Patents Issued in November 7, 2017
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Patent number: 9809968Abstract: A corrugated thermoplastic leaching chamber has sidewall louvers that define sidewall slot openings. Each louver comprises an outward extending canopy, a cap integral with the outer end of the canopy, having a down slope greater than the slope of the canopy, and a preferably concave fence at the inner end of the canopy, for inhibiting ingress of soil. The chamber may be made by first thermoforming sheet material, preferably two-layer PET plastic sheet to the shape of the chamber, followed by mechanically cutting and deforming the sidewall, to create the opening and the fence.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: INFILTRATOR WATER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul R Holbrook, Roy E Moore, Jr., Bryan A Coppes
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Patent number: 9809969Abstract: A system designed to control and filter runoff water in storm drains is presented. Drain water frequently carries trash, organic matter, suspended solids, hydrocarbons, metals, nutrients and bacteria collected from streets and parking lots into a storm drain inlet, which enters storm water drain pipe systems. The present invention supplies a series of baffle boxes inserted in the drain water stream with a final box possessing an upflow filter comprising filtration media and filter cartridges. The system can also support a storm flow bypass that directs high-flow storm runoff water directly to the outlet to protect the filter system.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Bio Clean Environmental Services, Inc.Inventor: Zaccharia Kent
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Patent number: 9809970Abstract: A collapsible and portable deck system comprising: a) a collapsible support frame configured to support a deck base portion comprising a plurality of frame members coupled in a scissor structure and configured to be expanded from a collapsed position to an extended position, comprising i. a plurality of frame members, ii. a plurality of corner upright frame members; iii. a plurality of middle upright frame members; iv. a plurality of upper connector assemblies; and v. a plurality of lower connector assemblies; and b) a modular deck base portion, comprising i. at least two first deck support members, ii. a plurality of second deck support members, and iii. a plurality of interconnected deck boards.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Darquise R Burns
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Patent number: 9809971Abstract: An architectural building block including a generally triangular block having an outer wall, an inner wall disposed in substantially parallel configuration with respect to the outer wall and three side walls, each adjoining the outer wall and the inner wall. One of the side walls includes dual inverse mirror planes and each of the other two of which includes a single inverse mirror plane. At least one the side walls is configured to be positionable so as to mate with a side wall of an abuttingly disposed block, whereby curved structures may be constructed from a plurality of such blocks to form a dihedral angle between each set of two blocks. In one embodiment, the inner wall further includes at least one depression disposed on the inner wall of the block.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Spherical Block LLCInventors: Peter Andrew Roberts, Wanrui He, Nolan Andrew Jessop, Sanket T. Patel, Alexander Karl Wessner, Nicholas Stephen Roberts, Patrick Richard Byrne, Pavel Boyuk, Martin Monk
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Patent number: 9809972Abstract: A connection means for building components is described. According to the invention, a connection means can be arranged opposite on the external surface of a building component, having a body, this body comprising a case and containing at least one filling material within said case, where said filling material is more elastic than the material forming said case, said case and said filling material being adapted to receive at least one through anchoring element which can be fixed to said building element.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ROTHO BLAAS SRL GMBHInventors: Albino Angeli, Giovanni Dal Ri, Andrea Polastri
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Patent number: 9809973Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a mobile storage unit. The mobile storage unit includes a plurality of walls forming an interior region to store a plurality of items. The mobile storage unit also includes a base supporting the plurality of walls. The mobile storage unit may further include wheels to allow for transport from one location to another location.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: James Andrew Chainey
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Patent number: 9809974Abstract: An adjustable deck tie bracket includes a front plate having an opening. Legs are on opposite sides of the front plate. A deformation zone connects a brace member to the front plate. The deformation zone has less resistance to bending than the brace member to facilitate rotation of the front brace by deformation at the deformation zone. To connect a deck to a house, a connector can be inserted through the front plate and secured to an anchor in the house. The orientation of the brace member is adjusted so it so extends to the bottom of a deck joist, thereby allowing flexibility in the vertical spacing between the connector and the deck joist. The legs are secured to opposite sides of the deck joist and the brace member is secured to the deck joist at a location that is spaced farther from the house than the legs.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventor: Steve Brekke
