Patents Issued in March 12, 2024
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Patent number: 11926438Abstract: A device drives a shaft of a jet engine for inspection purposes. The device has: a drive having a part co-rotating with the shaft. The co-rotating part of the unit is configured to lie against a spinner of the shaft and is secured in a non-rotatable manner to at least one fan blade arranged on the shaft using at least one strap.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AGInventors: Jan Oke Peters, Michael Thies, Johann Pott
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Patent number: 11926439Abstract: A recoverable rocket stage (2) for propelling a rocket (100) towards space includes a rocket propellant tank assembly (4) having a generally cylindrical outer shape; at least one engine (6), coupled to the rocket propellant tank assembly (4); and a plurality of drag enhancing elements (8), the plurality of drag enhancing elements (8) forming longitudinal extensions of the generally cylindrical outer shape of the rocket propellant tank assembly (4) in their launch positions and being inclinable with respect to the generally cylindrical outer shape of the rocket propellant tank assembly (4) for return of the recoverable rocket stage (2) to earth.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ORBITAL EXPRESS LAUNCH LIMITEDInventor: Jonas Baekby Bjarnoe
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Patent number: 11926440Abstract: A sampling method includes: obtaining topographical information about a predetermined wide area by using a first sensor on a work machine; selecting a candidate area within the wide area, the candidate area is less than an area of the wide area, and setting a movement route based on the information about the wide area, the movement route allows a distal end portion of an arm provided on the work machine to reach a preparation position without coming into contact with an obstacle, the preparation position being located above the candidate area; moving the distal end portion of the arm along the movement route to the preparation position, and obtaining topographical information about the candidate area by using a second sensor on the distal end portion of the arm; and specifying a sampling point based on the information about the candidate area and performing sampling at the specified sampling point.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fuminobu Sakamoto, Toyotoshi Kurose
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Patent number: 11926441Abstract: An orbit transition apparatus that transitions an orbit of a payload in outer space includes a rotating body, an adapter disposed on a center part of the rotating body for docking a payload, a launch module disposed outside of the rotating body for launching the payload, and a thruster for rotating the rotating body. The launch module may launch the payload to a target orbit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTInventors: Sung Hyuck Im, Jun Seong Lee, Kee Joo Lee, Jae Sung Park
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Patent number: 11926442Abstract: A spacecraft sunshade is provided. The sunshade includes a surface that is maintained in a sun facing orientation. Adjustments to a position of the sunshade are made in a plane that is transverse to a line of sight to the sun, in order to block sunlight from being directly incident on an instrument associated with the spacecraft. The sunshade can include photovoltaic elements on the sun-facing surface of the sunshade. In addition, the sunshade can be formed from an opaque material, and further from a material that absorbs heat from the sun and reradiate that heat to the instrument. The sunshade can perform stray light blocking, electrical power generation, and radiational heating functions.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.Inventors: Erika Thorson Bannon, Kevin Eugene Weed, John Scott Knight
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Patent number: 11926443Abstract: Rotorcraft including a fuselage, at least three rotor system arms, a forward propulsion unit for providing forward propulsion to the rotorcraft and a flight control system. Each rotor system arm has a rotor system including a mast having at least two rotor blades and an electric rotor motor coupled to the mast for driving the mast whereupon the rotor blades act as a rotating rotor disc. Each rotor system has an individually controllable collective rotor blade pitch. At least one rotor system has a controllable cyclic rotor blade pitch. The flight control system controls the at least three electric rotor motors, the collective rotor blade pitch of each rotor system, the cyclic rotor blade pitch of the at least one rotor system and the forward propulsion unit in response to an input control indicating a desired maneuver to operate the rotorcraft for takeoff, flight and landing.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: EFIX AVIATION LTDInventor: Efraim Kastiel
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Patent number: 11926444Abstract: Modular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A disclosed example UAV includes a fuselage that extends along a longitudinal axis, a wing support frame extending from the fuselage and along a wingspan of the UAV. The wing support frame includes distal ends to support a releasably couplable wing, the releasably couplable wing to extend along the wingspan when coupled to the wing support frame, and a motor boom that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, the motor boom to support a motor that is oriented to generate lift for the UAV.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Insitu, Inc.Inventors: Bryan G. Munro, Danny R. Nalley, Joel M. Reiter, Harold A. Brown, Ovidiu C. Mihai
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Patent number: 11926445Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing a filling fluid are discussed. More particularly an exemplary filling system may include a reservoir holding a filling fluid for distribution. The filling system may also include a pump and filling nozzle fluidly coupled to the reservoir. A processor executes a filling module that when executed receives at least one input fluid property of the filling fluid and generates at least one set of operating parameters for controlling operation of the pump during a filling operation based at least in part on the fluid property. The generated set of operating parameters enable control of the pump to distribute the filling fluid through the filling nozzle, such that a fluid interface with a stable resting profile forms in the filling fluid in the filling nozzle adjacent to the nozzle opening after the filling fluid is distributed from the filling nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventor: Richard John Galas, Jr.
