Patents Issued in April 12, 2022
  • Patent number: 11300214
    Abstract: A top entry ball valve includes a housing with a central cavity communicating with two bores co-axial along a first axis. A ball valve element is rotatably mounted within the cavity for rotation about a second axis. The valve element includes a through bore; first and second seat assemblies, mounted within the co-axial bores, respectively; first and second gear assemblies engaged with the seat assemblies, respectively; and first and second rotatable drives engaged with the gear assemblies respectively. The gear assemblies are configured to move the seat assemblies along the first axis in a first direction away from the valve element when the drives are rotated in a first direction, and to move the seat assemblies along the first axis in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, when the drives are rotated in the opposite direction, to bring the seat assemblies into sealing contact with the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hawa Valves (India) Private Limited
    Inventor: Javed Anwar Hawa
  • Patent number: 11300215
    Abstract: A valve body and a control valve including such a valve body, the valve body including an inlet, an outlet, a valve port defined therebetween, and a plurality of discrete flow channels extending between the inlet and the valve port to distribute fluid flow to the valve port in a manner that equalizes the velocity of fluid at the perimeter of the valve port. The plurality of discrete flow channels includes (i) one or more first flow channels arranged to direct a first amount of the fluid flow to a front portion of the valve port, (ii) one or more second flow channels arranged to direct a second amount of the fluid flow to a rear portion of the valve port, and (iii) one or more third flow channels arranged to direct a third amount of the fluid flow to one or both side portions of the valve port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Jason G. Olberding, Thomas N. Gabriel
  • Patent number: 11300216
    Abstract: A medical cleaning valve (or cleaning valve) may be configured to provide cleaning functionality to fluid (e.g., air and water) channels of an endoscope. Many embodiments described herein may include a cleaning valve (or valve) that is appropriate for single-use and therefore may be disposable. Accordingly, the valve may be made from a limited number of parts and materials, e.g., to limit its cost and/or manufacturing complexity. For example, multiple seals may be integrally formed with a valve stem. In another example, the valve may have an interface member, which may combine and simplify the functionality of a number of components, such as by connecting the valve stem to a valve well, sealing an opening to a lumen in the valve stem, and/or biasing the valve stem into a position relative to the valve well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Colby Harris, Larry E. Stanton
  • Patent number: 11300217
    Abstract: A cartridge valve for a faucet that includes a housing; a stem adapter at least partially received in the housing and comprising a body defining a slotted hole, which extends in a longitudinal direction, and a threaded hole, which extends in a radial direction; a stem received in the slotted hole and having a central portion that defines a threaded hole; and a screw threaded to the threaded hole of the stem and the threaded hole of the stem adapter to rotatably couple the stem to the stem adapter at a first predetermined frictional resistance in response to rotation of the stem relative to the stem adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: David H. Ritter, Brian S. Core
  • Patent number: 11300218
    Abstract: A three-way flow dividing valve structure is provided, including a valve body, a water divider, a spring, and a switch handle. A water intake communicating with the water inlet is formed on the side wall of the flow dividing chamber. A first and second outlet holes respectively communicating with the water outlets are formed at the bottom of the flow dividing chamber. The water divider includes a water dividing shaft and a water dividing dish; the bottom of the water dividing shaft is connected to the water dividing dish in the flow dividing chamber. The water dividing dish has a water dividing hole movably communicating with the outlet holes. The top of the water dividing shaft protrudes from the valve body and is connected to the switch handle. Two ends of the spring abut against the water dividing dish and the bonnet respectively. The present disclosure can be operated effortlessly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PURITY (XIAMEN) SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: James Wu, Alex Wu, Ce-Wen Yang, Shou-Qiang Zhang, Xing-Chuang Ling, Guo-Zhong Wu
  • Patent number: 11300219
