Pull-out Guide Assembly Patents (Class 312/334.8)
  • Patent number: 12110731
    Abstract: A door damper assembly that includes a housing, a damper that includes a fixed end and a movable end disposed within the housing, a carriage assembly that is movable within the housing between a closed position and an open position, a claw assembly pivotably attached to the carriage assembly, and a spring positioned to bias the carriage assembly to the closed position. The movable end of the damper is secured to the carriage assembly. The claw assembly is movable with the carriage assembly between the closed position and the open position. The claw assembly is movable relative to the carriage assembly between a non-toggle position and a toggle position. The claw assembly includes a pin receiving space defined therein that defines a claw axis that is generally vertical when the claw is in the non-toggle position and not vertical when the claw assembly is in the toggle position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Cabin Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Long
  • Patent number: 11985785
    Abstract: Traditionally, rail systems for racks that house electronic equipment, such as information handling system only allow motion from one side of the rack, if they allow movement at all. Embodiments presented herein provide mechanisms and methods that allow for motion of information handling systems in a housing from more than just one side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Bruce Holmes, Maunish Shah
  • Patent number: 11653760
    Abstract: An undermount slide bracket includes: a panel with upper and lower edges; a nub extending from a first side of the panel; a shelf extending from a second, opposed side of the panel; a lower panel extending downwardly from the shelf; a plurality of pairs of wings extending from the lower panel, the pairs of wings being arranged in stacked, spaced apart relationship, such that a gap is formed between adjacent pairs of wings; and a stop located in the gap between the wings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Tenn-Tex Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: William Duggins
  • Patent number: 11547012
    Abstract: A rail kit, comprising: an outer slide; a first strengthening bracket attached to a back of the outer slide; a rear bracket to fit over the outer slide; and a second strengthening bracket attached to a back side of the rear bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: Daniel W. Tower
  • Patent number: 10724787
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. Specifically, a refrigerator that is capable of enabling a user to easily introduce or remove goods into or from the refrigerator is disclosed. More specifically, a refrigerator that is capable of enabling a drawer for receiving goods to be more conveniently used is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daejin Choi, Donghoon Lee, Changwoan Yang, Dongjeong Kim, Wonsup Bae, Jinsung Kim
  • Patent number: 10648533
    Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes a mass body, a centrifugal element and a cam mechanism. The mass body is disposed in alignment with a rotor in an axial direction, and is rotatable relatively to the rotor. The cam mechanism includes a cam and a cam follower. When relative displacement occurs between the rotor and the mass body due to a centrifugal force that acts on the centrifugal element, the cam mechanism converts the centrifugal force into a circumferential force directed to reduce the relative displacement. Guide parts are provided on both ends of the centrifugal element. Each guide part makes contact with a member adjacent thereto in an opposite position to a contact point between the cam and the cam follower through a center of gravity of the centrifugal element when the relative displacement occurs between the rotor and the mass body in the rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Tomiyama
  • Patent number: 10641328
    Abstract: A supporting device for a rail member includes a first supporting frame and a second supporting frame. The first supporting frame has a first supporting means including an upper element and a lower element. The upper element includes a first supporting part. The lower element includes a second supporting part. A supporting passage is defined by the upper element and the lower element. The second supporting frame has a second supporting means including a third supporting part, a fourth supporting part and a second side wall extendedly connected to the third supporting part and the fourth supporting part. The first supporting means and the second supporting means are configured to support each other. The upper element is spaced from and not directly connected to the lower element, and the upper element and the lower element are formed as two independent parts of the first supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10578155
    Abstract: A supporting device includes a first supporting frame having a first supporting means including a first and a second supporting part, and a second supporting frame having a second supporting means including a third and a fourth supporting part. A supporting passage is defined by the first and the second supporting part. The first and the second supporting means are to support each other. A rail member is to be connected to one of the first and the second supporting frame. The first and the second supporting part are to support the third and the fourth supporting part, respectively. The first supporting frame further includes a first side wall connected to the first and the second supporting part. The first supporting part has a first portion extended from a first end of the first side wall to form a first angle therebetween. The first angle is a non-right angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10251481
