Roller Bearing For Drawer Patents (Class 384/19)
  • Patent number: 11925262
    Abstract: Runner assembly 10 for carrying a receptacle 12 towards and away from a structure 14. The runner assembly 10 includes: at least one pair of first bearings 16, each first bearing 16 being mountable to the structure 14 so that the first bearings 16 of the, or each, pair are spaced apart; an elongate runner 18 defining a longitudinal length and having an opposed pair of first tracks 22 spaced from each other, each first track 22 configured to cooperate with the first bearings 16 to allow the runner 18 to be carried by the first bearings 16; at least one second bearing 24 mounted to the runner 18; and an elongate track member 26 mountable to the receptacle 12, the track member 26 having a second track 28 defining at least one pair of opposed bearing surfaces 30, 31 spaced from each other and configured to cooperate with the at least one second bearing 24 to allow the track member 26 to be carried by the at least one second bearing 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ARB CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul William Cooper, John Desmond Clark, Andrew Harry Brown
  • Patent number: 11891019
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sliding glove box including a glove box including an inner space for accommodating an object and a case which accommodates the glove box, wherein a plurality of wheels are disposed at each of two sides of the glove box, the plurality of wheels move on a rail disposed in the case, and at least one of the plurality of wheels includes one side that is in contact with the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ie Seob Park, Dong Il Song, Dong Yong Choi, Chang Bok Park
  • Patent number: 11864652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a geometric reinforcing structure for a slide rail. The slide rail includes an inner rail, a middle rail, an outer rail and slip elements. The slip elements are movably installed between the inner and middle rails and between the middle and outer rails respectively, such that the inner and middle rails can be sequentially pulled out and extended relative to the outer rail. Except the remaining part that overlaps the inner and outer rails, the middle rail is formed with geometric reinforcing blocks by stamping, and the reinforcing blocks are equidistantly arranged along the extension direction of the middle rail, and all or part of the reinforcing blocks are rotated with an angle, or the reinforcing blocks have a configuration means with a slope and form an interference portion between two adjacent reinforcing blocks to greatly improve the load strength of pulling out in an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MARTAS PRECISION SLIDE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wan-Lai Chen
  • Patent number: 11844429
    Abstract: A cabinet storage system for a cabinet includes a base and a pair of slides. Each of the slides includes a face frame lip standoff extending from a front edge of a respective slide to align the cabinet storage system in a bottom of the cabinet. A bracket may be coupled with each respective slide, the bracket includes a face frame bracket positioned to extend beyond the front edge of the respective slide and the face frame lip. The face frame bracket is available to couple a cabinet front to the cabinet storage system. A slidable portion of each of the slides may include front ears and rear ears. The front ears include apertures to receive a first fastener coupled with the base, and the rear ears including an alignment notch to guide the base into alignment with a respective slide using a second fastener coupled with the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: REV-A-SHELF COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Leeman Elliot Stevens, Paul Franklin Chambers, Kevin M. Ward, David P. Noe, Steve M. Jones, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11624886
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 11589677
    Abstract: A suspended pull-out cabinet organizer assembly includes: a front mounting bracket including a front facing flange and a first support arm and a second support arm; a rear mounting bracket including a rear mounting face, a first mounting arm, and a second mounting arm; a pair of drawer slides spanning the front mounting bracket and the rear mounting bracket, each drawer slide including at least two mounting tabs; and an organizer including a series of at least two mounting bosses corresponding to each mounting tab on the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide, wherein the organizer is mounted to the first drawer slide and the second drawer slide by securing each mounting tab to a corresponding mounting boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Charles Joseph Wimbauer, II
  • Patent number: 11583078
    Abstract: A drawer slide may include features for installation of the drawer slide to a cabinet and/or features for withdrawing rails of the drawer slide from one another. The features for installation of the drawer slide may include offset surfaces in a web of a rail, for example allowing for clearance for mounting hardware, and/or openings allowing for various positioning of the rail on a cabinet. The features for withdrawing rails from one another may include a moveable disconnect lever allowing for release of a catch of a rail, and/or a moveable hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Accuride International, Inc.
