Patents Issued in July 2, 2019
  • Patent number: 10337153
    Abstract: A material transfer vehicle includes a loading conveyor and a loading component (such as a truck-receiving hopper component or a windrow pick-up component) that is adapted to be removably attached to the lower end of the loading conveyor. The loading conveyor has a right guide plate on the right side of the lower end and a left guide plate on the left side of the lower end. The loading component has a right guide bracket that is adapted to align with and engage the right guide plate of the loading conveyor, and a left guide bracket that is adapted to align with and engage the left guide plate of the loading conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Roadtec, Inc.
    Inventors: John Eric Hoffmann, Nathan Thomas Beckman
  • Patent number: 10337154
    Abstract: A asphalt pavement recycling device comprising a base frame hingedly secured to a platform, a rotatable drum unit rotatably secured to the base frame, the drum unit having a drum opening and a drum rear, a hopper assembly hingedly secured to the base frame, a burner assembly hingedly secured to the base frame wherein the burner is used to heat the materials which are to be recycled/processed, a fuel source, a plurality of right-handed flights secured within the rotatable drum unit, a plurality of left-handed flights secured within the rotatable drum unit, a plurality of gator plates secured within the rotatable drum unit, a hydraulic unit secured to the device and operationally associated with the base frame, the rotatable drum unit, the hopper assembly and the burner and a control station operationally associated with the hydraulic unit, the base frame, the rotatable drum unit, the hopper assembly and the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Renova Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Vernon Baumrind
  • Patent number: 10337155
    Abstract: In a self-propelled construction machine, in particular cold milling machine, recycler or surface miner, for working ground surfaces, comprising a milling drum supported at a machine frame and a conveying device arranged at the machine frame which accepts the milled-off material from the milling drum during the working operation and, on a continuously revolving first transport belt, unloads it, in conveying direction, onto a point of discharge at a discharge end along a parabolic trajectory, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: as a minimum, the last section of the conveying device as seen in conveying direction comprises no less than one continuously revolving cover belt arranged above the transport belt, said cover belt extending essentially parallel to the transport belt and resting against the milled-off material on the transport belt at least in a partial section of the length of the transport belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Wirtgen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Berning, Cyrus Barimani, Martin Hörnig
  • Patent number: 10337156
    Abstract: A method to dispose of animal feces includes providing an autonomous aerial vehicle having a body with a plurality of rotor assemblies, an articulated claw secured to a bottom surface of the body, and a sensor secured to the body; detecting the presences of the animal feces with the sensor; activating the plurality of rotor assemblies; flying to the location of the animal feces; capturing the animal feces with the claw; flying to a disposal dropoff location; and disposing of the animal feces at the dropoff location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Joshua Thurlkill
  • Patent number: 10337157
    Abstract: A cold air blower for removing debris from a ground surface that includes a boom rotatable between multiple operating positions and a stowed position. The boom is mounted to a power unit mounted to the vehicle chassis such that the boom is rotatable between at least a front-facing, operating position and a rear-facing stowed position. The boom includes a top tube and a discharge tube that includes a discharge nozzle. The combination of the top tube and the discharge tube are rotatable about the power unit such that the discharge tube is positioned behind the midpoint of the vehicle chassis in the stowed position. The nozzle on the discharge tube can be operated to automatically and continuously rotate between a first pan position and a second pan position. The boom can be rotated between opposite first and second side positions that extend perpendicular to the vehicle axis in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Wausau Equipment Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hector E. Baez, Neil L. Pelishek, Joshua M. Heinz
  • Patent number: 10337158
    Abstract: A snow roller accessory for use on a snow blower device installed on a mechanical vehicle comprising a support frame having a first end and a second end; a first bracket coupled to the first end, and a second bracket coupled to the second end; a first ball bearing member attached to the first bracket, and a second ball bearing member attached to the second bracket; a cylinder rotationally connected to the first and second ball bearing members; and at least one hydraulic piston having a upper end and a lower end, wherein the at least one hydraulic piston is configured to adjust the snow roller accessory in relation to a ground level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: François Carrier
  • Patent number: 10337159
