Engaging Roller Or Ball Bearing Patents (Class 312/334.45)
  • Patent number: 10765208
    Abstract: A drawer glide mechanism can include a first elongate guide member, a second elongate guide member, a ball bearing component, a v-notch socket, a release mechanism, and/or a roller support. The first elongate guide member can include a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket. The drawer glide mechanism can further include one or more floating members and fixed members. In some cases, the drawer glide mechanism includes a release member configured to facilitate separation of the first and second elongate guide members when actuated and to inhibit or prevent accidental separation of the first and second elongate guide members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: RSI HOME PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Edward William Roy Lachman, Bradly Anderson
  • Patent number: 10571186
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a compartment, a drawer including a first roller at a rear end of the drawer and a guide rib, a second roller that is located at a front portion of the compartment and supports the guide rib, first roller guides that is located at respective side surfaces of the compartment and defines a movement path of the first roller, and a movable support that supports the drawer from below the drawer and discharges together with the drawer. The guide rib includes a first portion extending from a front of the drawer toward the rear end of the drawer in a direction that slopes downward relative to a bottom surface of the compartment, and each first roller guide includes a rear portion extending rearward in a direction corresponding to a slope of the first portion relative to the bottom surface of the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sanggyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10448613
    Abstract: A securing assembly for supporting an animal crate within an architectural structure and the animal crate may be selectively concealed. A platform supports the bottom surface of the crate and may be extended or retracted within the architectural structure. The securing assembly includes a track which is selectively secured to the architectural structure and the platform includes a mating flange for cooperating with the track. The platform includes a mount for the animal crate which permits the crate to be manipulated to extend and retract the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventors: Courtney Nations Jones, Michael Duffy Jones
  • Patent number: 10327549
    Abstract: A drawer glide mechanism can include a first elongate guide member, a second elongate guide member, a ball bearing component, a v-notch socket, a release mechanism, and/or a roller support. The first elongate guide member can include a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket. The drawer glide mechanism can further include one or more floating members and fixed members. In some cases, the drawer glide mechanism includes a release member configured to facilitate separation of the first and second elongate guide members when actuated and to inhibit or prevent accidental separation of the first and second elongate guide members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: RSI HOME PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Edward William Roy Lachman, Bradly Anderson
  • Publication number: 20150123528
    Abstract: In an industrial computer cabinet and a two-way slide rail structure, the industrial computer cabinet includes a cabinet having a receiving space, a first opening, and a second opening; a drawer in the receiving space; and a two-way slide rail assembly including a first slide rail assembly having at least one slide rail, a second slide rail assembly, and at least one roller installed on the second slide rail assembly and rolling along the slide rail. The two openings communicate with the receiving space, at opposite sides thereof. The first slide rail assembly is fixed to one of the cabinet and the drawer; the second slide rail assembly is fixed to the other such that the drawer can be pulled out, sliding relatively to the cabinet through the first or the second opening, enhancing the use convenience of the industrial computer cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: AIC INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Shih WU
  • Publication number: 20150091428
    Abstract: In some example implementations, there is provided a drawer slide assembly. The drawer slide assembly may including an elongate member including a first slot extending through an upper region and a second slot. The drawer slide assembly may further include a first end cap coupled to the first end region of the elongate member, wherein the first end cap has a first projection that extends at least in part through the first opening; and a second end cap coupled to the second end region of the elongate member, wherein the second end cap has a second projection that extends at least in part through the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Fred Koelling, Venugopal Subramanyam
  • Patent number: 8882351
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for domestic appliances. The pull-out guide includes a guide rail, at least one additional rail displaceably mounted relative to the guide rail via a rolling body in a rolling-body cage, and at least one stop configured to limit a displacement path of the at least one additional rail. The at least one stop is configured as a first crosspiece and shaped onto one of the guide rail and the at least one additional rail. The at least one stop projects into the displacement path of one of the rolling-body cage and the rolling body. The rolling body is an outer rolling body. The at least one stop projects up to at least half of the radius of the outer rolling body or up to substantially a rotational axis of the outer rolling body, as seen in a direction of displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Jährling, Sven Budde
  • Patent number: 8870312