    Abstract: A variable-capacity compressor control valve is configured for easily regulating the opening degree of an in-valve release passage, and thus can effectively reduce internal circulation of refrigerant within the compressor and effectively improve the operation efficiency of the compressor. An in-valve large-opening release passage with a relatively large opening degree, which is used during the compressor actuation time, and an in-valve small-opening release passage with a relatively small opening degree, which is used during both the compressor actuation time and the normal control time (i.e., Pd?Pc control time), are formed using different passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: MAHLE International GmbH, Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaharu Ito, Yoshiyuki Kume, Matthew R. Warren, Ernesto Jose Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 11300220
    Abstract: A rotary-type valve device includes a driving unit, a shaft, a valve, and a housing. The valve includes an outer circumferential portion that defines an outer circumferential opening. The housing defines a valve housing space, an inlet opening, and an outlet opening. The valve includes a passage and a valve end surface that faces the housing and that defines an end surface opening. The housing includes a housing inner surface that faces the valve end surface. The valve is housed in the housing so that a gap is defined between the valve end surface and the housing inner surface. The housing inner surface includes a protrusion protruding in the axial direction from the housing inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Nomura
  • Patent number: 11300221
    Abstract: A valve apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing having open and closed ends to form an interior space, and formed with first and second intake ports receiving a transmission fluid from a transmission and an oil cooler, a bypass port bypassing the transmission fluid to the transmission, and an exhaust port exhausting the transmission fluid to the oil cooler, an inner cap inserted at least partially into the interior space, fixed to the housing, and having an open hole inserted into the interior space, an operation unit disposed between the inner cap and the closed end of the housing, and reciprocally moves according to a transmission fluid temperature, a valve unit disposed in the operation unit to selectively open and close the bypass port and the exhaust port depending on a movement of the operation unit; and an elastic member interposed between the inner cap and the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, INZICONIROLS CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Jun Ho Jang, Hyuk Ju Ko
  • Patent number: 11300222
    Abstract: System for hydraulic valve assembly comprises a valve body having a cylindrical internal cavity and an axially moveable cylindrical spool supported therein. Hydraulic ports are defined through the valve body. The spool includes one or more radially oriented fluid control floating lands. Each floating land is configured to control one or more of fluid flow from a hydraulic port, and fluid flow to a hydraulic port. Each floating land includes a cylindrical control slide defining a hollow chamber, and an end section. The control slide is axially movable relative to the end section between a retention position and an extension position to thereby control one or more of fluid flow from the hydraulic port, and fluid flow to the hydraulic port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: STRIPED MONKEY IP
    Inventor: Daniel James Higgins
  • Patent number: 11300223
    Abstract: A valve is disclosed a valving member positioned in an internal valving cavity and operable to control a flow of water therethrough. The valving member includes a diaphragm and an insert. A passageway through the diaphragm communicates with a bleed slot, preferably a tapered bleed slot, and a scallop of the insert. The scallop cooperates with the diaphragm to form a bleed holes when the valving member is in a closed position. The diaphragm and the insert at least partially separate when the valving member is opened to expose the bleed slot and scallop. The diaphragm rolls up to contact the insert when the valving member is closed to create a wiping action to flush any trapped debris from the bleed slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: James E. Pearson, Paul Charles Berkley, Shane Duncan Bartow, Kenneth A. Bergbauer
  • Patent number: 11300224
    Abstract: A valve connector includes a connecting member, a threaded member, a joint member, and first and second connection assemblies. The connecting member is inserted into an axial hole of the threaded member to cause an abutting portion of the connecting member to enter into the axial hole. The joint member forms two threaded sections at two opposite ends thereof. The two threaded sections are alternatively detachably connected to a threaded portion of the threaded member so that a first seal ring of the first connection assembly and a second seal ring of the second connection assembly are alternatively removably abutted against the abutting portion for connecting a Schrader valve and a Presta valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Scott Wu