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Patent number: 11926446Abstract: One or more methods for preparing a personal care product using HPP may be provided. The methods may include preparing one or more raw materials, including for example botanical or plant matter. The one or more raw materials may be infused into a substance using HPP, which may result in an infused substance. To make the final personal care product the infused substance may then be mixed with one or more additional ingredients and the personal care product may then be packaged. Finally, before shipping and distribution, the packaged personal care product may be processed using HPP, which may extend the shelf-life of the packaged product.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Good Foods Group, LLCInventors: Kurt Penn, Hannah Penn, Joyce Longfield, Malin Benicek
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Patent number: 11926447Abstract: A device for separating infusion capsules includes a base unit and a plunger, the base unit having a face with an aperture for receiving a body part of the capsule, wherein a portion of the face surrounding the aperture has a surface that undulates in a longitudinal direction relative to a central axis through the aperture; the plunger including a projection sized to fit within the aperture. A capsule can be placed, rim side down, on the base unit over the aperture, and the plunger used to urge the capsule down into the aperture. The result is that the capsule inverts, rupturing the foil layer and emptying the coffee or other infusion into the base unit below the aperture. The coffee (etc) and the capsule can then be removed for separate recycling. The undulating surface ensures that the rim section of the capsule is distorted during this process, which assists in separating any layers that have been provided for example by way of sealant.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventors: Leslie Alexander Gort-Barten, Alexander Charles Gort-Barten
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Patent number: 11926448Abstract: A system of attachable walls includes first and second walls. Each such wall includes a first side having a base surface and a repeatable pattern. The repeatable pattern includes first, second, third, and fourth lateral segments. The second lateral segment includes a resilient first flange extending outward and a flexible finger extending outward. The flexible finger has a first side facing the resilient first flange, a second side, opposite the first, facing away from the resilient first flange and toward the first lateral segment, a first mating component positioned on the second side of the flexible finger, and a receptacle formed between the resilient first flange and the flexible finger. The fourth lateral segment includes a second flange extending away from the base surface of the first side. The second flange includes a second mating component positioned on a side of the second flange facing the third lateral segment.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Joel Karsten
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Patent number: 11926449Abstract: A container (1) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and including a tubular body (10) having a longitudinal weld (11) substantially parallel to the axis (X), a bottom (20) and a head (30), the tubular body (10) including at least 50% by weight of paper, the bottom (20) including an annular distal end (21) and an oblique portion (22), the oblique portion (22) extending along an axis (Y) forming an angle ? with the longitudinal axis (X), the tubular body (10) being attached to the bottom (20) at the level of the oblique portion (22).Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Albea ServicesInventor: Sudheer Suvarna
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Patent number: 11926450Abstract: A bag includes one or more suction cups attached to, or integrated into, a major surface of the bag. The suction cups are configured to allow the bag to be selectively attached to, or detached from, the surface of an object. Examples of such objects include coolers, boats, and refrigerator sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Go CEO, LLCInventor: David Wesley Williams
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Patent number: 11926451Abstract: A flip-top closure includes first and second polymeric closure portions. The first closure portion includes a top wall portion, a sealing mechanism and an annular skirt portion. The second closure portion includes a tamper-evident band. The closure portions are attached by a line of weakness. The closure portions are further attached via a hinge. The hinge includes a locking tab, a flexible tab and linking segments. The locking tab extends further outwardly from a center of the closure in a closed position than the flexible tab and the linking segments. During the opening of the flip-top closure, the locking tab moves and passes the flexible tab such that the flip-top closure locks in a fully open position.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Closure Systems International Inc.Inventors: Jeremiah Migas, Marina Lennartz, Jeremy Morin
