Patents Examined by Chuck Y. Mah
  • Patent number: 11976508
    Abstract: The sliding door system includes a sliding door, displaceable along a running rail relative to a stationary activation member up to a closing position; which includes a door leaf equipped with an activatable sealing device including an extractable sealing strip and actuating element equipped with a transmission device including a transmission element; and includes at least two carriages, including a carriage body and running elements connected to the door leaf, and are held in the running rail displaceable in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the running rail; wherein the activation member and transmission device are arranged so that, when the sliding door enters the closing position, a force can be transmitted from the activation member via the transmission element to the actuating element in order to drive out the sealing strip. A stationary buffer device stops the sliding door in the closing position and includes the activation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HAWA SLIDING SOLUTIONS AG
    Inventors: Ralph Egger, Marek Lach
  • Patent number: 11970891
    Abstract: An assembly includes a furniture hinge having a first fitting portion configured to be fixed to a first furniture part, a second fitting portion configured to be fixed to a second furniture part, and a hinge axis hingedly connecting the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion to one another. At least one cover is configured to at least partially cover a gap formed between the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion. A fastening device for fixing the cover to the furniture hinge is provided, and the fastening device includes an arresting device for fixing the fastening device on different positions of the cover in a longitudinal direction of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Folie
  • Patent number: 11969873
    Abstract: The Automatic Extending Device is an internally powered controlled automatic extension and retraction device of lengths of twelve meters or more in extended length that can support up to one hundred eighty one kilograms or more positioned on the far end away from the operator. The device is comprised of: a plurality of telescoping nested sliding extensible pole segments attached to an internally powered pole extension and retraction device comprised of a one way bearing with friction clutch; a tapered push/pull strip; a high friction drive wheel; a push/pull strip friction pinch wheel assembly; a strip guide to maintain push/pull strip location/position; and a push/pull strip spool which contains the push/pull strip when not extended into the pole. The device of the present invention does not conduct electricity, so it is safe for use in, around, and with powered lines, devices, or fixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Kyle Edward Gordon
  • Patent number: 11958314
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wheel connecting structure and a baby carrier. The wheel connecting structure includes a fixed base, a rotatable base, a rotating shaft and an anti-swing member. The rotatable base is rotatably connected to the fixed base by the rotating shaft. The anti-swing member has an abutting portion. The anti-swing member is arranged on one of the fixed base and the rotatable base, and the abutting portion abuts against the other of the fixed base and the rotatable base. The abutting portion is provided with a lubricating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Jihua Huang, Zhengwen Guo
  • Patent number: 11952826
    Abstract: A magnetic closure bumper assembly is used in conjunction with a movable structure that engages a stationary structure. The magnetic bumper assembly includes a first closure bumper and a second closure bumper. The first closure bumper includes a first bumper casing in which a first magnet is disposed. The first bumper casing has a mounting surface configured for attachment to the movable structure and an engagement surface opposing the mounting surface. The second closure bumper includes a second bumper casing in which a second magnet is disposed. The second bumper casing has a mounting surface configured for attachment to the stationary structure and an engagement surface opposing the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cortex, LLC
    Inventors: Rodney Napier, Zachary P. Beard
  • Patent number: 11951606
    Abstract: A handle and a tool housing that includes features that matingly engage or receive portions of the handle. The handle is adapted to couple onto an exterior surface of the tool housing, and minimize damage caused to the tool when the tool is dropped with the handle attached. In an example, the handle includes a shaft and first and second clamping portions, where each of the first and second clamping portions includes a protrusion that engages a pocket or groove on the tool housing. The shaft extends through the first clamping portion and threads into the second clamping portion, and as the shaft is threaded into the second clamping portion the first and second clamping portions are moved closer together and clamp onto the tool housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan J. Kordus, Isidro Alanis
  • Patent number: 11952818
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first hinged body, a pivot pin assembly, and a second hinged body. The first hinged body includes a channel. The pivot pin assembly includes a pin body configured to slideably engage the channel. The pivot pin assembly may be translated within the channel and adjustably secured along the channel. The pin body includes a downwardly extending pin. The second hinged body comprises a pin aperture configured to cooperatively receive the pin. The first hinged body and the second hinged body are configured to hingedly pivot along a hinge axis defined by the pin when the pin is received in the pin aperture. The pin body may include a pin body aperture configured to receive an alignment fastener such that the pin body may be tilt adjusted relative to the first hinged body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Maax Bath Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Robert-Beaudoin, Dominic Dion, Martin Desaulniers
  • Patent number: 11952816
    Abstract: A guide system is provided for guiding a door wing, in particular a folding-sliding-door, movably supported relative to a furniture carcass. The guide system includes a guide rail having a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction of the guide rail extending substantially parallel to a depth direction of the furniture carcass in a mounted condition on the furniture carcass. A carrier is provided for movably supporting the door wing, and the carrier is displaceably supported at least over a region along the guide rail. An abutment is provided for determining an end position of the carrier in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, and an adjustment device can adjust a position of the abutment. The abutment can be adjusted by the adjustment device in the longitudinal direction relative to the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Benjamin Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11944226
    Abstract: A hanger for suspending a first article and a second article on a rod, the hanger including a U-shaped structure, a pair of prongs each extending from the U-shaped structure, a roller including a pair of opposingly disposed receptacles, each the receptacle configured to receive one of the prongs and a pair of hooks extending from the U-shaped structure, wherein the roller is coupled with the U-shaped structure by the pair of prongs about the rod to form a gap around the rod to enable rolling of the hanger along the rod with limited departure from the rod, the first article and the second article are each suspended by the pair of hooks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Gartland
  • Patent number: 11939803
