Lever Patents (Class 292/143)
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Patent number: 11339585Abstract: Fenestration lock assemblies, fenestration units including the lock assemblies, and methods of assembling the lock assemblies. The lock assemblies use a cam and follower design that transfers rotary motion to a lock bolt that moves in translation between an extended/locked state and a retracted/unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Andersen CorporationInventors: Matthew P. Wilson, Ross S. McGruder
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Patent number: 10619388Abstract: A door latch assembly is provided with enhanced acoustic dampening characteristics, and includes a door bolt assembly having an inside barrel and an outside barrel configured for accommodating reciprocal sliding action of the inside barrel between a latch position and a release position. At least one barrel acoustic isolator is associated with at least one of the inside barrel and the outside barrel, and is configured for dampening sound generated by the reciprocal action.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: ARCHITECTURAL BUILDERS HARDWARE MFG., INC.Inventor: Ankit Kirti Shah
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Patent number: 10584516Abstract: A modular latch bar is formed from a first segment that is configured to be connected to a locker handle and one or more extension segments which are attached to the first segment. One of the segments has an elongated body having a front surface, a back surface, a first end and a second end; and a T-shaped locking tab extending from the first end. Another segment has an elongated body having a front surface, a back surface, a first end and a second end. This segment has a T-shaped recess on the back surface. The T-shaped recess is sized and configured to receive the T-shaped locking tab and create a friction fit between the T-shaped locking tab and segment having the T-shaped recess. A post may be provided in the recess that fits into a hole in the T-shaped locking tab to provide a snap fit connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Scranton Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert K. Kolonia, Brian J. Kolonia, Victor Alunni
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Patent number: 10526821Abstract: A keyless door latch system for doors of motor vehicles includes a backup electrical power supply to unlock the door latch in the event the primary power supply fails, thereby eliminating the need for a lock cylinder. The latch system includes a user input device having first and second user input features. The door latch system is configured to supply electrical power from the primary electrical power supply to unlock the latch upon actuation of the first user input feature, and to supply electrical power from the backup electrical power supply to unlock the latch upon actuation of the second user input feature. The user input device may comprise a wireless portable device that generates first and second wireless signals upon actuation of the first and second user input features, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Livianu Dorin Puscas
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Patent number: 10370871Abstract: A lock assembly for an overhead door includes a lock bar and a spring clip receiver. The lock bar is configured to mount on and travel with the overhead door, and includes a track cover portion configured to encircle an overhead door guide track. The lock bar further includes a latch portion extending from the track cover portion. The spring clip receiver includes a spring clip configured to receive the latch portion of the lock bar, and a lock receiver having a pass-through hole for a lock shackle so that, when the overhead door is in a closed position, the lock shackle captures both the lock bar and the spring clip receiver to immobilize the overhead door. The lock assembly may further include an alignment bracket coupled to the lock bar defining an aperture configured to align with the pass-through hole in the lock receiver when the overhead door is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Inventors: Kristian P. Garrow, Donald L. Metz
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Patent number: 10177565Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to enable use of a solenoid-type electromagnetic valve (120) in a valve driving device (10) that performs wireless communication. A contact signal converter (110) that converts an on-off contact signal to a control signal for operating a solenoid-type electromagnetic valve (120) comprises an explosion protection barrier (115) which restricts the current of the control signal to be no more than a maximum current established for safety regarding solenoid-type electromagnetic valves (120), and a group of batteries (111), the number of which can ensure a voltage at which the voltage supplied via the explosion protection barrier (115) surpasses the operating voltage of the solenoid-type electromagnetic valve (120).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Yokogawa Electric CorporationInventors: Hitoshi Saito, Nobuhiro Kanatani
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Patent number: 10024086Abstract: The vehicle door handle comprises first and second levers (8, 10) mounted such that they can rotate on a common support (4), these levers being not coaxial and arranged in such a way that the first lever (8) operates the second lever (10) which operates a mechanical link that operates the lock (26).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.Inventor: Guillaume Lesueur
