Patents Examined by Katherine Mitchell
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Patent number: 9802068Abstract: There is provided a climbing locking system for climbing ladders in particular of a wind power installation. The climbing locking system has at least one climbing ladder segment having a longitudinal direction and at least one open end for accommodating a fall arrester which can move back and forth as a climbing protection system along the longitudinal direction. The climbing locking system also has at least one climbing locking unit at the at least one open end of the climbing ladder segment. The climbing locking unit is fastened pivotably to the climbing ladder segment and has a locking position for locking a movement of a fall arrester along a direction of the climbing ladder segment and a passing position for allowing a movement of the fall arrester along the longitudinal direction of the climbing ladder segment in both directions.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignees: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH, LOGAER MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Arthur Hermes, Simon Roth
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Patent number: 9803421Abstract: A door, in particular vertical-lift door, for closing an opening in a wall, in particular in a wall which separates two different temperature zones from one another, having a movable, flexible door leaf which comprises multiple separate, flexible door leaf layers which are guided such that they are spaced apart from one another in the closed state of the door, and having at least one winding shaft onto which the door leaf can be wound up in order to open the door, in which two adjacent door leaf layers are connected to one another by at least one spacer which ensures a spacing, defined by the spacer, of the two door leaf layers at least in the region of the spacer in the closed state of the door.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Troodon Torsysteme GmbHInventor: Jens Craney
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Patent number: 9796250Abstract: A window regulator comprises a carrier plate, a drive unit, a raising cable, a lowering cable, and a guide rail. The carrier plate is attached to a lower part on a first edge part side of the windowglass. The drive unit is capable of raising and lowering the windowglass via the carrier plate. The drive unit and the carrier plate are coupled by the raising cable and the lowering cable. The guide rail mates with the carrier plate so as to guide the carrier plate and constrain the operation of the windowglass to directions that intersect movement directions of the carrier plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: HI-LEX CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuo Yoshimura, Hideya Hosoi
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Patent number: 9797178Abstract: A door assist system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises an actuator configured to control a position of the door about a hinge assembly. An interference sensor forms a portion of a door opening seal and is configured to detect an obstruction in a plurality of detection regions. The system further comprises a controller configured to control the actuator in response to a detection signal from the interference sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Larry Elie, Timothy J. Potter, Robert F. Novak, John Wayne Jaranson, Jeff A. Wallace, Michael M. Azzouz, Gerald J. Heath, Evangelos P. Skoures
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Patent number: 9797189Abstract: A spring drive system for a cordless window shade includes multiple rotary drums respectively connected with suspension cords, and one or more springs respectively connected with the rotary drums. The rotary drums are operatively connected with each other, so that they can synchronously rotate to wind and unwind the suspension cords. Moreover, each of the rotary drums is connected with an end of one spring. The spring torque can act to sustain a bottom part of the window shade at any desired height, and drive rotation of the rotary drums to wind the suspension cords when the bottom rail is raised upward.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: TEH YOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Chin-Tien Huang, Fu-Lai Yu
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Patent number: 9790739Abstract: Example architectural opening coverings powered by rotary motors are described. An example architectural opening covering apparatus includes a rotatable member, a covering mounted to the rotatable member, a motor having a drive shaft which is capable of rotating the rotatable member in a first direction to raise the covering and in a second direction opposite the first direction to lower the covering, and a drive shaft coupling substantially preventing the motor from applying torque in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventors: Wendell Colson, Daniel Fogarty
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Patent number: 9790696Abstract: This invention relates generally to a deck with a slidable platform such as for use in construction.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Odin, LLCInventors: Eric Snell, Matt Hultman
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Patent number: 9789962Abstract: A service module for supplying passengers in a passenger space of a means of transport, in particular of an aircraft, and to a service system having a service channel and a plurality of such service modules. The service module comprises at least one service component arrangement having one or more service components for individually supplying one or more passengers, and a cabin lighting unit for illuminating the passenger space of the means of transport, in particular of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Bernd Ehlers, Mark Herzog
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Patent number: 9790728Abstract: A single-rail window regulator for moving a side window of a vehicle in an upward direction and in a downward direction includes a guide rail defining and a carrier plate having a central guide structure for movably engaging the guide rail, a first lateral extension extending to a first lateral side of the guide rail, and a second lateral extension extending to a second lateral side of the guide rail body opposite the first lateral side. The carrier plate has a first cable attachment pocket on the first lateral extension and a second cable attachment pocket on the second lateral extension. Accordingly, the two attachment pockets are arranged on opposite lateral sides. As one cable end pulls the carrier plate upward and the other cable end pulls the carrier plate downward, the arrangement causes torques in the same rotational direction, even when reversing the direction of movement.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Hi-Lex Controls, Inc.Inventors: Shigeki Arimoto, Masayuki Matsushita
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Patent number: 9789884Abstract: It is aimed to provide a railway vehicle plug door device capable of easily ensuring airtightness between a side structure body and a door leaf even if the railway vehicle plug door device is installed in a side structure body having a structure assembled by joining structural members by welding and including a bent part. A frame body is mounted on a part constituting an entrance in a side structure body by a mechanical fastening structure. A seal member is mounted on at least one of a door leaf and the frame body and held in close contact with both the door leaf and the frame body when the door leaf closes the entrance.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuhito Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Akiyama
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Patent number: 9784024Abstract: A door opener assembly may include an opener housing including a well and at least one hook member. A pin-reception channel may be formed through a portion of the well. The hook member(s) is configured to hook onto a portion of a frame. The door opener assembly may also include a frame-securing member having a pin retained within the pin-reception channel. The frame-securing member is configured to be urged into the well to lock the opener housing to the portion of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Daniel R. Collado, Mark Rimkus