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Patent number: 11926452Abstract: A packaging box, including: a housing, including a cover body and a seat body, the seat body includes a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion, the cover body is reversibly connected to the seat body, so that the first recessed portion can be covered or exposed; a lifting mechanism, including a load-bearing member and a transmission part, and a reflector that is placed in the seat body and forms a 1 hollow space with the second recessed portion. The load-bearing member is placed in the first recessed portion and reversibly connected to the sidewall of the first recessed portion, the load-bearing member is used to carry items, and the transmission part is placed between the cover body and the load-bearing part so that the load-bearing part can be extended or retracted into the first recessed portion by the overturning of the cover body.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN YUTO PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaolong Zhou, Xiaobin Li
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Patent number: 11926453Abstract: A sealed container for the storage of a plurality of articles comprising an open topped receptacle having a lip that defines an opening through which the articles may pass into and from said receptacle and closure means, including a cover that is hingedly connected to the receptacle and which is sealably connected to the receptacle, for closing the opening. The receptacle also includes a flap that is hingedly connected to the cover and wherein the flap in one position is adapted to overly the cover and wherein information relating to the contents of the container is displayed on the cover and on the flap.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: DAA IP Pty LtdInventor: Garry Boyd
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Patent number: 11926454Abstract: The smart container comprises a body and a lid attached to the body. The lid comprises a valve movable between an open position and a closed position. The smart container further comprises an actuator configured to move the valve between the open position and the closed position, a sensor configured to detect a user, and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the sensor and the actuator. The control circuit is configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of a sensed condition and send a signal to the actuator when the sensed condition corresponds to an opening state.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Fredrik Krafft
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Patent number: 11926455Abstract: A sound producing beverage container including a top surface having an opening in the surface initially sealed with a closure. The sound producing beverage container includes a reed assembly mounted to the top surface. The reed assembly includes a substantially flat reed having opposing leading and trailing reed edges. The reed assembly includes a bridge disposed adjacent the reed. The bridge includes opposing leading and trailing bridge edges and a bulge in the bridge along the leading edge of the bridge, the bulge extending away from the reed. A portion of the leading edge of the reed is disposed between the container top surface and the bridge. A gas moving along the device surface toward the leading edge of the bridge may be directed toward the leading edge of the reed and across the reed leading edge causing the reed to vibrate, the vibration producing a vibratory sound.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Kevin Schwimer
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Patent number: 11926456Abstract: A reconfigurable container-closure system is comprised of first (10) and second containers (110) and first (12) and second closures (112). The container-closure system can assume either of two configurations. The first configuration means that the first closure (12) is secured to the first container (10), and the second closure (112) is secured to the second container (110). Also, an orifice reducer, cartridge and piston are all attached to the second closure (112), and two products are separated. Second configuration means that the second closure (112) is secured to the first container (10), and the first closure (12) is secured to the second container (110). Also, the orifice reducer, cartridge and piston are all attached to the first container (10), and two products are allowed to mix and be dispensed. The transfer is accomplished by a user who simply screws the second closure (112) onto the first container (10).Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ELC Management LLCInventor: Yun Chen
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Patent number: 11926457Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sampling system for processing a liquid sample, including a retrieving module configured to be fluidically connected to a liquid-source and configured to retrieve a liquid sample from the liquid-source, a filling module configured to fill the retrieved liquid sample into a sampling container, a storing module configured to store the sampling container filled with the liquid sample, and a disposal module configured to discard the liquid sample.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Bo Ottersten, Eckhard Sommer
