Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary component, namely a stream regulator or stream former for flowing fluid media, consisting of property-defining components in a sandwich-like arrangement in the direction of flow which comprise at least one screen attachment, one diffuser plate assembly as well as a shell body having segments of stream-forming openings extending across its cross-sectional surface. The property-defining components are exchangeable and combinable so as to realize adaptability to different user and user requirements. A locking means is provided e.g. on the inner circumference of the shell body for this purpose as is a corresponding counter-locking means on the outer circumference of the diffuser plate assembly. The diffuser plate assembly exhibits, at least on its exterior, a flow rate class-specifying optical code and the shell body exhibits a stream type-specifying, namely laminar or aerated, optical code.

Abstract: The sink drain stopper assembly includes a pipe member, an annular member, a sealing unit, a fixing nut, and a valve unit. The pipe member has a body portion, a first external thread formed on the body portion, a second external thread spaced apart from the first external thread along a central axis, and a side hole disposed under the second external thread. The body portion and the first and second external threads are molded as one piece. The annular member is coupled threadedly to the first external thread. The fixing nut is coupled threadedly to the second external thread. The valve unit includes a valve member and a pivot rod. Movement of the valve member along the central axis is driven by pivot movement of the pivot rod.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for speeding the draining of a bathing vessel, and is particularly suitable for speeding the draining of walk-in bath tubs. The apparatus can be concealed in a corner of the walk-in bathtub and comprises an actuation mechanism to open and close the draining outlet which needs minimal force to be actuated, making it especially suitable for use by elderly people. The apparatus can also incorporate a security by-pass drain to avoid overfilling of the bathtub. The apparatus can be installed in most or all standard bathrooms with few adaptations.

Abstract: An objective would be to propose a toilet seat apparatus capable of detecting accurately various motions of a human body such as entering and leaving a restroom, sitting on and rising from a toilet seat. A human body detector (5) includes a frequency analyzer (52c), a recognizer (52e), and a database device (52i) storing sample data. The frequency analyzer (52c) converts a sensor signal into a frequency domain signal, and extracts signals of individual filter banks with different frequency bands. The recognizer (52e) has functions of detecting a human body entering a space where at least a toilet bowl (11) is installed and a human body of a person sitting on a toilet seat (12b) based on comparison between the sample data and detection data containing a frequency distribution of signals based on the signals of the individual filter banks (5a).

Abstract: An auto-cleaning device for a toilet includes a water inlet module, a water flushing module and a deodorization module, and also includes a power supply module, and a control circuit used for automatically starting the water flushing module and the deodorization module and controlling the water flushing time. The control circuit includes a toilet bowl operation starting circuit, a deodorization starting circuit, a water flushing mode selection circuit used for determining the water flushing time, and a water flushing starting circuit.

Abstract: This invention pertains to an internally exhausted toilet bowl which employs basic principles of fluid flow to provide reliable, more efficient, and more effective removal of noxious toilet odors while reducing energy consumption when compared to current art. This is accomplished during all conditions of normal operation. In case of toilet overflow or condensate buildup, the impact on the vent exhaust path from these upset conditions can be resolved easily, and normal operation can be restored without damage to any components. Additionally, this invention includes maintenance features that would provide means for back flushing the annulus vent line and orifices if clogging ever were to occur.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides embodiments for a toilet flange. In an embodiment, the toilet flange includes a body having a toilet-facing surface, a drain-facing surface, and a drain opening therethrough and at least two chambers extending from the toilet-facing surface only partially into the body, each chamber having a fastener passageway for receiving a portion of a first fastener for coupling the body to a toilet base, wherein the drain-facing surface is of substantially planar orientation and configured to be adhered to a fixed surface, and wherein the body further includes a drain pipe-facing surface configured to be adhered to a drain pipe.

Abstract: A vacuum sewer system including at least one home collection system, a central vacuum system coupled to the home collection system and a vacuum valve monitoring system coupled to the home collection system. The vacuum valve monitoring system has an airflow detector and an indicator operatively coupled to the airflow detector, the indicator being configured to emanate an indication that the airflow detector has detected an airflow.

