Patents Examined by Jerry Redman
  • Patent number: 9840866
    Abstract: A vehicle door controlling device includes a vehicle-side controller, installed on the vehicle including a door capable of being opened automatically; and a mobile device on which reservation setting of automatic door-opening of the door can be made by a user. The mobile device can transmit a signal that includes information about the reservation setting. The vehicle-side controller can receive the signal, detect the mobile device having the reservation setting and existing in a first area around the door, based on the signal received by the receiver unit, and unlock the door when the mobile device having the reservation setting has been detected in the first area by the first detection unit, and to open the door when the mobile device detected in the first area by the first detection unit is further being detected in the first area for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuya Goto
  • Patent number: 9840208
    Abstract: A door outbelt unit for a vehicle door includes an end piece clip forming a ā€œUā€-shaped clip pocket, an end piece forming a pocket boss inserted into a clip pocket, and a door outbelt forming an internal space inserted and enclosed with an end piece to expose the pocket boss to the outside, in which the door outbelt is assembled only by a process of pressing the end piece in an H direction (vertical direction) after an end piece clip is assembled in an L direction (horizontal direction), so as to prevent lifting of the door outbelt or damage of parts during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hyung-Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9828798
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) and acoustic shielded door that has a door leaf with an acoustically insulated core. The perimeter of the door leaf is banded with a conductive contact channel, which is electro-mechanically bonded to a shielding media that is applied to the door face. A conductive angled contact is mechanically attached at a bottom of the door. An acoustic or radio frequency gasket seal assembly is attached to the door frame, and the gasket seal assembly is adjustable so that a complete seal can be formed around the head, jamb and sill of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Shielding Resources Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael John Lahita
  • Patent number: 9822570
    Abstract: A door assembly for a vehicle includes a door and a check strap pivotally coupled to the door. An engagement member is releasably engageable with the check strap. A spring is positioned to bias the check strap toward the engagement member. When the engagement member is engaged with the check strap, the check strap maintains the door in an open position. When the engagement member is disengaged with the check strap, the door is swung to the closed position under the bias of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Jaranson, Raj Nair, Randal Henry Visintainer
  • Patent number: 9821636
    Abstract: A guide rail for a window lifter for raising and lowering a window pane or door system for a vehicle door having a carrier and at least two guide rails disposed on the carrier. The guide rails include a guide profile that can be twisted or bent for guiding an adjusting part of the window lifter coupled to the window pane along an adjusting direction predetermined by the guide rails and the guide profile includes a base and two legs protruding at obtuse draft angles from the ends of the base, such that the size of the draft angles is proportional to the bending or twisting of the guide rails prescribed by the kinematics of the retraction of the window pane over the adjusting travel of the window pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Olaf Kriese, Martin Schlechtriemen, Volker Wilhelmi gen. Hofmann
  • Patent number: 9822568
    Abstract: A cable guide for use with a window regulator assembly includes a body, an attachment configured to be inserted through an aperture in a guide rail and retain a portion of the guide rail in a rail gap, a spring tab configured to press against an edge of the guide rail, and a cable retention arm configured to receive a tensioned drive cable of the window regulator. The cable guide may be steadily assembled to the guide rail by utilizing the pushing force from the tensioned drive cable. The aperture is located along the guide rail such that the aperture is out of the slide path of the window carrier of the window regulator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HI-LEX CONTROLS INC.