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Patent number: 11926458Abstract: A carrier for a plurality of containers includes an upper web having a plurality of upper web apertures, each for receiving a chime and a neck of one of the containers therethrough. Each upper web aperture has a plurality of tabs formed at an inside edge thereof. Each tab is configured for bending upward when contacting the chime of one of the containers. A lower web has a plurality of lower web apertures, each for receiving a body of one of the containers therethrough. A side web connects the upper web with the lower web, and may be formed together with the upper web and the lower web as a single piece, or into two separate portions that may be adhered or otherwise fastened together.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FISHBONE PACKAGING INC.Inventors: Kevin Alan L'Heureux, Keith James Elliott, Wayne Gebhardt
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Patent number: 11926459Abstract: A foil cartridge Tillable with a fluid, includes a film bag cartridge forming a cartridge sleeve, and a solid head part including at least one outlet opening to dispense the fluid out of the foil cartridge and an external thread to attach the foil cartridge to a support sleeve. The film bag cartridge is attached to the head part in an area of the external thread.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Tobias Bodenmüller, Marcel Richter, Richard Lavelanet
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Patent number: 11926460Abstract: A foldable container that includes a top section, middle section, and a bottom section. The middle section is connected to both the top and the bottom sections. The top section includes a top first panel comprising one or more apertures sized to accommodate a top portion of one or more transport items. The bottom section includes a bottom first panel comprising one or more apertures sized to accommodate a bottom portion of one or more transport items.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SUPER NICHE BRANDS, LLCInventors: Shaun Ritchie, Eric Gray
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Patent number: 11926461Abstract: A protective product, such as, e.g., an envelope or pouch, is provided that includes at least one expanded slit paper sheet in an expanded state, and an embossed paper sheet facing the expanded slit paper sheet and fixed to the expanded slit paper sheet along at least a portion of a length in an expansion direction of the expanded slit sheet paper. In the preferred embodiments, the embossed paper sheet has a plurality of embossings that increase the rigidity of the embossed paper sheet, thereby inhibiting deformation of the embossed paper sheet that is fixed to the expanded slit sheet paper.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HexcelPack, LLCInventor: David Paul Goodrich
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Patent number: 11926462Abstract: A protective packaging web is disclosed. The web includes a first film web having a plurality of extended portions including a base perimeter enclosing an open base region and an extended surface protruding in one direction from a plane defined by the first film web. The extended surface has a larger surface area than the open base region. The web also includes a second film web sealed to the first film web around a portion of the open base region to form sub-chambers on a side of the first film web opposite the protruding direction. The first film web and the second film web remain unsealed across the open base region defining regions within the sub-chambers suitable to contain a fluid volume. The plurality of sub-chambers are interconnected via one or more intra-chamber channels, allowing each of the sub-chambers to receive and release fluid in response to external pressures.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLCInventor: Thomas D. Wetsch
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Patent number: 11926463Abstract: A bottle, having an antimicrobial property is provided. The bottle has one or more components including a body, a cap, a seal, and a locking ring. One or more of the components of the bottle are treated with an antimicrobial agent or comprise an antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial is a silver based antimicrobial, a silver-glass antimicrobial, or other antimicrobial agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Microban Products CompanyInventors: Jonathan Robert Clapp, Ivan Wei Kang Ong, Glenner Marie Richards
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Patent number: 11926464Abstract: An example multi-chamber beverage container includes a first chamber containing a first fluid, a second chamber containing at least one second consumable item different than the first fluid, and a tab attached to a connector. The connector extends through the second chamber. The example multi-chamber beverage container further includes a first seal between the first chamber and the second chamber. The first seal is attached to the connector and is configured to be broken in response to activation of the tab to move the connector such that the first chamber and the second chamber are in fluid communication.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Daimay North America Autmotive, Inc.Inventors: Jianhua Wang, Michael Steven Medoro