Abstract: A building water-management system includes a base material and fiber composite sheets attached to the base material. Each fiber composite sheet includes a fiber core having a first side, an opposing second side, and a surface layer adhered to the first side of the fiber core. Adjacent fiber composite sheets are connected together by a lapped configuration such that the surface layer of a first fiber composite sheet extends from the base material and onto a fiber core of an adjacent second fiber composite sheet and the fiber cores of the first and second fiber composite sheets are aligned next to each other to allow water to flow between the fiber cores, thereby forming a continuous water drainage and repellant layer. A shower assembly using the fiber composite sheets is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to fire retardant head-of-wall assembly as disclosed herein.

Abstract: A masonry wall is formed of masonry block units abutted with one another in series within stacked rows. Each masonry block unit is a concrete body having two opposing exterior side walls defining respective portions of the assembly masonry wall. Vertical reinforcement channels are formed in the exterior side walls of each masonry block unit so as to be open laterally to the exterior. The reinforcement channels align with corresponding channels in the masonry block units in adjacent stacked rows to receive elongate reinforcement members, for example rebar, inserted laterally therein from the exterior surface of the assembly masonry wall. A bonding material can then be recessed laterally into the reinforcement channels so as to bond the reinforcement members to the masonry assembly.

Abstract: An I-joist comprising a web and flanges, the web being connected on each longitudinal edge thereof to a flange, wherein the I-joist further comprises chords, the chords being connected to the web on at least one side of the web. The web may comprise openings in between the chords. The I-joist is fabricated by connecting a flange on each longitudinal edge of a web and connecting chords on at least one side of the web, the web being provided with openings.

Abstract: A wedge assembly for post tensioning concrete includes one or more wedges and a wedge ring. Each wedge includes an outer surface having a circumferential groove formed thereon. The wedge ring is adapted to fit into the groove of the wedges and retain the wedges to a strand. The wedge ring including a gap adapted to allow the wedge ring to be installed from the side of the wedges. When installed to the strand, the wedges may form a clearance fit maintained by the wedge ring. At least one wedge may include a guide adapted to assist with the separation of the wedges when installed to the strand.

Abstract: An anchor assembly for a post-tensioning tendon may include a compact anchor and wedge. The compact anchor may include a wedge extension having a frustoconical inner surface. The frustoconical inner surface may have a diameter of 0.95 inches or less. The compact wedge may have a length of 1.1 inches or less. The compact anchor and compact wedge may be formed from steel having no added lead. The compact anchor and wedge may be formed by cold heading.

Abstract: A wedge assembly for post tensioning concrete includes one or more wedges and a wedge ring. Each wedge includes an outer surface having a circumferential groove formed thereon. The wedge ring is adapted to fit into the groove of the wedges and retain the wedges to a strand. The wedge ring including a gap adapted to allow the wedge ring to be installed from the side of the wedges. When installed to the strand, the wedges may form a clearance fit maintained by the wedge ring. At least one wedge may include a guide adapted to assist with the separation of the wedges when installed to the strand.

Abstract: A wedge assembly for post tensioning concrete includes one or more wedges and a wedge ring. Each wedge includes an outer surface having a circumferential groove formed thereon. The wedge ring is adapted to fit into the groove of the wedges and retain the wedges to a strand. The wedge ring including a gap adapted to allow the wedge ring to be installed from the side of the wedges. When installed to the strand, the wedges may form a clearance fit maintained by the wedge ring. At least one wedge may include a guide adapted to assist with the separation of the wedges when installed to the strand.

Abstract: A device for attaching at least one cloth for producing a tensioned-cloth false partition, comprising a first profiled member forming a profiled rail comprising at least one reception groove, the reception groove being delimited by at least two lateral walls, and at least one second profiled member able to be fitted removably in the reception groove of the first profiled member, having a cross section in the form of a U or V, one of the arms of the U or V shape comprising at least one deformable longitudinal projection arranged so as to come into abutment against a wall disposed opposite the arm carrying the deformable projection when the second profiled member is in place in the reception groove of the first profiled member.

Abstract: A panel having a pair of complementary locking elements at mutually opposite panel edges. The locking elements are positively locking holding profiles with a locking groove and a complementary locking tongue respectively. At least at the edge of one of the holding profiles the panel surface has an edge break portion. The holding profile provided with the edge break portion has an upper contact surface beneath the edge break portion and the complementary holding profile has a complementary upper contact surface arranged substantially parallel thereto. A butt joint is produced by contact of two contact surfaces. The butt joint is inclined relative to the panel surface. One of the contact surfaces is associated with a tongue and is inclined downwardly toward the free end of the tongue in question and the complementary upper contact surface is associated with a groove and is inclined downwardly toward the bottom of the groove.

