Patents Examined by Chuck Y. Mah
  • Patent number: 11927041
    Abstract: A supporting device (MC) is described to slidingly support, and linearly move along an axis (X), an object such as e.g. a leaf. A magnetic return force generated by the cooperation of a magnetic flux generator (54, 56) and an element (10) reactive to the magnetic field, develops. The element is able to slide relative to the axis (X) during the movement of the object, and has a cross-section (62) which, seen in a plane orthogonal to the axis (X), has a width that varies along the length of the first element (10) parallelly to said axis (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IRONBOX S.R.L.
    Inventors: Adriano Girotto, Luca Cesaretti, Lorenzo Andrea Parrotta, Riccardo Contini
  • Patent number: 11927042
    Abstract: A rapidly disassembled hinge suitable for use in an aircraft includes a first attachment plate attached to a supported structure, a second attachment plate attached to a supporting structure, and a pin with a notch in an outer surface thereof, which is insertable into portions of the first and second attachment plates for pivotably connecting the first and second attachment plates together. The pin is inserted so that the notch is positioned within the second attachment structure when the hinge is in an assembled state. A key includes a main body and a distal end extending from the main body, the distal end being insertable within the notch of the pin. The key is movable such that the distal end of the key can be inserted into and removed from engagement with the notch of the pin to provide for toolless disassembly of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Brewster
  • Patent number: 11920391
    Abstract: A door hinge sized and configured to cover at least one door hinge of a vehicle includes a cover body that at least partially surrounds the at least one door hinge when connected to a pillar of the vehicle. The cover body includes fastening locations that are located to align with fastening location on the pillar for fastening the hinge cover in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dee Zee, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart Zylstra, Joshua Knichel, Bryce Rustwick, Eric Schuling
  • Patent number: 11920382
    Abstract: A rotating support handle assembly for supporting a bottom-hinged door is disclosed. The rotating support handle assembly may comprise a handle member and a support member. The handle member may rotate from a first position to a second position, and the support member may be configured to contact a floor to provide support to the bottom-hinged door in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Patent number: 11920392
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes first and second hinge units and an electrically conductive pin. The first hinge unit is mounted to a frame structure of an enclosure and includes a pin support comprising a barrel, a knuckle, or both, a pin receptacle arranged in the pin support, and an electrically conductive structure disposed at least partly inside the pin support and adjacent the pin receptacle. The pin rotates in the pin receptacle. The second hinge unit is carried on the pin and is door mounted. The second hinge unit and door can be removed from the first. The electrically conductive structure is biased against the pin and remains in contact while the pin rotates, and is electrically connected to the enclosure when the first hinge unit is mounted to it such that the pin is electrically bonded to the enclosure while the pin rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Drew Krietzman, Preston Ellis Hennrich, John Wayne Robertson
  • Patent number: 11913267
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a door track, a door operatively connected to the door track and adapted to move between a closed position and an open position, and a hinge assembly coupled to the door. The hinge assembly is movably coupled to the door track and includes a first bracket coupled to the door, a second bracket coupled to the first bracket, and a transport assembly coupled to the second bracket and adapted to move along the door track as the door moves between the open and closed positions. The transport assembly includes a coupling member for releasably coupling the second bracket to the transport assembly. Upon movement of the second bracket from the first position to the second position, the door moves to an extended open position with respect to the door track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Braun Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Bettcher, III, Russell Meyer
  • Patent number: 11907027
    Abstract: A portable information handling system supports a flexible OLED display film over housing portions rotationally coupled by a hinge by folding the OLED display film over the hinge. Hinge brackets that couple to the housing portions each have a gear member with a semicircular shape gear inner circumference that engages a gear subassembly of the hinge main body. Hinge bracket rotation translates through the gear subassembly for synchronized housing rotation. The hinge main body has first and second semicircular portions with a smooth surface defined to accept the outer circumference smooth surface of the gear member semicircular shape at first and second rotation axes about which the hinge brackets pivot so that the display film has space to fold in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Torres, Kevin M. Turchin, Enoch Chen, Anthony J. Sanchez, Kai-Cheng Chao, Chia-Hao Hsu, Chia-Huang Chan
  • Patent number: 11905748
