Patents Examined by Daniel Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11959320
    Abstract: A latch mechanism includes a latch having a first latch protrusion and a second latch protrusion, and a catch having a first catch protrusion and a second catch protrusion. The first catch protrusion engages the first latch protrusion in a first catch position. The second catch protrusion engages the second latch protrusion in a second catch position following release of the first catch position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Christopher John Karrasch
  • Patent number: 11959322
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sealing assembly for moving a slidable panel for engagement with and disengagement from sealing means, the sealing assembly comprising a linkage assembly which connects a handle and at least one roller assembly having roller wheels, the sealing assembly being configured to be adjustable, by manipulation of the handle, such that the at least one roller assembly and the slidable panel supported thereby are movable between a first position where the slidable panel is in contact with sealing means thereby providing weatherproofing and a second position where the slidable panel is free of the sealing means and the panel is able to move freely relative to an outer frame, and wherein the linkage assembly is configured to as to provide a variable force through the handle when the at least one roller assembly and supported panel is moved between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Anthony Innovations Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Oscar Humphrey Richard Hooke
  • Patent number: 11952820
    Abstract: A vehicular slider window assembly includes a frame portion, a fixed window panel fixed relative to the frame portion, and a movable window panel. A drive system is operable to move the movable window panel between an opened position and a closed position. The drive system includes (i) a housing attached at the fixed window panel, (ii) a drive motor disposed in the housing, (iii) a threaded shaft disposed in the housing and rotatably driven by the drive motor, (iv) a connecting element that threadedly receives the threaded shaft therethrough and (v) a window connector that is affixed to the movable window panel and that pivotally connects to the connecting element. Rotation of the threaded shaft imparts a translational movement of the connecting element along the threaded shaft to move the movable window panel between the opened and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Darin J. Snider, Peggy L. Gustafson, Troy F. Tooker
  • Patent number: 11913181
    Abstract: A gate for controlling oncoming traffic on a roadway (e.g. a highway). The gate comprises an arm movable between an extended position in which the arm extends into a given portion of the roadway to inform the oncoming traffic that the given portion of the roadway is closed and a retracted position in which the arm does not extend into the given portion of the roadway and thus leaves open the given portion of the roadway for the oncoming traffic. The gate also comprises a control system comprising an actuator and configured to support the arm and move the arm between the extended position and the retracted position. The arm may be quite long and vertically wide to close more of the roadway and be clearly visible to the oncoming traffic, while the gate may be crash-tested (i.e., compliant with crash-testing criteria), the control system may be compact, and the gate may be reusable and easily repairable if crashed into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Systemes Versilis Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-François Menier, Vincent Shebib Loiselle, Nicholas Gendron
  • Patent number: 11913268
    Abstract: A glass panel system comprising an upper and lower guide track and at least two adjacent glass panels which are movable along the lower and upper guide tracks. The lower guide track is configured to support at least two glass panels. The upper guide track comprises two opposite side walls, an elongated groove and a free space formed between the two side walls. One of the glass panels leans against both the side walls by one guide element and against one of the two side walls and against another glass panel by another guide element. One of the glass panels leans, on one hand, against one of the two side walls and against another glass panel by one guide element and, on the other hand, against the other side wall and against another glass panel by another guide element. The guide elements are arranged in the free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LUMON INVEST OY
    Inventor: Esa Hilliaho
  • Patent number: 11912109
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes a fixed glass having an opening, an operation glass configured to open and close the opening of the fixed glass, a lower rail configured to slidably support a lower portion of the operation glass, a sealing member provided below the lower rail to seal a gap between an inner surface of the fixed glass and a vehicle body, one or more upper drain holes provided on the lower rail to discharge rainwater on the lower rail to a buffer area between the lower rail and the sealing member, and a drain induction member interposed between the inner surface of the fixed glass and the sealing member and providing a lower drain hole to discharge rainwater in the buffer area to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 11873013
    Abstract: An information display structure includes a stationary part to be secured upright on or against a support; securing means for securing the stationary part; and at least one information display screen connected to the stationary part, extending in front of same, and having a visible front display face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Faiveley Transport Tours
    Inventor: Gilles Lardy
  • Patent number: 11866985
    Abstract: An assembly for covering an agricultural receiving unit is provided. The assembly may include a covering body configured to, in a first position, extend over an opening of the agricultural receiving unit to prevent access to the opening. The assembly may also include an actuation assembly configured to move the covering body from the first position to a second position. In the second position, the covering body is configured to permit access to the opening of the agricultural receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AUXILIUM AG LLC
    Inventors: Chad W. Hastad, Anthony Von Ohlen
  • Patent number: 11840881
    Abstract: A finger protection device for bridging a gap of a door or window that has a winding shaft with a first end face and a second end face and a roller blind web that can be wound via the winding shaft. The roller blind web is arranged with a first end on the winding shaft and on the winding shaft side can be attached, together with the winding shaft, to a first part of the opening. The roller blind web can be attached with a second free end to a part of the opening. The finger protection device has a first and a second holder, wherein the first holder arranged on the first end face of the winding shaft and the second holder is arranged on the second end face of the winding shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY (Schweiz) AG
    Inventors: Andreas Dintheer, Andreas Brändle
  • Patent number: 11821247
