Patents Assigned to Hardware
  • Built-in electric air pump for inflatable product
    Patent number: 11536282
    Abstract: A built-in electric air pump for an inflatable product includes an outer casing, an inner casing, a motor, and an impeller. The outer casing has an accommodating cavity therein. The inner casing is rotatably disposed in the accommodating cavity. By rotating the inner casing, the inflatable product can be inflated or deflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG HONGZHU PLASTIC & HARDWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Tsai
  • Electric strike lock
    Patent number: 11536054
    Abstract: An electric strike lock is disclosed. The electric strike lock cooperates with a lock when in use. The lock has a lock tongue. The electric strike lock includes a base. The base has an opening for accommodating the lock tongue. The base has a pair of grooves corresponding to two opposite sides of the opening. Two sliding members are slidably disposed in the respective grooves. The sliding members are connected with at least one driving unit for the sliding members to slide closer to each other so that the lock tongue is engaged in the opening, or for the sliding members to gradually slide away from each other so that the lock tongue is disengaged from the opening, thereby performing locking and unlocking operations on a door in a sliding manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: POWERTEK HARDWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yu Chen
  • Electronic cylinder lock
    Patent number: 11536051
    Abstract: An electronic cylinder lock has a main body. The main body is provided with a rotary cam. A first shaft is connected to the rotary cam. The first shaft has a first engaging portion. The main body is provided with a second shaft. The second shaft has a second engaging portion. A control lever is connected to the second shaft. A driving source is connected to the control lever. The driving source can drive the control lever to pull the second shaft to approach the first shaft, so that the second engaging portion is engaged with the first engaging portion, thereby improving the joint stability between the second engaging portion and the first engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: POWERTEK HARDWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yu Chen
  • Switch Hinge
    Publication number: 20220403689
    Abstract: A hinge for a door pivotally mounted on a cabinet is provided with a switch for activating an electrical circuit within the cabinet. The switch has a reed sensor mounted within a base of the hinge for activating the electrical circuit and a magnetic actuator affixed to a pivot pin of the hinge for moving relative to the reed sensor to activate the reed sensor between a normally open position deactivating the electrical circuit when the door is closed and a closed position activating the electrical circuit when the door is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Component Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James Rowland, Viranjitsinh Chudasama
  • Foldable shelf and combined shelf thereof
    Patent number: 11523686
    Abstract: An foldable shelf includes: a foldable support body, where the support body can be switched between a folded state and an unfolded state; several layer plates, where the several layer plates fit with the support body to form a storage space in the unfolded state and reduce a volume of the foldable shelf in the folded state; and a fixing mechanism for securing the layer plates to the support body, where the fixing mechanism includes: a first fastener, where an outer surface of the first fastener is provided with at least one protrusion; and a second fastener, where the second fastener is provided with a groove for accommodating the first fastener; where a side wall of the groove is provided with a through hole matching the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG WIREKING HOUSEWARES & HARDWARE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nengwen Liu, Feifei Li, Yongkang Huo
  • Frame end cap package
    Patent number: 11518598
    Abstract: A frame package including a back panel, an inside panel tab, a front panel, and an inside panel is provided. The inside panel tab extends from the back panel. The front panel extends from the back panel and defines a region to rest upon a corner portion of a frame. The inside panel extends from the front panel and includes an inside panel tab slot. The back panel, the front panel, and the inside panel are arranged with one another to fold about the corner portion of the frame and for the inside panel to extend through a frame opening such that the corner portion of the frame is covered by at least one of the back panel and the front panel. The inside panel tab is received within the inside panel tab slot to secure the back panel to the inside panel without an additional fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Ryan Martin, Earl David Forrest
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION FROM NEAR-FIELD ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
    Publication number: 20220368375
    Abstract: A system for energy transmission and reception from near-field electromagnetic waves, the system including a transmitting subsystem and a receiving subsystem, said transmitting and receiving subsystems being configured to, respectively, transmit and receive energy from near-field electromagnetic waves. A method for transmitting and receiving energy from near-field electromagnetic waves by a system for transmitting and receiving energy from near-field electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Ibbx Inovacao em Sistemas de Software e Hardware Ltda
    Inventors: Luis Fernando Pigoso Destro, William Norberto Aloise, Vanderlei Goncalves
  • In-process roll-bond plate and method for manufacturing a roll-bond heat exchanger
    Patent number: 11499787
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a roll-bond heat exchanger has steps of: (1) A preparing step: preparing an in-process roll-bond plate that has a main plate with a bulged structure, and a degassing portion with a tube; (2) A degassing step: removing air from the bulged structure through the tube; (3) A filling step: filling refrigerant into the bulged structure; (4) A pressing step: pressing the bulged structure flat to form a pressed portion; (5) A cutting step: cutting the degassing portion to form a cut portion on the main plate; and (6) A sealing step: welding the cut portion. The main plate and the degassing portion are integrally formed as a single part and the degassing portion is able to be directly connected with the vacuum filling machine. Accordingly, processing steps and manpower for manufacturing the roll-bond heat exchanger are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VAST GLORY ELECTRONIC & HARDWARE & PLASTIC (HUI ZHOU) LTD
    Inventors: Lei Lei Liu, Yousen Lin
  • DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH WAGGLE REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20220356729
    Abstract: A door lock system may include an outer spindle operatively connected to a disc with a larger diameter than a diameter of the outer spindle. The disc may include an opening that slidingly receives a lock spindle along a lock axis configured to engage a lock body. The lock spindle and the spindle opening may have complementary shapes and sizes such that the lock spindle is rotationally coupled to the disc about the center axis. Torque may be transmitted from a handle to the disc and from the disc to the lock spindle via the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
  • DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH SELF ADJUSTING SPINDLES
    Publication number: 20220356731
    Abstract: A door lock system that adjusts to doors of different thicknesses. The door lock system may include self-adjusting spindles that engage and center a lock body in a door. The spindles may exert equal and opposing forces that center the lock body within the door and align the lock body with a latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
  • DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220356730
    Abstract: A door lock system includes a toolless handing assembly that selectively sets a handle in a left or right home position. The handing assembly may cooperate with a disc and a spring that biases the disc to a default position. The disc may be rotated in a first direction to set the disc in a first home position. A catch may engage the disc to retain the disc in the first home position. The catch may be released to return the disc to the default position and the disc may be rotated in a second direction to set the disc in a second home position, opposite the first home position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
  • DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH SAFEGUARDING AGAINST BYPASSING
    Publication number: 20220356732
    Abstract: A lock portion of an electronic door lock system includes a first housing and a second housing secured to a backplate of the first housing. The second housing is secured to a first surface of the backplate and only accessible from a second surface of the backplate. One or more wires are secured to the second housing in a service loop and connected to an actuator within the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
  • Anti-derailing device for sliding door
    Patent number: 11492831
    Abstract: An anti-derailing device for a sliding door, including slide rollers on upper edges of two sides of the sliding door, anti-bounce rollers below the slide rollers, rail supporting bases on a fixed door in front of the sliding door, and a rail fixed on opposite outer sides of the sliding door and the fixed door and clamped between the rollers. Each roller includes a fixed part and a first adjusting part which includes a first eccentric roller combined with the fixed part, each roller includes a fixing part and a second adjusting part which includes a second eccentric roller combined with the fixing part, and each rail supporting base includes a positioning part and a holding part for holding the rail. By adjusting positions of the rollers and without pre-machined holes, the sliding door can operate balanced and smoothly and prevent the rail from derailing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: EPCO Architecture Hardware (Taiwan) Corp., Eurotech Showers Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Chou Kao, James Simmons
  • Linear motor for sliding door
    Patent number: 11486182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linear motor for a sliding door, comprising a mover assembly, a stator assembly and a controller for controlling the mover assembly to move, the stator assembly is electrically connected with the controller, and comprises two or more stators; the controller is arranged between the two adjacent stators; and end parts of the stators on two sides of the controller are provided with Hall devices. The mover assembly can move on a left side and a right side of the controller, and the moving range is increased. Furthermore, the Hall devices are arranged at the end parts of the stators on the two sides of the controller, the moving range of the mover assembly to the left side and the right side can be further increased, so that the system can adapt to a wider door opening without changing the length of the stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN OPIKE HARDWARE PRODUCTS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jiangde Xu
  • Light emitting fan and heat dissipation device
    Patent number: 11486571
    Abstract: A light emitting fan includes a frame, a circuit board, an impeller, a decorative board, a light emitting component, and a light guiding component. The circuit board is disposed on the frame. The impeller includes a hub and blades connected to the hub. The insertion hole has an end connected to an outer top surface of the hub and extends towards the circuit board. The decorative board is fixed to the frame and located farther away from the circuit board than the outer top surface of the hub. The light emitting component is disposed on the circuit board. The light guiding component is inserted into the insertion hole of the hub. Light emitted by the light emitting component is incident on the decorative board via the light guiding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: VAST GLORY ELECTRONICS & HARDWARE & PLASTIC(HUI ZHOU) LTD.
    Inventor: Shi Man Xu
  • Sliding closure for cabinets
    Patent number: 11486178
    Abstract: A frame includes sliding panels to cover an opening of a cabinet. The panels are mounted to interlocking stiffeners. Each of the interlocking stiffeners includes a base portion that forms a channel to receive a forward leading edge or a rear leading edge of the panels. The interlocking stiffeners share forces between the panels. A latch assembly may also be engaged to the interlocking stiffener attached to the forward leading edge of the panel. The latch assembly includes a protruding or projecting portion, such as a bullnose, that positions the latch assembly with respect to a side frame member. During a closing operation, the protruding portion enters a channel of the side frame member. The protruding portion engages with the channel of the side frame member, which results in proper alignment for the latch assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Austin Hardware & Supply Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Jeffries, Jason Ross Jeffries
  • WINDOW OPERATOR HANDLE AND COVER WITH MAGNETIC SECURING FEATURES AND DETENT
    Publication number: 20220341237
    Abstract: A window operator handle and cover with magnetic features that enable the handle to be retained to the cover in a folded position. The handle can have a detent mechanism to retain the handle in an unfolded position. The operator cover can also be attached to the operator with magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Truth Hardware Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Dallmann, Eric Fickas, Jonathan P. Hickman
  • WINDOW OPERATOR HANDLE AND COVER WITH MAGNETIC SECURING FEATURES
    Publication number: 20220341238
    Abstract: A window operator handle and cover with magnetic features that enable the handle to be retained to the cover in a folded position. The operator cover can also be attached to the operator with magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Truth Hardware Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Dallmann, Eric Fickas, Jonathan P. Hickman
  • Cabinet handle
    Patent number: D968192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.
    Inventor: Stephanie Mersky
  • Hinge angle restriction clip
    Patent number: D972928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: WENZHOU XINGYI HARDWARE PRODUCTS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Haifeng Weng