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Patent number: 9809975Abstract: A seismic isolation assembly is defined by a first support plate and a second support plate disposed in parallel relation with a spacing being provided between the support plates. The first support plate is connected to ground and the second support plate is attached to a structure to be isolated. A set of wire rope isolators are disposed between the first and second support plates as well as at least one linear damper that is angularly disposed and mounted between the first and second support plates.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLCInventors: Shubin Ruan, Thomas Zemanek
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Patent number: 9809976Abstract: A saddle connector, having an inverted channel, engages a bulb of a beam in the grid of a suspended ceiling. The channel has hardened teeth staggered along the opposing walls of the channel. The teeth are forced into the bulb of the beam, one at a time, by the full force exerted by hand operated pliers.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Worthington Armstrong VentureInventor: Brett W. Sareyka
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Patent number: 9809977Abstract: A set of machines and related systems build structures by the additive assembly of discrete parts. These digital material assemblies constrain the constituent parts to a discrete set of possible positions and orientations. In doing so, the structures exhibit many of the properties inherent in digital communication such as error correction, fault tolerance and allow the assembly of precise structures with comparatively imprecise tools. Assembly of discrete cellular lattices by a Modular Isotropic Lattice Extruder System (MILES) is implemented by pulling strings of lattice elements through a forming die that enforces geometry constraints that lock the elements into a rigid structure that can then be pushed against and extruded out of the die as an assembled, loadbearing structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Matthew Eli Carney, Benjamin Jenett, Neil Gershenfeld
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Patent number: 9809978Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a structural system for replacing a standard beam. The standard beam has a weight per unit length, a depth in a load direction, a characteristic cross-sectional shape and a width in a cross direction substantially perpendicular to the load direction. The structural system includes a monolithic beam having the characteristic cross-sectional shape and the depth in the load direction. The monolithic beam may also have the weight per unit length. The monolithic beam includes first and second flanges connected by a transverse section. The first and second flanges extend in the cross direction and have first and second thicknesses, respectively, in the load direction. The flanges are not wider than the width in the cross direction. At least one of the flanges has the width in the cross direction. The thicknesses are different. The flanges and the transverse section are an integrated structure forming the monolithic beam.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Constantine ShuhaibarInventor: Constantine Shuhaibar
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Patent number: 9809979Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pre-stressed beam or panel and the resulting beam or panel are described. The method includes providing a timber-based component (1); providing a pre-stressing member (9) arranged along the timber-based component; applying a tensile force to the pre-stressing member (9); providing concrete anchors (11a, 11b) at locations that are spaced apart along the timber-based component (1); coupling the pre-stressing member (9) to the concrete anchors (11a, 11b); and releasing the tensile force on the pre-stressing member (9) to transfer a compressive force to the timber-based component (1) through the concrete anchors (11a, 11b) to form a pre-stressed beam or panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: University of CanterburyInventors: Alessandro Palermo, Stefano Pampanin
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Patent number: 9809980Abstract: A rake edge for a roof of a building includes a body having a lower portion and an upper portion. A fold is disposed on an inside end of the body. A downwardly extending side shield protrudes orthogonally from the lower portion. A shield edge protrudes outwardly from the side shield at an angle between 5 degrees and 90 degrees from a planar extent of the side shield. A shield edge underlap projects inwardly parallel with the shield edge. A trim portion extends over the upper portion. The trim portion is generally parallel with the upper portion and spaced a predetermined distance therefrom. A trim portion underlap is disposed between the upper portion and the trim portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Quality Edge, Inc.Inventor: Mark Allen Bredeweg
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Patent number: 9809981Abstract: The invention comprises a relatively lightweight cementitious-based material panel. The cementitious-based material panel comprises a foam insulating panel having a first surface and a second surface; a first structural layer of cementitious-based material formed on the first surface of the foam insulating panel and affixed thereto; and a second non-structural layer of cementitious-based material formed on the second surface of the foam insulating panel and affixed thereto. The second non-structural layer of cementitious-based material is substantially thinner than the first structural layer of concrete. The second non-structural layer of cementitious-based material is preferably formed from polymer modified concrete, plaster or mortar. A method of making the cementitious-based material panel is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
