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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181836 | Rotary fastener magazine A fastener driving tool is provided, including a housing substantially enclosing a power source including a reciprocating piston with a driver blade. A nosepiece is associated with the housing and is configured for receiving the driver blade and for sequentially rec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180582 | System and method for sensing liquid levels A system for detecting a presence of a liquid within a receptacle includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor includes a transmitting probe and a receiving probe positioned within the liquid receptacle. The transmitting probe includes a first transducer and the re... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178805 | Appliance control knob providing illuminated setting indication A shaft of a rotary switch, for example, useful as a control for an appliance, such as a washing machine, incorporates an LED at the end of the shaft and projecting light laterally from the shaft to provide an indication of the rotary position of the corresponding k... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162375 | Hinge mounted fuel housing seal A vehicle refueling assembly includes a housing through which an inlet pipe is accessed and a door assembly that can be opened and closed relative to the housing. The door assembly includes a hinge and a decorative panel. The hinge includes a seal received in a ledg... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152209 | Delay apparatus for opening of vehicle door An inertia activated mechanism associated with a door latch mechanism of a vehicle obstructs operation of a door handle assembly when the inertia activated mechanism is subjected to acceleration forces from a vehicle event. Delaying structure in the inertia activate... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152038 | Nose assembly for a fastener driving tool In a fastener-driving tool equipped with a fastener magazine, and a power source including a reciprocating driver blade for driving fasteners obtained from the magazine into a workpiece, and a reciprocating valve sleeve actuated by a cage, a nosepiece is provided, i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8123313 | Door motion dampening system A system for dampening an opening motion of a door includes a frame, an access door and at least one dampening member. The access door is rotatably secured to the frame. The access door is configured to be moved with respect to the frame between closed and completel... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118332 | Latch device A latch device including a latch strike retention assembly adapted for press-fit insertion into a panel opening and retention within the panel opening upon melting of any plastic components. The latch strike retention assembly includes a generally “U” shaped spr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118242 | Wash arm retainer for warewasher A wash arm retainer for a warewasher having at least one wash arm with a plurality of nozzles and being in fluid communication with an adapter for receiving a flow of fluid, includes a housing defining a through bore and having a first end and a second end, a cam su... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114226 | Wall mountable holder A holder having a baseplate with a tang extending rearwardly therefrom, a plurality of openings for receiving fasteners and a plurality of legs extending from the baseplate, the tang being heat treated or work hardened to harden the tang and facilitate its detachmen... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105118 | Torque resistant terminal block element A screw terminal and a terminal block incorporating the same provides a mechanically a screw terminal frame with a closed perimeter that resists deformation of the terminal frame when a captured nut is being clamped against a wire within the terminal frame, allowing... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8085141 | Self-diagnostic switch A self-diagnostic acoustic wave touch actuated switch assembly includes a substrate having an acoustic wave cavity, a transducer operatively connected to the acoustic wave cavity, a processing unit, and at least one light emitting member operatively connected to the... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082785 | Inductive liquid-level sensor An inductive liquid-level sensor employs a central shaft supporting multiple independent electrical loops that may be interrogated to detect the proximity of the conductive element in the float rising and falling with changes in liquid height outside of the shaft. | 12/27/2011 |
| D651131 | Zipper puller | 12/27/2011 |
| D651128 | Zipper puller | 12/27/2011 |
| D651127 | Zipper puller | 12/27/2011 |
| D651126 | Zipper puller | 12/27/2011 |
| D651125 | Zipper puller | 12/27/2011 |