    Abstract: A retraction device includes an entrainment member to be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part, and a spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member in a direction opposite to an extension direction of the entrainment member. The spring device can be tensioned in the extension direction of the entrainment member by a spring holder separate from the entrainment member. A coupling device can couple a movement between the entrainment member and the spring holder, and can vary the distance of a fastening location of the spring device relative to the entrainment member as the entrainment member extends in the extension direction. The coupling device includes a control element having a longitudinal axis extending in the extension direction. To vary the distance between the fastening location and the entrainment member, the control element rotates about its longitudinal axis when the entrainment member is extended in the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Patent number: 10064486
    Abstract: A pull-out basket for kitchen cupboard, having a basket and two sliding rail structures on which the two sliding rail structures are mounted; each of the sliding rail structures contains a fixed slot; a middle section of the fixed slot is mounted with a hydraulic damper; an outer side of the second sliding gear rack is provided with a position limiting guiding slot; the position limiting guiding slot is connected with a first sliding gear rack through a gear; the first sliding gear rack is mounted with a sliding slot; the hydraulic damper has a cylinder; an end of the cylinder is connected with a piston rod; the piston rod and a tensile resilient member is connected with a connection block; the connection block is connected with a locking block; a hanging hook is connected onto the sliding slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Yanfeng Sun
  • Patent number: 10043335
    Abstract: A multi-pocket step-drawer is disclosed that includes a dispensing drawer and a control module. The dispensing drawer has a body comprising at least one fixed wall forming at least two open-top compartments that are arranged along an axis parallel to the front-to-back axis and a ladder fixedly coupled to the body. The ladder has a plurality of cross arms arranged along an axis parallel to the front-to-back axis. The control module includes a housing and a latching element coupled to the housing and disposed proximate to the ladder. The latching element has a first position wherein the latching element engages one of the plurality of cross-arms so as to prevent the dispensing drawer from moving toward the front and a second position wherein the latching element allows the dispensing element to move toward the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Rahilly, Hao Ton-That
  • Patent number: 9967996
    Abstract: A server chassis includes a tray, two inner rails and two outer rails. The tray includes a bottom plate. Two opposite side walls extend from an edge of the bottom plate. A sliding latch is disposed at an outer side of each of the side walls. Each of the two inner walls is disposed at the outer side of the corresponding one of the two side walls. Each of the inner rails is disposed with a through slot corresponding to the sliding latch. The through slot extends longitudinally along the inner rail. The sliding latch is inserted in the through slot to be movable along the through slot. The two outer rails receive the two inner rails respectively, and each of the inner rails is movable outwardly from one end of the corresponding outer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Ken-Sheng Lin, Shihhsing Chien, Richard S. Chen
  • Patent number: 9661925
    Abstract: A self-positioning drawer slide designed to secure a drawer for a recreational vehicle (RV) from opening unintentionally during transit. The self-positioning drawer slide includes a plurality of slide members, a latching fixture, and a catching fixture. The drawer is connected to the interior of the cabinet through the plurality of slide members. The latching fixture selectively engages the catching fixture to secure the drawer within the cabinet. The plurality of slides includes a first edge mounting tab and a second edge mounting tab which fasten to a vertical support of the cabinet to further support the present invention and prevent give or play between the present invention and the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gary H. Uffner
  • Patent number: 9560786
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly comprising: a first slide rail (10, 10?) comprising a first, elongated web plate (11, 11?), a front surface facing toward a carried item (80) in use and a back surface facing away from the carried item in use; a second slide rail (20, 20?) nested within the first slide rail and being movable relative to the first slide rail in length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Shuiyan Chen, Xin Su, Steven Chen
  • Patent number: 9466819
    Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells each having a vent; an insulating member on the battery cells, the insulating member having a plurality of openings and a protrusion seal extending around a periphery of each of the openings; a pressurizing member on the insulating member, the pressurizing member having a plurality of openings; and a cover covering the insulating member and the pressurizing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Young-Bin Lim
  • Patent number: 9144173
