Patents Examined by Justin Rephann
  • Patent number: 9637961
    Abstract: A sliding door assembly for incorporation within a wall, the assembly comprising a sliding door panel, a top rail guide and a bottom rail guide operatively associated with respective top and bottom ends of the sliding door panel to guide the same within a pair of cooperating guide tracks provided within each of the top rail guides and bottom rail guides, the top and bottom rails guides are not vertically interconnected whereby the pairs of cooperating guide tracks extend in a separate plane from that of the wall so that when the sliding door panel is fully opened it is disposed behind the wall. The invention includes a guide track that is bifurcated to provide multiple sliding door panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventor: Gregory A Header
  • Patent number: 9637959
    Abstract: A gate is mounted to pivot about a pivot axis between opened and closed positions. A latch is provided to retain the gate in a doorway-closing position in a doorway formed in a door frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W Marsden, Raul G Pereira
  • Patent number: 9631407
    Abstract: An access door for insertion into an opening in a construction surface is provided. The access door has a frame for engagement with edges of the opening in the construction surface. The frame has a channel formed therein for receiving a thermally insulative material to provide a thermal break between the frame and the construction surface. A door is operatively coupled to the frame and movable between an open position allowing access through the opening in the construction surface and a closed position preventing access through the opening in the construction surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Maxam Metal Products Limited
    Inventors: David R. Wise, Kim Thomas Sefton Band
  • Patent number: 9630706
    Abstract: An aircraft having a moveable ejector member for assisting in alleviating a boundary layer flowing along an aircraft surface is disclosed. The moveable ejector member is capable of being placed at a variety of positions between a fully open position and a nested position to entrain the boundary layer with another fluid flow. The ejector member can take the form of an ejector shroud used with a nacelle. In some forms, a gas turbine engine is used to provide an ejector flow to entrain the boundary layer through the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Syed J. Khalid
  • Patent number: 9623739
    Abstract: The present disclosure may reduce the risk of a trim strip coming off a sealing member. A sealing member 30 includes a trim strip securing groove 38 opening toward an outside of a compartment so that a securing leg 47 of a trim strip 45 is inserted into the trim strip securing groove 38. The sealing member 30 is provided with a core 43 including an engagement protruding portion 43d protruding toward the inside of the trim strip securing groove 38. Inserted into the trim strip securing groove 38, the securing leg 47 of the trim strip 45 engages with the engagement protruding portion 43d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atushi Fukuta
  • Patent number: 9624717
    Abstract: The invention belongs to the technical field of closing devices, and particularly relates to a door with an embedded protecting device. The invention aims at providing a door enabling the service life of the door and the protecting device to be prolonged. To solve the above problem, according to the technical scheme, the door with the embedded protecting device comprises a door sheet and a door frame, wherein the door sheet is connected with the door frame through hinges. The door further comprises an elastic sheet and/or an elastic column, and one end of the elastic sheet and/or the elastic column is fixedly connected with the inner side of a vertical frame. A first clamped board and a second clamped board are also arranged inside the door sheet, and the first clamped board and the second clamped board are fixedly connected with the inner side of the door frame to form a hollow area which matches with the elastic sheet and/or the elastic column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Tak Lai Vic Chan
    Inventor: Tak Lai Vic Chan
  • Patent number: 9616734
    Abstract: A glassrun or weatherseal assembly includes a generally rigid channel having first and second legs joined by an interconnecting leg. First and second seal portions extend into a portion of the channel cavity and are adapted to seal against an associated vehicle window. A door frame assembly includes a first or inner door panel and second or outer door panel having end portions spaced apart by a dimension adapted to receive the channel. The channel can be secured to the door frame assembly in a variety of different manners including an adhesive/chemical bond, snap-fit fastener, rivet, clip, adhesive tape, or combinations of one or more of these securing mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Clark, Steve Stoll, Rod Bara
  • Patent number: 9604714
    Abstract: A trim panel for the interior of an aircraft, the panel having a multilayer structure and including an outer layer made of material impervious to air, and which is positioned in use facing the fuselage of the aircraft; an inner layer made of trim material, and which in use defines the interior; a structural layer interposed between the inner and outer layer; and acoustic energy dissipating material, also interposed between the inner and outer layer; the inner layer being made of porous material allowing airflow towards the acoustic energy dissipating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: AGUSTAWESTLAND S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Perazzolo, Sara Scaini
  • Patent number: 9598165
    Abstract: A gas barrier material includes an atomic sheet, such as graphene and/or an analog of graphene. The gas barrier material can be arranged as part of a component, such as a container or other vessel, to limit the flow or permeation of gas through the component. Where the component is a container or part of a container, the gas barrier material may be formulated and arranged to limit or prevent gas ingress or egress with respect to the internal volume of the container. The atomic sheet offers improved gas barrier properties compared to traditional polymeric barrier materials and is particularly useful in applications where it is desired to limit permeation of small gas molecules such as helium, such as airships or other lighter than air vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Bullock, Jaime Ballester
  • Patent number: 9598167
    Abstract: An airfoil may include a leading edge and a shape control mechanism. The leading edge may include a flexible leading edge skin having a first end, a second end, and an arc length defined therebetween. The shape control mechanism may be attached to the flexible leading edge skin at a plurality of support locations and may transition the flexible leading edge skin from a first shape having a first curvature profile to a second shape having a second curvature profile different than the first curvature profile without a change in the arc length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Grip, John J. Brown, Neal A. Harrison, Blaine K. Rawdon, John C. Vassberg
  • Patent number: 9598873
