Patents Examined by Chi Q Nguyen
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Patent number: 11199038Abstract: A door operator and a method for moving a door leaf between a closed and open position utilize a drive unit, a control unit, and a supervise unit. The drive unit is connected to and moves the door leaf between the open and closed position. The control unit is connected to and controls the movement of the drive unit. The supervise unit includes a status management unit and one or more sensors that provide sensor data associated with an operation of the door leaf. The status management unit receives the sensor data from the one or more sensors, determines a status pattern from a plurality of status patterns of the operation of the door leaf at least based on the sensor data, with a first status pattern being associated with a status event, and triggers the status event in response to the first status pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Patent number: 11199010Abstract: A flooring system is provided comprising a plurality of (identical) floor panels, which are mechanically connectable to each other along at least one pair of adjacent first and second opposite joint edges. The panels comprise locking elements for connecting said panels in both horizontal and vertical direction. In order to consider the often occurring situation that in panels—especially when stored under changing external conditions, especially changing humidity—might warp, the (vertical) locking element in the panels is constructed with a (slight) play, so that in the event that two panels have slightly different warp nevertheless can easily and reliably be mechanically connected with each other omitting the need to exert an excess of force to fit the panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Xylo Technologies AGInventor: Gerhard Dürnberger
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Patent number: 11199040Abstract: A rotation transmission mechanism may include a plurality of rotation transmission members having a drive wheel and a driven wheel, and an urging member which urges the driven wheel in a reverse direction to a rotational direction by power of the drive source. The drive wheel and the driven wheel are provided with engagement parts structured to transmit turning of the drive wheel to the driven wheel, the drive wheel is provided with a cam face forming part on which the engagement part of the driven wheel is slid at a rotational position where the engagement parts are not engaged with each other, and a brake member structured to generate a rotation load is disposed in a range on an upstream side of a power transmission path including the drive wheel with respect to the driven wheel in the power transmission path transmitting the power of the drive source.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiko Yazawa, Hiroyuki Iwashita, Satoru Yokoe
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Patent number: 11193325Abstract: A frame for a traffic door having a leading edge, trailing edge, top edge, and bottom edge. The frame includes a trailing edge frame member having first and second ends and configured to extend along the trailing edge of the traffic door. The trailing edge frame member is a monolithic body having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends between the first and second ends in a continuous and linear manner. The trailing edge frame member further includes a first cutout from the second portion of the trailing edge frame member adjacent the first end and a second cutout from the second portion of the trailing edge frame member adjacent the second end to define a central tab. A traffic door having such a frame is disclosed. A method of forming a traffic door with such a frame is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Phoenix Door Systems LLCInventor: Robert J. Clark
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Patent number: 11193320Abstract: A window regulator may include a first guide rail assembly, that may be coupled to the door panel and including a first guide rail, a first pulley and a second pulley. The first slider may be configured to receive the window pane and translate along the first guide rail to move the window pane between an open position and a closed position. The first cable may be coupled to a drive and engaged with the first pulley and may be fixed to the first slider such that actuation of the drive moves the first slider and the window pane into the opening. The spring may be disposed between an end of the first cable and a portion of the first slider. The spring may be configured to bias the slider and an edge of the window pane towards the A-side beam or the B-side beam.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: James Trevarrow, Jeffrey Murtfeldt, Michael Kidd, Terrence Costigan
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Patent number: 11186984Abstract: A flooring system that folds up to form a large crate. This crate can be used to hold constructions materials for the building to be built on the floor. The crate is designed to be placed on a foundation. The crate is placed on top of the foundation in the center, perpendicular to beams that make up part of the foundation. Once the base is in place on the beams the crate is unfolded and a flat floor is achieved. All of the pieces of the crate have the flanges that fit onto the beams. They can then be fastened to the beams to secure them in place. The system uses a unique hinge and locking system. At the edges of the sides of each floor panel of the crate are torque tubes that support a cam link and a cam arm that are used to fold and unfold the floor.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Inventor: Stephen C. Webb