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Patent number: 9909344Abstract: A keyless door latch system for doors of motor vehicles includes a backup electrical power supply to unlock the door latch in the event the primary power supply fails, thereby eliminating the need for a lock cylinder. The latch system includes a user input device having first and second user input features. The door latch system is configured to supply electrical power from the primary electrical power supply to unlock the latch upon actuation of the first user input feature, and to supply electrical power from the backup electrical power supply to unlock the latch upon actuation of the second user input feature. The user input device may comprise a wireless portable device that generates first and second wireless signals upon actuation of the first and second user input features, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Venkatesh Krishnan, Livianu Dorin Puscas
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Patent number: 9890569Abstract: A door latch assembly is described with a convertible cam drive having a door bolt assembly including a sliding bolt configured for reciprocal sliding action between a latch position and a release position. Such an embodiment includes a cam drive assembly having a bolt actuator as well as a cam holder configured for placement within the cam receiving aperture of the base plate to accommodate the base plate being mounted in one of the plurality of orientations with respect to the door. The cam drive assembly is constructed and arranged for receiving the cam engaging portion of the door handle when pivoted from the rest position to the actuating position, thereby causing the sliding bolt to move from a latch position to a release position using the bolt actuator.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: ARCHITECTURAL BUILDERS HARDWARE MFG., INC.Inventors: Ankit Kirti Shah, Kirti Shah, Darryl Devine
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Patent number: 9578971Abstract: A mechanism fixed under a cushion for adjusting an interval of two armrests is disclosed. The invention includes a base, an armrest support and a handle set. The base is a hollow body with a channel and has an elastic block with a central through hole. The armrest support has a connecting section slidably penetrating the channel. The connecting section is formed with a longitudinal through hole corresponding to the central through hole in position. The handle set is fixed under the base and includes a handle with a fixing bar and an opening; a presser received in the opening and has a fixing hole corresponding to the central through hole in position and an engagement trench for engaging with the fixing bar; and a bolt passing through the fixing hole, longitudinal hole and central through hole, and screwed with a nut to fasten the handle to the base.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: DONGGUAN KENTEC OFFICE SEATING CO., LTD.Inventor: Chih-Cheng Su
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Patent number: 9528306Abstract: For a gate in a fence, where a person on the street-side cannot access the latch on the yard-side. A lock-assembly is fixed to the gatepost on the street-side, and a latch-assembly is fixed to the yard-side. A cable passes through the gatepost, and connects the assemblies. The latch-assembly is a more-or-less traditional gate latch. The street-side lock-assembly includes a lock-base and a lock-cover, which are relatively openable/closable in a clamshell mode. A combination-lock locks the cover to the base, unlocking the lock-assembly enables a street-side person to open the cover. The opening-movement of the lock-cover is cabled to the latch-lever, unlatching the gate and enabling the gate to open.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Inventor: Donald William Wepf
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Patent number: 9446401Abstract: A container for ensuring the transport and the aseptic transfer of a biopharmaceutical product from or to a closed chamber provided with a leaktight joining device, includes: an annular flange delimiting an opening, a removable cover, built-in elements for locking/unlocking the removable cover and a peripheral envelope. The built-in locking/unlocking elements include a built-in functional locking/unlocking arrangement formed by a through-housing formed in the annular flange and a blind housing formed in the removable cover, and by a pin at an inner radial position and a pin at an outer radial position. The container is capable of being in an initial locking position, in an intermediate unlocking position and in a final locking position owing to the displacements of the pin at an inner radial position and the pin at an outer radial position in the blind hole of the removable cover and in the through-housing of the annular flange.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: SARTORIUS STEDIM FMT SASInventor: Gaelle Nodin
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Patent number: 9440229Abstract: A leaktight joining device for ensuring the aseptic transfer of a biopharmaceutical product between a chamber equipped with a removable door and a container equipped with a removable cover, includes: stationary temporary flanging elements, stationary unlocking elements capable of changing the container from an initial locking position to an intermediate unlocking position so as to ensure an aseptic communication between the container and the chamber, stationary locking element capable of changing the container from the intermediate locking position to a final locking position, an annular functional ring gear capable of actuating the stationary unlocking elements and the stationary locking elements of the container.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: SARTORIUS STEDIM FMT SASInventors: Gaelle Nodin, Jeremy Gibelin
