Patents Issued in March 28, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240101271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cloud-based server storage system for aircrafts' black box data. The cloud-based server is connected to the black box of aircrafts via a secure satellite communication channel for receiving black box data in real-time. The received black box data is securely stored in a memory module of the server along with identifying information including, but not limited to, aircraft tail number, flight number, timestamp, and more. In some embodiments, the system compares the black box data with baseline metrics for identifying distress conditions in the aircraft for enabling authorities to take quick corrective actions. In some embodiments, an alert is generated and transmitted to a cockpit and to authorities (i.e., air traffic control). The data is securely transmitted between the aircraft and the cloud-based server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: John Torturo, Elba Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20240101272
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting an aircraft energy anomaly using an artificial neural network learning model. A system for detecting an aircraft energy anomaly using an artificial neural network learning model according to the present disclosure includes an input interface device for receiving ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) data, a memory storing a program which generates a specific energy feature for energy state analysis by extending the ADS-B data through a preprocessing, and a processor for executing the program, wherein the processor generates an energy distribution model by the use of the specific energy feature, and performs artificial neural network-based energy anomaly learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Noh-Sam PARK, Ji Yeon KIM, Jong Hyun JANG
  • Publication number: 20240101273
    Abstract: A system includes at least one camera implemented in an aircraft, the at least one camera configured to capture images external to the aircraft. The system further includes at least one processor implemented in the aircraft, one or more of the at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one camera, the at least one processor configured to: receive the images from the at least one camera; identify visual references in at least one of the images; and output an annunciation instruction configured to cause an annunciation to a pilot that the visual references have been identified by the at least one processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Weston J. Lahr, Richard M. Rademaker, Aaron Perkins, Brandon E. Wilson, Charlotte S. Ljungkrantz-Lahr
  • Publication number: 20240101274
    Abstract: An electric pushback vehicle includes a frame having a forward portion and a rear portion. The vehicle further includes front drive axle and a rear drive axle configured to communicate power to ground engaging members. A traction battery is housed within the electric pushback vehicle and provides electric power to an electric motor to drive an output shaft. A transmission is connected to receive mechanical power from the electric motor through a torque converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Trevor Douglas ROEBUCK, Brian Wallace YODER, Patrick Dwaine WARDEN, Chase Cherek SCHOFIELD, Robert Charles BRADLEY, Anthony Christopher MORRIS, Joshua David BARNES, William Cole KOSTER, Ian Kendall BALK, James Chandler LIGGETT
  • Publication number: 20240101275
    Abstract: One example of a passenger boarding bridge includes a rotunda, a tunnel unit, a cab rotatably provided at a distal end of the tunnel unit, a mover that docks the cab with an entrance of an aircraft, and a door position detector provided inside the cab that detects, after docking, an edge position of a door of the entrance in a width direction with respect to the cab in a case where a width of the door is greater than or equal to a predetermined width. A door opening determiner determines whether or not the door can be opened smoothly based on whether or not the edge position is within a predetermined allowable region, and a notifier issues a notification of an abnormality in a case where the door opening determiner has determined that the door cannot be opened smoothly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi AKEGAMI, Hideaki DOBASHI
  • Publication number: 20240101276
    Abstract: A landing system for an unmanned aerial vehicle that includes a flat platform having a central hole that serves as a landing board, a lifting board on which a package can be placed that is positioned horizontally in the central hole, a lifting mechanism for lifting up and lower down the lifting board, a rotatable ring that surrounds the enteral hole and embedded in the flat platform in such a way that it can be leveled with the flat platform, and a motor for rotating the rotatable ring. The unmanned aerial vehicle can be positioned on the rotatable ring in such a way that the it can be horizontally rotated by the rotatable ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: STRIX DRONES LTD
    Inventors: Niv Aharoni, Maoz Klein
  • Publication number: 20240101277
    Abstract: A device to assemble a skin and a frame of an aircraft fuselage. The device includes first and second brace members that extend along opposing sides of a gap. Arches are spaced apart and fixedly connected to the first and second brace members and that extend across the gap. A strongback is attached to and movable along the first and second brace members with the strongback having a curved shape that matches the plurality of arches. The strongback includes clamps configured to engage with the frame. First and second tension devices apply tension to the skin at the strongback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Santiago Mejia, Patrick James Macko, Byron James Autry, Paul Gabriel Werntges, Larry Scott Smotherman, David Raines, Sara Murphy
  • Publication number: 20240101278