  • Patent number: 11300225
    Abstract: A valve-coupler system has a lever that extends under a length axis of the valve body to enable one-handed operation. The valve-coupler body has an opening that is configured over a valve stem and a seal actuator having a lever that can be rotated about a pivot with a single hand to create a seal around the valve stem. Additionally, a valve-coupler may have a gas inlet valve that can be activated by the same single hand to open the valve and allow gas to flow into the valve stem. The inlet valve may be configured in line with the lever whereby the inlet valve is opened when the lever is rotated about the pivot to contact the inlet valve. The inlet valve may be configured on the valve body for manipulation by a user's finger or thumb. The inlet valve may be on the top of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Edgar G. Ashmead, Chris Cullen
  • Patent number: 11300226
    Abstract: A two-way or four-way water faucet dispenses near-boiling water on demand but has a safety interlock. A control valve assembly is attached to the faucet. The interlock uses two disks pressed into contact, each having a single projecting sector. One disk is fixed to the valve body. The other disk, fixed to the handle, slides against the first. The disks must be pulled apart by sliding the handle while it is being turned to superimpose the sectors and turn the control valve, connecting the faucet to the vented near-boiling water supply. A reed switch inside the fixed sector is activated by a magnet inside the rotatable sector and activates a near-boiling water pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: AQUATICA NZ LIMITED
    Inventor: Leonard Forsdick Becroft
  • Patent number: 11300227
    Abstract: Example aspects of a hydrant and a method of preventing tampering with a hydrant are disclosed. The hydrant can comprise an operating stem extending from the hydrant, the operating stem defining an elongate stem passage; an operating nut comprising a first end, an opposed second end and a central bore defined in the operating nut and extending from the first end to the second end, the operating nut further defining a dowel bore, the operating stem extending through the central bore, the operating nut positioned such that the dowel bore and the stem passage are substantially co-axially aligned; and a dowel pin inserted through the dowel bore of the operating nut and the stem passage of the operating stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventor: Justin Blaine Childress
  • Patent number: 11300228
    Abstract: To generate a setpoint signal to stroke a valve during a partial-stroke test, a first target is determined for the setpoint signal based at least on a travel displacement threshold, the travel displacement threshold corresponding to a desired extent of travel of the valve during the partial-stroke test; the setpoint signal is ramped from an initial value to the first target, during a first time interval; subsequently to the first time interval, the setpoint signal is maintained at the first target during a second time interval; a second target is determined for the setpoint signal based at least on the initial value; and during a third time interval subsequent to the second interval, the setpoint signal is ramped from the first target to the second target in a direction opposite to the ramping of the setpoint signal during the first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Junk
  • Patent number: 11300229
    Abstract: A stuffing box assembly for a valve includes a stuffing box and a packing module. The packing module carries one or more seals to engage with the stuffing box and a valve stem extending through the stuffing box. The packing module is able to be installed into, and removed from, the stuffing box as a single assembly. A valve stem can be formed with an integral ball on one end for engaging with a valve seat. The seals of the packing module create a fluid-tight seal against the valve stem and the stuffing box to inhibit fluid leakage through the stuffing box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PERFORMANCE OIL TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Buckner, Jeffrey Leisy
  • Patent number: 11300230
    Abstract: An adapter for a cable hanger includes: a housing having a floor, a vertical wall extending generally perpendicularly from the floor, and side walls extending generally perpendicularly from the floor and vertical wall, each of the side walls including a finger extending generally parallel to the floor, the fingers including first engagement features, the vertical wall including a mounting hole; and a plunger having a main panel and second engagement features on opposite sides of the main panel, the second engagement features configured to engage the first engagement features to restrict relative movement of the plunger relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC.
