Work Or Object Holding Type Patents (Class 335/285)
  • Patent number: 11792586
    Abstract: An external portion of an auditory prosthesis includes an external magnet that interacts with an implantable magnet to hold the external portion against the skin. Magnetic force generated by the stray field of these magnets can disturb the operation of a vibrating element of the auditory prosthesis. The technologies described herein utilize additional magnets disposed within portions of the auditory prosthesis to redirect the magnetic flux, which allows the vibrating element to be disposed more closely to the magnets, reducing the overall height profile of the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Patrik Kennes, Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Paul Michael Carter, Mark Alan Von Huben, Jonathan Diolaso, Scott Matthew Ibbotson, Irene Tsimos Diolaso
  • Patent number: 11764608
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for transferring electrical power to an inductively powered device is contemplated, with a plurality of magnets positioned inside the mounting assembly includes for magnetically attracting and retaining the inductively powered device against a face plate, and for axially aligning the inductive power receiver of the inductive powered device with the inductive coil assembly inside the mounting assembly. A mounting support member is attached to the back plate of the mounting housing with adjustable joint for adjusted the orientation of the mounting housing relative to the mounting support member. The magnets retain the inductively powered device against the face plate and in the correct orientation with the inductive coil assembly even against forces which would otherwise disturb the inductive coupling, permitting use of the mounting assembly to transfer power in non-horizontal orientations and in moving vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Scosche Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael McSweyn, Vince Alves
  • Patent number: 11726345
    Abstract: An image shake correction device includes: a movable member; an imager that is fixed to the movable member; a support member that supports the movable member to be movable; and two movement restrictors that restrict a movement range of the movable member, each of the two movement restrictors includes a recess portion or a through-hole and an insertion member as defined herein, a shape of the recess portion or the through-hole is as defined herein, and a second diagonal line overlaps an extension line of a first diagonal line and the center of the light receiving surface overlaps a line connecting the first diagonal line and the second diagonal line as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kouhei Awazu, Hajime Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11708976
    Abstract: A cooktop for a cooking appliance includes a cooking panel that has a first edge. A support feature is coupled to the cooking panel proximate the first edge. The cooking panel is disposed on the support feature. The support feature and the cooking panel define a cavity. A human-machine interface is coupled to an underside of the cooking panel. The human-machine interface is disposed within the cavity and adjacent to the support feature. A magnet assembly is coupled to the cooking panel and the human-machine interface. The magnet assembly is configured to retain the human-machine interface in a selected position on the underside of the cooking panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Edoardo Binda, Francesca Partegiani, Gaetano Mungo
  • Patent number: 11504867
    Abstract: A razor handle with a counterbalance of a weight and/or magnet disposed therein are disclosed. The handle may include upper and lower enclosures extending between two opposing ends and may be divided into two parts: a base and an arm. The weight and/or magnet may be disposed within the base and between the upper and lower enclosures, and a horizontal length of the base may be less than the horizontal length of the arm. The counterbalance creates a center of mass of the base which is horizontally closer to a pivot surface than a center of mass of the arm. As a result, whenever a lower surface of the arm or a surface of an upper enclosure is placed in a resting position on a horizontal surface when the razor is not employed by a user, a cartridge coupled to the razor handle will not contact the horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Beauty Perspectives, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Jerome Sims, Yiqian Eric Liu, Hailey Hwang
  • Patent number: 11501901
    Abstract: Magnet design is provided. A method customizes a magnetic field uniformity of a magnet by introducing one or more gaps between pieces of the magnet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yiqiao Tang, Irfan Bulu, Yi-Qiao Song, Mark Flaum, Tancredi Botto, Shin Utsuzawa
  • Patent number: 11448245
    Abstract: A wall attachment system is provided that includes an object to be mounted, and an attachment unit for attaching the object to be mounted to a wall surface. The object to be mounted has a back surface installed with a metal. The attachment unit has a front surface installed with a magnet. The wall attachment system is configured so that the metal and the magnet contact each other in response to the object to be mounted being set in position for installation on the attachment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KALTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Somei, Kenji Hatazawa, Toyohiro Harazono, Hirohiko Ueda
  • Patent number: 11357335