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Patent number: 9809982Abstract: A plurality of at least two modular flooring tiles coupled together to form an upper surface defined by an outer perimeter is disclosed. A plurality of side walls extends downward from the outer perimeter and a plurality of coupling members are disposed about the side walls adapted to mate with coupling members of an adjacent flooring panel. A flexible continuous synthetic overlay is disposed about and secured to the upper surface of the at least two modular flooring tiles, wherein the synthetic overlay comprises an outer perimeter substantially similar to the outer perimeter of the at least two modular flooring tiles.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Connor Sport Court International, LLCInventor: Erlin Randjelovic
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Patent number: 9809983Abstract: A floorboard assembly comprises first and second solid wood floor boards (10) and (12). The first floor board (10) has a tongue (14) extending longitudinally along a first side thereof. The second floor board (12) having a groove (16) extending longitudinally along a second side thereof. The groove (16) has a width defined between a top lip (22) and a bottom lip (24). The tongue (14) is insertable in a tight fit manner in the groove (16) to prevent translational separation of the boards (10, 12) in a common plane thereof. A clearance (26, 26?, 28, 32, 32?, 32?, 36 and 38) is provided between the tongue (14) and the groove (16) at one of a tip portion of the tongue (14) and an outermost portion of the top and bottom lips (22, 24) of the groove (16). The clearance (26, 26?, 28, 32, 32?, 32?, 36 and 38) is configured to allow angular withdrawal of the tongue (14) from the groove (16) by manually pivoting the first and second floor boards (10, 12) towards one another in one of an upward and a downward direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: RENE ST-CYR (1996) INC.Inventor: Pierre Trudel
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Patent number: 9809984Abstract: A floor panel includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate. The top layer is composed of a print and a transparent thermoplastic layer having a thickness of 0.5 mm or less and being situated above said print. The floor panel, at least on two opposite edges, is provided with a straight or curved chamfer extending to below the global level of the print.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARLInventors: Laurent Meersseman, Luc Vanhastel
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Patent number: 9809985Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flooring material including: a plasticizer; fibers comprising at least one type of inorganic fibers or at least one type of organic fibers; and a thermoplastic resin. The fibers have an alignment. In addition, a method for manufacturing a flooring material is also disclosed. The method includes preparing a first mixture by mixing a liquid plasticizer with fibers comprising at least one type of inorganic fibers or at least one type of organic fibers; preparing a second mixture in which the fibers are dispersed in the liquid plasticizer by agitating the first mixture; preparing a third mixture by mixing the second mixture with a thermoplastic resin; and forming a floor material through thermo-compression of the third mixture.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: LG HAUSYS, LTD.Inventors: Ju Hyung Lee, Sam Hun Yun, Myung Seok Park, Seong Moon Jung
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Patent number: 9809986Abstract: A string holder for use with concrete forms comprising a main body having a central portion and first and second wing type portions that are coupled to the central portion. The central portion includes a first axial arm extending in a first direction and a second axial arm extending in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the first axial arm has formed thereon one or more grooves sized and dimensioned for accommodating a string. The first wing type portion and the second wing type portion are angled relative to the central portion and extend radially outwardly therefrom. Each of the wing type portions includes a radial arm and a further axial arm.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Titcomb Brothers Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Ted Titcomb, Paul S. Titcomb
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Patent number: 9809987Abstract: A seating system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a riser including a tiltable deck. Another seating system according to the present disclosure includes, among other things, a drive system for moving a riser. The drive system includes a sprocket configured to engage a belt.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ROGERS ATHLETIC COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Joshua William Koch, Brian Staten, Todd Alan Swarts, Timothy John Hockemeyer
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Patent number: 9809988Abstract: A pool jet fitting can include an insert housing defining an insert body, a housing channel, and a base disposed within the housing channel. The base can include an outer sidewall that defines an internal chamber. The fitting has a valve disposed within the internal chamber. The valve includes a valve body, a valve channel that extends into the valve body along the first direction, and a valve opening that extends through the valve body and into the valve channel along a second direction that is angularly offset with respect to the first direction. The valve is movable between a first position whereby the valve opening has a first area through which the water flow moves and a second position whereby the valve opening has a second area through which the water flow moves that is greater than the first area.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Eco-Blu Pool Components LLCInventors: James Mulhern, Stephen Antonishak, Sean Walsh