    Inventors: Aviral Joshi, Ronald A. Vaccaro, Christopher Stockman
  • Patent number: 11300231
    Abstract: Construction of a sealed connection between an elastomeric or synthetic polymer flexible pipe or hose and a metallic coupling member. The coupling member surrounds an armor layer at a free end of the flexible pipe or hose. A sealing area is defined by a recessed portion of the pipe coupling into which a sealing material is introduced. An inner liner layer of the flexible pipe or hose may extend into the sealing area where it is bonded to the sealing material. The sealing material and the inner liner layer may each be comprised of a semi-crystalline thermoplastic material. Furthermore, a reinforcement material may be provided in the inner liner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GATES ENGINEERING & SERVICES UK LTD
    Inventor: Bruno Jaspaert
  • Patent number: 11300232
    Abstract: A non-conductive rubber hose is provided exhibiting lower conductivity compared to conventional EPDM hose, and reduced stiffness compared to conventional non-conductive thermoplastic hose. The hose is useful for applications such as in hydraulics for boom trucks, and for coolant in plasma cutting tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions II Technology A/S
    Inventors: Aaron David Clark, Gina Theresa Clark, Doris Ann Showalter, Chad Christopher Borton
  • Patent number: 11300233
    Abstract: A threaded connection for steel pipes is provided that exhibits improved sealability against the external pressure while maintaining the sealability against the internal pressure. A threaded connection for steel pipes includes a pin and a box. The pin includes a nose, a tapered inner male thread, a tapered outer male thread, a pin inner sealing surface, a pin intermediate shoulder surface, a pin intermediate sealing surface, and a pin annular portion. The box includes a recess corresponding to the nose, a tapered inner female thread, a tapered outer female thread, a box inner sealing surface, a box intermediate shoulder surface, a box intermediate sealing surface, and a box annular portion. The threaded connection satisfies expressions (1) and (2), provided below. ?1 is a taper slope of the inner male thread, and ?2 is a taper slope of the outer male thread. ? ? 1 > ?2 , and ( 1 ) 0.5 ? L ? ? 1 ? ?1 L ? ? 2 ? ?2 ? 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventors: Keita Inose, Masaaki Sugino, Hikari Nakano
  • Patent number: 11300234
    Abstract: A fluid fitting includes a nut, a sleeve, and a union. The union and the nut may include corresponding stops and corresponding markings. Corresponding stops and corresponding marking may engage with each other when the nut is sufficiently connected with the union. A method of connecting a fitting includes connecting a sleeve of the fitting with a nut of the fitting, connecting the nut with a union, rotating at least one of the nut and the union until a stop of the nut engages a stop of the union, restricting over torque via the stop of the nut and the stop of the union, and verifying a sufficient connection if first markings of the nut align with second markings of the union.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Christopher T. Cantrell, Gregory Kiernan, Ravi Soni, Eric R. Marx
  • Patent number: 11300235
    Abstract: A connection apparatus for enabling connection of one or more fluid lines to a flow control system is provided. The apparatus includes, for the or each fluid line, a connector defining a flow channel extending therethrough along an axis. The fluid flow line can be coupled to one end of the flow channel, and the connector further defines a shoulder providing an outer bearing surface extending circumferentially around the axis and curving along the axis. The apparatus further includes first and second plates configured to be clamped together with the connector to fix the connector therebetween. The first and second plates together define, for the or each connector, a space for supporting the shoulder with the connector in situ. The the inner surface of the space is curved to allow the connector to pivot relative to the plates on the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: DFx Technology Limited
    Inventor: Alan Wyn-Davies
  • Patent number: 11300236
    Abstract: In an example, a raised face flange assembly, comprises an upper flange to couple to a lower flange using one or more bolts: wherein the upper flange or the lower flange comprises: a bolting face defining one or more openings for the one or more bolts, respectively; a pair of raised faces including a first raised face and a second raised face to make contact with a mating surface of the other of the upper flange or the lower flange; wherein a distance between an area of the second raised face and a plane corresponding to the bolting face is greater than a distance between an area of the first raised face and the plane to distribute contact force with a mating surface over the area of the second raised face to maintain a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NuScale Power, LLC
    Inventor: Tamas Liszkai
  • Patent number: 11300237
    Abstract: An assembly comprising an end-fitting and an unbonded flexible pipe comprising several layers. The unbonded flexible pipe has an end-part entering the end-fitting at the front end and the layers of the unbonded flexible pipe being terminated in the end-fitting. The unbonded flexible pipe further comprises a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer, where the first electrically conductive layer is electrically insulated from the second electrically conductive layer. The end-fitting comprises a first electric zone electrically connected with the first electrically conductive layer, and a second electric zone electrically connected with the second electrically conductive layer, the first electric zone is electrically separated from the second electric zone, and the end-fitting comprises a third electric zone, the third electric zone being electrically separated from first electric zone and the second electric zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO DENMARK I/S
