Patents Examined by Gregory J. Strimbu
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Patent number: 11105144Abstract: A frame assembly supporting an overhead door has a horizontal header connected to upright columns or posts with splice assemblies. Fasteners mounted on the columns cooperate with retainers on the splice assemblies to position and connect the columns to the header. Hinge assemblies pivotally mount the door on the header for movement between open and closed positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SORREL QUARTERS, LLCInventor: Michael L. Schweiss
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Patent number: 11098513Abstract: A door-and-window system having a handle component (121), a transmission component (123) and a force receiving portion (12231). When the handle component (121) is operated, the force receiving portion (12231) moves along a first guide groove (12211) via the transmission component (123), and at the same time a driving portion (12232) moves along a second guide groove (12221). Due to a relationship between a guide member (1224) and a third guide groove (12212), a first base seat (1221) translates relative to a second base seat (1222) along a direction of the third guide groove (12212), such that a movable door-and-window (11) can abut tightly against or move away from a sealing member (24) on a door-and-window mounting profile (2).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Shenzhen Hopo Window Control Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhiguo Liu, Zhou Lin
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Patent number: 11098517Abstract: A door operator, for opening and closing a door with a motor, comprises a worm drive, a clutch coupled to the worm drive, and an output shaft coupled to the clutch. The worm drive comprises a worm and a worm gear. The door operator allows for the use of a low voltage motor to be used to open and close the door.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: TD IP HOLDCO, LLCInventor: Leon Yulkowski
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Patent number: 11085219Abstract: A drive for a leaf of a door, window, or the like, including a mechanical energy store (16) configured to store energy during an opening movement of the leaf and expend energy during a closing movement of the leaf, an electric motor (18) operatively connected to the leaf via a motor shaft (20), the electric motor (18) operated as a generator to dampen the opening movement and the closing movement. The electric motor including a control unit configured to control the electric motor, wherein a drive behavior of the control unit is repeatedly and variably adaptable to a current need of a user.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Geze GmbHInventors: Matthias Hucker, Simon Burghard, Dirk Huber, Thomas Schüler, Jörg Evertz, Simon Thomas Hasenfratz, Remo Sommer
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Patent number: 11085230Abstract: A door system includes a panel to translate along a normal path between an open position and a closed position in front of a doorway in a wall. The door system further includes a first track to support the panel from an upper portion of the panel, and a second track to extend along the normal path proximate a lower portion of the panel. The door system also includes a spring to urge the panel toward the second track to maintain the panel in the normal path.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATIONInventors: Dean Shanahan, Derek Lewan, Jon Schumacher, Nicholas J. Casey, Perry W. Knutson, Rodney Kern, Steven Campbell, Timothy A. Haessler, William W. Hoerner
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Patent number: 11065944Abstract: A door of a vehicle may include a first door module forming a door skeleton; a second door module coupled with the first door module and forming a door window; and a door frame coupled to the first door module and engaged with the second door module; wherein the second door module may include a relatively lightweight material as compared to the first door module, reducing weight and cost of the door for the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Duckyang Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongmin Jeon, Yong Hyun Nam, Hi Su Cho, Sae Hoon Oh
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Patent number: 11066864Abstract: An aircraft electric door for a pressurized airframe having a locking system for locking a safety catch, a system for moving a door arm, and an electric motor activated by a door computer to actuate both systems. The system for moving the door arm includes a guideway linked to the door arm. The guideway is in a mobile cylindrical support rotated by the electric motor. A fixed guide is fitted in a cylindrical sleeve around the cylindrical support. The fixed guide includes a vertical camway and a horizontal camway. The door arm pivots around a vertical hinge and is linked with door lifting devices. The door lifting devices are mounted between a shaft of the safety catch and the door arm.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: LatecoeyeInventors: Cyrille Bessettes, Damien Buchet, Nicolas Lutzi, Renaud Othomene
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Patent number: 11060344Abstract: A sealing pad is configured to be mounted between a door and a surrounding doorjamb. In particular, the sealing pad is adjustably mounted to a bottom corner of the doorjamb. The sealing pad contains a base and at least three lobes formed on the base, an inside lobe closest to an inside edge of the sealing pad, an outer lobe farthest away from the inside edge, and a middle lobe in between the inside and outer lobes. The base has a tail extending from the inside edge, opposing and extending away from the inside lobe. The tail is configured to fit into a channel in the bottom corner of the doorjamb.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventor: William W. Kling
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Patent number: 11052733Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door housing configured for covering a vehicle access opening. A frame member is disposed within the door housing. A module includes an intrusion beam coupled to the frame member and removable from the door housing. The module is configured to accept attachment of a module hinge and a module latch to provide a secondary door assembly. A modular vehicle door assembly and a method of assembling a door assembly to a vehicle are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ranil Patel, Timothy Bearup, Stephen Thomas Kozak, Colleen Hoffman
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Patent number: 11015382Abstract: A motor driving device includes a mounting member including a mounting hole; a fan unit configured to be fixed to the mounting member, the fan unit including a lid disposed to cover the mounting hole; a restricting member configured to restrict movement of the lid by sandwiching the lid between the restricting member and the mounting member; and a guide mechanism configured to guide an operation of the restricting member moving relative to the lid from a non-restricting position where movement of the lid is allowed to a restricting position where movement of the lid is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Makoto Takeshita
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Patent number: 11008780Abstract: A power door presenter system for pivoting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body between a closed position and a partially open deployed position includes a presenter assembly mounted to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door with an auxiliary striker fixed to the other one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door. The presenter assembly has an extensible member configured for movement between retracted and extended positions corresponding to the closed and deployed positions and an auxiliary latch mechanism moveable between latched engagement with the auxiliary striker when the vehicle door is indicated as not being under manual control of a user to allow automated return of the vehicle door to the closed position and unlatched engagement from the auxiliary striker when the vehicle door is indicated as being under manual control of the user to allow the door to be moved to a fully opened position.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES, INC.Inventors: Peter Lance Oxley, Kristopher B. Rogers