    Abstract: Soil penetrometers capable of measuring soil reflectance along the direction of insertion of the penetrometer are provided. The penetrometer can house an array of sensors, such as, for example, a Vis-NIR reflectance sensor, a load cell, a displacement sensor, and a moisture sensor. The reflectance data collected using the penetrometer can allow the interpretation and quantification of soil constituents and contaminants at high vertical resolution, such as 3 cm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, Washington State University
    Inventors: Cristine Morgan, Yufeng Ge, David Brown, Ross Bricklemyer
  • Patent number: 10337160
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for endwise connecting subterranean barrier members is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least two barrier members with each barrier member extending between top and bottom edges. Further, each barrier member has a side first edge having a flange defining a first connector and an opposed second side edge having a channel defining a second connector. The channel is sized and shaped to receive the flange of an adjacent barrier member in slidable interconnection therein. The apparatus further include a first side panel shaped to lie against a first side of the barrier members, a second side panel shaped to lie against a second side of the barrier members and a bridging plate located between the first and second panel members so as to bridge a gap therebetween, wherein the gap has a width corresponding to a width of the first and second barrier members. The associated method is directed toward creating the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Richard Christian Goldammer
  • Patent number: 10337161
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for attenuating water pressure pulses generated during sea piling when a percussion mechanism is used, including the stage of driving at least one pile into an earth by a percussion mechanism, while along at least a part of its axial extension, the pile is surrounded by water and at least partly by a tubular outer sleeve; and at least one gas-filled space is provided between the inner periphery of the outer sleeve and the outer periphery of the pile. The apparatus includes mechanisms for providing the gas-filled space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Claes-Goran Johansson, Petter Johansson, Thies Helbig
  • Patent number: 10337162
    Abstract: An anchoring system for a mechanically stabilized earthen structure having an earthen structure and at least one reinforced concrete wall panel having a concrete portion and a rebar structure. The anchoring system has at least one anchor pocket, at least one anchor structure, and at least one anchor strap. The at least one anchor pocket is arranged within the concrete portion of the at least one reinforced concrete wall panel. The at least one anchor structure has at least one anchor portion. The at least one anchor structure is arranged within the concrete portion of the at least one reinforced concrete wall panel such that the at least one anchor portion is accessible within the at least one anchor pocket. The at least one anchor strap that engages the earthen structure and the at least one anchor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SSL, LLC
    Inventor: Steven V. Ruel
  • Patent number: 10337163
    Abstract: A block, block system and method of making a wall block. Multiple block embodiments with multiple embodiments of a visually exposed surface having three dimensional shaped areas and three dimensional angular valleys or joints that can be used to construct a patio, wall, fence or the like; the multiple embodiments creating a more random and natural appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. MacDonald, Thomas S. Riccobene
  • Patent number: 10337164
    Abstract: A wall system includes a face joint member including a web and a flange. The wall system further includes a counterfort beam coupled to the face joint member. The counterfort beam is coupled to the face joint member by a connecting threadbar that extends through the counterfort beam and into the face joint member. The connecting threadbar includes an inner metal threaded bar and an outer protective sleeve. The inner metal threaded bar is configured to rotate relative to the outer protective sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Inside Bet LCC
    Inventor: John Babcock
  • Patent number: 10337165
    Abstract: An industrial machine and methods for providing automatic tilt control for the same. One method includes determining a current tooth vector of a tooth included on a bucket of the industrial machine and a current path vector of the tooth and determining a current digging angle between the current tooth vector and the current path vector. The method also includes determining a delta angle based on the current digging angle and a target angle and automatically adjusting a tilt of the bucket based on the delta angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Joy Global Surface Mining Inc
    Inventors: Anab Akanda, James Myron Maki
  • Patent number: 10337166
    Abstract: A front-loader arrangement (12) for an agricultural vehicle (10) with a bracket (16) and a mast arrangement (18) for fastening a front loader (13) to the bracket (16). The mast arrangement (18) comprises a contact point (53) for application onto a bearing point (36) of the bracket (16) and a displaceable locking element (54) that extends through at least one first opening (52, 52A) formed on the mast arrangement (18) and through at least one second opening (38) brought into alignment with the first opening (52, 52A). The locking element (54) is connected by a connection element (56) to an actuation element (58) arranged offset parallel to the locking element (54). The actuation element (58) can be actuated by an external force and the locking element (54) can be displaced by the connection element (56) and by the actuation of the actuation element (58) from the unlocked position into the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: David Rohou