Abstract: Modular floor tiles and modular floor systems are described herein. A floor tile system includes a modular floor tile and a plurality of resilient support assemblies. The modular floor tile includes a top surface layer having a top surface and a bottom surface and a plurality of rigid support portions extending from the bottom surface. The resilient support assemblies are supported against the bottom surface and include an outer resilient support portion having a hollow interior, and an inner resilient support portion positioned centrally relative to the outer resilient support portion.

Abstract: A wall form assembly for receiving a flowable material that sets and hardens into a desired formation having an exposed outer surface is disclosed. The wall form assembly includes a detachable panel provided with cavity shaping discrete protrusions distributed in rows on an inner face of the detachable panel, each of the rows extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising at least two of the discrete protrusions, and a foam panel. A plurality of connectors removably attach together the detachable panel and the foam panel in opposed and parallel spaced relation along the longitudinal direction so as to create a form for receiving the flowable material. Advantageously, the detachable panel along with the cavity shaping discrete protrusions can be easily removed from the hardened formation, thus providing an exposed outer surface which is substantially smooth and free of projections having recessed cavities. A related method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A portable toilet that includes a top section, a bottom section, a side wall, and a door system. The top section includes a top wall slot. The bottom section includes a bottom wall slot. The side wall includes a top edge that is removably insertable into the top wall slot. The side wall includes a bottom edge of that is removably insertable into the bottom wall slot. The door system includes a door frame and at least one door. The door frame includes first and second wall side slots. A first side of the side wall is removably insertable into the first wall side slot, and a second side of the side wall is removably insertable into the second wall side slot.

Abstract: The present invention is a framing system for resolving vertical and horizontal movements in light gage, cold formed, steel stud framing. It utilizes at least one corner hinge and a plurality of pivoting stud clips (one for each stud) that accommodate for the deflection of a building as it encounters environmental changes. Additional hinges may be placed axially, along the wall and at the top and bottom of the corner for increased flexibility. Two embodiments of stud pivot clips, one utilizing direct attachment and arcuate slots, the other utilizing a pivotable connection plate, are disclosed; as are two hinge embodiments.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for personal protection from flying or falling objects during a disaster. The apparatus has an interior sheet of flexible material and an exterior sheet of flexible material joined together to form an inflatable space between them, which when inflated also defines an interior cavity bounded by the interior sheet of flexible material, which interior cavity is provided for personal protection from flying or falling objects during a disaster. The apparatus also includes a supply of compressed gas in fluid communication with the inflatable space for inflating the inflatable space. A tether is attached to the exterior sheet of flexible material for attachment of the inflated apparatus to a secure structure such as the frame of a motor home, the floor joist of a home, a secure anchor point of a building, a tree trunk or a utility pole.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lattice mast (1) with an open framework structure of angled profiles (3), in particular an electricity pylon or telecommunications mast, comprising at least one or more cladding profiles (9a, 9b) which extend over at least part of the length of at least one angled profile (3), wherein at least one cladding profile has a curved incident-flow surface and forms a flow shielding of a wind-exposed edge of the angled profile (3), wherein the incident-flow surface is at least approximately spherically curved and has a flow resistance coefficient which is less than that of the unshielded angled profile (3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a system having multiple improvements compared to conventional systems for building wind towers made of section of reinforced concrete, in order to significantly reduce building costs. Such improvements include: obtaining a profile extruding from truncated cone sections that conform as much as possible to the ideal curved profile of the tower; using pre-stretched cables, which are factory-tensioned before installing the rebar, and tendons that pass through the arch stones, making it possible to link various arch stones with one another; and reducing the thickness of the arch stones; and arranging the rebar in only one layer, as well as other improvements described through the present invention.

Abstract: A supporting structure for fences is disclosed consisting of a base consisting of a bottom plate from which a box body open on one side and partly on the top surface projects which houses and supports a post, characterised in that in said structure horizontal and rotational displacement means of said post are provided with respect to said base, as well as adjustment means of the horizontal and rotational sliding motion of said post with respect to said base.