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a slide assembly, a front support, a first rear support, a second rear support, and a reinforcement member. The slide rail assembly includes an outer rail, an inner rail and an intermediate rail. The front support and the first rear support are respectively connected to the front end and the outside of the outer rail. The second rear support is movably connected to the first rear support. The reinforcement member includes a body, two first support parts and at least two second support parts. The body has a slot and a contact portion. The two first support parts embrace the outer rail, and the at least two second support parts embrace the second rear support. The slide rail assembly is installed to the rack. The reinforcement member reinforces the connection between the second rear support and the outer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9033433
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers or the like, includes a body rail, a drawer rail, and an automatic retraction for retracting the drawer rail into its closed final position. The automatic retraction is fixed to the body rail or drawer rail and has a pivotable coupling element that is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner and interacts with a catch which is provided on the respective other rail. The automatic retraction and the catch are arranged in a vertical intermediate space, which is formed between a horizontal web of the body rail and a horizontal web of the drawer rail. The automatic retraction housing abuts the horizontal web of that rail to which the automatic retraction is fixed, and the coupling element can be pivoted about a horizontal axis into a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ANTON SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Breisacher, Heimo Weber
  • Patent number: 9016812
    Abstract: A translatable support mechanism is provided. The translatable support mechanism includes a storage component, a pair of supports, and a pair of gear sets. The pair of supports and the pair of gear sets support the storage component such that the storage component is translatable between an open and closed position along a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lynn Jessie, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 8979222
    Abstract: A pull-out guide of a movable element of a piece of furniture or a domestic appliance. The pull-out guide including a guide rail configured to be fixed to a body of the piece of furniture or domestic appliance; a movable element; and a slide rail configured to be connected to the movable element. The guide rail is detachably connected to a molded part, the molded part being provided on the body. A component is configured to support movement of the movable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Jahrling, Alexander Hemminger
  • Publication number: 20150068432
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a teaching station that includes a lectern section and a desktop. A method for adjusting a lectern portion of a teacher's station is provided. The method may include releasing a lock wherein the lock, when engaged, fixes the position of the lectern portion with respect to the teacher's station. In response to releasing the lock, the method may further include adjusting a height of the lectern portion relative to a desktop portion of the teacher's station, while maintaining an angle of the of a table-top of the lectern portion in a fixed orientation with respect to the desktop. The method may further include applying the lock to fix the height of the portion of the table-top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Academia Furniture, LLC
    Inventor: Y. Isaac Wagner
  • Publication number: 20150022071
    Abstract: A bracket supporting apparatus includes a cabinet body and a supporting bracket slidably received in the cabinet body. The supporting bracket includes a base plate and a back plate extending from the base plate. A first slot is defined in the base plate. A second slot is defined in the back plate. A separating plate is mounted on the base plate. The separating plate comprises a hook, an inserting tab and a second flange. A resisting bracket diagonally extends from the inserting tab. When the hook is passed through the first slot and resists against a bottom of the base plate, the second flange resists against a top of the base plate. When the inserting tab is moved into the second slot, the resisting bracket resists against the back plate so the separating plate can be mounted on the supporting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YUN-LUNG CHEN, CHIN-WEN YEH
  • Patent number: 8926035
    Abstract: A shelf support assembly is provided that may be used with an oven appliance having protrusions along the walls of the cabinet for suspending the shelf support assembly therebetween. The shelf support assembly can include on each side a metal sheet configured to support a shelf that can be selectively extended from within the oven cavity. The shelf support assembly can be provided with one or more coatings for protection and self-cleaning. An appliance incorporating such a shelf support assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James Lee Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20150002008
    Abstract: A carcass rail for a guiding device, by way of which a movable furniture part during opening and/or closing is guidable on a furniture carcass of an item of furniture. The carcass rail has a cross sectional profile including several even profile portions extending along a longitudinal axis of the carcass rail, wherein at least two of the profile portions are connected by means of a bending edge which extends along the longitudinal axis. A side profile portion of the cross sectional profile is mounted on a side wall portion in the furniture carcass. At least one free-standing mounting strap for connecting to the side wall portion of the furniture carcass is connected integrally and continuously to the side profile portion and extends over a portion of the longitudinal axis of the carcass rail. In addition, a method for producing the carcass rail is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventors: Georg DOMENIG, Manfred PEER, Cheng JIANG
