Including A Carriage Patents (Class 312/334.13)
  • Patent number: 11992123
    Abstract: A device for guiding a movable furniture part on a furniture carcass. The device includes a carcass rail arranged on the furniture carcass and a movable rail movable in the opening and closing direction relative to the carcass rail. The carcass rail and the movable rail each have a flat running web and load-transmitting rolling elements are each arranged between a running web of the carcass rail and a running web of the movable rail. During relative movement between the rails, the rolling elements move along the running webs. The running webs are uninterrupted, and the rolling elements between the rails are configured such that, in the mounted state, the running web of the movable rail is always oriented obliquely relative to the running web of the carcass rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 11825943
    Abstract: A telescopic slide rail support pulley structure includes a first rail provided with multiple mounting holes and a first rolling carriage, a second rail include notch, a positioning hole and a second rolling carriage, a support pulley assembly provided with an upper roller, a lower roller, a support holder and a connecting portion, and a third rail. The connecting portion of the support pulley assembly is mounted to the notch of the second rail. The support pulley assembly also has an upper roller groove and a lower roller groove. The upper roller is arranged in the upper roller groove. The lower roller is arranged in the lower roller groove. The third rail is connected to the second rail through the second rolling carriage. The second rail is connected to the first rail through the first rolling carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin-Hong Wei, Wei-Liang Liao, Ke-Yi Ku
  • Patent number: 11497381
    Abstract: A basket for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. A rack may be positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The rack may include a secondary rack positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position relative to the rack. The secondary rack may include the basket. The basket may be positionable to one or more walls of the dishwasher tub between a stowed position and a deployed position. The basket may be removable from one or more racks and/or the one or more walls of the dishwasher tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert Digman
  • Patent number: 10974657
    Abstract: A rack system for a vehicle includes a first rack member rotatably coupled to a support element in a cargo bed of the vehicle, a second rack member rotatably coupled to the first rack member, and a third rack member coupled to first rack member so as to be rotatable with respect to the first rack member independently of the second rack member. The rack members may be stowed when not in use, and deployed when the vehicle is stationary to enable various accessories to be mounted from the rack members. This enables the accessories to be spatially arranged for use according to user preferences and convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: David Wentworth
  • Patent number: 10884210
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 10598885
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 10588410
    Abstract: A drawer system including: a drawer cabinet and a drawer mounted in said cabinet for forward and backward travel relative thereto; said cabinet having two opposed spaced apart side walls and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side wall and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer; said drawer having two opposed spaced apart side panels and at least two lower wheels mounted to each side panel and spaced apart in the intended direction of travel of the drawer; and a runner mounted on said lower cabinet wheels of each side wall for forward and backward travel relative to said cabinet via a first track and each runner including a second track engaged by said spaced apart lower drawer wheels for forward and backward travel for said drawer relative to said runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Shane Miles
  • Patent number: 10226123
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 10192667
    Abstract: An enclosure for electrical equipment is provided. The enclosure includes a frame, a first plate, and a first member coupled to the frame and configured to receive the first plate. The first plate is configured to receive a transformer, movable between a first position and a second position, at least partially supported by the first member when the first plate is in the first position, and offset from the first member when the first plate is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph P. Gerovac
  • Patent number: 10058176
    Abstract: A sliding assembly includes two pull-out guides which can be secured to opposite side walls and each of which includes a stationary guide rail, a middle rail movably mounted on the guide rail, and a running rail movably mounted on the middle rail. A first slidable element is retained on the two running rails of the two pull-out guides, and a second slidable element is retained on the two middle rails of the two pull-out guides. By moving one slidable element, the other slidable element can also be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Rehage
  • Patent number: 9844266
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 9565938
    Abstract: A drawer slide having first and second rails interconnected by a center rail. The center rail includes a spool configured to provide half-speed travel of the center rail relative to the travel of the first rail. The drawer slide is configured for use with a drawer assembly having a drawer and a chassis. The drawer assembly further includes a radius limiter secured to the center rail. The radius limiter travels at half-speed relative to the drawer. The radius limiter also automatically rotates relative to the travel of the drawer. The chassis includes sides including threaded backing plates, and mounting brackets. The mounting brackets include tri-lobed holes for receipt of a reciprocally shaped washer and a fastener for mounting the brackets to the chassis sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 9125491
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for furniture or household appliances includes a guide rail mountable on a body of the furniture or the household appliance, a central rail displaceably mounted on the guide rail, and a running rail displaceably mounted on the central rail. The central rail includes a double profile formed as a trapezoid along a displacement direction of the central rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Rehage
