Patents Examined by Carlos Lugo
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Patent number: 10487548Abstract: The invention relates to a door handle (30) for a vehicle door (40) of a vehicle with a tension means (10), wherein the tension means (30) can in particular be mechanically operatively connected with a detachable cover element (31), and a container element (20), wherein the container element (20) is situated inside of the door handle (30), and designed to accept a functional element (33) of the door handle (30).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Beck, Martin Witte, Ulrike Fichert, Igor Gorenzweig, Stefan Mönig
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Patent number: 10480217Abstract: A lock having a housing defining a cavity with first and second opposing side walls and an opening for receiving a locking bolt, the locking bolt moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position is provided. The lock includes a rotary actuator having a rotary output and responsive to entry of an electronic combination input by a user; and a sliding blocking mechanism responsive to said rotary output and moveable between a blocking position for blocking the locking bolt in the locked position and an unblocking position for allowing the locking bolt to move into the unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: MG TECH CENTER BV H.O.D.N. LOCK TECHNOLOGYInventor: Klaus W. Gartner
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Patent number: 10472868Abstract: A vehicle door latch device includes: an interlocking unit assembly including an interlocking mechanism configured to hold the door in a closed position by engaging with a striker; and an operating unit assembly including an operating mechanism configured to switch over the door between a locked state and an unlocked state. The interlocking unit assembly includes a body having a striker advancing groove. The operating unit assembly includes: a casing, in which the interlocking unit assembly is fitted, and in which the operating mechanism is installed; a lock lever configured to move the door to a locked position where the door is in the locked state and an unlocked position where the door is in the unlocked state; an emergency operating member turnably supported by the body of the interlocking unit assembly about an axis; and a slide lever slidably installed in the casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Nozawa, Tomoharu Nagaoka
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Patent number: 10465425Abstract: A door latch assembly for an automotive vehicle door includes a gearless cinch actuator. The cinch actuator includes an extensible housing member connected to a threaded rod by a nut. The extensible housing member is also connected to a cable for cinching the door. A motor rotates the threaded rod, which moves the extensible housing member between rest and cinched positions. The motor is connected to the threaded rod without the use of gears. An anti-friction agent, such as a combination of a PTFE-containing coating and PTFE-containing grease, is applied between the nut and the threaded rod. The materials and anti-friction agent used at the interface of the threaded rod and nut together provide a friction coefficient (?) of about 0.045 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.Inventors: John Edward Clark, Ilya Neyman, Dani Andraos, John Robert Scott Mitchell, John Distefano, Shant Pailian
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Patent number: 10468147Abstract: A sealing bolt and a related system for sealing a container lid to a container body includes a seal stud mounted to the container body, a seal head connecting the container lid, and a pin connecting the seal head to the seal stud, where the container lid is connected to the container body by connecting the seal head to the seal stud, and a rupture cable is fed through a transverse passage in the pin and arranged such that any rotational or translational movement of the pin with respect to the seal head and/or the seal stud causes the rupture cable to break.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM)Inventors: Marco Sironi, François Littmann
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Patent number: 10458156Abstract: A mechanism for a double-pull type door latch is described. A return mechanism is described that includes a final lever coupled to rotate about a pivot. A position wheel is rotationally coupled to the pivot, the position wheel having a first notch and a second notch, the position wheel being rotatable in a first direction. A cam member is coupled to the position wheel, the cam member having a cam surface. A drive lever is arranged to engage the first notch and the second notch. A biasing member is arranged to apply a force on the cam surface to move the position wheel in the first direction when the drive lever is moved into the second notch.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: Ian Dow
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Patent number: 10448737Abstract: A locking device includes a first side plate and a first driven screw. The first side plate includes a first moving track with a first driving member extending along the first moving track and a first driven screw includes a first threaded rod; and a first follower mounted to an end of the first threaded rod and coupling with the first driving member. When the first driven screw moves along the first moving track, the first follower is driven to rotate by the first driving member, thereby driving the first threaded rod to rotate along a locking direction or an unlocking direction. An enclosure is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignees: HONGFUJIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Fu-Kuo Huang