    Abstract: Techniques for auto-locating and autonomous operation data storage are disclosed. An example method can include storing a representation of an aircraft in a data storage of the computing system. The representation and instructions for performing a first operation on the aircraft can be transmitted to a first robot. The first robot can be configured to identify the aircraft based on a first feature of the representation. The method can further include receiving sensor data. The method can further include transmitting the sensor data to an analysis service to identify a state of a part of the aircraft. The method can further include storing the analysis in the data storage. The method can further include generating second instructions for performing a second operation on the aircraft based on the analysis and the representation stored in the data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Spencer VOISS, William WILDER
  • Publication number: 20240101279
    Abstract: A flying object (109) flies on the earth's limb. Three surveillance satellites (120) monitor the earth's limb from different latitudes than each other at the time of interest and transmit three sets of monitoring data. A ground system (130) receives the three sets of monitoring data, calculates three line-of-sight directions from the three surveillance satellites to the flying object at the time of interest based on the three sets of monitoring data, and calculates flying object coordinate values indicating the position of the flying object at the time of interest based on the three line-of-sight directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hisayuki MUKAE
  • Publication number: 20240101280
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising: propelling a servicing spacecraft to an object; deploying one or more counter mass(es) away from a servicing spacecraft bus to offset the center of mass of the servicing spacecraft into an empty volume; approaching the object, by the servicing spacecraft; positioning the center of mass of the servicing spacecraft in approximately the same location as the center of mass of the object; imparting angular momentum to the servicing spacecraft to match the tumble rate of the object; and contacting the object with one or more mechanical attachments to the servicing spacecraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Astroscale Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Lindsay
  • Publication number: 20240101281
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for deploying stacked spacecraft. When the spacecraft are stacked corresponding z-axis magnetic torque rods of the spacecraft will align with each other along a z-axis. Thus, collectively the stack of spacecraft have one or more sets of magnetic torque rods aligned with the z-axis. Just prior to deploying the spacecraft the one or more sets of magnetic torque rods are operated to hold the stack of spacecraft together. For example, the north magnetic pole of the magnetic torque rod in one spacecraft may face the south magnetic pole of the magnetic torque rod in an adjacent spacecraft. To deploy the top spacecraft, the polarity of the z-axis magnetic torque rod(s) in the top spacecraft is/are reversed. After the spacecraft is clear of the stack the magnetic torque rod(s) in the deployed spacecraft may be de-activated. Then another spacecraft may be deployed in a similar manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Maxar Space LLC
    Inventor: Jon Brooks Upham
  • Publication number: 20240101282
    Abstract: A monitoring system (404) includes a plurality of monitor satellites including monitoring devices and communication devices. A satellite information transmission system (403) includes a plurality of communication satellites including communication devices. A coping system (405) includes land, sea, and air coping assets to cope with a flying object. A flying object coping system (401) transmits flying object information, generated by the monitoring system (404) that monitors a flying object (601), to the coping system (405) via the satellite information transmission system (403). The coping system (405) includes a satellite unified ordering center (810) including a communication route search device (811) for satellite information. The satellite unified ordering center (810) transmits order commands to a monitor satellite cluster included in the monitoring system (404) and to a communication satellite cluster included in the satellite information transmission system (403).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hisayuki MUKAE
  • Publication number: 20240101283
    Abstract: Two objects can be connected, e.g., in space, by maneuvering a gripper proximate a target which may be in space, commanding the snap-band controller to move the snap-band into its open position, maneuvering the gripper to a further position closer to the target to where the controllable snap-band, when closed, at least partially encircles the target, and commanding the snap-band controller to move the controllable snap-band into its closed position to at least partially encircle and capture the target. The gripper comprises a controllable snap-band comprising a selectable open position and closed position which is disposed about an external surface of a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc CHRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20240101284
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle includes a body, at least one power source coupled to the body, a flight propulsion system coupled to the at least one power source and configured to propel the unmanned vehicle through air, and a surface propulsion system coupled to the at least one power source and configured to propel the unmanned vehicle along a surface. The unmanned vehicle is configured to switch between a flight configuration in which the unmanned vehicle is propelled through air via the flight propulsion system, and a surface traverse configuration in which the unmanned vehicle is propelled along the surface via the surface propulsion system. In the surface traverse configuration, the surface propulsion system is configured to engage the surface and to maintain the body in a traversing position below the surface as the surface propulsion system propels the unmanned vehicle along the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Genda Chen, Alec Reven, Bo Shang, Zhenhua Shi, Liujun Li, Boyang Li