    Abstract: A fenestration hinge assembly includes a first leaf rotatably coupled with a second leaf. The first and second leaves each include one or more leaf knuckles. The first and second leaf knuckles are at least partially received within a hinge cavity of a recessed escutcheon, the recessed escutcheon configured for recessed installation within a panel or frame of a fenestration assembly. The fenestration hinge assembly includes a lateral adjustment plate movably coupled with a remainder of the second leaf. The lateral adjustment plate is configured to position at least a portion of the second leaf laterally relative to one of the frame or the panel. The fenestration hinge assembly includes an adjustable hinge configured for elevation adjustment. The adjustable hinge includes an elevation adjustment pin interconnecting the first and second leaf knuckles. The elevation adjustment pin is configured to position the second leaf vertically relative to the first leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Marvin Lumber and Cedar Company, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley David Woodward, Kyle C. Koch, Chase Voorhees
  • Patent number: 11898387
    Abstract: A hinged system includes a preassembled hinge module for pivotally coupling a first component to a second component. The preassembled hinge module includes a shaft, a torque element frictionally engaging the shaft, and a housing. The housing includes a cover, a side wall, and a rear wall that define an interior space enclosed within the housing. The interior space receives the torque element inside the housing. The cover defines a first aperture, and the rear wall defines a second aperture, the first aperture and the second aperture aligned with a pivot axis of the shaft. The shaft extends through at least the first aperture, the interior space, and the second aperture. The shaft is separate from, and configured to be mounted to, the first component. The housing is separate from, and configured to be mounted to, the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Southco, Inc.
    Inventors: Hector Eduardo Rivas, Mark James Rowley, Pradeep Jayanna, Michael Thomas Holland, Richard B. Langkamp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11899505
    Abstract: A hinge of a mobile terminal having an external flexible screen includes a main support, a first support plate and a second support plate. Auxiliary supports are arranged between the first support and the main support, and between the second support and the main support. The main support and the auxiliary supports correspond to the bending portion when the hinge is folded. The hinge includes a plastic sheet to be repeatedly bent back and forth. The plastic sheet is located on the upper surface near the end of the auxiliary supports and the main support, and fixedly connected with the auxiliary support and the main support. The two ends of the plastic sheet are respectively connected with the first support and the second support. The structure of the hinge is reasonable, to make the structure in the middle of the hinge easier to assemble and has longer service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU AMPHENOL PHOENIX TELECOM PARTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Xiao, Mengyu Si, Guanlun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11898388
    Abstract: A door support connector assembly includes a door rail assembly that engages the top back face of the door using a plurality of fasteners. A door rail provides a continuous track and two rail stops to inhibit the door from disengaging from the track and ultimately from the wall. A wall mount assembly includes two rail guide wheels which engage the continuous door rail track and these wheels contact the two rail stops when the door is in the open or closed positions. A plurality of fasteners affix the wall mount assembly securely to the wall. An adjustment knob is provided on the wall mount assembly to vertically adjust the two rail guide wheels concurrently against the door rail continuous track to ensure reliable performance of the rolling door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GLASSCRAFT DOOR COMPANY
    Inventors: John B. Plummer, Joseph Denley, Dan Sitkowski
  • Patent number: 11898391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge for releasably connecting a door to a frame, including: a frame part for fastening to the frame, a door part for fastening to the door, a hinge pin having a pin axis and a locking element. The frame part and the door part are movable relative to one another along the pin axis between a pivoted position and an installed position; in the pivoted position the frame part and the door part are connected to one another in such a way that the frame part and the door part are pivotable relative to one another about the pin axis between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DIRAK Dieter Ramsauer Konstruktionselemente GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Gorontzi
  • Patent number: 11891847
    Abstract: A sliding door includes a door panel that has a first face, a second face that is opposite to the first face, and a top edge that defines first and second raised portions of the door panel and an open space that extends between the first and second raised portions. The sliding door includes a plurality of rollers affixed to the door panel by first and second mounting assemblies. Each of the plurality of rollers has an axis of rotation that is normal to the first face of the door panel. The sliding door includes a soft-close assembly secured to the first and second mounting assemblies at opposing ends thereof, such that the soft-close assembly is positioned within the open space between the first raised portion of the door panel and the second raised portion of the door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Danielle L. Racicot, Colin V. Blehm, Thomas A. Brown, Adam J. Stosky
  • Patent number: 11891850