    Inventors: Thorsten Holst, Tom Larsen, Anders Straarup
  • Patent number: 11300238
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated structure includes a first panel having an inner surface defining an area. The first panel includes a vacuum port. A trim breaker interconnects the first panel with a second panel in an air-tight manner to define a vacuum cavity therebetween. A first filter member is disposed on and substantially covers the area of the inner surface of the first panel and the vacuum port of the first panel. A second filter member substantially covers the first filter member to define a channel therebetween. The channel includes an area commensurate with the area of the inner surface of the first panel. The first panel may also include a mesh member covered by a filter member to define a channel therebetween to improve evacuation time using the channel to evacuate the vacuum cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Sunil S. Ekshinge, Sanjesh Kumar Pathak
  • Patent number: 11300239
    Abstract: An appliance includes a panel having a raised landing outwardly extending from a first surface of the panel. A vacuum port is disposed on the raised landing. A system of channels is disposed over the first surface of the panel and outwardly extends therefrom. The system of channels substantially covers the first surface of the panel. The first surface of the panel is covered with a filter member that covers the system of channels. The raised landing, and vacuum port thereof, is fluidically coupled to the system of channels at multiple connecting locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Allard, Jeffrey Beckner, Sunil S. Ekshinge, Abhay Naik, Sanjesh Pathak
  • Patent number: 11300240
    Abstract: A display device stand can include a base that includes a fore portion with an upwardly sloping top surface defined by a first angle, an extension with an upwardly sloping fore surface defined by a second angle that is less than the first angle, and an aft portion, where the fore portion includes a front edge, the aft portion includes a back edge and the extension includes a top side that define vertexes of an acute triangle; and an adjustable support that includes a retracted state with respect to the extension and an extended state with respect to the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Madison Smith
  • Patent number: 11300241
    Abstract: An adjustable support arm utilizing an elastomeric member having a dynamic attachment point to support the weight of an attached object. The adjustable support arm can include a lower bracket that is connected to an upper bracket by an upper arm and a lower arm. The elastomeric member counterbalances the weight of an attached object. The first end of the elastomeric member can be attached to a linkage, which can include a first, second, and third link and the second end of the elastomeric member can be attached to one of the arms. The links can be coupled to each other between the upper and lower arms such that the linkage is dynamically moveable upon movement of the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Humanscale Corporation
    Inventor: Vladimir Stanislavovich Chumakov
  • Patent number: 11300242
    Abstract: A stacked-plate type mobile device support stand includes a support plate, a mobile device abutting plate and a base plate. The support plate and the mobile device abutting plate have a first longitudinal bent portion therebetween, and the base plate has a stopper plate, and the base plate and the stopper plate have a second longitudinal bent portion therebetween, and the base plate and the mobile device abutting plate have a third longitudinal bent portion therebetween. When the stacked-plate type mobile device support stand is folded, the support plate, the mobile device abutting plate, the base plate and the stopper plate are bent into a stacked-plate form by using the first, second and third longitudinal bent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Moft Inc.
    Inventors: Jia-Jia He, Ben-Tien Lin
  • Patent number: 11300243
    Abstract: A track system on which a skater dolly can roll, comprising one or more pairs of rails and one or more rail clamps. Each rail clamp supports one or two pairs of rails. Rails held side-by-side are parallel to each other. Rail clamps can also secure two rails in end-to-end configuration. The distance between rails can be about 5/16 of an inch. The track system can include a skater dolly, the load-bearing wheels of which are angled 20-30 degrees away from vertical to provide clearance past the rail clamps. The skater also has stabilizing wheels that are approximately perpendicular to the load-bearing wheels, and which secure the skater to the rails when the skater is in a non-upright e.g. upside-down orientation. The system can include a motor pulley system that moves the skater along the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MYT WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Etienne Sauret, James Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11300244