    Inventors: Wyatt X. Moscoso, Raffy Paje, Lucas Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11464333
    Abstract: A drawer rail for a drawer pull-out guide, including a first rail configured to be fixed to a drawer, and a second rail configured to be arranged on a carcass rail or on a central rail of a drawer pull-out guide. The first rail and the second rail are configured to be connected to one another by sliding onto each other, and a spring member is arranged on the first or second rail. A protrusion is arranged on the other rail, the position of which on and/or the extension of which along the other rail is chosen such that the protrusion, in a connected condition of the first and second rail, co-operates with the spring member so as to limit transverse movements of the two rails to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Meusburger, Markus Kampl
  • Patent number: 11452374
    Abstract: A sliding element guide system for furniture is provided, including a cabinet unit rail, central rail, sliding element rail, and at least one carriage. The cabinet unit rail, central rail, and sliding element rail are mounted to be movable in relation to one another. The system also includes two identical synchronization wheels that synchronize movements of elements of the system. The two identical synchronization wheels are rotatably mounted on a vertically oriented central rail side wall and extend horizontally therefrom via a pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Filip Rihtarec, Franz Reischl
  • Patent number: 11255600
    Abstract: In a refrigerator including a sliding door configured to open and close a storage chamber, a storage basket provided on a rear portion of the sliding door, and a support frame configured to support the sliding door and the storage basket, sidewalls of the storage basket may be formed so as to protrude outwardly except a lower portion in which the support frame is disposed between an inner case and the sidewalls, thereby increasing a storage space of the storage basket. In addition, a front protrusion, an auxiliary protrusion, and a rear protrusion are formed in an upper portion of the storage basket, and therefore a relative position of an auxiliary basket to the storage basket may be limited, and the auxiliary basket may be drawn into and out in conjunction with drawn-in and -out movements of the storage basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bae Hong, Sung Cheul Park, Youn Tae Shin, Oun Gu Lee
  • Patent number: 11234516
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide including a first guide rail and a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the guide rails between a closed position and an open position. A guide body is supported between the guide rails, and the guide rails are guidable relative to one another in a lateral direction in a mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide by the guide body. At least one of the guide rails includes a protrusion bearing against the guide body in the open position of the guide rails, so that at least in that region, in which the guide body and the protrusion bear against each other, the guide rails are arranged without clearance relative to one another in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 11187453
    Abstract: A refrigerator has a moving basket. The refrigerator includes a door, a rail member, and a roller member. The door opens and closes a cabinet and has a separate storage room. The rail member is received in a rail receiving part provided at each of left and right opposite sides of the storage room and has a space therein. The roller member is coupled to the rail member so that the basket lifts and lowers along the rail member in the storage room. The insertion hole is defined by being open at the left and right opposite sides of the storage room corresponding to the rail receiving part. The insertion hole defines the trajectory of the lifting and lowering of the basket. The cover member is provided inside the rail receiving part and covers the insertion hole by being lifted and lowered during the lifting and lowering of the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Tae Jin Yeom
  • Patent number: 11166620
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, and first and second rollers which are rotatably mounted in a roller holder that is fastened to the dishwasher cavity. A support element supporting a receptacle for items to be washed is movably mounted relative to the roller holder with the aid of the first roller and the second roller in such a way that the receptacle is movable between a position in which the receptacle is inserted into the dishwasher cavity and a position in which the receptacle is extracted from the dishwasher cavity. The support element has an upper running area and a lower running area, with the first roller being spaced apart downward from the upper running area and running along the lower running area, and with the second roller being spaced apart upward from the lower running area and running along the upper running area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Racs, Thomas Steck, Christoph Kapfer
  • Patent number: 11165228
