In Plane Of Accessible Side Of Housing Patents (Class 312/329)
  • Patent number: 11053629
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having a cabinet forming an outer appearance and having an inlet port formed at the front, a tub provided inside the cabinet for storing wash water, a drum provided inside the tub to be rotatable, and a door installed in the cabinet for opening and closing the inlet port. The door is provided with an auxiliary door which can be freely opened and closed during the washing process independently of the door, so that laundry can be added even during the washing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Young Kim, Adam Wishney, Doo Young Ryu, In Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 10767302
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bathroom management apparatus including a cabinet, a frame provided at an inner side of the cabinet to reinforce stiffness of the cabinet, and having a lower side that is spaced apart from a bottom of the cabinet, a function module including at least one of a towel care module, a sterilizing module, a lock box module, a refrigerating module, and a charging module, and mounted inside the frame, a dryer coupled with the function module and disposed inside the frame, and a vane assembly disposed between the cabinet and a lower side of the frame. A first air outlet is provided for airflow in a forward direction, and a second air outlet provided for airflow in a downward direction. The vane assembly may switch a direction of the airflow received from the dryer through the first air outlet and the second air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinhyeon Jeon, Jeongyun Kim, Daeyun Park
  • Patent number: 10667605
    Abstract: A bathroom management apparatus may be capable of dehumidifying and defrosting a mirror installed at a door. The bathroom management apparatus may include a cabinet having a front side that is open, a door configured to open/close the open front side of the cabinet, a mirror provided at a front surface of the door, and a heater configured to heat the mirror. The heater may be disposed behind the mirror to heat the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinhyeon Jeon, Jeongyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10370889
    Abstract: Lockbox systems for securing items in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a hollow rectangular body has an open side which may be closed by a door. One or more L shaped locking members are disposed on the rear of the door adjacent a first longitudinal side. As the door is closed, the members are positioned to reside in locking recesses in a wall of the body, abuttably locking the door at the hinged side. Near a second side of the door, a locking mechanism is disposed that can be actuated to move a locking bolt into a bolt recess to secure the door in the body opening. The rear side surfaces of the door may be beveled to pair against a ridge disposed inside the opening to deter attempts to pry the door open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventors: Lucio Oliva Rueda, Lucio M. Oliva Perez
  • Patent number: 8950624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an externally operated alpha port for a rapid transfer port (RTP) system such as those found in isolation barrier systems. Means are provided for the actuation by the operator of the alpha port door locking system externally of the isolation barrier to facilitate the locking and unlocking of the alpha port door without requiring gloved entry into the isolation barrier. Means are also provided for opening and closing of the alpha port door with the actuation by the operator of a lever external to the isolation barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventor: Giuseppe Sacca
  • Patent number: 8950115
    Abstract: A method and mechanism for moving an element, such as a sliding door (1), is disclosed. In the movement a first end of the element is first turned outwards, a second opposite end is then turned out placing the element in parallel with the original location of the element. The element is then displaced by extending a pull-out guide (4). The mechanism comprises a housing (2), the pull-out guide rail (4), a lock-and-release mechanism (19) and at least two lever arms (8, 11, 14, 16, 27, 30, 33, 39, 42). One end of a first lever arm (8, 27, 39) is received in a pivoting point (10, 29, 41) at the pull-out guide rail (4) and the opposite end of said lever arm (8, 27, 39) is received in a pivoting point (9, 28, 40) at the housing (2). The pivoting point (10, 29, 41) at the pull-out guide rail (4) is placed at a first end of the pull-out guide rail (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
    Inventors: Benny Andersson, Hakan Persson
  • Publication number: 20140375196
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing frame including an opening to facilitate insertion and removal of computer components within an interior of the housing frame, a bezel secured to the housing frame to facilitate opening and closing of the housing frame, and a hinge mechanism that facilitates pivotal movement of the bezel at different pivot locations in relation to the housing frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Nguyen Nguyen, Long Dang
  • Patent number: 8857925
