Patents Examined by Mart K Kuhn
  • Patent number: 8371664
    Abstract: An interlocking device for a drawer slide is provided with an outer board, a fixed seat, two linkage members, a middle board, a restricting member and an inner board. When one of the drawers in a cabinet is pulled toward the first end of the outer board, the inner board will be moved together with the drawer and push the restricting member, the middle board and the actuating block, then the two linkage members are pushed to move in an opposite direction to the Y direction, the two connecting rod are caused to push the linkage members of other interlocking devices, so that the inclined surface of the guiding portion of one of the linkage members of other interlocking devices will be received in the receiving space and abutted against the inclined guiding surface of the actuating block of the middle board to prevent other drawers from being pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sun Chain Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Wang Chen
  • Patent number: 8366217
    Abstract: An installation device for a slide assembly includes a first rail and a second rail which has a guide seat and two slots for being connected with an exterior equipment. A positioning member is fixed to the second rail and an arm board has a positioning hole located corresponding to one of the slots of the second rail so that one of installation members of the exterior equipment is engaged with the positioning hole. An end board has a through hole and an end piece extending toward the second rail. The release member is movably installed to the second rail. When the release member is moved by an exterior force and positioned by the guide seat, the protrusion of the release member pushes the end piece to keep the positioning hole away from the second rail and the exterior equipment is removed from the positioning hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shih-Lung Huang, Chiang-Hsueh Fang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7467834
    Abstract: A door apparatus for a drawer for a drawer type refrigerator where the drawer is slidably coupled to a main body of the refrigerator is provided. The door apparatus includes a door with a thermally isolating layer, and a frame that moves simultaneously with the door and which provides a storage space for accommodating stored goods. The door is rotatably coupled to a front end of the frame, thus allowing the door to rotate through a predetermined angle with respect to the frame. An amount of rotation of the door with respect to the frame may be selectively limited to utilize a tilting function of the door and to provide access to goods in the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Young-Nam Kim, Jee-Suck Lee, Ju-Hwan Kim, Seon-Il Yu, Seon-Kyu Kim, Kun-Jun Seok
  • Patent number: 7448702
    Abstract: A mounting assembly of a computer enclosure includes a chassis (90), a front panel (10) slidably mounted to the chassis (90), a pair of locking members (30) attached to the front panel (10), a pair of sliding members (50) fixedly attached to the chassis (90) and a pair of pressing members (70) movably mounted to the chassis (90) for unlocking the locking members (30). Each sliding member (50) has a sliding portion (53). Each locking member (30) defines a sliding groove (31) therein. The sliding portion (53) of the sliding member (50) is engaged in the sliding groove (31) for securing the front panel (10) on the chassis (90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignees: Hong Pu Jim Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Fa-Ming Jiang, Gang Su
  • Patent number: 7384108
    Abstract: A guide rail assembly for slidably opening and closing a drawer within an enclosure is disclosed. The assembly comprises a mounting bracket (10) for fixing the assembly to the enclosure, a fixed rail (20) on the mounting bracket for receiving an intermediate rail (30), an intermediate rail capable of sliding back and forth relative to the fixed rail, an outer pull out guide (40) for attachment to the drawer and being capable of sliding back and forth on the intermediate rail relative to the intermediate rail and the fixed rail, a protrusion (43) on the bottom surface of the outer pull out guide, a damping device (80) and a channel guide (60) disposed along the mounting bracket adjacent the fixed rail. The damping device is resiliently compressible in a lengthwise direction and the channel guide is provided with a sliding member (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Harn Marketing SDN BHD
    Inventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
  • Patent number: 7367638
    Abstract: A door panel system and method according to which a door panel is coupled to a member such as a chassis. A door panel is coupled to the chassis and is automatically rotated relative to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Marco A. Marroquin, William John Morris, John D. Revell
  • Patent number: 7357468
    Abstract: A locating structure for a slide assembly operates in conjunction with a middle, an inner, and an outer rail with the inner rail sliding into the middle rail and the middle rail sliding in the outer rail and includes a linking member, a locating member and an elastic member. Both the linking member and the locating member are pivotally connected to the middle rail. A first protruding wall containing a blocking portion and a slope is disposed on the inner rail. A second protruding wall containing a retaining portion and a slope is disposed on the outer rail. The linking member includes a constraining end and a release end. The locating member includes a release end and a fixation end. The elastic member is fixed to the middle rail to hold against the release end of the linking member and the fixation end of the locating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Long Hwang, Ken-Ching Chen, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7322661
    Abstract: A storage cabinet provides for the secure storage of items against unauthorized access, with ready authorized access The cabinet has an opening extending laterally across the front of the cabinet, and a door having panels carrying latches, the panels being movable laterally between a latched position and an unlatched position, and being pivotally mounted for movement between a lateral orientation, wherein the panels close the opening, and a transverse orientation, wherein the panels allow access to the items stored in the cabinet. A locking arrangement selectively locks the panels in place when latched in position closing the opening, for preventing unauthorized access. When unlatched, the panels can be pivoted to open access through the opening, and can be folded and moved in transverse directions into the cabinet so as to maintain a compact, unobstructed configuration when the cabinet is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Inventor: William R. Salvesen
  • Patent number: 7309114
    Abstract: A cabinet has a housing, multiple tracks, multiple drawers, a safety device and a lock assembly. Each track has a sliding rail having a guiding notch and a locking hole. The safety device is mounted in the housing and has a fixed base, a moving base, multiple guiding blocks, multiple locking blocks, multiple guiding brackets and multiple sliders. The guiding blocks are securely attached to the moving base and each have an inclined face. The locking blocks are securely attached to the moving base and each have a locking tab selectively engaging with a corresponding locking hole. The guiding brackets are attached to the fixed base and each have a guiding slot laterally defined through the guiding bracket. Each slider has a top abutting with a corresponding inclined face and a pin engaging with a corresponding guiding notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Inventor: Ching-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 7293846
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage bin assembly removably mounted to an inner liner of a door. The storage bin assembly includes a base portion having a frontal opening, and a face portion. The frontal opening is defined by first and second side portions, as well as a bottom portion. Each of the side portions is provided with a mounting component and a mounting element. The face portion includes top, bottom and opposing side sections, with each of the opposing side sections being provided with a mounting member and a mounting part. The mounting component interengages with the mounting member and the mounting element interengages with the mounting part upon snap-fittingly securing the face portion to the base portion across the frontal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Clint J. Collins, Scott W. Leimkuehler, Jonathan J. Tiemeier
  • Patent number: 7267138
    Abstract: A manifold cabinet includes an enclosure having a back wall, a top wall, a pair of side walls, at least two partition walls, a center opening and at least two outside edge openings. The partition walls have a plurality of openings and are attached within the enclosure forming a larger central chamber sized to receive a manifold and two side chambers. The center opening provides access to the larger central chamber and each of the two outside edge openings provide access to one of the two side chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Inventor: Jeffrey S Paradis
  • Patent number: 7255409
    Abstract: A sliding rail mounting structure is disclosed to connect a sliding rail to a vertical column inside a server rack by securing a magnetic locating member to the vertical column by magnetic attraction and then inserting the locating pin of a U-clip at one end of the sliding rail into a locating hole in the locating member and one horizontal through hole in the vertical column and then inserting two screws through respective horizontal through holes in the vertical column and threading the screws into respective threaded nuts of the U-clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Sheng Hu, Wen-Tzu Chen, Yi-Lung Chou