Patents Examined by Faria F Ahmad
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Patent number: 11959302Abstract: A handle system for a sliding door system is provided. The handle system includes: a first panel; a second panel wherein at least one of the first and second panels is configured to move in a direction parallel to the other of the first and second panels and the first and second panels are configured to also move together in a generally pivoting motion; handle located on one of the first and second panels; and a latch operatively connected to the handle, the latch configured so that movement of the handle moves the latch from a locking position to an unlocking position to allow the first and second panel to pivot.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Overhead Door CorporationInventors: Rogelio Rios, John M. Gollihar, II
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Patent number: 11959303Abstract: An insulated door lock assembly including a base member with an aperture for the cylinder of a lock. The base member is configured to be mounted to a door around a hole for the door lock. The inner volume of the base member can be filled with an insulating material. A cover member can be coupled to the base member through a hinge joint. The cover member can be configured to switch between an open state and a closed state. A keyway or a thumb turn of the door lock can be accessible in the open state and the keyway or the thumb turn is covered by the cover member in the closed state. An O-ring can also be provided around a periphery of the base member for sealably engaging the cover member to the base member.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Inventor: Stanley Waxmundsky
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Patent number: 11952810Abstract: A release lever cover assembly for a vehicle includes a bracket assembly, a first release lever, and a release lever cover. The bracket assembly is configured to be connected to a vehicle body structure of the vehicle. The first release lever is pivotally connected to the bracket assembly. The first release lever is movable between a first position and a second position in which a vehicle component is released. The release lever cover is slidably connected to the bracket assembly. The release lever cover is movable between a first position preventing movement of the first release lever and a second position allowing movement of the first release lever.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Bobby Fuentes, Takeharu Iwata
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Patent number: 11946298Abstract: The invention relates to a push rod lock for a switch cabinet housing, having a linearly adjustable push rod which is arranged on an inner side of a switch cabinet door and projects with a coupling piece from the inner side through the switch cabinet door, wherein a door lock plate which is mounted via an outer side of the switch cabinet door opposite the inner side is fixed to an actuating element which is coupled to the coupling piece via a mushroom pin connection on the switch cabinet door, wherein the push rod is adjustable between a second open position and a second closed position via the actuating element which is adjustable between a first open position and a first closed position, wherein the mushroom pin connection is arranged at least in a release position in which the door lock plate is removable from the switch cabinet door at least when the push rod is arranged in the second closed position and the actuating element is arranged in an intermediate position between the first open position and theType: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Daniel Brück
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Patent number: 11927039Abstract: The present invention is directed to a latch mechanism for latching a door or window panel to a frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Centor Design Pty Ltd.Inventors: Matthew Ma, Glen Pacholke, Nigel Spork, Andrew Cooksley
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Patent number: 11927038Abstract: A locking device for a window or a door, wherein the window or the door has a sash slidable in a horizontal direction within a frame. When a user turns on a switch to control a block to move from the first position to the second position, the block protrudes out of a vertical surface of the sash, thereby driving a linkage member to disengage from the frame. At this time, the user could hold and push the block in the horizontal direction to move the sash between a third position and a fourth position. When the sash is pushed back to the third position, the block could be controlled to move back to the first position, namely back to a mounting groove, thereby moving the linkage member to a position where the linkage member is engaged with the frame. A method of operating thereof is provided as well.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SHANG TIAN ALUMINUM CO., LTD.Inventor: Lu-Chien Wu
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Patent number: 11920388Abstract: A retention bracket configured for use with a latch mechanism including a laterally extending housing. The retention bracket includes a first wall, a second wall, a collar, and a deformable section. The first and second walls are longitudinally offset from one another and are structured to receive the housing therebetween. The collar extends longitudinally outward from one of the walls and defines an opening having an effective diameter. The deformable section has a natural state in which the effective diameter is a first diameter, and a deformed state in which the effective diameter is a second diameter greater than the first diameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventor: Nathanael S. Murphy