    Abstract: A mounting bracket includes a metal chassis and a metal cover. The metal chassis includes two opposite side plates, a top plate, a bottom plate, and a middle plate connected between middles of the top plate and the bottom plate, parallel to the side plates. Two receiving spaces are divided in the metal chassis by the middle plate, for receiving two power supply units. A first end of the metal cover is pivotably connected to a middle of a front end of the metal chassis. When the metal cover is rotated towards one of the receiving spaces, the metal cover covers the front end of the one of the receiving spaces, for shielding radiation and preventing air turbulence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lei Liu
  • Publication number: 20140285079
    Abstract: A vending machine includes a cabinet; a door, a bar, and a puller. The door is rotatable relative to the cabinet. The bar is mounted to the door. The puller includes a cylinder and a rod. The cylinder is fixed to the cabinet. A joint is attached to one end of the rod. The joint is slidable on the bar. The cylinder can draw the rod. The rod can pull the door relative to the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHUAI WU, SHU-QI WU, YU-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20140268582
    Abstract: An enclosure for storing more than one electronic device. The enclosure includes a frame having a rear surface to be in apposition to a support surface, a rack supported within the frame, the racking having at least one slot for receiving an electronic device, and a door supported by the frame and pivotable about a generally vertical axis between a closed position substantially perpendicular to the rear surface and an open position substantially planar with the rear surface, the slot being accessible through a side of the enclosure when the door is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thiem Wong, David J. Prince
  • Patent number: 8757741
    Abstract: A door with a window for an appliance, such as a clothes dryer, and a method for assembling such a door in the appliance are provided. A tempered glass pane may be supported by one or more packaging structures disposed on borders of the glass pane. Each packaging structure may accommodate a retainer. The glass pane may be sandwiched between an inner frame and an outer frame coupled to one another to form a joined assembly effective to tightly seal the borders of the glass pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Mabe, S.A. De C.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Najera Bernal, Roberto Perez Maza, Sergio Reyes Miranda
  • Patent number: 8702184
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for an enclosure. The locking mechanism includes a housing with an outer surface having a first tab fixedly attached to the housing. The housing is adapted to be coupled to a door by pressing the housing through a latch housing of a latching mechanism of the door until the first tab springs out and locks the housing in place in the latch housing. The locking mechanism includes an insert adapted to be positioned through the housing and adapted to be coupled to a flange of the latching mechanism of the door. The insert includes either a handle or a knob. Rotation of the insert rotates the flange to lock the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold D. Lakoduk, Scott A. Schramske, Timothy G. Lange, Kent G. Messing, Ronald M. Wacker, Robert M. Kalstabakken, Steve J. Johnson, Sheldon O. Modrow, Joseph D. Ricke, Robert G. Lau
  • Publication number: 20140084773
    Abstract: A rotatable storage rack for spray bottles is described wherein the spray bottles are suspended on a rotatable outer ring supported above a fixed base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Rowell Suarez Correa, Arthur Allan Mallari
  • Patent number: 8678524
    Abstract: A spring-loaded door device that fastens to the front of a server rack in order to prevent airflow from exiting through an unfilled space in the server rack. An equipment module can then be inserted through the spring-loaded door device and mounted to the server rack. When the equipment module is removed from the server rack, the spring-loaded door closes to prevent airflow from exiting through the unfilled space in the server rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph R. Green
  • Patent number: 8668288
    Abstract: The self-closing and opening device (1) particularly of a movable furniture part (103) comprises a fixed guide (8) having a supporting body (2) in which a first slider (3) can slide reversibly along a sliding axis (100) in opposition to and through the action of first elastic means (5), the first slider (3) being engageable with first driving means (106) present on a driving element (6) which slides reversibly in the direction of the sliding axis (100), the supporting body (2) comprising first movement means (4) for movement of the first slider (3) suitable to engage with guide means (12, 13) of the first slider (3), so as to release it from the driving means (106), also provided with a mechanical or elastically yielding stop (9, 120) against which the first slider (3) rests directly or indirectly before it engages with the guide means (12,13) in the first movement means (4) the driving element (6) being then pushed by an ejector (20) generating an initial opening movement of said movable furniture part (103)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20140060275