  • Publication number: 20240101285
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV includes a plurality of combustion engine modules, each combustion engine module including a respective helicopter blade propulsion system. A truss connects and separates adjacent pairs of the combustion engine modules of the plurality of combustion engine modules. Each truss includes a hollow interior portion configured to hold a fuel for at least one of the plurality of combustion engine modules. The UAV also includes a control system configured to allow a user to control the plurality of combustion engine modules and corresponding helicopter blade propulsion systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Lifting Drones, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Tomko, Sean Andrew Tomko
  • Publication number: 20240101286
    Abstract: A system for latching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has a first UAV for performing a mission and configured with a latchable structure; a second UAV connected to a latching mechanism for assisting the first UAV in performing the mission; and a controller for dispatching the second UAV toward the first UAV and for commanding latching of the latching mechanism with the latchable structure of the first UAV in midair in order to assist the first UAV in performing the mission. In a UAV landing method, the second UAV is dispatched towards the first UAV while a cable extending from the latching mechanism is movably connected to a landing platform; the latching mechanism becomes latched to the latchable structure of the first UAV; and the first UAV is caused to land at the landing platform by reducing a length of the cable from the latching mechanism to the landing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Eyal REGEV
  • Publication number: 20240101287
    Abstract: A transport system for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a control device that controls an unmanned aerial vehicle and a transport vehicle. The control device outputs a move command designating a destination of the unmanned aerial vehicle to both the transport vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle held by the transport vehicle. In response to receiving the move command, the transport vehicle travels to a corresponding stop position set on a travel route R in correspondence to the destination and stops at the corresponding stop position, and the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off from an aerial vehicle holding section and moves to the destination while the transport vehicle is stopped at the corresponding stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Toyoki Takahashi, Keisuke Takeno, Satoshi Nitta, Hidemoto Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20240101288
    Abstract: A transport system includes an unmanned aircraft including an article holding section; and a transport vehicle that includes at least one aircraft holding section configured to hold the unmanned aircraft, and that is configured to travel along a predetermined travel path, wherein the at least one aircraft holding section 44 is further configured to (i) hold the unmanned aircraft in either one of an article holding state in which the unmanned aircraft is holding the article W using the article holding section, and an article non-holding state in which the unmanned aircraft is not holding the article W using the article holding section, and (ii) allow the unmanned aircraft in either one of the article holding state and the article non-holding state to take off and land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Toyoki Takahashi, Keisuke Takeno, Satoshi Nitta, Hidemoto Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20240101289
    Abstract: An apparatus for the automated filling of cartridges of e-vapor devices may include a filling drum configured to receive at least one cartridge of an e-vapor device. The apparatus may additionally include a needle assembly including at least one hypodermic needle. The needle assembly is configured to transition between a lowered state and a raised state. The lowered state is where the hypodermic needle is moved down into the cartridge, while the raised state is where the hypodermic needle is lifted up and away from the cartridge. The apparatus may further include a pump assembly configured to pump a pre-vapor formulation into the cartridge when the needle assembly is in the lowered state. The pump assembly may include a variable amplitude cam system configured to adjust an amount of the pre-vapor formulation for pumping to the cartridge without changing start and stop times for the pumping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Travis Martin GARTHAFFNER, Jeremy Jay STRAIGHT
  • Publication number: 20240101290
    Abstract: An automated method and system for packaging a stack of flexible articles (200) are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Ching Khang TAN
  • Publication number: 20240101291
    Abstract: A method of closing an open end of a receptacle having a wall with an inner wall surface. The method includes providing an end element including an internal portion thereof formed for at least partial engagement thereof with the wall. One or more heating elements are provided, for heating a heated layer of the internal portion to a hot working temperature in an inert atmosphere. When the heated layer is at the hot working temperature, an engagement part of the heated layer is engaged with a preselected part of the wall. One or both of the receptacle and the end element are subjected to an engagement motion relative to the other while the engagement part and the preselected part are engaged for plastic deformation thereof, to at least partially bond the heated layer and the wall of the receptacle together to form a gastight container assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Paul Po CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240101292
