Patents Examined by Phillip C. Kannan
  • Patent number: 4986030
    Abstract: A device which includes two matching sections (7, 8), with a first section (7) designed to be fastened to the bottom of a window (6) and the second section (8) arranged to be articulated on an arm (3) of a window raiser. The cross-sections of these sections are such that the first section (7) can be locked into the second section (8) by snapping and a result of a displacement lying substantially in the general plane of the window (6) and of the movement of the latter. The matching cross-sections of the two sections (7, 8) provide a degree of rotation and a degree of translational motion between the two sections. This device makes it possible to carry out the installation of windows on window raisers automatically by robot on motor-vehicle assembly lines because of the simplification of the necessary movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Rockwell-CIM
    Inventors: Carlo Bertolini, Philippe Becerril
  • Patent number: 4370831
    Abstract: A door seal for a room shielded against electromagnetic radiation in which the door is mounted on a frame to move between open and closed positions. The door may be slidable or hinged. The door seal is formed of peripheral flexible plates that are welded together on their outer edges. Spaced between the plates and between the frame and the door there is a peripheral tubular bladder which when expanded with compressed air, for example, forces the plates outwardly against the door and the frame to form a seal. A seal is also formed within the plates by the bladder forced thereagainst. There are a series of peripherally spaced magnets adapted to hold the door sealing plate away from the door, when the bladder is not expanded. When the bladder is expanded, the plate is moved off of the magnets by the force of the expanding bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: William H. Hamilton
  • Patent number: RE29979
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector assembly for attaching drapery to a table, elevated platform, or the like. The assembly includes a plurality of resilient clips having generally parallel leg portions adapted to grip the edge of the item being draped, a male fastener being disposed at a face of the clip for detachable coupling with a plurality of female fasteners secured along the top edge of the drapery. In one embodiment, means are provided to temporarily lock the fasteners together. .Iadd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1979
    Inventors: Gerald E. Guebert, Raymond R. Belknap