    Abstract: A printer is disclosed that has a frame and a chute assembly received within the frame in which the chute assembly is pivotable relative to the frame. The chute assembly includes a lower chute part and an upper chute part. The lower chute part is pivotable about a first axis in which the first axis is fixed relative to the frame. The upper chute part is pivotally coupled to the lower chute part and is pivotable about a second axis that is fixed relative to the lower chute part. The lower chute part and the upper chute part are coupled to one another such that, when the upper chute part pivots about the second axis relative to the lower chute part, the lower chute part automatically pivots about the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Chow Jin Bryan Chng, Heng Kuang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8662603
    Abstract: A protective enclosure including a housing defining a door opening is provided. A first flange extends from an opening end of a door and is angled relative to a surface of said door inwardly toward an interior storage space of the enclosure. The first flange and the door surface form an obtuse angle. A second flange extends from a hinge end of the door and is angled relative to the door surface inwardly toward the interior storage space. The second flange and the door surface form an obtuse angle. A hinge pivotally mounts the door with the housing. A locking mechanism selectively locks the door to the housing. The housing includes a channel disposed along at least a portion of the door opening. At least a portion of the first and second flanges are disposed within the channel when the door is closed to resist pry attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: John D. Brush & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Sekol, Douglas E. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 8550578
    Abstract: A fixture includes a medicine cabinet having a cabinet body and a door. The fixture includes a frame which includes a frame body having a recess sized and shaped to receive the door, and an overhang which extends along the upper portion of the door. The fixture can include a guide rail which is repeatably moveable between positions away from and extending over the lower portion of the door, and an organizer carried by the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: Susan Martha Brink
  • Patent number: 8553395
    Abstract: A motor control center comprises a plurality of bays in which switchgear components, circuit protective components, automation components and power electronic components are disposed for driving motors and other loads. Network optical conductors are routed through one or more wireways adjacent to the bays. Distribution nodes are coupled to the conductors and are interconnected with respective network terminals within the bays. Components within individual bays for which EtherNet and/or Internet connectivity is desired are coupled to the network terminals. The conductors may comprise plastic optical fibers and may be designed to operate in the relatively high voltage environment of the motor control center bays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Brian Blodorn, David Lee Jensen
  • Publication number: 20130257248
    Abstract: A door hinge includes a hinge body, a hinge pin, and a hinge base. The hinge body includes a first channel that defines a first axis, the hinge body further includes a slot formed therethrough at an angle to the first axis, and the hinge body further includes a retention apparatus arranged within the slot. The hinge pin is operatively disposed in the first channel and configured to travel along the first axis, the hinge pin includes at least three retention formations formed thereon, a first retention formation defines a first retention position, a second retention formation defines a second retention position, a third retention formation defines a third retention position, and the retention apparatus is configured to engage the hinge pin at one of the at least three retention formations. The hinge base includes a second channel configured to operatively receive at least a portion of the hinge pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: JOZEF ZBIGNIEW BEDKOWSKI, Johan Rene Sylvain De Cuyper
  • Patent number: 8544971
    Abstract: A refrigerating and/or freezing device, with at least one door, through which the interior of the device can be closed, and with a door closure system that comprises includes at least one closure that moves the door into its closed position, a damping device that opposes a counterforce to the door movement, a movable carriage connected with the closure system to move the closure into a pre-tensioned state when the door is opened, as well as an interlocking component connected with the damping device and with the closure such that the closure can be fixed by the interlocking component in its pre-tensioned state, whereby the carriage and the interlocking component are coupled together by a first movement section of the door and are decoupled from each other by a second movement section of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgerate Lienz GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Stocker
  • Patent number: 8544967
    Abstract: A server rack includes a frame, a front plate and a mounting device. The frame includes a latch. The front plate is secured to the frame and includes an assistant plate. The mounting device is located on the front plate and includes a mounting plate and a mounting bracket. The mounting plate is slidably secured to the assistant plate. The mounting bracket is configured for sliding the mounting plate towards the assistant plate between a mounting position, when the mounting plate is engaged with the latch, and an unlocked position, when the mounting plate is disengaged from the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Lu Fan, Jing-Chao Liang
