Patents Examined by Justin B Rephann
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Patent number: 11280127Abstract: A method of controlling food cabinet is provided, the method includes steps of: receiving, by processor, a first instruction of controlling sliding door to close, and controlling driving device to start closing action of the sliding door based on the first instruction; controlling, by the processor, driving component to drive the fixed block so as to drive the first driving sheet to push the sliding door to close, thereby finishing the first stroke, wherein the first driving sheet butts against the sliding door during the first stroke; controlling, after confirming by the processor that the first stroke is finished, the second driving sheet to adjust to a state in which the second driving sheet butt against the sliding door; and controlling, by the processor, the driving component to drive the fixed block so as to drive the second driving sheet to push the sliding door to close, thereby finishing the second stroke, whereby the sliding door is entirely closed; wherein the second driving sheet butts against theType: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventor: Liwei Shi
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Patent number: 11274486Abstract: A system comprising an opening comprising a door or a window, wherein the opening comprises a door or a window frame is provided. The opening comprises at least one movable door panel or at least one movable window panel based on if the opening is the door or the window respectively. The system also comprises a deadbolt inbuilt in the door panel or the window panel, a guiding device and a mechanical moving mechanism, wherein the guiding device and the mechanical moving mechanism are both housed in a guiding device housing, a guide block, and an attachment mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Inventors: Shruti Narottambhai Ladani, Hemal Rameshbhai Meghpara
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Patent number: 11274493Abstract: A gate assembly that can include a frame with first and second mounts to mount the gate assembly across a V-door space on a rig floor, a first gate rotationally attached to a left side of the frame, and a second gate rotationally attached to a right side of the frame, such that the first and second gates selectively permit and prevent access through the V-door space. Inner panels of the first and second gates can be configured to automatically open and close in response to a catwalk extending into the V-door space or retracting from the V-door space.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.Inventor: Gary W. Craig
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Patent number: 11268320Abstract: 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: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Lyle H. Rogalla
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Patent number: 11261643Abstract: A pinch detection device, for detecting the occurrence of pinch during closing of one pair of sliding doors, is composed of a first door front edge rubber to be attached to an edge portion in a closing movement direction of one sliding door of the one pair of sliding doors, and a second door front edge rubber to be attached to an edge portion in a closing movement direction of an other sliding door of the one pair of sliding doors. The first door front edge rubber includes a recessed portion, which is open toward the second door front edge rubber, with a linear shape pressure sensitive sensor, which is sensitive to a pressure in the event of pinch, being disposed in that recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kawase, Shuichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 11261640Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Pella CorporationInventors: Todd A. Bernhagen, Paul D. Schroder, Ted L. Hansen
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Patent number: 11260973Abstract: An aircraft control system and control method are disclosed. The system comprises a remote control apparatus with a first control rod and a flight controller associated with an aircraft. The first control rod is configured to move in a first movement direction to control a motion of the aircraft in a first motion direction when an external force is applied on the first control rod and after a withdrawal of the external force, the first control rod returns to a preset position. The remote control apparatus operates to generate one or more control signals corresponding to the withdrawal of the external force. The flight controller controls the aircraft to maintain a flight state based on said control signals and one or more state signals, which are generated based on a measurement of the flight state by a flight controller associated with the aircraft state measurement sensors carried by the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SZ DJI Technology Co., LTD.Inventors: Tao Wang, Tao Zhao
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Patent number: 11261645Abstract: A vehicle door control system is provided, and includes a body hinge member connected to the vehicle body, a door hinge member connected to the door, a brake and a control system. The brake includes a plate pack that includes a plurality of body brake plates connected to the body hinge member, and interleaved with a plurality of door brake plates connected to the door hinge member. The plate pack is positionable in a braking state in which the body brake plates and the door brake plates are frictionally engaged with one another to provide a first resistance to relative rotation therebetween so as to hold the vehicle door in a selected position, and a release state in which the body brake plates and the door brake plates provide a second resistance to relative rotation therebetween that is less than the first resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventors: Sven Sauerwein, Pasit Banjongpanith
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Patent number: 11255122Abstract: A child safety barrier system includes a plurality of elongated panel sections having a predetermined height and width. At least one support joint is connected between two of the plurality of panel sections to support the plurality of panels in a freestanding vertical orientation to form a panel assembly. A pair of telescoping anchors are positioned along each end of the panel assembly. Each of the telescoping anchors including a header assembly along the top end having an omnidirectional joint for positioning a malleable header block against the ceiling of a building in a plurality of different orientations.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Inventor: Victor Miller
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Patent number: 11248409Abstract: A door driving device includes a driving unit driving a door that opens and closes an entrance of a vehicle having a door case, and a control unit controlling the driving unit such that the door moves with a discontinuous acceleration during a period from when the door starts to open to when the door moves at a constant speed in an opening direction in which the door is retracted into the door case.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATIONInventors: Ikuo Makihira, Shinsuke Uchida
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Patent number: 11242705Abstract: A door actuator for opening and/or closing a door leaf includes a housing, an output shaft rotatably supported in the housing and with a cam disc, wherein the output shaft is formed for transferring torque onto the door leaf. A first element of motion is linearly movably guided in the housing with a first contact surface. A second element of motion is linearly movably guided in the housing with a second contact surface. A distancing arrangement is disposed in the housing. The cam disc is disposed between the two contact surfaces and for rolling on the two contact surfaces. In at least one delimiting range of angles of rotation of the output shaft, the distancing arrangement delimits the minimum distance between the elements of motion, and, in at least one free range of angles of rotation, does not delimit the linear mobility of the two elements of motion in relation to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: DORMAKABA DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Thomas Salutzki, Sabiene Wiemann
