Having Anti-friction Feature Patents (Class 312/334.16)
  • Patent number: 11229286
    Abstract: A sliding system for a drawer is provided. The sliding system includes at least two parts being moveable relative each other and adapted for together forming a connection between the drawer and an associated cabinet, wherein one of said at least two parts includes at least one sliding surface being coated with a lacquer including a resin, wherein said lacquer in turn is at least partly coated with a lipophilic composition coating to provide a slide layer with a lowered friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventor: Benny Andersson
  • Patent number: 10221889
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a first supporting assembly and a sliding auxiliary assembly. The first supporting assembly is arranged on the first rail for supporting the second rail. The sliding auxiliary assembly is movably mounted on the second rail, and includes a plurality of balls for supporting the third rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Kai-Wen Yu, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10076187
    Abstract: A drawer assembly is provided. That drawer assembly includes a drawer and a bezel. The bezel includes an integral drawer centering device whereby smooth sliding action of the drawer in the bezel is provided. The bezel and the integral drawer centering device are molded as a unitary component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Antonio Ramirez Pavon, Francisco Ronquillo Melendez, Jose Alfredo Peregrina Loera, David Castro Duran
  • Patent number: 9134771
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a storage device utilizing laptop storage drives and rackmount server adapted to use the same. The storage device includes a body and drive software. The drive and internal portions of the body are adapted to form contact fits. The software of the storage device provides an electronic interface that permits operations of advantageous RAID configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: DHK STORAGE, LLC
    Inventor: David Harry Klein
  • 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: 8235479
    Abstract: A slide assembly includes a first slide and a second slide. The second slide is received in the first slide. The second slide includes a first bent portion. The first bent portion linearly contacts with an inner side of the first slide along an extending direction of the second slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mo-Ming Yu, Guang-Hua Gu, Ze-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 8179673
    Abstract: Portable computer structures are provided. The portable computer structures may include hard drive mounting structures. The hard drive mounting structures may include elastomeric support members. Each elastomeric support member may have a relatively rigid inner portion. The inner portion may include a hole that receives a hard drive mounting pin. Each elastomeric support member may also have a relatively flexible outer portion. The relatively flexible outer portion may be mounted within an opening in a plastic support member. The rigid inner portion may have a square outline and may be mounted within a square opening in the flexible outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Reid, Ron Hopkinson, Cheng P. Tan, John Brock, Chris Ligtenberg, Bartley K. Andre
  • 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: 7866771
    Abstract: A drawer slide mechanism includes at least first and second slide members, with the second slide member being telescopically and movably received by the first slide member in an axial direction. First and second elongated bearing members are disposed laterally between, and in non-rolling sliding engagement with, corresponding inner surfaces of the first slide member and outer surfaces of the second slide member. The first and second elongated bearing members are configured to slide independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Franco F. Daino, Michael Edward Hay, Jerry Smith
  • Patent number: 7748801
    Abstract: A fully extendable telescopic drawer guide (10; 10?) for furniture components, such as drawers, work surfaces and the like, that can be extended from the body of an item of furniture, with a guide rail (12) facing the body, a running rail (14) associated with the extendable furniture component, and an intermediate rail (16) arranged between these two rails, wherein rolling elements are provided which are supported in cages (24; 26) and which transfer the load of the extendable furniture component by way of rolling surfaces disposed on the rails, and wherein at least one rotatably supported supporting roller (30) for the running rail is provided on the front end of the intermediate rail. The intermediate rail (16) is implemented as a profile rail which encompasses the region of the guide rail (12) 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: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Alfit AG
    Inventor: Christian Prenter
  • Patent number: 7364245
    Abstract: A telescoping slide rail assembly including interconnected mounting, intermediate and stationary slide rails movable relative to one another to extend and retract the mounting and intermediate slide rails relative to the stationary slide rail between fully extended and retracted positions. The intermediate slide rail includes a latching mechanism for interconnecting the intermediate and stationary slide rails in the fully extended position and the mounting slide rail includes an alignment device to maintain orientation between the mounting slide rail and the intermediate slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Pentair Electronic Packaging Company
    Inventor: William Dubon
  • Patent number: 6834923
    Abstract: A telescoping slide assembly having at least a first slide segment and a second slide segment. Desirably, each of the first and second slide segments include one or more solid bearing surfaces and are in contact with one another along at least a portion of the bearing surfaces. Preferably, the bearing surfaces are curved and the contact between the slide segments occurs along a lateral distance, which is less than one-half of the distance of the smaller bearing surface. In one arrangement, the slide assembly includes a third slide segment telescopingly engaged with one of the first or second slide segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Jonathan Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: John Nan-Heng Young, Gary Scott Loutzenheiser, Cesar Cordero Mallari, John Ronald Nicholas
  • Patent number: 6467860
    Abstract: A sliding drawer system, containing two opposite facing slide members, two drawer glides, and a sliding drawer or wire basket. Each slide member contains a longitudinal interior channel running substantially the length of the slide member. The drawer contains an outer rim that engages and slides across a dome located at a front end of each slide member. The two drawer glides are attached to the drawer along the along the drawer's outer rim for slidable engagement with the longitudinal interior channel of the slide members. The apparatus contains features designed to reduce friction between the sliding parts so as to ease the inward and outward sliding of the drawer and to increase its effective life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Clairson Corporation/Emerson Electric Company
    Inventor: Lee Remmers
  • Publication number: 20020125802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel sliding drawer system, containing two opposite facing slide members, two drawer glides, and a sliding drawer or wire basket. Each slide member contains a longitudinal interior channel running substantially the length of the slide member. The drawer contains an outer rim that engages and slides across a dome located at a front end of each slide member. The two drawer glides are attached to the drawer along the along the drawer's outer rim for slidable engagement with the longitudinal interior channel of the slide members. The apparatus contains features designed to reduce friction between the sliding parts so as to ease the inward and outward sliding of the drawer and to increase its effective life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventor: Lee Remmers
  • Patent number: 6388875
    Abstract: A retaining device is mounted to a computer data storage device for supporting and retaining the data storage device in an enclosure comprised of opposite side walls. The retaining device includes an elongate body having a first face and an opposite face. Two sets of pins extend from the first face, each set including at least one pin interferentially engaging with a corresponding hole defined in the data storage device thereby attaching the retaining device thereto. The retaining device is slidably inserted into a channel defined in the corresponding side wall of the enclosure with the second face thereof confronting the side wall. A pair of spaced resilient limbs is formed on an end of the body. A leaf spring is arranged between the limbs for biasing projections formed on the limbs to engage with notches defined in the enclosure thereby securely retaining the data storage device in the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 6388874
    Abstract: A device for securing a computer data storage device in a computer enclosure includes a support frame having a top wall for supporting the data storage device and two side walls for supporting the support frame in the enclosure. Aligned openings are defined in the side walls for movably receiving a control bar therein with the control bar being movable between a released position and a locked position. Elongate slots are defined in the top wall extending in a direction normal to the moving direction of the control bar for receiving projections mounted to the data storage device. The control bar has a bottom section and at least a front section. Notches are defined in the front section through which the projections pass when the control bar is at the released position. Stop walls are formed on the bottom section offset from the notches a predetermined distance for engaging with the projections of the data storage device when the control bar is moved to the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pouch Liang, Hsuan-Tsung Chen