    Inventor: Masayuki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9816315
    Abstract: The window well cover is a cover that is placed on top of the window well. The window well cover is a screened frame that prevents debris from falling into the window well but allows light to pass into the window well in order to provide natural light to enter cellar environments. The window well cover is fitted with a first door and a second door that allows access into the window well for maintenance purposes. The first door and the second door are secured with a locking latch when closed. The window well cover comprises a first door, a second door, a master panel, and a locking latch. The first door and the second door are mounted on the master panel. The locking latch secures the first door and the second door in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne Price, Dann Papp
  • Patent number: 9816309
    Abstract: A frame assembly for windows and doors includes a pair of side members and a pair of generally parallel cross members, each extending along a unique member axis. The cross members include a first frame portion and a second frame portion that extend generally along the member axis and are connected by a camming fastener that draws together and secures the first and second frame portions. A method of fabricating a shutter assembly includes forming a pair of C-shaped partial-frames, each from a side member coupled to portions of two cross-members. The method includes co-axially aligning corresponding portions of the two cross-members along two axes and joining the two C-shaped partial-frames with camming fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Houston Shutters, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Blackburn, Jennifer Baur
  • Patent number: 9816314
    Abstract: A sealing system for doors and windows includes a reservoir device, a sealing tube configured to expand and to contract, and a transfer valve configured to couple the reservoir device to a first end of the sealing tube. Responsive to either of a door or window closing, a medium may be transferred from the reservoir device via the transfer valve to the sealing tube. Responsive to receiving the medium, the sealing tube may expand to substantially seal a gap between an edge of either of the door or the window and a surface in proximity to the edge. Responsive to either of the door or window opening, the medium may be discharged from the sealing tube via the transfer valve. The sealing tube may contract in response to discharging the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Norman David Eansor
  • Patent number: 9816312
    Abstract: A molded access door assembly for an access opening in a wall or ceiling is provided. It includes a molded frame with a frame channel forming the outside of the access door assembly. The frame channel has spaced apart exterior and interior walls joined at the top edge by a top wall and a lip extending from the bottom edge of the inner wall into the interior of the molded access door assembly to define an opening. The lip provides a stop rest for the door in the closed position so that the door is capable of being attached to the wall or ceiling. The assembly also includes a door having a top surface and a first part of a hinge assembly along one edge of the top surface which cooperates with a matching second part of the hinge assembly along one edge of the frame channel to allow the door to move between an open and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: IVM Homestyle Ltd.
    Inventors: Vitaliy Ivasiv, Igor Ivasiv
  • Patent number: 9816300
    Abstract: A sash window restrictor (20) has a housing (22) which is to be let into a vertical frame member (10) of one sash (normally the upper, outer sash) of a window, at a position, say, 10 cm above the top rail of the lower sash when the windows are closed. A tab (24) is mounted in the housing and can be retracted into the housing or extended from the housing. A mechanism acts between the tab and the housing and allows the tab to be pressed into the housing and held in the housing for a period of time before the tab is released to allow the tab to extend. With the tab extended, the lower sash (12) can be lifted until it reaches the tab (24) but no further, so that a 10 cm gap will be opened at the bottom of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Mighton Products Limited
    Inventor: Michael Derham
  • Patent number: 9810000
    Abstract: A locking apparatus for a rollup door, comprising latch assembly including a latch, a release lever, a trigger, a cam and a solenoid. A housing that houses the latch assembly includes at least one opening that can removably receive a door striker member. The latch assembly includes a locked/unlocked status limit switch for detecting when the latch assembly is in an unlocked or locked position and an open/closed status limit switch for detecting when the striker member is disengaged from the latch assembly and door is (or can be) open or closed. The locking apparatus can be electronically unlocked or it can be unlocked manually by a user by actuating the solenoid which causes the latch to release the locked striker member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: JANUS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Curtis Leon Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9803407
    Abstract: A door opening and closing apparatus includes a rail module including: a rail member extending along a front-and-rear direction; a drive device mounted on the rail member; and a supporting member coupled to one end portion of a closing cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device and one end portion of an opening cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device. The rail module is provided with the drive device fastened to an outside of a vehicle body such that a part of the drive device goes inside the vehicle body through an opening provided on the vehicle body. A portion of a housing of the drive device located outside the vehicle body closes the opening while a sealing member is interposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya Seto, Shuntaro Kimura, Naoki Hanaki