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Publication number: 20150137526Abstract: A latch comprising a base, a handle, a socket, a nut, a threaded shank, and a hollow shaft is provided. The base includes a central through hole and a side recess. The handle includes a toothed holed end. The socket includes an upper toothed section, a lower extension, an intermediate annular flange, a tab extending outward from the flange, an axial channel through the socket, a top hole on the socket and communicating with the channel, and a shoulder between the channel and the top hole. The nut includes a hexagonal top hole and an internally threaded hole. The threaded shank includes an upper section, a lower section, an adjustment section extending downward from the lower section, and an intermediate annular flange between the upper section and the lower section; and the shaft includes an internally threaded hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventor: Wan Lai Liau
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Publication number: 20150107313Abstract: A lock for a sliding panel for receiving different lock mechanisms includes: a housing configured to receive a lock mechanism; and a locking element configured to lock the lock, the locking element being movable between a locked position in which the locking element projects at least partially from the housing and an unlocked position in which the locking element dips at least partially into the housing. The housing is configured such that at least one actuating element is exchangeably arrangeable in and/or at the housing so that the at least one actuating element is operatively connectable with the locking element to actuate the locking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Kai Gröne, Marc-André Schneider
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Patent number: 8919830Abstract: A barrier isolator port assembly for connecting to a conventional docking port of an isolated enclosure is provided. The port assembly includes an annular body, a door assembly and a lock. The annular body is configured to engage a docking port of the isolated enclosure. The port assembly also includes a door assembly mountable within the annular body and a lock operatively connected to the annular body. The lock includes a lever and a pin. The lever is pivotably connected to the annular body about a pivoting member and configured to pivot about the pivoting member to removably insert the pin into the recess of the door assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul H. Norton, Edward Vander Bush, W. Edward Hill, Robert Nase
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Patent number: 8899633Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lock device, such as for safety functions, which includes a displaceable lock bolt, which can cooperate with a receiver in order to provide a locked position and unlocked position. The lock bolt includes a guide portion in a second lock bolt portion which, in response to a guiding device applying a force to the lock bolt, guides the lock bolt from the unlocked position to the locked position. The guiding device, in the locked position, is prevented from displacing the lock bolt to the unlocked position. The lock bolt is arranged to be displaced from the locked position to the unlocked position through influence of an external force applied to a first lock bolt portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: ABB ABInventors: Mats Linger, Lars-Magnus Felth, Ingvar Gillholm, Mattias Bokesand, Martin Bredberg
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Publication number: 20140259946Abstract: A window assembly includes a first sash having a first rail having a longitudinal axis extending between a first end and an opposite second end. A continuous handle extends along the length of the first rail and is pivotally connected to the first rail between a lowered first position and a second raised position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: MILGARD MANUFACTURING INCORPORATEDInventors: Richard Mansueto, Melvin Saunders, Michael Kuneman, Kevin D. Vilhauer, Eric A. Baczuk
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Publication number: 20140252782Abstract: A door operator includes a housing, a sliding element, supported within the housing and translationally movable along a first axis, an output shaft, rotatably movable about a second axis, and a transmission element, which is adapted to mutually convert a rotational movement of the output shaft into a translational movement of the sliding element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: Alexander HELLWIG
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Publication number: 20140252781Abstract: Device for unlocking a door, comprising at least one operating element; a bolt; a coupling which can be placed in the door and which is coupled between the bolt and the operating element, wherein the coupling comprises a pair of scissor arms mounted rotatably around a fixed shaft, and a pair of pivot arms, wherein each pivot arm is connected at a first end for pivoting around a first shaft to a scissor arm and connected at a second end for pivoting around a second shaft to a push part intended to engage against the bolt, such that a tilting of the operating element brings about a movement of the push part, and thus of the bolt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: Frans J.R. Vanderick
