Patents Issued in September 1, 2020
  • Patent number: 10760280
    Abstract: An outdoor shelter and a rail system for the outdoor shelter are described herein. The outdoor shelter includes at least one pair of support post members, each pair of support post members including a first support post member being spaced apart from a second support post member; a first guide rail member coupled to the first support post member; a second guide rail member coupled to the second support post member; and a shade support pole member slidably coupled to the first and second guide rail members, the shade support pole member being coupled to an end portion of a shade member of the outdoor shelter, and the shade support pole member configured to be slidably displaced along the lengths of the first and second guide rail members so as to allow an amount by which the shade member overhangs a side of the outdoor shelter to be user-adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sunjoy Industries Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Lianzhang Pan, Qi Zhu
  • Patent number: 10760281
    Abstract: Wall blocks, veneers, veneer connectors, walls, and methods of constructing walls are provided. More particularly, the invention relates to constructing walls in which a veneer panel is attached to a wall block with a connector and in which the front faces of the veneers have a desirable texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. MacDonald, Robert John Lundell
  • Patent number: 10760282
    Abstract: A building siding panel is provided with an internal channel for weeping away water and the ability to hide the securing flange when the siding panel is installed on a building wall. The siding panel can be customized to have the look of a wooden panel, while retaining the benefits and durability of a non-wooden material, such as metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUALITY EDGE, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Allen Bredeweg
  • Patent number: 10760283
    Abstract: A decking system is made up of a variety of decking boards and other components are disclosed. In some aspects, the decking boards are connectable to each other so that adjacent boards will provide a water barrier and a drainage channel. Some versions of the boards may have a hollow region to accept the provision of heating elements or other accessory structures. A connector piece is disclosed in various embodiments span the gap between the butt ends of the boards to provide a water barrier at the butt ends of the boards. A gutter and downspout system is disclosed, as well as structures for protecting the ends or sides of the deck structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ADMIRAL COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Vincent F. Carrubba
  • Patent number: 10760284
    Abstract: A knob for a leveling spacer for laying wall tiles, floor tiles, and the like, the spacer being of the type having a base with spacing raised portions for the abutment of the edges of corresponding tiles and a stem, and the knob is provided with circumferential openings on the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PROGRESS PROFILES SPA
    Inventor: Dennis Bordin
  • Patent number: 10760285
    Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises: a decorative layer made of a ceramic material; a support layer arranged below the decorative layer; and an intermediate layer comprising a rigid resin material that permeates a lower surface of the decorative layer, wherein the decorative layer is between 8 and 10 mm thick, wherein the support layer is made of rigid PVC, comprises more than 30 wt % of filler material and is less than 6 mm thick, and wherein the floor element comprises an intermediate reinforcing layer having a resin material that permeates a lower surface of the decorative layer, wherein the intermediate reinforcing layer is an adhesive layer that bonds together the decorative layer and the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Daltile Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul Patki, Claudio Caselli
  • Patent number: 10760286
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a luxury vinyl tile. The system includes a heater, a belt, and a wrapping machine. The heater is configured to heat a base layer of the luxury vinyl tile. The belt is configured to support and transfer the base layer through the system. The wrapping machine is configured to receive the base layer on the belt therethrough. The wrapping machine includes an adhesive dispenser and a series of rollers. The adhesive dispenser is configured to apply an adhesive onto a top surface of the base layer as the base layer travels through the wrapping machine. The series of rollers is configured to apply a decorative layer on top of the adhesive to bond the decorative layer to the top surface of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Next Dimension Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Rhine J. Blake, Matthew H. Russell
  • Patent number: 10760287
    Abstract: A machine for distributing blowing insulation material from a package of compressed loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute. The chute has an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a bale guide and a cutting mechanism. The inlet portion is configured to receive the package with the package having a substantially vertical orientation. The inlet portion has a vertical height. The bale guide has a length and is configured to urge the package against the cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism is configured to open the package. A lower unit is configured to receive the material exiting the outlet portion of 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 length of the bale guide extends substantially across the height of the inlet portion of the chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Cook, Todd Jenkins, Ryan S. Crisp
  • Patent number: 10760288