  • Patent number: 8523300
    Abstract: A door with a window for an appliance, such as a clothes dryer, and a method for assembling such a door in the appliance are provided. A tempered glass pane may be supported by one or more packaging structures disposed on borders of the glass pane. Each packaging structure may accommodate a retainer. The glass pane may be sandwiched between an inner frame and an outer frame coupled to one another to form a joined assembly effective to tightly seal the borders of the glass pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: MABE, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Najera Bernal, Roberto Perez Maza, Sergio Reyes Miranda
  • Patent number: 8517481
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a main body, a front panel, a pivot member pivotably attaching the front panel to the main body, and a positioning member. The pivot member is substantially U-shaped, allowing the front panel a large angle of rotational movement relative to the main body. Positioning members are in place to facilitate the refitting of the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi-Xin Li, Jun-Xiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 8511768
    Abstract: A housing for a cabinet-like household appliance has a body and at least one door, which is connected to the body in a manner that enables it to swivel due to the provision of at least one first and one second multiple-articulation hinge. The door is supported on an upper supporting surface of the first multiple-articulation hinge and on a lower supporting surface of the second multiple-articulation hinge by means of at least one shim inserted between the door and at least one of the supporting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Brachert
  • Publication number: 20130200766
    Abstract: An accessory dispenser that can include at least one compartment arrangement configured for holding at least one cartridge. The accessory dispenser can include a pivotable arrangement associated with the at least one compartment arrangement, and configured to pivot the at least one compartment arrangement about the pivotable arrangement. The accessory dispenser can also include at least one structure coupled to the pivot rod and associated with the at least one compartment, wherein, when the at least one compartment arrangement is coupled to the at least one structure, the at least one structure associates the at least one compartment with the pivot arrangement, and facilitates one or more compartments to be associated with the pivotable arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: EMS MIND READER LLC
    Inventor: EMS MIND READER LLC
  • Publication number: 20130015750
    Abstract: A protective enclosure including a housing defining a door opening is provided. A first flange extends from an opening end of a door and is angled relative to a surface of said door inwardly toward an interior storage space of the enclosure. The first flange and the door surface form an obtuse angle. A second flange extends from a hinge end of the door and is angled relative to the door surface inwardly toward the interior storage space. The second flange and the door surface form an obtuse angle. A hinge pivotally mounts the door with the housing. A locking mechanism selectively locks the door to the housing. The housing includes a channel disposed along at least a portion of the door opening. At least a portion of the first and second flanges are disposed within the channel when the door is closed to resist pry attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: James W. Sekol, Douglas E. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 8302808
    Abstract: A closure device includes: a main body having first and second shoulders; a door secured rotatably to the main body and having first and second door edges; an engaging member; an engaging mechanism; and a second pivot axle. The first shoulder and the first door edge respectively have a through hole and a first axle hole. The engaging member and the engaging mechanism are disposed respectively at an inner side of the main body. The engaging member includes a first pivot axle extending through the through hole and the first axle hole, and a positioning piece extending radially from the first pivot axle and engaging the engaging mechanism. One of the second shoulder and the second door edge has a second axle hole, while the other of the second shoulder and the second door edge has the second pivot axle extending through the second axle hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hsien Lin, Yung-Feng Lin, Zhong-Hui Mao
  • Patent number: 8303059
    Abstract: A domestic appliance for built-in installation, comprising: a housing having at least two sides; a front door; a hinge mechanism, provided at or adjacent one of the sides, coupling the door to the housing and permitting relative movement thereof, wherein the door is movable between a first position, in which the door is closed, and a second position, in which the door is fully open; and/or wherein the hinge is so shaped and dimensioned whereby, in use, the extent of protrusion of the door laterally beyond said one side when the door is in said second position is less than or equal to that when the door is in said first position. Preferably, the hinge mechanism is shaped and arranged whereby double movement, for example both rotational and translational movement, of the door relative to the housing is facilitated during movement between said first position and said second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Manufacturing U.K. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ian Darney