    Abstract: The present subject matter discloses a display device having a stand mounting wall in an outer covering of the display device. The display device may further include a stand receptacle within the stand mounting wall. The stand receptacle having receptacle walls partially protruding from the stand mounting wall of the outer covering. Each of the receptacle walls may include a first end along an outer surface of the stand mounting wall. The first ends of the receptacle walls forming a first opening of the stand receptacle. Each of the receptacle walls may further include a second end forming a second opening of the stand receptacle. The display device may further include a receptacle covering movably disposed within the stand receptacle to conceal the first opening of stand receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Tien Liang Chung
  • Patent number: 11300245
    Abstract: An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall includes a first anchor component and a second anchor component. The first anchor component includes a base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, and at least one wall penetrating retainer extending from the base and having a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the base and has a downwardly curved configuration. The second anchor component includes a base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, at least one wall penetrating retainer extending from the base of the second anchor component and having a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the base of the second anchor component and has a curved configuration. The second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Gary E. Will, Byron K. Grice, Dale G. Malott, Ryan Hamblin
  • Patent number: 11300246
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a junction box includes a face plate having left and right edge margins and a central opening. The face plate includes a first set of indicia adjacent a top edge of the central opening and a second set of indicia adjacent a bottom edge of the central opening. Each set of indicia includes ruler graduations indicating a distance from the left edge margin of the face plate to the respective ruler graduation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin Lee Witherbee
  • Patent number: 11300247
    Abstract: A size-adjustable hanging tie down device and method of securing objects creates a synergy within a resilient strap, using a fixed fastener, and a variable-adjustment fastener to form a fixed-size first loop, and a size-adjustable second loop, respectively. The formed first loop securely mounts to a mounting surface, like a hook, to restrict slippage or movement while supporting the weight of object. A first fastener, such as a grommet, fastens a first length of the strap together to form the fixed-size first loop. The second loop is size-adjusted through a female second fastener and a male second fastener, so as to allow for the secure attachment of variably sized and dimensioned objects. The second fasteners may include a buckle, or a hook and loop fastener. Additional attachment mechanisms, such as a carabiner are easily attached to the first loop for increasing length and mounting capacity while hanging the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Kevin J. Miles
  • Patent number: 11300248
    Abstract: In a tank filling process for filling a refrigerant tank of a vehicle with a cryogenic refrigerant, firstly a liquefied cryogenic refrigerant stored at a pressure p1 in a storage tank is supplied to a conditioning vessel, subsequently the flow connection between storage tank and conditioning vessel is interrupted, and the pressure in the conditioning vessel is increased, for example by virtue of a flow connection to a pressure build-up vessel being produced, to a pressure p2, wherein p2>p1, whereby the liquefied refrigerant is present in the conditioning vessel in the supercooled state. Subsequently, the supercooled, liquefied refrigerant is supplied to the tank to be filled. By means of the device according to the invention and the process according to the invention, evaporation losses during the filling process can be substantially avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Messer SE & Co. KGaA, Messer France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Émilien Frère, Frank Gockel
  • Patent number: 11300249
    Abstract: A mobile storage apparatus for containers is provided. The apparatus provides a unique support assembly for holding a container. The assembly includes a latch mechanism that allows a clamp of cylinder to be moved from a closed position to an open position which creates clearance around a neck of cylinder to allow it to rotate without falling out of clamp. The other end of apparatus is structurally configured with a release plunger that can be retracted to allow rotation of cylinder along said other end. Rotatable wheels on a user side with a braking mechanism along a handle and a foot ledge allow improved maneuverability and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Pareek, Ashwini K Sinha, Stanley M Smith, Ranko Bursac, Amber L Boll, Merry Riehm-Constantino, Amy Beth Hangen, Fred A Marconi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11300250
    Abstract: A device for regulating the pressure of a compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage; a mobile element biased by a main spring and carrying a shutter cooperating with a seat in the gas passage, the shutter and the seat forming a regulating valve, a shut-off valve with a shutter and a seat in the gas passage upstream of the regulating valve; an actuation assembly of the shut-off valve; wherein the shutter of the shut-off valve comprises a stem extending through the mobile element and the shutter of the element, for cooperating with the actuation assembly located in front of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11300251