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Patent number: 11920389Abstract: A latch bolt with a bolt head that is removably mounted on a latch tail through the use of a reversibility assembly, such as bolt head adjustment mechanism, or the like. The reversibility assembly may comprise one or more locking members (e.g., within the bolt head, the latch tail, tail plate, and/or independent from the other components of the latch bolt) that allow the bolt head and/or the latch tail to be removed, rotated, and reassembled without opening the case of the mortise lock. The bolt head may comprise an anti-friction latch that is configured to pivot within the flanges of the bolt head in a way that maintains contact between the anti-friction lock and the strike plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ASSA ABLOY ACCESS AND EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP, INC.Inventor: Daniel W. Riley
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Patent number: 11898374Abstract: An exemplary electric strike includes a housing and a keeper pivotally mounted in the housing. The strike also includes a plunger having an extended position and a retracted position, a cage including an aperture, and a locking element movably seated in the aperture. The locking element is engaged with the plunger, and the plunger is structured to urge the locking element radially outward as the plunger moves from an extended position toward a retracted position. The strike also includes a sleeve, a transmission engaged with the sleeve, and a motor drivingly coupled to the transmission. The sleeve is structured to selectively prevent radially outward movement of the locking element and retraction of the plunger. The strike also includes at least one of a lost motion connection and an anti-tamper mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventor: John A. Snodgrass
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Patent number: 11891844Abstract: Disclosed is a two way swinging door opening gap control device for controlling the movements of companion animals that is detachably attached to the existing door and door frame with ease, without any structural change or damage, thereby being applied conveniently to various types of doors, and that controls an opening gap of the door to allow the companion animals to freely enter through the door, to prevent the door from being excessively opened by external wind or animals entering therethrough, and to limit the spaces the animals can enter according to animal sizes to thus provide individual living spaces for the animals. According to the present invention, the opening gap control device largely includes a gap control band 100, a locking pin module 200, and a locking holder module 300.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Inventor: Sang Choon Lee
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Patent number: 11885173Abstract: A bolt assembly for securing a passive door panel relative to an entryway frame. The bolt assembly has a base to be fixedly mounted relative to the passive door panel, a catch attached to the base with a leaf spring to deflect relative to the base, and a bolt which is able to translate relative to the base between a retracted position and an extended position for securing the passive door panel. The bolt is biased toward the extended position and selectively maintained in the retracted position by the catch.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Endura Products, LLCInventors: Adam Kendall, Tomasz Jaskiewicz
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Patent number: 11879272Abstract: A lock mechanism including a main body, a base, a rotating component and a position limiting component is provided. The base is slidably connected to the main body, and the main body is sleeved on the base. The rotating component is pivoted to the main body, and the rotating component is configured to drive the base to slide relative to the main body. The position limiting component is coupled to the rotating component so as to lock the rotating component with one of the main body and the base. A holding structure of an electronic device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Meng-Chian Shiu, Chi-Jen Lo
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Patent number: 11873660Abstract: An actuator-controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a spring latch of a lockset is provided. The strike comprises a housing having an entry chamber therein, and a spring latch keeper disposed in the entry chamber for movement between a keeper locked position and a keeper unlocked position. The spring latch keeper includes a keeper face, a second surface recessed from the keeper face and a contact ridge between the keeper face and second surface. The keeper face is contactable by the spring latch when the spring latch keeper is in the keeper locked position. The contact ridge, disposed at a non-perpendicular angle with the rotational axis of the keeper is contactable by the spring latch as the keeper moves toward its unlocked position so that a contact point on said spring latch changes as said spring latch exits said entry chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.Inventors: Joshua T. Peabody, Dominik Scheffler