  • Patent number: 8292383
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body, a first door and a second door, where one of their edges is fixed to the opposite side of the opening of the body, and a beam which is joined to one edge of the first door which is opposite the fixed edge of the door. The beam can be pivoted by a guiding projection which can be displaced in a guiding groove on the edge of the opening, between a position when the first door is closed, in which one edge of the second door, which is opposite the fixed edge of said door, is applied to the beam, and a position when the first door is open, wherein the beam can pass to the closed second door. The guiding projection can be displaced in relation to the first door in the direction of the pivotable axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: BSG Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Karl-Friedrich Laible
  • Publication number: 20120262042
    Abstract: A housing structure includes a main cabinet and a fixing mechanism. The main cabinet has an opening formed thereon and includes a side panel and a front panel. A groove is formed on the edge portion of the front panel adjacent to the side panel. A receiving slot is formed on the front panel and adjacent to the groove. The fixing mechanism includes a latch and an elastic member. The latch may be movably disposed on the side panel. A first hook is formed on the latch. When covering the opening with the side panel, the latch is abutted by the front panel. The restoration of the elastic member interlocks the side panel to the front panel securely to close the housing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JIE-DONG CHEN, ZHONG CAO, GANG CHENG
  • Patent number: 8282175
    Abstract: An opening device including an elongate ejector ram mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a housing and pretensioned at one end by a spring into a position in which it protrudes out of the housing and pushable back into the housing counter to the pretensioning. A releasable locking device locks the ejector ram in a position retracted in the housing. A tensioning device is provided forcibly displaces the ejector ram. When the movable furniture part is completely opened, a tensioning device forcibly displaces the ejector ram into the locking position retracted within the housing. The tensioning device converts the opening movement of the movable furniture part in the interior of the housing via a tensioning member having one end guided out of the housing into a movement pulling the ejector ram back into the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Krüdener
  • Patent number: 8274782
    Abstract: A motor control center comprises a plurality of bays in which switchgear components, circuit protective components, automation components and power electronic components are disposed for driving motors and other loads. Network optical conductors are routed through one or more wireways adjacent to the bays. Distribution nodes are coupled to the conductors and are interconnected with respective network terminals within the bays. Components within individual bays for which EtherNet and/or Internet connectivity is desired are coupled to the network terminals. The conductors may comprise plastic optical fibers and may be designed to operate in the relatively high voltage environment of the motor control center bays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Brian Blodorn, David Lee Jensen
  • Patent number: 8226183
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main body defining a storage chamber, a door opening and closing the storage chamber, and a pivot guide unit connecting the door to the main body and varying a distance between a pivot shaft of the door and the main body in response to a pivot motion of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byeong-Gyu Kang, Jae-Youl Lee, Sang-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 8220881
    Abstract: Communications cable management systems include a cable trough and a door that is configured to provide access to the cable trough. A first latch structure is attached to the door that includes a first latch and a second latch. A second latch structure is attached to the door that includes a third latch and a fourth latch. The systems also include a support structure that has first through fourth latch receiving assemblies that are configured to receive the respective first through fourth latches. The first through fourth latch receiving assemblies may comprise hinge brackets and/or pivotable latch members. The first and second latches and their corresponding first and second latch receiving assemblies are each configured to act as a hinge when the third and fourth latches are removed from their corresponding latch receiving assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Martin Keith
  • Patent number: 8162414
