Patents Examined by Jerry E Redman
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Patent number: 11884140Abstract: Provided is an opening/closing body opening/closing device capable of effectively preventing water such as rainwater flowing down from an opening/closing body carried by a carrier plate from adhering to a guide rail. The opening/closing body opening/closing device includes a carrier plate that carries an opening/closing body, and a guide rail that guides movement of the carrier plate in a lifting and lowering direction of the opening/closing body. The carrier plate includes, at an upper end portion, a water holding section that holds water reaching the upper end portion of the carrier plate from above. The water holding section includes a water receiving section that faces upward and receives the reaching water, and an outflow preventing section provided with a preventing surface that faces the water receiving section side and prevents the water from flowing out to the guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: HI-LEX CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroyuki Takaoka
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Patent number: 11879287Abstract: An apparatus comprises a base plate configured to be coupled to a door, the door configured to be positioned in an open position and a closed position; a closing mechanism coupled to the base plate and configured to be coupled to a hinge of the door and having an unprimed state and a primed state, the closing mechanism configured to be transitioned between the unprimed state and the primed state by a user; wherein in the unprimed state the closing mechanism is decoupled from operation of the door; and in the primed state the closing mechanism is configured to move the door into the closed position responsive to receipt of a signal, and the closing mechanism is configured to allow movement of the door between the open position and the closed position in absence of the signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MASONITE CORPORATIONInventors: Joel Sellinger, Benjamin W. Docksteader
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Patent number: 11873609Abstract: A vehicle barrier gate arm has an anti-roll end cap which prevents the gate arm from rolling when it has become detached from its gate operator. The end cap comprises a distal outer panel and three or more protrusions positioned radially equidistant along the periphery of the distal outer panel. The protrusions extend outward from the distal outer panel perpendicular to the gate arm. The protrusions may form a square, triangle, trapezoid, or cross and may taper inward in a proximal direction or may meet the outer cuff at a sharp angle. Furthermore, an outer and inner cuff form a friction fit with the end of a gate arm to removeable attach the end cap to the distal end of the gate arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventors: Jonathan Brinkman, Randy Perez
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Patent number: 11866979Abstract: A window lift system including a first guide rail including a first stop, a second guide rail which has a second stop in an upper end region, a first slider guided on the first guide rail, a second slider guided on the second guide rail, cable drum, and a drive cable driven by means of the cable drum and coupled to the sliders and extending through a Bowden cable sheath between the upper end region of the second guide rail and a lower end region of the first guide rail. The sliders are movable by the drive cable along the guide rails into a stop position in which the second slider lies against the second stop and the first slider is spaced apart from the first stop by a predefined distance ranging between 0.4 percent and 1.2 percent of the length of the Bowden cable sheath.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Michael Trautmann, Norman Hümmer, Michael Jahn
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Patent number: 11858789Abstract: A load detection means (180) that finds the live load on a work platform by detecting a load applied to a fifth mast member (150) is provided on the fifth mast member (150) provided on the work platform; a plurality of sliders (top-rear side fourth slider (155), bottom-rear side fourth slider (156), top-front side fourth slider (157), and bottom-front side fourth slider (158)) that allows the fifth mast member (150) and the fourth mast member to move relative to each other is provided in different locations in the vertical direction between the fifth mast member (150) and the fourth mast member; and the plurality of sliders are fixed to the fifth mast member (150).Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AICHI CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshio Kuwabara
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Patent number: 11851929Abstract: A holder-equipped window glass includes a window glass having a holder and formed in a curved shape having a first radius of curvature in section in a sliding movement direction in a state where the window glass is mounted on a vehicle. The holder includes a connecting portion and a holder body. The connecting portion extends in a direction away from a lower edge of the holder body, and the connecting portion at least partly includes a circular arcuate portion having a second radius of curvature in section in the sliding movement direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: AGC INC.Inventor: Ryoichi Urata
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Patent number: 11851935Abstract: A door opener capable of controlling the door closing speed includes a driving device and a generator mode operating module electrically connected to the driving device. The driving device includes a motor which can be supplied with power to pivot a door from an open position to a closed position. The driving device detects the position of the door by a switch. When pivotal movement of the door is achieved without supplying power to the door, the pivotal movement sets the generator mode operating module to a generator mode or a non-generator mode. In the generator mode, the motor is impeded by the electromagnetic resistance, such that the pivoting speed of the door is reduced. In the non-generator mode, the motor is not impeded by the electromagnetic resistance, such that the pivoting speed of the door is increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: I-TEK METAL MFG. CO., LTDInventor: Hung-Jen Tien
