Patents Examined by Nathan Cumar
  • Patent number: 11920385
    Abstract: The present invention is a sensor assembly that is used in a door lock device provided with a latch, a ratchet, a drive unit that drives the ratchet and releases the engagement of the ratchet and the latch, and a case that accommodates the drive unit, the sensor assembly being provided with a sensor that detects the action of the ratchet when the engagement of the ratchet and the latch is released, wherein the sensor assembly is provided with: a connector that holds connection conductors electrically connected to the sensor, and is attached to the case; a sensor base that holds the sensor; a plurality of electric wires that connect the plurality of connection conductors and a plurality of terminal portions of the sensor; and a waterproofing material that comprises a photo-curing resin for covering, along with the sensor base, connecting portions of the terminal portions and the electric wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Fuyuki Nakatsuka, Shuntaro Kimura, Nao Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 11913552
    Abstract: A sealing device acts to seal a gap between a housing of a gear reducer and a rotational shaft that bi-directionally rotates, and separates an internal space of the housing in which a grease is stored from an atmosphere side. The sealing device includes a main seal lip protruding radially inward from an inner peripheral surface of an inner cylindrical portion. The main seal lip has an internal-side inclined surface disposed on a side of the internal space and an atmosphere-side inclined surface disposed on the atmosphere side. An auxiliary seal lip protrudes radially inward and toward the internal space from the internal-side inclined surface of the main seal lip. Multiple first spiral structures and multiple second spiral structures are formed on at least one of the atmosphere-side inclined surface of the main seal lip and an inner peripheral surface of the auxiliary seal lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Saki Ito
  • Patent number: 11905731
    Abstract: A door fitting having a handle that can be locked on one side, including at least one rosette for contact with a door leaf and a shaft element for forming an operative connection to the locking mechanism of a lock unit fitted into the door leaf, and an adapter element being fitted in a neck section of the handle and being held on the shaft element. In order to create a simple embodiment of a handle that can be locked on one side, according to the invention, it is provided that a locking device is held in or on the neck section of the handle, which is brought by means of a manual actuation into a blocking position, in which the handle can be rotationally blocked against the rosette by means of the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GRIFFWERK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Peter Koenig, Maximilian Mun-Ratberger, Matthias Lamparter
  • Patent number: 11905732
    Abstract: A door lock assembly with interchangeable lock cylinders is described. The door lock assembly includes a handle. The handle includes a lock cylinder passage to receive a push to lock cylinder or a key to lock cylinder. A spring plate includes a bolt opening to position the lock cylinder. The spring plate further includes a side bolt opening. A side bolt is configured to selectively enter the side bolt opening of the spring plate to lock the lock cylinder and to selectively withdraw the side bolt from the side bolt opening of the spring plate to unlock the lock cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman A. Smith, Robert Walden
  • Patent number: 11906049
    Abstract: A sealing device includes: a sealing device main body to be attached to an outer periphery side member; and a slinger to be attached to an inner periphery side member. The sealing device main body includes: an annular reinforcement ring centered on an axis; and an annular elastic body part that is made of an elastic body attached to the reinforcement ring and is centered on the axis. A through hole that passes through a portion between an internal space side surface and an atmosphere side surface of the reinforcement ring is formed in the reinforcement ring, and a positioning part for fixing the position of the reinforcement ring at the time of vulcanization is formed on an internal space side surface of the elastic body part. In the sealing device, the through hole and the positioning part are formed at positions separated in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Ariizumi
  • Patent number: 11892082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical seal arrangement comprising a mechanical seal (2) having a rotating seal ring (21) and a stationary seal ring (22) defining a seal gap (23) therebetween, a secondary seal (3) arranged on a back surface of one of the seal rings facing away from a sealing surface of the seal ring, the secondary seal (3) being made of a base material and having a coating (7) such that a material bond is formed between the coating (7) and the base material of the secondary seal, the secondary seal (3) being made of a base material and having a coating (7) such that a substance-to-substance connection is formed between the coating (7) and the base material of the secondary seal, a sleeve-shaped member (4) arranged radially inside the secondary seal (3), wherein a gap (5) having a gap height (H) is present between the sleeve-shaped component (4) and a region of one of the sliding rings facing radially inwards, the secondary seal (3) seals against the back side of this slide ring and the sleeve-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Otschik, Petia Philippi, Felix Meier
