Patents Examined by Justin B Rephann
  • Patent number: 12371933
    Abstract: A stopping apparatus includes a drum that rotates in a first rotation direction during opening of a back door and rotates in a second rotation direction during closing of the back door; a locking member that shifts between a locking position where the locking member prevents the rotation of the drum in the first rotation direction and an unlocking position where the locking member allows the rotation of the drum in the first rotation direction; and a shifting mechanism to shift a position of the locking member from the unlocking position to the locking position when a shifting operation is performed in a situation where the locking member is located at the unlocking position, and maintain the position of the locking member at the locking position when the shifting operation is performed in a situation where the locking member is located at the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Fukuda, Yuya Kojima, Kazuhiro Hibi
  • Patent number: 12371930
    Abstract: According to particular embodiments, a door operating system comprises: a rotating handle removably coupled to a first gear; the first gear coupled to a second gear; the second gear removably coupled to a worm gear; and the worm gear coupled to a rotating plate. Rotation of the handle rotates the first gear which rotates the second gear which rotates the worm gear which rotates the rotating plate to cause the door to open or close. The first gear is swappable with the second gear to modify a gear ratio of the door operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TRINITY NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT CAR, INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Huck
  • Patent number: 12371935
    Abstract: A tailgate assembly includes a tailgate frame and a sliding door. The tailgate frame has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a rearward facing tailgate panel that covers at least half of the tailgate frame. The second portion defines a door opening and a lower track. The sliding door is supported by the lower track such that the sliding door is movable between a closed orientation and an open orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Adam Miller
  • Patent number: 12366106
    Abstract: A panel in an overhead door system having a rigid outer frame with an aperture therethrough dimensioned to receive a plurality of movable, foldable horizontally hinged sub-panels dimensioned to fit within confines of the aperture of such outer frame when closed and a plurality of movable, foldable horizontally hinged sub-panels dimensioned to fit within the confines of the aperture of such outer frame when closed, said sub-panels being an upper sub-panel, a first sub-panel, a second sub-panel and a lower sub-panel, the upper sub-panel coupled along its lower horizontal edge to the top horizontal edge of the first sub-panel, the first sub-panel being coupled along its lower horizontal edge to the top horizontal edge of the second subpanel, and the lower horizontal edge of the second subpanel being coupled to the top horizontal edge of the lower sub-panel and including a pin, roller or track system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Inventor: Frederick Shadracks
  • Patent number: 12366110
    Abstract: A safety gate includes a first column, disposed on a first side of an elevator shaft, a second column, disposed on a second side of the elevator shaft, a first gate panel, and a second gate panel. The first gate panel is coupled to the first column via a first locking hinge. The second gate panel is coupled to the second column via a second locking hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: WaterFilled Barrier Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Angenend
  • Patent number: 12359494
    Abstract: A door assembly may include a first sidelite configured to be operably coupled to a first doorjamb, a second sidelite configured to be operably coupled to a second door jamb where the first and second sidelites are disposed in a common plane and define a door opening between the first and second sidelites, a first sliding panel, a second sliding panel where the first and second sliding panels are movable from a closed position disposing the first and second sliding panels to block access through the door opening and an open position in which the first sliding panel is proximate the first sidelite and the second sliding panel is proximate the second sidelite, a first partial door panel, and a second partial door panel. The first and second sliding panels are disposed in a second plane parallel to the common plane in both the open and closed position. The first and second partial door panels are operably coupled to the first and second sidelites, respectively, via hinge assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wolfe, Thomas Epke
  • Patent number: 12359497
    Abstract: A barrier system that occupies less space in transportation and reduces the identification and matching time of parts for assembly to improve assembly efficiency. The barrier system includes a door leaf and a frame with a first, second, and third assembly modules. The first assembly module includes a first door leaf subassembly module and a first frame subassembly module that are rotatably connected. The second assembly module includes a second door leaf subassembly module that may be detachably connected with the first door leaf subassembly module to form a door leaf. The third assembly module includes a second frame subassembly module detachably connected with the first frame subassembly module to form a frame. The first, second, and third assembly module are independent of each other when they are not assembled, and together form a barrier system after assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: 3D Global Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Jamie Yates