    Abstract: A reusable and portable temporary door/frame assembly primarily used in abatement, remediation, demolition, and remodeling applications with a containment enclosure or barrier to allow quick and easy ingress/egress, or restrict movement, to/from a limited access area. The assembly comprises lightweight materials, such as but not limited to plastic or aluminum, and two non-spring-loaded telescopic poles that extend a top bar/piece upwardly for attachment to an overhead door frame, header, or ceiling. The top of the frame is also configured to accept two upwardly extendable spring-loaded/biased poles allowing a containment enclosure or barrier to be built to ceiling heights beyond the reach of the integral telescopic poles. Since the assembly is portable, it can be installed to open inwardly, outwardly, and is reversible, depending on convenience or need. The door is lockable. The door panel's frame includes a seal at the top/bottom to reduce air transmission to/from the limited access area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: John E. Cali
  • Patent number: 9592902
    Abstract: A hatch assembly for use in a vehicle is provided. The hatch assembly includes a hatch structure including an upper portion and a lower portion, an armrest support rail coupled to the hatch structure and defining a shade slot between the hatch structure and the armrest support rail, and a shade sized for insertion through the shade slot. The shade is configured to selectively translate between the upper portion and the lower portion of the hatch structure through the shade slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Perkins, David J. Hinderer, Kalai Ben Ho, Jeremy Ryan Glaze Tatum
  • Patent number: 9593520
    Abstract: A sliding door module structure for a vehicle may include a module bracket on which a door associated component is mounted, and a door rail formed integrally with the module bracket and coupled with a slider configured to be connected to a vehicle body to be movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jae Hong Choi
  • Patent number: 9592771
    Abstract: An aircraft cockpit including a viewing device comprising a screen pivotably mounted on a mounting that allows height adjustment. A screen may also be placed at the top central portion of the instrument panel. The central screen is movable between an extended position and a retracted position in which the screen does not block the view of the pilots through the cockpit windscreen. A glare screen cowl, made at least partially of a taut fabric is used to cover the viewing screens, except optionally the mobile central screen which can pass through the cowl via an opening provided for that purpose. An avionics rack may be positioned forward of the screens of the instrument panel, in which the mounting is advantageously also used to support other devices such as a rudder control system and writing shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Bernard Guering, Alain Depeige
  • Patent number: 9579955
    Abstract: A rear slider window assembly for a vehicle includes a frame portion having an upper rail and a lower rail, a fixed window panel that is fixed relative to the frame portion, and a movable window panel that is movable along the upper and lower rails. The movable window panel has a first electrical element established at a surface thereof. The first electrical element is in electrical connection with a vehicle power source via a flexible cable having one end electrically connected to the first electrical element at the movable window panel and another end electrically connected to a second electrical connector at the fixed window panel. The flexible cable flexes in response to movement of the movable window panel relative to the fixed window panel. A wire guide is disposed at the fixed window panel and the flexible cable is routed along the wire guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRROS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Darin J. Snider
  • Patent number: 9573446
    Abstract: A swing door actuation system for moving a door about a pivot axis between open closed positions relative to a vehicle body. The system includes a power swing door actuator having a housing connectable to one of the swing door and the vehicle body, an extensible member that moves relative to the housing, and connects to the other of the swing door and the vehicle body, a motor connected to a gear train, and a normally engaged clutch. The motor is operatively connected to a clutch input end through the gear train. The output end is operatively connected to the extensible member. The clutch is disengageable to disconnect the motor from the extensible member. The clutch has a slip torque that is sufficiently high to prevent movement of the door when the door is exposed to less than a selected external torque and the motor is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Felix Scheuring, Jube Leonard, Dan Cosmin, Luciano Boin
  • Patent number: 9573693
    Abstract: An aeroplane comprising a fuselage elongated in a longitudinal direction of the aeroplane is provided. The aeroplane includes a wing attached to the fuselage in a midsection of said fuselage in the longitudinal direction, such that part of the fuselage extends forward of the wing toward a front extremity of the fuselage, and part of the fuselage extends from the rear of the wing toward a rear extremity of the fuselage. A rear fuselage section includes at least one engine attached to the fuselage and located to the rear of the wing. The one or more engines attached to the fuselage are attached in a rear position such that only parts of the aeroplane located in a projection space of the one or more engines attached to the fuselage and the rear fuselage does not include any aerodynamic surfaces intended to assure stability and/or aerodynamic control of the aeroplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Olivier Cazals, Alexis Manneville
  • Patent number: 9567064
    Abstract: A high lift component includes at least one intermediate seal on at least one lateral surface, wherein the intermediate seal includes at least one hollow body made of an elastic material, which hollow body includes a fluid inlet that is connectable to a fluid source. A gap between two high lift components, which gap is subjected to dynamic changes in geometry, can be flexibly sealed in this manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlipf, Xavier Hue
  • Patent number: 9566846
    Abstract: A motor vehicle window lifter is provided with a twistable or bendable guide rail on which a driver to be coupled with a window pane is shiftably mounted and which includes fastening points which are connectable with fastening receptacles of a carrier element. Between the fastening receptacles of the carrier element at least one supporting point is provided. When bracing the fastening points of the guide rail with the fastening receptacles of the carrier element, the guide rail supports on the supporting point and twisting of the initially straight guide rail with a specified degree of twisting and/or bending of the guide rail with a specified bending radius is effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Olaf Kriese, Markus Schultz, Thomas Salhoff, Raimund Aschmutat
  • Patent number: 9567798
    Abstract: A barrier for a home is disclosed. The barrier includes two portions that are quickly slideable relative to each other to take expanded and contracted forms. The barrier includes a metal frame and wood panels engaged in the metal frame. Each of the two portions includes at least one wood panel such that, when the barrier portions are slid to and away from each other, the wood panels slide to and away from each other. The barrier includes a corner pet door that opens in the expanded or contracted forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Carlson Pet Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million