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Patent number: 9809989Abstract: The invention is a swimming pool cleaning apparatus comprising a cleaning unit intended to be immersed in the swimming pool, at least one liquid filter circuit between at least one liquid net and at least one liquid outlet via a filter chamber removable from the body of the cleaning unit. The filter chamber comprises a cover and a filter basket. The cover including releasable means for fastening the filter basket and means for locking the filter chamber to the body of the cleaning unit, these locking means being releasable and, when released, causing an extraction handle to be deployed from the filter chamber and urged towards a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPEInventors: Philippe Blanc Tailleur, Faustine Munoz, Philippe Pichon
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Patent number: 9809990Abstract: An automated swimming pool cleaner has a housing having an inlet formed on a bottom surface thereof. At least one slot is formed in a bottom side surface of the housing. A flap is provided and is in fluid communication with the slot. A wheel is coupled to the flap. The wheel keeps a bottom surface of the flap a minimum distance above a floor/wall of a swimming pool.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: COMPUROBOT TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventor: Wing-Kin Hui
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Patent number: 9809991Abstract: Some embodiments provide a pool cleaner having a housing including a bottom cover with a cover opening. A drive assembly is configured to drive one or more wheels. The pool cleaner further includes a supply mast, and a distributor manifold that receives water from the supply mast. A venturi vacuum assembly is in fluid communication with the distributor manifold, the venturi vacuum assembly designed to vacuum debris from a pool surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.Inventors: Suresh C. Gopalan, Nitin Agarwal, Jayamurali Kaladharan
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Patent number: 9809992Abstract: A utility marker comprises a support pole for placement in the ground at a desired location to be marked. An enhancer, located at the upper end of the support pole, is adapted to designate a particular type of utility line under the ground. The enhancer defines an internal cavity in which a nesting animal may nest. An opening is provided in the enhancer to allow ingress and egress of the nesting animal. Preferably, the enhancer is colored according to a predetermined color scheme to designate the particular type of utility line and may have utility marker indicia located thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Stephen E Barlow
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Patent number: 9809993Abstract: The rail skirt system includes a top rail, a skirt that hangs from the top rail, formed from rail bar members connected together at their inner ends by a middle connector tube connectable to a locking support leg, to provide support for the top rail on a side of a shelter. The outer ends of the rail bar members are connected to legs of the shelter by fixed corner connecting brackets.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Mark C. Carter
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Patent number: 9809994Abstract: An integrally formed panel (10) comprising an annular member (15) defining a longitudinally extending cavity (16) for engaging a picket (5); at least a first distal panel (100) extending away from the longitudinally extending cavity (16) for screening; the annular member (15) having a longitudinally extending slot (21) in communication with the longitudinally extending cavity (16) for receiving and releasing the picket 5; a locking tab (74) and an anchor lock (94) along opposite sides of the longitudinally extending slot (21) for releasably and tensionally securing the annular member (15) to the picket 5, the anchor lock (94) extending away from the longitudinally extending cavity (16) and projecting angularly from the adjoining portion of the annular member (15), and the locking tab (74) extending toward said anchor lock (94); a prying means 70 for receiving a lever and prying force to releasably latch the locking tab (74) and the anchor lock (94); at most one hinge (54) between the locking tab (74) and theType: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Lawrence Millard Neff
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Patent number: 9809995Abstract: Described herein is locking apparatus, method for making a locking apparatus, and method for mounting a locking apparatus to the door of a personal storage container. The locking apparatus may include a threaded portion having deformed threads and a lock body shape to fit a restrictive mounting hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEInventors: Donald E. Irwin, Michael L. Spears, Robert Dalton
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Patent number: 9809996Abstract: A door lock assembly is configured for installation in a cross bore of a door. The lock assembly includes a lock housing including a disk portion having an outer perimeter and an inner wall extending from the disk portion and defining an annular space between the inner wall and the outer perimeter and a lock space inside of the inner wall. The inner wall is sized to fit within the cross bore and define an annular gap between the inner wall and the cross bore. A retention clip is removably attached to the lock housing and includes a retention portion that engages the cross bore to removably retain the lock housing within the cross bore without the use of fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: James D. Ohl, Nathanael S. Murphy
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Patent number: 9809997Abstract: An all-plastic, tumbler-free cam lock includes a cylindrical lock body with a flange extending radially from the distal end to be glued to a surface surrounding a mounting hole. The lock body has a bore extending axially and a central spindle received coaxially in the bore. A key has a cylindrical tubular key body insertable concentrically between the lock body shoulder and the distal end of the spindle. A pair of outer key lugs extend radially outwardly from the tubular key body to pass through the key channels of an interior shoulder of the lock body, thus permitting access only by one key configuration. A third key lug extends radially inwardly from the inner surface of the tubular key body to engage a keyway channel of the spindle.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Robert B. Ayrest