    Abstract: The present application discloses a bedsheet fastening device for fastening bedsheet to a mattress and holding it in place. The device comprises magnets configured to hold the bedsheet to the mattress and prevent it from rumpling. In some embodiments, the device comprises a plurality sets of magnets with each set of magnets comprising a first piece of magnet and a second piece of magnet. The first piece of magnet is affixed to the mattress and the second piece of magnet can be attached to and removed from the first piece of magnet. The plurality sets of magnets are arranged on the mattress and can hold a bedsheet securely in place. The bedsheet can be removed by separating the first piece of magnet from the second piece in each set. In some embodiments, magnets are housed in a protective cover or a holder, for example, an insert or a panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Arnaud Ajamian
  • Patent number: 11315752
    Abstract: An e-beam apparatus is disclosed, the tool comprising an electron optics system configured to project an e-beam onto an object, an object table to hold the object, and a positioning device configured to move the object table relative to the electron optics system. The positioning device comprises a short stroke stage configured to move the object table relative to the electron optics system and a long stroke stage configured to move the short stroke stage relative to the electron optics system. The e-beam apparatus further comprises a magnetic shield to shield the electron optics system from a magnetic disturbance generated by the positioning device. The magnetic shield may be arranged between the positioning device and the electron optics system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Paul Hempenius, Sven Antoin Johan Hol, Maarten Frans Janus Kremers, Henricus Martinus Johannes Van De Groes, Niels Johannes Maria Bosch, Marcel Koenraad Marie Baggen
  • Patent number: 11229306
    Abstract: A locking knife holder uses either mechanical or electronic locking systems to secure the knives into the holder. The electronic locking system includes the implementation of one or more electromagnets into the holder. The user can then selectively lock or unlock the knives in the holder by activating or deactivating, respectively the electromagnet. In other implementations, the mechanical locking system can use magnetic keys to unlock the mechanical locking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brothers Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11213942
    Abstract: In an example, a tool organizer module includes a base including an opening formed at a first side of the base and a feature formed at a second side of the base, to receive a portion of a tool and a magnet disposed in the opening of the base, wherein the feature includes a recession in the second side of the base, and wherein the magnet is disposed to impart, on the second side of the base, a magnetic retention force at least substantially centered about the feature to retain the tool to the second side of the base in the feature for any orientation of the portable tool organizer module and to impart, on the first side of the base, a magnetic retention force to retain the base to a selected surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventor: James H Wacker
  • Patent number: 11147419
    Abstract: A protein shaker bottle or similar beverage container that has one or more magnets on its outer surface. The magnets allow for the shaker bottle to magnetically adhere to a metallic or ferrous surface. The inventive bottle allows a user to quickly and temporarily adhere the bottle to a piece of gym equipment on a gym floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hanna Yurkovetskaya, Joseph Campolo
  • Patent number: 11105128
    Abstract: A door latch for a motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a pawl, a release lever, and a clutch selectively engaged by a magnetic field. Further, when the clutch is engaged, motion of the release lever is transmitted to the pawl via the clutch. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Constantin Manolescu, Kosta Papanikolaou, Erin Rose Briggs, David Manuel Rogers
  • Patent number: 11037474
    Abstract: A panel board display system is described that includes a plurality of thin interconnected display panels. The interconnected display panels are capable of interconnecting at a lengthwise edge of each panel without overlap. The interconnected display panels are easily coupled together magnetically and may be coupled in multiple varied orientations utilizing various combinations of the front and back of each panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Vomela Specialty Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Childs, Robert Pietila
  • Patent number: 10984937
    Abstract: An electromagnetic apparatus includes a non-magnetic body structure above a substrate. The electromagnetic apparatus further includes at least one isolation structure including a dielectric material on a portion of the body structure and a magnetic structure having two separate portions, one on each side of the isolation structure. A first magnetic structure portion is on a first sidewall of the isolation structure on an upper surface and on a first sidewall of the body structure and a second magnetic structure portion is on an opposite second sidewall of the isolation structure onto an upper surface and on to a second sidewall of the body structure. The electromagnetic apparatus further includes an electromagnet on a side opposite to the isolation structure. The electromagnet is coupled with the magnetic structure and is a source of the magnetic flux lines when energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LuxNour Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Makarem A. Hussein, Mohamed G. Zanaty
  • Patent number: 10959544
    Abstract: A magnetic tool holder has a frame for maintaining magnetic panels in position. Each of the magnetic panels has an upper surface for magnetic attachment and longitudinal sides defining longitudinal stepped edges. The longitudinal members of the frame have a longitudinal lip which cooperates with a stepped edge of the magnetic panels. A base member is attached to the frame and supports the magnetic panels keeping the top surfaces of the panels exposed for attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Stanley D Winnard
