Patents Examined by Justin B Rephann
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Patent number: 11585136Abstract: A guide system for a door assembly including a door, which door can be attached to the guide system in a pivotal manner, has a closed position in which at least one device object can be covered on the front side and a parked position in which the door can be moved, preferably slid, in a direction transversely to the front of the at least one device object, preferably into a lateral receiving shaft, by the guide system. The guide system for the door is assembled or formed on a support structure separate from the device object to be covered, the support structure having at least one stand surface for standing on the floor of a room and/or at least one assembly device for assembling on the wall of a room.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser
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Patent number: 11585143Abstract: An automatic door opening system including a door having a top portion, a bottom portion, a hinged portion, and an opening portion. The system includes an opener connected to the door adjacent the opening portion and configured to selectively receive electrical current. The system includes a magnet disposed on the opening portion of the door such that the magnet is adjacent the opener when the door is in the closed position. The system includes a microcontroller in electric communication with the electromagnet wherein a memory contains processor-executable instructions to receive a door activation input and, in response to receiving the door activation input, activate the electromagnet to apply a magnetic force against the magnet and push the door between the closed position and the open position. The system may also include a closer configured to selectively return the door to the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventor: Gonzalo Fuentes Iriarte
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Patent number: 11585144Abstract: An automated gate for robotic mowers may include at least two doors that are sized to receive a robotic mower, and it can be installed in any fence to enable the mower to move between the yards on its own. The at least two doors of an automated gate may provide optional capability to lock when not used by the mower and unlock automatically when the mower gets close. By default, the at least two doors may remain unlocked, yet closed, thereby providing a cost-effective solution for customers who do not have to worry about pets. An add-on module may be provided that may add a locking mechanism and triggering mechanism, thereby providing end users with the ability to lock the automated gate completely.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SMARTDOTS LLCInventor: Ashutosh Jaiswal
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Patent number: 11578529Abstract: The present lift lock includes a slide having feet and a slot between the feet, where such slide further includes an interior generally full length wall for acting as a stop, and where such slide further includes gripping ribs that increase in width from the front end of the slide to the rear end of the slide.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Regalo International, LLCInventors: Mark A. Flannery, Michael P. Lane
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Patent number: 11578518Abstract: A hold-open lock apparatus of a sliding door configured to limit or release rotation of a swing arm without interference with a rail is provided. The hold-open lock apparatus includes a catch unit including a catch pin that serves as a center of rotation of the swing arm, a catch fitted over the catch pin, and a pawl release lever rotatably fitted over the catch pin. The hold-open lock apparatus further includes a pawl unit including a pawl pin located on a side of the swing arm, and a pawl rotatably fitted over the pawl pin and configured to be locked to or unlocked from the catch. The hold-open lock apparatus also includes a cable unit connected to the pawl release lever and configured to rotate the pawl release lever. The pawl release lever is configured to rotate in one direction to rotate the pawl.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chi-Young Min, Seong-Geon Byeon, Ki-Ryun Ahn, Hyun-Duk Cho
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Patent number: 11578522Abstract: A door actuator for opening and/or closing a door, includes a fluid housing with an inner compartment, which is filled with fluid, in particular hydraulic oil, a fluid housing opening in the fluid housing for draining the fluid at thermal overload, a thermally activatable valve for opening, which closes the fluid housing opening, and a collecting device, which is disposed outside the fluid housing opposite the fluid housing opening, forms a collecting space for the fluid, is open towards the fluid housing opening, and includes at least one drain opening for draining the fluid from the collecting space.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: DORMAKABA DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Alexander Hellwig, Thomas Salutzki, Sabine Weimann
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Patent number: 11566466Abstract: The acoustic shutter assembly (1) includes at least one window pane (2, 3) arranged in a frame (4). At least one ventilation duct (7) is arranged in the frame between an outer ventilation opening (8) and an inner ventilation opening (9), extending between a first layer of sound absorbing material arranged at an inside (5) and a second layer of sound absorbing material arranged at an outside. A number of acoustic reflectors (12) in the form of plate material are arranged between the first and second layers of sound absorbing material so that the ventilation duct is separated into a number of respective ventilation channels (13) formed between the acoustic reflectors. Each ventilation channel changes direction at least once between the outer ventilation opening and the inner ventilation opening, thereby at least substantially blocking any linear path from the outer ventilation opening to the inner ventilation opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Ramboll Denmark Contracting APSInventors: Svend Erik Paulsen Dahl, Jakob Blauenfeldt-Dydensborg, Jørn Krab Jensen, Frederik Wolter Holm