  • Patent number: 11893846
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing electronic locking systems. Using novel designs and network technology, the present systems, methods, and apparatuses can provide a secure alternative to a cam lock or a lock box for storing items that may be left unattended, without the use of a physical key. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems, methods, and apparatuses can facilitate the locking and unlocking of a cam lock or a lock box by using a digital construct, an encryption system, and various native and/or third-party software components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BoxLock, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Ruffkess, Brian Vanhiel, Taylor Davis, Daniel K. Guthrie
  • Patent number: 11885151
    Abstract: A keycam assembly including a rotatable member, a stem, a locking member coupled to the stem for joint longitudinal movement therewith, and a cam driver. The rotatable member includes an aperture. A proximal end portion of the stem is rotatably seated in the rotatable member and defines a cam track. The locking member extends between the aperture and the cam track. The cam track includes a first passage including a locking pocket, a second passage including an unlocking pocket, a first ramped passage including a locking ramp extending from the second passage to the locking pocket, and a second ramped passage including an unlocking ramp extending from the first passage to the unlocking pocket. Relative rotation of the rotatable member and the stem causes the cam driver to travel along the track to thereby cause movement of the locking member between a locking position and an unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Pradeepkumar Balasubramaniam, Harikrishnan Mannattil, Sundar Raj Dore Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 11885161
    Abstract: An electronic door lock system includes a gasket system for protecting electrical and mechanical components from exterior water and air. A lock portion may include a gasket, a circuit board, and a plate disposed between a first and second housing. The gasket includes an L-shaped perimeter that wraps around a first side and perimeter edge of the circuit board. The plate compresses the gasket perimeter against a ridge on the first housing to form a seal around the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 11885152
    Abstract: Lock indicators useable to signal the locked or unlocked state of a lock at both sides of a door selectively secured by the lock. Lock indicators include a first cuff for receiving an input causing the first cuff to transition from a first position to a second position associated with the locked state and the unlocked state. The lock indicators include a second cuff for receiving input from the first cuff via a transmission rod causing the second cuff to transition from a first position to a second position associated with the locked state and the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: dormakaba USA Inc.
    Inventor: Jason C. Clifford
  • Patent number: 11879548
    Abstract: Subassembly fora double-door leaktight connection system between two closed spaces, the system including two flanges able to be secured to each other, and two doors each normally closing an opening delimited by a flange, the subassembly including a flange and a seal, the seal being intended to provide leaktight contact between the flange and the seal, between the seal and the other flange of the connection system and between the seal and the door closing the opening of the flange, the flange including a groove and the seal being a part moulded onto the flange and being partly received in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GETINGE LIFE SCIENCE FRANCE
    Inventor: Jean Belin
  • Patent number: 11879274
    Abstract: A lock assembly includes a casing, a blocking unit, and a lock unit. The blocking unit includes a blocking member operable to move between an open position and a block position. The lock unit includes an engaging member, an electric unlock module, and a manual unlock module. The engaging member has a main body having first and second abutment portions, and is movable between an engaging position for engaging the blocking member when the blocking member is in the block position, and an unlocked position for disengaging from the blocking member. One of the electric unlock module and the manual unlock module is operable to abut a push member thereof against a corresponding one of the first and second abutment portions to linearly move the engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANDY HOUSE INC.