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Patent number: 9809998Abstract: A lock comprises an upper casing and a base plate connected to each other; between the upper casing and the base plate there is an accommodation space in which the locking device is. The locking device consists of a locking hook coordinated with the receiving hole at the top surface of the upper casing and a control unit to control the movement of the locking hook. The locking hook has a hook portion which can access the bottom end of the receiving hole and a connecting portion controlled by the control unit. At the left side of the receiving hole which the hook portion faces to, there is a side plate comprising an inclined upper part and a vertical part at the lower end, and the inclined part tilt outward towards the top surface of the receiving hole for locking two zipper pull tabs together conveniently.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: YIFENG MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Leo Lai
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Patent number: 9809999Abstract: An actuator (24, 528, 606) is configured to cause a latch assembly (22, 322, 422, 522, 526, 604) to be changed from a closed condition in which an item is latched, to an open condition in which the item is unlatched. A catch jaw (30, 530) is operative in a first position to engage a member (106) connected to the item when the latch assembly is in the closed condition. The catch jaw in a second position enables the member to disengage from the catch jaw when the latch assembly is in the open condition. The actuator assembly includes a drive (152, 526, 608) and a gear system (157, 563, 610). The gear system is operative to move a release member (174, 538, 612). The release member is configured to be in operative connection with the catch jaw such that the movement of the release member causes the catch jaw to be enabled to move to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: THE EASTERN COMPANYInventors: Lee S. Weinerman, Grant A. Lugas
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Patent number: 9810000Abstract: A locking apparatus for a rollup door, comprising latch assembly including a latch, a release lever, a trigger, a cam and a solenoid. A housing that houses the latch assembly includes at least one opening that can removably receive a door striker member. The latch assembly includes a locked/unlocked status limit switch for detecting when the latch assembly is in an unlocked or locked position and an open/closed status limit switch for detecting when the striker member is disengaged from the latch assembly and door is (or can be) open or closed. The locking apparatus can be electronically unlocked or it can be unlocked manually by a user by actuating the solenoid which causes the latch to release the locked striker member.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: JANUS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLCInventor: Curtis Leon Schroeder
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Patent number: 9810001Abstract: A lockable retainer assembly adapted for retaining or releasing a panel having at least one edge by preventing or allowing movement of an edge of the panel. The lockable retainer assembly includes a rocker rotatably disposed at the edge, the rocker having a slot and is configured to protrude into the panel's path of movement when the rocker is rotatably disposed in a relaxed position. The rocker is configured to clear the panel's path of movement when the rocker is rotatably disposed in a depressed position. A lock is slidingly disposed within the slot and adapted to prevent rotation of the rocker when the lock is disposed in a relaxed position and allow rotation of the rocker when the lock is disposed in a depressed position. In the depressed position, the clears the path of movement of the panel, enabling the panel to be inserted or removed through the path.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: RC Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Eric Bostley, Brian Giardino, Brian Meyer
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Patent number: 9810002Abstract: A lock box is provided including a base plate. A back cover is mounted to the base plate and includes a first internal compartment. A first end of a connector is mounted within the first internal compartment and a second end of the connector, including an inlet, is selectively retained within the first internal compartment. A retention mechanism is configured to rotate between an unlatched and a latched position to selectively retain the second end of the connector. A front cover coupled to the base plate is movable between a closed and open position. When the front cover is in the closed position, the front cover limits movement of the retention mechanism between the latched and unlatched positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventor: Matthew S. Hill
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Patent number: 9810003Abstract: An impact resistant releasable retainer is for a door, such as for covering a glove box or other vehicle storage compartment. A pawl retains the door closed and releases to allow the door to open. A pivotally mounted catch engages the pawl, such as within a notch, when the door is closed or moved in a forward direction, opposite the opening direction. An actuator moves the catch allowing the pawl to move, such as by engagement with the actuator following the engagement with the catch, for releasing the door to open. The catch otherwise remains secured to the pawl for preventing the inadvertent release of the door, such as during movement in the forward direction as the result of an impact.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Raj S. Roychoudhury