Abstract: A method of constructing a tower is provided, the method including the steps of A: providing an elevation means including a dynamic engaging mechanism realized to engage with a tower surface B: arranging a 3D printing device on the elevation means); C: actuating the dynamic engaging mechanism to effect a vertical elevation of the elevation means; D: actuating the 3D printing device to deposit an essentially horizontal material layer including at least a tower body region; E: repeating steps C and D to obtain a tower structure. A tower constructed using such a method, and a 3D tower printing apparatus, is also provided.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide retractable canopies, kits of parts for assembling retractable canopies, and methods for assembling and operating retractable canopies. The retractable canopies provide tracks extending in a longitudinal direction and transversely spaced apart. A support extends in a transverse direction between the tracks and is moveably coupled to the tracks via mounts to the tracks. The mounts include engagement members, such as wheels, to engage with the tracks. The engagement members may be biased transversely away from the support (e.g. toward the track), thereby permitting the engagement members to adjust their transverse positions relative to the support as the support moves along the track.

Abstract: A combined lifting burn fencing equipment is disclosed herein. The combined lifting barn fencing equipment includes a barn movably mounted in a first annular groove in the periphery of stage, a lifting mechanism that drives the barn to lift up and down, a fence movably mounted in a second annular groove of the barn, and a hoisting mechanism that drives the fence to lift up and down. The lifting mechanism is mounted at the bottom of the first annular groove. The hoisting mechanism is mounted at the top of the gate above the stage. The barn is mounted a bedplate. The barn descends to the first annular groove or rises to the above of the stage driven by the lifting mechanism.

Abstract: A reversible handleset spindle actuator and related method and kit. The spindle actuator is configured to be installed in a handleset. A first thumb-operated lever receiver is positioned to be engaged by a thumb-operated lever connected to the exterior escutcheon of the handleset when the actuator is installed in the handleset configured for a right-handed position. A second thumb-operated lever receiver is positioned to be engaged by the thumb-operated lever when the actuator is installed in the handleset configured for a left-handed position. A spindle is provided for operating a latch mechanism and a rack and pinion mechanism is provided for rotating the spindle, from an initial position, in a first direction when the first thumb-operated lever receiver is moved longitudinally towards the spindle and rotating the spindle in a second direction when the second thumb-operated lever receiver is moved longitudinally towards the spindle.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a tool operated channel latch used to secure a panel against a structure. The latch includes a bracket which mounts to a movable panel and includes an actuating mechanism to open and close the latch. A bolt is pivotably retained relative to the bracket for engaging against the structure closed by the panel. A lock assembly is carried on the actuator to engage a link which is movably coupled with both the bolt and the actuator. The lock assembly includes extending portions to engage at least one corresponding opening of the link. The link provides an over center toggle condition to retain the latch in a locked position until intentionally actuated by an operator.

Abstract: An intelligent door lock system is provided with a push notification. A sensor is configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock. An engine with a memory is coupled to the positioning sensing device. The engine and an energy source are coupled to the circuit. A push notification is provided to a dwelling user when a lock of the intelligent door lock system is manually opened.

Abstract: An electromagnetically actuated, bistable locking device is disclosed. The locking device has a lock pin that is moveable substantially along a longitudinal axis between an extended position and a retracted position, at least one permanent magnet with two pole ends, at least one electromagnet having first and second ends and electromagnetically actuated in one of the extended and retracted positions of the lock pin, a mechanical interconnection between the pin lock and the at least one permanent magnet for moving said pin lock between the extended and the retracted positions of the lock pin at the actuation of the electromagnet. The inventive idea lies in that if the permanent magnet abuts by one of its faces on the end of the magnetic core of the electromagnetic solenoid, then this configuration allows the exploitation of the magnetic forces at a maximum efficiency in both the energized state and the de-energized state.

Abstract: A driving device of an electronic lock contains: a base, a power assembly, a gear disc, a rotary knob, and a rotation disc. The base includes a through orifice defined thereon to insert the rotary knob and includes an accommodation chamber formed therein to accommodate the power assembly. The power assembly supplies a power source to rotate the gear disc. The gear disc includes a through hole defined on a central position thereof and corresponding to the through orifice. The rotary knob includes a first segment and a second segment which inserts through the through orifice and the through hole. The rotation disc is fitted with the second segment of the rotary knob. The gear disc also includes a protruded stem adjacent to the through hole, and the rotary knob also includes a driving block arranged on the second segment thereof and corresponding to the protruded stem.