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Patent number: 11926465Abstract: A method that protects helium balloons, which are shipped via shipping routes that expose the balloons to elevated temperatures that cause the balloons to lose helium gas at increased rates, from such effects includes providing a shipping box; lining the shipping box with a metalized sheet that provides insulation against heat conduction; placing at least one balloon in the lined shipping box; surrounding the at least one balloon with the metalized sheet from all sides thereof; closing the box; and shipping the box to a customer, whereby the balloons are rendered less susceptible to the elevated temperatures or reduced ambient pressures while travelling over the shipping routes.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PARTY LOVERS INC.Inventor: Simon Ausch
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Patent number: 11926466Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-lifting supply container that includes a movable tray, guides fastened to the movable tray, and container walls with tracks cut therethrough. The movable tray fits within the container walls allowing the movable tray to slide up and down the tracks. Elastic bands pass over pulleys that are secured to the container bottom and the guides. In operation, the weight of a supply material added to the movable tray causes the movable tray to descend into the container tower, tensioning the elastic bands and removing a portion of the supply material, reducing weight on the movable tray causes the movable tray to partially ascend the container tower keeping the supply material accessible to a user proximate to the container top regardless of the amount of the supply material remaining on the movable tray within the self-lifting supply container.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventors: Justin Vida, Pamela Vida
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Patent number: 11926467Abstract: A non-aspirating dispenser containing a gel therein for delivery to a desired surface such as a medical article. More specifically, a gel that is dispensed in the form of droplets that are free of air or a gas therein and with reduced drift potential. The dispenser has a container having a flexible bag therein enclosing a thixotropic gel, and has a pressurized gas that is capable of exerting pressure on the bag and forcing the gel out of said bag in a steady stream upon pressing an actuator that is operatively connected to an ejection valve. The bag is free of propellants, and does not produce an aerosol. The gel is thixotropic and is utilized for keeping medical instruments moist in order to prevent soils present thereon from drying out, which can make reprocessing of medical instruments more difficult and less effective. The dispenser implemented at a point of use for transport or prior to delayed reprocessing in the reprocessing area.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANYInventors: Nancy-Hope E. Kaiser, Daniel Rochette, Bradley A. Baan
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Patent number: 11926468Abstract: The invention relates to a capsule (2) for the preparation of a beverage by extracting the substance in a beverage preparation device, comprising: —an aluminium capsule body (3) with a bottom, a side wall (6) and an outwardly extending flange (7), —a cover (8) attached to the outwardly extending flange (7) and, —a sealing member (9) at the outwardly extending flange (7) for providing a water sealing contact with an enclosing member of the beverage preparation device; wherein the sealing member (9) comprises at least one annular layer of polymeric material positioned on the outwardly extending flange wherein in use in the device, the sealing member is compressed and wherein the outwardly extending flange (7) comprises an annular recess (16) with an annular bottom wall (17), and an inner projecting wall (18) and an outer projecting wall (19), both projecting walls (18, 19) extending in a direction towards the bottom of the capsule body and wherein the annular layer of polymeric material (20) is entirely containType: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Guido Bambagioni, Gilles Gavillet, Alexandre Kollep, Frederic Doleac
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Patent number: 11926469Abstract: A shipping container for a personal watercraft, in which a first and second pair of roller guides attach to a pallet for removably receiving a pair of trusses that support a personal watercraft thereon, the trusses movable between a first position for loading or unloading the personal watercraft and a second position for storing and transporting of the personal watercraft at an oblique angle. A method of containing a personal watercraft in a shipping container is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: UFP Industries, Inc.Inventors: John M Grigsby, III, Carl D Prentice
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Patent number: 11926470Abstract: A lifting mechanism for operably attaching to one of the plurality of support legs on a bin is provided where the lifting mechanism is configured to sequentially lift and drop the support leg by a predetermined amount, whereby an impact shock generated by the drop is transmitted to the bin through the support leg and promote dislodging of any of the particulate material that may be in a non-flowable state to enhance dispensing of the particulate material from the bin. A bin assembly incorporating such lifting mechanism on at least one of its plurality of support legs is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: VALCO INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Philip E. Risser, Logan Auker, Jake Byer, Andrei Pavel