    Abstract: A separable vacuum preservation device includes a base body and a cover body rotatably connected to the base body, and the base body and the cover body form a sealed cavity when they are closed. The separable vacuum preservation device further includes a hand-held unit, and the hand-held unit has a vacuum mechanism to draw out air. The base body is provided with an installation part for accommodating the hand-held unit, and the base body is provided with an air extraction pipe connecting the sealed cavity and the vacuum mechanism. The separable vacuum preservation device has a hand-held unit which may be used cooperatively with the base body to draw out air from storage saver bag, or the hand-held unit may be used independently to draw out air from other fresh-keeping containers such as storage box, storage bottle, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Yiyun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240101293
    Abstract: A system and method for bundling wood includes a bin portion collecting logs that drop off a conveyor platform in a transverse orientation relative to a direction of travel. A first sensor detects each log as it drops, forming a stack, and a control module maintains a running count of the logs in the stack. A hatch automatically opens and simultaneously drops a stack of logs therethrough based on the running count, e.g., based on the running count equaling a preselected number. A second sensor above the bin portion measures a distance from the second sensor to the stack. The hatch automatically opens to drop the stack therethrough to a lower bin in response to the running count reaching the preselected number of logs and/or the distance reaching a predetermined distance. A third sensor positioned adjacent a lower hatch in the lower bin automatically closes the hatch when blocked by the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Cartalemi, Matthew Cartalemi, Dean Battaglia
  • Publication number: 20240101294
    Abstract: The present invention is a creasing tool, comprising: a thin plate main body (9); a first hinge (10) provided over the full length of the main body (9) in a first direction; a second hinge (11) that is provided over the full length of the main body (9) in a second direction and crosses the first hinge (10); and a third hinge that extends in one direction from an intersection (12) of the first hinge and the second hinge toward the outside of the main body (9) along a bisection line of the angle formed by the first hinge (10) and the second hinge (11), wherein when producing gift wrapping, a crease required for oblique wrapping or the like can be easily created in packaging paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Taro Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240101295
    Abstract: A packaging system to pack objects in boxes includes a supply station to supply objects of a purchase order batch, an insertion station to insert in a box a specific batch picked up from the supply station, a closing station to close the box, a storage unit configured to house a respective group of folded and flattened boxes, a forming apparatus configured to carry out both an automatic pick-up of a corresponding folded and flattened box from the storage unit, and also a subsequent automatic forming of the box starting from the picked-up folded and flattened box. The forming apparatus includes a first pick-up device and a second pick-up device respectively slidably mounted on the storage unit to slide along a respective linear path, the first pick-up device remaining in a shared transfer space when it moves the folded and flattened box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Dario REA, Fiorenzo DRAGHETTI, Alessandro CARAPIA, Filippo ROSA, Giacomo COLLEPALUMBO
  • Publication number: 20240101296
    Abstract: A slat exchange system in thermo-welding machines having cells or alveolar cavities and similar systems, adapted to be adopted on a thermo-welding machine having cells or alveolar cavities and/or a similar system having a chain conveyor, a transmission chain, and an IT management apparatus, and being characterized in that it includes: at least one fixed slat part permanently connected to the chain conveyor; at least one removable slat part with one or more shapes adapted to be hooked and unhooked from the fixed slat part in order to be exchanged with another; at least one hooking and unhooking mechanism with a pin, a handle and a bar with spring, installed on the fixed slat part and adapted to allow hooking and unhooking the removable slat part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Angelo MARANO, Fabio MARANO
  • Publication number: 20240101297
    Abstract: A system for assembling and filling two groups of electronic cigarettes, includes first and second working stations for assembly/inspection operations on a first group of electronic cigarettes and disposed upstream and downstream of a first conveying path, respectively. Third and fourth working stations perform assembly/inspection operations on a second group of electronic cigarettes and are disposed upstream and downstream of a second conveying path, respectively. A single filling station receives the first group at a first loading zone and the second group at a second loading zone to fill the first group and the second group with a filling product; and releases the first group of filled electronic cigarettes at a first unloading zone and the second group of filled electronic cigarettes at a second unloading zone towards the second working station and towards the fourth working station, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Luca TESTONI, Massimo SARTONI, Luca FEDERICI
  • Publication number: 20240101298