  • Patent number: 8905498
    Abstract: A retracting device retracts a movably supported furniture part to the closed end position relative to a furniture body. The device includes a carrier, which can be detachably coupled to the movable furniture part and which is movably supported along a movement path that is linear at least in some sections, and at least one spring device for applying force to the carrier. The spring device can be tensioned by a spring retainer that is separate from the carrier, and the spring retainer is movably supported against or on the carrier. A coupling device is provided in order to couple motion between the carrier and the spring retainer. By the coupling device, the articulated attachment point of the spring device on the spring retainer falls back relative to the position of the moving carrier when the carrier is pulled out, so that the motion of the articulated attachment point of the spring device on the spring retainer is slower than the motion of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Hammerle
  • Publication number: 20140354132
    Abstract: A translatable support mechanism is provided. The translatable support mechanism includes a storage component, a pair of supports, and a pair of gear sets. The pair of supports and the pair of gear sets support the storage component such that the storage component is translatable between an open and closed position along a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lynn Jessie, Stephen Bernard Froelicher
  • Patent number: 8899703
    Abstract: A pressing-type unlocking track comprising: a track component with a main slide channel at its up lateral side on which an arresting return passage and a lateral return passage are arranged next to its front end; a driving component with a guide column held in the main slide channel; a linkage component backward pivoted to the driving component and comprising a track rib situated at its one side and held in the main slide channel; a positioning component backward pivoted to the linkage component and comprising a protruded guide column situated at its one side and held in the main slide channel; a spring connected between the track component and the linkage component as one component applying pulling force on the linkage component. As such, three main components such as driving component, linkage component and positioning component can be pivoted to a triple subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Chang Chung
  • Patent number: 8843052
    Abstract: A slide rail includes an outer rail including a first rail board and a pair of rims projecting from the first rail board, forming first grooves, an inner rail inserted between the first grooves and including a second rail board narrower than the first rail board and a pair of rims projecting from the second rail board, forming second grooves, a large-diameter roller held between the first grooves and attached to a leading side of the second rail board in a direction in which the inner rail is inserted, and a small-diameter roller held between the second grooves and attached to a leading side of the first rail board in a direction in which the inner rail is drawn out. The first and second rail boards include protruding portions extending along the long side and protruding outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yokoyama, Yasutomo Ide, Yasuhiro Kuba, Tsuyoshi Hashiyada, Kouhei Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140265790
    Abstract: A drawer slide member including raceways formed of folded or solid material providing additional thickness while utilizing thin material may provide for increased strength of the drawer slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Accuride International Inc.
    Inventors: Darush David Hashemi, Hai Le, Jack Parvin, Yang Wenming, Zhang Xiang
  • Publication number: 20140246969
    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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 8820863
    Abstract: A slide assembly includes a bracket having two support portions and a side portion which extends between the support portions. A path is defined by the side portion and the support portions. Each support portion has a protrusion extending toward the path and the protrusion has a supporting face. A rail is longitudinally connected to the path of the bracket and has two outer walls and a side wall. The outer walls are located adjacent to the support portions and the side wall extends between the outer walls and is located adjacent to the side portion. Each of outer walls has a protruding portion which has a contact face and the contact face is located corresponding to the supporting face. When the outer walls move relative to the support portions, the contact face of the protruding portion contacts the supporting face of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8757614
    Abstract: A slide rail includes a fixed rail, an intermediate rail a movable rail, and a first to fourth rollers. Use of three rails makes a total length of the slide rail shorter to provide a compact slide rail. The fixed rail includes a rectangular-shaped first plate and a pair of first bent parts; the intermediate rail includes a rectangular-shaped second plate opposed to the first plate and a pair of second bent parts; and the movable rail includes a rectangular-shaped third plate opposed to the second plate and a pair of third bent parts. Among the bent parts, the third bent parts are bent in a direction opposite that of the first and second bent parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Okamoto, Yasutomo Ide, Yasuhiro Kuba, Toshiki Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Hashiyada