  • Patent number: 12359489
    Abstract: A furniture drive system includes: a support for mounting the system on a furniture carcass; an actuating arm device movably mounted on the support and to be connected to the movable furniture part; an electric motor to be connected to the actuating arm device to move sections of the actuating arm device; a drive device separate from the electric motor for exerting a force on the actuating arm device; an adjusting device for adjusting the force to be exerted by the drive device; and a control device for controlling the electric motor. The control device has a determining device for determining the force to be exerted on the actuating arm device, and the drive device has a damping device to dampen a closing movement and/or an opening movement of the actuating arm device. The determining device is designed to perform a damper analysis of the damping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Grimm
  • Patent number: 12352091
    Abstract: Sliding operator assemblies and associated fenestration units, systems, and methods of use and assembly are described. Some such sliding operator assemblies transition a first, linear actuation force along a first axis (e.g., vertical) to a second actuation force along a second axis (e.g., horizontal) to cause a drive mechanism to impart opening and closing forces, respectively, on the sash. Some designs relate to belt-, twisted ribbon-, or band-drive sliding operator assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Inventors: Todd A. Bernhagen, Paul D. Schroder, Ted L. Hansen
  • Patent number: 12345086
    Abstract: An electrically driven sliding window for vehicle and a vehicle include a window aperture, guide rails, bases, slide blocks, a movable glass unit and an electric drive mechanism, the guide rails are provided on two opposite sides of the window aperture respectively, the slide block includes a base mating portion and a guide rail mating portion, the slide block is slidably mounted on a base via the base mating portion and is mounted on a guide rail via the guide rail mating portion, the movable glass unit is fixed on the bases, and the slide blocks are slidable along the guide rails and are slidable relative to the bases by means of the electric drive mechanism, to drive the bases to perform a sliding movement parallel to a direction of the guide rails and a movement for alignment perpendicular to the direction of the guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: JIANGSU CHANGNING ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tian Yu
  • Patent number: 12331571
    Abstract: In the roof window, the hinge assembly (9) comprises a coupling unit (95) connected to or connectable to the frame (2) and configured to be connected to the hinge unit (91) in the mounted condition of the roof window (1). In an installation condition of the roof window (1), the hinge unit (91) is connected to the sash (3) and the coupling unit (95) is connected to the frame (2). The coupling unit (95) and the hinge unit (91) are configured to assume the following positions relative to each other, namely at least one intermediate position, and a final position, corresponding to the mounted condition of the roof window (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: VKR Holding A/S
    Inventors: Lasse Vinther Hede, Niels Henrik Toft-Jensen
  • Patent number: 12326038
    Abstract: The present gated barrier includes a threshold and an isolator on the bottommost surface of the threshold to space the gated barrier from the floor. The isolator includes a compressible layer made of a textile. In a second embodiment, the isolator includes a relatively compressible layer made of a textile and a relatively incompressible layer made of a plastic. The isolator protects the floor against scratches and dampens the noise that is made when the gate is shut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Timothy C. Daggy
  • Patent number: 12326027
    Abstract: A vehicle door pushing device in a vehicle door includes a gear member, a male screw member, and a female screw member. The gear member is rotatable by an actuator around an axis extending in a first direction substantially parallel to a vehicle width direction. The male screw member is coaxial with the gear member, and rotates integrally with the gear member. The female screw member is screwed onto the male screw member, and is movable along the first direction by rotation of the male screw member to each of a first position of being in a casing and a second position of at least partially protruding from the casing to a vehicle inner side. The gear member has a cup-shaped structure open at an end on the vehicle inner side in the first direction for being able to accommodate at least a part of the female screw member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Jidaisho
  • Patent number: 12311742