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Patent number: 11168503Abstract: A cooling device includes a body, a drawer door attached to the body by rails in a slidable manner, and a door opening assistant for facilitating opening of the drawer door. As an improvement, at least two door closing assistants, that are configured to close the drawer door when the drawer door reaches a predetermined position, are provided on the body and/or the drawer door in such a way that the door opening assistant remains at a location between the at least two door closing assistants.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Taha Demiroez, Emre Guentav, Rasit Oenver
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Patent number: 11168480Abstract: A dimmer mechanism is movable by a motor that is powered by solar-charged supercapacitors between a first configuration, in which the dimmer mechanism blocks little of the interior of a skylight tube to maximize light throughput into a room, and a second configuration, in which the dimmer mechanism blocks more of the interior of a skylight tube to reduce light throughput into the room.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SOLATUBE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: David Rillie, Joseph Prenn, Kalen Eidenschink
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Patent number: 11168501Abstract: An adjustable window regulator lift plate assembly for a vehicle window includes a base and a window holder. The window holder is secured to the base via a part-in-assembly fastener that extends through an aperture in the base and into an aperture formed in an inner leg of the window holder. The window holder may receive and secure a window, and the fastener may be inserted through the window holder and into a fastener plate disposed on an outer leg of the window holder. The window holder includes a curved inner surface on the inner leg, and the base includes a curved outer surface that contacts the inner leg. The window holder may be shifted and pivoted relative to the base. The fastener may be tightened to secure the window holder relative to the base in a desired pivoted position.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.Inventor: Milos Pavlovic
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Patent number: 11168507Abstract: Embodiments for a kinematic control system for controlling the operation and movement of sliding panel for are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Technology Construction, Inc.Inventors: Michael H. Ottmann, Jonathon Cox
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Patent number: 11168505Abstract: A motorized hinge device (1) has a first connection means (3) assigned to be fixed to a structure or framework of an appliance, and connected, at least by means of a connecting rod means (5), to a second connection means (7) assigned to be fixed to a door of the appliance. This second connection means (7) is hinged to the first connection means (3) by means of a hinge pin means (11). An actuator (13) has a body (15) fixed to the first connection means (3) and a movable member (17) which is movable with respect to the body (15) and is connected to the connecting rod means (5). In an operative condition, the actuator means (13) is operated to move, by means of the connecting rod means (5), the door around the hinge pin means (11) between extreme opening (A) and closing (C) conditions, and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Inventor: Eros Gherardi
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Patent number: 11168482Abstract: A panel, including a first edge pair of complementary interlocking retaining profiles on opposing panel edges. One of the retaining profiles has a locking groove having a retaining strip, which protrudes at the free end of the lower groove wall toward the panel surface. The complementary retaining profile has a locking tongue, which, in the joined state, interacts with the retaining surface of the retaining strip, and a play with both vertical and horizontal components so that the retaining profiles are movable perpendicularly to the panel surface and movable perpendicularly to the panel edges and parallel to the panel surface. In a joining step, the bottom side of the locking tongue is laid horizontal onto the retaining strip of the locking groove and then the tongue top side is slid against the inside of the upper groove wall, the tongue top side touching the inside of the upper groove wall in the region of the panel core.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Hans-Jürgen Hannig, Erich Schäfers
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Patent number: 11168504Abstract: An exemplary armature assembly is configured for use with a door closer comprising a pinion, and generally includes a first arm configured for rotational coupling with the pinion, a second arm pivotably coupled to the first arm at a pivot joint, and a hold-open mechanism. The hold-open mechanism generally includes a clutch having a decoupling and a coupling state, and an electromechanical driver operable to transition the clutch between the coupling state and the decoupling state. With the clutch in the decoupling state, a first torque is operable to cause relative pivoting of the arms. With the clutch in the coupling state, the first torque is inoperable to cause relative pivoting of the arms, and a second torque greater than the first torque is operable to cause relative pivoting of the arms.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Brian C. Eickhoff, Aditya Heblikar, Palraj Palanisamy, Brady Plummer, Dharam Deo Prasad, Ramakrishna Moorthy Andamuthu, Subashchandra G. Rai, Latha Ramesh, Vijayakumar Mani
