Patents Examined by Carlos Lugo
  • Patent number: 10597908
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch device which prevents a theft component from getting into an operation-mechanism holding portion thereby improving an anti-theft performance of the vehicle door latch device, by a smaller and lighter arrangement. On a synthetic-resin body, a protection wall is provided that prevents a theft component, inserted in the door, from getting into the casing by covering a connecting part of an outside lever and an operation mechanism, held in the casing, from a vehicle-outside direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takao Taga
  • Patent number: 10597907
    Abstract: A vehicle door operating device includes an opening inside lever connected to an inside handle in a door inside a vehicle, a childproof lock lever that moves between a childproof unlock position and a childproof lock position; a switch lever, a childproof sensor and a single engagement pin. When the childproof lock lever is in the childproof lock position, opening action of the inside handle cannot be transmitted to a door latch device, but can be transmitted to the switch lever. When the childproof lock lever is in the childproof unlock position, releasing action of the opening inside lever can be transmitted to door latch devices for holding a door closed via a single engagement pin, but cannot be transmitted to the switch lever. When the childproof lock lever is in the childproof lock position, the releasing action of the opening inside lever cannot be transmitted to the door latch device via the engagement pin, but can be transmitted to the switch lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Yamashita, Shigenori Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 10594880
    Abstract: A lock lever structure includes a shaft; a cam attached to the shaft to fit a different-shaped portion of the shaft to prevent rotation of the cam in a circumferential direction of the shaft, the different-shaped portion having a different shape in cross section from a round portion of the shaft; a lever having an inner hollow cylindrical portion larger than an outline of the shaft and attached to the shaft to be rotatable in the circumferential direction of the shaft; a spring attached to the shaft to press the cam and the lever in an axial direction of the shaft; and a retainer attached to the shaft to retain the spring, the cam, and the lever to the shaft. The cam has at least two valley portions. The lever has a contact portion to contact the cam. The contact portion has a base shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakie Higuchi, Yuki Sato, Shiro Akama, Tsuyoshi Endo, Tsutomu Osawa, Yuta Ueda
  • Patent number: 10590680
    Abstract: A top pull gravity latch device to selectively secure a gate in a closed position to block the opening or portal in a fence, wall or other barrier comprising a latch assembly including a latch actuator assembly, intermediate pull actuator assembly and pivotal latch member each movable between a first and second position and a keeper assembly including a striker pin to selectively engage the pivotal latch member to move the pivotal latch member from the first to second position when the keeper assembly is moved from the second to first position and back to the first position wherein the gate is securely closed when the latch actuator assembly, intermediate pull actuator assembly, pivot latch member of the latch assembly and the striker pin of the keeper assembly are all in the first position and wherein the intermediate pull actuator assembly is moved from the first to second position to move the pivotal latch member from the first to second position clearing the striker pin of the keeper assembly to be moved
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONWIDE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Mizner, E. Erik Timothy
  • Patent number: 10584521
    Abstract: A motor vehicle secondary hood latch release mechanism for a hood comprises a striker disposed on the hood, a secondary hood latch having an externally actuated release pawl, the secondary hood latch urged to a first position in engagement with the striker and a second position disengaged from the striker, and a longitudinally actuated release push button assembly, the push button assembly comprising a push button having a forward position and a rearward position, a guide along which the push button moves between the forward position and the rearward position, and a longitudinally extending actuator operatively coupled with the push button, wherein the longitudinally extending actuator comprises an inclined cam surface that engages and displaces the externally actuated release pawl of the secondary hood latch from the first position to the second position as the push button is moved from the forward position to the rearward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Berenice Nieto Avila, Ricardo Jimenez, Ricardo Sanchez
  • Patent number: 10577839
    Abstract: A system, the system having: a pair of levers; and an over center spring secured to each of the pair of levers such that each leg of the over center spring is received by features on each respective lever, wherein opposing forces on each leg of the over center spring creates a negative torque on a first one of the pair of levers and a positive torque on a second one of the pair of levers when the system is in a first position and wherein the system when in a second position approximately half way to a final position from the first position provides zero torque to the pair of levers and wherein the system when in the final position creates a positive torque on the first one of the pair of levers and a negative torque on the second one of the pair of levers when the system is in the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Donald M. Perkins