    Abstract: An interlock system for a switchgear cabinet of a drawout switchgear device includes a guide rail in the cabinet to align rollers supporting the drawout switchgear device. A stop plate is spring biased toward a blocking position to block the rollers from rolling off the guide rail. A deflector surface on the stop plate receives a contact force from a fastener hook of a lift truck, to move the stop plate and unblock the rollers. The fastener hook then anchors the lift truck to the cabinet after the stop plate has moved away from the blocking position. A bridging guide rail mounted on the lift truck, aligns with and abuts the guide rail in the cabinet to allow the drawout switchgear device to be safely rolled into or withdrawn from the cabinet by an unassisted service person operating the lift truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventor: Terry Monahan
  • Patent number: 11147374
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a first guide rail, a second guide rail displaceably supported relative to one another, and a running carriage having load-transmitting rolling bodies displaceably arranged between the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The running carriage includes at least two rolling bodies rotatable about a rotational axis, and the at least two rolling bodies—in a view onto a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the guide rails—are arranged so as to be laterally offset to one another. Each of the at least two rolling bodies has a cylindrical form and is rotationally supported about a horizontally extending rotational axis in a mounted position of the drawer pull-out guide, the rotational axes of the at least two rolling bodies are arranged in the same running plane, and the at least two rolling bodies have the same diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Meusburger
  • Patent number: 11019926
    Abstract: The present invention shows a telescopic rail having at least one inner, middle, and outer rail element, wherein the inner and outer rail elements are each longitudinally displaceably supported at the middle rail element over rolling members that are guided in a rolling member cage. Provision is made in accordance with a first aspect that the rail elements are mechanically force-coupled via a rail synchronization arrangement such that on a longitudinal displacement of the outer rail element with respect to the inner rail element, the middle rail element is longitudinally displaced with respect to both the inner rail element and the outer rail element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, Markus Zollitsch, Florian Hoessle
  • Patent number: 10954667
    Abstract: An anchor for use in joining inner and outer wythes of the wall. The outer wythe is formed from successive courses of masonry units with a mortar-filled bed joint between each two adjacent courses. The anchor comprises an engagement portion configured for disposition in the bed joint and an attachment portion coupled to the engagement portion. The attachment portion is configured to be secured to the inner wythe. The attachment portion defines an elongate slot. A bushing defines an opening sized and shaped to receive a fastener to attach the attachment portion to the inner wythe. The bushing is movably attached to the attachment portion to permit movement of the bushing and attachment portion relative to one another. This permits the engagement portion to move relative to the outer wythe to position the engagement portion in the bed joint when the fastener secures the attachment portion to the inner wythe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Ronald P. Hohmann, Jr., Richard Osmanski
  • Patent number: 10907682
    Abstract: An auxiliary assembly device is provided for premounting a linear guide system on a top part. The linear guide system includes two linear guides having two respective mutually displaceable guide rails, which have mutually facing raceways. Rolling elements, which are disposed in a cage, are located between the mutually facing raceways. The auxiliary assembly device has an auxiliary rail, which is configured for connection to a respective narrow end of the two linear guides in order to hold the two linear guides with the top part in a preassembled state for insertion into a bottom part. A method for premounting a linear guide system on a top part is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SKF Motion Technologies AB
    Inventor: Bernd Gehling
  • Patent number: 10716964
    Abstract: An exercise machine carriage handle system for providing handles for an exerciser to grasp with their hands thereby expanding the type of exercises that may be performed. The exercise machine carriage handle system generally includes a frame having a track, a carriage movably connected to the track, a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, and a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side. The first handle and second handle are adapted for grasping with a first hand and a second hand respectively of a user during the performance of an exercise on the exercise machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, John C. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10611586
    Abstract: A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet stacking portion to be mounted into and drawn out of a mounting portion and provided with a side plate including a grip portion by which the sheet stacking portion can be drawn out in the draw-out direction. The sheet stacking portion is supported to be slidable in a draw-out direction by a rail, and the rail is supported to be slidable in the draw-out direction by a rail supporting portion provided in the mounting portion. A rotator is provided on either the rail supporting portion or the rail and disposed in contact with the other of the rail supporting portion and the rail. The rail, the rail supporting portion and the rotator are disposed on one side in the width direction of the sheet stacking portion, and the grip portion is disposed on the other side in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Umezawa, Taisuke Hyodo, Takashi Kuwata