  • Patent number: 10948126
    Abstract: A hand-held device is a portable device configured to be attached to and detached from a metal board, and includes a casing and a magnet disposed inside the casing so as to be attracted to the metal board via an attachment face of the casing. The hand-held device further includes an urging element for urging the magnet so that the magnet moves in a direction away from the attachment face when the casing is detached from the metal board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuma Ootsuka
  • Patent number: 10905203
    Abstract: A reusable closure system for providing easy closure and opening of an object such as a sheet forming a barrier. The reusable closure system generally includes a backing member adapted to be secured to an object, such as by an adhesive. A closure member may be connected to the backing member, with the closure member including a first portion which is removably connected to a second portion by one or more magnets. An optional outer closure member may be connected to the closure member, with the outer closure member including a zipper. Thus, the reusable closure system may be secured to various objects to allow for selective opening or closing of the objects in a versatile, user-selected manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Re-U-Zip, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Edgar Burkhart-Day, Navaratan Kanna Sunkara, Sivaketan Ramu Sunkara
  • Patent number: 10856594
    Abstract: A magnetic zipper includes two elongate units, each attached to edges of material. One elongate unit includes a series of magnets positioned within a tube. The other elongate unit includes a ferromagnetic material that is attracted by the magnetic field of the series of magnets in the other elongate unit. The ferromagnetic material may also be positioned with a tube. The magnetic attraction between the two elongate units allows them to join to bring the edges of material together and be held together by the strength of the magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: BILIO LLC
    Inventors: H. William Smith, IV, Timothy J. Karjalainen, Patrick C. Hill, Philip Isaac Oaks, Elizabeth Susan Baetz
  • Patent number: 10854489
    Abstract: A tower lift includes a main frame extending in a vertical direction, a movable frame configured to be movable in the vertical direction along the main frame, a carriage module mounted to the movable frame, a pair of driving rails extending parallel with each other on the main frame and comprising a plurality of first permanent magnets and a plurality of second permanent magnets arranged in the vertical direction, respectively, a driving wheel disposed between the driving rails to be spaced apart from the driving rails and comprising a plurality of third permanent magnets arranged in a circumferential direction, and a driving unit for rotating the driving wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hun Lee, Sung Hyun Lee, In Bae Jang
  • Patent number: 10786068
    Abstract: Dual strip magnetic fastening. The dual strip magnetic fastening includes a pair of fastener strips including an arm fastener strip and a device fastener strip. The arm fastener strip includes magnets appropriately oriented and disposed. The device fastener strip includes magnetic material appropriately oriented and disposed. The dual strip magnetic fastening system or method may retain a hunting accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventor: Aaron Gross
  • Patent number: 10716413
    Abstract: A magnetic tool holder has a frame for maintaining magnetic panels in position. Each of the magnetic panels has an upper surface for magnetic attachment and longitudinal sides defining longitudinal stepped edges. The longitudinal members of the frame have a longitudinal lip which cooperates with a stepped edge of the magnetic panels. A base member is attached to the frame and supports the magnetic panels keeping the top surfaces of the panels exposed for attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Stanley D Winnard
  • Patent number: 10710390
    Abstract: The present magnetically bound media with reattachable pages exemplarily comprise a magnetic binding, one or more reattachable pages, and one or more conductive metals attached to the pages and magnetically attracted to the magnetic binding. Thus, a user of the magnetically bound media may disengage one or more of the pages from the magnetic binding and reintegrate those pages into the magnetic binding in any order. This allows for customization of information presentation, sequence, and selection. The small size of the magnetic binding also affords a smaller minimum apparatus size and a quicker means with which to remove, rearrange, and reintegrate pages. Furthermore, the magnetic binding permits pages to be secured in a more professionally presentable manner without punched holes. In an exemplary embodiment, the magnetic binding is a cylindrical or a prismatic, rectangular neodymium or samarium alloy secured within the bound media by a magnet cover or clasp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Good-Man
  • Patent number: 10704952
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for measuring vibration on a machine, with a carrier (14) for placing onto a measuring point (12) of the machine, a sensor (16) arranged on the carrier for detecting vibrations, an arrangement (16, 22, 28, 30) for detecting the electromechanical impedance of the sensor and also a monitoring device (22, 24, 26) for monitoring the current coupling of the carrier at the measuring point by means of evaluating the detected electromechanical impedance. The current coupling is in this case determined from the difference between the currently detected electromechanical impedance and the electromechanical impedance detected for a prescribed optimum coupling of the carrier to the measuring point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: PRÃœFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG
