Patents Examined by Jerry E Redman
  • Cable guide assembly for a window regulator
    Patent number: 11352824
    Abstract: A cable guide assembly adapted for use with a guide rail for a motor vehicle, for redirecting a cable of a window regulator, includes a cable guide formed with an outer perimeter and a cable guide receiving site formed in the guide rail adapted to receive and mount the cable guide. The cable guide includes a cable guide groove to guide the cable wrapping around the cable guide and a generally circular interior cavity to mount to the guide rail. In the cable guide assembly, the cable guide is securely engaged with a center support in the cable guide receiving site and rotatable between two rotatable positions, a temporary holding position and a final position. In the temporary holding position, the cable is at a first tension and the cable is at a second tension higher than the first tension in the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HI-LEX CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventor: Masayuki Matsushita
  • Threshold assembly for an entryway system
    Patent number: 11346145
    Abstract: A threshold assembly for use with an entryway disposed within an aperture of a structure, which has an exterior and an interior and includes a door panel moveable between open and closed positions, includes a sill and a rail. A rail is rotatably supported above the upper sill surface between an initial position when the door panel is in the open position, and a second position different from the initial position when the door panel is in the closed position. A biasing member is disposed between the upper sill surface of the sill and the rail to bias the rail from the second position toward the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Quanex Homeshield, LLC
    Inventor: James W. Meeks
  • Threshold assembly for an entryway system
    Patent number: 11346146
    Abstract: A threshold assembly for use with an entryway disposed within an aperture of a structure, which has an exterior and an interior and includes a door panel moveable between open and closed positions, includes a sill and a rail. A rail is rotatably supported above the upper sill surface between an initial position when the door panel is in the open position, and a second position different from the initial position when the door panel is in the closed position. A biasing member is disposed between the upper sill surface of the sill and the rail to bias the rail from the second position toward the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Quanex Homeshield, LLC
    Inventor: James W. Meeks
  • Method for actuating a motor-driven closure element assembly of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11339603
    Abstract: A method for actuating a motorized closure element arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the closure element arrangement comprises a closure element, a control arrangement and a sensor arrangement, wherein the sensor measurement values of the sensor arrangement are monitored by the control arrangement as to whether a triggering operating situation exists, which is defined by at least one operating situation condition, and wherein when the triggering operating situation is detected by the control arrangement actuation of the closure element arrangement is triggered. It is proposed that a portable haptic transducer is provided and that in at least one predetermined trigger state of the control arrangement haptic information associated with the trigger state is output by the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventor: Christian Weidenbacher
  • Power pocket sliding door
    Patent number: 11339601
    Abstract: A system for managing opening and closing a pocket door includes a spindle, an actuator, and brackets. The spindle extends along a longitudinal axis between first and second ends, and is configured to be coupled to the pocket door. The actuator is coupled to the spindle and is configured to cause the spindle to move axially along the longitudinal axis. The brackets are connected to the spindle at each end and are constrained from longitudinal motion relative to the spindle. The brackets are configured to affix the spindle to the pocket door. A bushing system couples each bracket to the spindle and is configured to dampen impact between the spindle and the brackets. For example, the bushing system may include lobed elements, made of a rubber material, that engage each other to transmit azimuthal forces. In some embodiments, another actuator is included to improve cycle like and redundancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Rajinder Pal Singh, Randall Frank
  • Device for tensioning a Bowden cable of a cable-operated window lifter
    Patent number: 11326382
    Abstract: A device for compensating cable play within a cable window-lifter, including a cable including at least one section with a Bowden, the device including a cable-guiding element configured to receive an end of the Bowden, mounted in an axially displaceable manner in a receptacle, the device including a spring arranged between a supporting surface of the receptacle and a head of the cable-guiding element, configured to keep the cable under tension and thereby compensating cable play, where stop surfaces are provided on the cable-guiding element and on the receptacle, which can engage with each other during the loading of the cable and thereby stop further compensation of the spring, and where an elastic material damping the stop noises is arranged between the stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Armin Stahn, Michael Kreile, Udo Taubmann
  • Window regulator
    Patent number: 11326381
    Abstract: A window regulator includes a guide rail provided along an ascending/descending direction of a window glass of a vehicle, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and travels together with the window glass, cables that pull the carrier plate, a drum on which the cables are partially wound, a motor rotationally driving the drum, and a drum housing provided at a lower end of the guide rail and having a housing space for housing the drum, wherein the drum housing has a wall section provided on an outer side of the drum that is housed in the housing space, and a contact surface of the drum housing coming into contact with the carrier plate is provided at a lower position than an upper end of the wall section in a vertical direction that the window glass travels when the window glass is fully opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: JOHNAN MANUFACTURING INC.