  • Patent number: 8845043
    Abstract: An arrangement for a drawer pull-out guide (1) that has at least two rails (5, 6, 7) that are guided on one another in a telescopic manner is provided. The arrangement has at least one roller (2), at least one roller axis (3), and at least one roller support body (4). The roller (2) is rotatably mounted on the roller axis (3), and the roller axis (3) is arranged on the roller support body (4), in particular in a fixed manner. The roller support body (4) is a separate component from all the rails (5, 6, 7) of the drawer pull-out guide (1), and the roller support body (4) has at least one first connecting device (8) for fixing the roller support body (4) on the rails or on one of the rails (5, 6, 7) of the drawer pull-out guide (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: FULTERER Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Gunter Bonat
  • Patent number: 8690270
    Abstract: A rolling body of a moving carriage cage for drawer guides has an internal core part and a separate casing part surrounding the core part. The core part is preferably composed of a first plastic, and the casing part is preferably composed of a second plastic. The plastics of the core part and of the casing part have different indentation hardnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Hämmerle, Albert Bösch
  • Publication number: 20130293078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detachably coupling a drawer to an extendable rail of a pull-out guide, having an adjusting device by which a position of a drawer connected to the rail is adjustable relative to the rail in a lateral direction, wherein the device comprises a fastening part that can be fastened to the drawer and a coupling part that can be coupled to the rail. The fastening part is linearly movable by the adjusting device relative to the coupling part and the adjustment device comprises a setting wheel mounted on the coupling part or on the fastening part so as to rotate about an axis, wherein the adjustment device comprises at least two axially spaced devices for converting a rotary movement of the setting wheel into a linear movement of the fastening part relative to the coupling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Kurt HAEMMERLE, Andreas HOLZER
  • Patent number: 8534918
    Abstract: A semiautomatic slide mechanism includes a slide board and a slide seat slidably connected therewith. The slide board is formed with a slide rail divided into a first slot and a second slot for early half and later half of the sliding travel. Two racks are disposed on different sides of the first and second slots. The slide seat is formed with a guide slot. A guide member is slidably disposed on the slide seat corresponding to the guide slot. An elastic member is disposed in the guide member. A driving spring member is disposed on the slide seat for driving the guide member. A gear is disposed between the slide board and the slide seat and engaged with one of the racks. The gear has a shaft member connected with the driving spring member and the elastic member and slidably extending through the guide slot and the slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Chien Cheng Mai, Chien Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 8474926
    Abstract: A fully extendable telescopic drawer guide for furniture components that can be extended from the body of an item of furniture, with a guide rail facing the body, a running rail associated with the extendable furniture component, and an intermediate rail arranged between these two rails. Rolling elements are provided which are supported in cages and transfer the load of the extendable furniture component by way of rolling surfaces disposed on the rails. At least one rotatably supported supporting roller for the running rail is provided on the front end of the intermediate rail. The intermediate rail is implemented as a profile rail which encompasses the region of the guide rail provided with the rolling surfaces and which has on the bottom side an elongated opening for insertion of the support region of the guide rail to be secured to the body wall of an associated item of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Alfit AG
    Inventor: Christian Prentner
  • Patent number: 8167388
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers including a first rail and at least one second rail, and at least one carriage is arranged between the two rails. The carriage includes a bearing group containing load-transmitting elements, preferably rollers, rolling bodies and/or balls. The load-transmitting elements guide the bearing group in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction. At least one additional load-transmitting element is arranged on a bracket, at a distance from the bearing group. When the second rail is pulled out, the additional load-transmitting element can at least partially move out over the end of the first rail, such that it no longer lies on the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hämmerle
  • Patent number: 7866772
    Abstract: A sliding rail coupling structure includes an outer rail, an intermediate sliding rail slidable in and out of the outer rail and having two longitudinal sliding grooves at two sides, sliding bearing bushes coupled to and movable along the intermediate sliding rail, each sliding bearing bush holding a plurality of roller cylinders that are kept in contact between the top wall of the intermediate sliding rail and the top wall of the outer sliding rail and a plurality of rolling balls that are respectively kept in contact between the longitudinal sliding grooves of the intermediate sliding rail and the sidewalls of the outer sliding rail, a roller holder affixed to the intermediate sliding rail to support two support rollers that are respectively in contact with two bottom flanges of the outer sliding rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: GSlide Corporation
    Inventor: Yung-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 7309115
