Patents Examined by Chi Q Nguyen
  • Door control device and door control method
    Patent number: 11091950
    Abstract: A door control device includes: a speed control unit configured to perform speed control of an electric motor that drives a door; a speed detection unit configured to detect a speed of the door; and an obstruction detection unit configured to detect obstruction between the door and a door pocket, upon a value of the speed of the door detected by the speed detection unit decreasing by a first predetermined value or more with respect to a speed command value in the speed control during a door opening operation of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Ozaki, Kenji Fujita
  • Exit sign shade for classroom viewing window
    Patent number: 11085232
    Abstract: A shade adapted for covering a classroom viewing window and assisting with compliance with emergency protocol during an emergency is disclosed. The shade may include a plurality folds connected to each other by a plurality of hinges configured to cover a classroom viewing window. Emergency related information and status indicators may be revealed upon the unfolding of the shade to assist teachers, school officials, police, and others to comply with established school emergency protocol. The shade further fulfills the requirement that the classroom viewing window be covered during an emergency lockdown. The shade may function as a standard “Exit” sign during non-emergency time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Beowawe, LLC
    Inventor: Melinda Mort
  • Method of scissor door window operation
    Patent number: 11085225
    Abstract: A system for controlling the operation of a window installed in a door of a vehicle, comprising a control module, a vehicle door configured to move upwardly from a closed position to a fully open position, a window configured to move between a first up position and a second down position in which the window is stored in the vehicle door, and a mechanism to move the window between the first up position and the second down position. The control module is configured to direct the mechanism to move the window into the second down position when the control module has received a signal indicating that action has been taken to move the vehicle door towards the fully open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KARMA AUTOMOTIVE LLC
    Inventor: Todd Maurice George
  • Impact resistant roofing systems and methods
    Patent number: 11085189
    Abstract: A hail resistant roofing system and method includes a roofing substrate such as a shingle or tile or membrane having an array of exposed upwardly projecting features. The features may rise to sharp points and may have side surfaces that are angled relative to the plane of the roofing substrate. The features are spaced and arranged so that a large hail stone capable of damaging the roofing substrate will always impact one or more of the exposed features. This can break up the hail stone into smaller benign pieces or can redirect the energy and direction of the hail stone so that the impact is absorbed without damage to the roofing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Yan Zheng, Adem Chich, Yixi Xiao, Eric R. Anderson, Walter Zarate
  • Vehicle window glass raising-and-lowering mechanism
    Patent number: 11078710
    Abstract: A vehicle window glass raising-and-lowering mechanism is achieved which can prevent a window glass from tilting, caused by a carrier plate rotating, even if the carrier plate is lowered down to a bottom dead point so that the window glass is fully open. The carrier plate includes a point of force that receives a movement force from wires in a downward direction. Two stopper members are provided at separated positions with respect to the vehicle forward and rearward direction, and the two stopper members have a positional relationship that crosses over either side of the point of force of the carrier plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: SHIROKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Kajimoto, Naoki Tsutsumi, Ryuta Yamasaki
  • Integrated door framing system
    Patent number: 11072968
    Abstract: An integrated door framing system is provided including a first L-shaped piece and a second L-shaped piece which can be assembled to form a U-shaped body that fits over a wall edge facing a wall opening formed for installing a door or window therewithin. The U-shaped body provides a complete, integrated door frame, casing, and molding assembly using a reduced and easy-to-assemble set of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Donald A. Downs, Jr., Tammy M. Downs
  • Insulatable, insulative framework apparatus and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 11066826
    Abstract: A building framework is disclosed herein comprising a first structural member, a second structural member, and a third structural member disposed between the first and second structural members, a first web member connecting the first and third structural members in a spaced apart relationship, and a second web member connecting the second and third structural members in a spaced apart relationship. The first web member is positioned relative to the second web member such that the shortest distance between the first web member and second web member is greater than or equal to 5 times the thickness of the third structural member. Additional products, systems, and methods also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: John David Wright
  • Unlocking system for panels
    Patent number: 11060302
    Abstract: A set of essentially identical panels, such as building panels, provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue arranged in a displacement groove having a first opening at a first edge of a first panel. The tongue is configured to be displaced in the displacement groove along a displacement axis to attain a locking state wherein a first portion of the tongue cooperates with a first tongue groove having a second opening at a second edge of an adjacent second panel, for vertical locking of the first and the second edge. A second portion of the tongue is configured to cooperate with the second edge of the adjacent second panel via an elongated element for vertical unlocking of the first and the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventors: Roger Ylikangas, Karl Quist, Anders Nilsson, Caroline Landgård
  • Window curtain
    Patent number: 11060346
    Abstract: A window curtain may include a top track, at least a sliding unit, and a plurality of shades, and the top track has at least two track rods sleeved together, which reduces the packaging and shipping costs. Each of the track rods is hollow to form a channel therein, and the channel comprises two vertical guide tracks. The sliding unit comprises a plurality of first sliding bases formed in parallel, and each of the first sliding bases other than the innermost one is connected to a second sliding base. Each of the second sliding bases comprises a pulley support, and each of the pulley supports has at least a pulley set installed thereon. The pulley sets are adapted to slide along the track rods through the guide tracks which have no height difference so as to improve the smoothness of sliding movement of the pulley sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Shan-Chi Chuang