    Inventors: Shugo Tanaka, Tetsuya Kubota
  • Door module with frameless glass configuration having adjustable glass run channels
    Patent number: 11319742
    Abstract: A carrier module including a pair of carrier members operably coupled to one another via at least one cable is provided. The carrier members are configured for substantially free movement relative to one another to facilitate installation of the carrier members into an internal door cavity through an opening formed in the inner panel, wherein at least one of the carrier members is adjustable along at least one of cross-vehicle, aft/forward, and up/down directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
    Inventors: Saikat Bose, Raymond Edward Fortin, Michael Bayley
  • Window regulator with power supply connection for electrical device on movable glass
    Patent number: 11318818
    Abstract: A window regulator for a motor vehicle door assembly including features for providing defrosting capabilities for movable glass of the door. A door wire harness is routed inside a door inner cavity. A defroster wire harness is provided having a first end connected to the door wire harness at a bracket on a window regulator guide rail. The opposite end of the defroster wire harness is affixed to a second bracket at a window regulator window carrier. Electrical defroster element wires are connected to the defroster wire harness at the second connector. The defroster wire harness is configured to undergo a bending motion in a manner to reduce fatigue and interference with internal components of the vehicle door. Other applications include providing electrical power to electronic or electrical elements carried by a vehicle movable window panel in addition to defroster functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HI-LEX CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki Arimoto, Yohei Moriya
  • Drive device for a window regulator
    Patent number: 11313166
    Abstract: It is provided a drive device for an adjustment installation for adjusting a vehicle part, in particular a power window actuator, comprising a carrier element, a cable drum, a cable exit housing which is disposed on a first side of the carrier element and which has a first bearing element for mounting the cable drum so as to be rotatable about a first rotation axis, a drive wheel that is drivable by a motor unit, and a drive housing which is disposed on a second side, facing away from the first side, of the carrier element and which has a second bearing element for mounting the drive wheel so as to be rotatable about a second rotation axis. The cable exit housing and the drive housing are fastened to one another by way of a fastening element which acts between the first bearing element and the second bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Roland Kalb, Gabriele Lange
  • Special lift window for recreational vehicle
    Patent number: 11305620
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention discloses a special lift window for a recreational vehicle (RV), including a door-shaped frame installed on an RV wall; a damping groove for embedding a window body is provided on the door-shaped frame; the door-shaped frame is divided into a window display area and a window concealment area from up to down; a lifter bracket for fixing a window body lifter is disposed in the window concealment area; the window body lifter drives the window body to move reciprocally between the window display area and the window concealment area; and a distance between the lifter bracket and the door-shaped frame is not smaller than a maximum thickness of the window body lifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGSU SANJO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heping Xiao
  • Protector with sensor
    Patent number: 11306528
    Abstract: A protector with a sensor couples to a sliding door. A first end of an insert is inserted in and fills up a space on a hollow part of the protector. A second end of the insert includes a support member and a lid. Top ends of core wires and top ends of two leads are fit in first channels on the support member. Covered parts and a wire harness are fit in a second channel. The second channel is formed between the support member and the lid and is continuous with the first channels. The support member and the lid include feeding ports to receive and feed die-molding material into the second channel during die molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michihiko Matsumoto, Wataru Hattori
  • Kit and method for cladding a door rail of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11299022
    Abstract: A kit for cladding a door rail of a vehicle, comprising two similar assemblies suitable for mounting on the rail of the same door, only one of these assemblies being mounted on this rail according to a desired aesthetic aspect among a first aspect called flush and a second aspect called non flush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Olivier Blottiau, Cyril Lajoux, Anne Gambier
  • Wiring arrangement for motorized window shade
    Patent number: 11293222
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a roller window shade includes a mounting bracket, a motor coupled with a shade tube of the shade, and a wire. The mounting bracket includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and a protrusion fixedly coupled with the body and extending perpendicularly from the second surface. The first surface bears against a flat surface. A passage extends between the first surface and the second surface. The motor defines a recess that receives the protrusion. The wire extends through the passage and couples with the motor. The mounting bracket and the motor obscure the wire from view. The passage extends at least one of proximate and through the protrusion such that the wire extends into the recess when the wire is coupled with the motor and when the recess receives the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Geigtech East Bay LLC