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Publication number: 20140197645Abstract: A handle device includes a pivoting portion and a handle body. The pivoting portion includes a surrounding wall formed along a longitudinal axis, and the surrounding wall has a top surface. The handle body comprises an extending portion which protrudes from the pivoting portion along a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is apart from the top surface of the surrounding wall by a gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: TAIWAN FU HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shih-Min Lu, Fu-Chih Huang, Tsung-Yu Li
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Patent number: 8752868Abstract: The locking device for a window comprises a window side-locking unit which is installed in the window and a window frame side-locking unit which is installed in the window frame. For preventing intruder access to the window, a stop member of the window frame side-locking unit contacts a holding member of the window side-locking unit through vertical movement thereof in order to restrict the movement of the window. According to the present invention, the locking apparatus for the window comprises the window side-locking unit which is installed in the window and the window frame side-locking unit which is installed in the window frame. The stop member of the window frame side-locking unit contacts the holding member of the window side-locking unit through vertical movement.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Inventor: Jeong Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 8622442Abstract: A lid lock apparatus for a vehicle includes a retainer, a cap, and a lock pin. The retainer includes a fitting portion to which an end portion of the cap is configured to fit from an outside of the lid box towards an inside of the lid box and a first engaging portion formed to be positioned outward of the lid box relative to the fitting portion. The cap includes an operational lever portion configured to be elastically deformed to tilt by an operation at an outside of the lid box and including a second engaging portion configured to engage with and disengage from the first engaging portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuo Imatomi, Toshihiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20140001772Abstract: A door latch actuator includes a cage fixedly attached to a first surface and a torque plate coupled to the cage for rotation about a spindle axis. The torque plate includes a first engagement portion. An input member is rotatable about the spindle axis between a rest position and an actuated position. The input member has an actuator axis that is normal to the spindle axis. A spindle is coupled to the input member and includes a second engagement portion that is selectively engageable with the first engagement portion. The spindle is movable between an engaged position in which the torque plate holds the spindle and the input member in the rest position, and a disengaged position in which the spindle and the input member are movable with respect to the torque plate to change the orientation of the actuator axis when the input member is in the rest position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY LLCInventor: Vijayakumar Mani
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Patent number: 8602463Abstract: A latch which is suitable for latching a window in a closed and sealed position. The latch has latch furniture 10 adapted to fit into a window section S with minimal protrusion from the section. The furniture includes a sealing lever handle 17 and a latch release handle 16 located in a recess 15 in the latch furniture. The latch further includes a latch mechanism 11 adapted to engage with the latch furniture 10. The latch mechanism 11 has one or more latch bolts 65 operable by the latch release handle 16 and a latch pin 41 engageable with a striker assembly which is mounted to a section of a window frame. The latch pin 41 is coupled to the sealing lever 17 whereby operation of the sealing lever 17 moves the window section S into a sealing position relative to the striker assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Assa Abloy New Zealand LimitedInventors: Garth Colin Keighley, Andrew John Terei
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Publication number: 20130249221Abstract: A push button-knob gate latch assembly comprising of: a knob handle, a Center bar (striker); and a gate latch assembly to be mounted to a fence/gate. The push button knob handle is mounted on the exterior of the stationary fence (on the wood post) and includes three round rods and other simple mechanical components which extend through the fence post and connect to the latching device which is secured to the inside of the fence (on the wood post). Pressing the push-button knob moves the center rod and pulls on the closed latch releasing the locking mechanism and freeing the center bar or the striker. Due to its special design, the gate latch locks down on the center bar every time the gate is pushed to a close position and assures a secure closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: John Arssinous, Azin Farassat
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Patent number: 8393650Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanism that attaches and releases a boat or personal watercraft or the like to a trailer or lift or the like and includes a trigger which can move between a secured and released condition by means of contact with the boat or manually and which is biased by an energy storage device. Said trigger in turn may restrict or release a securing member or members which releases or secures a boat's eyehook. Said securing member may be biased by a primary energy device that may be moved to a locked or released condition as desired to attach the boat to, or release the boat from, the trailer.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: John Eliot, Jr.