    Inventor: Heinrich Lysen
  • Patent number: 10685771
    Abstract: A laterally unconstrained magnetic joint has a first component comprising a permanent magnet material; and a second component comprising a permanent magnet or ferromagnetic material, where the first component and the second component are magnetically attracted to each other, and where the first component and the second component interface via continuous interface surfaces of different curvature that form and maintain point contact throughout a range of angular and lateral actuation. Movement of the first component is laterally unconstrained with respect to the second component. One or more such magnetic joints can be used in a mount for a payload, such as an wide angle optical mount with three degrees of freedom. The mount may include linear actuators to position the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Light Steering Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Vladimir G. Krylov
  • Patent number: 10559236
    Abstract: A panel board display system is described that includes a plurality of thin interconnected display panels. The interconnected display panels are capable of interconnecting at a lengthwise edge of each panel without overlap. The interconnected display panels are easily coupled together magnetically and may be coupled in multiple varied orientations utilizing various combinations of the front and back of each panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Vomela Specialty Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Childs, Robert Pietila
  • Patent number: 10460864
    Abstract: A magnetic substance holding device includes: a first pole piece assembly including a first N-pole piece, a first S-pole piece, and a first permanent magnet; a second pole piece assembly including a second N-pole piece, a second S-pole piece, and a second permanent magnet; at least one first coil; at least one second coil; and a control device controlling current applied to the first coil and the second coil so as to control magnetic fluxes passing through the first coil and the second coil, thereby allowing the first pole piece assembly and the second pole piece assembly to switch between the first arrangement and the second arrangement, to control magnetic fluxes passing through the holding faces of the first pole piece assembly and the second pole piece assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Tae Kwang Choi
  • Patent number: 10399235
    Abstract: An item with fibers may be picked up and placed using a tool head with hooks that engage the fibers. The tool head may comprise at least one hook portion and at least one contact surface adjacent to the hook portion. The hooks that engage the fibers may extend from the hook portion. The tool head may be actuatable between at least a first configuration that permits the hooks to engage the fibers and a second configuration that does not permit the hooks to engage the fibers. An item may be picked up at a starting location with a tool head in the first configuration and placed at a placement location by moving the tool head and then actuating the tool head to the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng-Ming Ou, Yu-Hsi Hsing, Chia-Chi Yang
  • Patent number: 10363983
    Abstract: A magnetic coupling device includes a first seat, a second seat, a magnetic unit and a releasing member. The second seat is connected to the first seat. The magnetic unit includes a first member disposed in the first seat, and a second member disposed in the second seat. The releasing member is connected to the first seat and the second seat, and is convertible between a linked position, where the second seat is proximate to the first seat, and the second member is magnetically connected to the first member, and a released position, where the second seat is away from the first seat, and the second member is separated from the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SUNNY WHEEL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10366639
    Abstract: A panel board display system is described that includes a plurality of thin interconnected display panels. The interconnected display panels are capable of interconnecting at a lengthwise edge of each panel without overlap. The interconnected display panels are easily coupled together magnetically and may be coupled in multiple varied orientations utilizing various combinations of the front and back of each panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: VOMELA SPECIALTY COMPANY
    Inventors: Barry Childs, Robert Pietila
  • Patent number: 10351358
    Abstract: A magnetic drive transmission method includes the steps of: disposing solid magnetic device and ring-shaped magnetic device at top and bottom surfaces of work platform, while keeping the solid magnetic device in axial alignment with the hollow inner diameter of the ring-shaped magnetic device the solid magnetic device enters within the magnetic field lines of the ring-shaped magnetic device so as to create a magnetic field downstream between the solid magnetic device and the ring-shaped magnetic device that changes the thrust of the same polarity repulsion and to further cause the solid magnetic device and the ring-shaped magnetic device to attract each other in a balanced manner, and then using the ring-shaped magnetic device to drive the solid magnetic device in moving a predetermined workpiece along one surface of the work platform to a predetermined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: USUN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chiu-Fong Huang, Hsiang-Yueh Yu
  • Patent number: 10315200