    Inventor: James Geiger
  • Self-locking balance weight-type insulated glass assembly with internal blinds
    Patent number: 11293219
    Abstract: An insulated glass assembly has internal blinds that are magnetically operated, balanced and can be locked in in place and a front and rear pane of glass having an internal blind assembly therebetween. The internal blind assembly includes first and second pull cords mounted to an upper end of an internal magnetic operator disposed within a side rail which directs the pull cords upward to a fixed connector. The internal magnetic operator is connected to a chain of weights which provide a counterweight for the internal blinds. The internal magnetic operator further has a first plurality of magnets which are disposed in a magnet receiving cavity extending through the internal magnetic operator. A back plate is disposed against the plurality of magnets in the internal magnetic operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Xuezhong Zhang
  • Door with finger pinch prevention function
    Patent number: 11286713
    Abstract: A door having a finger pinch prevention function is provided that can prevent a finger jamming accident between a door frame and a door by making sure that there is no gap between the door frame and the door coupled to one side of the door frame, in the process of opening and closing the door. The door has an effect of preventing a finger from being caught because a gap does not occur in a corner portion where the door and a coupling frame abut, even when the door is opened or closed, by combining the coupling frame coupled to one side of the door frame and the door through a hinge. Furthermore, by configuring a cover in the corner portion where the coupling frame and the door abut, the hinge is not exposed to the outside, so that the appearance can be seen appealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WOODS AIR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seo Yeon Kim, Hee Suk Kim, Gang Suk An, Dae Ii Kim, Ji Won Kim
  • Cable guide assembly for a window regulator
    Patent number: 11286705
    Abstract: A cable guide assembly adapted for use with a guide rail for a motor vehicle, for redirecting a cable of a window regulator, includes a cable guide formed with an arc-shaped body having a cable guide groove on an outer perimeter of the arc-shaped body and a cable guide receiving site formed in the guide rail adapted to receive and mount the cable guide. The cable guide includes a cable holding tab extending outward from the arc-shaped body along a longitudinal axis and a pair of side hooks extending from an end portion of the arc-shaped body along a transverse axis. In an intermediate-installed state of the cable, the cable is set under the cable holding tab, and in a fully-installed state of the cable, the side hooks are configured to prevent the cable from coming off from the cable guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HI-LEX CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventor: Masayuki Matsushita
  • Object moving device
    Patent number: 11286704
    Abstract: A carrier plate is attached to a guide rail so as to move on the guide rail along the extending direction. An erected portion includes a first surface and a second surface which extend in an extending direction. A slit is formed by a first edge portion which is disposed on a side of the first surface of the erected portion and a second edge portion which is disposed on a side of the second surface of the erected portion. A cutout portion which includes an opening facing the erected portion is provided in at least one of the first edge portion and the second edge portion. The cutout portion includes a space portion which allows grease to be stored therein. The grease stored in the cutout portion is applied to the erected portion which slides in the slit when the carrier plate moves on the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: HI-LEX CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takaoka, Tetsuya Nagasaki
  • Vehicle door glass elevating/lowering device, door frame assembly, vehicle door opening/closing member driving device, and vehicle door opening/closing member driving device assembling method
    Patent number: 11279209
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass elevating/lowering device performs elevating/lowering operation of window glass by a driving force of a drive source along a sash member along one of front and rear edges of the window glass in a door sash forming a window opening. The glass elevating/lowering device includes: a guide rail on the sash member; a slider having a glass support secured to the glass and a sliding part guided movably in the elevating/lowering directions with respect to the guide rail; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force of the drive source, in which a first sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least one direction of the vehicle front-rear directions and a second sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least the other direction of the vehicle front-rear directions are provided at mutually different positions in the elevating/lowering directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ishiguro, Katsuhisa Fukui, Tomoaki Fukatami, Kazuhito Nakajima, Masako Sekine, Natsuki Ito, Kimihiro Kinoshita
  • Animal house sidewall inlet
    Patent number: 11272682
    Abstract: An assembly for controlling the position of air inlets of an enclosure including an actuation rod which moves laterally and is positioned above and parallel with the air inlets, one or more actuation cables, where the first end of each actuation cable is attached to the actuation rod and the second end of each cable is attached to one or more of the air inlets and lateral movement of the actuation rod causes vertical movement of the actuation cables and attached air inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: The GSI Group LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Robert Eversole