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Patent number: 11926471Abstract: A sectional panel tank comprises one or more side wads that are joined together in forming the sectional panel tank. One of the side wall comprises a first unit panel having a first extension at a first edge of the first unit panel and a second unit panel having a second extension at a second edge of the second unit panel. By combing the second extension to the second extension, the second unit panel is joined to the first unit panel for providing a continuous surface of the side wall. No gasket is needed between the first extension and the second extension. A method of making the sectional panel tank is also disclosed. A method of making prefabricated unit panels with lining sheets is further disclosed for the sectional panel tank.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: POLY-LINE PTE LTDInventor: Chin Kiat Loh
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Patent number: 11926472Abstract: A number of implementations of an apparatus for supporting a floating roof in a storage tank are described. In one implementation, the apparatus includes at least two vertical support members coupled together at the top and bottom by spans members.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Barbara Knight Revocable TrustInventor: David L. Bush
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Patent number: 11926473Abstract: A sanitary product disposal container includes a container housing having a movable housing top cover, a movable housing bottom cover, and a sensor. A cover actuating mechanism may operably engage the housing top cover to actuate the housing top cover between open and closed positions. The sensor may operably interface with the cover actuating mechanism to facilitate deployment of the housing top cover between the open and closed positions responsive to sensing the presence of a person in proximity to the container housing. Accordingly, a used feminine hygiene product may be placed in the interior space of the container housing in the open position of the housing top cover without having to touch the container housing in order to open the housing top cover. The housing bottom cover may be selectively opened to facilitate removal of the used feminine hygiene products from the interior space.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Kelly Marie Sansone
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Patent number: 11926474Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a body defining a storage compartment, a packer, a hydraulic system, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The hydraulic system includes a first pump and a second pump are configured to supply fluid power to a packer actuator. The packer actuator is coupled to the packer and the body and is positioned to move the packer to compact refuse within the storage compartment. The pressure sensor indicates a measured pressure a first fluid associated with the first pump or a second fluid associated with the second pump. The controller is configured to control the hydraulic system to supply fluid power to the packer actuator to move the packer. The controller is further configured to determine that (a) one or more other vehicle functions are active or (b) the measured pressure exceeds a threshold pressure. The controller is further configured to reduce the fluid power supplied to the packer actuator in response to the determination.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Ross Turner, Joseph Nelson
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Patent number: 11926475Abstract: A control system includes: a sway detection unit configured to detect a reference swaying amount that is a swaying amount of a mast at a detection height, which is set to be greater than or equal to a height of a lowermost part of a transfer apparatus when a lift is located at an upper limit of a lifting range; a lifting height acquiring unit configured to acquire lifting height information that indicates a lifting height, which is a height of the lift, at a plurality of points in time; and a transfer control unit configured to control the transfer apparatus. The transfer control unit converts the reference swaying amount detected by the sway detection unit into a lifting height swaying amount that is a swaying amount of the mast at the lifting height indicated by the lifting height information.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wataru Kiyokawa
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Patent number: 11926476Abstract: A transport vehicle includes: a vehicle body (31) and a first traveling mechanism (32) mounted on the vehicle body (31). The first traveling mechanism (32) includes a plurality of crawling assemblies (320) respectively provided on two opposite sides of the vehicle body (31). Each crawling assembly (320) includes: a wheel carrier (321) extending outwardly from a lateral side of the vehicle body (31); and a driving wheel (322) mounted on the wheel carrier (321), the driving wheel has an axis perpendicular to an extending direction of the wheel carrier (321). The wheel carrier (321) is rotatable about the central axis of the wheel carrier (321) in the extension direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jian Zhang