    Abstract: A lamp base includes a housing for at least partial accommodation of a carrier for a light source. Two mutually-opposing guide rails are provided in the housing for the form-fitted insertion of the carrier. The technology is particularly applicable to carriers with LEDs as light sources and addresses problems with adhesive or soldered attachment of the light source carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LED VANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Hollaender, Max Zimmermann, Ulrich Biebel
  • Patent number: 11300252
    Abstract: Illumination devices are described. Illumination devices may be for use with eyewear capable of being worn on a face of a user. In one embodiment, an illumination device may comprise a battery assembly having a battery housing and a battery connector. The battery assembly may be configured to be worn by the user. The illumination device may also comprise a light assembly having a light source coupled by a wire to a light connector. The light connector may be capable of being electrically coupled to the battery connector. The light assembly may be configured to be coupled to the eyewear. The illumination device may also comprise a hinge coupling hingedly coupling the light connector to the battery connector. The hinge coupling may have a closed configuration in which the light connector is electrically coupled to the battery connector. The hinge coupling may have an open configuration in which the light connector is not electrically coupled to the battery connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Ronald C. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11300253
    Abstract: A portable LED spotlight comprises a main light, a connecting frame, side light assemblies and a base is provided. Slots are formed in two sides of the connecting frame. Positioning pins are disposed at the bottoms of the slots. Mounting plates matched with the slots are disposed on the side light assemblies which are connected to the connecting frame through the mounting plates. Each mounting plate includes a connecting block. Grooves allowing the positioning pins to be clamped in the each mounting plate are formed in the connecting blocks. Contacts are disposed on two sides of the grooves. A rotary knob is disposed on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO TALLER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianli Shen
  • Patent number: 11300254
    Abstract: A plant lamp includes a radiator member, a power box, and lamp beads. The radiator member includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the lower surface, and side surfaces connected between the upper surface and the lower surface. The power box and the lamp beads are arranged on the upper surface and the lower surface respectively. The power box is electrically connected to the lamp beads. The plant lamp further includes at least one power socket electrically connected to the power box and a wiring module. At least one side surface of the radiator member is provided with a fixing seat, the fixing seat defines a slot capable of engaging with a quick lock. When the two plant lamps are to be assembled, the fixing seats of the two plant lamps close to each other, and the quick lock runs through the slots of the fixing seats of the two plant lamps to lock the two plant lamps together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LONG SUN OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zebin Zheng
  • Patent number: 11300255
    Abstract: A system of lighting for an artificial tree or other decoration that allows easy replacement of small sub-strings of luminaries. Each sub-string contains N luminaries, where N is an integer around 10, where the N luminaries are wired in series. Extender cables can be supplied that contain parallel splits so that the different sub-strings are operated in parallel. The extender cable can attach to a master power source that supplies the constant voltage needed to power each sub-string. The exact voltage is determined by the number N and by the voltage requirement for each of the luminaries. Each sub-string has a plug that mates with a receptacle on either an extender cable, or on the master power device. Single point failures only cause one sub-string to go dark. The physical arrangement with plugs and receptacles allows easy replacement of an individual sub-string that is dark because of a failed luminary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Evergreen Tree Limited
    Inventor: Cheng-che Tsai
  • Patent number: 11300256
    Abstract: A lighting system is described herein. The lighting system includes a plurality of lighted strip assemblies coupled together. Each lighted strip assembly includes a flexible transparent housing including a housing cavity extending between a first open end and an opposite second open end and an LED light assembly positioned within the housing cavity and extending between the first open end and the second open end. The LED light assembly includes a plurality of LED light pods, with each LED light pod including a predefined number of LED lights. A connector assembly is coupled between adjacent lighted strip assemblies. The connector assembly includes a first connector cavity configured to receive a first adjacent lighted strip assembly and a second connector cavity is configured to receive a second adjacent lighted strip assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Carl Boehmer
  • Patent number: 11300257
    Abstract: A modular lighting fixture includes a modular housing portion and one or more separate modular lighting components arranged adjacent to the modular housing portion. The separate modular lighting component(s) can include a lighting assembly having a plurality of LED devices and a plurality of optics. Each optic is secured relative to one of the plurality of LED devices. The lighting fixture also includes at least one securement assembly that secures the modular housing portion and the modular lighting component(s) together. More specifically, the securement assembly may include at least one end plate that secures the modular housing portion and the separate modular lighting component(s) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Limited