    Abstract: A pull-out guide assembly for drawers, having on both sides of the drawer a support rail on the carcass and a pull-out rail on the drawer. The load of the drawer is transmitted between the rails by rollers that are borne in running carriages. The running carriages may be moved between a front end position and a rear end position in a differential manner. Locking means are provided for the running carriages and, in the event of a deviation from the differential running between the rails, they lock the running carriage on one of the rails at predetermined points between the two end positions. This locking is releasable by the movement of the rails with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gessellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Egon Blum, Ingo Gasser, Herbert Isele
  • Patent number: 7240979
    Abstract: An improving structure of adjustable sliding device that can be stretched and shortened in its length, comprises a base, an upper frame, a middle frame and a sliding device. The base further comprises a flat horizontal unit and two side plates which are formed perpendicularly to the flat horizontal unit. One of side plates is a vertical plate formed perpendicularly on one side of the flat horizontal unit and another side plate is a L-shaped plate formed perpendicularly on another side of the flat horizontal unit. The sliding device comprises an upper unit and a bottom unit. A slot is formed at a middle part of the upper unit and the bottom unit, wherein a plurality of horizontal rotating units are located on the upper unit and the bottom unit so that the upper frame, the base and the middle frame can be correspondingly assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 6848760
    Abstract: A slide has a pair of identical longitudinally extending and profiled rails each having at least one flange forming two longitudinally extending tracks. The rails are interfitted with the tracks of one rail transversely confronting the tracks of the other rails. Respective longitudinally extending rows of balls engaged in the tracks between the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Westfalia Profiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Thomas, Torsten Müller
  • Publication number: 20040212284
    Abstract: An extension guide fitting for drawers comprising an extension rail (4) at the drawer side, a carrier rail (2) at the furniture body side and a middle rail (3) which runs between those two rails (2, 4) at both sides of the drawer. The load between the rails (2, 3, 4) is transmitted by means of running rollers which are mounted in separate carriages (5). Mounted in the front region of the carrier rail (2) are at least two stationary support rollers (8) at which the extension rail (4) runs with a running limb and is supported at least in the closed condition of the drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Helmut Fitz
  • Patent number: 6619772
    Abstract: A ball bearing roller and ball bearing slide assembly for use in an article of manufacture, for example a toolbox having drawers, is disclosed. The ball bearing slide assembly can comprise a first slide element, a second slide element and a carriage, wherein the carriage couples, in combination with a ball bearing roller, the first slide member to the second slide member such that the second slide member moves relative to both the first slide member and the carriage. The ball bearing roller is swaged on a side of the roller that is attachable to the article of manufacture. The ball bearing slide assembly can be used, for example, as a drawer slide assembly. The ball bearing slide assembly enhances lateral stability. The likelihood of bearing fatigue, and ultimate bearing failure, due to lateral movement is decreased. A cost effective way to align, for example, shelves or drawers, with respect to the article of manufacture is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Oconomowoc Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce E. Dierbeck
  • Patent number: 6454372
    Abstract: A drawer rail includes an outer rail fixed to a furniture item, a sliding rail slidably contained in the outer rail, a ball rail slidably contained in the sliding rail, and an inner rail slidably contained in the outer rail and fixed to the drawer or a keyboard supporter. The sliding rail has a front end extending towards an outermost side of the drawer by which it is pulled outward. A positioning device is fixed on the sliding rail near the front end of the sliding rail. The positioning device has a body and a head having a pair of side slopes that are able to respectively engage with a pair of side walls of a groove defined in a bottom of the ball rail. The positioning device of the invention is able to provide a stable positioning effect for the inner rail, and thus the drawer, when the drawer is pulled to an outermost position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Inventor: Jun-Long Yang
  • Patent number: 6325473
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer includes a carcass-side supporting runner and a drawer-side pull-out runner on each side of the drawer. A respective roller is supported on each runner. Running flanges of the pull-out runners cover running flanges of the supporting runners. The pull-out runners have horizontally projecting fins which are disposed below the running flanges of the pull-out runners and which have free ends projecting to below the running flanges of the corresponding supporting runners in such a way that the pull-out runners are secured against unintentional lifting off from the supporting runners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Klaus Brüstle, Helmut Hollenstein, Erich Röck
  • Publication number: 20010035704
    Abstract: A ball bearing roller and ball bearing slide assembly for use in an article of manufacture, for example a toolbox having drawers, is disclosed. The ball bearing slide assembly can comprise a first slide element, a second slide element and a carriage, wherein the carriage couples, in combination with a ball bearing roller, the first slide member to the second slide member such that the second slide member moves relative to both the first slide member and the carriage. The ball bearing roller is swaged on a side of the roller that is attachable to the article of manufacture. The ball bearing slide assembly can be used, for example, as a drawer slide assembly. The ball bearing slide assembly enhances lateral stability. The invention decreases the likelihood of bearing fatigue, and ultimate bearing failure, due to lateral movement. The present invention provides a cost effective way to align, for example, shelves or drawers, with respect to the article of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventor: Bruce E. Dierbeck