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Patent number: 10450009Abstract: A panel locking device for a vehicle cargo bed is configured to retain an openable gate-shaped panel so as to be upstanding at a closed position. The panel locking device includes a locking lever rotatably supported by a lever support portion provided at a first of the openable gate-shaped panel and a cargo bed panel adjacent to the openable gate-shaped panel, a movable hook rotatably coupled to a halfway portion of the locking lever, a first fixed hook provided to a second one of the openable gate-shaped panel and the cargo bed panel and configured to engage with the movable hook when the openable gate-shaped panel is located at the closed position, and a second fixed hook provided to the first one of the panels and configured to engage with the movable hook.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Teruaki Yamamoto, Itsuo Takegami
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Patent number: 10450782Abstract: A latch is provided. The latch having: a housing; an intermittent lever pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a latched position and an unlatched position; and an elastomeric feature configured to contact the intermittent lever when it is in the latched position.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Kurt E. Nurmi, Julia Rabago, Rogelio Terrazas, Donald M. Perkins, Carlos Tostado
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Patent number: 10443278Abstract: A gate lifter latch having a striker assembly having a striker pin, the striker assembly mounted to the free end of a gate, and a catch lifting assembly mounted to a latch post, the catch lifting assembly having a pivoting lift arm that receives a striker pin, such that during closure of the gate the pivoting lift arm pivots upward and raises the striker pin and free end of the gate. The gate lifter latch may further have a manual or automatic gate latch assembly for securement of the gate in the closed position. The components of the gate lifter latch are preferably structured such that the gate lifter latch may be disassembled and reassembled for use with either a left or right inswing or outswing gate.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: John C. Moody
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Patent number: 10435923Abstract: A swing type power door lock actuator includes a housing having mounted therein a drive unit, which includes a motor, a transmission unit, which includes a screw shaft connected to the motor and a transmission seat threaded onto the screw shaft, and a swing unit, which includes a sector gear meshed with the transmission seat and a swing arm connected to the sector gear. When the motor is started, the screw shaft is driven to move the transmission seat, causing the sector gear to bias the swing arm between a locking position and an unlocking position.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Taiger International Corp.Inventor: Li Cheng
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Patent number: 10422159Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a rod guide for mounting a latch rod to an enclosure. A guide member can include a guide-member support surface and a guide opening to receive the latch rod. A base member can include a base-member support surface. The base member can support the guide member with the guide opening at different distances from the surface of the enclosure when the guide-member support surface is seated on the base-member support surface with the guide member disposed at different respective rotational orientations relative to the base member.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: William J. Nepsha, Bruce W. Larson
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Patent number: 10415278Abstract: A door latch device for a vehicle comprises an operation pawl lever interlocked with a door handle which is mounted on a door, the operation pawl lever configured to rotate; a support pawl lever including a guide hole, and coupled to a rotating shaft that linearly moves along the guide hole, the support pawl lever being pressed in a first direction by the operation pawl lever when the operation pawl lever rotates in a first rotation direction; a claw lever configured to be restricted from rotating by a support part disposed on the support pawl lever, wherein the support pawl lever moves in the first direction when the operation pawl lever presses the support pawl lever to keep the door in a closed state, wherein the support part protrudes in a second direction different from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Wuk Choi, Jong Chul Oh, Ki Ryun Ahn, Hyuk Noh, Jong Ho Park
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Patent number: 10415277Abstract: A hood latch assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a first latch that is rotated in a first opening direction by a first lever disposed within a driver's seat, to push a striker mounted on a lower surface of a hood to pop up the hood. A second latch restricts or releases the striker to couple or decouple the hood to or from a vehicle body. A second lever rotates the second latch to allow the second latch to release restriction of the striker, and a housing accommodates the first and second latches and the second lever. Additionally, an extendable lever is disposed at a side of the second lever, and extends, when the hood is popped up, to protrude outward.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Kyung-Tae Lee, Tae-Young Cho, Jong-Il Shin, Won-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10407950Abstract: A vehicle door latch device includes: a seal sticking portion at which an upper seal portion of a waterproof seal is stuck, and which is provided upward in a protruding manner at an upper portion of a body accommodating portion; an upper positioning unit which is provided at a lower edge and a side edge on an extra-vehicle side of the seal sticking portion, the upper positioning unit being configured to receive and position a lower surface and an end face on the extra-vehicle side of the upper seal; and a side positioning unit which is configured to position a side seal portion of the waterproof seal to be directed diagonally downward, and which is provided on a surface on an intra-vehicle side of the cover where the side seal portion is stuck.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Masakazu Akahori, Chenming Zhang