  • Patent number: 10391625
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a workbench and a dockable cart. In an example, the apparatus can include a workbench frame including a first storage space and a docking area. A holding member can be coupled to the workbench frame to support the dockable cart using the workbench frame. The dockable cart can include a cart frame having a second storage space and a support element. In an example, the dockable cart can be moveable between a docked position and an undocked position. In the docked position, the support element can be engaged with the holding member to dock the dockable cart with the workbench frame including lifting the dockable cart. In the undocked position the dockable cart can be separated from the workbench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Shanghai Cartec Industrial and Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wang Gang, Xie Ying
  • Patent number: 10174785
    Abstract: A wire basket assembly comprises a wire basket comprising a plurality of coated wires; a wheel comprising an axle opening; and a bushing. The bushing comprises a cylindrical axle portion and a plurality of protrusions. The axle portion comprises (a) an outer surface about which a wheel may rotate and (b) a central opening defined by an internal surface of the axle portion. The plurality of protrusions (a) extend from the internal surface toward a primary axis of the axle portion and (b) are spaced apart about the circumference of the central opening. The wheel is disposed about the axle portion. A coated wire of the plurality of coated wires is secured within the central opening by the plurality of protrusions such the bushing is secured to the coated wire. The plurality of protrusions grip the coated wire via an interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Ellis, Dennis A. Poyner
  • Patent number: 9993077
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a sliding auxiliary device. The second rail is longitudinally movable relative to the first rail. The sliding auxiliary device is movably arranged between the first rail and the second rail. The sliding auxiliary device includes a first part and a second part mutually engaged. At least one rolling member is mounted to one of the first part and the second part for facilitating the second rail to move relative to the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Hsiu-Chiang Liang, Ci-Bin Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9759261
    Abstract: High temperature rolling element bearings and methods for manufacturing high temperature bearing components, such as bearing races or rings, are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a powder mixture containing a superalloy powder admixed with hard wear particles, such as carbide particles. The powder mixture is consolidated utilizing a spark plasma sintering process during which the powder mixture is compressed into a sintered blank, while an electrical current is conducted through the powder mixture to heat the powder mixture to a sintering temperature. The sintered blank is then machined to impart the bearing component with its final shape. Precipitate hardening may also be performed, if desired. The spark plasma sintering process is controlled to limit the temperature and duration of the powder consolidation process thereby imparting the resulting bearing component with an enhanced hot hardness and other desirable properties at highly elevated operating temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Amer Aizaz, Derek Anthony Rice
  • Patent number: 9204722
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a body rail which can be mounted on a furniture body via a fastening section, and a drawer rail which can be fastened on a drawer and is mounted movably relative to the body rail. The drawer rail has a side web facing the fastening section. A central rail is mounted movably between the body rail and the drawer rail, and a bearing with at least one supporting roller via which the drawer rail is supported in the closed state is on the body rail. The bearing is arranged at a front end region of the central rail or of the drawer rail so as to be non-displaceable during operation in the longitudinal direction of the rail on which the bearing is arranged. The side web of the drawer rail is arranged between the supporting roller and the fastening section of the body rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Wilfried Violand, Ulrich Greussing
  • Patent number: 9091106
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a panel hardware system and related methods. The panel hardware system can comprise a track and a wheel configured to interface with the track. The panel hardware system can also comprise a hanger including an extension portion, and a panel coupling portion to couple with a panel, wherein the track or the wheel is coupleable to a support structure and the other of the track or the wheel is coupleable to the extension portion such that the panel is movable relative to the support structure. In addition, the panel hardware system can comprise an adjustable spacer operable with the track, the wheel, and/or the hanger to provide a distance between the panel and the support structure as the panel moves relative to the support structure. The spacer can facilitate variable spacing configurations to accommodate a variety of panel dimensions or support structure configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Inventors: Kathryn J. Allen, Paul J. Allen