    Abstract: A door for merchandise display cabinets that show refrigerated or frozen merchandise, features a vertical opening for accessing the merchandise space, is subdivided into compartments arranged vertically on top of each other, and its front part that is accessible by the customer can be closed with transparent doors and be moved horizontally. These doors have been executed as frameless insulating glass planes on which swivel bolts have been directly arranged on the insulating glass pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventor: Albert Weiss
  • Patent number: 8162418
    Abstract: A door for closing a washing machine which can be loaded from the front or a tumble dryer of this type is connected to the housing by means of a hinge in such a way that the door can be pivoted over a great opening angle and terminates flushly or approximately flushly to the outside with the front face of the housing. To this end, the door-side hinge part is installed and fastened in a recessed receptacle between the frame parts and of the door. The hinge parts and each have a crescent-shaped base plate and which extends along the door frame and reaches beyond the lateral apertures and the bearing blocks which are provided in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Ahmet Kocak, Andreas Lange
  • Patent number: 8147014
    Abstract: A refrigerator and/or freezer is provided with a carcass and door, which by a bearing can be swiveled relative to the carcass of the appliance. The bearing includes a bearing block connected with the carcass of the appliance, a bearing bolt and an adjusting member, preferably an adjusting plate. The bearing block includes at least one recess or bore through which the bearing bolt extends and on whose edge portion the head of the bearing bolt rests. The adjusting member includes a bore with an internal thread and is arranged with the bearing block received between the head of the bearing bolt and adjusting member. The bearing bolt has an external thread which is in engagement with the internal thread of the adjusting member. The recess or bore of the bearing block is configured such that the adjusting member with the bearing bolt is movable relative to the bearing block when the bearing bolt is loosened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgerate Lienz GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Muhlburger, Wolfgang Walder
  • Patent number: 8147015
    Abstract: An insertion-type hinge assembly may include a first hinge member including a mount unit and a shaft that is separated from and coupled to the mount unit, and that is positioned in parallel to the mount unit. The hinge assembly also includes a second hinge member that receives the shaft therein so as to rotatably couple the first and second hinge members. The first and second hinge members may be installed in corresponding recesses of a door and a main body such that they are not exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Jeong Kim, Wook-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 8113608
    Abstract: A cabinet and a door are each provided with hinge sets having hinge parts secured thereto so that they can be separately mounted on the sane hinge parts that are mounted on a door frame and are connected by a hinge pin for each hinge set that support the door on the door frame, using a single hinge pin for and as a part of each hinge set. With this mounting arrangement, the cabinet and the door of each such installation can move independently in an arc about the hinge pins connecting the door frame parts to the hinge parts fastened to the door and the hinge parts fastened to the cabinet without requiring the movement of the door concurrently with the movement of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hingenuity International, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Wayne Tassin, Myron Jude Tassin, Jr., Christian Tassin
  • Patent number: 8113599
    Abstract: A cabinet provided with a cabinet body having at least one vertical row of superimposed compartments which are separated by shelves and which can be opened and closed with compartment doors articulated on the cabinet. This invention simplifies and substantially reduces the cost of parts and of mounting the cabinet. Thus, a joint rod extending over a height of the cabinet body is assigned to each vertical row of compartments. The shelves are guided by a shoulder in the hinge zone having the joint rod and are fixed vertically on the joint rod by flange sleeves overlooking the upper and/or lower side of the shelves and their shoulder. The compartment doors which are adjusted to the heights of the compartments bear, on their rear surface, in the hinge zone, housings for the flange sleeves and can be covered with a shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Keba AG
    Inventors: Samuel Klassen, Matthias Krüger
  • Patent number: 8056993
    Abstract: A switchgear cabinet including covering parts and at least one cabinet door mounted on a cabinet carcass by hinges and having a door frame including two vertical profiled elements and two horizontal profiled elements as well as corner pieces joining the profiled elements. In order to simplify the structure and assembly of the switchgear cabinet, hinge receptacles on which the hinges are mounted are supplied on or in the corner pieces of the same side of the door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Stock, Juan Gutierrez, Sven Michael Laurösch, Marc Hartel
  • Patent number: 8042890