    Abstract: A hand tool is provided for the application of joint compound on wall board, a planar blade affixed to a handle. The blade has a concave arcuate working edge, wherein the concave arcuate curve extends the entire length of the working edge to each corner of the working edge. The concave arcuate working edge to may be used to apply a self-featured layer joint compound over drywall tape on planar butt joint or an inside corner joint. The blade is laterally flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10760289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formwork device for a battery formwork for the production of structural elements, in particular prefabricated concrete elements, which comprises at least two partition walls and the formwork device comprises two formwork panels that are connected to one another, preferably in an articulated manner, in order to be transferred from an unfolded state to a folded state, where each formwork panel comprises a formwork front side for attaching formwork elements and a formwork rear side, and the formwork rear sides of the two formwork panels face each other in the folded state and the formwork device is intended to be positioned in the folded state between the partition wall. The present invention further relates to an arrangement consisting of a battery formwork and at least one formwork device according to the invention, where the formwork device is arranged suspended in the battery formwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DOKA NEWCON GMBH
    Inventor: Bernd Schreyer
  • Patent number: 10760290
    Abstract: A plunger wave making apparatus for creating a surface wave in a body of water. The waves are generated by a plurality of side by side individual plungers oscillating up and down, placed along different shapes such as a linear straight line, square, polygon, triangle and hexagon shapes. Plunger Wave Makers oscillating at individual different times in a non-sequence manner and oscillating in sequence one plunger at a time in a delayed actuation. The plungers have the ability to produce swells in different directions. The plunger wave making apparatus is made of an internal steel structure with EPS Geo Foam secured to the outside of the steel internal structure with end caps. Ballast Water is placed inside the inner steel structure of the plungers to offset upward buoyancy forces. The wave making plungers are placed on a back wall angled between 30-90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Walter Judson Bennett
  • Patent number: 10760291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a above ground pool, comprising a flexible pool body. The flexible pool body comprises: a polygonal bottom sheet that comprises a plurality of edge portions; and a plurality of side sheets, each side sheet comprising a pool sidewall portion and a pool bottom portion, and each of the pool sidewall portions and each of the pool bottom portions being in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. Each of pool sidewall portion comprises a first upper-base portion, a first lower-base portion and a first middle portion defined between the first upper-base portion and the first lower-base portion, and each of the pool bottom portion comprises a second upper-base portion, a second lower-base portion and a second middle portion defined between the second upper-base portion and the second lower-base portion. The first lower-base portion and the second lower-base portion coincide to define a junction of the pool sidewall portion and pool bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Shui Yong Huang, Pei Cai
  • Patent number: 10760292
    Abstract: A universal device for capping and mounting a motor within a motorized pool cleaner housing that allows a motor pump to be installed in different brands of pool cleaners and used at increased depths underwater. An improved motor can seal has an outer seal having a first diameter, an inner seal having a second diameter and an intermediate seal connecting the outer seal to the inner seal where the inner seal is tapered towards the distal end of the inner seal. An improved motor shaft is used having a head section, a body section and a seal area, wherein the seal area is hard chrome plated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Panzella
  • Patent number: 10760293
    Abstract: This invention relates to lattice tower for actuate under high load conditions, more particularly to lattice towers utilized for wind turbines and other applications comprising three metallic legs arranged in a triangular configuration around a vertical axis of the lattice tower, wherein each metallic leg has a closed cross-section profile, a distance between the center of metallic legs in a bottom portion of the tower is greater than 4 meters, an angle of inclination of a central longitudinal axis of each metallic leg in relation to the vertical axis of the tower is between ?1.7 degree and +1.7 degrees, and the height of the lattice tower is greater than 60 meters, a plurality of bracing members and auxiliary bracing members and a support platform disposed at a top portion of the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SECCIONAL BRASIL S/A
    Inventors: Paulo Emmanuel de Abreu, Odilon Antonio Camargo do Amarante
  • Patent number: 10760294
    Abstract: A safety cover configured to be releasably secured to an exposed portion of a construction element so as to provide improved visibility thereof and provide impalement protection. The safety cover includes a body having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion and lower portion of the body are integrally formed wherein the lower portion of the body extends downward from the lower surface of the upper portion. The lower portion of the body includes three receiving members equidistantly positioned along the width of the upper portion. The three receiving members include walls forming a cavity having an opening operable to provide access thereto. The upper portion further has a top member superposed thereon. Furthermore, a cap member is superposed the upper portion of the body with the top member being intermediate the upper portion and the cap member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Peter Pulizzi