  • Patent number: 10337167
    Abstract: A collection tank for use in a vacuum operated earth reduction system, the collection tank comprising a closed first end, an open second end defining a tank sealing flange and a body extending between the closed first end and the open second end. An internal chamber defined by the body, the closed first end and the open second end has a door coupled to the open second end and is configured to releasably seal the open second end. An automated door closer is coupled to a center of the door, wherein the automated door closer provides a closing force at the center of the door so that the closing force is equally distributed about a periphery of the door to seal the door against the tank sealing flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: McLaughlin Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Robert Maybury, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10337168
    Abstract: A trenching assembly used to cut a narrow trench in the ground surface. The trenching assembly comprises an attachment frame connected to a hood assembly via a linkage assembly. The attachment frame may be attached to the rear end of a work machine. A rotatable blade is disposed within a cavity defined by the hood assembly. The hood assembly may rotate about two different axes relative to the linkage assembly, and the linkage assembly may rotate about two different axes relative to the attachment frame. The trenching assembly uses a pair of accumulators to hydraulically rotate the linkage assembly about a horizontal axis relative to the frame in response changes in depth of the ground surface being cut by the blade. The linkage assembly may be hydraulically rotated using the accumulators without input from the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Cody L. Sewell
  • Patent number: 10337169
    Abstract: A stabilizer device for a work vehicle. The work vehicle having a first ground-engaging device having a first midpoint and a second ground-engaging device having a second midpoint. The first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device configured to move the work vehicle along a surface. The stabilizer device comprising a mount coupled to the work vehicle between the first ground-engaging device and the second ground-engaging device. A stabilizer bar coupled to the mount. An actuator coupled to the mount and the stabilizer bar and configured to raise the stabilizer bar from a ground-engaging position to a stowed position. The stabilizer device extends to one of equal to and beyond the second midpoint in the ground-engaging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Wylie C. Pfaff, Scott S. Hendron, Robert C. Moore, Martti Johannes Lampela, John William Krieger, Peter Fraser Falt, Michael McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 10337170
    Abstract: A straight traveling apparatus for a construction machine and a control method thereof are provided which can allow a curved travel when the working device is operated during the curved travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Hea-Gyoon Joung, Sung-Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 10337171
    Abstract: Provided is a hybrid construction machine capable of appropriate control of engine speed based on a total load torque, reduction in energy loss due to the power for auxiliary devices and efficient operation of the engine and the generator motor, including a hydraulic pump, a generator motor, an engine, and a control device. The control device includes a total load torque determination section determining a total load torque, the sum of load torques for the hydraulic pump and the generator motor, and an engine speed control section controlling the engine speed based on the total load torque. The engine speed control section performs a regulation control of increasing the engine speed as the total load torque decreases under a high load torque condition and performs an isochronous control of maintaining the engine speed at a constant target speed N2 under a low load torque condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Hirozawa, Takayuki Doi
  • Patent number: 10337172
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system includes a flow rate control valve; a variable displacement hydraulic pump which is connected to the flow rate control valve and discharges hydraulic pressure to the flow rate control valve; a pump discharge pressure detector which is installed in a section where the flow rate control valve and the variable displacement hydraulic pump are connected, and detects the discharge pressure of the hydraulic pressure discharged from the variable displacement hydraulic pump to the flow rate control valve; and a hydraulic controller including a detection unit which is connected to the pump discharge pressure detector, detects the discharge pressure of the variable displacement hydraulic pump and converts the discharge pressure to a pump discharge pressure value, a comparison unit which receives the pump discharge pressure value from the detection unit, compares the pump discharge pressure value with a pre-stored lowest recognition pressure value, and determines whether the pump discharge pres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB
    Inventors: Sang Hee Lee, Eun Byeol Lee
  • Patent number: 10337173
