With Anti-friction Means Patents (Class 292/341.11)
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Patent number: 11499345Abstract: A luggage includes a case member having an opening; a front cover connected to the case member to open and close the opening of the case member; a lock member connected to the case member, wherein the lock member has a hook portion, and the hook portion has a bore; a lock base connected to the front cover; a latch movably connected to the lock base; a spring having opposite ends urging the latch and the lock base; and a lever member pivoted lock base and associated with the latch. The latch engages the bore of the hook portion to lock the front cover with the case member, and the lever is turned to move the latch and disengage the latch with the bore of the hook portion of the lock member to unlock the front cover with the case member.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Inventor: Wei Hung Lai
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Patent number: 11214980Abstract: A device and method for a strike plate for a door frame member and/or door assembly is shown and described. The invention may be considered a strike plate assembly and, in other embodiments, a lock strike plate with an adjustable aperture. The strike plate may fit within a mortise pocket on a door member of a door frame. The invention may include an adjustable base plate and a top plate. In some examples, the strike plate may include a first horizontally extended linear opening and a second horizontally extended linear opening. The strike plate assembly may be selectively positionable within the mortise pocket to facilitate lateral adjustability of an interior space within an interior aperture by movement of at least a portion of the strike plate laterally.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Endura Products, LLCInventor: George E. Heid
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Patent number: 9822550Abstract: A door strike which includes a base plate, and a strike tongue, wherein the strike tongue comprises a flexible material.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Inventor: Roy Fenwick
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Patent number: 9422742Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a strike plate adapted to receive bolts of latching and locking door hardware on a door. The strike plate can comprise a rigid material. The strike plate can have a lip on one side edge thereof. The strike plate can have a thickness such that, when installed, the strike plate protrudes from a plane of a rabbet of a door frame such that a clearance between the locking door hardware and the strike plate is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Inventor: Keith Pardoe
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Patent number: 8982549Abstract: A flash drive protection structure includes a decoration cover and a protective cover. The decoration cover that is made by elastic materials includes a cover block and a receiving space spacedly. The cover block has a cover hole facing the receiving space, and a connecting post is formed inside the receiving space. The protective cover has a first and a second surface, and the protective cover is disposed in the receiving space of the decoration cover through the first surface, while the second surface is exposed outside the decoration cover. The protective cover has a connecting hole at the first surface to connect the connecting post of the decoration cover. Also, the protective cover has a receiving trough toward the cover block, and one end of the flash drive is plugged into the receiving trough, while the other end is plugged into the cover hole of the cover block.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Inventor: Steven Yang
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Publication number: 20140300119Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a strike plate adapted to receive bolts of latching and locking door hardware on a door. The strike plate can comprise a rigid material. The strike plate can have a lip on one side edge thereof. The strike plate can have a thickness such that, when installed, the strike plate protrudes from a plane of a rabbet of a door frame such that a clearance between the locking door hardware and the strike plate is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventor: Keith Pardoe
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Patent number: 8414037Abstract: A push-push type latch mechanism is disclosed, which includes a platform, a slide hook with an incline disposed on the platform, a spring disposed on the platform and connected to the slide hook, and at least one damping component disposed on the platform and touching the slide hook. An electronic device with the push-push type latch mechanism is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.Inventors: Wei-Cheng Wang, Wen-Chieh Liao
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Patent number: 8118332Abstract: A latch device including a latch strike retention assembly adapted for press-fit insertion into a panel opening and retention within the panel opening upon melting of any plastic components. The latch strike retention assembly includes a generally āUā shaped spring member having spring legs operatively connected to bushings arranged in converging opposing relation to one another and adapted to engage and retain a strike member disposed in opposing relation to the strike retention assembly. The spring member is held within a bracket member of substantially āUā shaped cross section. The bracket member is disposed in transverse orientation to the spring member.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Karl S. Morgan, Robert Dam, Mike Davis
