Patents Examined by Jerry E Redman
  • Patent number: 11598138
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for opening and closing a grain or access door on a barge lid or cover, the grain door having a latch connecting the grain door to the barge lid, the apparatus supportable by an overhead lifting system. The apparatus can include a base which is supportable by the overhead lifting system and a mechanical arm assembly connected to the base, the mechanical arm assembly including a first arm rotatably connected to the base, a second arm connected to the first arm, a latch engagement member connected to the second arm; and an actuator connected between the first arm and the second arm, the actuator operable to move the second arm relative to the first arm to disengage the latch on the grain door from the barge lid via the latch engagement member and swing the grain door from a closed position to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Bakalyar
  • Patent number: 11591839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linear motor structure for a sliding door, comprising a rotor assembly, wherein the rotor assembly includes a fixed part and a movable part, the fixed part is provided with a permanent magnet, a slot hole is formed in a bottom part of the permanent magnet, the movable part is provided with a telescopic rod that is slidably inserted into the slot hole from one end of the slot hole, and a motion transmission part capable of transmitting a motion of the rotor assembly, and the movable part and the fixed part are fixed by a fastener. The linear motor structure is novel in design, reasonable in structure and favorable in adaptability due to the capability of flexibly adjustment of the rotor assembly according to a width of a door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN OPIKE HARDWARE PRODUCTS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jiangde Xu
  • Patent number: 11577587
    Abstract: A vehicle door support device includes a support member and a support member that hold a door at an open position. Each of these support members includes: a cylindrical accommodating portion; a cylindrical cover connected to the accommodating portion; a cylindrical movable member movable relative to the cover in an axial direction; a gear mechanism arranged in the accommodating portion; a spindle connected to a first connecting portion of the gear mechanism; a rotation mechanism that rotates the spindle by movement of the movable member relative to the cover; and a coil spring that biases the movable member so as to advance with respect to the cover. At least the support member includes a magnetoresistive mechanism that is arranged in the accommodating portion, is connected to the second connecting portion of the gear mechanism, and applies a load to the spindle via the gear mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: U-SHIN LTD.
    Inventor: Mikio Yamagata
  • Patent number: 11577586
    Abstract: A discloses latch module assembly includes a channel and a bracket supported on the channel. The bracket supports a handle assembly and is movable between a collapsed position and an installed position to enable assembly through small openings within a door. A method of installing a door latch module assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chester Stanislaus Walawender, Eric Rinke, Andrew Cusator, Sheri Reck
  • Patent number: 11578525
    Abstract: A movable barrier operator includes a first side panel having a first opening and a second side panel, opposing the first side panel, where the second side panel has a second opening. The operator further includes a motor having a first side and an opposing second side including a first shaft extending in a first direction and a second shaft of the motor extending in a second opposite direction. The operator further includes a first bearing, the first bearing inserted into the first opening of the first side panel, wherein the first shaft of the motor is inserted through the first bearing and a second bearing, the second bearing inserted into the second opening of the second side panel, wherein the second shaft of the motor is inserted through the second bearing to thereby prevent transfer of vibration from the motor to the second side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: GMI HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory E. Williams, Walter Dennis Reber
  • Patent number: 11577583
    Abstract: A pivoting cursor for a frameless window. A pivoting cursor for a frameless window of a vehicle door, including: a main body portion; a pivoting plate pivotally secured to the main body portion for pivotal movement about an axis; a clamping plate; a seal; and a threaded adjuster for pivoting the pivoting plate with respect to the main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Barr, Bruce Rokicki, Sadmira Beganovic
  • Patent number: 11549294
    Abstract: An overhead door system including a frame, a door leaf and a first hydraulic cylinder. The door leaf is pivotally mounted to the frame. The first hydraulic cylinder has a first cylinder end and a second cylinder end. The first cylinder end is operably attached to the frame. The second cylinder end is operably attached to the door leaf. The first hydraulic cylinder is capable of moving the door leaf between a closed configuration and an open configuration. At least one of the frame and the upper door panel has a slot formed therein. When the door leaf is in the closed configuration, the first hydraulic cylinder is substantially recessed in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: PowerLift Door Consultants, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Ernest Peterson