  • Patent number: 10760295
    Abstract: An add-on articulated dwelling apparatus vehicles has a stationary frame having opposite parallel channels, an extension platform having slidably engaged in the stationary frame, a mattress carried by the extension platform, a cover panel hinged to the extension frame, and fabric panels joined to the cover panel and to the stationary platform, and to links pivotally joined to the stationary platform, and mounting apparatus for joining the articulated dwelling apparatus to the one of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel Andrew Attema
  • Patent number: 10760296
    Abstract: A hardtop gazebo and a process used in the making of the hardtop gazebo are disclosed herein. The hardtop gazebo includes a plurality of corner support members; a plurality of crossbeam members, at least some of the crossbeam members configured to be connected between a pair of the plurality of corner support members; a plurality of roof frame members, at least some of the roof frame members configured to be circumferentially spaced apart from one another so as to form a supporting structure for a roof of the hardtop gazebo; and a plurality of connecting members. The process used in the making of the hardtop gazebo includes applying a heat transfer paper with a particular print pattern to primed outer surfaces of one or more components of the hardtop gazebo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sunjoy Industries Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Qi Zhu
  • Patent number: 10760297
    Abstract: A tent including a sheet 100 forming an inner space S having two peaks P1, P2 and a supporting pole assembly 200 including a main pole member 210 installed upward in the inner space S and a pair of branch pole members 220, 230 branched from the main pole member 210 to support the sheet 100, thereby forming the two peaks P1, P2, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LIVEPLEX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Il Shin
  • Patent number: 10760298
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a brace adapted to secure one or more fence rails to a fence post. The present invention brace may optionally be installed onto an existing fence or on a new fence. The invention includes a first fence rail brace member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a first fence rail, a second fence rail brace member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a second fence rail, and a fence post member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a fence post. The fence post brace member may form a picket fastener slot for use in affixing a picket to the fence post. The fence post brace system may be adapted for use with cylindrical fence posts or rectangular fence posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventors: Fonda Crandall, Joseph Crandall
  • Patent number: 10760299
    Abstract: Frameless modular wall systems, frameless modular free-standing wall structures, and related methods are disclosed. The systems and structures include a plurality of panels including a wall portion and connector portions extending from opposing lateral sides of the wall portion, the connector portions each including a wide portion and a narrow portion extending between the wide portions and the panel portion. The systems and structures also include a plurality of connecting posts including connector slots configured to removably accept a connector portion of a panel therein, the connector slots each including a wide portion and a narrow portion corresponding to the wide portion and a narrow portion of the connector portions of the panels. When the plurality of panels and the plurality of connecting posts are removably coupled via the connector portions and the connector slots, the panels and connecting posts form a free-standing wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Aaron Preston
  • Patent number: 10760300
    Abstract: A lock mechanism includes a first mounting plate, a second mounting plate, a restricting plate, a fixing base, at least one first fixing element and at least one second fixing element. The first mounting plate and the restricting plate are mounted on one side of a door, and the second mounting plate and the fixing base are mounted on the other side of the door. The first fixing element is penetrated through the restricting plate in a direction from the restricting plate toward the second mounting plate. The second fixing element is penetrated through the fixing base in a direction from the fixing base toward the first mounting plate. The fixing base and a lock cylinder disposed on the fixing base can be disassembled and replaced by removing the second fixing element such that dismantling the whole lock mechanism is not necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN FU HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tien-Fu Chan
  • Patent number: 10760301
    Abstract: An apparatus for avoiding abandoning an infant in a vehicle, the apparatus including: a mechanism, for providing a first state of avoiding removal of the key from a vehicle's lock, and a second state of allowing removal of the key; and a control, for controlling the mechanism to one of the states of the mechanism as a function of presence of an infant in the vehicle, thereby avoiding the key's removal as a function of the presence of the infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yacov Bitan, Amos Bitan, Uri Bitan
  • Patent number: 10760302