    Inventors: John MacPherson, Michael Truswell, Paolo Attanasio Camillo
  • Patent number: 11300258
    Abstract: The present disclosure sets forth an outdoor security light with the flexibility of being mounted to either a wall structure or to an eave or ceiling structure. The security light can be adjusted for each installation without the necessity of changing hardware elements of the security luminaire. Various embodiments allow for both a vertical installation wall mount, and a horizontal installation ceiling or eave mount, while maintaining appropriate outward orientation of the lamp heads while also allowing for appropriate positioning of a motion or other sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HEATHCO LLC
    Inventors: Miles William McDonald, Apollo Paul Paredes, Kushagra Dixit, Lionel V. Luu, Scott Blaise Tylicki, John Colvin Deaton
  • Patent number: 11300259
    Abstract: A downlight module with an extendable lens may have a heat sink module, a top (inner) cylinder, a bottom (outer) telescopic cylinder, a telescopic holder, a fixed lens, and the extendable lens. The top (inner) cylinder may be attached to a bottom-portion of the heat sink module. The bottom (outer) telescopic cylinder may be operatively linked to the top (inner) cylinder, such that the bottom (outer) telescopic cylinder is movable up or down. The fixed lens may be fixedly positioned within an internal cavity of the bottom-portion. The extendable lens may be located within the bottom (outer) telescopic cylinder that is translatable. The telescopic holder may be a sleeve that fixedly attaches to an exterior of the bottom-portion and covers all of the fixed lens and the top (inner) cylinder. The bottom (outer) telescopic cylinder may extend beyond the telescopic holder. A LED light source may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Brandon Cohen
  • Patent number: 11300260
    Abstract: An improved elevated structure-mounted lighting system is disclosed. The lighting system may be used on drilling rigs, or with other applications, including for drilling, production, refineries, frac sites, construction, and other industrial applications that may use tower/mast type equipment. The improved elevated structure-mounted lighting system may accommodate any style or design of crown section of a drilling rig and may be mounted on a pole or independent mount system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: C&M Oilfield Rentals, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua C. Allison, Josh Haaland, Jessica Ivanoff
  • Patent number: 11300261
    Abstract: An LED candle light includes an outer housing, a battery pack provided at an inner bottom portion of the outer housing and controlled by a power control board, a coil provided above the battery pack, a mounting frame fixed in the outer housing, an LED light fixed on the mounting frame, the LED light being electrically connected with the battery pack, a flame cover covering an outer periphery of the LED light, a pendulum connected with a lower portion of the flame cover through a rotating shaft, and a magnet provided at a bottom portion of the pendulum, the magnet being located directly above the coil. The present disclosure can simulate a candle and is energy-saving, environmentally friendly, greatly amusing, highly ornamental, safe and harmless.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Aurora International Limited
    Inventors: Chiko Jeckle Chan, Joe Deleo, Shuaisi Ye
  • Patent number: 11300262
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices associated with an electronic candle are disclosed. One example includes an electronic candle includes an outer shell including a through-hole, a light-emitting assembly including a flame sheet configured to protrude through the through-hole, an inner shell positioned within the outer shell, and a self-locking device positioned within a cavity of the inner shell. The self-locking device is configured to operate in (1) a locked state when a switch locks a spring in a compressed state and (2) an unlocked state when the switch releases the spring to be in a relaxed state. The electronic candle also includes a bottom case such that the bottom case is enclosed within the outer shell when the self-locking device is in the locked state and the bottom case is exposed to an external environment beneath the outer shell when the self-locking device is in the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: L&L Candle Company, LLC
    Inventor: Xiaofeng Li
  • Patent number: 11300263
    Abstract: A ceiling illumination window is provided with a transparent prism, and a reflecting member provided on a second edge of the transparent prism. Further, the transparent prism is installed in such a way as to enable light incident thereon at an angle, relative to a normal line to first and second transparent plates, that is at least equal to a prescribed angle to be reflected at a third edge using a critical angle. In addition, when light is incident at an angle at least equal to the prescribed angle relative to the normal line, the transparent prism emits the light toward an indoor ceiling side using at least two types of optical path having different numbers of reflections, using reflection at least one of the transparent prism surface and the reflecting member, and when light is incident at an angle less than the prescribed angle, the transparent prism allows the light to be transmitted through the third edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI ENERGY SYSTEM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuju Nakamura