Including A Reciprocating Support Patents (Class 206/387.12)
  • Patent number: 11251593
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a tray, a shaft connected to the tray, a bracket that secures the tray to a networking device such that the tray is distanced from a surface of the networking device, and a support post coupled to the tray via the shaft, the support post including: a rotating pin having a cylindrical passage through which the shaft passes, the rotating pin being coupled to the support post to allow the support post to rotate about the rotating pin and about the shaft, and a locking pin having a latch that is configured to engage with a corresponding opening on the tray to secure the support post to the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Rohit Dev Gupta
  • Patent number: 10106344
    Abstract: In a sheet stacking device, a first sheet storage portion and a second sheet storage portion are arranged in alignment in a width direction of a housing, and supported by the housing so as to move in a front-rear direction perpendicular to the width direction. Biasing members are respectively provided on opposite side surfaces of the first and second sheet storage portions, the opposite side surfaces being adjacent and face each other in the width direction. In a first state where the first and second sheet storage portions are moved frontward from the housing, the biasing members abut on each other and bias the first and second sheet storage portions in directions in which the first and second sheet storage portions separate from each other along the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8413649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking oven door including at least one door frame and at least one door panel. The door frame includes a U-shaped part with a center portion and two legs. The U-shaped part is formed as a one-piece plastic part. The door panel is inserted within the U-shaped part. The U-shaped part encloses three circumferential sides of the door panel. The U-shaped part comprises support elements on its inner side in order to hold the door panel in a predetermined position. At least one fixing element is attached or attachable on at least one free end portion of the leg in order to secure the door panel within the U-shaped part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventor: Mirko Capacci
  • Patent number: 8111510
    Abstract: A Flip-out multimedia car stereo comprises a top casing, a bottom casing, a disk loading driver, a flip-out device and a control circuit board. The flip-out device is installed between the top and bottom casing. The flip-out device further comprises a display monitor mount, a folding mechanism, a display monitor circuit board, a slide frame and an operating device. A slideway is placed on the inner two sides of the top casing for accommodating the slide frame. The disk loading driver is fixed onto the top of the bottom casing. The control circuit board is installed at the back of the disk loading driver. The operating device is installed at one side of the slide frame. The display monitor circuit board is installed on the slide frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: Yuemin Dong
  • Patent number: 7894157
    Abstract: An apparatus to generate a spring force increasing in accordance with a quantity of tape media cartridges stored in a deep slot cell. The apparatus may include a deep slot cell, a biasing element including a torsion spring, and an advancement element. The deep slot cell may store one or more cartridges. The biasing element may generate a spring force toward the front of the deep slot cell such that the spring force generated increases in accordance with a number of cartridges stored in the cell. The advancement element may be positioned to apply the spring force to the cartridges, thereby advancing the cartridges toward the front of the deep slot cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Stuart Green, Shawn Michael Nave, Raymond Yardy
  • Patent number: 7477478
    Abstract: Disclosed is a deep storage slot with a constant spring force comprising a storage slot housing defining a cartridge cavity and a cartridge opening, wherein the cartridge cavity is configured to store a plurality of cartridges in depth. Also disclosed is a constant force spring comprising a rolled, pre-stressed strip that exerts a constant force to resist uncoiling, the constant force spring having a first end affixed to the storage slot housing within the cartridge cavity to direct the constant force towards the cartridge opening, and at least one retention feature configured with the storage slot housing to hold at least one of the plurality of cartridges within the cartridge cavity against the constant force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn M. Nave, Raymond Yardy
  • Patent number: 6784418
    Abstract: One or more mounting registration points provide alignment between a FIMS system and a specimen handling system that delivers a specimen retrieved from a specimen transport box. The specimen handling system includes one or more mounting points, each cooperating with an alignment fixture to immovably secure the specimen handling system to the FIMS system at a corresponding mounting registration point. This mounting technique provides automatic alignment of the specimen handling system to each mounting registration point of the FIMS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Newport Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Bacchi, Paul S. Filipski
  • Publication number: 20030085143
    Abstract: A slide type cassette storage case in which a tape cassette is inserted laterally through an insertion port provided on a side surface thereof so as to eliminate a generation of warp or surface sink after molding because of a difference of thickness between concave grooves 35, 36 which retreats from an expanded portion of the tape cassette and thick portions 32e, 33e along the concave grooves 35, 36. Providing thickness missing portions 48, 45 substantially in the center of the thick portion 32e, 33e along the concave grooves 35, 36.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventor: Kazumoto Yatabe
  • Patent number: 6501070
    Abstract: A box load interface implemented in a FIMS system includes a retractable port door that is attachable to the box door of a transport box. The port door selectively moves the box door toward or away from the box cover of the transport box to thereby open or close it. A slidable tray is mounted to a support shelf. The slidable tray includes a clamping mechanism that receives and clamps the transport box in a fixed position on the slidable tray. A positioning mechanism moves the slidable tray to force the box cover against the port plate. The positioning mechanism also retracts from the port plate to release the box cover. A port door translation mechanism is operatively connected to the port door to advance it and retract it toward and away from a port plate aperture. A port door elevator assembly operates in cooperation with the port door translation mechanism to move the port door after the box door has been moved away from the box cover and through the port plate aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Newport Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Bacchi, Paul S. Filipski
  • Patent number: 6454093
    Abstract: A slide-type cassette storage case is disclosed that can accommodate a tape cassette when inserted laterally through an insertion port provided on a side surface of the cassette storage case. In one embodiment of the cassette storage case (31), a protrusion (10) of the cassette tape is accommodated by a notch (45) formed in a deep wall portion (32d) of the cassette storage case. In another embodiment of the cassette storage case (31), thick portions (33e) include thickness-missing portions (46) in a center portion of the upper half (33), and also includes thick portions (32e) include cassette holding portions (47) on the lower half (32). The notch (45) reduces the size and the production cost of the cassette storage case (31). The missing-thickness portions (46) eliminate warp or surface sink during the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazumoto Yatabe
  • Patent number: 6286676
    Abstract: A cassette accommodating case formed integrally of a lower half 1 and an upper half 2 has a cassette insertion opening 3 at is one side surface. A finger-insertion opening portion 24 used for drawing a cassette is formed through an upper surface of the upper half 2. A reel stopper member 9 in which a pair of reel stopper pieces 11, 11 capable of rising and being pressed down and engaged with reel hub apertures 32a, 32b of a compact cassette 30 is fixed on a bottom surface of the lower half 1. A traverse U-letter shaped slit groove 13 is formed through a portion of the base late where the reel stopper pieces 11, 11 are planted, thereby the reel stopper member being formed as a reel stopper member having a flexible base plate 10c which is flexibly deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazumoto Yatabe
  • Patent number: 6273256
    Abstract: A disc case for a compact disc or the like is provided. The disc case includes a pair of plate-like flank walls, a side wall interconnecting the flank walls, a side of the case having an opening therein for insertion and removal of a disc, a slide track means, slide means movable in the slide track means, and means for controlling withdrawal of the disc from the disc case. The means for controlling withdrawal of the disc includes inner and outer pins associated with the slide means, and slide track means including pin guides for guiding movement of the inner and outer pins such that when the slide means is pushed toward the opening for withdrawing the disc from the disc case, the inner pin moves upwardly in its pin guide and away from the disc, and the outer pin moves downwardly in its pin guide and towards the disc to prevent the disc from falling out of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: ATSI OY
    Inventor: Hakim Arat