  • Patent number: 8864379
    Abstract: A system to carry a drawer may include a fixed-length rail to be fastened to a server rack. The system may also include a roller fastened to the fixed-length rail on one side of the roller so that the roller spins freely. The system may further include a channel carried by a drawer, and the channel is sized to permit the roller to traverse a portion of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kristina M. Hays, John J. Loparco, Steven C. McIntosh, Stephen P. Mroz, Kevin R. Qualters, Scott A. Shurson
  • Publication number: 20140300128
    Abstract: A bearing skate system for an extendable cargo bed frame assembly is provided to improve the performance of the cargo bed frame assembly. The bearing skate system has a plurality of pivotable bearing skates and each bearing skate has a pivotable skate plate having a plurality of rotating main bearings distributed along the skate plate between each side of a pivot axis of said skate plate to allow a plurality of said rotating main bearings of each skate plate to participate in supporting the cargo bed frame assembly and a cargo load on the cargo bed frame assembly when the assembly is in a closed position, in an open position, and in all intermediate positions between the closed position and the open position during extension or retraction of the cargo bed frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: NATE H. CALVIN, THOMAS VAR REEVE, PATRICK C. BEYERS
  • Patent number: 8829399
    Abstract: A method and device for heating or hardening at least an axial segment of a rotationally-symmetric surface of a work piece includes rotating the work piece about its rotational axis and moving a peripheral portion of an inductor along a longitudinal profile of the axial segment of the rotating work piece with a constant spacing between the peripheral portion and the axial segment. At least a portion of the movement of the peripheral portion is composed of a first vector component in the direction of the rotational axis and a second component extending perpendicularly to the first vector component. The peripheral portion has a length in the rotational axis direction that is less the length of the axial segment in the rotational axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Marco Burtchen, Michael Jung
  • Publication number: 20140241651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pull-out guide for a drawer, comprising a body rail that is to be attached to a furniture body, a drawer rail that is to be attached to the drawer, and a central rail that is movably mounted between the body rail and the drawer rail, wherein at least one carriage having at least one rolling element is mounted in a movable manner between the central rail and the drawer rail, and wherein the at least one rolling element runs on at least one support profile of the central rail, wherein the at least one support profile is arranged as a separate component on the central rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich GREUSSING
  • Patent number: 8657497
    Abstract: A slide-rail stabilizing structure includes a sliding-rail frame, a sliding seat, an adjusting seat and elastic members. The sliding-rail frame includes a first sliding rail and a second sliding rail. The sliding seat provided with two sliding-seat moving objects is slidably moved along the first sliding rail. The adjusting seat has an adjusting-seat moving object abutted against the second sliding rail. The elastic members are respectively disposed between the sliding seat and the adjusting seat, so that the adjusting-seat moving objects linked by the linked adjusting seat retains an elasticity to abut against the second sliding rail, forming the sliding seat to stably assemble with and to smoothly slide on the sliding-rail frame. Meanwhile, the adjusting-seat moving object exerts a driving force on the sliding seat when the adjusting-seat moving object slides to the curved portion, thus attaining labor saving at the terminal of the sliding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 8639081
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 8430567
    Abstract: A load adaptive roller carriage assembly for use with a slide assembly where the roller carriage assembly is configured to provide auxiliary load support. The load adaptive roller carriage assembly includes a carriage, at least two rollers rotatably connected to the carriage, and the carriage is configured to permit each roller to move independently relative to each other roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Edward A. Lobbezoo
  • Publication number: 20130076221
    Abstract: Rolling body of a moving carriage cage for drawer guides, wherein the rolling body has an internal core part and a separate casing part surrounding the core part, wherein the core part is preferably composed of a first plastic, and the casing part is preferably composed of a second plastic, wherein the plastics of the core part and of the casing part have different indentation hardnesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
  • Publication number: 20130028544
    Abstract: A linear bearing drawer slide assembly comprised of a spring damper mechanism attached to a fixed member slidingly engaged with a middle member slidingly engaged with a drawer member. The spring damper mechanism is comprised of a base connected to a guide track which includes a longitudinal channel and a pair of opposing catches. A carriage slidingly engages the guide track. A pivotal latch pivots on a column of the carriage and further includes a pair of posts that extend through the carriage to engage the pair of catches in the guide track. The base and the carriage secure a pair of springs providing a balanced closing force against a damper which reduces unwanted wear and prolongs the useable life of the drawer slide assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Mark Jeffrey Lowe