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Patent number: 11008796Abstract: A window lifter assembly includes a window pane which includes a connecting portion to which an adapter is molded, the adapter thereby being an integral part of the window pane, the adapter forming a driver element for moving the window pane along an adjustment direction and forming a supporting structure which extends in the adjustment direction and in a transverse direction and running generally perpendicular to the adjustment direction and parallel to a pane plane defined by the window pane, wherein an extension of the supporting structure along the transverse direction is at least twice as large as an extension of the driver element along the transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Matthias Heppner, Manuel Griesmann, Andre Carl, Sebastian Schneider
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Patent number: 11002051Abstract: A space-saving lengthwise and widthwise movable panel system capable of being fully opened belongs to the field of smart building technology and includes a lengthwise panel moving compartment, a panel storage space and a panel control module. The movable panel system can be used as a door and/or window system. All of the panels of the system can be entirely stored in the panel storage space and when storing all of the panels entirely in the panel storage space, the panel system is fully open to allow full lengthwise access to a space. The panel storage space may be located in a wall or outside the room to hide the stacked panels. By controlling the operation of the moving system, the panels are effectively connected to one another in an aligned manner and can move automatically, so the space-saving movable panel system is convenient to use, and space-saving.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignees: JIANGSU VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xiang Ji, Hong Zhang, Yuan Ji, Xiangfeng Li, Bingke Xiao, Guohua Tian, Wei Liu, Dong Wang, Zhidong Chen, Yaxi Gong, Xinyu Liu
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Patent number: 10994593Abstract: A mounting structure for a doorframe molding includes an upper edge part that defines an upper side of a window frame of a vehicle door. The mounting structure further includes an engaging part that includes a shaft part and a rib part extending from a lower end of the shaft part in a vehicle front-rear direction or a vehicle width direction, a body part of the doorframe molding, and a bracket that projects from the body part and is engaged with the engaging part. The bracket has a cut-out part that is made by cutting out the bracket. The shaft part is inserted into the cut-out part, and a peripheral part of the cut-out part is engaged with the rib part.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Okazaki, Naoki Tsutsumi, Ryuta Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10974576Abstract: A door glass assembly includes a door frame configured to form a door of a vehicle, a door glass configured to be installed in the door frame to be ascended and descended relative to the door frame, a garnish configured to be engaged with an outer surface of the door frame so that the outer surface of the door frame is finished with the garnish, a slider installed on the door glass and having a front end received in the door frame to guide the door glass, and a position adjusting part provided on an inner surface of the door glass and configured to adjust a gap between an end portion of the door glass and the garnish.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hyung-Sik Choi, Gyung-Jae Heo, Eui-Chan Cho, Jea-Hong Kim
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Patent number: 10975613Abstract: A garage door apparatus includes at least one panel integral to a garage door structure. The panel is rotatable with respect to the surrounding garage door structure, such that, as the panel is rotated, the panel substantially uncovers an opening in the garage door structure. The panel is also selectively retractable into the surrounding garage door structure such that the opening is unobstructed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH DESIGNS. LLCInventors: Stephanie Taylor, Johnathan Taylor, Larry Gene Taylor
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Patent number: 10968690Abstract: A sunshade system includes a frame unit including a first frame and a second frame that extends from a side of the first frame, a sunshade unit located at the frame unit and configured to slide relative to the frame unit to cover and uncover a window opening; a power transmission unit located between the first frame and the second frame and configured to drive the sunshade unit, a washing brush configured to be operated by the power transmission unit and to reduce foreign materials on the sunshade unit based on a sliding movement of the sunshade unit; a control unit configured to control the power transmission unit, and a cover that covers the power transmission unit and the washing brush. The control unit includes a sensor configured to monitor a temperature and a brightness level of an indoor area.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventor: Seungho Kang
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Patent number: 10968677Abstract: A combination door operator assembly and door, wherein the door operator assembly includes an operator unit mounted to the door on the pulling side or the pushing side thereof, an arm linkage having a driving arm and a driven arm, a mounting bracket preferably mounted on the frame to which the door is hinged, a rechargeable power storage pack having at least one of a rechargeable battery and one or more capacitors, and a controller, for monitoring a speed and a position of the door, wherein when the door moves faster than a predetermined speed, the motor is used as a generator to charge the rechargeable power storage pack and the speed of the door is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc.Inventor: Brian D. Hass
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Patent number: 10961767Abstract: A system for fixing and/or emergency opening of a leaf of a door, a window or other closure comprises a drive having at least one mechanical energy storage device, at least one electric motor having a motor shaft operatively connected to the leaf, and control electronics for controlling the electric motor. The electric motor can be actuated by the control electronics both for damping of the leaf movements and for fixing of the leaf against a force of the mechanical storage device and/or for electric motor-driven emergency opening of the leaf.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Geze GmbHInventors: Matthias Hucker, Florian Birkenmayer
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Patent number: 10961764Abstract: A window regulator includes: a carrier piece attached to a window glass; a drive wire connected to the carrier piece to lift and lower the carrier piece; and a wire end connected to the drive wire. The carrier piece has a groove into which the drive wire is inserted, and a housing in which the wire end is housed. The housing has a bottom wall which the wire end engages, a first end wall communicating with the groove, a second end wall opposite the first end wall, an opening on a top side of the carrier piece into which the wire end is insertable, and a top wall. The walls restrict detachment of the wire end from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kimihiro Kinoshita, Natsuki Ito