| D651124 | Zipper puller | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082181 | Tool having an integral system for remotely ordering inventory A host tool having an integral system for ordering inventory from an inventory order interface has a processing unit, a location provider and a remote connector. The location provider is configured to selectively provide the location of the host tool to the processi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079450 | Viscous strand damper assembly A damper assembly includes a fixed rack gear, a rotary gear damper having a gear engaged with the rack gear, and a tether movable with the damper along the rack gear and connected to the movable object to be controlled by the damper. A biasing element normally urges... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079117 | Buckle assembly A buckle assembly including a first buckle portion having an outwardly projecting engagement member. The assembly further includes a second buckle portion including an extended socket structure with one or more resilient biasing arms disposed radially outboard of th... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070031 | Variable ignition delay for combustion nailer A combustion-powered fastener-driving tool includes a tool housing, a power source associated with the housing and including a cylinder head, a cylinder and a piston reciprocating in the cylinder, a valve sleeve reciprocating relative to the cylinder, a chamber swit... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067707 | Self-calibrating sensor device A self-calibrating sensor includes a housing, an input lever coupled to the housing and configured to contact a device to be sensed, and an actuating element configured to automatically reposition an output device to a calibrated position. The sensor also includes a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066501 | Apparatus and method for molding onto a stretched blank An apparatus and method for molding a component onto a stretched blank. The apparatus includes a stretching assembly mounted adjacent to a first mold part. The stretching assembly includes a plurality of clamp assemblies that grasp the peripheral edge of the blank a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066130 | Storage system In one aspect, a storage system includes a base comprising a bottom channel, a top channel and a protrusion therebetween, at least one arm having an upturned tab and a rearwardly extending tab, wherein the upturned tab is configured to engage the top channel and the... | 11/29/2011 |
| D649492 | Buckle | 11/29/2011 |
| D649113 | Battery charger for a combustion tool | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057147 | Self-drilling anchor A self-drilling anchor for use in a friable material or a semi-rigid material comprises a body having an axis, an axial bore adapted to receive a fastener, a proximal end, a drilling end, a proximal portion adjacent the proximal end having high threading having a cr... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056785 | Moveable fastening tool holding bracket A movable holding bracket is provided for attachment to a fastening tool having a nosepiece for driving a fastener, the holding bracket configured for holding overlapping portions of two members to be fastened to one another, the bracket including a fixed portion co... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051990 | Oil canning of mesh screen for filter A method of reducing if not eliminating the possibility of tearing or ripping of a mesh screen of a filter during the manufacturing process includes the step of intentionally deforming the mesh screen. With this technique, as the plastic material that forms the fram... | 11/08/2011 |
| D647819 | Strap adjuster | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042718 | Fuel cell actuation mechanism for combustion-powered tool A combustion nailer includes a tool housing, a combustion source disposed at least partially in the housing and including a valve sleeve reciprocating relative to a cylinder head along a tool axis between a rest position and a pre-firing position, a fuel cell chambe... | 10/25/2011 |
| D647425 | Strap adjuster | 10/25/2011 |
| D647424 | Strap adjuster | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029221 | Cage nut assembly A cage nut assembly includes a cage, a nut and a heat sensitive adhesive. The cage includes a plurality of walls defining an internal chamber and an open end. An opening is formed through one of the walls. The nut is secured to the cage within the internal chamber. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020354 | Roof ditch molding retainer A molding retainer is provided for securing a molding to a return flange in a roof ditch. The retainer generally includes a throat, a stop, a molding seat and a molding clip. In the case of a discontinuous flange having individual flange coupons, the throat may defi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016534 | Fastener assembly and manufacturing method therefor A connector includes an elongated hollow body and a nut threaded onto the body. The nut is secured in place by outward expansion of material from the threaded body into a chamfer of the nut. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016530 | Panel fastener A nut fastener adapted for insertion into an opening in a panel. The nut fastener includes a platform including an upper face and a lower face. A sleeve defining a sleeve axis extends through the platform. The sleeve includes a sleeve inlet opening at the upper face... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016137 | Wall-mountable storage system A wall-mountable storage system, comprising a plurality of uprights having a mounting flange, an extending surface and a bracket interfacing flange, each upright having a plurality of openings spaced each of the mounting flange, the bracket interfacing flange and th... | 09/13/2011 |