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Patent number: 8292336Abstract: Several new components are provided for a mortise lock. First, a non-handed clutching assembly, including a pair of spindle hubs rotatable within a pair of outer operating cams, is provided for a mortise lock. Second, a spindle-mounted lock-handing selector—which can be removed from one side of the lockset body while the lockset body is installed in the mortise of a door—is provided to set the handing of the clutching assembly. Third, an escapement mechanism is provided for a reciprocating-slide-based clutchworks, enabling the slides to move into a position biasing a clutch lever arm toward a hub-coupling position, even if the outer and spindle hubs are misaligned. Fourth, a guardbolt-actuated blocking assembly for a lockset is provided to block movement of the stop works or clutchworks when the door is closed and the outside door handle is disabled.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Townsteel, Inc.Inventor: Charles W. Moon
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Patent number: 8272169Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device (11) with a bolt part (13) and a lock part (15) for arrangement on a room-closing element having an opening and a door (17) closing the opening. The bolt part (13) has a longitudinal guiding device (25) and a bolt (23) that can be displaced in a longitudinal displacement direction (21) with respect to the longitudinal guiding device (25). The lock part (15) has a receiving opening (29) for receiving a first end of the bolt (23). The bolt part (13) has in addition to the longitudinal guiding device (25) a transverse guiding device. Spring means (39), which are in active engagement with the longitudinal guiding device (25) and the transverse guiding device cushion a displacement of the bolt (23) in a transverse adjustment direction (47). The adjustment direction (47) is directed transversely to the displacement direction (21) of the bolt (23) and parallel to the door plane and is defined by the transverse guiding device (34).Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Pilz Auslandsbetbiligungen GmbHInventor: Fouad Mahdi
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Patent number: 8256251Abstract: A stop arrangement for precluding disengagement of a mortise deadbolt lock element by a cam which is employed to extend and retract the element. The arrangement employs first and second stop arms angularly spaced from a cam, which are rotatable, along with the cam, and which engage the lock element to preclude over-rotation.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Larson Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Michael W. Kondratuk
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Publication number: 20120200095Abstract: A tubular lever lock has a lock body and a bolt connected to each other, an interior handle assembly, an exterior handle assembly, an interior button assembly connected to the interior handle assembly and the lock body, and an exterior clutch assembly connected to the exterior handle assembly and the lock body. Position of an adjusting tube relative to a driving rod of the interior button assembly is adjustable to allow the tubular lever lock to match a thickness of a door. A pressing panel and a transmission tube of the exterior clutch assembly are able to disengage from each other so the exterior handle assembly is unable to drive the lock body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: EVERSAFETY PRECISION INDUSTRY (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.Inventors: ZHI-QIANG WANG, XIU-FENG LIU
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Publication number: 20120175893Abstract: A heavy vehicle door or ramp is opened and closed using an intuitive control system. The door includes a latch assembly, a lock assembly, and a power unit to assist in opening and closing the door. The door includes an interior joy stick handle and an exterior lever handle. From outside the vehicle, the door is opened and closed by pivoting the lever handle downwardly and upwardly, respectively. From the interior of the vehicle, the joy stick handle is pulled inwardly to close the door and pushed outwardly to open the door. Pivoting the joystick handle forwardly engages the blast locks, while pivoting the joystick handle rearwardly unlatches the latch assembly and disengages the blast locks. The power assist unit is actuated by pivotal movement of the outside door handle and lateral pivotal movement of the interior joystick handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: TRIMARK CORPORATIONInventors: TOM F. SONNEK, BRANDON L. HEMANN, ROBERT W. DONALDSON
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Publication number: 20120169071Abstract: A power-operated latch is integrated to a casement window for selectively locking and unlocking a vertically hinged window sash. The power-operated latch is adapted to be concealed in the window frame and is directly connectable to the existing window latch hardware. A reversible rotary motor drives a lead screw on which a slider is threadably engaged for pivoting a lever connected to a longitudinally movable latch bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventor: André LABARRE