    Abstract: A dead bolt lock system including a slider member operatively coupled to a dead bolt such that when the slider member is in a first position, the dead bolt is in an extended position. When the slider member is in a second position, the dead bolt is in the retracted position. The system also includes a first movable member positioned in a path of movement of the slider member and configured to be displaced by the slider member to allow the slider member to move to the second position. The system includes a first lock having a first condition preventing the displacement of the first movable member and a second condition allowing the displacement of the first movable member, a second lock having a first condition preventing the displacement of the first movable member and a second condition allowing the displacement of the first movable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Lockmasters Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: J. Clayton Miller, Eric C. Elkins, Michael S. Yacobi, Edmund P. Deja, Lynn D. Damron, Danny R Maynard
  • Patent number: 10760303
    Abstract: A multi-point locking arrangement is provided. The multi-point locking arrangement includes a primary lock bolt and an auxiliary lock bolt offset from the primary lock bolt. The multi-point locking arrangement, in an embodiment, uses a single actuation motion to transition between locked and unlocked states. The locking arrangement may also include a lockout device that prevents transitioning from the unlocked state to the locked state when the lockout device is not actuated. The locking arrangement may include a biased auxiliary strike plate that cooperate with the auxiliary lock bolt to provide improved alignment and a tighter seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Hoppe Holding AG
    Inventors: Christian Josef Stephan Zeus, Oliver Erich Rudolf Schuberth, Matthew T. Taylor
  • Patent number: 10760304
    Abstract: A latch including a housing having a cylinder, a compression spring positioned within the cylinder, and a ball positioned at one end of the compression spring, a hook positioned slidably within the housing, and a star wheel positioned around the hook and having a plurality of holes formed therein. The ball under load from the spring aligns with and engages one of the holes of the star wheel to retain it in place. The star wheel is moveable rotatably such that the ball disengages the one of the holes of the star wheel to enable the hook to move axially and be adjusted relative to the housing, and the ball is adapted to engage another of the holes of the star wheel to retain the star wheel and prevent inadvertent rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Howmet Aerospace Inc.
    Inventor: Thai Do
  • Patent number: 10760305
    Abstract: The self-locking guillotine door assembly includes a door, a locking mechanism attached to the door, and a cable attached to the locking mechanism. Pulling the cable releases the locking mechanism and lifts the locking mechanism and door. Pushing up on the bottom of the door locks the locking mechanism and resists lifting the door. The locking mechanism can include a post, a vertical slide with a slot, connector bars and cams such that when the cable is pulled, the cable lifts the vertical slide to lift proximal ends of the connector bars, which pivots the cams to release the locking mechanism. When the enclosure door is pushed up from the bottom, the locking mechanism pivots the cams towards the top of the enclosure door to lock the locking mechanism and resist lifting of the enclosure door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory N Taylor, Gary Silvis, Daniel L Perry, Troy N Brown
  • Patent number: 10760306
    Abstract: A lock for securing a toolbox to a support structure, the lock comprising: a first lock portion configured to receive a first part of the toolbox or a first attachment of the toolbox; and a second lock portion configured to engage a second part of the toolbox or a second attachment of the toolbox, the second lock portion being lockable to inhibit or substantially prevent disengagement of the second part or second attachment, wherein: the second lock portion is remote from the first lock portion, the first and second lock portions are securable with respect to a support structure, and the first lock portion is configured to guide movement of the second part of the toolbox or the second attachment of the toolbox into engagement with the second lock portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: International Tool Company Limited
    Inventor: David Chapman
  • Patent number: 10760307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handle that includes an activation member for activating a latch of a vehicle door to unlatch the door and a grip member that cooperates with the activation member to unlatch the door. The grip member has a gripping part and is movable between a flushing position in which the gripping part extends flush to an external panel of the door, an active position in which the gripping part projects with respect to the external panel, becoming graspable, and an opening position in which the grip member drives the activation member to unlatch the door. The handle has a driving mechanism and an actuator lever cooperating with the grip member to drive the latter between the flushing and the active position. When the grip member is pulled in an opening direction, the grip member drives the activation member which unlatches the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Rocci, Anthony Guerin
  • Patent number: 10760308
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and computer system for automatically limiting the swing angle of a vehicle door to not hit nearby moving objects, including predicting that a moving object will move to be within a predetermined distance of the door and predicting the distance the moving object will be from the door, determining a swing angle extent of an opening of the door that will avoid hitting the moving object and actuating a door controller to limit the swing angle of the door. Historical data on the speed the door is opened can be used in determining the door swing angle. The current position and velocity of the moving object relative to the door of the vehicle is estimated based on signals received from sensors attached to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Guy Cohen, Lior Horesh, Raya Horesh