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Patent number: 11866966Abstract: Described is a device for constraining the opening of doors or windows comprising a guide body associated with a perimeter profile of a movable leaf and equipped with a slot; an operating arm articulated, at a first end, to a fixed frame, and a second end slidably connectable, by a pin, inside the slot of the guide body so as to allow a sliding stroke of the pin along the guide slot to define an open configuration with a limited angle of the leaf; the guide body is provided with two lateral openings facing each other made on the walls defining the slot to allow a free passage, through one of the openings, of the pin of the arm housed in the slot when the leaf is in a free open configuration; a locking lever or latch articulated to a base of the guide body and configured for locking the pin of the arm when it is positioned at an end of the slot of the guide body in the open configuration with a limited angle of the leaf; an operating rod slidably inserted along the body and having a pair of protruding walls coType: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: GIESSE S.P.A.Inventor: Peter Reginald Santo
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Patent number: 11859406Abstract: A noise reduction strike plate covering including a sheet of noise dampening material adaptively shaped to cover a strike plate in a door frame with a portion of the sheet including a bolt hole insert adaptively shaped to insert a bolt hole through the strike plate and a portion of the sheet including a strike ramp grip adaptively shaped to grip an end of a strike bolt ramp of the strike plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: Alice Hixon Kirk
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Patent number: 11859405Abstract: The handle attachment includes a base portion that can be attached to a portion of a wall surface of a door, a flap portion that applies, as a result of a pulling operation, a pulling force to the door via the base portion, a flap rotation mechanism that rotatably connects the flap portion with respect to the base portion around a rotation axis, and a biasing member that biases the flap portion in a first rotation direction around the rotation axis with respect to the base portion. The flap portion includes a base end portion connected to the flap rotation mechanism and a distal end portion arranged at a position away from the flap rotation mechanism. The first rotation direction is a direction in which the distal end portion of the flap portion separates from the wall surface of the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: JAMCO CORPORATIONInventors: Hisaya Hagiwara, Sachiko Fukutomi
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Patent number: 11851270Abstract: A latch for securing a component to a track in a base of air cargo equipment, such as a pallet or the floor of a unit load device. The latch includes a rigid support configured to be attached at the bottom edge of the component. The latch also includes a handle. The handle rotates relative to the support between an open position and a closed position. The handle uses a rotationally tapered locking cam to secure the component to the track. In one embodiment, the component is a door, such as a fabric curtain.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Advanced Composite Structures, LLCInventors: Thomas Pherson, Wendell Douglas Gissel
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Patent number: 11851925Abstract: A multi-point latching device may include a mortise lock and one or more remote latches which are operable with a handle. The mortise lock may include a handle lock which selectively locks and unlocks the handle is independently controllable by an actuator and by a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder may be used to unlock the handle during power failure events where the mortise lock is put into a fail secure state, such that the mortise lock maintains normal functionality as a manual device.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Sargent Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Victor Bogdanov, Liza Alcala Escobar
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Patent number: 11846122Abstract: The present disclosure presents a handle arrangement and a use for said handle arrangement. Said handle arrangement comprises a housing, a handle comprising a handle grip and a coupling portion, the handle rotatable relative to the housing around a first axis, and a gear, the gear rotatable relative to said housing 5 around a second axis, the handle arrangement further comprising a motion converter comprising a gear rack arranged adjacently to the gear, the motion converter gear rack being linearly moveable relative the gear along a third axis and comprises cut teeth configured to engage with corresponding cogs of the gear, wherein the motion converter is coupled to the handle such that a rotation of the handle around the first 10 axis causes the motion converter gear rack to move along the third axis causing the gear to rotate around the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Industrilås i Nässjö AktiebolagInventor: Daniel Johansson
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Patent number: 11821239Abstract: A container is disclosed that has a housing and a lid. The lid has a planar portion and a latch that is freely movable parallel to the planar portion of the lid. The latch has a retention feature and a first reference surface that is perpendicular to the planar portion of the lid. There is a latch mechanism coupled to the housing that has an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature of the latch and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface. The first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in a first direction such that the first reference surface aligns with the first alignment surface when the lid is brought together with the housing with the fastener laterally displaced away from the engagement element in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: Frank Dean Weber, Christoph Potakowskyj, Johannes Pollhammer