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Patent number: 11168508Abstract: A control system for a sliding door operator system, having at least one sliding wing and a door header, includes a first sensor configured to define a first activation zone, a first wing presence zone and a first side presence zone, a second sensor configured to define a second activation zone, a second wing presence zone and a second side presence zone, and a controller configured to evaluate data from the first sensor and the second sensor for controlling operation of the at least one sliding wing in the sliding door operator system.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Roger Dreyer
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Patent number: 11160381Abstract: A removable cushion for a chair having an outer surface and an inner foam, as well as at least one magnetic member. The inner foam and the outer surface are formed from the same polymer, with the outer surface forming an integral skin over the inner foam. The outer surface defines an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface is structurally configured to be positioned in an abutting relationship with a seating surface of a chair. The at least one magnetic member is embedded within one of the outer surface and the inner foam, the at least one magnetic member positioned closer to the lower surface than the upper surface of the outer surface. A chair having the cushion, and a mold is likewise disclosed, as is a method of manufacturing the cushion.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Vanco Products LLCInventors: John VandenBos, Richard Claypool
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Patent number: 11162292Abstract: A door operator for operating a door leaf of a door set includes a control unit, a drive unit and a user interface. The control unit detects that the door operator is in a first mode to receive a set of set-up parameters. In the first mode the control unit detects an external data storage, provides access to the external data storage, and automatically receives a set of set-up parameters from the external data storage. The door operator installs the set of set-up parameters in the control unit. The door operator controls the drive unit to operate the door leaf based on the set of set-up parameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems ABInventor: Sven-Gunnar Soderqvist
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Patent number: 11162293Abstract: An open-close body driving motor includes: a motor main body; a driving circuit; and a control circuit that adjusts driving power using PWM control and controls an operation mode of the open-close body to be changeable through the motor main body. The control circuit includes a PWM control unit, and a catch processing unit that determines catching by the open-close body and performs a catch process. When an operation command of the open-close body is created in a state in which a catch prevention function is not operated, the PWM control unit of the control circuit vibrates the motor main body in an audible range, such that the motor main body performs a sound-emitting operation, by including the frequency of the audible range in the control frequency for the PWM control before or during an operation of the open-close body, the operation being based on the operation command.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru Sugiyama, Hiromichi Ono
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Patent number: 11156028Abstract: A barn door hardware conversion system that allows for an existing hinge mounted door to be converted to a barn door style sliding door. The hardware system primarily mounts to the existing frame components of the door opening, eliminating the need to secure components to the existing wall surface above the door opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Inventor: David W. Moeller
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Patent number: 11142940Abstract: An open-close body controller includes a motor, movement interference determination unit, and disturbance determination unit. Motor is configured to open and close an open-close body of vehicle. Movement interference determination unit is configured to detect whether characteristic value of motor, which is varied in accordance with change in load applied to open-close body when moving, is in movement interference range or non-movement interference range bordering threshold value and determine that movement of open-close body has been interfered with by foreign object when characteristic value is in movement interference range. Disturbance determination unit is configured to determine whether motor is subject to effect of disturbance.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki Aoshima
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Patent number: 11142948Abstract: Disclosed is an access control apparatus according to the present invention. The access control apparatus includes: a body located on a passage; an opening and closing part coupled to the body and having a folding arm adapted to open and close the passage; and a driving part coupled to the body to control an operation of the opening and closing part, wherein the folding arm includes a first link whose one end is rotatably coupled to the body and a second link whose one end is coupled to the body in such a manner as to be straightly moved by means of the driving part and whose other end is foldably coupled to the other end of the first link.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: CRUCIALTEC CO. LTD, CRUCIALTRAK, INCInventors: Dong Hyun Oh, Yong Hee Han, Dong Ho Lee