    Abstract: A differentiated pull-out chest of drawers (1), comprising: a containment frame (2) for at least one drawer (6), which is movable between a closed position in which it is contained within the volumetric dimensions of said frame (2) and an open position in which it projects out from said frame (2) to a preset length; moving means (8) of the drawer (6), interposed between a pair of side uprights (3) of the frame (2) and said drawer (6) to make the drawer (6) slidable between the closed position and the open position; and an adjusting member (12) of the open position of the drawer (6) to determine the preset length of projection of the drawer (6) from the frame (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Fami S.R.L.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Tosin
  • Patent number: 8733864
    Abstract: A two way three section slide drawer slide assembly for permitting a drawer to be selectively pulled out from opposite open ends of a compartment is provided with an elongated outer section secured to the compartment; an elongated intermediate section disposed in the outer section; two elongated sliding members each slidably disposed either between upper edges of the outer section and the intermediate section or between lower edges of the outer section and the intermediate section; an elongated inner section including a two-end open flat track; an elongated bearing member disposed between the intermediate section and the inner section; two stop units releasably secured to the engaging members respectively; and two flexible limit members threadedly secured to the inner section. One limit member is disposed reverse to the other limit member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: E-Make Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kung-Cheng Chen, Lung-Chuan Huang
  • Patent number: 8528999
    Abstract: The slide assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a bearing assembly and an engaging member. The first rail includes an opening located adjacent to an end thereof and a stop face is defined on a wall of the opening. The bearing assembly is located between the first and second rails. The bearing assembly has a bearing retainer which has a first contact portion. The engaging member is connected to the second rail and has a second contact portion and an engaging portion. The second contact portion is located corresponding to the first contact portion. When the second rail is pulled relative to the first rail, the bearing retainer is moved by engagement between the first and second contact portions. When the bearing assembly moves to a desired position, the engaging portion is inserted into the opening and contacts the stop face so that the second rail is engaged with the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8500223
    Abstract: A slide assembly has a gravity biased latch arm on a slide member with a head having opposing barbs each insertable into a respective one of opposing cutouts in a bearing retainer of the slide assembly to provide a bearing retainer function. The latch arm and the cutouts in the bearing retainer are positioned such that the latch head may enter a cutout when an inner slide member is removed from the slide member. The use of dual barbs and opposing cutouts allows for unhanded operation of the bearing retainer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Accuride International, Inc.
    Inventor: David Laniado Lacarra
  • Patent number: 8393692
    Abstract: A sliding mechanism includes an outer rail, an inner rail, a middle rail and a latching assembly. The middle rail has a resisting portion and is slidably mounted to the outer rail and the inner rail is slidably mounted to the middle rail. The latching assembly includes a first protrusion, a second protrusion, a third protrusion, a first roller and a second roller, a latching slot and a stopping surface. When the inner rail slides relative to the middle rail, the first protrusion resists the first roller so the middle rail sliding with the inner rail; and then the first roller slides along the third protrusion to release the first roller from the first protrusion. The second roller then slides in the latching slot until the resisting portion resists the stopping surface; and then the first roller slides along the first protrusion so the inner rail further extends relative to the middle rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mo-Ming Yu, Ze-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 8328302
    Abstract: A refrigerator drawer and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The refrigerator drawer includes a storage box forwardly movable in a storage chamber provided in a cabinet; and a supporting member provided in the storage chamber to support the storage box; a guide member provided between the supporting member and the storage box, the guide member secured to the storage box, and being relatively-movable with respect to the storage box and the supporting member, wherein the guide member is movably connected to the storage box and the guide member comprises at least one guiding slot configured to guide the relative-motion with the storage box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Hee Kim, Ki Hong Park, Min Hun Kim, Sang Hu Park
  • Patent number: 7905561
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers includes a first and at least one second rail, and at least one carriage with load-transmitting roller bodies being arranged between the two rails. The carriage can be coupled to the second rail, particularly when deviating from the differential course between the two rails. A rolling or sliding body is mounted in a freely movable manner on or in the carriage, through which the carriage can be coupled to a coupling part on the second rail. A recess is provided in the first rail into which the rolling or sliding body can be moved during opening of the drawer. The coupling part can de decoupled from the rolling or sliding body and passes along the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Julis Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Ritter