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Publication number: 20120146344Abstract: A gate fastening latch system comprising: a housing; two fasteners; vertical slide slots comprising guides (guiding movement relative); and a striker body assembly including a striker bolt and a securing plate assembly having threaded receivers. The housing includes a front face; a rear face; a top face; a bottom face; a left face; a right face; a top lug; a bottom lug; and an inner volume. The front face; rear face; top face; bottom face; the left face; the right face, and the inner volume define confines of the housing. Further, the top face; the bottom face; the left face; and the right face form a boxed structure frame to surround and maintain the inner volume. The gate fastening latch system provides that the swinging gate is able to be repeated coupled to a latch body on a structure via the striker bolt; the system being adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventor: John Markou
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Patent number: 8176761Abstract: A keypad lockset adapted for deadbolt as well as lever locks, and having as a first embodiment an exterior gear train, an interior gear train, and an electronically controlled clutch for coupling the gear trains when engaged and for uncoupling the gear trains when the clutch is disengaged, so that when the clutch is engaged rotation of an external thumb turn will permit the door latch to be withdrawn and thus to permit opening of the door, and a mechanical override mechanism that can be operated in case of electrical failure, and in which clutch mechanism and the override mechanism both operate through the single, standard 2? inch door preparation hole, or alternatively as a second embodiment, a keypad lockset in which two four-bar mechanical linkages are used in place of gears as means to actuate the clutch, and alternatively to provide for a pass-through override function.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Emtek Products, Inc.Inventors: Birk Cliff Sorensen, Ping Hsien Tsai, Wai Pang Wong, John Edward Walsh, Louls Romo Martinez
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Publication number: 20120036785Abstract: A vehicle door latch structure is basically provided with a door latch mechanism and a door latch engagement bracket. The door latch mechanism includes a latch release lever that is movably arranged between a rest position and a release position. The door latch engagement bracket defines an opening that is aligned with the latch release lever while the latch release lever is in the rest position such that the latch release lever extends through the opening upon movement of the door latch engagement bracket toward the latch mechanism while the latch release lever is in the rest position, and such that the door latch engagement bracket prevents movement of the latch release lever from the rest position to the release position while the latch release lever is extending through the opening in the door latch engagement bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Kaustubh Bedekar, Jeffery Tobey, Gunnar Mason
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Patent number: 8113607Abstract: A storage assembly comprises a storage unit having a plurality of walls that cooperate to form an interior space and an opening in communication with the interior space, a first track having a first width and a second width along the length thereof, and a second track having a first width and a second width along the length thereof, wherein the second widths are different than the first widths, respectively. The storage assembly comprises a first door assembly slidably disposed along the first and second tracks via first guide members each having width less than the first width of the first and second tracks, and a second door assembly slidably disposed along the first and second tracks, and having a pair of second guide members each having a width that is greater than the first width of the first and second tracks and less than the second width of the first and second tracks.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Mark T. Slager, Timothy S. DeVries
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Patent number: 8083269Abstract: The apparatus comprises a gripping-operating unit including a gripping subassembly, a base subassembly for mounting the components of the unit and an operating subassembly. The gripping subassembly includes a gripper, from which, at one of its vertical extremity, a lever, integral with the gripper, extends horizontally. The base subassembly generally includes an elongated body and a positioning-attachment element connected to the latter. The operating subassembly comprises a spring guide block with opposed channels, a helical compression spring, located in one of the channels, and a pushing pin having a tooth like extension. Should the lever act on the pushing pin, the later, via the tooth like extension, operates against the helical compression spring, and simultaneously moves beyond the spring guide bloc. When a lock is used, a subassembly strike-stopper and a lock actuator-stopper deactivator subassembly are included.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Vanguard Plastics Ltd.Inventor: Ross Mitchell