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Patent number: 9784001Abstract: An assembly of a sling detachably attached to an adjustment device for suspending one structure relative to another structure. The adjustment device comprises a pair of elongate spaced apart plates which are attached to each other and to a hook, for attachment to one of the structures, at the first end portion. Each plate has a plurality of pairs of longitudinally spaced aligned holes for receiving a pin for connecting one end of a sling to the adjustment device at a selected incremental one of the plurality of pairs of holes. The other end of the sling is connected to the other structure to adjust the distance over which the one structure is suspended relative to the other structure. To allow greater adjustability, two or more of the adjustment devices are joined end-to-end.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Paul Kristen, IncInventor: Paul Apostolopoulos
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Patent number: 9784029Abstract: Door jamb and sill assemblies are provided. In one aspect, a door jamb weatherstripping assembly includes a weatherstrip member and a retaining member. The retaining member is elongated and is affixed along a length of the door jamb. The retaining member defines a retaining channel for retaining an anchor portion of the weatherstrip member, and a door seal being configured to sealingly contact the face of the door parallely to a weatherstrip portion of the weatherstrip member when the door is closed. According to another aspect, an elongated cap may be secured to the retaining member in a spaced-apart arrangement to jointly form a shielding chamber along an outer portion of the jamb. In another aspect, a door sill assembly having a U-shaped body engaging the bottom edge of the door is provided. The door sill assembly may include side channel seals and bottom channel seals.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Extrucan Inc.Inventors: Jérémie Grondin, Éric Rouillard
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Patent number: 9776845Abstract: An anchoring assembly is provided for the aerial lift platform of an aerial lift vehicle. The anchor assembly extends through the walls of a bucket liner and a bucket platform, and provides a strong anchor disposed inside of the bucket liner for use in attaching an operator harness to prevent the operator from being ejected from the bucket platform. The anchor assembly also provides dielectric protection mandated by OSHA and ANSI standards.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Composites Syndicate PR, LLCInventor: Ronald C. Minke
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Patent number: 9777526Abstract: An automated door closure system regulate the release and closure of a door in a door assembly that includes a primary door, a secondary door, and a door frame. The system includes a door closer, a control unit, and an automatic input sensor. The door closer, which is connected between the secondary door and the door frame and includes a cylinder and an operating rod, biases the secondary door toward a closed position. The control unit includes a motive device and a rod catch element. The rod catch element, which may be moved by the motor, is positioned in proximity to the operating rod to adjustably prevent the secondary door from being closed. The automatic input sensor detects a door assembly use condition. The control unit controls the motive device based on the detected condition to move the rod catch element, allowing the door closer to close the secondary door.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Inventor: Edward C. Knittel
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Patent number: 9777811Abstract: A sliding door device for a vehicle may include a sliding door opening/closing a door opening formed in a vehicle body, a door rail mounted on the sliding door, a vehicle body rail mounted on the vehicle body, a central support structure for movably supporting the sliding door, a hook releasably locking the central support structure to the door rail, and a lower support structure for movably supporting a lower portion of the sliding door. The central support structure includes a central slider. The lower support structure includes a lower slider, a gear device, a link mechanism, a chain, and a chain tensioner.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kwangjin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hong Choi, YoungBae Gong
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Patent number: 9771749Abstract: Apparatus, methods and vehicles for door assembles for vehicles are disclosed. A door assembly of a vehicle includes a damping assembly comprising a damping component arranged on a shut face panel of a vehicle door, and a latch assembly arranged on the shut face panel of the vehicle door, where the damping assembly is configured to transition from an initial state to a shock absorbing state as the vehicle closes the vehicle door against a vehicle body before the latch assembly latches the vehicle door to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Sergei I. Gage
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Patent number: 9771010Abstract: A driving device for a vertically movable waist bar of a vehicle is provided. The driving device enables the waist bar to be moved vertically in conjunction with the door glass to ensure the driver's vision by eliminating an invisible area created by the waist bar, and also to increase available indoor space. The driving device includes a transfer unit that is coupled to the waist bar mounted at a vehicle door and configured to be movable vertically, and a power transmission unit that is connected at a first side thereof to the transfer unit and at a second side thereof to a drive unit to transmit power generated from the drive unit to the transfer unit. Additionally, the waist bar is moved vertically in response to the vertical movement of the transfer unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Hyun-Woo Lee
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Patent number: 9770625Abstract: A gaff guard for use in covering the gaff of a climbing spur, the gaff guard comprising a first section having a first diameter, the first section configured to at least partially surround the gaff, and a second section having a second diameter, the second diameter larger than the first diameter, wherein the second section comprises an elongated opening therein to enable the second section to be removably attached to a portion of the climbing spur. The gaff guard further comprises a tapered section between the first section and the second section, wherein the tapered section couples the first section and the second section, and further wherein the tapered section comprises a cut-out portion configured to allow the climbing spur to pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Sherrill, Inc.Inventors: Scott LaFore, Casey Selner
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Patent number: 9765864Abstract: A control module of a window shade includes a drive axle affixed with a sleeve, an arrester assembled around the sleeve, a cord drum connected with an operating cord, a clutch operable to couple and decouple the cord drum with respect to the drive axle, and a release unit including a stick that is operatively connected with the arrester. The arrester blocks rotation of the drive axle in a locking state, and has an unlocking state allowing rotation of the drive axle. The operating cord is pulled to drive the cord drum in rotation and turn the clutch to a coupling state, such that the rotation of the cord drum is transmitted through the clutch to drive the drive axle in rotation for raising the shading structure. Moreover, the stick is operable to switch the arrester from to the unlocking state for lowering the shading structure by gravity action.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Teh Yor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fu-Lai Yu, Chin-Tien Huang