Patents Issued in August 24, 2017
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Publication number: 20170241155Abstract: A system is disclosed which provides the ability to install a cross arm on a power pole utilizing an electrically isolated bucket which is free of all hydraulic components used by an operator in the bucket to manipulate the bucket. The system also utilizes an in-the-bucket rechargeable battery powered electric tool such as a saw, drill etc. without a need for a hydraulic electric generator in the bucket. The system includes the ability to provide communication to and from and to supply electrical power to remote portions of an electrically isolated boom, by transmitting optical power and control signals through an electrically non-conductive optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Corey Scott Johnson
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Publication number: 20170241156Abstract: A portable structure or hunting blind includes a floor railing or frame system for supporting side walls and a roof. The side walls and roof are formed of polyurethane foam. The side walls and roof can be manufactured by applying uncured polyurethane foam over a sheeting material, which is supported by a removable set of forms. The polyurethane foam is then allowed to cure, and once cured the forms are removed. A door and windows and floor decking can then be installed to finish out the hunting blind. The exterior of the polyurethane foam walls and roof can be coated with an elastomer coating for UV protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Troy Earheart
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Publication number: 20170241157Abstract: An awning assembly including: a longitudinal support assembly adapted to be fixed to a supporting wall and from which a flexible covering may be withdrawn to provide an awning roof extending from the supporting wall and retracted for stowage; a longitudinal rail assembly attached to the outer longitudinal edge of the flexible covering; at least one strut assembly connected at one end to the longitudinal rail assembly and at its opposite end to a slide assembly adapted to be fixed to the supporting wall such that movement of the longitudinal rail assembly away from the supporting wall causes travel of the opposite end of the strut assembly along the slide assembly from a stowed position to a deployed position, and control means for locating the strut assembly during movement between its stowed and deployed positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Harold Phillips
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Publication number: 20170241158Abstract: A portable shade shelter has a plurality of canopies including at least a first canopy and a second canopy. The first canopy is disposed over the second canopy, and the first canopy is capable of being spaced apart from the second canopy in a vertical direction such that air is capable of flowing between the first canopy and the second canopy. Each of the first canopy and the second canopy includes a plurality of openings configured to permit air and light to pass through the respective first canopy and second canopy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: John J. DRESCH, Jaclyn L. DRESCH
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Publication number: 20170241159Abstract: An internal collapsible frame for use with an outdoor living structure is provided. The internal collapsible frame can include a center tube assembly including a center tube including a top end portion and a bottom end portion. A slidable hub can be slidably arranged on the center tube. The internal collapsible frame can include a plurality of roof tube assemblies each including a first proximal end and a second distal end, each first proximal end being pivotably attached to the top hub. The internal collapsible frame can include a plurality of ceiling tube assemblies each including a first proximal end and a second distal end, each first proximal end being pivotably attached to the sliding hub and each second distal end being attached to an outer corner connection assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Aaron Lyon
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Publication number: 20170241160Abstract: A sliding member for giving the appearance of a vertical translucent edge of a transparent member aligning with an intersecting, perpendicular wall includes a panel having at least one transparent member, a handle connected to the panel, and a jamb recessed in a wall having a recessed door jamb depth, where the handle is at least partially received in the door jamb depth when the sliding member is in a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: GOLDBRECHT INC.Inventor: Marcel FONTIJN
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Publication number: 20170241161Abstract: A security swing handle comprises a housing and a handle pivotally mounted to the housing between a closed position and an open position. A locking insert is rotatably supported in the housing and operatively connected to a latch to actuate the latch to release the handle to an open position. A hasp assembly includes a hasp at the bottom of the housing and a plate member disposed within an interior of the housing adjacent to a bottom of the latch. A pin on the locking insert is disposed within an aperture of the plate member to move the plate member against the latch to release the handle to the open position when the locking insert is rotated. If a padlock locked to the hasp is subjected to blunt force, edges of the aperture shear the pin from the locking insert disabling the locking insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Armin FINK, William Kenneth Williams
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Publication number: 20170241162Abstract: A tamper proof lock has a bolt with a retracted position and an extended position. A knob has a first position wherein a key operates the bolt and a second position wherein the key does not operate the bolt. A key plate is in opposition to the knob having a key slot. The knob has a locking collar attached to the shaft of the thumb knob. The locking collar has a locking orifice. A thumb knob plate has a locking pin that engages the locking orifice in the second position, wherein the thumb knob is pulled out from the thumb plate. This also stops a key inserted into the key plate from operating the bolt. As a result, bumping, picking, drilling the lock, or using an unauthorized key will be ineffective to open a door with this invention in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Scott A. Densmore