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Publication number: 20110296880Abstract: A lock for a sliding door or window including a latching linkage and an inner manual lever, that allows movement of the latching linkage between a locked and an unlocked position by means of the manual lever and by operation of a inside or outside key barrel, but also allows deadlocking of the latching linkage in its locked position so that operation of the manual lever to unlock the latching linkage is prevented. It is however, desirable that the lock be operable to lock the lock from the inside by a convenient operation of the manual lever when the user is inside the house. It is further desirable that the door is able to be dead-locked by a key from the inside or the outside in a manner that prevents unlocking of the door by the manual handle, since a house owner may find it inconvenient to have to walk around the outside of their house locking the doors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: INGERSOLL-RAND ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITEDInventors: Edward Norton Sieglaar, Peter Mark Hill
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Publication number: 20110198867Abstract: A high security locking system can be used in a conventional pivot door adapted for use with a latch and deadbolt lock combination. The high security system can be a multi-point lock, received in a recess formed in a locking edge side of a door stile, cooperating with a linkage or other mechanism in a conventional deadbolt/location. The lock can be actuated with a keyed cylinder and thumb turn combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: Amesbury Group, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Hagemeyer, Dan Raap, Gary Tagtow, Tracy Lammers, Allen Rickenbaugh
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Publication number: 20110168517Abstract: A locking device for flaps or doors that are pivotable in or on a frame or housing. The invention in particular includes a door or flap lock that serves as a protection against collisions of objects and/or persons with moving or rotating machine parts, with the possibility of unlocking said door or flap lock by manual operation. The locking device includes a movable bolt disposed on the pivotable flap or door with said bolt being manually operable via a lever, handle, or knob and interlocking with a receiving opening for the bolt that is disposed on the frame. The bolt includes several engagement elements for interlocking with a housing- or frame-anchored receiving element, with said engagement elements arranged along the direction of the bolt's longitudinal axis, which approximately corresponds to the direction of movement of the bolt on opening or closing the pivotable flap or door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: KRONES AGInventors: Robert Krieger, Reimund Hof
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Publication number: 20110140462Abstract: Concepts and technologies described herein provide for a lockable cable-actuated mechanism for latching and releasing aircraft and other stowage bins. According to various aspects, a cable-actuated coupling mechanism includes a handle assembly and a latch assembly. The handle assembly includes an exterior handle connected to a pivoting arm. The latch assembly includes a release mechanism configured to release the latch upon rotation of the release mechanism. A cable connects the pivoting arm of the handle assembly to the release mechanism such that rotation of the exterior handle applies tension to the cable, pulling the release mechanism of the latch assembly. According to other aspects, a locking mechanism may selectively disengage the pivoting arm from the exterior handle to prevent rotation of the pivoting arm when the exterior handle is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Dennis Carl Lin, Heidi Joy Kneller, Shawn A. Claflin, Mark L. Cloud
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Publication number: 20110127779Abstract: The locking device for a window comprises a window side-locking unit which is installed in the window and a window frame side-locking unit which is installed in the window frame. For preventing intruder access to the window, a stop member of the window frame side-locking unit contacts a holding member of the window side-locking unit through vertical movement thereof in order to restrict the movement of the window. According to the present invention, the locking apparatus for the window comprises the window side-locking unit which is installed in the window and the window frame side-locking unit which is installed in the window frame. The stop member of the window frame side-locking unit contacts the holding member of the window side-locking unit through vertical movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventor: Jeong Hwan Kim
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Publication number: 20110115239Abstract: A lid lock apparatus for a vehicle includes a retainer, a cap, and a lock pin. The retainer includes a fitting portion to which an end portion of the cap is configured to fit from an outside of the lid box towards an inside of the lid box and a first engaging portion formed to be positioned outward of the lid box relative to the fitting portion. The cap includes an operational lever portion configured to be elastically deformed to tilt by an operation at an outside of the lid box and including a second engaging portion configured to engage with and disengage from the first engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuo IMATOMI, Toshihiro Kitamura