  • Patent number: 10760309
    Abstract: A portable door stop comprising a wedge shaped unit, a first arm, and second arm. The wedge shaped unit has a tapered front end and an enlarged back end and tapers from the back end to the front end. The first arm and the second arm extend away from the wedge shaped unit and are configured for being removably engageable to each other to form a loop. The wedge shaped unit is configured for being pushed in a gap between a door and a floor under the door to prevent the door from moving, while the first and second arms are configured for enabling the portable door stop to be removably joined to a desired object by forming the loop around a portion of the desired object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Ryan David Bowman
  • Patent number: 10760310
    Abstract: A kit for use in realigning a door connected to a jamb includes a plurality of replacement hinges having different sized gaps formed between the leaves thereof when pivoted to extend in parallel, juxtaposed alignment, including gaps that are narrower and wider than a standard gap of the conventional hinges currently used to hang the door, prior to installation. A zero gap replacement hinge may have no gap between the leaves when in the closed position. The kit may include multiple reduced gap replacement hinges with varying sized gaps and multiple enlarged gap replacement hinges with varying sized gaps. To rehang a sagging door, the top conventional hinge may be replaced with a reduced gap replacement hinge and the bottom conventional hinge may be replaced with an enlarged gap replacement hinge. The reduced gaps and the enlarged gaps of the replacement hinges may be formed using a swaging technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Tyler L. Kessler
  • Patent number: 10760311
    Abstract: A dual axis hinge assembly couples first and second hinges to each other with a central barrel and routes cables across hinge axles with cable channels formed in the axles. The dual axis hinge assembly rotationally couples information handling system housing portions to each other and routes cables between the housing portions distal the barrel by running the cables through a channel formed in each axle of one of the hinges with the cable entering one axle distal the barrel, routing through the axle to a position proximate the barrel, crossing the hinge to enter the other hinge axle proximate the barrel and routing though the other axle to exit distal the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Laurent A. Regimbal, Anthony J. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 10760312
    Abstract: A hinge assembly is provided. The hinge assembly includes a first hinge component and a second hinge component. The first hinge component includes a leaf portion terminating in a first knuckle and a second knuckle. The first knuckle includes a protrusion and the second knuckle includes a recess. The second hinge component is rotatably coupled to the first hinge component and is structurally identical to the first hinge component. The protrusion of the first hinge component is configured to fit within the recess of the second hinge component, and the protrusion of the second hinge component is configured to fit within the recess of the first hinge component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Tim Butler, Victor E. Dodge, Aaron Jerabek, Kirk Henderson, Tai P. Luc, Dave P. DeBoer, Philip L. Bushong, Troy Wert, Debra L. Weich
  • Patent number: 10760313
    Abstract: A stowage compartment for a vehicle comprises a bin, a lid, and a first hinge assembly. The bin includes a bottom surface and a first hinge mount. The lid includes a second hinge mount and a latch mechanism. The second hinge mount is disposed proximate the first hinge mount of the bin. The first hinge assembly includes a lock barrel and a free barrel. The lock barrel is rotatably supported in the first hinge mount of the bin, the free barrel is fixed to the second hinge mount of the lid. The free barrel is disposed in and rotatably supported by an interior of the lock barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Andres Omar Alvarez Lopez, Uriel Torres Davalos
  • Patent number: 10760314
    Abstract: A roller system includes a body forming a first housing, the first housing includes a cavity formed between a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first sidewall extending parallel to the second sidewall; an opening configured to receive a bearing; a first abrasive protrusion secured to a first inner surface of the first sidewall; a second abrasive protrusion secured to a second inner surface of the second sidewall; and a shaft secured to and extending perpendicular to a wheel, the shaft is secured to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Adam Stryffeler
  • Patent number: 10760315
    Abstract: A stowage bin assembly includes a bin bucket assembly having a bin bucket which includes at least one sidewall, the at least one sidewall including a notch and the at least one sidewall having an interior surface. The stowage bin assembly also includes at least one hinge assembly. The at least one hinge assembly includes a housing which is received in the notch, the housing having an interior surface, wherein the interior surface of the housing is substantially flush with the interior surface of the at least one sidewall when the housing of the at least one hinge assembly is received in the notch. The stowage bin assembly also includes a stowage bin door pivotably coupled to the bin bucket assembly via the at least one hinge assembly, the stowage bin door moveable between an open position and a closed position. Related components, assemblies, and devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Harper Engineering Co.