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Publication number: 20170241163Abstract: A lock assembly includes an outer body defining a hollow chamber, at least one pin-reception chamber located exterior of and in spatial communication with the hollow chamber and a plug unit disposed at an outer peripheral portion thereof in alignment with the pin-reception chamber; a cylinder mounted rotatably in the hollow chamber, having a distal end formed with an axial key passage and a peripheral wall formed with a pin channel in alignment with the pin-reception chamber and in spatial communication with the key passage; at least one driver pin unit disposed movably between the pin channel in the cylinder and the pin-reception chamber in the outer body; and a detection device installed to the plug unit in such a manner that the detection device is aligned with the driver pin unit is activated to output a signal upon detecting movement of the driver pin unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Jack Lien
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Publication number: 20170241164Abstract: An electronic door lock is operable to control access to an access controlled area adjacent the inner side of a door. The door lock includes an outer base, an inner base, a locking mechanism movable between a locked and unlocked position in response to a control signal, and a control circuit disposed within the inner base and operable to generate the control signal in response to the presentation of an input credential. A plurality of different types of credential readers are each selectively attachable and removable from an attachment interface when the outer base is attached to the door to electrically connect the selected one of the plurality of different types of credential readers to the control circuit. The selected credential reader receives data from a user or credential and generates the input credential. A communication module is operable to communicate with a device separate from the electronic door lock.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: James W. Brown, James W. Overbey, Alfred S. Levesque
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Publication number: 20170241165Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining security and data gathering for a number of vehicles. The systems include a vehicle activity module for each of the vehicles. The vehicle activity module has a wireless transmitter, a storage device, at least one sensor for receiving event information from identification devices, such as RFID cards, keypads, magnetic ID cards, and the like, a releasable key container, and a processor for accessing and analyzing information. The VAMs are wirelessly connected to a computer system. The VAMs control access to the keys, monitor information relating to access, and store and transmit information relating to sales events, non-sales events, and intrusion events. The VAMs are capable of autonomous operation, without the need to access the computer system to verify event information. The VAMs further include signal attenuating mechanisms to facilitate use of “smart keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: SentriLock, LLCInventors: Dennis McGinn, Suman Cherukuri
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Publication number: 20170241166Abstract: A charging cart includes a casing, at least one door leaf and a hooking mechanism. The casing has at least one first hooking slot. The door leaf is pivotally mounted to the casing so that the door leaf is rotatable relative to the casing about a first rotation axis. The hooking mechanism includes a movable assembly and at least one hooking member. The movable assembly is movably disposed on the door leaf. The hooking member is connected to the movable assembly. The hooking member is driven by the movable assembly to rotate relative to the door leaf about a second rotation axis to be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position. The second rotation axis is parallel to the first rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Ming-Te Cheng
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Publication number: 20170241167Abstract: A lateral impact retention system for a vehicle door includes a door window frame retainer configured for mounting to the vehicle body and a pivoting catch configured for mounting to a window frame of the door. The pivoting catch engages the retainer when the door is subjected to a door-displacing lateral impact, but is not connected to any door-operating mechanism of the door. During normal operation of the door between the fully closed and open configurations, the pivoting catch automatically inserts into and displaces from the retainer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez
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Publication number: 20170241168Abstract: A motor vehicle lock having a positioning element, especially a control shaft, and a drive unit for moving the positioning element, wherein the drive unit has a rotor and a stator, the stator having a coil arrangement and at least two magnetically conducting poles associated with the coil arrangement for conducting the magnetic field created by the coil arrangement. It is proposed that the poles each time form, with the rotor, an axial air gap relative to the geometrical rotor axis, possibly in dependence on the rotor position, and a first segment of the coil arrangement with at least two coils and a second segment of the coil arrangement with at least two coils are arranged along the geometrical rotor axis on opposite sides of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Joerg Reinert, Peter Pszola, Markus Kothe, Axel Steinshorn
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Publication number: 20170241169Abstract: A wireless-based system is provided for opening the hood of a motor vehicle. That wireless-based system includes a wireless latch release actuator. Further, the wireless-based system also includes a controller. The controller is configured to release a secondary hood latch when (a) the wireless latch release actuator is activated, (b) a primary hood latch has already been released and (c) a motor vehicle wheel is stationary whereby the hood may be opened. A related hood opening method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Manoharprasad K. Rao, Mark A. Cuddihy, Jialiang Le