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Patent number: 10400477Abstract: An electronic deadbolt operator for a deadbolt lockset comprises an electronic actuator that rotates a powered driver and a follower that has a lost motion connection with the powered driver, enabling the follower to rotate with the powered driver when the follower is inside its range of travel, and enabling the powered driver to rotate freely of the follower after the follower is pushed to a travel limit. The follower is mounted to a connector driver, which drives the deadbolt, to toggle between two oppositely-disposed off-center positions relative to the connector driver. In one off-center position, only clockwise rotation of the powered driver is operative to rotate the follower. In the opposite position, only counterclockwise rotation of the powered driver is operative to rotate the follower. The interaction between the powered driver, the follower, and stops causes the follower to toggle to an opposite position after hitting a stop.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Townsteel, Inc.Inventors: Charles W. Moon, Ernst K. Mitchell, Sybor Ma
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Patent number: 10400486Abstract: A rotor member in a locking device is rotatably supported in a base member, is connected to a locking member by projecting to the back side from an opening portion formed in a mounting seat face, and drives the locking member in accordance with the operation of an operating member. A first locating portion of the base member abuts or is near an edge portion of the opening. A second locating portion is inserted into a locating hole formed in an opening and closing member. The first locating portion projects further toward the back side than the second locating member.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.Inventor: Hisashi Nakasone
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Patent number: 10392839Abstract: An apparatus has an actuator housing with a transmission side that defines a transmission slot. A slider is disposed in the actuator housing and has first and second ends which define a post receiver. The slider is movable between a first and second position. The post receiver is aligned with the slot when the slider is in the first position and the second position. A lever pivotably connected to the actuator housing is configured to move the slider from the first position to the second position. The transmission has an elongate element with a first and second end which is disposed outside the actuator housing and substantially parallel to and proximate the transmission side. A post extends from the first end and is received in the post receiver. A locking element is disposed proximate the second end of the first elongate element and is configured to receive the second end.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: TRUTH HARDWAREInventors: Glen M. Wolf, David L. Snyder
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Patent number: 10385596Abstract: A lid lock device attached to a vehicle includes: a housing; and a lock member which includes a main shaft portion, an intermediate portion extending from the main shaft portion, and a tip end portion extending from the intermediate portion and thinner than the main shaft portion, which is provided in the housing to be movable in an axial direction, and in which at least the tip end portion and the intermediate portion are disposed outside the housing, wherein the intermediate portion is configured to be narrow from the main shaft portion side toward the tip end portion side and the intermediate portion is provided with at least one inclination surface inclining downward in a direction toward the outside of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle and inclining to a central axis in a direction toward the tip end portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eisuke Nakanishi, Toshihiro Kitamura, Takumi Niwa
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Patent number: 10385593Abstract: A remote control device for a vehicle includes an interior handle coupling lever that rotates in accordance with manipulation of an interior manipulating handle, an exterior handle coupling lever that rotates in accordance with manipulation of an exterior manipulating handle, and a switch device. The switch device includes an interior manipulation detector for detecting rotation of the interior manipulating handle, an exterior manipulation detector for detecting rotation of the exterior manipulating handle, and wiring members each having a detector connection terminal and an external connection terminal connected to the interior manipulation detector or the exterior manipulation detector. The remote control device further includes a body and a housing. The body accommodates the interior manipulation detector, the exterior manipulation detector, and the wiring members and has a connector portion enclosing all of the exterior connection terminals for the wiring members. The housing covers the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshio Machida, Yasutaka Shinoda, Shinsuke Takayanagi, Satoshi Takeno, Takeshi Nishikibe, Kohei Kobayashi