  • Publication number: 20120248956
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a body rail to be fastened to a furniture body and at least one pull-out rail slidably supported relative thereto. The rail is supported so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. At least one carriage having at least four load-transmitting rolling elements is supported between the rails. The rolling elements run on a runway of a rail, and the runway has a first substantially horizontal, straight guide section in the rear end area and a second substantially horizontal, straight guide section in the front end area. The first and the second guide sections are interconnected by a third guide section that extends downward at an angle from the first to the second guide section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Emanuel NETZER
  • Publication number: 20120139399
    Abstract: An adjustable rack assembly for a washing appliance. The adjustable rack assembly includes a rack having a first side wall and an opposing second side wall, a first rail assembly having a first plurality of horizontal rails, and a second rail assembly having a second plurality of horizontal rails. A first support assembly is coupled to the first side wall of the rack and includes a first support plate configured to be removably coupled to the first rail assembly at a first horizontal rail of the first plurality of horizontal rails. A second support assembly is coupled to the second side wall of the rack and includes a second support plate configured to be removably coupled to the second rail assembly at a first horizontal rail of the second plurality of horizontal rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Aaron Matthew McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20120114272
    Abstract: A system to carry a drawer may include a fixed-length rail to be fastened to a server rack. The system may also include a roller fastened to the fixed-length rail on one side of the roller so that the roller spins freely. The system may further include a channel carried by a drawer, and the channel is sized to permit the roller to traverse a portion of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kristina M. Hays, John J. Loparco, Steven C. Mclntosh, Stephen P. Mroz, Kevin R. Qualters, Scott A. Shurson
  • Publication number: 20120104914
    Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes at least one wash compartment and a rack guide rail for support in the wash compartment of a rack which holds items to be washed and/or dried. The rack guide rail has a running surface to allow movement of the rack in and out of the wash compartment for loading and unloading purposes along a travel path supported on the running surface. The rack guide rail is hereby supported at a support point for pivoting about a pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Johann Jobst, Thomas Wachinger
  • Publication number: 20120080988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pull-out guide for drawers, comprising a body rail to be fastened to a furniture body and at least one pull-out rail that can be moved relative to the body rail, and comprising an adjustment device, by which a position of a drawer that is connected or can be connected to the pull-out rail can be adjusted, wherein the adjustment device comprises at least one retaining pin that can be inserted in a provided borehole of the drawer and a bearing part mounted on the pull-out rail, wherein the bearing part is arranged at the rear end of the pull-out rail and extends at a distance to an upper side of the pull-out rail in a substantially horizontal direction in the longitudinal direction of the pull-out rail, wherein the bearing part is mounted adjustably inside the retaining pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventor: Ulrich GREUSSING
  • Patent number: 8027558
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 8002470
    Abstract: A drawable track assembly comprises a track and a retainer; the track being installed on a drawable box or other computer peripherals; the track having a plurality of locking points serving to be combined with a drawable box; the retainer is locked to a frame; and the retainer being installed with at least one rolling unit; thereby, a center of the retainer being formed with a sliding space at a central area thereof for receiving the track. Each of two sides of a long sheet of the track is extended with a strip for retaining a drawable box. A front end of the retainer is bent with a bending section with at least one through hole. The rolling unit is formed with a rolling post and a bearing set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: LIF J.K. Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Tsun Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110188788
    Abstract: The drawer rail assembly is belonging to the field of furniture. This invention includes fixed rail, intermediate rail, outer pull-out rail, the first retainer and the second retainer. The outer pull-out rail has the first bending part and the second bending part. There are third bending part and forth bending part in the intermediate rail's vertical plane. There is a first ball bearing between the first bending part and the third bending part. There is a second ball bearing between the second bending part and the forth bending part. This invention ensures comprehensive supports among rails, reducing potential gaps to the minimum, improving the feeling to pull and push drawer. It adapts to be set in any furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Shaohan LI
