Patents Examined by Janet M. Wilkens
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Patent number: 12129700Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventor: Andreas Holzapfel
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Patent number: 12129704Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Kiekert AGInventor: Uwe Reddmann
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Patent number: 12130076Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventor: Daniel Bertschi
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Patent number: 12127673Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Tzu-Cheng Weng, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 12133350Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: ZT GROUP INT'L, INC.Inventors: Chen An, Zichun Song
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Patent number: 12121149Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 2024Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
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Patent number: 12123253Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Inventors: Andres Ortega, Pramod Kumar, Garrick Beat, Jacob Chan
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Patent number: 12114770Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shih-Ting Chu
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Patent number: 12102229Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Office Kick, Inc.Inventor: Nathan Mark Poniatowski
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Patent number: 12103370Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Riad Chaaya, Keijo J. Huotari, Scott Varisto, Trevor Geiger, Dennis Wiedenbeck, Tejaswi Vemuri, Himat Taank
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Patent number: 12091283Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Colette Ruden, Michael J. Tracey
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Patent number: 12092387Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Juyoung Kim, Daham Bae, Hojin Choi, Hyuncheol Lee, Jongmoon Jang
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Patent number: 12075909Abstract: A table assembly can include a table including a support portion and a mounting portion; and a mounting bracket defining a mounting slot, the mounting slot receiving the mounting portion. The support portion can be cantilevered. The mounting bracket can define a top side and a bottom side; and the mounting slot can extend from the top side to the bottom side.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: FC Industries, LLCInventor: Christian Evan Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 12071062Abstract: A climate controlled food storage system onboard a vehicle comprises a cabinet with one or more compartments. Within the one or more compartments are a pair of front pilasters and a pair of rear pilasters. The front pilasters have fasteners for locking rails or shelves into place so that they will not move when the vehicle is in motion. The rear pilasters have slots that allow the rails or shelves to be easily inserted, removed, and adjusted within the cabinet. The pilasters maximize the use of space within the cabinet while permitting adequate air flow within the cabinet. The fasteners on the front pilasters and the slots on the rear pilasters are arranged symmetrically along the vertical length of the pilasters so that they can be used interchangeably on the left and right sides of the cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: WONDER GROUP, INC.Inventor: Andrew William O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 12070127Abstract: A floating shelf, comprising: (1) a shelf; and (2) a floating shelf bracket that is configured to support the shelf and that comprises a support connector and two or more shelf supports that are attached to one another by the support connector. The support connector and the two or more shelf supports may be attached to one another so that the floating shelf bracket is a unitary, single-piece bracket. In various embodiments, the top surface of each of the two or more shelf supports is positioned below a top of the support connector so that when a bottom surface of the shelf is positioned on the top surface of each of the two or more shelf supports, the top of the support connector is substantially concealed behind the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Lewis Hyman, Inc.Inventor: Robert LeBlanc
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Patent number: 12068586Abstract: A switch cabinet having a frame and a sidewall element mounted thereon, wherein the sidewall element is mounted on the frame via at least one latch lock, the latch lock having a latch and a latch receptacle one of which is fixed to the frame and the other of which is fixed to the sidewall element and which are accommodated in a volume which is open towards an outer side of the frame and which is delimited on the one hand by a folded profile edge of the frame and on the other hand, adjoining the folded profile edge on the outer side, by the sidewall element.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Rebecca Zapletal, Carsten Bäumer
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Patent number: 12064031Abstract: A foldable table includes first and second panels, first and second mounting assemblies coupled respectively with the first and second panels, and first and second leg assemblies coupled respective with the first and second mounting assemblies. Each of the first and second panels is formed with upper and lower panel surfaces spaced apart at a first distance. Each of the first and second panels is also formed with a ridge or protrusions or both of the ridge and protrusions. A lower surface of the ridge is spaced apart from the upper panel surface at a second distance equal to or less than two times the first distance. A lower surface of each protrusion is spaced apart from the upper panel surface at a third distance equal to or less than 1.5 times the first distance. Thus, when folded, the table has a minimized thickness.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Inno-Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwan Jun Choi
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Patent number: 12055334Abstract: The refrigerator includes a main body having an opening on a front side, an upper opening and a lower opening divided in the main body by a partition wall, an upper door to open and close the upper opening, a lower door to open and close the lower opening, and a hinge mechanism configured such that the door is rotatably coupled with respect to the main body, wherein the hinge mechanism includes a multiaxial hinge provided above and below each of the upper door and the lower door.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Manabu Kikuchi
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Patent number: 12046978Abstract: An electric generator protective cover has a protective cloth cover, a cover assembly, and a plurality of fixing feet. The cover assembly includes a central block located in the center of the top and four elastic supporting rods fixed to the central block. The protective cloth cover is jacked up through the central block and the four elastic supporting rods. One end of each fixing foot is connected to an elastic supporting rod, and the other end is mounted on an upper cross bar of an electric generator frame. The electric generator protective cover has the advantages that the protective cloth cover is arranged, which can isolate dirt such as rain, snow, mud, and sand.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Ningbo Zhongyuan Machinery Tech. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Haiquan Chen
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Patent number: 12044463Abstract: A refrigerator is provided, which includes a refrigerator body, a pair of door bodies, a turnover beam, a guide seat and a limiting block. The turnover beam is pivotally connected with one of the pair of door bodies, and the turnover beam includes a turnover beam body. The guide seat includes a guide seat body and a guide groove disposed in the guide seat body. The limiting block is rotatably connected with the guide seat body. When at least a portion of the guide block presses the limiting block through the front side opening of the guide groove, the limiting block is configured to pivot and exit the guide groove, and after the guide block enters the guide groove, the limiting block is configured to be reset by pivoting to limit the guide block.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: HISENSE (SHANDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenfei Jia, Weilun Zhang, Xiangping Zhang, Dong Guo