    Abstract: A work machine includes an engine, a pilot pump to be driven by the engine to supply a pilot fluid, an operation pump to receive a first pilot fluid to change an output power in accordance with the first pilot fluid, a pilot fluid tube provided between the pilot pump and the operation pump, an operation valve connected to the pilot fluid tube to output the first pilot fluid, the first pilot fluid being a part of the pilot fluid supplied from the pilot fluid, a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of at least one of an operation fluid including the pilot fluid, a cooling water, an engine oil, and an outside air, and a pressure controller to control a first pilot pressure of the pilot fluid outputted from the operation valve when a temperature measured by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryosuke Kinugawa, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10337174
    Abstract: A working machine display system includes: a monitor including a display unit; a first monitor control unit connected to the monitor and configured to generate a screen for displaying various kinds of information of a working machine and output the screen as a signal to the monitor; a second monitor control unit connected to the monitor and configured to generate a screen for displaying special information of the working machine and output the screen as a signal to the monitor; and a return switch. The monitor displays the various kinds of information in accordance with a signal output from the first monitor control unit and displays the special information in accordance with a signal output from the second monitor control unit, and the return switch causes a transition from a display screen of the special information to a display screen of the various kinds of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Okumura, Takehiro Shibata
  • Patent number: 10337175
    Abstract: A water generation system for deserts is provided as a water generation system designed for desert climate areas and constructed in a surface pavement and generally includes a sand layer, which includes a water tank embedded therein and is covered with a moisture locking cloth on which a grading layer is laid. A water resisting cloth is arranged in the grading layer. Hollow water penetration tubes are arranged above the grading layer and have bottoms extending through the water resisting cloth and inserted into the grading layer with pouring and grouting of grout cement thereon to form a water pervious layer. As such, rainwater can be quickly conducted into the sand layer for storage for subsequent uses and air can be conducted into the grading layer to subject to condensation for forming condensed water on an undersurface of the water resisting cloth to achieve a purpose of automatic water generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Jui-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 10337176
    Abstract: A plumbing fitting that includes a housing having an outlet, water being conductible through the outlet from a hose connection to a jet former of the outlet with the aid of a hose. The hose being insertable into an outlet nipple of the hose connection, and the outlet nipple having a groove extending from an opening in which a seal is disposed for the purpose of sealing the housing against the outlet nipple. The groove being at least partially closed by a closing element disposed on an end face of the outlet nipple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Uwe Stoelzel, Matthias Schlueter, Torsten Meier
  • Patent number: 10337177
    Abstract: A sanitary insert unit having a jet regulator, an attachment screen arranged upstream of the jet regulator, and a throughflow-quantity regulator, provided between the jet regulator and attachment screen, having an elastic flow-restricting body that encloses, between itself and a regulating profiling provided on a circumferential wall, a water pressure changeable control gap. The throughflow-quantity regulator is releasably retained on the jet regulator and the attachment screen is releasably retained on the throughflow-quantity regulator. The regulating profiling is provided on the circumferential wall of a regulating body that is connected to a holder via at least one connecting crosspiece that acts as a holding-down part for the flow-restricting body, which is arranged between the connecting crosspiece and the jet regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Stein
  • Patent number: 10337178
    Abstract: A sink having at least one bowl with a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall, with an outlet opening in the bottom wall. First and second rectilinear grooves are provided in the side wall that extend toward the bottom wall. A plate-shaped divider fits into the first and second grooves in watertight manner. The divider has a peripheral edge with first and second portions that engage the first and second grooves, respectively, and a third portion located between the first and second portions contacts the bottom wall. A gasket is arranged on the edge in the first through third portions having three seal beads. First and second seal beads are arranged on first and second opposite lateral side of the edge of the divider, respectively, and a third seal bead is arranged on the peripheral edge between the first and second seal beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd
    Inventors: Christian W. Bomatter, Rolf Neeser, Tobias Maier
  • Patent number: 10337179