    Abstract: A vehicle door including: an upright pillar sash extending in elevating/lowering directions of the window glass along one of front and rear edges of window glass; and an elevating/lowering mechanism that operates elevating/lowering movement of the window glass by a driving force of a drive source. The upright pillar sash includes: a design part on a vehicle exterior side; and a main body on vehicle interior side relative to the design part, the elevating/lowering mechanism includes: a slider secured to the glass; a guide rail that guides the slider to move in the elevating/lowering directions; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force from the drive source to the slider, the main body of the upright pillar sash houses the slider, guide rail, and transmission member, and the guide rail regulates movement of the slider in both vehicle interior/exterior directions, on a vehicle interior surface side of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ishiguro, Kimihiro Kinoshita, Natsuki Ito, Katsuhisa Fukui, Masako Sekine
  • Patent number: 11813927
    Abstract: A side structure for a passenger vehicle has a side element, which at least partially delimits a lateral window opening, and a transparent side window, which is movable relative to the side element between a closed position closing at least a partial region of the window opening and at least one open position opening up the partial region of the window opening. The side structure has a strut which extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and on which the side window is held via a hinge device so as to be movable relative to the side element and relative to the strut in such a manner that the side window is movable outwards in the transverse direction of the vehicle and downwards in the vertical direction of the vehicle from the closed position into the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Martin Evert
  • Patent number: 11780307
    Abstract: To reduce splash of water that has entered a gap between an upper end of a door and a vehicle body onto a locked portion. A part of a vertical side sealing portion 4 from a part including a water inlet 71 to at least a part above a hollow portion R3 is a die-molded portion. In the die-molded portion, a core removing hole 79 for removing a core used in molding is open at a cabin outer side relative to an attachment plate 80. A guide portion 90 for guiding water that has entered from the water inlet 71 to a cabin inner side relative to the core removing hole 79 is provided above the core removing hole 79 on the inner surface of the hollow portion R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimada, Toshifumi Matsuura, Masaki Soda
  • Patent number: 11773637
    Abstract: A system for locking a platform screen door leaf, the leaf being capable of moving by a horizontal translational movement in a plane of the leaf between open and closed positions, including a bearing rail mounted on the leaf and having a reception recess, a motor body forming the stator of a drive motor of the leaf and mounted freely in rotation about a motor axis on a gear unit, a locking roller mounted projecting on the motor body and arranged so as to roll along the bearing rail during a movement of the leaf, and engage, by a rotation of the motor body, in the reception recess when the leaf reaches the closed position or the open position, in order to lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FAIVELEY TRANSPORT TOURS
    Inventor: Sébastien Mareaux
  • Patent number: 11732521
    Abstract: An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door, having an electric drive and an actuating means, wherein the actuating means can be adjusted by means of the drive and wherein the motor vehicle door can be opened by means of the actuating means and at least one sensor for detecting the actuating movement (S), wherein continuous detection of the actuating movement (S) can be rendered possible by means of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Uwe Reddmann
  • Patent number: 11713606
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to overhead doors and overhead door operation. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a direct drive counter balancing system for operating overhead doors. In some examples, the direct drive counter balancing system of the present disclosure is for overhead door systems used in segmented door arrangements for box trucks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ENGINEERED HARDWARE, LLC
    Inventor: Paul T. Kicher
  • Patent number: 11697952
    Abstract: A powered actuation mechanism for operating a closure panel device coupled to a closure panel of a vehicle, the closure panel operated between a closed position and a partially open position, the mechanism including: a motor operatively coupled to a control member; a lever body mounted at a pivot end to a body of the vehicle by a first pivot connection and coupled at an output end to a closure panel device by a second pivot connection, the lever body for driving the closure panel device; the control member having a control connection coupling the control member to the lever body, the control connection moveable between the first pivot connection and the second pivot connection such that the lever body has an opening to provide a releasable engagement of the control connection between the lever body and the control member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Magna Closures Inc.
    Inventor: Franco Giovanni Ottino
  • Patent number: 11697958
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling bus doors (14, 16) that are arranged as a pair of doors that move in coordinated relation between door open positions and door closed positions, enables passengers to access an interior area (12) of a bus (10). The apparatus includes an actuator (28, 226). The actuator includes a drive lever (34, 228) that is selectively rotationally movable between rotational positions in which both of the doors are in the open positions and in the closed positions. Exemplary arrangements include at least one controller (128) that is operative to prevent the doors from causing damage to or from being damaged by engagement with obstructions. The controller further enables a bus driver or other authorized user to control access to the interior area of the bus using a user mobile device (144).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Eastern Company
    Inventors: Lee S Weinerman, Marinel Rosu, Reese Bernot, Keith Braun, James Paxitzis
  • Patent number: 11660940
    Abstract: A multi-axis hinge mechanism for a vehicle door. The multi-axis hinge mechanism moves the vehicle door laterally and vertically by means of multiple axial rotations. An actuator pivots the door hinges attaching the door to the vehicle to move the door away from the vehicle while a set of gears translates the motion of the actuator into a vertical rotation of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Karma Automotive LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Sordelli, Herbert Ruisinger, Jacques Flynn, Andre Franco Luis, Andreas Thurner
  • Patent number: 11660944
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes a door panel, a corner piece that is disposed at a door waist portion of the door panel and that includes a protrusion, a weather strip that is disposed to extend along an outer peripheral edge of the door panel and that has a hole portion with which the protrusion is engaged, and a door trim that is disposed to cover the corner piece. The protrusion has a hollow structure and includes an outer peripheral side wall, and an opening is provided in a part of the outer peripheral side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masami Uehata
  • Patent number: 11661779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a floor pit covering system comprising a cover plate (1) and a pivoting system (2). The pivoting system (2) is adapted for arranging the cover plate (1) in a first end position (P1) or in a second end position (P2) in response to an internal force (FI), or an internal force (FI) and an external force (FE), being applied onto the cover plate (1). The cover plate (1) is arranged in the first end position (P1) when force FE?FI and in the second end position (P2) when force FE>FI. The present invention further relates to a method of operating such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
    Inventor: Mats Brannstrom