  • Cushion length adjuster
    Patent number: 11059407
    Abstract: An occupant support having a seat cushion. The seat cushion includes a rear pad and a front pad selectively movable with respect to the rear pad between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventor: Shaun D. Tait
  • Panel for forming a floor covering and such floor covering
    Patent number: 11053696
    Abstract: Provided is a panel suitable for forming a floor covering. The panel has a substantially planar top side, a substantially planar bottom side, and at least four substantially linear side edges. The linear side edges have at least one pair of opposite side edges. The linear side edges may be provided with a locking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Luc Martine Baert, Tom Van Poyer, Sven Boon
  • Plurality of floor panels and floor panels used hereby
    Patent number: 11053693
    Abstract: A plurality of floor panels consists of a first series of floor panels includes first floor panels, and a second series of floor panels includes second floor panels. The first and second floor panels are configured for fold-type coupling. The first and second floor panels define coupling parts mutually differing from each other and are configured so that the first and second floor panels are compatible and able to be coupled to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventor: Jan Eddy De Rick
  • Chair with solar panel
    Patent number: 11045004
    Abstract: A chair includes: a backrest having an opening or recess in a portion thereof; and a solar panel disposed on a face inside the opening or recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukui, Tomohisa Yoshie, Daisuke Toyoshima
  • Building skirting base
    Patent number: 11047127
    Abstract: A mobile home skirting base comprising: a horizontal surface; and two substantially equal, substantially symmetrical vertical surfaces co-extruded with the horizontal surface forming a channel to insert a mobile home skirting panel wherein the vertical surfaces each having an inwardly oriented retention edge that secure the mobile home skirting panel. The height of the vertical surfaces and the inward orientation of the vertical surfaces' retention edges, along with the other aspects of the invention, allows the mobile home skirting base to provide strong support, stabilization, and protection of the skirting panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventor: David T. Reynolds
  • Modular rooftop with variable slope panels
    Patent number: 11047133
    Abstract: In a roofing structure, two roof panels with different slopes and lengths are positioned back-to-back, the vertical back walls of the panels having a uniform height. The seam between the two differently-sloped panels are connected by a ridge cap set at a uniform height. The ridge cap covers the seam, extending on both sides to a distance from the back walls of the roof panels sufficient to create a capillary break therefrom (preventing moisture migration) and then downwards and slightly towards the back walls of the roof panels, thereby using gravity to direct the water into the downward sloping roof panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Perry Barton
  • Aerial firefighting dump gate system
    Patent number: 11046433
    Abstract: A gatebox system for delivering fire retardant fluid from a firefighting aircraft. A first and second gate opening are formed through a lower portion of a gatebox. The gates are hingedly connected along edges of the openings. A drive shaft in the gatebox is rotatable in gates-closing and gates-opening directions. Crank arms are fixed to the drive shaft and coupled to the gates by connecting links, which define an over-center geometry while the gates are at a closed position, such that weight of the fluid on the first gate induces torque on the drive shaft in the gates-closing direction. Rotation of the drive shaft in the gates-opening direction enables control of the fluid flow from the hopper according to an angular position of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventor: Victor D. Trotter
  • Seat base for a saddle seat
    Patent number: 11033108
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a seat base for a saddle seat. An example seat base may include a first face, the first face forming a planar surface to allow the seat base to be arranged on a surface to be seated, and a second face, the second face forming a concave surface, the concave surface restricting the lateral movement of the saddle seat by guiding the round lower part of the saddle seat towards the lowest point of the concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HUMANTOOL OY
    Inventor: Antti Limingoja
  • Door glass assembly configured to reduce impact noise during upward/downward movement of a door glass
    Patent number: 11028629
    Abstract: A door glass assembly is configured to reduce an impact noise generated when a door glass is moved upward/downward and may include a carrier plate coupled to a glass holder to which a door glass of a vehicle is secured. The carrier plate is installed inside a door of the vehicle so as to be movable upward/downward. A module plate, on which the carrier plate is installed so as to be movable upward/downward, is installed inside the door of the vehicle. A driving motor is provided to move the carrier plate upward/downward. The module plate and the carrier plate are provided with an impact noise preventing means for gradually decelerating and stopping the carrier plate when the door glass is being maximally moved upward or downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seok-Hyun Hong, Kwan-Hui Kang, Kuk-Hoon Lee, Soo-Bok Kim, Hee-Won Kang, Hoon-Ju Jo, Jun-Hee An, Ki-Su Kim, Nam-Hee Yun
  • Window lift assembly
    Patent number: 11028632
    Abstract: A window lift assembly (3) of a motor vehicle window (5) has a window pane (4) that can be divided into a first pane region (6) and a second pane region (7) in a width direction (8) of the window pane (4). A first window lift (9) carries the window pane (4) in the first pane region (6) and a second window lift (10) carries the window pane (4) in the second pane region (7). The two window lifts (9,10) are actuable independently of each other to move the window pane (4) rectilinearly up and down, to incline the window pane (4) and/or to move the window pane (4) up and down in an inclined manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: David Kiwus, Thomas Seibold
  • Face coating for acoustical monolithic ceilings
    Patent number: 11028581
    Abstract: Described herein is a coated acoustic building material comprising a body comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface; a coating having an upper surface opposite a lower surface, the lower surface of the coating facing the first major surface of the body, the coating comprising: polymeric binder having a glass transition temperature less than 0° C.; and a filler; wherein the coating is present as coalesced particles atop the first major surface in an amount ranging from about 210 g/m2 to about 1,300 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AWI Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Steven L Masia