  • Patent number: 11542733
    Abstract: A door assembly for selectively interlocking opposing doors each pivotably mounted at a hinge side thereof to a door frame so as to both open and close in the same direction includes a door handle assembly mounted to one door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a first plurality of magnets, and another door handle assembly mounted to the other door at a latch side thereof opposite the hinge side and carrying a second plurality of magnets. The door handle assemblies are arranged relative to each other with the first and second pluralities of magnets aligned such each aligned pair of the first and second pluralities of magnets have opposite magnetic polarities, and the aligned first and second pluralities of magnets magnetically couple to each other as the door handle assemblies are brought into contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Larson Manufacturing Company of South Dakota, LLC
    Inventors: Ayako Takase, Robert Hutton, IV, Patrick Scott Grossman, Lynn K. Van Sickle, Tommy Leon Knight, Dylan S. Schlenvogt, Brian Lafrence
  • Patent number: 11536075
    Abstract: A swing door operator for moving a door leaf between an open and a closed position is described, the swing door operator including at least one drive unit that has a motor and a spring, the motor and spring being arranged to interact to enable moving the swing door leaf between the open and closed positions. The swing door operator also has a control unit that is operatively connected to the drive unit and thereby to the motor and that controls different modes of door operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventor: Sven-Gunnar Soderqvist
  • Patent number: 11530572
    Abstract: A barrier having a gate and a frame where each of the frame and gate is reduced in at least one of a height and length dimension so as to be shipped and stored in a box of minimal size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Gary T. Schultze, Timothy C. Daggy, Nicholas E. Beattie, Matthew A. Willms, Michael P. Lane
  • Patent number: 11530567
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a door glass for a vehicle that includes the door glass installed on a door of the vehicle and configured to be movable in an upward and downward direction is provided, wherein an operation module is installed on the door glass to use power, and a power source part is installed on the door. The power supply apparatus includes a rail installed on the door and provided with a rail terminal to electrically conduct with the power source part, and a slider provided with a contactor slidably contacting the rail terminal and electrically conduct with the operation module, while moving in the upward and downward direction integrally with the door glass, wherein the contactor and the rail terminal maintain an electrically conductible state at all times regardless of a change in a position of the door glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Hyun Nam, Jae-Seung Lee, Chung-Sik Yim, Seung-Sik Han, Dae-Hee Lee, Min-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11529857
    Abstract: A cover for a door frame includes: a sealing member mounted to the door frame; and an inner cover covering at least a portion of the sealing member and at least a portion of the door frame, where a portion of the corner cover is embedded in the sealing member so that the inner cover and the sealing member form a unitary one-piece structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jee Hoon Seong, Jeong Hyeon Kim, Yong Hyun Nam, Seong Hun Kim, In Hyo Yun, Jun Ho Lee, Je Hyoung Chun, Young Hak Kim
  • Patent number: 11529851
    Abstract: A lightweight and simplified vehicle door assembly is provided with four main components, an upper frame positioned about the window, an inner frame structure, an outer body panel, and a composite reinforcement component. The composite reinforcement component provides an all-in-one solution for a side impact cross beam, as well as an upper door reinforcement, a front door pillar reinforcement, and a rear door pillar reinforcement. The composite reinforcement component acts to reinforce the overall door structure, offers resistance to a side impact that limits the intrusion into the passenger compartment, and offers resistance to a frontal impact by maintaining the spacing between the vehicle A and B pillars (for a front door) and pillar C and D for a back door. A coupe vehicle door in which there is no window frame may be reinforced with the composite reinforcement component. The composite reinforcement component may have continuous or chopped fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TEIJIN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Philippe Bonte, Marc-Philippe Toitgans, Dominique Boyer, Nicolas Godard