    Abstract: A container for liquids, specifically a neck designed to be axially coupled to the gland of a container, typically made of lightweight plastic. The neck is structured in a lower section and an upper section, having several components: a lower collar that serves as a support, followed by a support flange and a cylindrical part that incorporates both lower and upper transitions, as well as an intermediate section. The terminal part of the neck is an upper washer designed to receive a sealing plug. This washer includes a lower ring, a straight portion and an upper ring. The complete design ensures an effective threaded engagement with the sealing plug, thus optimizing the functionality of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Javier Berroa García
  • Publication number: 20240101299
    Abstract: A polymeric container including a finish defining an opening of the container. A body defines an internal volume for storing product therein. A base is at an end of the body opposite to the finish. The base defines a plurality of recesses spaced apart from one another about an axial center of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: James STELZER, Bradley S. PHILIP, Michael T. LANE
  • Publication number: 20240101300
    Abstract: A ground sleeve or box pad having fiberglass corners includes metal reinforcements embedded within the corners in order to make the fiberglass corners resistant to damage by impact such as by lawnmowers and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffrey Libbesmeier
  • Publication number: 20240101301
    Abstract: A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable includes a planar packaging blank extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The blank includes a middle region extending from the first end to the second end between a first fold line and a second fold line, a first side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of first flaps extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the second side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a second side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of second flaps extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the first side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The blank is configured to be rolled into a cylindrical shape such that the first end overlaps the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Andriy LOZHKO, Noah MONTENA, Jay A. KISSELSTEIN, Brian K. HANSON
  • Publication number: 20240101302
    Abstract: Box blanks, boxes, and corresponding methods of forming the same are provided herein. The box blank comprises a plurality of panels and flaps. Each of the plurality of panels are connected along a foldable panel score line portion, and each of the plurality of flaps are connected along a foldable flap score line portion. The plurality of flaps are connected to the plurality of panels. The box blank further comprises a first cross-cut and a second cross-cut spaced apart from the first cross-cut to define an uncut portion therebetween. Each cross-cut extends across the flap score line portion. The box blank further comprises a first cut extending from the first cross-cut at least a portion of a distance to the plurality of panels, and a second cut extending from the second cross-cut at least a portion of a second distance leading towards an edge of the plurality of flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew David Castle
  • Publication number: 20240101303
    Abstract: Spinnable packages and package assemblies for products are provided. Spinnable packages include a base having a plate with a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, and a protrusion extending from the top surface of the plate. The packages also include a wheel configured to removably secure a plurality of products, the wheel having an aperture extending therethrough, wherein the wheel and the base are sized and shaped such that the wheel is spinnably mountable on the base when the protrusion is positioned in the aperture, such that the wheel is spinnable about a longitudinal axis of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Randel Kert Canlas, Kaila Madison Sparkman, Richard M. Good, III
  • Publication number: 20240101304
    Abstract: A retail ready package (100) for shipping and displaying products, which includes front (18) and rear panels (14) each having at least six sides and being spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal axis of the package when the package is in a shipping condition, wherein the front and rear panels each have a perforation line (90) associated therewith that facilitate a conversion of the package into an open-topped product display tray having a generally hexagonal shaped cross-section, which extends in a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: David G. COUTURE
  • Publication number: 20240101305
    Abstract: A thermally insulative liner for packaging includes a base, sidewalls extending from the base and defining an opening, and a cover for covering the opening. The cover includes first, second, and third segments. A first side of the first segment is hingedly attached to a sidewall such that the first segment is rotatable, from being aligned with that sidewall, in a first direction. A first side of the second segment is hingedly attached to a second side of the first segment such that the second segment is rotatable, from being aligned with the first segment, in the first direction. The third segment is hingedly attached to a second side of the second segment such that the third segment is rotatable, from being aligned with the second segment, in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Coles, Daniel Foyster
  • Publication number: 20240101306
    Abstract: A packing box formed of corrugated paper having a corrugated medium with ridges and grooves arrayed in an array direction, including a first side part, a second side part opposed to the first side part, an inner lid part bent along a first edge portion of the first side part, an outer lid part bent along a second edge portion of the second side part, and an adhesion part for bonding an outer surface of the inner lid part and an inner surface of the outer lid part. The inner surface of the outer lid part is provided with the adhesion part and a score part along the adhesion part. The score part is provided between an edge opposite to the second edge portion and the adhesion part. The score part has a score that does not reach an outer surface of the outer lid part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: HIDETO SAKAI, KAZUNARI IWAI