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Patent number: 11242710Abstract: A barrier employed to keep children and/or pets in or out of certain areas in the house. The barrier includes four panels. Two main panels slide parallel to each other to lengthen or shorten the barrier as a whole. Two side panels stabilize the main panels and extend to the front and rear faces of the main panels to provide a self-supporting in-house barrier. Each of the panels includes a wooden frame. The wood lends less weight, less sharp edges, and more pleasing aesthetics than, for example, a metal gate. Legs are connected to the side panels to further stabilize the side panels and main panels.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
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Patent number: 11214992Abstract: A tailgate latch system and tilting tailgate for a pickup truck are described. The pickup truck may include a moveable bed that tilts from a resting position in which the moveable bed is generally parallel to the ground to a tilted position in which the moveable bed is angled relative to the ground.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: MAR-K SPECIALIZED MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Kevin Gentry, Mark Sharp
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Patent number: 11215002Abstract: A sealing structure includes a sliding door, a touch sensor, an inner seal, a drip seal, a buffer, and a projection. The inner seal couples to a door opening. The drip seal extends in a front and rear direction of an automobile body, is above the door opening, and is closer to an upper part of the automobile body than the inner seal. The drip seal and the inner seal make elastic contact with the sliding door. The buffer extends in an upper and lower direction of the automobile body and protrudes outwardly. The buffer is provided on a part of a body panel, which is closer to a front part of the automobile body than the door opening, and faces and is close to a flange when the sliding door is in a closed position. The projection extends from the touch sensor and makes elastic contact with the buffer.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiko Kamitani, Masaru Koshimichi
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Patent number: 11208837Abstract: A door system with a deceleration mechanism may be adapted to control an opening of a door module that separates compartments of an aircraft and includes a door panel and a door frame. During the opening of the door module, the door panel performs a rotational movement 389 above a floor structure of the aircraft. The deceleration mechanism is operable in a normal operation mode and a deceleration mode and comprises a hinge, a wedge-shaped component that is rotatably attached to the hinge, and an activation device. The activation device is coupled to the wedge-shaped component and switches the deceleration mechanism from operating in the normal operation mode to operating in the deceleration mode when a difference in pressure between the compartments exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Thomas Tendyra, Uwe Renner, Xaver Pascoe, Markus Buehlmeyer, Stephen Ward, Guido Borchers
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Patent number: 11199043Abstract: A horizontally sliding window can block a draft, rainwater, dust, and noise from being introduced through a gap between a window casing and a window while the window is closed, thereby improving indoor heat insulating and soundproof functions of the window. A horizontally sliding window includes a square frame-shaped window casing having a transverse frame and a longitudinal frame assembled therein and a window disposed on an inner side of the window casing. Moving frames are respectively interposed between the transverse frame and an upper end portion of the window and between the transverse frame and a lower end portion of the window, each including first and second cover members extending from opposite sides thereof to cover indoor and outdoor sides of the transverse frame, respectively, and having a roller rotatably coupled between the first and second cover members so as to operate in contact with the transverse frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Inventor: Choong Kuk Kim
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Patent number: 11199044Abstract: A frame structure includes a frame body, a corner connector and roller mechanism arranged in a splice of adjacent side frames at a bottom of the frame body, and a guide mechanism clamped to a top of the frame body. A glass positioning slot is disposed on a first side of an inner side wall of a side frame of the frame body. A mounting slot is disposed on a first side of an outer side wall of the side frame of the frame body and used for fixing the guide mechanism or the corner connector and roller mechanism. The glass positioning slot is adjacent to the mounting slot along a lengthwise direction of the first side of the inner side wall. A sliding door is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN HOPO WINDOW CONTROL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shupeng Li, Jieying Huang, Chen Deng, Xiaojuan Qin
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Patent number: 11193321Abstract: A threshold includes a substantially vertically upstanding nosing extending along a longitudinal axis of the threshold and a substantially vertically upstanding dam spaced from and substantially parallel to the upstanding nosing. A threshold cap is disposed at least partially across a gap between the upstanding nosing and the upstanding dam. A support, which supports the threshold cap, is located at least partially within the gap. The threshold cap is adjustable between at least a raised position and a lowered position. The threshold cap is biased toward the raised position when the door panel of the entryway is in an open position. The threshold cap pivots about a pivot axis parallel with the longitudinal axis. The pivot axis is not a central axis of the threshold cap.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Endura Products, LLCInventors: Brent Van Camp, Bruce Procton
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Patent number: 11193275Abstract: A wall panel storage system includes a looped element and a motor for driving the looped element. A plurality of spacers are attached to the looped element with at least one spacer of the plurality of spacers being configured to fit vertically or be inserted between a pair of panels to move a panel of the pair of panels into or out of a storage area along a storage track when the motor drives the looped element.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Advanced Equipment CorporationInventor: Scott Dickson
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Patent number: 11187024Abstract: It is provided a drive device for an adjustment installation for adjusting a vehicle part, in particular a power window actuator, comprising a carrier element; a cable drum; and a cable exit housing which is disposable on the carrier element and which mounts the cable drum so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis and which by way of at least one housing portion is attachable to the carrier element; and a motor unit for electromotively driving the cable drum. The carrier element has a contact structure having a plurality of elevations and depressions that are successively lined up and are mutually disposed in an alternating manner, the at least one housing portion of the cable exit housing by way of a base portion being attachable to the contact structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERGInventors: Roland Kalb, Gabriele Lange