    Abstract: A movement device for the sliding movement of furniture and wardrobe doors having inner and outer doors which slide along parallel tracks/guides. The movement device includes inner and outer pairs of carriages each having a roller. The carriages are fixed to the inner front of each door. A plate directly attaches each inner carriage to the inner door. A frame with an inverted “U” cross-section attaches each outer carriage to the outer door. Air pistons are fixed proximate the ends of the guides, along which the rollers of the carriages slide for the cushioned stop at the end stroke of moving the carriages when opening and closing the doors. The mounting device includes a support member housing a second piston which is surmounted by an elastic clamp. The clamp selectively interfaces with an aligned wedge extending from a carriage from the other door to prevent abutment between door handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TERNO SCORREVOLI S.P.A. UNIPERSONALE
    Inventor: Giovanni Terno
  • Patent number: 11885164
    Abstract: A terminal device with a folding screen includes a coupling device with a middle frame fixing member, a first transmission assembly, a second transmission assembly and a third transmission assembly. A first transmission assembly is rotatable relative to the middle frame fixing member during rotation of the middle frame fixing member. The second transmission assembly has a first end hinged to the first transmission assembly and a second end slidably coupled to the first transmission assembly, and the second transmission assembly converts a rotation action of the first transmission assembly into a moving action along a second direction. A third end of the third transmission assembly pushes the middle frame fixing member to move towards a first side facing away from the first transmission assembly or a second side towards the first transmission assembly during the rotation of the middle frame fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jieming Yang
  • Patent number: 11885162
    Abstract: A counter balance device for a sash window includes a spiral balance having a hand-wound spiral rod connected to wind a torsion spring to generate an initial spring force that counter balances the window's weight for keeping the sash up when raised. The lower end of the spiral rod is connected to a rotation shaft rotatably disposed on a slide block. When a large repulsion force produced by the torsion spring is applied to the spiral rod, the rotation shaft is urged in a direction reverse to the rotation direction of the spiral rod by a buffer spring having a spring force which is larger than the initial spring force so that the rotation of the rotation shaft is tolerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11866975
    Abstract: A furniture drive for moving a furniture part movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to the furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to the movable furniture part, and a hinge lever hingedly connected to the first fitting portion via a first hinge axis, and hingedly connected to the second fitting portion via a second hinge axis. The hinge lever includes at least two sections mutually spaced from one another by an offset in a direction extending parallel to the hinge axes. The first fitting portion has a first notional middle plane, and the second fitting portion has a second notional middle plane, and the middle planes are mutually spaced from one another in a direction extending parallel to the hinge axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schuler, André Hammerer, Thomas Folie, Irmela Mara Geller
  • Patent number: 11866973
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a first guide system and a second guide system at a vertical distance from the first guide system. The two guide systems each has a guide and a guide body mounted to be displaceable on the guide, a carrier on which a door is to be fastened and which can be connected to the two guide bodies of the guide systems, and a compensation device by which a tilt moment of the carrier, or of the door arranged thereon, about a tilt axis is compensated for by a restoring moment. The compensation device includes a cable pull device and a pivot lever mechanism. The pivot lever mechanism comprises at least two pivot levers connected to one another in an articulated manner and pivotable relative to one another during a movement of the carrier by the two guide systems along the furniture wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Markus Irgang
  • Patent number: 11867854
    Abstract: A handle structure is detachably coupled to a radiation detecting device. The handle structure includes: a body to be gripped by a user; first and second latch shafts each having one end protruding from the body to be inserted into and coupled to a coupling groove formed on the radiation detecting device; a connecting shaft connecting the other ends of the first and second latch shafts to each other; first and second push shafts brought into contact with the radiation detecting device and vertically moving upwards; a first connecting portion connecting the first push shaft to the first latch shaft; a second connecting portion connecting the second push shaft to the second latch shaft; and a button moved by manipulation of a user to release a coupling state of the first and second latch shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BIOSENSTECH INC.
    Inventors: Bo Chan Kim, Han Bin Jang
  • Patent number: 11866972
    Abstract: A temporary retaining device for use in a vehicle hinge to temporarily lock a vehicle door in an open position relative to a door frame includes a flat portion in which an opening is arranged. A fold protrudes from an edge of the flat portion. A load arm extends from the flat portion. The load arm comprises a projection formed as a retaining lug on an end facing away from the flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EDSCHA ENGINEERING GMBH
    Inventor: Jose-Manuel Gutierrez-Fernandez