    Abstract: A flood prevention apparatus for a sanitary ware product such as a bath or the like. The flood prevention apparatus comprises a multi chamber drain and an overflow apparatus. The multi chamber drain comprises a body defining at least a first and a second chamber therein. Openings into the body define a first outlet port and a second outlet port. Each of the first and second outlet ports are vertically and horizontally displaced relative to each other. The first outlet port is in fluid communication with the first chamber and the second outlet port is in fluid communication with the second chamber. The first and second outlet ports are each connectable to associated first and second pipe sections of the overflow apparatus. The overflow apparatus comprises a first pipe section configured to attach to the first outlet port and a second pipe section configured to attach to the second outlet port. The first and second pipe sections provide substantially vertical pipe sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: McAlpine & Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: James Edward McAlpine
  • Patent number: 10337180
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes low flush toilet systems and methods of using low flush toilet systems. In one implementation, a low flush toilet system includes a first (or passive) tank, the first tank configured to preload a toilet rim, and a second (or pressurized) tank, the second tank including an internal air bladder, the internal air bladder configured to compress when exposed to water pressure from a supply line and configured to expand when a flush valve releases pushing water out of the second tank at a high flow rate and into a toilet for flushing. In some implementations, water flows from the pressurized tank at approximately 0.7-1.0 gallons per flush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: OT LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Nathaniel Smith, Tyler Lorne Hebig, Paul Michael Goudreau, Michael Wade Strawn
  • Patent number: 10337181
    Abstract: An actuation system for a toilet including a capacitive sensor received within a toilet tank and including an electrode electrically coupled with water within the toilet tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Veros, Joel D. Sawaski
  • Patent number: 10337182
    Abstract: Toilet splash guard systems for preventing splashing of fluids from a toilet bowl to a surrounding floor area. The systems can be used with any common or pre-existing toilet seats, or to replace said toilet seats. Splash guards are disposed on a toilet seat such that a toilet bowl is disposed between panels of the splash guards. The panels capture the splashing fluids from the toilet bowl, thereby preventing the fluids from contaminating the floor area near the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Duane R. Bender
  • Patent number: 10337183
    Abstract: There is provided a flush toilet that cleans a bowl using a swirl flow formed by cleaning water flowing down from a slit aperture formed on a rim. The flush toilet has a discharge passage an inlet of which is connected to a lower portion of a waste receiving having a bowl shape, and an inlet of an inlet conduit of the discharge passage is formed such that on a horizontal cross-section plane a maximum width of a front portion in a left-right direction is larger than a maximum width of a rear portion in the left-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Matsuo, Eiji Shiohara, Hiroyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 10337184
    Abstract: A container/building system comprising; at least one elongate structural member at least one connecting member, the connecting member able to be realisably connected to the structural member and at least one plate that is able to realisably engage with at least one structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Michael Coupe
  • Patent number: 10337185
    Abstract: A hold down system for a building wall comprises a first rigid member and a second rigid member, the second rigid member being vertically spaced apart from the first rigid member, the first rigid member is supported on a horizontal member of a stud wall, the first and second rigid members including first and second openings, respectively; a tie-rod with a lower end portion for being anchored to an anchorage, the tie-rod extending transversely through the first and second openings, the tie-rod dividing the first and second rigid members into a first lateral section on one side of the tie-rod and a second lateral section on a diametrically opposite side of the tie-rod; first support and second support disposed between the first and second rigid members, the first support being disposed in the first lateral section, the second support being disposed in the second lateral section, the tie-rod extending through the first and second rigid members outside of the first support or the second support; and a nut threade
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CETRES HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas M Espinosa
  • Patent number: 10337186
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber reinforced polymer composite having a plurality of layers containing a plurality of fibers. The layers may be configured to maintain predetermined load sharing ratios among the layers at different load levels to produce a gradual load transfer between the different layers during the progressive failure of the composite. The composite is comprised of mono-fibers and the load sharing ratios of the layers have coefficients of variation that are less than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: STC.UNM
    Inventors: Mahmoud Reda Taha, Eslam Mohamed Soliman
  • Patent number: 10337187