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Publication number: 20170241170Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock status system is provided. That system includes a door lock actuator, a door lock status indicator for indicating lock status of the multiple motor vehicle doors, and a controller. The controller is connected to the door lock actuator and the door lock status indicator. Further, the controller is configured to provide a door open signal, an all doors closed and locked signal and a failure to lock signal. A related method of indicating door lock status of a motor vehicle is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: George Anthony Bernwanger, JR., Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Pawan Gupta, John Thomas Ricks, Rajesh K. Patel
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Publication number: 20170241171Abstract: A door opening degree adjustment device includes a check link having a stopper portion, a guide member having a guide hole, and an adjustment member. The adjustment member includes a plurality of stages of step portions and a guide projection that is inserted in the guide hole movably in the extending direction of the guide hole. The adjustment member causes the stopper portion to contact the step portions of any one of the stages, thereby restricting an opening operation caused by pivoting of the door in one direction. The guide projection is arranged on an extended line that connects the stopper portion to one of the stages of the step portions that contacts the stopper portion in the direction of the movement of the check link.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: AISIN SIIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomokazu SEKI, Shintaro SSuzuki
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Publication number: 20170241172Abstract: A window vent stop for use in a sliding sash window assembly or a sliding door assembly. The vent stop has a housing adapted to be disposed in a recess in the non-movable sash member. This housing includes a cavity with a bottom plate therein. The tumbler has at least one pivot for pivotally securing the tumbler to the housing for movement between an extended position, to prevent movement of the sliding member and a retracted position, to allow movement of the sliding member. Also within the housing is a spring for biasing the tumbler. The housing has one or more flexible members extending from the end walls of the housing that secure the housing to an opening in a window sash when a portion of the window sash ispositioned between the underside of a lip on said housing and the flexible member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Vision Industries, Inc.Inventors: Luke Liang, Tong Liang, David Chen
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Publication number: 20170241173Abstract: Barricade devices and methods of barricading a door are disclosed. Such devices and methods may be used to barricade a door, and thereby prevent an intruder from entering a sheltering space, such as a classroom, storeroom, or hallway. The barricade-device may have a pivotable stop-device that is pivotable from a location adjacent to a door. The pivot-location may be at an elevation that is lower than a door handle on the door. The stop-device may be pivotable from a reserve-position to a stop-position. In the reserve-position, the stop-device does not barricade the door. In the barricade-position, the stop-device barricades the door. Operation of the barricade-device may require the use of one or more major muscle groups of the body, but need not require precise dexterity of the fingers or hands (e.g. such as that required to manipulate small keys, latches, and/or the grasping and turning of assemblies).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Michael Presutti
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Publication number: 20170241174Abstract: A dehydrator is disclosed that includes a cavity, door and positioning mechanism. The cavity is defined by multiple walls and has an open front that the door covers. The door is movable between a closed position and a fully open position, and the positioning mechanism can stop and maintain the door at any partially open position in between. The positioning mechanism can be part of a door handle that can be used to move the door with one hand. The positioning mechanism can use magnets and the door tracks can be magnetic to hold the door at any desired position. The positioning mechanism can be movable between an engaged position where the magnets are connected to the door tracks, and a disengaged position where they are not connected. The dehydrator handle can include a hinge that moves the positioning mechanism between the engaged and disengaged positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: LEM Products Distribution LLCInventor: Victor Akinbobola
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Publication number: 20170241175Abstract: A furniture hinge for pivotally connecting at least two furniture parts to one another, including: at least two fastening portions which are pivotally connected to one another for fastening to the furniture parts, wherein the fastening portions can be moved relative to each other between a closed position and an open position, a spring device for pressing the fastening portions into the closed position and/or into the open position, a damping device for dampening a relative movement of the fastening portions, wherein the spring device is integrated into the damping device, wherein the damping device and the spring device are accommodated within a first and within a second housing portion, wherein the first and second housing portions, for performing the relative movement, are displaceably arranged relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: André HAMMERER