Abstract: A door handle with a door-side output shaft 17 and a handle 10 facing away from the door, said output shaft and handle having a common rotational axis 2 and being connected via an electromechanical clutch, may be particularly compact and may have a particularly low energy intake for shifting the clutch by providing the output shaft 30 with a recess 31 on the side facing towards the handle 10, in which a coupling element 40 is displaceably mounted; by providing the door handle 1 with a receiving area 51 for the coupling element 40 opposite to the recess; and by arranging a linear drive in the handle, the linear drive acting on the coupling element 40 in order to move the coupling element 40 in the axial direction so far out of the recess that the coupling element engages both into the recess 31 as well as into the receiving area 51 in order to close the clutch, and the coupling element is moved out of the receiving area 51 back into the recess 31 in order to open the clutch.

Abstract: A watertight door or window comprising a frame and a leaf mounted on the frame and arranged movably with respect thereto between an open position and closed position, and further comprising: a striker element arranged on the leaf, a locking element arranged on the frame and provided with a hook end designed to engage with the striker element so as to lock the leaf against the frame following closing of the leaf, and a striker actuating mechanism arranged on the leaf and able to be actuated when the leaf is in a closed position and the locking element is engaged with the striker element. The actuating mechanism is provided for releasing the striker element from a closed position, where the striker element is positioned inside a recess in the hook end of the locking element, to an open position, where the striker element is extracted from the recess in the hook end of the locking element. The actuating mechanism can be reset when the leaf is closed again.

Abstract: Devices and methods for controlling access are described herein where such an assembly may generally comprise an index plate defining one or more spaces over a surface of the plate and each of the one or more spaces having a corresponding protrusion extending within, a first actuator configured to translate the plate in a first direction, and a second actuator configured to translate the plate in a second direction different from the first direction. The one or more lever arms may correspondingly extend from a locking mechanism and the one or more spaces, wherein selective engagement of a single lever arm by a corresponding single protrusion actuates the single lever arm from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration.

Abstract: A device for detecting a user's intention to lock or unlock a motor vehicle door, integrated into a handle (10) and consisting of a casing (B?) includes a first part (52), elastically deformable along a predetermined axis (Y-Y?), with an area (50) of contact with the handle, a printed circuit (80), a voltage source (Vcc), and a contact detection element (100) including: a non-magnetic metal target (40) which moves along the predetermined axis, a coil (20), and a capacitance (C1), forming an oscillating circuit, elements (M1) for adjusting the frequency of the circuit, a prestressed compressible element (30), located between the target and the coil, elements (51) for transmitting a movement of the first part to the target, elements (M2) for measuring an inductance (L) of the coil, elements (M3) for comparison between the measured inductance and a predetermined threshold value of inductance (Ls), and control elements (60?).

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a cable cover to be attached thereto or detached therefrom using a spring, thereby including an effect of facilitating the attachment and detachment of the cable cover through an elastic force of the spring.

Abstract: A kit for articulated connection between dividing panels having a pair of male pieces with a coupling protrusion; and a pair of female pieces with a coupling hole, the protrusions engage the holes when relative vertical movement between the pair of male and female pieces is produced when fixed to the panels. One of the first or second pair of pieces is configured with a depression such that the coupling protrusion or the coupling hole is arranged in the groove. The kit includes an auxiliary piece with a retaining pin actuatable with a lever and with an angled end, fixable to the lateral wing of one of the male pieces, the pin remaining parallel to the lateral wing and outside the panel. Regulated by the lever, the angled retaining end of the pin can be arranged in at least two positions: a release position and a locking position.

Abstract: A method for producing a carrier element for a window lifting device in which adjustment of a glass is performed by means of a traction means, the carrier element being displaceable along a guide rail of the window lifting device and being connected to the traction means, is provided. The completed carrier element has at least two interconnected bodies which are produced from dissimilar materials having dissimilar melting points, and the carrier element having the at least two bodies is produced by a multicomponent injection-molding method. In the production of the carrier element by the multicomponent injection-molding method a body from a material melting at a lower temperature is molded before a body from a material melting at a higher temperature, and the body from the material melting at a higher temperature is molded to the body from the material melting at a lower temperature.