  • Patent number: 9803404
    Abstract: A door assembly comprising a hinge post and a hinge stile, the hinge post and hinge stile configured for a first mating configuration and a second mating configuration. The first and second mating configurations enable adjustable placement of a shower door with the hinge post forming an extension below the bottom of the hinge stile in both configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Coastal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Cobb, William M. Cobb, Jr., Florin Poenariu
  • Patent number: 9797182
    Abstract: A window frame has a sash and a panel that is disposed parallel to the sash, both of which are slidably disposed in the frame. A receiver is fixed at a first end of the frame. When the sash is in a first position, the sash is disposed within the receiver. When the sash is in a second position, the sash is disposed outside the receiver. A motor is fixed relative to the frame with a drive system connecting the motor to the sash or the panel. A control input is connected to the motor and is configured to receive a signal from a controller, a sensor, or a building management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Amesbury Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Raap, Bruce Hagemeyer, Gary E. Tagtow, Michael Martin May, James Gerard Seaser
  • Patent number: 9797184
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of operating an automatic door installation comprising door sensor equipment including a door sensor. The automatic door installation is operable in at least a standard mode, in which the door sensor equipment conducts an obstacle check to determine whether an obstacle is present according to a first obstacle check procedure, and a contingency mode, in which the door sensor equipment conducts the obstacle check according to a different second obstacle check procedure. The method includes the steps of evaluating an operating condition of the automatic door installation; determining whether the operating condition lies within a standard operating range; and operating the automatic door installation in the contingency mode when the operating condition lies outside a respective standard operating range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ensota Limited
    Inventors: Peter Collins, John Curzon
  • Patent number: 9797171
    Abstract: Provided is a small plug door device having a slide base is installed slidably in a vehicle width direction relative to a fixed base. A door drive mechanism for moving one door in a vehicle front-rear direction via a connecting portion has a drive portion including an electric motor, a drive wheel member, a follower wheel member, and an endless member, and is installed on the slide base. A guide portion guides a shaft portion provided on the connecting portion so as to move the shaft portion in a vehicle width direction. In a double-speed rail in which a pinion is disposed between two racks, one rack is connected to the slide base, the other rack is connected to the door side, and the pinion is connected to the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutama Takahashi, Atsuhito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9796397
    Abstract: A compartment door for a vehicle has a bearing rod slide block with a rod sliding block arranged on a bearing bar. The bearing rod is connected by a sliding pair, and the compartment door is connected with the bearing sliding block through a plugging and pulling movement of the main body. The plugging and pulling movement of the main body includes a swing rod, a connecting rod and a roller, wherein an upper end of the connecting rod and compartment door are connected to a point B by a rotation pair, and a lower end of the connecting rod and the bearing rod slide block are connected to point D by a sliding pair. The upper end of the swing rod and bearing rod slide block are connected to point A by the rotation pair, and B, C, D are located on a same straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lvzhong Ma, Qizhi Yang, Xiuxiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9790727
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body control device includes an opening and closing drive device and a controller. When the opening and closing body is being closed, in a case where the position of the opening and closing body when a trapping of a foreign object is detected is outside a specified range between a fully closed position and a specified position, the controller controls the operation of the opening and closing drive device to reverse the opening and closing body to perform the opening operation by a predetermined opening-and-returning distance and then stop the opening and closing body. In a case where the position of trapping is in the specified range, the controller reverses the opening and closing body to perform the opening operation by the predetermined opening-and-returning distance or a greater distance and then stop the opening and closing body outside the specified range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishikibe, Kohei Kobayashi, Yoshinori Hitomi, Takeshi Katsuda, Shunsuke Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 9776479
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes a window area and a hollow door body underneath the window area. A web divides the window area into a front and rear window, and extends into the door body. At least one of the windows has a movable pane, one edge of which engages into a groove of the web. A web holder is anchored on a wall of the door body, and plug connected with a lower end of the web in the longitudinal direction of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Michael Alhof