  • Patent number: 11530566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door operator system (1) for opening and closing an opening (2), comprising a drive unit (10), a door frame (3) and a door (8), wherein the drive unit (10) is mounted to the door (8) and adapted to move the door (8) between an open (O) and closed position (C), the door frame (3) comprise at least a first frame section (4) adapted to be mounted at a first side (5) of the opening (2), a second frame section (6) adapted to be mounted at a second side (7) of the opening (2), a first track unit (31) moveably connected to the first frame section (4), and a second track unit (32) moveably connected to the second frame section (6), the door (8) is at a first side moveably connected to the first track unit (31) and at a second side moveably connected to the second track unit (32), wherein the door frame (3) is adapted to move the door (8) between the closed position (C) and an intermediate position (I) and to guide the door (8) between the intermediate position (I) and the open posit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Peter Van De Wiel, Jan Balder, Sven Roos, Johan Bizot
  • Patent number: 11525305
    Abstract: A ladder safety stabilizer is a telescopically adjustable device that attaches to the rung of a ladder on one end and to the building that the ladder is leaning against at the other end to prevent the feet of the ladder from sliding while a user is climbing, and to provide a second stabilization point in addition to the feet of the ladder to provide greater ladder stability, increased safety, and reduced accident risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Loucks
  • Patent number: 11512515
    Abstract: A hold lock mechanism for a vehicle door, the hold lock mechanism including a grip assembly configured to be mounted on a vehicle body, the grip assembly including a pair of grip members configured to releasably grip a door component and a hook provided on at least one of grip members, and a release assembly mounted on the door component, the release assembly including a release member configured to releasably engage with the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Je Won Choi
  • Patent number: 11505985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for releasing and resetting a fire and smoke barrier. In a normal use state, a clutch member is held by an electromagnetic attraction unit, so that a push rod ejecting module cannot be actuated, and a door operator is controlled by a clutch module thereof. Upon power failure, for example upon an accident, the clutch member is released by the electromagnetic attraction unit, and a barrier release member is activated by the push rod ejecting module so as to shut the fire and smoke barrier. Upon power restoration, the clutch member is attracted and held by the electromagnetic attraction unit, and the push rod ejecting module is reset by a push rod resetting module. At the same time, the barrier release member is also reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Chung Hsien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11505042
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a reinforcing patch. The vehicle body component defines a cavity. The reinforcing patch is disposed within and attached to the vehicle body component. The reinforcing patch includes a substrate and a reinforcing body attached to the substrate. The reinforcing body has a first tab, a second tab, and a first slit between the first and second tabs. The slit is at least partially filled by the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence J Nolan, Michael E LaFleur, Jerome R Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 11505045
    Abstract: A structure for preventing opposite sliding doors from swaying is provided. The structure includes a lower rail mounted in a longitudinal direction at a lower side of a vehicle body, a lower rail roller unit rollably connected to the lower rail, a lower rail swing arm rotatably connected to the lower rail roller unit and a door, a guide roller unit fixedly connected to the lower rail, the guide roller unit including a guide roller rotatably connected to the lower rail, and a guide stopper fixedly connected to the door. The guide stopper includes a guide route formed inside the guide stopper and configured to serve as a rolling movement route for the guide roller, an exit/entrance portion formed at a first end of the guide route, and a stop portion formed at a second end of the guide route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hyung-In Yun
  • Patent number: 11505981
    Abstract: A sliding door for a vehicle, which is applicable to a door portion to which a straight rail is difficult to be applied, may include a door rail mounted in a door which is configured to be closed to a vehicle body in a vertical direction of the vehicle; a vehicle body rail mounted in the vehicle body to which the door is configured to be closed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a moving arm having one end portion which is movably coupled along the door rail in the vertical direction to open or close the door in a transverse direction of the vehicle body during moving, and the other end portion which is movably coupled along the vehicle body rail in a longitudinal direction to allow the door to be slidingly moved in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body during moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Cheon Kim, Hong Lim Choi, Sang Woo Kim