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Patent number: 11926477Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a self-service express cabinet and a package delivery method. The self-service express cabinet may include: a cabinet body including a sending window and a chamber, wherein the sending window may be connected with the chamber, and the sending window may be disposed on a surface of the cabinet body; a human-machine interaction device disposed on the cabinet body for information interaction with a user; an inspection device disposed in the chamber and capable of performing security inspection on a package dropped into the chamber for delivery, wherein the inspection device may have a receiving end and an output end, and at least part of the receiving end may be located within a scope of a forward projection of the sending window; and at least one storage component disposed in the chamber and corresponding to the output end.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Xin Xue, Zhongrong Yang, Qiwang Gao, Bo Tang
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Patent number: 11926478Abstract: Conveyor arrangement including a first conveying section having first rollers, a second conveying section having second rollers, the second conveying section being arranged adjacent to the first conveying section, so that an object can be transferred between the conveying section by rolling along the first and second rollers, a mobile drive movable along different positions along the first conveying section and adapted to temporarily provide a drive power to a selected first roller depending on the position of the movable drive; wherein the movable drive is prevented to get into the second conveying section, characterized in that the conveying arrangement comprises a drive line for providing a drive power at least indirectly from the movable drive to the second rollers when the movable drive is located at a, in particular first end position, in the first conveying section adjacent to the second conveying section.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: INTERROLL HOLDING AGInventor: Xavier Frangeul
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Patent number: 11926479Abstract: A rod belt, in particular for rod belt conveyors of agricultural machines, the rod belt having a running direction and comprising: tensile stress-resistant, elastic and continuous belts running in parallel to one another; transverse rods arranged perpendicular to the running direction and parallel to one another in a pre-determined rod spacing, each transverse rod having mounting sections with which the transverse rods rests on the belts, wherein the transverse rods are fastened to the belts by attachment means, passing through the mounting sections of the transverse rods and the belts; and protective forge covers attached to the belts, each forge cover having a mounting profile and a flexible protection profile.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ARNOLD JÄGER HOLDING GMBHInventors: Carson Christian, Jessica Reed, Jason Cackley, Scott Koppen, Leon Bogucki
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Patent number: 11926480Abstract: A container supplying apparatus includes a supply conveyer conveying containers and a screw engaging with the containers on the supply conveyer and conveying the containers to a downstream side. The screw is divided into an upstream screw and a downstream screw rotationally driven by different servomotors. In a case where no container is supplied to a specific bottle table of a weighing and filling apparatus, the upstream screw is decelerated and is then accelerated relative to the downstream screw. As a result, an interval of the successive containers is expanded, and a large interval is maintained therebetween. This supplies no container to the specific bottle table of the weighing and filling apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SHIBUYA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun Okuhata, Masaharu Kawahara, Koji Kaya
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Patent number: 11926481Abstract: Aspects include a robotic device for inspection of components of a belt conveyor comprising a mobile platform and a robotic arm having a first end coupled to the mobile platform and a second end, the robotic arm configured to guide the second end to contact at least one of the components of the belt conveyor. Further included is a method for inspecting components of a belt conveyor using a robotic device, including: obtaining temperature and/or noise data of at least one of the components of the belt conveyor; and, if the data are outside a range, then: driving a second end a robotic arm of the robotic device for contacting at least one of the components; and obtaining vibration data from at least one of the components.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: VALE S.A., UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO—UFRJInventors: Gustavo Medeiros Freitas, Marcos Paulo Torre, Gabriel Carvalho Garcia, Filipe Augusto Santos Rocha, André Stanzani Franca, Felipe Ribeiro Da Fonseca, Fernando Cesar Lizarralde, Ramon Romankevicius Costa, Alex Fernandes Neves, João Carlos Espiúca Monteiro