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Publication number: 20170241176Abstract: An adjustable snap-acting hinge is provided. The hinge includes a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral, which can move on a working plane and share a first lever and a second lever and are provided respectively with a plate for coupling to a first element and with a plate for fixing to a second element. A contrast element is associated with the coupling plate and can be arranged in at least one position for use, which lies between a first position in which the contrast element is arranged at a maximum distance from the point of the first lever, and a second position in which the contrast element is arranged at a minimum distance from the point of the first lever. The hinge also includes locking means for keeping the contrast element in the position for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: D.G.N. S.R.L.Inventor: Daniele ZETTI
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Publication number: 20170241177Abstract: To keep the same size motor when panel numbers are varied, the invention includes a torsion spring counter balancing mechanism for a stacking panel shutter door, wherein one end of the or each torsion spring is fixable to a drive transmission shaft of the stacking panel shutter door, the drive transmission shaft being adapted to raise and lower the or each shutter of the stacking panel shutter door; and the other end of the or each torsion spring is fixable to a separate rotatable member of the stacking panel shutter door; and whereby the mechanism is provided with means adapted to enable both the drive transmission shaft and the rotatable member to rotate, during opening and closing of the stacking panel shutter door, in such a manner as to cause respective ends of the or each torsion spring to travel at different speeds during the opening and closing sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Lok Yung Wong
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Publication number: 20170241178Abstract: An arrangement has a furniture door, in particular a fold-sliding-door, and a chamber-formed, cavity for accommodating the furniture door. The arrangement includes a mechanical drive device for moving the furniture door between a, preferably fully, countersunk position within the cavity and a position outside of the cavity. The drive device is configured so as to move the furniture door, starting from the, preferably fully, countersunk position within the cavity into the position outside of the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Dominik GABL
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Publication number: 20170241179Abstract: A door hinge is provided to slant such that a free end of a door is rotated obliquely upward while the door is opened, and an energizing type balancer to assist an opening/closing operation of the door is provided. A hinge axis of the door hinge slants relative to a vertical line, having an upper side thereof being positioned on an inward side in a vehicle width direction and on a forward side in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that a locus of the free end of the door while the door is opened becomes substantially horizontal or lowers in an opening direction at a point before the door is opened to a maximum open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20170241180Abstract: A hinge device includes a fixed element, a movable element and a slider housed in a working chamber and coupled to a pivot, so that a rotation of the movable element corresponds to the sliding of the slider. The working chamber includes an end cap and a working fluid and is divided into first and second variable volume compartment by a plunger member of the slider. A hydraulic circuit includes a first duct passing through an end cap that is in fluid communication with the first and second compartments and has an elongated tubular wall extending within the working chamber, and the interspace between the working chamber and the elongated tubular wall. The plunger member is tightly inserted in the elongated tubular wall, which includes a first peripheral conduit having a first and a second port in fluid communication with the first and respectively second first compartment through the first duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: IN & TEC S.R.L.Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
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Publication number: 20170241181Abstract: A window clamp and assembly for an automotive window regulator assembly. The window clamp provided features a body foundation and a U-shaped bridge extending from the foundation configured to deflect away from the foundation to allow a window panel to be inserted into a slot of the window clamp. Claws formed on the bridge pass through and interlock with holes in the window panel to secure and support the panel. Shoulders formed on and protruding from the bridge guide the window panel into position and aid in supporting the panel. The window clamp design facilitates rapid and accurate assembly of the window clamp assembly while providing increased stability of the window panel and reduced size of the window clamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Ryan Reinke, Masayuki Matsushita
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Publication number: 20170241182Abstract: A collision avoidance device for avoiding collision with an object in a door zone of a vehicle, including a sensing module, a damping module and a control unit. Upon detecting an object moving toward a door of the vehicle, the sensing module calculates a velocity of the object. The control unit controls the damping module to apply a resistance force to a pivot unit that pivots the door for enabling the door to rotate at most at an initial rotational speed without detection of an object, a first rotational speed slower than the initial rotational speed when the velocity is smaller than a predetermined value, or a second rotational speed slower than the first rotational speed when the velocity is greater than the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Shun-Ho Hung