    Inventors: Che-Ming Ku, Wen Hang Su, Ching-Huang Hu, Hui Qing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11879269
    Abstract: Ratchet lock assemblies for use with various locking actuation members such as, but not limited to, lock cylinders of interchangeable core cylinder types are provided. In one embodiment, a ratchet lock assembly includes a plunger barrel with at least one projection extending therefrom. The at least one projection configured to mate with at least one aperture of a locking bar or strike plate to lock the ratchet lock assembly in place. In another embodiment, a ratchet lock assembly is provided with an anti-shim configuration to prevent unwanted removal of the ratchet lock assembly. The anti-shim ratchet lock assembly includes a driver and cam to lock a member, e.g., a spring, of the ratchet lock assembly to a locking bar or strike plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Innovation Lock, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Bullwinkel, Robert Ludwig, David R. Wachsman, Alvin Ma
  • Patent number: 11873906
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a cantilever beam arrangement that preloads ring segments in a multi0segment piston ring arrangement. A piston assembly comprises a piston that comprises a land. A ring segment is arranged against the land. The ring segment comprises a radially inner surface, a radially outer surface for sealing against a bore, and a boss located on the radially inner surface. The piston assembly also includes a beam spring having a proximal end attached to the piston and a distal end in contact with the boss. The beam spring forces at least a portion of the ring segment radially outward by applying a force on the boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAINSPRING ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Svrcek, Carlos Prieto, Rucha Bedarkar, Kevin Ting
  • Patent number: 11875623
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety locking mechanism 1 for a cupboard or drawer 2 comprising at least one movable door or drawer 3 and a fixed frame 2, and the locking mechanism 1 comprising: a latch assembly 5 and a catch part 4 each fitted on the movable door or drawer 3 and fixed frame, the latch assembly 5 including a latching arm 8 and a latching hook 9, and the catch part including a catch arm 6. The latching hook 9 is aligned to abut against the catch arm 6 in a locked position to prevent the movable door from being fully opened, wherein the latching arm is movable to an unlocked position in which the latching hook 9 is no longer aligned to abut against the catch arm 6 and the movable door or drawer 3 may be opened. Motor driven automatic release means are provided which are remotely actuatable to automatically move the latching arm 8 to the unlocked position when the automatic release means are actuated by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Jesper Birk Andersen
  • Patent number: 11866962
    Abstract: A locking device for preferred securement to the locking bars located on the doors of shipping container. The device includes a main frame and two preferably J-shaped plates. The a hub portion along with a first plate define an first securement area for the locking device to a first locking bar and a movable member along with a second plate define a second securement area for the second locking bar. A lock having a main shaft is inserted into the main frame and prevents the plates from being pulled outward. The lock is maintain in positioned by a solenoid which is disposed within a portion of the main frame in a closed/locked position preventing the lock and main shaft from being pulled out of the main frame. Upon receipt of an authorized remote command or password the solenoid is caused to be retracted allowing the main shaft to be move and freeing the two plates so that they can be pulled outwards allowing the locking device to be removed from the locking bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Arturo Valdes Rudd
  • Patent number: 11859498
    Abstract: A device configured to seal a circumferential gap between a first turbomachine component and a second turbomachine component mutually rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The device is provided with a first sealing element connected to the first turbomachine component and with a second scaling element having an inner part provided with a plurality of projections extending towards the second machine component to define the teeth of a labyrinth seal between the high pressure region and the low pressure region of the turbo machine. The outer part of the second sealing element is connected to the first sealing element through an clastic element. One or more pressure chambers located between the first sealing element and the second sealing element are in fluid communication with the processing fluid of the turbomachine to derive a force acting on the outer part of the second scaling element in the direction of gap closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Sassanelli, Emanuele Rizzo
  • Patent number: 11859497
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine may include a seal body coupled to an engine static structure of the gas turbine engine and a seal seat insert coupled to a radially extending portion of a shaft of the gas turbine engine. The seal body may be generally configured to be biased into contact with the seal seat insert to provide a sealing pressure between the seal body and the seal seat insert. In various embodiments, the seal seat insert is made from a ceramic material or a ceramic matrix composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Pantcho P. Stoyanov, Eli N. Ross
  • Patent number: 11852239
    Abstract: A seal for an angled connector includes a rim wall enclosing a central opening and a sealing passage extending from outside the seal through the rim wall into the central opening. The seal has a planar plate-shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Steven Lord, Xavier Rouillard
  • Patent number: 11852215
    Abstract: A device for securing logs from harvested timber to a transport vehicle, or logging truck, using log wrappers. The log wrapper securement device can be located in the inspection cavity of a forestry grapple. The forestry grapple is attached to a log loader. The log wrapper securement device includes a base plate sized and shaped to replace the inspection plate covering the inspection cavity. The base plate includes a slot sized and shaped to receive a portion of a chain end link or other chain links of the log wrapper, which can be inserted manually. The loader operator can remotely control the actuator to secure the chain link and release it, once the log wrapper is positioned over the other side of the logging truck. The log wrapper securement device can potentially reduce injuries and save lives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Timothy D. Heckenberg