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Patent number: 11851303Abstract: An elevating cage apparatus includes a support structure and a carriage that is operable to move vertically with respect to the support structure. The carriage is configured to be alternatively raised and lowered via a first driver and a second driver. The first driver may comprise a powered (electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic) motor, and the second driver may comprise a manual actuation mechanism including a hand crank. Both input drivers may be operable to move the carriage through a dual input worm drive gear box.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SAFE RACK LLCInventors: James Michael O'Keefe, Jeffrey David Scott
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Patent number: 11851926Abstract: A panel is supported by a track for movement along the track between a closed position and an open position, and is further supported by a pivot assembly that is configured to pivot the track and the panel with respect to a body portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Trevor M. Sultana, Ali Tavakoli Targhi, Steven H. Klotz, Donald R. Monroe
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Patent number: 11840876Abstract: This automatic gate assembly includes at least one first automatic gate and at least one second automatic gate. The or each first automatic gate includes a first frame defining a first passage, at least one first obstacle, chosen from the following obstacles: swing leaf, laterally sliding leaf, pivoting leaf, for selectively closing and opening the first passage, and a first motor assembly for moving the first obstacle. The or each second automatic gate includes a second frame defining a second passage, at least one second obstacle, different to the first obstacle and chosen from the following obstacles: swing leaf, laterally sliding leaf, pivoting leaf, for selectively closing and opening the second passage, and a second motor assembly for moving the second obstacle. The first and second motor assemblies are substantially identical to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: REVENUE COLLECTION SYSTEMS FRANCE SASInventors: Christophe Raynal, Franck Lehner
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Patent number: 11840872Abstract: A door system is provided for use with a door and a door frame defining an entry opening to provide selective closing and opening of the entry opening. The door system can be used to convert a conventional hinged door into one providing less obtrusion into space in front of and behind the respective entry opening. The door system includes an overhead movement mechanism providing at least two transverse directions of movement, and one or more hinge replacement mechanisms providing latching of the door at a lateral side opposite the door handle. The movement mechanism is configured to move the door between a closed orientation in the door frame and an open orientation horizontally spaced from the entry opening. The open orientation is disposed along an adjacent wall having the door frame. A standard door handle, strike and strike plate are used to move and to lock the door.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Roy Ben David
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Patent number: 11834890Abstract: A motor vehicle door having a frame defining a window opening, and a window lift system having a first guide rail, a first sliding piece guided on the first guide rail, a second guide rail, a second sliding piece guided on the second guide rail, a cable drum and a drive cable driven by the cable drum and coupled to the sliding pieces, the drive cable guided in a Bowden cable sheath between an upper end region of the second guide rail and a connection region located between an upper end region of the first guide rail and a lower end region of the first guide rail. The Bowden cable sheath fastened in the upper end region of the second guide rail and in the connection region of the first guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERGInventors: Michael Trautmann, Norman Huemmer, Michael Jahn
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Patent number: 11834889Abstract: A door opener includes a driving device having a first transmission member driven by a motor. A push rod is connected to the first transmission member to move therewith. A pressing rod unit is pivotably coupled to the push rod and includes a coupling sleeve, first and second end pieces coupled to the coupling sleeve, and an adjusting screw rod in threading connection with the second end piece. The first end piece is coupled with a first pivotal member coupled with a door. An end of the adjusting screw rod is located outside of the coupling sleeve and is coupled with a second pivotal member pivotably connected to the push rod. When the adjusting screw rod rotates, the adjusting screw rod moves in an axial direction of the coupling sleeve to change a length of a portion of the adjusting screw rod outside of the coupling sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: I-TEK METAL MFG. CO., LTDInventor: Hung-Jen Tien