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Publication number: 20170241183Abstract: A control system for providing Cloud based commands to a garage door includes one or more Cloud servers for receiving commands from at least one mobile web enabled user device. A load balancer is used for receiving communication from a server for distributing commands from at least one web enabled device to the Cloud. A server based garage door opener is used for receiving commands and controlling operation of a garage door from the server. The status of the garage door is determined by measuring a distance of the garage door to the garage floor using a distance measuring device such that distance measuring information is communicated to the server for determining the open or closed status of the garage door before movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Justin Menkveld
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Publication number: 20170241184Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for controlling an actuator for a door of an autonomous vehicle comprises obtaining data pertaining to a current ride of an autonomous vehicle during operation of the autonomous vehicle; identifying, via a processor using the data, whether one or more circumstances are present that would require an adjustment of a baseline instruction for an automatic opening of the door by the autonomous vehicle via the actuator based on instructions provided to the actuator by the processor; determining an adjustment of the baseline instruction when one or more of the circumstances are present; receiving a request to open the door; and, upon receiving the request: providing the baseline instruction for the actuator to open the door, when none of the circumstances are present; and providing an alternate instruction for the actuator, based on the adjustment, when one or more of the circumstances are present.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Ian Rust
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Publication number: 20170241185Abstract: A portal apparatus for securely controlling passage is described. The apparatus uses a passageway which includes at least two moveable door panels that operate in conjunction with at least two sidewalls including at least one linear sidewall. The apparatus includes position sensors for tracking a position of a subject passing through the passageway and determining a rate of movement of the subject. While the subject is walking through the passageway, each door panels is controlled to move at the determined rate of movement of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Robert Osann, JR.
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Publication number: 20170241186Abstract: A vehicular operation detecting apparatus includes: sensors provided side by side in a vehicle, and individually outputting detection signals that change when a detection target comes into contact with or approaches the sensors; a computing unit computing a ratio value which is a value of a ratio of a first detection signal to a second detection signal, which are detection signals of a first sensor and a second sensor that are one and another one of the sensors, respectively; an operational direction detection unit detecting a direction of movement of the detection target from the first sensor toward the second sensor if the computed ratio value decreases, and detecting the direction of movement from the second sensor toward the first sensor if the computed ratio value increases; and a drive control unit controlling the driving of an opening and closing body in accordance with the detected direction of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoshi KODA
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Publication number: 20170241187Abstract: A vehicle operation detecting device includes: a plurality of sensors that are arranged side by side in a vehicle and individually output a plurality of detection signals changing as a detection target touches or approaches the sensors; a peak position detector that detects a plurality of peak positions of the plurality of detection signals; an operation direction detector that detects a moving direction of the detection target in an arrangement direction of the plurality of sensors, based on an order of the plurality of peak positions; and a driving controller that controls a driving of an opening/closing member according to the detected moving direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hitoshi TAKAYANAGI
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Publication number: 20170241188Abstract: An access control system for a vehicle includes a rear closure and a system that controls movement of the rear closure between closed and open positions. The control system including a controller and a wireless communication module having a wireless interface configured for short range wireless communication. The controller receives an actuation signal requesting transition of the rear closure to an open position from a mobile communication device carried by a vehicle user. The controller then determines when the user enters authentication and actuation zones proximate the vehicle via communication between the wireless communication module and a short range wireless communication device carried by the user. One the user is within the actuation zone, the controller generates a rear closure control signal configured to cause the rear closure to move from the closed position to the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Amanda J. KALHOUS, Norman J. WEIGERT, Doru N. SERBAN, Kathiravetpillai KANDIAH
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Publication number: 20170241189Abstract: A barrier operator feature enhancement device is designed to provide one or more features found in modern barrier operator devices and to incorporate those features into a previously installed barrier operator system. To facilitate ease of use, the barrier operator feature enhancement device can communicate with a large variety of barrier operators. Such communication may be wireless or wired, depending on the communication protocol implemented by a particular previously installed barrier operator. To facilitate the ease of installation, the device is designed to configure itself to operate with the communication protocol of the previously installed barrier operator. Once configured to be able to communicate with the previously installed barrier operator, the feature enhancement device works with the barrier operator to provide one or more additional features to enhance the capabilities of the previously installed barrier operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: James J. Fitzgibbon, Robert R. Keller, JR.