Abstract: A latch assembly connected to the drive unit of a bi-fold door for retaining the bi-fold door secure to a building has elongated straps attached to rotatable latch drums mounted on the outer ends of the drive shaft of the drive unit. Lift drums powered by a motor driven gearbox raise and lower the bi-fold door. Latch assemblies having springs attached to the straps maintain tension on the straps during the opening and closing of the bi-fold door.

Abstract: A shock-absorbing damper for absorbing the impact force generated during the opening/closing of a furniture door, the damper including: a load pin in a housing to move back and forth during the opening/closing of the furniture door; a main valve coupled to the load pin to form a first flow path; a check valve coupled to a guide bar of the main valve in a manner to form a second flow path; a guider coupled to the main valve to guide the fluid flow; and a pressure adjuster interposed between the main valve and the check valve to vary the first flow path. The pressure adjuster and the guider are provided in the shock-absorbing damper to vary a flow path corresponding to an opening/closing load of the furniture door, thereby opening/closing the furniture door at a set speed regardless of the size or weight.

Abstract: A hinge for the controlled rotatable movement of a closing element, such as a door, a door leaf or the like, anchored to a stationary support structure, such as a wall, a floor, a frame or the like. The hinge comprises a hinge body and a pivot defining a first axis reciprocally coupled to allow the closing element to rotate between an open position and a closed position. The hinge further comprises a working chamber defining a second axis substantially perpendicular to said first axis and a plunger element sliding within the working chamber along the second axis between a position proximal to the bottom wall of the working chamber and a position distal therefrom. The pivot includes a pinion member, whereas the plunger element includes a rack member engaged with the pinion member.

Abstract: An over slam bumper for a vehicle is provided and includes a buffer unit having one end protruding from an inner panel of the door toward a vehicle body and absorbing shock power between the vehicle body and the door. A mounting unit has one end fixed to another end of the buffer unit and another end thereof is inserted into a penetration aperture to fix the buffer unit to the inner panel. The mounting unit includes an insert flange inserted into the buffer unit and a support flange interconnected to the insert flange. An insert having one end integrally protrudes from a center of the support flange toward the penetration aperture and clips are integrally formed at the protruding end of the insert and are fixed while being locked to an inner circumferential surface of the penetration aperture when a predetermined portion thereof is inserted into the penetration aperture.

Abstract: A device for opening and closing an outwardly opening pivoting wing, comprising: an actuating device including a support, a crank rotatable with respect to the support and a control mechanism actuated by the crank, an arm having a toothed portion, wherein said control mechanism cooperates with the toothed portion of the arm for swinging the arm between a closed wing angular position and an open wing angular position, and wherein in the closed wing angular position the control mechanism cooperates with the toothed portion of the arm for the translational motion of the arm along a straight direction between a locked wing position and an unlocked wing position, and vice versa, a first slider and a second slider intended to engage a groove of the wing in a movable manner in a straight direction.

Abstract: A linear gate drive assembly with a drive rail connectable to a gate panel. The drive rail has a first drive surface. A linear drive portion is coupled to the first drive surface and has teeth thereon with a first rolling tooth profile. The linear drive portion defines a toothed second drive surface. Dive motors are pivotally coupled to a support structure. A first drive wheel is attached to one drive motor and engages the first drive surface to impart an axial drive force on the drive rail. A second drive wheel is attached to another drive motor and engages the second drive surface. The second drive wheel has second teeth that mate with the first teeth and that define a second rolling tooth profile that substantially corresponds to the first rolling tooth profile. Rotation of the second drive wheel imparts axial and normal forces via a rolling teeth interface the mating teeth for moving the drive rail and the gate panel.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A vehicle controller may receive notification settings to apply when determining rain conditions. The controller may identify a rain condition sensor data, and send a rain alert to a mobile device to obtain confirmation to perform rain condition actions specified by the notification settings. The mobile device may receive, from the vehicle controller, the rain alert requesting confirmation to perform rain condition actions specified by the notification settings; and may send, responsive to user input to the mobile device, a confirmation to perform the rain condition actions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically closing a garage door can include one or more door open sensors, one or more motion sensors, one or more timers, and a door close activator. In certain embodiments, the one or more door open sensors are configured to detect whether a garage door is completely open. In various embodiments, the one or more motion sensors are configured to detect motion. In certain embodiments, the one or more timers are configured to delay for at least one predetermined time period after motion is no longer detected. In various embodiments, the door close activator is configured to close the garage door after the delay of the predetermined period of time.