  • Publication number: 20240101307
    Abstract: A replacement lead case includes a case body that forms an inner space surrounded by a rear surface plate and right and left leg plates as a replacement lead accommodation room and has a lid body on the tip end thereof and a case part on a rear part thereof via a bendable thin part provided on the rear surface plate, and a cover member that has a U-shaped cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction molded by a front surface plate and right and left outer leg plates covers the replacement lead accommodation room on a case body with the front surface plate and slidably supports the case body in the longitudinal direction with the leg plates positioned on the inside of the outer leg plates. A rail-shaped guide is formed on the lid body along the longitudinal direction, and the cover member includes a slider that contacts the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro KAWABATA, Kyoichiro NAKAMURA, Kiyoshi FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240101308
    Abstract: The present application relates to a steel-pipe-embedded structure for a packaging and transportation box of a reel, and relates to a field of a pallet of the packaging and transportation box of the reel, which includes a pallet body embedded with a steel pipe and integrally formed with a steel pipe channel for receiving the steel pipe, in which both ends of the steel pipe channel are closed. In the present application, because the steel pipe can support the pallet body, a strength and a bearing capacity of the pallet body can be effectively improved. Further, a possibility of deformation caused by long term use is reduced, and an exposure of the steel pipe can be effectively avoided, so that a corrosion of the steel pipe is effectively reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Xiaoren QIAN
  • Publication number: 20240101309
    Abstract: At least a surface of a reel pallet is made of resin. When a distance in a first direction between a reel supported by a first reel support and a reel supported by a second reel support is denoted by La, a distance in the first direction between an outer edge of the reel supported by the second reel support and a fourth side of an arrangement surface is denoted by Lb1, and a distance in the first direction between an end surface of the reel supported by the first reel support and a second side of the arrangement surface is denoted by Lb2, the reel pallet satisfies a relationship of 1<La/(Lb1+Lb2)<3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC WINTEC, INC., HIGASHINO CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jun SUGAWARA, Youichi NAGATA, Hiroko HIGASHINO
  • Publication number: 20240101310
    Abstract: A fixing member that fixes a lower surface of an apparatus having a caster to an upper surface of a base includes: an engagement part that is inserted through a through hole provided in the lower surface of the apparatus, extends along an upper side of the lower surface of the apparatus, and is engaged with the lower surface of the apparatus; an attachment part that extends along an upper side of the upper surface of the base so as to face the engagement part and is attached to the upper surface of the base; a connection part that connects the engagement part and the attachment part by passing through the through hole; and a load receiving part that is provided on a side opposite to the engagement part relative to the connection part and receives a load by making contact with a lower side of the lower surface of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Michiaki KANEKO, Shigeru Tsukada
  • Publication number: 20240101311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to wood log packaging and carrying bags. A bag comprises a bag panel (1) having a bottom panel (A), two first side panels (B), and two second side panels (C). The bottom panel (A) has four sides (A3). The bottom panel (A) with its four sides (A3) is permanently joined to the two first side panels (B) and two second side panels (C) and this joint area is also a folding area. Each first side panel (B) and second side panel (C) comprises a through hole (2). The bag comprises a belt (3) attached to the bag panel (1) in the area where the side panels (B) are joined to the bottom panel (A) and configured to be extended through said through holes (2) to firmly hold all four side panels (B; C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Martins Spade
  • Publication number: 20240101312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bag that is produced continuously, forming a group of bags that occupy a minimum volume, the bags being individually detached from the group by means of precut lines, such that the bags are supported on dispensing means by means of upper and lateral sectors (10) delimited by precut lines (7), the tearing of which determines a handle (8) for the bag with the corresponding hole (9) thereof for inserting the fingers of a hand, the bag being separated from the lateral sectors (10). The bags have a bottom determined by three parallel folding lines that allow a W shape to be obtained, such that the bag is flat when not in use, incorporating a double-wall reinforcement at the level of the handle. The bag could optionally be produced using three bands, two end paper bands and a transparent intermediate band, fastened parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Jose Francisco NAVARRO MECHO
  • Publication number: 20240101313
    Abstract: A head for manufacturing a flexible tube for containing a liquid or pasty product, comprising an upper wall and an annular side wall, the lower distal end of which defines a plane (A), said head comprising a dispensing orifice extended by a protuberance, a portion of which protrudes from said plane (A), said protruding portion being eccentric relative to the center of the tube head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Albea Services