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Publication number: 20110012374Abstract: A latching mechanism is particularly suited for use in latching a slide mechanism, such as used to slidably mount a drawer. The latching mechanism includes a latch assembly comprising a latch lever mounted for movement between a first, second and third positions, a latch tab for selective engagement with a second end of the latch lever, and a piezo electric controller. The controller has a plunger configured to selectively control the movement of the latch lever between the first and second positions, the plunger movable between an extended position corresponding to a first, locked position of the latch lever and a retracted position corresponding to the second, unlocked position of the latch lever, the controller when unpowered preventing the plunger from moving from the extended to the retracted position and the controller when powered permitting the plunger to move from the extended to the retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicants: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventor: ERIC ALLEN OSTROWSKI
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Publication number: 20100327609Abstract: A vehicle door lock device includes an active lever freely switchable between an unlock position and a lock position, a switching actuator, and a switching lever receiving drive force of the switching actuator to move a bushing. The active lever includes a first engagement piece and a second engagement piece. When the active lever is located at the unlock position, the second engagement piece engages with the first engagement piece located at a set position of the bushing to limit movement of the switching lever so that movement of the bushing is restricted within a range between an unset position and the set position. When the active lever is located at the lock position, the first engagement piece is arranged at a position avoiding engagement with the second engagement piece to allow the switching lever to move the bushing between the unset position and a double lock position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryujiro Akizuki, Takashi Nishio, Yusuke Yamada
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Patent number: 7849719Abstract: The locking device contains an axle, a bolt, a positioning plate, and a cylinder. The axle is connected to a thumb-turn knob and, from a circumference of the axle, a lever is extended perpendicularly. The bolt has a vertical trough in a rear section. An end of the lever is embedded in the trough. The positioning plate has an elongated opening inside which the axle is embedded. The cylinder is positioned adjacent to and above the rear section of the bolt. The cylinder has a key hole in the center and an activation bar extended from a circumference of the cylinder. When the thumb-turn knob or a key in the key hole is turned, the positioning plate is moved towards an opposite direction. In turn, the lever of the axle pushes or pulls the bolt in the same directions as the key or the knob is turned.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Inventor: Der-Yuh Chern
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Publication number: 20100276947Abstract: A latch which is suitable for latching a window in a closed and sealed position. The latch has latch furniture 10 adapted to fit into a window section S with minimal protrusion from the section. The furniture includes a sealing lever handle 17 and a latch release handle 16 located in a recess 15 in the latch furniture. The latch further includes a latch mechanism 11 adapted to engage with the latch furniture 10. The latch mechanism 11 has one or more latch bolts 65 operable by the latch release handle 16 and a latch pin 41 engageable with a striker assembly which is mounted to a section of a window frame. The latch pin 41 is coupled to the sealing lever 17 whereby operation of the sealing lever 17 moves the window section S into a sealing position relative to the striker assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: ASSA ABLOY New Zealand LimitedInventors: Garth Colin Keighley, Andrew John Terei
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Patent number: 7823934Abstract: An exemplary fixing apparatus is provided for holding a data storage device defining a pair of holes in a sidewall thereof. The fixing apparatus includes a bracket, a sliding member, a rotating member, a pair of latch members, and a resilient member. The bracket includes a side panel defining a pair through holes therein. The sliding member is slidably attached to the side panel. The rotating member is rotatably attached to the sliding member. The resilient member is disposed between the sliding member and the rotating member. The latch members are pivotably attached to the rotating member and movably extend through the through hole of the bracket to engage in the holes of the data storage device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ri-Dong Huang, Hsuan-Tsung Chen, Guang-Yao Lee, Chun-Chi Liang
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Patent number: 7819445Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a handle unit including: a main body including: a pair of bearings; and a pair of holding walls separated from the pair of the bearings; a handle including: a pair of support walls; and a pair of rotational shafts projecting outward from the pair of support walls to be engaged with the pair of the bearings, wherein the handle is rotatable between a stored position and a operating position, wherein the support walls are formed to not face the holding walls when the handle is in the stored position, and formed to face the holding walls and contact the holding walls by being deflected when the handle is in the operating position.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Piolax Inc.Inventor: Masahiro Najima