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Patent number: 11926482Abstract: An example luggage processing station comprises: an injector adapted to receive a piece of luggage, the injector comprising an injector conveyor belt integrated into a floor of the injector; a group of sensors positioned around the injector directed towards the injector conveyor belt; a controller adapted to assess the piece of luggage compared to an acceptance parameter whilst the piece of luggage is stationary on the injector conveyor belt; and the controller is configured to actuate the injector conveyor belt when the controller assesses the piece of luggage as meeting the acceptance parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ICM Airport Technics Pty LtdInventors: Michael Dupre Sanderson, Rainer Rudolf Dinkelmann, Paul Craig Bellamy, Christian Riegman, Kenneth Scott Ifield
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Patent number: 11926483Abstract: Article transport vehicles have, as operation states, a first state of traveling toward a transport destination that is a destination set for receiving an article or delivering an article, and a second state in which a transport destination has not been set. A controller divides the entirety of a travelable route into a plurality of set areas and executes imbalance reduction control to arrange standby transport vehicles such that imbalance of the densities of standby transport vehicles present in the areas is within a predetermined range, the standby transport vehicles being article transport vehicles in the second state.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Kono, Keisuke Takeno, Kazuhiro Iwamitsu
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Patent number: 11926484Abstract: A device for conveying products within an industrial line, comprising a conveyor transporting a stream of products along at least one line. The device comprises at least one main zone delimited by primary beacons and covering a segment of the stream; and above the conveyor, at least one member for detecting the primary beacons and for counting the number of products at least inside the main zone. Also a method for conveying products, in which a stream of products is transported along at least one line and, by means of primary beacons at least one main zone is delimited, covering a segment of the stream; the primary beacons are detected and the number of products in the main zone is counted.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONSInventor: Raphaël Henninger
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Patent number: 11926485Abstract: A processing system includes a conveyance path including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey a carriage, the plurality of conveyance modules being disposed to convey the carriage to a plurality of positions, a processing apparatus configured to perform processing on a work mounted on the carriage, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of conveyance modules and the processing apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to, in performing the processing on the work at the plurality of positions by the processing apparatus, move the work to the plurality of positions by moving the carriage using the conveyance modules.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryota Okazaki, Satoshi Shioda, Akihiro Hayashi, Takeshi Akehi
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Patent number: 11926486Abstract: According to an embodiment, a conveyance assisting apparatus includes a placement portion, a base portion, a support portion, a moving device, and a projecting portion. The placement portion has a placement surface on which a package is placed. The base portion is fixed to a conveyance apparatus including a door portion to be opened/closed between a closed-position and an open-position. The support portion is on the base portion and supports the placement portion so that the placement portion is movable in a first-direction between a first-position where the placement portion covers the door portion and a second-position where the placement portion uncovers the door portion. The moving device is on the base portion and configured to move the placement portion. The projecting portion is on the placement surface and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventor: Reiya Asanuma
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Patent number: 11926487Abstract: An apparatus for feeding transport pockets into a conveying system of a hanging conveying installation includes a conveying rail which can be coupled conveyingly to the conveying system, along which the transport pockets can each be conveyed while being hanging by a hanging adapter, a detection unit for detecting the quantity of hanging adapters arranged within a detection zone on the conveying rail, a control unit which is in signal communication with the detection unit and is configured to variably set a transport spacing for conveying the transport pockets by the conveying system, a singularizing unit which is in signal communication with the control unit and is intended for singularized feeding the hanging adapters into the conveying system with the variably set transport spacing.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Dürkopp Fördertechnik GmbHInventor: Markus Merten