  • Patent number: 7762637
    Abstract: A sliding guide rail system for slidably opening and closing a drawer within an article of furniture or other equipment, the system comprises a mounting bracket (10) for fixing the system to the article of furniture, a fixed guide (20) mounted on the mounting bracket, an intermediate rail (30) and a pull-out guide (40). The fixed (20) and pull-out guides (40) each have a slidably movable housing, a first slidable housing (50) enabling the intermediate rail (30) to be slidable on the fixed guide (20) and a second slidable housing (50?) enabling the pull-out guide (40) to be in turn slidable on the intermediate rail (30). Each of the fixed guide (20), intermediate rail (30) and pull-out guide (40) have stops (60) disposed thereon for limiting the sliding movement of the first (50) and second slidable housings (50?), wherein a resiliently deformable damping member (52, 52?) is located in a respective chamber (51) provided at each longitudinal end of the first and second slidable housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Harn Marketing SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
  • Patent number: 7758135
    Abstract: A sliding guide rail system for slidably opening and closing a drawer within an article of furniture or other equipment, the system comprises a mounting bracket (10) for fixing the system to the article of furniture, a fixed guide (20) mounted on the mounting bracket, an intermediate rail (30) and a pull-out guide (40). The fixed (20) and pull-out guides (40) each have a slidably movable housing, a first slidable housing (50) enabling the intermediate rail (30) to be slidable on the fixed guide (20) and a second slidable housing (50?) enabling the pull-out guide (40) to be in turn slidable on the intermediate rail (30). Each of the fixed guide (20), intermediate rail (30) and pull-out guide (40) have stops (60) disposed thereon for limiting the sliding movement of the first (50) and second slidable housings (50?), wherein a resiliently deformable damping member (52, 52?) is located in a respective chamber (51) provided at each longitudinal end of the first and second slidable housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Harn Marketing SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Harn Lian Lam, Harn Yan Lam
  • Patent number: 7731313
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a locating structure for slide rail, comprising a guide rail which is a rectangular plate disposed with a respective inward-turn slide groove on both sides of its bottom plate, wherein at least two locating holes at the predetermined locating positions are machined to form on the surface of the bottom plate; a slider which is a short frame whose slide plate on top extends to form a respective slide wing on its both sides corresponding to the slide grooves to form a socketingly connection, wherein a respective receiving hole is manufactured to form on both sides of the slide plate, a spring frame, disposed on the bottom of the slide plate and manufactured to form a ball hole on its bottom to socketingly connected with a rolling ball, extends upward an predetermined length from its both sides, respectively, and then bends inward to form a turn portion, respectively, one of which connects downward with a spring plate whose bottom contacts with the rolling ball and the other of whi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Jarllytec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20100123998
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The second body is slidably connected to the first body. The second body includes a rolling assembly. The rolling assembly includes a rolling member contacting to the first body. When the second body slides relative to the first body, the rolling member rolls on the first body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: SHING-HUEI LIN
  • Patent number: 7699415
    Abstract: A drawer slide locating system includes an outer rail having a bracket at its front end, an inner rail, and a bearing carrier disposed between the inner rail and the outer rail. The bracket contains a locking piece toward the bearing carrier. Two wings extend from both sides of the locking piece to define a leverage axis. A slot is disposed on the outer rail. The locking piece having one lower end adapted with a hooking portion and another end being held against by the bearing carrier. The hooking portion raises to hold against the bottom of the bearing carrier and secure the bearing carrier in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: King Slide Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: I-Ming Tseng, Wei-Sheng Wang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7690740
    Abstract: Pull-out guide system for drawers, having a basic-structure rail, a drawer rail and, if appropriate, having a center rail arranged between these two rails. The load of the drawer is transmitted by way of a first rolling-contact body and at least one second rolling-contact body, and the first rolling-contact body has a smaller diameter than the at least one second rolling-contact body. The drawer rail is designed such that, when the drawer is in the closed state, the first rolling-contact body is subjected to loading by the drawer rail and, when the drawer is opened, the first rolling-contact body is relieved of the loading of the drawer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Blum
  • Patent number: 7001004
    Abstract: A removable track stop for a dishwasher track movably carrying a dishrack. The track stop has a hollow sleeve that fits into the end of a generally C-shaped track and has a grip that extends from the sleeve and the end of the track. A movable lock member in the sleeve and grip has a lock button extending beyond the grip for actuation by a user at one end. The lock member has locking arms extending from the other end of the lock member inside the sleeve. The locking arms include locking prongs that project through openings in the hollow sleeve and engage locking slots in the upper and lower legs of the C-shaped track to lock the track stop to the track. Pressing on the lock button causes the locking prongs to be withdrawn from the locking slots in the track allowing the track stop to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Bartloff, Michael L. Beidler