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Patent number: 11560746Abstract: Slide operator assemblies and components for fenestration units, as well as associated methods of manufacture and use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventors: Todd A. Bernhagen, Ted L. Hansen, Paul D. Shroder
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Patent number: 11555348Abstract: A sealing strip disclosed herein comprises a deformable sealing profile with a teardrop cross-section, a channel running along a length of the sealing strip, multiple parallel aligned reinforcement ribs, and an adhesive layer on a first outwardly curved side on an outer surface of the deformable sealing profile. In an embodiment, the sealing strip comprises one of an E-shaped cross-section and about a 270 degree rotated generally T-shaped cross-section. In another embodiment, the cross-section of the sealing profile comprises a vertically aligned rectangular base portion and dovetail portion extending from a first lateral side of the rectangular base portion near the midway on the rectangular base portion. In another embodiment, the rectangular base portion comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion extending from a first end and a second end, respectively, of the first lateral side of the rectangular base portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventor: Donald W. Azer
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Patent number: 11549296Abstract: A temperature activated door spring device includes a spring having a coil with a contiguous upper arm and lower arm. The coil includes an inner hinge pin hole and has a circumferential edge sized to mount on the top of a hinge knuckle. A collar is affixed within the inner hinge pin hole wherein the inner hinge pin hole is encompassed by the collar sized to accept an inserted hinge pin. A pellet hole is located proximate an extended end of the upper arm, wherein the pellet hole is sized to accept a fusible pellet. An upper portion of the pellet hole traverses through the upper arm and a lower portion of the pellet hole traverses through the lower arm so that when a fusible pellet is inserted into the pellet hole it holds the upper arm and the lower arm together in a spring loaded position.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventors: J. D. Bucklin, Michelle Lynn Bucklin
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Patent number: 11549293Abstract: A pivot bar in the nature of a screw with a head and a threaded portion for lateral adjustment at the site of a window installation is provided. A receiver is integrally formed in the bottom rail of a window sash, the receiver defined as a channel sized and shaped to frictionally engage with the threaded portion of the screw to structurally support the pivot bar during use. The pivot bar is rotatably engaged to position the threads within the receiver and laterally adjusted relative to the distance between the window sash and the window jamb such that the screw head mates with the pivot bar shoe associated in the corresponding window jamb, accounting for any measuring variances between the window jamb and the window sash. A method of installing a laterally adjustable pivot bar is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventor: Barry G. Lawrence
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Patent number: 11542748Abstract: This device is presented as a bulkhead doorway attached to a wall structure, such as a sunroom or an enclosed pool; this device connects the interior space to the outside; and with this device a user can completely clean, rinse and clear the floor surface of the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventors: John K Daugherty, Jake Evans
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Patent number: 11536062Abstract: A vehicle door device includes: a braking control unit applying a braking force to a swing door of a vehicle by controlling an operation of a braking device; and an action position detection unit detecting an action position of the swing door. The braking control unit sets a strong opening prevention boundary on a closing direction side from a fully open position as a mechanical opening action limit of the swing door and applies a braking force to the swing door that opens on an opening direction side from the strong opening prevention boundary.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Ryu Miyashiro, Kota Katahara
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Patent number: 11536069Abstract: An ejecting device for a folding door is movably arranged on a furniture body. First and second door leaves of the folding door are interconnected in an articulated manner. The ejecting device has an ejecting element for folding open the folding door from a closed position, in which the door leaves are in a common closed plane, into an open position, in which the door leaves form an angle not equal to 180°. The ejecting device has a first fitting part for mounting the ejecting device on the first door leaf. The ejecting element can move the second door leaf from the closed position into the open position by a scissor mechanism having at least two scissor levers, and is mounted between the first and second door leaves by an articulated connection formed by an intermediate lever connected in an articulated manner to the first and/or second scissor lever.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Franz Kohlweiss, Matthias Rupp, Dominik Gabl