    Inventors: Sylvain DEFERT, Franck FRITSCH
  • Publication number: 20240101314
    Abstract: A container closure and methods are disclosed for providing visible evidence of removal of the closure from a container after installation by a manufacturer. The closure includes tamper evidence bridges comprising small tabs of material that extend from a bottom-most edge of the closure to a tamper evidence ledge of the container. The bridges break when the closure is rotated relative to the tamper evidence ledge, thereby providing readily visible evidence that the closure has been removed after installation by the manufacturer. In some embodiments, a tamper evidence closure engages with threads of a finish of the container. Cam locks around the perimeter of the tamper evidence closure are permanently flared by cams on the finish during loosening of the closure. Outward flaring of the cam locks provides a visual indication that the tamper evidence closure has been loosened after installation by a manufacturer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Jay Clarke Hanan
  • Publication number: 20240101315
    Abstract: A closure for sealing contents within an interior of a container. The closure includes a closure portion having interior threads configured to rotatably engage and disengage from threads of a finish portion, a tamper evidence band, a multiplicity of thin connections attaching the tamper evidence band to the closure portion, and an anchor extending from the closure portion to the tamper evidence band. The anchor is configured to keep the closure portion attached to the tamper evidence band in response to a force applied to the closure portion below a second predetermined threshold that is greater than the first predetermined threshold. The interior threads have a thread pitch of less than 2 millimeters. Whereby the thread pitch reduces a distance the closure portion travels during disengagement with the threads of the finish portion and the amount of stress imparted on the anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: Jay Clarke Hanan
  • Publication number: 20240101316
    Abstract: A storage container system includes rolling toolbox, a storage container, a storage bin, and a storage container assembly. Various aspects relate to a storage container including at least one sidewall extending from a base, the sidewall at least partially defining an outer wall of an interior compartment. A lid is coupled to the sidewall and movable between an open position and a closed position. The interior compartment is accessible while the lid is in the open position, and the interior compartment is covered while the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: J. Porter Whitmire, J. Luke Jenkins, Stephen A. Hughett, Brianna E. Williams, Tyler H. Knight, Jeffrey Groves, Austin Clark
  • Publication number: 20240101317
    Abstract: A container is disclosed herein. The container includes a base and a lid, with the lid being movable between an open position and a closed position. The lid includes a first resealing feature defined by an inner lip and a second resealing feature defined by an outer lip. The resealing features are configured to connect when the lid is in moved into the closed position and disconnect when the lid is moved into the open position. Thus, the lid is releasably held to the base when the lid is closed. The lid incorporates a film layer for reducing waste and weight. The film layer is situated and sized to define a vent into the interior of the base to allow any products disclosed therein to be vented and non-airtight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert P. Urciuoli, Craig R. Snedden
  • Publication number: 20240101318
    Abstract: A storage solution that provides substantial advantages over existing storage solutions. The storage solution can include a latch system, a rack system or a display system, any one or more of which can be included with a utility box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: John Whalen, Clark McCune, Emily Stokes, Neil Kwiatowshi, Mason Umholtz, Michael Day, Charles Paradise, Gregory Howe, James Krause
  • Publication number: 20240101319
    Abstract: An example lid assembly can include a lid and a slider. The lid can include a wall defining a recess. The slider can be configured to slide in the recess and can be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers an opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container, and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents may be poured from the container. The slider can be configured to be removable from the lid and can be replaced back on the lid. Additionally, the slider can be formed from upper and lower sled elements 130,136 that are magnetically coupled to one another. In some examples, the lower sled of the slider may include an air vent with rounded entry portions, and the lid assembly may include engaging members with ramped surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Cody Jinkins, Andy Bondhus, Mark Carlson Rane, Dustin Bullock, John Fritz, William Drinkwater, Matthew Bryson, Elizabeth Ruchte
  • Publication number: 20240101320
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic air-release box lid, including: a box lid body provided with an air hole, the air hole being configured as a through-hole structure, openings at two ends of the air hole being located on an upper surface and a lower surface of the box lid body respectively; and a fastening lug having a rotating shaft part by which the fastening lug is hinged to the upper surface of the box lid body, the rotating shaft part and one opening of the air hole being arranged corresponding to each other and one above the other, the rotating shaft part having a blocking surface. Further provided is a preservation box, including: an automatic air-release box lid and a box body. The box lid is fitted to cover the box body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Li Lixin, Zhou Yongning, Zheng Peng, Wang Lu