    Inventors: David Chadwell, Richard J. LaConte
  • Patent number: 10760316
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a first fixed tubular half-shell having a working chamber defining a longitudinal axis, a second tubular half-shell rotatable about the longitudinal axis, a pivot rotating unitary with the latter which includes a single pass-through actuating member having a helical shape, a plunger member slidable along the longitudinal axis, and a tubular bushing having a pair of guide cam slots. A pin-inserted within the pass-through actuating member is provided to allow the mutual engagement of the pivot and the bushing. The first tubular half-shell includes an end portion susceptible to rotatably support the pivot, the second tubular half-shell and the bushing are coaxially coupled to each other, and the bushing and the first tubular half-shell are mutually unitarily coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
  • Patent number: 10760317
    Abstract: A window operator for repositioning a window sash within a window frame. The window operator includes a crank handle for rotating a shaft with a pinion gear. The pinion gear operably engages with a rack containing cutouts, the rack having oppositely disposed first and second ends. The rack is translatable within a track disposed within the window frame. The window operator also includes an operator arm connectable between a first end of the rack and the sash wherein rotation of the shaft by the handle imparts movement to the rack and the operator arm, the rack and operator arm movement capable of transitioning the sash between a window open and a window closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: PLY GEM INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Volker Guelck
  • Patent number: 10760318
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pneumatic control system for a working cylinder, which pneumatic control system enables resistance-free manual motion of the device driven by the working cylinder in the event of a failure or switch-off of the compressed air supply and is independent of electrical supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Aventics GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Fortmann, Tim Warning, Florent Orget
  • Patent number: 10760319
    Abstract: An open-close body driving device includes a motor configured to open and close an open-close body included in a vehicle and a controller controlling a movement speed of the open-close body driven by the motor. The controller is configured to move the open-close body at a normal speed based on a vehicle-side operating signal output by operation of an operating switch installed on the vehicle and at a speed lower than the normal speed based on a remote operating signal output by operation of a mobile device. The controller is configured so that in a shutting region having a predetermined dimension from a fully-closed position toward an open side, closing movement of the open-close body based on the remote operating signal is slower than closing movement of the open-close body based on the vehicle-side operating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shibata, Nobuo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10760320
    Abstract: A door drive for a motor vehicle door has a lever element which can be mounted on the body work side of the motor vehicle and which can be connected to an adjustable drive element of a drive device arranged on the motor vehicle door. The adjustable drive element is designed as a rocker element which can be mounted about a bearing axis and which includes a first lever arm by which the rocker element is at least indirectly connected to an actuator of the drive device, and also includes a second lever element by which the rocker element is connected at least indirectly to the lever element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerisch Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcus Knechtel, Andreas Laemmerhofer, Manuel Wernicke
  • Patent number: 10760321
    Abstract: A thermal door release system is provided that includes a plurality of temperature sensors arranged within multiple environments; a controller; and a release apparatus; wherein the controller, using data from the temperature sensors, monitors the temperatures of the individual environments and when a temperature for an environment reaches a set temperature threshold for that environment, causes an action such as the release apparatus to operate a door to a specified position. The set points and actions to be taken can be set per environment by a user, such that different environments will have different set points. In an embodiment, the system can support staged logic such that at various different user-defined set point temperatures for an environment, specified actions can be taken, for example, sending an email to the facilities manager when the temperature is significantly above normal and closing the door when it reaches a higher set point value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Rob J. Evans
  • Patent number: 10760322