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a tray. The apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a sheet. The apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a first set of height modulators. The apparatus for storing magnetic materials may include a diamagnetic material. The tray may include one or more pockets. The one or more pockets may be configured to receive a magnetic device. The sheet may be configured to couple with the tray. The sheet may be located adjacent to a bottom of the one or more pockets. The sheet may include the diamagnetic material. The sheet may include the first set of height modulators. The first set of height modulators may protrude from a surface of the sheet. The first set of height modulators may be configured to extend into the one or more pockets at a first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Amanuel M Abebaw, Mark Saltas, Anna M. Prakash, Liwei Wang
  • Patent number: 10147622
    Abstract: An electric-programmable magnetic module comprising a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) chip and a bonding equipment is provided. The MEMS chip comprises a plurality of electromagnetic coils and each of the electromagnetic coils is individually controlled. The MEMS chip is assembled with and carried by the bonding equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, PlayNitride Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Hsien Wu, Yen-Hsiang Fang, Chia-Hsin Chao
  • Patent number: 10143342
    Abstract: Sanitary set consist of the toilet seat (2), the lid (1) on the toilet bowl (3) where the toilet seat (2) and the lid (1) are connected to the upper edge of toilet bowl (3) by means of rolling joints around the horizontal axis characterized in that the rolling joints are formed from magnets (5.1, 5.2) arranged on or in a horizontal bar (5) in rear end of upper plane of toilet bowl (3) and oppositely polarized magnets (6) in rear end of the toilet seat (2) and oppositely polarized magnets (7) in the rear end of the lid (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: RAWA DESIGN S.R.O.
    Inventor: Nad{hacek over (e)}{hacek over (z)}da Rawová
  • Patent number: 10139862
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus capable of separating a portable information device and an accessory device easily while preventing the coupled state of both devices from being released accidentally. The electronic apparatus includes: a state detector provided in either the portable information device or the accessory device to detect whether the electronic apparatus is in a predetermined stable position; an intention detector that detects whether there is an intention of detaching the portable information device from the accessory device; and a control unit that operates a coupling mechanism when it is detected from an output of the state detector that the electronic apparatus is in the stable position, and when it is detected from an output of the intention detector that there is the intention of detaching the portable information device from the accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Atsushi Nagashima, Kazunori Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10046668
    Abstract: A transport system including at least one guideway, at least one levitation generator, at least one lifting member, at least one drive generator, and at least one drive member is presented. The at least one guideway, at least one levitation generator, at least one lifting member, at least one drive generator, and at least one drive member can each be implemented with other systems. The at least one drive generator is configured to: generate a driving magnetic flux; move with a corresponding at least one drive member; and be driven relative to the at least one drive member by the driving magnetic flux. The at least one levitation generator can be configured to: generate a levitating magnetic flux; move within a corresponding at least one lifting member; and elevate above a rest position relative to the at least one lifting member in response to the levitating magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SKYTRAN, INC.
    Inventor: John Lee Wamble, III
  • Patent number: 9824808
    Abstract: This document describes techniques using, and apparatuses including, switchable magnetic locks. These techniques and apparatuses can enable low or no power consumption and a seamless design for locking and unlocking of devices one to the other, such as computing devices and peripherals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard K. Rihn, Paul Henry Dietz, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Joseph B. Gault
  • Patent number: 9789597
    Abstract: Striking tools are disclosed that include a handle and a head. Striking surfaces may be securely attached to the head. In this way, lighter weight striking tools may be made with greater durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Estwing Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. West, Steven M. Flosi, John W. Ryan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9783288
    Abstract: A lift fan position lock mechanism is disclosed. In various embodiments, a position lock mechanism includes a ring structure having a first surface, the ring structure including one or more detents defined in the first surface of the ring structure. For each detent, the lock mechanism includes a stationary magnet coupled fixedly to the ring structure at a location adjacent to the detent. The lock mechanism further includes a rotating magnet assembly comprising a magnet of opposite magnetic polarity to at least one of the stationary magnets and a mechanical stop structure of a size and shape to fit into a corresponding detent and engage mechanically with a surface defining at least one extent of said corresponding detent when the rotating magnet assembly is in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Moore, Geoffrey Alan Long
  • Patent number: 9730501
