable to control a state of the lock between locked and unlocked positions. An electronic actuator electrically coupled to the controller is movable between first and second positions corresponding to a locked position and an unlocked position of the lock, respectively. The electronic lock further includes at least one electrical energy storage device and a selector switch coupled to the controller to define a desired state of the lock between one of an electrically locked (EL) and an electrically unlocked (EU) state in an electric power off condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Sundar R. Dore Vasudevan, Dilip Bangaru, Adam M. Litwinski, William B. Ainley, Russell L. Steiner, Michelle Vickrey
  • Publication number: 20170152681
    Abstract: In a door lock, a locking mechanism includes an outer wheel, an inner wheel disposed inside the outer wheel and operable to rotate relative to the outer wheel, a clutch member disposed in the inner wheel and normally biased to radially extend from the inner wheel into the outer wheel to interengage the inner and outer wheels, and an arm plate sleeved around the inner wheel. When the inner wheel rotates in a first direction, the arm plate is driven by the inner wheel to actuate the deadbolt. When the inner and outer wheels are interengaged, the inner wheel drives the outer wheel by rotating in a second direction. When the inner wheel disengages from the outer wheel, rotation of the inner wheel in the first or second direction is idle relative to the outer wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: TONG LUNG METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shyang CHIOU, Yu LIN
  • Publication number: 20170152682
    Abstract: A top pull gravity latch device to selectively secure a gate in a closed position to block the opening or portal in a fence, wall or other barrier comprising a latch assembly including a latch actuator assembly, intermediate pull actuator assembly and pivotal latch member each movable between a first and second position and a keeper assembly including a striker pin to selectively engage the pivotal latch member to move the pivotal latch member from the first to second position when the keeper assembly is moved from the second to first position and back to the first position wherein the gate is securely closed when the latch actuator assembly, intermediate pull actuator assembly, pivot latch member of the latch assembly and the striker pin of the keeper assembly are all in the first position and wherein the intermediate pull actuator assembly is moved from the first to second position to move the pivotal latch member from the first to second position clearing the striker pin of the keeper assembly to be moved
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Aaron M. Mizner, E. Erik Timothy
  • Publication number: 20170152683
    Abstract: A vehicle handle device includes: a handle support member; a handle rotatably supported by the handle support member and causing a locking device to perform a transition from a latched state to an unlatched state; a rotary member rotatable around a rotary shaft with respect to the handle support member; and a torsion coil spring having a main body portion extending to have a spiral shape and disposed on the periphery of the rotary shaft, and first and second engagement pieces extending from both ends of the main body portion, respectively, and generating a bias force causing the rotary member to rotate around the rotary shaft when the first and second engagement pieces engage with the rotary member and the handle support member, respectively, in a state where the main body portion is elastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi NAGATA, Nobukazu ARAKI, Jun HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170152684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door locking system, comprising a motor vehicle door lock (1) on a motor vehicle door (2) and a lock retainer (3), interacting therewith, on a motor vehicle body (4), or vice versa, according to patent application DE 10 2014 007 119.7, characterized in that a hold-back element (5) is provided which keeps clear an inlet opening (6) for the lock retainer (3) in the motor vehicle door lock (1) even in the event of deformations of the motor vehicle door (2) caused by an accident, wherein the hold-back element (5) keeps the opening clear on account of a shaping of the hold-back element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Nikolaus Hundsdorfer
  • Publication number: 20170152685
    Abstract: A vehicle handle device: a resin handle support member having one surface in a vehicle width direction which faces one surface of a metal panel of a vehicle door; a handle rotatably supported by the handle support member and causing a locking device to perform a transition from a latched state to an unlatched state; a metal bolt penetrating through a through-hole and a bolt inserting hole, and having a head portion facing the other surface of the handle support member; a metal nut facing the other surface of the panel and screwed with the bolt; and a metal spacer positioned between the head portion and the other surface of the panel, and whose both end portions come into contact with the head portion and the one surface of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi NAGATA, Nobukazu ARAKI, Masaki YOSHINO, Jun HASEGAWA, Kazuki TAKENAKA
  • Publication number: 20170152686
    Abstract: A door latch structure for a vehicle is provided and has an improved opening responsiveness. The door latch includes a striker, a main claw member, a pawl, and a pawl lift. Additionally, a sub claw member is further provided. When a vehicle door is closed, the sub claw member applies force in the direction opposite to that in which the striker pushes the main claw member, to reduce the moment of the main claw member, whereby the door is operated more smoothly and quietly when a user attempts to open the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Hyong-Don Kim