Patents by Inventor Pieter Smink

Pieter Smink has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8099903
    Abstract: A door system has at least one door leaf and a displacement system for the door leaf. The door leaf is connected to an organ that is moveable between two suspension points, wherein the first suspension point is situated at a greater distance from the plane of the entrance opening than the second suspension point. A track system is provided, for moving the door leaf in two phases, wherein the track system in the first phase rotationally moves a side of the door leaf outward, and in the second phase determines a displacement of the door leaf by a displacement of the organ from the first suspension point in the direction of the second suspension point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: De Nooijer Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Pieter Smink
  • Publication number: 20080231083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a door system having at least one door leaf wherein the door leaf has a first side and a second side; a displacement system for the door leaf. According to the invention there are two suspension points, wherein the door leaf is connected to an organ that is moveable between the two suspension points, wherein the first suspension point is situated at a greater distance from the plane of the entrance opening than the second suspension point; a rotation axis is provided situated at a distance from the second side, the door leaf being rotatable around said rotation axis; a track system is provided, for moving the door leaf in two phases, wherein the track system in the first phase, by rotating around the rotation axis, moves in particular the second side outward, and in the second phase determines a displacement of the door leaf by a displacement of the organ from the first suspension point in the direction of the second suspension point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: DE NOOIJER BEHEER B.V.
    Inventor: Pieter Smink
  • Patent number: 6385910
    Abstract: A swivel-sliding door system for a vehicle having at least one door leaf situated in the vehicle wall in the closed state, and situated on the outside in front of the vehicle wall in the open state while leaving a door opening free. A drive as well as transverse and longitudinal guides are provided which enable a movement at the at least one door leaf transverse relative to the vehicle wall and along the vehicle wall, wherein the drive and the transverse and longitudinal guides are combined into one complete operating unit that can be mounted as one whole in the vehicle and be coupled to the at least one door leaf. The operating unit comprises a frame which, in assembled condition, is fixedly connected to the vehicle and an assembly which is movably provided in the frame and which comprises a drive motor for the door leaf movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventors: Pieter Smink, Johan Pieter Hulshoff, Bart van der Sloot, Frans Hesmerg, D de Roos