    Abstract: A fluid application device and a device for storing and dispensing a fluid, as a massage device, includes: a holder including a cavity that has a visible depth for the cavity; at least one magnet contained within a recess that is present in the holder; and an application head including at least one portion made of a magnetizable material that is formed so as to be attracted by the magnet(s). The application head has an application surface higher than half the total outer surface of the application head, the device being arranged such that the application head is rotatably movable within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Eugene Joseph Diezinger
  • Patent number: 9666346
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnet plate assembly that includes a plurality of magnetic bodies, each magnetic body having a first surface formed to correspond to a flat surface of a substrate and to contact the flat surface of the substrate and a second surface formed in a different direction from that of the first surface, and a support frame which supports the plurality of magnetic bodies and has a plurality of grooves in which the plurality of magnetic bodies are respectively seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sokwon Noh, Kookchol Park
  • Patent number: 9617768
    Abstract: A belt for electromagnetic sucker includes a first substantially U-shaped section, a second substantially U-shaped section, an electromagnetic sucker coupled to at least one of the first and second substantially U-shaped sections, at least one of the first and second substantially U-shaped sections being structured and arranged to be secure to a support, and a connector structured and arranged to secure the first and second substantially U-shaped sections to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: DIGIT
    Inventor: Jacob Benhammou
  • Patent number: 9569002
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a portable electronic device having a sensor arrangement for gesture recognition and a method for gesture recognition. In accordance with one example embodiment, the portable electronic device comprises: a processor; a flexible housing including a magnet; a magnetic sensor connected to the processor which monitors a magnetic field generated by the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: David Ryan Walker
  • Patent number: 9401239
    Abstract: An electrical component for attachment to paper and other substrates comprises, according to one embodiment, a functional electronic part including one or more support pillars on an underside thereof. Each of the support pillars comprises: a channel extending therethrough from a top opening to a bottom opening, where the top opening of the channel is adjacent to the functional electronic part; and a magnet moveably positioned in the channel in electrical contact with the functional electronic part, where the bottom opening of the channel has a width smaller than a maximum lateral dimension of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONINKS WRITEABLES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bell, Analisa Russo
  • Patent number: 9396857
    Abstract: There is provided a magnetic circuit including a first magnetic body configured to include a magnet and a yoke plate, and a second magnetic body. The yoke plate forms an opening space at a position facing the second magnetic body. The magnet is disposed in the opening space or at a position sandwiched between the yoke plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Kinoshita, Hitoshi Kubota, Yasushi Tsuji, Shuichi Chihara, Masahiro Kobori, Junichiro Misawa
  • Patent number: 9346140
    Abstract: An anvil for ultrasonic machining includes an air-supported support part which is floatingly supported via an air bearing at a carrier part, wherein the support part and the carrier part are connected to one another via at least one linear guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MS SPAICHINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Risch, Elmar Noder
  • Patent number: 9333641
    Abstract: An elastic band comprising a depository area is disclosed. The band may be closed or open-ended. The depository area may hold a magnet. A magnet-retaining band attached to a handle portion of a tool can secure magnetically and removably the tool to a ferrous object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Inventors: Miguel Angel Macias, Marco Galli
  • Patent number: 9281108
    Abstract: A clamp assembly comprises a first clamp including a plurality of magnet devices. Each magnet device includes a permanent magnet and a coil surrounding the permanent magnet. The clamp assembly further comprises a controller for pulsing the coils to selectively magnetize and demagnetize the permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Branko Sarh, Daniela Lucia Rus, Andrew Dominic Marchese
  • Patent number: 9155385
    Abstract: There is a display device configured to couple to a structure, such as a wall. The display device includes a display module having a base plate. The display module includes an array of containers extending from the base plate. The display module includes a plurality of supports disposed between each of the containers of the array of containers. The display module includes a pair of end tabs coupled to each end of the array of containers. The display device includes a pair of brackets configured to couple to the pair of end tabs of the display module. The pair of brackets include a support plate and a channel disposed on the support plate about a 45 degree angle. The pair of brackets include an attachment surface disposed on the support plate and a vertical slit aperture disposed adjacent the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Inventor: Victor David Williams
  • Patent number: 9138128
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a handle, on which at least one electric switch is arranged. The switch has an annular mechanical actuation unit whose outer side forms a grip surface running peripherally of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar Teichtmann