Patents by Inventor Douglas Clark
Douglas Clark has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20250012111Abstract: A door lock system may include an outer spindle operatively connected to a disc with a larger diameter than a diameter of the outer spindle. The disc may include an opening that slidingly receives a lock spindle along a lock axis configured to engage a lock body. The lock spindle and the spindle opening may have complementary shapes and sizes such that the lock spindle is rotationally coupled to the disc about the center axis. Torque may be transmitted from a handle to the disc and from the disc to the lock spindle via the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Kumar Ramachandran
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Publication number: 20240401374Abstract: A clutch may include a first rotating portion operatively couplable to a door handle. A clutch may include a second rotating portion operatively couplable to a lock spindle and configured to rotate to unlatch a door. A clutch may include a slider configured to configured to move between a first position and a second position to operatively engage and disengage, respectively, the first rotating portion and the second rotating portion. A clutch may include a magnet configured to apply a magnetic force to the slider to bias the slider toward the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Kumar Ramachandran, Jeffrey Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20240376746Abstract: A door lock system includes a toolless handing assembly that selectively sets a handle in a left or right home position. The handing assembly may cooperate with a disc and a spring that biases the disc to a default position. The disc may be rotated in a first direction to set the disc in a first home position. A catch may engage the disc to retain the disc in the first home position. The catch may be released to return the disc to the default position and the disc may be rotated in a second direction to set the disc in a second home position, opposite the first home position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Kumar Ramachandran
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Publication number: 20240344355Abstract: A mounting system for a door lock is provided. The mounting system may include a chassis having a pocket and an attachment bracket. The attachment bracket may include at least one attachment post extending parallel to an attachment post axis and a retaining plate affixed to the at least one attachment post. The attachment bracket may move relative to the chassis between at least a first position and a second position to provide different mounting patterns for a variety of associated door lock components such as exit devices or trims.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Clark, Andrew S. Geraci, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Kumar Ramachandran, Jeffrey Rodriguez
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Patent number: 12084888Abstract: A door lock system includes a toolless handing assembly that selectively sets a handle in a left or right home position. The handing assembly may cooperate with a disc and a spring that biases the disc to a default position. The disc may be rotated in a first direction to set the disc in a first home position. A catch may engage the disc to retain the disc in the first home position. The catch may be released to return the disc to the default position and the disc may be rotated in a second direction to set the disc in a second home position, opposite the first home position.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran
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Patent number: 12077985Abstract: A door lock system may include an outer spindle operatively connected to a disc with a larger diameter than a diameter of the outer spindle. The disc may include an opening that slidingly receives a lock spindle along a lock axis configured to engage a lock body. The lock spindle and the spindle opening may have complementary shapes and sizes such that the lock spindle is rotationally coupled to the disc about the center axis. Torque may be transmitted from a handle to the disc and from the disc to the lock spindle via the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran
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Patent number: 11885161Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran
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Publication number: 20230053324Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
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Publication number: 20230049416Abstract: A door lock system includes an escutcheon with a keyless cylinder handle. A locking block is disposed in the handle cylinder and spring biased to a locked position to prevent removal of the handle. The locking block may only be moved to an unlocked position by accessing a lock spindle extending through an opening on a rear side of the escutcheon mounted to the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Douglas Clark, Rick Leites, Scott Morstatt, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran
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Publication number: 20220356729Abstract: A door lock system may include an outer spindle operatively connected to a disc with a larger diameter than a diameter of the outer spindle. The disc may include an opening that slidingly receives a lock spindle along a lock axis configured to engage a lock body. The lock spindle and the spindle opening may have complementary shapes and sizes such that the lock spindle is rotationally coupled to the disc about the center axis. Torque may be transmitted from a handle to the disc and from the disc to the lock spindle via the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
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Publication number: 20220356730Abstract: A door lock system includes a toolless handing assembly that selectively sets a handle in a left or right home position. The handing assembly may cooperate with a disc and a spring that biases the disc to a default position. The disc may be rotated in a first direction to set the disc in a first home position. A catch may engage the disc to retain the disc in the first home position. The catch may be released to return the disc to the default position and the disc may be rotated in a second direction to set the disc in a second home position, opposite the first home position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
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Publication number: 20220356731Abstract: A door lock system that adjusts to doors of different thicknesses. The door lock system may include self-adjusting spindles that engage and center a lock body in a door. The spindles may exert equal and opposing forces that center the lock body within the door and align the lock body with a latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
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Publication number: 20220356732Abstract: A lock portion of an electronic door lock system includes a first housing and a second housing secured to a backplate of the first housing. The second housing is secured to a first surface of the backplate and only accessible from a second surface of the backplate. One or more wires are secured to the second housing in a service loop and connected to an actuator within the second housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Rick Leites, Eric Palmieri, Sharath Ramachandran, Scott Morstatt, Douglas Clark
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Patent number: D904654Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C.Inventors: Christopher Aaron Horn, Seth Thomas Bergerud, Robert Douglas Clark, Michael Lee Frank, Tyler Barron Jones
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Patent number: RE48546Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for rendering media related content and web services. According to one or more embodiments, media content is rendered from a source. In one or more segments of the media source, at least one of an object, person or location is identified and additional information, relevant content or services about the person, object or location are displayed or made accessible while or after the media content is being rendered, on one or more devices and/or on one or more paired devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventors: Douglas Clarke, Michael Dalrymple, Edward Lee Elliott, John Fox, Mark Johnson, Darren Lepke, Thomas Purnell-Fisher, Herve Utheza, Zane Vella, Ole Lutjens
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Patent number: D966070Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Eric Palmieri, Douglas Clark, Scott Morstatt, Scott Sather
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Patent number: D966071Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Eric Palmieri, Douglas Clark, Scott Morstatt, Scott Sather
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Patent number: D966072Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Eric Palmieri, Douglas Clark, Scott Morstatt, Scott Sather
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Patent number: D966073Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Eric Palmieri, Douglas Clark, Scott Morstatt, Scott Sather
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Patent number: D981206Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group, Inc.Inventors: Eric Palmieri, Douglas Clark, Scott Morstatt, Scott Sather