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Patent number: 9810004Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock comprising a locking mechanism (1, 2) and a closing/opening device (7 to 16) with at least one drive (7 to 11 and 13, 14), at least one transfer element (12, 15) and a driving pawl (16), in which the drive acts on the driving pawl with the assistance of the transfer element to open and close the locking mechanism, wherein a mechanical and/or electrical opening drive (7 to 11) and a mechanical and/or electrical closing drive (13, 14) each with a respective opening transfer lever (12) and closing transfer lever (15) are provided, in which the opening drive (7 to 11) including the opening transfer lever (12) in addition to the opening function for the locking mechanism (1, 2) is also designed to interrupt a closing function initiated by the closing drive (13, 14) in connection with the closing transfer lever (15).Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Kiekert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Scholz, Johannes-Theodor Menke, Werner Pohle
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Patent number: 9810005Abstract: The vehicle door handle (2) is arranged in such a way that an inertial mass (18) in the handle passes irreversibly from a rest configuration in which it allows the door to be opened into a locking configuration which it prevents opening and passes from the locking configuration into an unlocked configuration, different from the rest configuration and from the locking configuration, the handle being arranged so that placement of the inertial mass (18) in the unlocking configuration has the effect of it once again being possible for the door to be opened.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.AInventors: Antonio Rocci, Guillaume Lesueur
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Patent number: 9810006Abstract: A vehicle door includes a handle having an angled or inclined ramp surface. A bellcrank is rotatably connected to the door structure for rotation about a generally horizontal axis. The bellcrank includes a follower that engages the inclined ramp surface such that movement of the exterior handle from the rest position to the opened position causes the bellcrank to rotate and shift linkage that unlatches a the latch mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Kosta Papanikolaou, Livianu Dorin Puscas, Rajesh K. Patel
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Patent number: 9810007Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing motor vehicle door locks with the locking parts: a rotary latch and a pawl. Said latch and the pawl are stamped from rolled sheet metal defining vertical or approximately vertical edges with corresponding latch surfaces on the rotary latch and the pawl, and subsequently are provided with a covering while maintaining the catch surfaces. After stamping, the locking parts are bent in the region of the main latch and/or another latch resulting in the formation a contour which is void of stamped channels, and are then inserted into the lock housing box.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Kiekert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thorsten Bendel, Werner Pohle, Thomas Waldmann
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Patent number: 9810008Abstract: A storage device 1 has a storage device body 2 and an opening and closing member 4, which are supported to be capable of pivoting about the center of opening and closing movement, the center being provided on one side. A lock mechanism 13 is provided on the other side of both the storage device body 2 and an opening 3. The lock mechanism 13 is provided with a lock member 16, an unlocking button 17, a cam mechanism 18, and a biasing member 19. The lock member 16 is a pivotable member 22 capable of pivoting about a lock pivot shaft 21. The opening and closing member 4 has a pressure receiving portion 52 on the inner surface side thereof, and the pressure receiving portion 52 is pushed out in an opening direction 23 by the lock member 16 which is caused to pivot in an unlocking direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATIONInventors: Masami Kikuchi, Tetsuji Ogawa
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Patent number: 9810009Abstract: A mechanism for mounting of a hinged car door, comprising a stabilizing frame (1) attached to a vehicle frame (15). The stabilizing frame (1) is equipped, in its lower part, with a lock (6) for stabilizing a bracket (3) of a door (14) and, in its upper part, the stabilizing frame (1) is equipped with a toothed pinion (5) and at least one guiding roller (4), whereas a toothed arm (2) is arranged between the toothed pinion (5) and the guiding roller (4), and the bracket (3) of the door (14) is swing attached to the toothed arm (2), whereas the door (14) is attached to the bracket (3) of the door (14) by means of pins (13) of the door (14).Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Premysl Balaz
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Patent number: 9810010Abstract: A hinge for a swinging gate includes a base plate, a hinge base pivotally secured to the base plate and a mounting member connected in spaced apart relation to the hinge base by an elongate bolt. A gate-engaging member is secured to the mounting member so that pivoting of the hinge base effects conjoint pivoting of the mounting member, the gate-engaging member and a gate that it engages. An upstanding post has a pair of laterally spaced apart T-shaped slots that extend along its height. A bolt disposed within a T-shaped slot is disposed horizontally and cannot rotate. The bolts housed in a T-shaped slot screw-threadedly engage apertures formed in the corners of the base plate to secure the base plate to the upstanding post. In a second embodiment, a cantilever gate supported by a trolley assembly is secured in cantilever relation to at least one upstanding post.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventors: William M. Woodard, Lawrence Peck