    Abstract: A door wiring module includes: a door planar member incorporated into a door to partition an inner side and an outer side of a vehicle; and a wiring member held by the door planar member, wherein the door planar member includes an inner side surface directed to the inner side of the vehicle and an outer side surface directed to the outer side of the vehicle, a wiring groove is formed in the inner side surface, at least a part of the wiring member is housed in the housing groove, a guide protruding part guiding water is formed in the outer side surface, and at least a part of the guide protruding part is formed along at least a part of the wiring groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Yuta Tome, Housei Mizuno
  • Patent number: 12297667
    Abstract: A vehicle latch assembly. The vehicle latch assembly including: an electronic latch; and a separate door control unit fixedly secured to an exterior housing of the electronic latch, wherein electronics for controlling operation of the electronic latch are located in the separate door control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: INTEVA FRANCE, MARQUARDT GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal Philippe, Jean-Marc Belmond, Jean-Bernard Didier, Philippe Ottolini, Fredéric Burkat, Daniel Lopez, Christian Holdenried, Oliver Huppenbauer
  • Patent number: 12291909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for flush track sliding doors and/or windows, wherein an aboveground assembly is disposed in connection with a subsurface assembly through an interconnection mechanism, such that the surfaces bordering opposite ends of the system remain flush with the system itself, thereby retaining aesthetic continuity. Such a subsurface assembly may comprise at least one roller member disposed in moveable engagement with at least one track component, such that at least a portion of the subsurface assembly may be moved there along, wherein such movement may be imparted onto the aboveground assembly via the interconnection mechanism. Additional embodiments of the subsurface assembly may comprise a drainage assembly configured to receive fluid and/or debris, and subsequently expel the same therefrom. Such subsurface assembly and aboveground assembly may be divided by a removable cover assembly, which may be configured to approximate the abutting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: Bruno Salvoni
  • Patent number: 12291910
    Abstract: In example implementations, an end cap for a panel of a vertically stacking panel door is provided. The end cap includes a body to be coupled to an end of a panel of a vertically stacking panel door, a first track wheel coupled to the body, a second track wheel coupled to the body, and a vertical stability roller coupled to the body, wherein the first track wheel, the second track wheel, and the vertical stability roller are arranged along a vertical line, wherein the first track wheel is located vertically above the second track wheel and the vertical stability roller is located between the first track wheel and the second track wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: CornellCookson, LLC
    Inventors: James Janick, Joseph A. Garrah
  • Patent number: 12286830
    Abstract: A pocket door guide having a first arm for extending into a pocket slot and seating against an inner side of a wall component that defines a side of the pocket slot and a second arm connected to and extending transversely from the first arm for seating against an end of the wall component. The arms are connected together to form an apex. A roller assembly having a roller is mounted to the second arm and protrudes, or is adjustable to protrude, beyond the apex. The roller assembly includes a roller base having axle supports mounted to the roller base and an axle extending through the axle supports and roller. The roller assembly can slide along the second arm and has fasteners engaging the roller base for fixing the roller assembly at a selected position. The second arm joins the roller base with a dovetail ridge and mating dovetail slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventor: Daniel Barker
  • Patent number: 12274389
    Abstract: A modular track system for hanging a curtain, the track system consisting of modules or sections with attachments and accessories designed to adjust to varying environments and specifications. Track shape and length are adjusted by specifying various combinations of the specialized components created as part of the system. Complementing the track system is a curtain with integrated loop fasteners which allows the curtain to be attached and removed without removing the track. The system further preferably includes a side support for use in attached the track to a fixed support in the environment, and a guiderail on the side of the track on one or more track sections, the track and curtain all being coordinated to form an efficient and improved curtain hanging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 12270248
    Abstract: A pet access tunnel and method of installing a pet access tunnel in and through interior walls of a building structure. The pet access tunnel includes a first interior flange configured to be installed in a wall opening through the wall at a first side of the wall, a second interior flange configured to be installed in the wall opening through the wall at a second side of the wall, a first door flange configured to be installed in the central opening of the first interior flange, a second door flange configured to be installed in the central opening of the second interior flange, a wall spacer having a central opening and configured to be coupled to the first and second door flanges, and at least one door movably mounted to at least one of the first and second door flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Marc Pentecost