    Abstract: A cabinet comprises a plurality of selected cabinet-defining components wherein components defining said cabinet integrally define at least one respective cooperating part of at least one coupling element, said components all secured respectively together exclusively by said respective cooperating parts and the coupling elements formed by said respective cooperating parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Edsal Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Collins, David J. Wojtowicz, Anthony J. Troyner, Mitchell S. Liss, Thomas St. Germain
  • Patent number: 8033623
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body in which storage space is formed, a door pivotably mounted at a front of the main body, a hinge member connecting the main body with the door, and a receiving member which is mounted at an upper surface of the main body and accommodates a lead wire extended from at least one of the main body and door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Moon Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20100102689
    Abstract: A vertically oriented generally rectangular box with a hinged lid is pivotally supported on a pull-out slide permitting the box to be linearly displaced and rotated between a stored position and a use position. Two or more such boxes can be vertically stacked for independent movement and use. The box sides and rails on the door interior include opposed rows of holes accepting pins that are received in inclined slots in the sides of a plurality of accessories supports that can be selectively positioned within the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Paul F. Chambers, David P. Noe
  • Publication number: 20090295260
    Abstract: A fixture includes a medicine cabinet having a cabinet body and a door. The fixture includes a frame which includes a frame body having a recess sized and shaped to receive the door, and an overhang which extends along the upper portion of the door. The fixture can include a guide rail which is repeatably moveable between positions away from and extending over the lower portion of the door, and an organizer carried by the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Susan Martha Brink
  • Patent number: 7552981
    Abstract: A left and right hand convertible door enclosure. An apparatus operatively connects to an enclosure and to a door so as to allow the door to convert between left and right hand. The apparatus includes a pair of front corners of a top wall of the enclosure having a pair of blind bores therein, respectively, a pair of side edges of the door being formed into a pair of tubes, respectively, a pair of front corners of a bottom wall of the enclosure having a pair of locking apparatuses, respectively, a pair of front edges of a pair of side walls of the enclosure being formed into a pair of recesses, respectively, and a hinge pin. The hinge pin enters one of the pair of tubes of the door and comes to rest in an associated blind bore in the top wall of the enclosure and in an associated locking apparatus on the bottom wall of the enclosure, depending upon the door being used as a right hand or a left hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Inventors: Robert M. Tuniewicz, Gilbert D. Talamo
  • Publication number: 20080174217
    Abstract: A network cabinet is provided comprising a door and a handle, which is mounted to the door and moveable between a first position and a second position. A retractable hinge pin is interconnected with the handle through a rod, which has a plurality of apertures associated therewith. The hinge pin is in an extended position with the handle in the first position and in a retracted position with the handle in the second position. A pawl is interconnected with the door and has at least one tooth protruding from a first end. The tooth engages at least one of the apertures with the door in an open position, thus preventing extension of the hinge pin from the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Walker
  • Patent number: 7360681
    Abstract: A mail receptacle system incorporating multiple individually accessible discrete storage compartments disposed within a frame structure with lockable user access doors disposed in mated hinging relation relative to the frame structure such that when the access doors are in a closed position, a male/female relation is established between portions of the doors and the frame structure. The access doors utilize a multi-piece construction wherein the hinging edges of the doors are displaceable from the door body thereby permitting the door body to be easily and readily replace in the event of damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Bommer Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Larry D. Pittman, B. Stewart Jackson
  • Patent number: 7350470
    Abstract: A plastic safe box has a housing formed of connected panels defining an interior space, and a pivoting door supported on a hinge member integrally formed with said pivoting door. The hinge member receives a support rod mounted inside the safe such that the hinge member is not exposed when the safe is closed. The hinge member is shaped to coincide with the adjoining side panel and door outer surfaces to hide the hinge and conceal the operational hinge components. The hinge member further includes a rounded inner surface that emerges internally as the safe door opens, where the rounded surface is circular with a center coincident with the support rod such that the hinge member follows a circular path as the safe door opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Stuhlbarg International Sales Company
    Inventors: Mort Stuhlbarg, Leslie Chow