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Publication number: 20090066094Abstract: A roller pin of the type mounted on a tie bar that slides to drive the roller pin into engagement with a keeper of a casement window includes an inner pin and an outer roller. The outer roller includes an integral outer flange that is circular and spins with the outer roller to reduce friction during engagement with keeper. The inner pin includes an offset mounting pin at one end and is enlarged at the other end to hold the outer roller on the inner pin. The enlarged end of the inner pin is flush with the outer flange and is provided with a recessed opening that receives a tool, such as a screwdriver, to rotate the inner pin and adjust its position relative to the tie bar and a keeper. The invention is also directed to a tie bar and multiple roller pins in combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: INTERLOCK USA, INC.Inventor: Peter J. Minter
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Patent number: 7306269Abstract: A lock is provided for a door of a motor vehicle. The lock includes a closing mechanism designed for coupling with a lock striker along a direction of relative coupling. The closing mechanism includes a supporting body having a housing seat for receiving an engagement portion of the lock striker. An elastically compliant buffer delimits the housing seat at least in the aforesaid direction of relative coupling in order to define a damped arrest of the engagement portion of the lock striker. The buffer is coated on its surface, in an area of interaction with the engagement portion of the lock striker by a rigid protective shield. The shield is fixedly secured to the buffer.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Intier Automotive Closures S.p.A.Inventors: Roman Cetnar, Franco Giovanni Ottino
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Patent number: 7140652Abstract: A latch striker includes a base and an arm having a segment extending over the base in spaced relation thereto. Cylinder segments project toward each other from the base and arm and are axially aligned and secured with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Illinois Tool Works IncInventors: Lawrence W. Johnson, Michael F. Jeroue
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Patent number: 6669250Abstract: A push-push latch may include a body and a lever arm that is rotatively coupled to the body. A toggle may be coupled to the lever arm and the body. A pin of the toggle may be positioned within a groove in the body of the latch. When the pin is in a first stable position in the groove, an end of the lever arm is positioned away from the body, and the latch is open. When the pin is in a second stable position, the end of the lever arm is near the body, and the latch is closed. A torsion spring, which may be coupled between the body and the lever arm, moves the pin to either the first stable position or the second stable position during use. When the latch is open, applying a closing force to the latch rotates the lever arm towards the body and causes the pin to move from the first position to the second position when the closing force is removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2000Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: St. Louis Designs, Inc.Inventor: Matthew St. Louis
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Patent number: 6631933Abstract: A bolt assembly is used in combination with a door-post surface formed with at least one centering recess and a motor-vehicle door latch having a pivotable latch element. The assembly has a mounting plate having an inner face engaging the door-post surface and an opposite outer face, a bolt projecting from the outer face and engageable by the latch element, and at least one centering formation projecting from the inner face and engaged in the door-post surface. Friction-increasing surface formations are also provided on the inner face engageable with the door-bolt surface. They can be bumps or ridges formed on the inner flange face. When the flange is formed of a metal core with a plastic covering over the core, the formations are formed by the plastic covering.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2000Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Kiekert AGInventor: Volker Westerwick
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Patent number: 6592156Abstract: An adjustable catch mechanism comprising a housing having one or more sidewalls and a face plate that includes an opening. A front plate adapted to be positioned over the face plate. The front plate is provided with an opening aligned with the opening of the face plate. An adjustable plate is positioned in the housing and has a base section that has a threaded portion adapted to receive a threaded member on a mounting frame. The mounting frame has a base with a top side and a bottom side wherein the bottom side has the threaded member and the top side has a catch member.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Inventor: Steven Levine
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Patent number: 6273480Abstract: A vehicle door striker is manufactured from a U-shaped striker plate and a striker bolt. The striker plate has a mounting plate connected to an arm by a support segment. The mounting plate has a striker bolt hole and two mounting bolt holes therethrough and the arm has a boss with a threaded hole therethrough. The striker bolt has a head and a threaded end with a shaft therebetween. The shaft is surrounded by a profiled plastic sleeve which serves to dampen sound and reduce wear. In assembling the vehicle door striker, the striker bolt is inserted through the striker bolt hole such that the head is fully recessed in the mounting plate and such that the threaded end is threaded into the threaded hole of the boss. The sleeve may be placed over the shaft of the striker bolt either before or during the assembly process. A plastic cover substantially envelops the striker plate to provide sound dampening and to further protect the vehicle door striker.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: ATF, Inc.Inventor: John E. Burton