Patents Examined by James E. Ignaczewski
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Patent number: 11802425Abstract: An electric door latch apparatus includes a catching part for catching a striker, a door locking and unlocking part for applying a torque to the catching part through a main motor, an electric emergency door unlocking part configured to enable the door to be released from the vehicle body through a sub-motor, an inside emergency operation lever connected to an inside handle installed in the door, rotatable by an operational force of the inside handle, and configured to apply a torque to the catching part, an outside emergency operation lever connected to an outside handle installed in the door, rotatable by an operational force of the outside handle, and configured to apply a torque to the catching part, and a manual emergency door unlocking part connected to the inside emergency operation lever and configured to apply a torque to the catching part.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jinwoo Nam, Jungho Han, Kyoung Taek Kwak, Jungmin Eom
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Patent number: 11732513Abstract: An electric door latch apparatus includes a catching part for catching a striker, a door locking and unlocking part for applying a torque to the catching part through a main motor, an electric emergency door unlocking part configured to enable the door to be released from the vehicle body through a sub-motor, an inside emergency operation lever connected to an inside handle installed in the door, rotatable by an operational force of the inside handle, and configured to apply a torque to the catching part, an outside emergency operation lever connected to an outside handle installed in the door, rotatable by an operational force of the outside handle, and configured to apply a torque to the catching part, and a manual emergency door unlocking part connected to the inside emergency operation lever and configured to apply a torque to the catching part.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jinwoo Nam, Jungho Han, Kyoung Taek Kwak, Jungmin Eom
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Patent number: 11661770Abstract: A door lock device pair includes right and left door lock devices; each of the door lock devices including: a housing; a coupler wall projecting from the housing; a flat portion formed on the housing; and a waterproof seal fixed to the flat portion and being wrapped around the coupler wall, the waterproof seal including: inner and outer peripheral surfaces; and an inclined surface that forms an acute angle with respect to the inner peripheral surface and an obtuse angle at another end of the inclined surface, the inner peripheral surface being in contact with the outer peripheral wall and being in contact with the inclined surface, and the waterproof seals in the door lock devices having the same shape, and the waterproof seals being wrapped around the respective outer peripheral walls in the same direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Matsuda, Takao Taga, Shuntaro Kimura, Akiya Okuda
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Patent number: 11603683Abstract: A lid opening and closing device for a vehicle includes a restriction member that is operable between a restriction position at which the restriction is applied and a restriction release position at which the restriction is released, an electric motor that drives the restriction member between the restriction position and the restriction release position in response to a door switching between a locked state and an unlocked state, a case that houses the restriction member and the electric motor, and an emergency operation member that can move the restriction member to the restriction release position when the electric motor malfunctions, wherein an operating force-acting direction conversion mechanism is provided between the emergency operation member and the restriction member, the operating force-acting direction conversion mechanism converting the operating force from the emergency operation member into a force that causes operation from the restriction position toward the restriction release position.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda LockInventors: Kohei Hirotani, Takashi Yamamoto, Naruhiko Maeda
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Patent number: 11536059Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, including a detent mechanism with a catch and a pawl. The motor vehicle lock may include a drivetrain arrangement with a drive element that may move in a predefined drive direction. During a cinching sequence, the drive element moves in the predefined drive direction, so that the drivetrain arrangement engages and drives the catch in a closing direction to a primary closed position. During a release sequence, the drive element may move in the predefined drive direction, so that the drivetrain arrangement engages and drives the pawl in a release direction to a release state. During the release sequence, the drive element moves in the predefined drive direction, so that the drivetrain arrangement moves to a clearance state, such that the pawl is in a release state and the catch may pivot to an open position drivetrain.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, WuppertalInventor: David Rosales
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Patent number: 11274470Abstract: An exemplary trim assembly comprises a housing assembly, a cam rotatably mounted to the housing assembly, a lift finger slidably mounted in the housing assembly such that the cam is operable to linearly drive the lift finger between a deactuated position and an actuated position, and a locking mechanism operable to selectively retain the lift finger in the deactuated position. The locking mechanism includes an interface member engaged with the lift finger such that movement of the lift finger moves the interface member between a home position and an offset position, a blocking member operable to selectively prevent movement of the interface member from the home position, and a driver configured to move the blocking member between a blocking position and an unblocking position to thereby lock and unlock the trim assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Paul R. Arlinghaus, Jack R. Lehner, Jr., David V. Toloday, Suresha Chandrasekhara, John Stalter, Marlin Austin