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Patent number: 11525302Abstract: A protective screen system and method of installation for preventing bugs and insects from passing through a door or window opening, as well as preventing pets, such as dogs and cats from causing damage to a protective screen. The system and method include removing an existing screen from a door or window frame and inserting a protective screen member through a front face of the frame. The protective screen member is a rigid, transparent panel having a plurality of spaced apertures forming a grid pattern. The protective screen member is positioned through an opening of the frame and within a groove thereof such that an entire outer perimeter of the protective screen member is seated within the door or window frame. The protective screen member is secured to the frame via application of a fastener such as an adhesive or tape.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Inventors: Jason Earles, Eugene Strickland
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Patent number: 11519209Abstract: A sliding doors floor handling device (20) for sliding wooden doors (10) or glass doors (72), placed next to a wall (16) and provided at the bottom with a guide (82) combined with a pin (14) protruding from the floor (48), comprises a containment shell (26), substantially parallelepiped in shape, pardy open along the upper base, in which a fork-shaped frame (44) is arranged. The parallel sections (64) of the frame (44) are provided with a hole (52) for inserting a pin (54) that supports a wheel (46) designed to touch the floor (48) when rolling. The fork-shaped frame (44) is provided with one or more elastic sheets (60) secured to the shell (26).Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: Giovanni Terno
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Patent number: 11520048Abstract: Laser scanner monitors region in front of an opening. Monitoring region is delimited by a frame, in front of which an edge region is located. Propagation time sensing means determines position of an object in the monitoring region by a propagation time measurement of laser pulse, an evaluation unit being provided, by means of which first object information is produced, whether an object was sensed by the propagation time measurement. An intensity sensing means evaluating received laser pulse with respect to the intensity thereof and the sensed intensity is compared with a reference intensity stored in a memory unit. Second object information being provided in the event of deviation beyond a certain threshold value, whether an object is located in the hazard edge region on the basis of the intensity deviation. A “safety signal” generated by the evaluation unit if first or second object information is positive.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: BEA S.A.Inventors: Sébastien Van Loo, Marc Meyers, Theodoros Campas, Jean-Francois Klein
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Patent number: 11518519Abstract: The invention relates mainly to a closure device, notably for closing a passage formed in a cabin of an aircraft, comprising: a support means that is able to slide along a slideway in a sliding direction, a closing wall that is able to close off the passage, and a locking system that is able to take up a locked state, in which the locking system ensures a mechanical connection between the closing wall and the support means, such that the closing wall is movable with the support means in the sliding direction, characterized in that, notably in the case of a malfunction, the locking system is able to pass into an unlocked state, in which the closing wall is disconnected from the support means, such that the closing wall is movable on its own in the sliding direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Safran SeatsInventors: Bastien Bonnefoy, Patrick Herault
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Patent number: 11519219Abstract: A secure sliding closure having a modular frame and one or more sliding door is described. The modular frame defines at least one secure cavity and a portal and comprises a main frame and at least one door frame. The main frame comprises at least one frame upright spaced apart from at least one portal upright and a respective at least one top plate extending between the at least one frame upright and the at least one portal upright. The at least one door frame comprising a locking side upright spaced apart from a secure cavity upright and a door frame top plate. The modular frame defines at least one secure cavity and defines a portal. The one or more sliding door comprises a sliding leaf and a sliding leaf covering, the covering comprising one or more sliding door security panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: KDB Intellectual Pty LtdInventor: Timothy Riva Everett
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Patent number: 11512527Abstract: A gate apparatus that includes a gate, an elongate member or gate base for the ends of the gate, and a stairway post adapter such that a wooden stairway post can serve as a base for a gate without harming the wood of the stairway post. The stairway post adapter includes a vertical or longitudinally running channel for receiving the gate base, a horizontally or laterally extending channel for receiving a strap, and a recess or receptor or face for confronting a section of a stairway post. The gate base includes an upper and lower eyelet. Each of the ends of the gate includes upper and lower pins for engaging the upper and lower eyelets of the gate bases. On the hinge side of the gate, the pins are relatively long and remain in the eyelets as the gate is lifted and swung. On the latch side of the gate, the pins are relatively short such that that latch side of the gate can be lifted and disengaged from the eyelets and then swung open. The gate is extendable and retractable in length, and is reversible.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Lyle H. Rogalla