  • Publication number: 20040227444
    Abstract: A roller and stopper mechanism for drawer slide systems which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art and effectively provides a low friction rolling surface between two drawer slides in directions parallel to and perpendicular to the length of the drawer slide, and provides a stopper to provide shock absorbing means to the system. The roller and stopper mechanism comprising a body portion comprising two opposing ends and two opposing sides, and having a roller associated therewith, a first leg portion extending substantially perpendicular from one end of the body portion, and having a roller associated therewith, and a second leg portion extending substantially perpendicular from the opposite end of the body portion, and having a roller associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Todd Booker, Georg Domenig
  • Publication number: 20040201339
    Abstract: A rail stop is provided for a dishwasher rack rail. The rail stop includes a plug portion with inner and outer ends, and a lock portion connected to the outer end of the plug portion with a double living hinge, which permits the lock portion to move between an open, unlocked position and a closed, locked position. The plug portion of the rail stop is adapted to be inserted into the channel of the rack rail, and then the lock portion is moved to the closed position wherein a post extends through an opening in the plug portion and into a hole in the rail to prevent removal of the rail stop from the rail. A projection of the lock member frictionally engages a surface on the plug portion to hold the lock portion in the closed, locked position. A curved surface on the end of the lock portion is receivable on a circumferential groove in the rack wheels to prevent accidental opening of the lock portion if the lock is pulled or slammed forwardly with excessive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Harry W. Dickson, J. Don Milam, Dwight M. Turner
  • Publication number: 20040145285
    Abstract: A track device includes a first track, a second track, and a slide-aiding member mounted between the first track and the second track. The first track includes a stop member on a front end thereof. The stop member of the first track and a front end of the slide-aiding member are so configured that the slide-aiding member is retained in place by the stop member of the first track when the second track is removed from the first track. Thus, the second track can be accurately reinserted into the slide-aiding member that is retained in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Long Hwang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 6481812
    Abstract: A drawer guide assembly for a movable structure such as a drawer in a furniture article, and more particularly to a new and improved drawer guide assembly which is concealed from view and allows for a wider and deeper drawer. The drawer guide assembly contains mirror image assemblies, each comprising a guide rail mountable to the interior of a furniture article in a generally horizontally disposed position and a pull-out rail mountable to the drawer, or other movable structure, and movable within the guide rail. Both the guide and pull-out rails are provided with one or more rotatable rollers mounted in fixed positions and upper and/or lower ledges which are in rolling contact with complementary rotatable rollers, thus enabling forward and rearward horizontal movement of the pull-out rail and carried structure on the fixed guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Andreas Moser, Joseph B. Larsen, Jr.
  • 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: 6422567
    Abstract: A storage system for a motor vehicle having a floor includes a plurality of retainer brackets adapted to be secured to the floor, and a base having a body and a plurality of mounting brackets attached to the body. The body has first and second inclined tracks. The mounting brackets are engageable with the retainer brackets so as to secure the base to the floor. At least one of the mounting brackets is moveable with respect to the body so that the at least one mounting bracket may be engaged with a respective retainer bracket after the body is positioned with respect to the floor. Furthermore, the storage system includes a movable storage unit having a plurality of wheels that are engageable with the tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Mastrangelo, Gregory J. Vishey, Daniel E. Hawkins, Wendy M. Beadle, John J. Blewett, Joseph M. Heilig
  • Patent number: 6412892
    Abstract: A lateral guide for a slide-out system for a cupboard and including at least one first rail securable to an inner side of a top of a furniture member or an upper surface of a pull-out furniture section and having a plurality of guide rollers supported on vertical axles, a second, substantially U-shaped rail securable to another of an inner side of a top of the furniture member and an upper surface of the pull-out furniture section and having cheeks along which the guide rollers roll upon actuation of the slide-out system, and a stop member for limiting displacement of the first and second rail relative to each other in a pull-out direction and including at least one stop supported at a front or rear end of a cheek of the second rail and projecting into a recess in the cheek, and a spar for supporting the at least one stop for pivotal movement with respect to a plane of the cheek and formed of an elastically deformable material, extending in a longitudinal direction of the second rail, and having its end suppo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Fulterer Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Günter Bonat