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Patent number: 9810011Abstract: Provided is an opening/closing device that includes a structure for inhibiting a brake engage part or a lock engage part from touching an object or the like and that prevent the perimeter of a guide rail from becoming thick due to the structure. In an opening/closing device in which a brake engage part is caused to engage with a first engaged part by a close prevention device to put a brake on the closing operation of an opening/closing body, a space adjacent to the horizontal width direction end face of the opening/closing body and continuous in the opening/closing body opening/closing direction is ensured, the space is encompassed in the opening/closing body opening/closing direction by the horizontal width direction end face of the opening/closing body, the guide rail, and the support member, and a detach spot for the first engaged part and the brake engage part is arranged within the space.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: BUNKA SHUTTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazunori Matsuo
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Patent number: 9810012Abstract: A hinge for cold rooms or glass shutters includes a stationary support structure and a shutter movable between an open position and a closed position. The hinge includes a hinge body with a working chamber; a pivot coupled with the hinge body; a cam element unitary with the pivot; a plunger element sliding in the working chamber, the plunger element having a slider with an operative face interacting with the cam element; a counteracting elastic member acting on the plunger element to move it between a position proximal to the bottom wall of the working chamber and a position distal therefrom. The hinge body has a substantially plate-like shape. The cam element includes an elongated appendix extending from the pivot to come in contact engagement with the operative face of the slider. The pivot is placed at one of the side walls of the working chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: IN & TEC S.R.L.Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
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Patent number: 9810013Abstract: A door control system for a farm implement with a storage bin having a discharge opening and a door movable by a drive mechanism between open and closed positions relative to the discharge opening includes a dual position door control system. The system includes at least two controllers at spaced positions relative to the door and coupled to a drive mechanism for opening and closing the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Van Mill, Ronald J. Schlimgen, Daryl Rubner
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Patent number: 9810014Abstract: A container has an open top and a removable lid. A marker has a bottom with a recess. A post having opposed ends is supported in the recess. A strap has a lower end attached to the container. The strap has an upper end with spaced mating fasteners adapted to be coupled together to form a loop. The loop is adapted to encompass the post during use.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Maria J. Bartkovsky
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Patent number: 9810015Abstract: A window assembly may include a vacuum insulated glass unit and a frame assembly. The vacuum insulated glass unit may include first and second glass substrates defining a space therebetween that is at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. One of the first and second glass substrates may include a vacuum port extending outward therefrom. The vacuum port may define a passage in communication with the space. The frame assembly supports the glass unit and may include a base member and a glazing member. The base member and the glazing member cooperate to define a slot in which an edge portion of the glass unit is received. The glazing member may include a cavity receiving the vacuum port.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLC.Inventors: Robert D. Thompson, Charles L. Anderson, John M. Mitchell, Nigel J. Flynn, Kunal D. MacDonald, David Scott Rowley, Edward I. Stamm, Jr.
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Patent number: 9810016Abstract: A spacer profile for an insulating glazing unit for maintaining a space between glazing panes includes a profile body formed from a first heat insulating material that has, viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, outer side walls extending in a height direction and that has a distance in a transverse direction smaller than a first width, each side wall having an inner protrusion protruding towards the opposite side wall into a recess which is open to the inner side, and a diffusion barrier film made from a second material and firmly bonded with the profile body and, viewed in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, extending over the profile body on the outer side of the spacer profile and continuous thereto in the height direction on the outside of the side walls and/or in the same to a second height and into the protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignees: TECHNOFORM GLASS INSULATION HOLDING GMBH, PELLINI S.P.A.Inventors: Alessandro Pellini, Giovanni Nicolosi, Karl Ricks, Matteo Dolcera
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Patent number: 9810017Abstract: The invention provides a glass pane that has a transparent electrically conductive coating on a surface of the glass pane, such that the glass pane has a coated surface. The coated surface has a central region and a perimeter region. The transparent electrically conductive coating has a higher electrical conductivity at the central region than it does at the perimeter region. In some embodiments, the coated glass pane is part of an IG unit. Also provided are methods of producing a coated glass pane having an anti-condensation perimeter region.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Cardinal CG CompanyInventor: Keith James Burrows