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Patent number: 11821155Abstract: Vehicle barrier systems that can selectively move a barrier arm between a first position that prevents a vehicle from passing, or a second position that allows the vehicle to pass, wherein the barrier arm moves both upwardly away from a travel path and laterally along the travel path in a direction away from the vehicle. The barrier arm movement thereby leads the driver of the vehicle through the barrier system in a sweeping or leading movement. In some embodiments, an actuator assembly of the barrier system includes a breakaway assembly coupled to the barrier arm. In the event that an abnormal force (e.g. vehicle strike, vandalism, etc.) applied to the barrier arm exceeds a predetermined threshold, one or more drive magnets of the breakaway assembly disengage from the one or more magnetically-attractive elements to prevent damage to the barrier system.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Frogparking LimitedInventor: Donald H. Sandbrook
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Patent number: 11820207Abstract: A sliding golf cart windshield assembly includes a first elongated rail, a second elongated rail spaced apart from the first elongated rail, and an upper windshield pane having a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge. The upper windshield pane is slidably positioned between the first and second elongated rails. The assembly also includes a lower drive pulley, an upper drive pulley, and a drive belt stretched between the lower drive pulley and the upper drive pulley. In addition, the assembly includes a drive panel slidingly engaged with the second rail and secured to the upper window pane and the drive belt, and a motor coupled to the lower drive pulley and configured to rotate the lower drive pulley to raise and lower the upper windshield pane.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventor: Edward Mauro
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Patent number: 11808070Abstract: A retractable sliding door (10) with automatic alignment to the wall (12) during the closing phase, suitable to alternately open and close a through space (14) made along said wall, comprising a lower guide (18) fixed to the floor and an upper guide (20) forming a support beam. In the upper guide (20) paired prominences (50, 52) and (60) are made constituting the sliding tracks of two or more pairs of wheels (54) and single wheels (58) borne by a shaft (56) and combined with a frame (62) to form a carriage. The lower guide (18) interacts with a roller (24) suitable to fit into a shaped channel with a mixed-line extension (26) made along the lower head of the door (10); the upper guide (20) is provided with a shaped channel (78) having the same and parallel mixed-line configuration as said shaped channel (26). The upper head of the door (10) being provided with means for its suspension to the frame (62) constituting the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TERNO SCORREVOLI S.P.A. UNIPERSONALEInventor: Paolo Fornasari
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Patent number: 11808065Abstract: A sliding/swing composite door for a vehicle includes a sliding door, an outside handle located on an outer surface of the sliding door, wherein the sliding door is configured to be opened upon a first operation of the outside handle, and a swing door configured to be opened integrally with the sliding door upon a second operation of the outside handle, wherein the swing door is configured to be rotated and opened in a state where the sliding door is fully opened.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jae Seung Lee
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Patent number: 11807080Abstract: A vehicle door system includes a door with a door module and a hinge module. The hinge module is attached to the vehicle body. The door module is attached to the hinge module. The hinge module includes a hinge bracket attached to the vehicle body, and a pair of arms extending from the hinge bracket that can pivot relative to the hinge bracket and a cross brace attached at the ends of the arms. The door module attaches to the cross brace. The door module moves along with the cross brace, which moves along with the arms as they pivot relative to the hinge bracket. The door module includes a latch mechanism at a bottom edge, with the latch mechanism engaging with the vehicle body. A lateral edge of the door may seal against a lateral edge of the second door without a latch interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Gianfranco Gabbianelli, Lawrence Michael Plourde, Jr., Mari Chellman, Azhagu Subramanian
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Patent number: 11808082Abstract: A sealing system for a storage enclosure is disclosed. The sealing system includes a sealing member having a first sealing portion, and a second sealing portion that extends from the first sealing portion. The second sealing portion including a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends from the first sealing portion at a first angle, and the second leg extends from the first sealing portion at a second angle. The second angle is larger than the first angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: THERMO TRAKS INCInventors: John D. Patock, Carl J. Peterson
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Patent number: 11802433Abstract: The motorized drive according to the invention application is configured to open and/or close a wing of a barrier such as a door, main door, gate or swing shutter, a wall or sliding partition or other sliding wing. The motorized drive comprises includes a motor and a first reduction unit through which the motor can open or close the wing. The reduction unit comprises includes a first and a second toothed profile engaging together, thus realizing a gear with a variable transmission ratio depending on the angular and/or linear position of at least one of the two toothed profiles. At least one of the first and of the second toothed profile forms at least one toothed section having a pitch profile which is substantially non-circular or not formed by a simple arc of a circle or a straight line.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: FAAC S.P.A.Inventors: Danilo Aceto, Samuele Magnoni