    Abstract: A shingle release film product and a roofing shingle product containing such film are described. The shingle release film product comprises a polymer film, a bonding material coating, and a release coating. The release coating comprises a silicone. The bonding material coating comprises an olefin polymer. The film product may be present on a roofing shingle product. The bonding material coating of the film product present on a shingle product is configured to adhere to an adjacent shingle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Daniel Grah, Rodney Craig Carter
  • Patent number: 10337188
    Abstract: An improved sub-structural roof construction component which provides support for exterior building metal roofing materials, which allows for standard components designed and manufactured in factory to be installed at jobsite, and which can accommodate variations required in the field. These framing components can be adjusted in field for height and can be rotated to fit the customer's roof design slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Garland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Diamond, Qumrul Hasan, John L. Pierson
  • Patent number: 10337189
    Abstract: Disclosed is a section of wall cladding comprises of a panel comprising a front side and a back side, a front hem at a top of the panel formed from a portion of material turned toward the front side of the panel and downward, and a rear hem at a bottom of the panel formed from a portion of material turned toward the back side of the panel and upward. The section of wall cladding can be t-shaped or any other shape to depending on the desired aesthetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Metal Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Sauerwein
  • Patent number: 10337190
    Abstract: This invention relates to a board with tongue and tenon and method for manufacture of the board with tongue and tenon. Board with tongue and tenon, which can be joined together without using other tools, comprises a hard board having a rectangular shape having a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side opposite to and parallel with a second lateral side and perpendicular to a third lateral side opposite to and parallel with a fourth lateral side, the first lateral side and the third lateral side having a male connector thereon and the second lateral side and the fourth lateral side having a female connector thereon, characterized in that said insertion of the male connector into the female connector moves along a curve which is a part of a first ellipse; a second ellipse; and a third ellipse, wherein the first ellipse, the second ellipse, and the third ellipse are concentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Ranat Tarananopas
  • Patent number: 10337191
    Abstract: A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel comprises a substrate, which substrate is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts, which coupling parts allow that two such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventor: Mark Cappelle
  • Patent number: 10337192
    Abstract: A solid state floor lighting unit comprises a printed circuit board carrying an array of solid state lighting elements and a protective cover. The cover has openings or other light output regions aligned with the solid state lighting elements to provide light output. The protective cover has at least one edge with downwardly projecting spaced supporting tabs. These tabs form a comb structure which enables adjacent units to be interlinked. In this way a reduced pitch between lighting elements across the join between units is made possible, but the protective cover still provides the required stiffness and robustness to carry heavy loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Henk Albert Dammer, Ivo Scheringa
  • Patent number: 10337193
    Abstract: A machine for distributing blowing insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet portion and an upper portion. The inlet portion is configured to receive a package of compressed loosefill insulation material. The upper portion extends from the inlet portion. The inlet portion and the upper portion have cross-sectional shapes and sizes that closely correspond to a cross-sectional shape and size of the package of compressed loosefill insulation material. A lower unit is configured to receive the loosefill insulation material exiting the chute. The lower unit includes a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. The cross-sectional shape and size of the inlet portion and the upper portion are configured to direct an expansive force of the compressed loosefill insulation material in a direction toward the lower unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Cook, Todd Jenkins, Ryan S. Crisp, Shannon D. Staats
  • Patent number: 10337194
    Abstract: Work platform systems and related methods of assembly and use are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a method of installing a work platform system into an internal cavity of a structure includes supporting a first platform portion at a first location, and adding a plurality of additional platform portions to the first platform portion, where successive ones of the additional platform portions are respectively positioned at respective locations that are successively farther outward away from the first platform portion. The method further includes coupling the additional platform portions to one or more other locations, and detaching the additional platform portions from one another. The method additionally includes lowering or raising one or more of the first and additional platform portions to one or more additional levels below or above the first level, where the work platform system includes the first and additional platform portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFEWAY SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Jolicoeur, Roy Scrafford, Mathieu Grumberg