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Publication number: 20170241190Abstract: A door assembly. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a pair of side jambs. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may include a core; and a two-piece top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The core and the top piece may be a composite of cellulosic material and at least one other material. The door assembly may further include at least one adjacent panel. Also disclosed are door jamb frame members and mullion frame members.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Endura Products, Inc.Inventor: Kevin T. MacDonald
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Publication number: 20170241191Abstract: A closure panel including an outer shell for closing an opening defined by a vehicle body and an inner reinforcement. The outer shell and inner reinforcement are formed as a plurality of additive layers. The inner reinforcement includes an integral thickened edge formed around the periphery of the outer shell, an integral latch buttress provided on a first side of the inner reinforcement and a pair of integral hinge buttresses provided on a second side of the inner reinforcement. Internally threaded protrusions may be formed as additive deposits on the integral buttresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Publication number: 20170241192Abstract: The present disclosure relates to air filters. More particularly, it relates to adjustably sized air filter systems useable in window opening. Some exemplary window air filter assemblies include two u-shaped frame members that can be coupled to form an adjustable frame assembly; and a filter media assembly that is attachable to the frame assembly and that includes an adjustable length media. The window filter assemblies are capable of moving between a collapsed state to an expanded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Andrew R. Fox, Weilai Jiang, Bryan L. Gerhardt, Nicolas A. Echeverri
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Publication number: 20170241193Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to adjustably sized air filter systems capable of use in a window opening. The present disclosure also related to methods of making and using these adjustably sized air filter systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Andrew R. Fox, Nicolas A. Echeverri, Jonathan M. Lise, Changwen Li, Liang Cheng, Kannan Seshadri
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Publication number: 20170241194Abstract: A shutter assembly includes a frame, at least one shutter panel coupled to the frame and configured to pivot about a first axis, and at least one louvered subpanel hinged to the shutter panel and configured to pivot about a second axis, wherein the first axis is not parallel to the second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Michael Blackburn, Jennifer Baur
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Publication number: 20170241195Abstract: A transparent plate for a vehicle, provided with a first surface and a second surface, includes a light-shielding region and a light-transmitting region, in a planar view; and a light-shielding layer in the light-shielding region on the first surface side. A color of the light-shielding layer is a color other than black, and is a same or similar color to a color of an interior or an exterior of the vehicle or a same or similar color to a complementary color of the color of the interior or the exterior of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventor: Shinya OTA
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Publication number: 20170241196Abstract: A rail for an architectural covering is provided. The rail may be associated with a shade material of a covering. An adjustment device may be positioned at least partially within the rail. A plurality of lift cords may be associated with the adjustment device. The adjustment device may adjust an effective length of each of the lift cords to adjust a position of the rail within an architectural opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Coty Church, Patrick Foley, Paul F. Josephson
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Publication number: 20170241197Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening may include a shade movable between extended and retracted positions, and a wand having a rod with a top end and a bottom end. The top end of the wand may be operatively coupled to the shade via an operating cord and movable to actuate the operating cord to move the shade between the extended and retracted positions. A handle may be coupled to the bottom end of the rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: James M. Anthony, Kevin M. Dann, Jeffrey L. Spray
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Publication number: 20170241198Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening has a dual cord operating system. The covering may include a head rail, blind panels depending from the head rail, and an operating system. The operating system may include a housing connected to the head rail, a first drive assembly rotatably mounted within the housing and operable to move the blind panels between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration, and a second drive assembly rotatably mounted within the housing and operable to move the blind panels between a closed configuration and an open configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: David B. McNeill, Ronald Holt, Stephen T. Wisecup, David Lynch, Christopher R. Mueller