  • Patent number: 10577832
    Abstract: An exit device located in a door frame having a door strike including a latchbolt assembly, a pushbar assembly, and a link assembly. The latchbolt assembly includes an extended position configured to engage the door strike, and a retracted position configured to move past the door strike. The pushbar assembly moves from a released position to a pressed position to move the latchbolt assembly from the extended position to the retracted position. The link assembly is operatively connected to the pushbar assembly and includes a security link having an elongated aperture and a pin configured to extend through the elongated aperture about which the security link rotates. A keeper surrounds the pin and supports the security link for rotation. In the event of extreme heat, the keeper melts and the security link moves to a position to substantially prevent opening of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Walter T. Blanchard, Jack R. Lehner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10577837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock (1) for an openable body section of a motor vehicle including: a lever (10) for opening said openable body section intended for allowing the opening of the openable body section; a locking means (12) configured to adopt an operative locking position in which said locking means (12) locks said opening lever (10) and an inoperative position in which said locking means (12) allows the movement of said lever (10); a resilient locking return means (14) configured so as to move said locking means (12) from the inoperative position to the operative locking position; and a triggering means (16) configured so as to adopt an inoperative position in which said triggering means (16) locks the locking means (12) in the inoperative position thereof and an operative unlocking position in which said trigger (16) releases said locking means (12) in order for the later to pass from the inoperative position to the operative locking position, the opening lever (10) including a driving means (11c)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: François Debroucke, Laurent Duriez, Cédric Lamidon
  • Patent number: 10563427
    Abstract: An integrated adjustable keeper shim for an electric strike is provided. The keeper shim may be included in a keeper assembly of the electric strike, wherein the electric strike includes a housing defining an entry chamber that operates in conjunction with a latch of a lockset. The engaged position of the latch secures a door within the entry chamber when the door is in a closed state. The keeper assembly comprises a keeper rotatably mounted to the housing, and is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The keeper retains the latch in the entry chamber when the keeper is in the locked position and the latch is in the engaged position. The keeper shim is adjustably mounted to the keeper, wherein a position of the keeper shim relative to the keeper is selected to minimize a gap defined between the keeper shim and the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Matthew Sims, Michael Allen Webb
  • Patent number: 10558246
    Abstract: A chassis device and its cover structure and lifting mechanism, the chassis structure includes a chassis, a cover and a lifting mechanism further including a first magnetic member fixed to the cover, a second magnetic member fixed to the chassis; a movable sleeve sheathed on the second magnetic member and capable of sliding with respect to the second magnetic member, an elastic element installed between the chassis and the movable sleeve and pushing the movable sleeve away from the chassis to resume its original position, and a third magnetic member fixed to the movable sleeve, and the third magnetic member has a side attracted or repelled with respect to the first magnetic member and the other side attracted or repelled with respect to the second magnetic member. The second and third magnetic members have a magnetic attraction force greater than an elastic restoring force of the elastic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Yung-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 10550612
    Abstract: A latch assembly which provides a locking latch that pivots with movement of the handle and also pivots independently of movement of the handle in order to allow closure of the drawer or door without requiring that the handle be actuated to an open position for closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB
    Inventors: Craig Reske, James Tierney, Clayton Meyers
  • Patent number: 10550611
    Abstract: A door handle, which can be mounted in movable fashion in or on an automobile, and of an actuation device for the door handle, wherein the door handle has a handle section and two mounting sections arranged in the region of opposite ends of the handle section, wherein the actuation device comprises an actuation lever which, by one end thereof, is pivotably connected to a first of the mounting sections and, by the other end thereof, is mounted on a housing section so as to be pivotable between a rest position and an actuated position, wherein, when the actuation lever is in the rest position, the door handle assumes a closed position, and when the actuation lever is in the actuated position, the door handle assumes an actuated position from which the door handle can be pulled manually into an open position in order to unlock a door lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Roland Och
  • Patent number: 10533354