    Abstract: In a state that an engine is started up by using a mobile device from outside a vehicle, a power mode changeover switch is switched from a fixed contact OFF to a fixed contact START while avoiding a fixed contact ACC and a fixed contact ON, and the power mode changeover switch is maintained at the fixed contact START even after the engine is placed in an operation state. When an electric power is not supplied through the fixed contact ACC, a detection unit places itself in a state in which a detection operation is possible, and when the electric power is supplied, the detection unit places itself in a detection operation prohibition state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamura, Ryoichi Enoki, Shoji Yokoyama, Jun Sugimoto, Tatsuya Tachibana
  • Patent number: 10760323
    Abstract: An adjustable window support device is disclosed. In embodiments, the adjustable window support device includes: a horizontal segment configured to be placed into contact with a lower surface of a bay window; a vertical segment configured to be placed against a wall and configured to extend downwardly from the lower surface of the bay window along the wall; and an adjustable segment configured to extend diagonally from the bottom end of the vertical segment to one or more receiving members at or near the front end of the horizontal segment. The adjustable segment includes a first end that is pivotally coupled to the bottom end of the vertical segment and a second end that is configured to mate with the one or more receiving members at or near the front end of the horizontal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Fong
  • Patent number: 10760324
    Abstract: An exemplary masonry anchor includes a plate and a tube extending from the plate. The plate has a first end, an opposite second end, and a pair of edges extending between the first and second end. The tube is defined by a circumferential sidewall surrounding a central opening of the tube. The tube has a first end portion secured to the plate and an opposite second end portion. In certain embodiments, the first and second ends of the plate are curved. In certain embodiments, the second end portion of the tube includes a cutout operable to receive a dimple of a channel member. In certain embodiments, one or both of the edges of the plate are bent in the direction in which the tube extends from the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Lance W. Graff, Matthew J. Stouder
  • Patent number: 10760325
    Abstract: A window with low frictive compositions and methods of making the same. The low frictive composition is applied to top portion of at least one glass bump contacting an opposing pane in a window. The low frictive composition may include an inorganic powder and a binder. The inorganic powder includes disulfide, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten diselenide, and molybdenum diselenide. The binder includes silsesquioxanes and alkali silicates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Paul Heckman, Linda Frances Reynolds-Heffer, Wageesha Senaratne
  • Patent number: 10760326
    Abstract: An insulating glazing includes two glass sheets spaced apart by at least one air- or gas-filled cavity, at least one transparent spacer made of glass, which is arranged at a periphery of the glass sheets and which keeps the two glass sheets spaced apart, and a transparent fastening system to fasten by adhesive bonding, which fastens the spacer to each glass sheet via two opposite fastening faces of the spacer, wherein the spacer made of glass is obtained by the cutting of glass sheet in a raw state, and is joined to the glass sheets directly in the raw state, and wherein the fastening system to fasten by adhesive bonding consist of a transparent material having been placed at an external junction of the spacer and of the glass sheets and having flowed into asperities of the glass of the fastening faces of the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Erwan Baquet, Romain Decourcelle, Edouard Jonville
  • Patent number: 10760327
    Abstract: An insulating glazing includes at least two substantially parallel glass sheets, which are spaced apart by at least one air- or gas-filled cavity forming a cavity internal to the glazing, a spacer, which is arranged at a periphery of the glass sheets and which keeps the two glass sheets spaced apart, and an adhesive bonding system arranged to fasten the spacer to each glass sheet via two of opposite fastening faces of the spacer, wherein the spacer includes, at least for one side of the glazing, a mirror-function reflective surface on an internal face of the spacer facing the internal cavity of the glazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Erwan Baquet, Romain Decourcelle, Edouard Jonville
  • Patent number: 10760328
    Abstract: A structural glazing assembly is provided. The structural glazing assembly comprises a frame and a transparent panel, optionally spaced apart by a transparent spacer material. The frame and panel being adhered to each other by a layer of a transparent silicone elastomer located there between. In general, the silicone elastomer is the cured elastomeric product of a moisture-curable hot melt silicone adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dominique Culot
  • Patent number: 10760329
    Abstract: Fenestration unit frames with integral mull posts and methods of making the same are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Andersen Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Maas, Joseph Guy Reithmeyer, Duane Fier, Shawn Miller