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Publication number: 20170241199Abstract: In one aspect, a roller shade assembly for an architectural opening may generally include a first roller, a second roller and a looped shade extending around the first and second rollers, The looped shade may include at least one outer shade web forming a continuous loop around the rollers. In addition, the roller shade assembly may include an inner shade web configured to be wrapped around the first roller or the second roller such that the inner shade web is positioned within the continuous loop. The inner shade web may be coupled to the outer shade web(s) at a location along an inner perimeter of the continuous loop. Additionally, rotation of the first roller and/or the second roller in an unwinding direction may result in the inner shade web being unwound from the first roller or the second roller along the inner perimeter of the continuous loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: John D. Rupel, Toralf H. Strand
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Publication number: 20170241200Abstract: A control system is disclosed that includes a room controller transmitting signals to both a shade control network and a light control network, directing that motorized roller shades and dimmable lights be set to desired intensity levels. The control system further includes an intelligent hub that provides a trickle-charge re-charge current via power-over-Ethernet cables to batteries associated with each of the motorized roller shades for re-charging the batteries, thereby eliminating power supplies being installed within walls. The intelligent hub provides for communication with the room controller based on streaming protocol and with the shade control network based on event-based protocol. A computer running user interface software may be connected to the system to facilitate programming.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: George Feldstein
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Publication number: 20170241201Abstract: An architectural covering including a motor assembly is provided. The covering may include a head rail, an end cap enclosing an end of the head rail, a roller tube rotatably supported within the head rail at least partially by the end cap, and a motor assembly including a housing in splined engagement with the end cap to non-rotatably secure the motor assembly to the end cap. The motor assembly may be received at least partially within the roller tube and may be in driving engagement with the roller tube. A covering material may be attached to the roller tube such that rotation of the roller tube extends or retracts the covering material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Nickolas C. Buccola, JR., Kenneth M. Faller
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Publication number: 20170241202Abstract: The present invention provides a hoisting device for working in heights, specifically including a vehicle body, a lower bracket installed at a bottom of a safety ladder, a host driver fixed on the lower bracket and providing lifting power, an upper bracket installed at a top of the safety ladder, a traction rope connecting the upper bracket, the vehicle body and the host driver, and a sliding rail installed on the safety ladder, and further including a fall arrester installed on the sliding rail, a guiding device assembly installed on a back portion of the vehicle body, a stall protection device installed on the vehicle body and matched with the sliding rail, a collapsible pedal installed on a lower portion of the vehicle body and configured to carry people and goods, an operation handle fixed to an upper portion of the vehicle body and a position-limiting bracket installed on an upper portion of the safety ladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Zhixin LIU, Xijun EUGENE WANG
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Publication number: 20170241203Abstract: A moveable climbing system includes at least one step, a first set of legs, a second set of legs, a first set of wheels operatively connected to the first set of legs, a second set of wheels operatively connected to the second set of legs, and a motor operatively connected to the first set of wheels, configured to rotate the first set of wheels. The climbing system may further include a battery for providing electric supply for the motor. The at least one step may include a rung of a ladder. The at least one step may include a board of a scaffold. The climbing system may further include a motor box housing the electric motor, wherein the motor box may be configured to operatively connect to and disconnect from the at least one step.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Moustafa M. Elnore
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Publication number: 20170241204Abstract: Elevated work platforms, as well as associated methods, are provided. In one particular embodiment, an elevated platform apparatus is provided comprising a first rail assembly having a pair of rails coupled with a plurality of rungs, a second rail assembly hingedly coupled with the first rail assembly, a platform configured to rest upon a portion of the first rail assembly and the second rails assembly and a cage associated with the platform. The cage may include at least one bar and at least one gate, the at least one gate being configured to swing in a first direction upon a user stepping on to the platform from the first rail assembly, and then swing back to a closed position after the user is standing on the platform. The at least one gate is also limited from being displaced in a second direction, opposite the first direction, beyond the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Wing Enterprises, IncorporatedInventors: N. Ryan Moss, Darius S. Penrod, Brian Russell, Sean Peterson, Gary Jonas