    Abstract: A flush-mounted handle assembly for a cargo door having an exterior rotatable handle having a bumper assembly and an interior rotatable handle, a housing having a cavity for receipt of the exterior rotatable handle and an actuator positioned between the interior rotatable handle and housing. The housing having a skid plate positioned within the cavity for receipt of the bumper when the exterior rotatable handle is rotated and the housing also having a shaft removably connected to the housing by a nut for receipt of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Skylock Industries
    Inventor: Braskel E. Phillips
  • Patent number: 10526818
    Abstract: The application is directed to a motor vehicle lock for a door arrangement, wherein the catch may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker, wherein the pawl may be brought into an engagement position, wherein the pawl may be deflected into a release position, wherein an actuation lever is provided for deflecting the pawl, wherein a switchable lock arrangement is in an actuation drive train between the actuation lever and the pawl, wherein the switchable lock arrangement may be brought into a functional state, wherein, with the switchable lock arrangement being in the unlocked state, an actuation movement of the actuation lever deflects the pawl and a drive train component of the actuation drive train is decoupled from the pawl for letting the actuation movement of the actuation lever run free or a drive train component is blocked for blocking an actuation movement of the actuation lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: David Rosales, Michael Wittelsbuerger, Stepan Hanke
  • Patent number: 10526826
    Abstract: An interlock device of a ring main unit configured to be attached to an inner frame of the ring main unit controls an attachment and detachment of a cable cover using a spring, thereby including an effect of facilitating the attachment and detachment of the cable cover through an elastic force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinhyun Park
  • Patent number: 10526820
    Abstract: A handle system and mechanism for a vehicle rolling door is disclosed. The system has an inside handle with a handle portion and a shank portion. The system also has a selectively rotatable swing plate. The swing plate selectively contacts the shank portion of the inside handle to assist in opening the door. The swing plate can also contact a stop plate. An outside handle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Transglobal, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Schroeder, Keith E. Dunbar
  • Patent number: 10526815
    Abstract: A mounting assembly (10) for the electromagnet (12) of an electromagnetic door locking system, the mounting assembly (10) comprising: a main body portion (14) affixable, in use, to a door frame (18), the main body portion (14) comprising at least two channels adapted to receive a corresponding set of tabs associated with the electromagnet (12) and a set of locking screws (30) cooperating with the channels and being adapted, upon tightening, to deform the channels to clamp the tabs to fix the electromagnet (12) relative to the main body portion (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Gingers Spark Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Gillespie
  • Patent number: 10501964
    Abstract: An apparatus for engaging a locking mechanism having a first body, a second body, and two bolt assemblies. The first body having a longitudinal interior channel and recesses on each end. The second body having an interior channel. The bolt assemblies having first and second bolts, a connection member, and a tongue. The first bolt being insertable into the first body and slidable and rotatable therein. The second bolt being insertable into said second body and slidable therein. Engaging the lock by inserting the first bolt into the interior channel of the first body and the second bolt into the interior channel of the second body. The rotation of the bolt assemblies allows the user to align the second bolts with the channel of the second body. The tongue forms an interference fit with the recesses on the first body to hold the lock tightly in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Ali Kashani
  • Patent number: 10493871
    Abstract: A lock device is provided with: a latch unit having a slit which allows a striker to enter and exit and configured to engage with and to be disengaged from the striker; and a support member for supporting a spring member outside the latch unit in such a manner that the spring member extends in the width direction of the slit. The spring member is elastically deformed when in contact with the striker having entered the slit, and as a result, the spring member applies pressing force to the striker, the pressing force acting in the direction in which the striker exits the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Tone
  • Patent number: 10487545
    Abstract: A latch arrangement for fastening a panel of a door or a window to a frame element, the panel including a depression is provided. The latch arrangement includes a locking element pivotally mounted on the frame element and displaceable between a locked position in which the locking element is engaged with the depression of the panel locking thereby the panel to the frame element, and an unlocked position in which the locking element is disengaged from the depression of the panel unlocking thereby the panel from the frame element, a stop latch selectively deployable to secure the locking element in the locked position, precluding thereby displacement of the locking element to the unlocked position; and an actuating mechanism configured to selectively pivot the locking element away from the depression to the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: DAN RAZ LTD.
    Inventor: Amir Raz