    Abstract: A butt mounting hinge capable of movement through at least a 270-degree range of motion. The hinge assembly has two base elements and three connection elements defining a total of five hinge connections. The base elements are butt mounting elements. Each base element provides two pair of hinge connections, while the fifth hinge connection rides in a slidable void provided by an intermediate connection element interconnecting the other two connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Thomas Russo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11939804
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a frameless glass fencing hinge (10) for a frameless glass fencing installation a first leaf assembly (12) for operative attachment to a first glass panel or building structure. The frameless glass fencing hinge (10) includes a second leaf assembly (14) for operative attachment to a second glass panel. The second leaf assembly (14) is operatively adapted to undergo pivotal movement about a hinge axis (16) so as to move the second glass panel between a closed position an open position. The first leaf assembly (12) and the second leaf assembly (14) define a cam formation (16) operatively adapted to cause the second leaf assembly (14) to undergo axial movement along the hinge axis (16) between a rest position and a biased position when the second leaf (14) assembly undergoes pivotal movement about the hinge axis (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BEYOND ARCHITECTURAL PTY LTD
    Inventor: Adam Laws
  • Patent number: 11938612
    Abstract: A side handle can be toollessly positioned on a tool body, and is attachable to power tools of multiple models and is highly versatile. A side handle is attachable to a side surface of a tool body included in a power tool. The side handle includes a rotation locking member attachable to the tool body in a manner of being restricted from rotating, and an operable portion operable to lock and unlock a position of the side handle relative to the rotation locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Eto, Norikazu Baba
  • Patent number: 11931877
    Abstract: An assembly includes a side handle for a hand-held power tool and includes an eyelet device which includes an eyelet portion which is configured to be connected to a safety belt, wherein the side handle includes a clamping ring which is configured to attach the side handle to a round portion of the hand-held power tool, and wherein the eyelet device is configured to be attached to the clamping ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniela Lachica Koch, Olaf Koch
  • Patent number: 11933358
    Abstract: A furniture rotary system (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) for a piece of furniture (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) is provided. The furniture rotary system is forming a sliding rotary connection between a rotational member (120, 210, 320, 410, 520) and a stationary member (110, 220, 310, 420, 510), wherein said furniture rotary system (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) comprises at least one sliding surface (114, 214, 314, 414, 514) being coated with a lacquer comprising a resin, wherein said lacquer in turn is at least partly coated with a lipophilic composition coating to provide a slide layer with a lowered friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: IKEA SUPPLY AG
    Inventor: Benny Andersson
  • Patent number: 11927041
    Abstract: A supporting device (MC) is described to slidingly support, and linearly move along an axis (X), an object such as e.g. a leaf. A magnetic return force generated by the cooperation of a magnetic flux generator (54, 56) and an element (10) reactive to the magnetic field, develops. The element is able to slide relative to the axis (X) during the movement of the object, and has a cross-section (62) which, seen in a plane orthogonal to the axis (X), has a width that varies along the length of the first element (10) parallelly to said axis (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IRONBOX S.R.L.
    Inventors: Adriano Girotto, Luca Cesaretti, Lorenzo Andrea Parrotta, Riccardo Contini
  • Patent number: 11927042
    Abstract: A rapidly disassembled hinge suitable for use in an aircraft includes a first attachment plate attached to a supported structure, a second attachment plate attached to a supporting structure, and a pin with a notch in an outer surface thereof, which is insertable into portions of the first and second attachment plates for pivotably connecting the first and second attachment plates together. The pin is inserted so that the notch is positioned within the second attachment structure when the hinge is in an assembled state. A key includes a main body and a distal end extending from the main body, the distal end being insertable within the notch of the pin. The key is movable such that the distal end of the key can be inserted into and removed from engagement with the notch of the pin to provide for toolless disassembly of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Airbus Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Brewster
  • Patent number: 11920391
    Abstract: A door hinge sized and configured to cover at least one door hinge of a vehicle includes a cover body that at least partially surrounds the at least one door hinge when connected to a pillar of the vehicle. The cover body includes fastening locations that are located to align with fastening location on the pillar for fastening the hinge cover in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dee Zee, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart Zylstra, Joshua Knichel, Bryce Rustwick, Eric Schuling
  • Patent number: 11920382
    Abstract: A rotating support handle assembly for supporting a bottom-hinged door is disclosed. The rotating support handle assembly may comprise a handle member and a support member. The handle member may rotate from a first position to a second position, and the support member may be configured to contact a floor to provide support to the bottom-hinged door in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik
  • Patent number: 11920392
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes first and second hinge units and an electrically conductive pin. The first hinge unit is mounted to a frame structure of an enclosure and includes a pin support comprising a barrel, a knuckle, or both, a pin receptacle arranged in the pin support, and an electrically conductive structure disposed at least partly inside the pin support and adjacent the pin receptacle. The pin rotates in the pin receptacle. The second hinge unit is carried on the pin and is door mounted. The second hinge unit and door can be removed from the first. The electrically conductive structure is biased against the pin and remains in contact while the pin rotates, and is electrically connected to the enclosure when the first hinge unit is mounted to it such that the pin is electrically bonded to the enclosure while the pin rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Drew Krietzman, Preston Ellis Hennrich, John Wayne Robertson
  • Patent number: 11913267
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a door track, a door operatively connected to the door track and adapted to move between a closed position and an open position, and a hinge assembly coupled to the door. The hinge assembly is movably coupled to the door track and includes a first bracket coupled to the door, a second bracket coupled to the first bracket, and a transport assembly coupled to the second bracket and adapted to move along the door track as the door moves between the open and closed positions. The transport assembly includes a coupling member for releasably coupling the second bracket to the transport assembly. Upon movement of the second bracket from the first position to the second position, the door moves to an extended open position with respect to the door track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Braun Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Bettcher, III, Russell Meyer