  • Patent number: 7975348
    Abstract: A hinge has a guiding component, a sliding component and a pivoting device. The guiding component has a base and a track. The base has a top, a free end, a pivoting end and a pivoting portion. The pivoting portion is formed on the pivoting end. The track is mounted on the top of the base near the free end and has two wings. The wings protrude out respectively and traversely from the track. The sliding component is slidably mounted around the track and has a bottom and two recesses. The recesses are formed on the bottom of the sliding component, are opposite to each other and are respectively mounted around the wings. The pivoting device is pivotally mounted to the pivoting portion of the guiding component. Therefore, the guiding component is mounted slidably on the guiding component and pivotally to the pivoting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Shin Zu Shing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Feng Lin
  • Publication number: 20110162402
    Abstract: Provided is a rail assembly fixed to the sides of a storage compartment of a refrigerator, with rail housings supporting rail members that insert and extrude a storage container, and a light source fixed to a rail housing to indicate whether a certain function is being performed in the storage compartment and function as a lamp that illuminates the inside of the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Jin-Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20110083377
    Abstract: A cantilevered sliding trolley to house a full-sized truck tool box or similar. The slide hardware is behind the toolbox. This allows complete exposure of the tool box to the user. A pair of J shaped tracks are mounted to an outer frame. Treated lumber, 2×6 Inch fir or like being used for the frame. Weatherproof rollers 2 Inches or more in diameter suspend the trolley system slide. A single cable and spring is attached at the roller axle. It absorbs the shock of fully opening and slamming closed. A 12 Inch section of the J material is mounted upside down at the leading edge of the trolley frame. This relieves torque on the trolley frame when in the closed position. The Big Drawer assemblies can be mounted laterally or longitudinally. The tool box can move to exposure along it's long or short axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventor: Randall Lee Graffis
  • Publication number: 20110081104
    Abstract: A slide assembly includes first and second slides and a ball bearing device mounted between the first and second slides to allow smooth sliding movement of the first slide in the second slide. The first slide includes a vertical wall and upper and lower, first rails extending horizontally from upper and lower ends of the vertical wall of the first slide in the same direction. Each of two ends of the vertical wall of the first slide includes an actuation piece extending toward the second slide. The second slide includes a vertical wall and upper and lower, second rails extending horizontally from upper and lower ends of the vertical wall of the second slide toward the first slide. A protrusion is formed on each of two ends of each of the upper and lower, second rails and extends toward the upper and lower, first rails of the first slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventor: Chien-I Chiang
  • Publication number: 20110063781
    Abstract: A moving module and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and the moving module disposed between the first and second bodies. The moving module includes a rail, a moving element, and an elastic element. The moving element is in contact with the rail. The elastic element is connected between the moving element and the first body. When the moving element moves from a first end of the rail to a curved portion of the rail, a force exerted on the elastic element by the moving element is gradually increased. When the moving element passes the curved portion, an elastic restoration force of the elastic element drives the moving element to move toward a second end of the rail. When the moving element reaches the first end or the second end, the first body and the second body interfere with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Kuang Liu, Yu-Min Chen, Cheng-Te Chen
  • Publication number: 20110037286
    Abstract: A storage box comprises a housing with open ends and a tray that slides out either open end and up to at least fifty percent or up to at least sixty percent of the length of the tray may slide out either open end. Latch members operable from either open end of the housing selectively hold the tray in a centered position and can be released to allow the tray to slide out a selected end of the housing. Multiple latch member mating members may be associated with the housing for selective engagement by the latch members to latch the tray in multiple extended positions between the centered position and fully retracted positions out either the first or second open ends. Latch engagement members mounted on the doors engage latches connecting the tray to the housing when the doors are shut to prevent the latches from becoming unlatched when the doors are shut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Michael W. Nebel
  • Patent number: 7869683
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes