Patents Examined by Janet M. Wilkens
  • Patent number: 12163363
    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: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Engineered Hardware, LLC
    Inventor: Paul T. Kicher
  • Patent number: 12161221
    Abstract: A detachable shelf including four column assemblies, where each column assembly includes a plurality of columns distributed along a height direction; in each column assembly, adjacent columns are detachably connected; a plurality of support frames are disposed along the height direction among the four column assemblies; the support frame includes two mutually-parallel first cross beams and two mutually-parallel second cross beams; the front first cross beam is detachably connected to corresponding columns at front left and right ends and the rear first cross beam is detachably connected to corresponding columns at rear left and right ends; the left second cross beam is detachably connected to corresponding columns at left front and rear ends, and the right second cross beam is detachably connected to corresponding columns at right front and rear ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO FUYOU TOOLS CO., LTD., QINGDAO LANSHAN TRADE CO., LTD., QINGDAO NORTHERN LIGHTS FURNITURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Ge
  • Patent number: 12157352
    Abstract: Provided is a weather strip for a vehicle according to the present disclosure. The weather strip includes: a fixing part fixed to a vehicle body or an opening/closing part of a vehicle; a sealing part formed on one side of the fixing part and formed in a hollow cross section therein to seal between the vehicle body and the opening/closing part; a sensor installation part positioned to be spaced apart from an inner surface of the sealing part in the sealing part and accommodating an anti-pinch sensor therein; and at least one sensor operation part protruding from the inner surface of the sealing part toward the sensor installation part by a predetermined length in the inner surface of the sealing part to pressurize the sensor installation part when the sealing part is deformed by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seung-Young Park
  • Patent number: 12157353
    Abstract: A panel door applied for a vehicle including a stiffness member made of a plastic material and integrally formed on an internal surface of the panel door, includes an external panel, an internal panel coupled to the external panel, and a stiffness member formed to connect a frame forming a circumference and stiffness elements provided for reinforcing stiffness inside the frame and coupled to at least one of the external panel and the internal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Je-Won Choi
  • Patent number: 12158037
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a monitoring system for a door (12) of a domestic appliance (10). The monitoring system comprises at least one door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32) arrangeable or arranged at or within the door (12). The door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32) is an inertial measurement unit (IMU) including at least one accelerometer and/or at least one gyroscope. The accelerometer can be provided for detecting a linear acceleration of the door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32). The gyroscope can be provided for detecting a rotational speed of the door sensor (22; 24, 26, 28; 30, 32). The monitoring system determines at least one of the angle (?,??), the angular speed and the angular acceleration of the door (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Branko Ivanovic, Dietmar Hildner
  • Patent number: 12156354
    Abstract: In one general aspect, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a display case door that includes an insulated panel assembly that is transparent to visible light. The door further includes a door frame extending about and secured to a peripheral edge of the insulated panel assembly, an electronic display overlaying the insulated panel assembly, and at least one lift-off hinge including a first hinge component attached to a longitudinal side of the door frame, and a second hinge component coupled to the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Anthony, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Sandnes, Jeffery W. Nicholson, David Briggs Baugh, Juan Francisco Flores Rivera, Pedro Almaguer, Matthew Rolek
  • Patent number: 12144422
    Abstract: A table includes a supporting frame and a panel assembly supported by the supporting frame. A panel assembly includes a panel, a plurality of connectors, and one or more elongated members connected to the panel by the plurality of connectors. The one or more elongated members include a first elongated member disposed adjacent to but spaced apart from a first portion of the outer periphery of the panel, creating a gap in between. The presence of the gap allows one to hang objects, such as water bottles, bags, umbrellas, directly or indirectly to the first elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 12140316
    Abstract: A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a main body having an opening, a door disposed on one side of the main body, the door being configured to open or close the opening, and a damping assembly configured to be operated by the door. The damping assembly includes a first lever installed in the main body, the first lever being configured to be movable when the door is pressed, a second lever connected to the first lever, and a cylinder connected to the second lever, the cylinder being configured to be movable in a direction that is parallel to a movement path of the first lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan Gi Park, Byoung Hak Kim, Yong Bin Lim, Jeong Hoon Kang, Dong Hyun Sohn, Ga Young Jo
  • Patent number: 12129700
    Abstract: A furniture drive includes a carrier configured to be fixed to or within a furniture panel of a furniture carcass, an actuating arm assembly arranged on the carrier, a spring device for applying a force to the actuating arm assembly, an adjustment device for adjusting a force of the spring device to the actuating arm assembly, and a threaded section having a longitudinal direction. An engagement location of the spring device is adjustable along the threaded section by a rotation of an adjustment element about a rotational axis, and the rotational axis of the adjustment element and the longitudinal direction of the threaded section enclose an angle to one another. The angle formed by the rotational axis of the adjustment element and the longitudinal direction of the threaded section is configured to be varied upon a movement of the actuating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: 12127673
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly is provided and includes a first rail, a second rail movable with respect to the first rail, a working member, an operating member and a blocking member. When the second rail is located at an extended position with respect to the first rail and the working member is in a first state, the working member and a blocking feature of the first rail block each other for restraining the second rail from moving toward a first predetermined direction from the extended position. The blocking member is switchable between a blocking state and a non-blocking state for restraining the operating member from driving the working member to disengage from the first state or for allowing the operating member to drive the working member from the first state to a second state. Besides, a related slide rail kit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Tzu-Cheng Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12130076
    Abstract: A drawer device includes a drawer body, a drawer movable linearly therein, and a cover movable relative to the drawer and relative to the drawer body in a lifting direction by a lifting element. A controlled relative movement of the cover can be carried out in the lifting direction by the lifting element and a controller to allow evacuation and/or dehumidification of the drawer interior. The lifting element is arranged to run along two lateral edges of the cover, and each lifting element has a motor, a spindle, and a linear carriage connected to the spindle and linearly movable. A profiled lifting section is operatively connected to a securing element on the drawer body, and can be moved by the lifting element in the lifting direction relative to the cover in a controlled manner by a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Daniel Bertschi
  • Patent number: 12129704
    Abstract: An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element, comprising an electric drive, an actuator, more particularly a pusher element, acting on the door element, wherein the actuator can be adjusted by means of the electric drive and a transmission arranged between the electric drive and the actuator, such that the door element can be at least opened by means of the actuator, wherein a discontinuous transmission ratio is made possible by means of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Uwe Reddmann
  • Patent number: 12133350
    Abstract: A lock device may include a slider assembly including a first slider, a second slider movably coupled to the first slider, and a base having a planar portion with a top rail and a bottom rail that hold the slider assembly and allows the relative movement of the first slider relative to the second slider along the top and bottom rails in the base. The second slider can move relative to the first slider to different positions including a latch lock position, a latch unlock position, and a latch impending lock position. The lock device may also include a latch assembly attached to a chassis. The latch assembly including a latch element is configured to move to a first, a second, and a third heights from the top rail of the base corresponding to the latch lock position, the latch unlock position, and the latch impending lock position of the slider assembly, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ZT GROUP INT'L, INC.
    Inventors: Chen An, Zichun Song
  • Patent number: 12121149
    Abstract: A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
  • Patent number: 12123253
    Abstract: A configurable door system includes a first and second door panel, an astragal, and a frame. The frame defines a first axis and is configured to pivotally support the door panels in a first configuration of the door system and in a second configuration of the door system. The first door panel is disposed to one side of the second door panel along the first axis within the frame in both the first and second configurations. The door system, in the first configuration, includes the astragal fixed to the first door panel and releasably attaches the first door panel to the frame, and the second door panel is releasably secured to the astragal. The door system, in the second configuration, includes the astragal fixed to the second door panel and releasably attaches the second door panel to the frame, and the first door panel is releasably secured to the astragal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventors: Andres Ortega, Pramod Kumar, Garrick Beat, Jacob Chan
  • Patent number: 12114770
    Abstract: A table stand includes a first pivoting stabilizer, a second pivoting stabilizer, a first height adjustable pole connected to the first pivoting stabilizer, a second height adjustable pole connected to the second pivoting stabilizer, a folding transmission mechanism separately connected to the first height adjustable pole and the second height adjustable pole, and a support crossbar connected to the folding transmission mechanism. The first pivoting stabilizer and the second pivoting stabilizer are movably connected to two ends of the support crossbar. Each of the first pivoting stabilizer and the second pivoting stabilizer includes a first blocking edge, a second blocking edge, and a first shaft sequentially passing through the first blocking edge and the second blocking edge. The support crossbar is disposed between the first blocking edge and the second blocking edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shih-Ting Chu
  • Patent number: 12102229
    Abstract: A desktop workspace that adjusts vertically includes a work surface platform, a base configured to sit on an existing platform, such as a desk, a height adjustable mechanism including at least one set of arms that connect at a pivot point(s) creating a scissoring motion to raise and lower the said work surface platform to various heights. A locking and unlocking mechanism may connect to the height adjustable mechanism. In some cases, the apparatus includes an adjustable mechanism to support items such as a keyboard. In some cases, the apparatus includes elements to raise items such as a monitor to an additional height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
  • Patent number: 12103370
    Abstract: A liftgate integrating bulkhead reinforcements into an inner panel and/or outer panel of the liftgate or closure creating an efficient design that adds mold-in reinforcement structure and eliminates the need to add steel or plastic parts to meet performance requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Riad Chaaya, Keijo J. Huotari, Scott Varisto, Trevor Geiger, Dennis Wiedenbeck, Tejaswi Vemuri, Himat Taank
  • Patent number: 12091283
    Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator door assembly includes a door panel having at least one edge. A base is configured to be received adjacent the edge of the door panel. An astragal is configured to be at least partially received over the base such that the base holds the astragal in a selected position aligned with the edge of the door panel. The astragal is at least partially compressible for closing off an interface between the edge of the door panel and an adjacent surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Colette Ruden, Michael J. Tracey
  • Patent number: 12092387
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door includes comprises: a panel assembly comprising a front panel, a door frame connected to the panel assembly, a door liner defining, with the door frame, an insulating space that accommodates an insulator, and a basket installed on the door liner. The door liner includes: an outer body, a liner extension portion extending from the outer body in a direction crossing the outer body, and a plurality of ribs that are disposed at the outer body and that are spaced apart from the liner extension portion. The door frame comprises a frame extension portion that is disposed between the plurality of ribs and the liner extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Juyoung Kim, Daham Bae, Hojin Choi, Hyuncheol Lee, Jongmoon Jang