  • Patent number: 10337195
    Abstract: A containment sheet mounting device for holding containment sheeting in a sealed engagement to a mounting surface. The device has a base which is removably engageable to the mounting surface which has one or a pair of connecting members extending from the base. The connecting members have an adhesive surface which engages with the sides of the containment sheeting to hold it in position adjacent the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jacob A. Langkilde, Dale A. Langkilde
  • Patent number: 10337196
    Abstract: A construction process for enhancing or repairing a concrete floor structure that includes a carbon fiber grid as a reinforcement component is disclosed. The process includes forming a trench at a top surface of the concrete floor structure, and placing a reinforcement material in the formed trench. Then, a concrete bonding agent is applied into the trench. Then, the trench is filled with concrete. As a result, the concrete floor structure is enhanced or repaired to have at least one additional reinforcement component other than the carbon fiber grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: REIGSTAD & ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon H. Reigstad, Jason G. Reigstad
  • Patent number: 10337197
    Abstract: A wave-forming system includes a channel having a water inlet and a water outlet for directing water from the water inlet and the water outlet. The channel has a side wall and a bottom surface profile that slopes downward toward the water outlet and the side wall. The system also includes a back pressure barrier positioned in the water outlet to introduce a back pressure to the water flow inside the channel to continuously form waves across the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Allen Tanner Davis
  • Patent number: 10337198
    Abstract: An insulated spa cover (10) contains a thermal insulating core (30), a top cover (150) with an average permeance of at least 57.2 nanograms/Pascal*seconds*square meters, and a hydrostatic head test value of at least 5,000 Pascals, a vapor barrier (130) and optionally a bottom sheet (140) apart from the vapor barrier. Venting pathways are defined around the thermally insulating core to facilitate escape of water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: W. Scott Young, Jeffrey M. Alcott, Gregory T. Stewart
  • Patent number: 10337199
    Abstract: An inflatable pool is includes a floor drain having a drainage conduit and two sealing plug. The drainage conduit includes a midsection pipe having an oblong cross section, an inlet cap having a truncated profile, and an outlet cap that transitions from the oblong profile of the midsection to a cylindrical profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Intex Marketing Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Hsiang Lin, Yaw Yuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 10337200
    Abstract: A dispenser system for delivering various combinations of dispersants to a body of water with the various combinations of dispersants supplied to the body of water through the interchanging of dispensing cartridges which are attachable to a main dispensing cartridge where a condition for interchanging of dispensing cartridges may be triggered by an event and the dispersants are isolated from a floatation member in the dispenser system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KING TECHNOLOGY INC
    Inventors: Joseph King, Jeffrey Johnson, Paul Freeberg, Lyle Enderson, Donald Dalland, Terry Goeman
  • Patent number: 10337201
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for filling a pool or vessel in rapid form as well as sensing water level and terminating fill source. An apparatus including of a base element placed beside pool edge on which will seat one or more high flow electric liquid shut off valves connected to fill fluid source. Also extending from base is a horizontal adjustable supporting member to which attaches a vertical supporting member onto which liquid sensing device would be attached. High flow electric liquid shut off valves respond to and are a slave to liquid level sensing device by electric connection allowing fluid level sensor to determine when full flow electric liquid shut of valve opens or closes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Solomon Thomson
  • Patent number: 10337202
    Abstract: The combination parking structure, roadway and train station is a commuter-based system for relieving traffic congestion. The combination parking structure, roadway and train station includes a parking structure having a plurality of levels, at least one roadway, and a train station within the parking structure. A primary entry ramp branches from the at least one roadway, and a plurality of secondary entry ramps each branch from the primary entry ramp. Each secondary entry ramp connects with, and leads into, a corresponding one of the plurality of levels of the parking structure. Similarly, a primary exit ramp feeds into the at least one roadway, and a plurality of secondary exit ramps each connects with, and leads from, a corresponding one of the plurality of levels of the parking structure and feeds into the primary exit ramp. An internal portion of a set of train tracks is located within the parking structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nine R. Vaghi Foundation
    Inventor: Nino R. Vaghi