  • Patent number: 8740321
    Abstract: A slide rail includes an outer rail, an intermediate rail, an inner rail, and a plurality of ball brackets with balls. The ball brackets are received between the outer rail and the intermediate rail. The intermediate rail is received between the outer rail and the inner rail. The intermediate rail is slidable relative to the outer rail through the balls. The inner rail slidably contacts the intermediate rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mo-Ming Yu, Ze-Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20140055021
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for a drawer having a body rail which can be attached to the furniture body and having at least one pull-out rail which can be moved relative to the body rail, comprising a holding element with at least one attachment means by means of which the holding element can be attached or is attached to the pull-out rail, and a connection element by means of which the drawer can be connected to the pull-out rail, wherein the connection element is mounted such that it can be moved relative to the holding element between a first end position and a second end position, wherein a spring element is provided, said spring element holding the connection element in a neutral position which is located between the first end position and the second end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin GRABHERR, Marc MEUSBURGER
  • Publication number: 20140049148
    Abstract: Drawer side wall having an inner wall and an outer wall which can be connected to the inner wall, wherein a container rail is provided, it being possible for the drawer side wall to be connected to said container rail, wherein an upwardly protruding front projection with a device for attachment of a drawer front panel is arranged on the container rail, wherein the inner wall is directly firmly connected to the container rail in a lower region, and wherein the front projection is directly firmly connected, preferably by welding, to the inner wall in an upper region of the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Julius Blurn GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo GASSER
  • Patent number: 8639081
    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: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Barnes, Justin R. Horton, Thomas C. Tinucci, Thomas L. Barnes
  • Patent number: 8622493
    Abstract: A movable furniture pull-out for a piece of furniture includes a side wall arranged between a rear wall and a front panel, and a rail that is arranged between the rear wall and the front panel. The rail is arranged below the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Siegfried Roeck
  • Patent number: 8596731
    Abstract: An installation support unit includes a base board, a support member, two installation members and a locking member. An end board extends from the base board and has a bent portion. The support member has a face board and an elongate hole. Each of the installation members is connected to the support member which is fixed to the end board. The locking member is movably connected to the support member and the end board, and includes a head portion, a protrusion and a threaded hole defined through the head portion and the protrusion. The diameter of the protrusion is smaller than the transverse width of the elongate hole. The protrusion extends through the elongate hole, and the height of the head portion is longer than the longitudinal distance of the elongate hole. The head portion is movably clamped between the support member and the end board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20130293079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rail (1) for a movable furniture part (102), comprising a rail brace (2) and a panel fixing device (3) at an end (21) of the rail brace (2) in order to fix the rail (2) to a front panel (103) of the movable furniture part (102). A mounting part (31) of the panel fixing device (3) can be rigidly connected to the front panel (103), said rail brace (2) being at least partly hollow (22) and being designed in a movable manner relative to the mounting part (31). The rail brace (2), which is pushed in the direction of the mounting part (31), receives and covers the panel fixing device (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Juergen HAEMMERLE
  • Publication number: 20130270989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which improves the structure of a sliding apparatus to reduce noise and warpage generated when a storage unit slides. The refrigerator includes storage units inserted into and extracted out of storage chambers in a sliding manner, cover rails combined with both side walls of the insides of the storage chambers and provided with rack gears and planar parts, slide units combined with both side surfaces of the storage units and including pinion gears moving in a state in which the pinion gears are engaged with the rack gears and moving in a state in which the pinion gears are suspended above the planar parts, a connection bar connected between the pinion gears to prevent movement of the storage units, and a reinforcing frame connected between the slide units to prevent warpage of the storage units generated when the pinion gears move above the planar parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., L TO
    Inventors: Sung Cheul PARK, Hyoung Min GO, Sang bum KIM
  • Publication number: 20130257244
    Abstract: The hooking device (1) for connecting drawer (3) to a longitudinal guide (3) comprises a support body (4) fixable to a front (5) and/or a bottom (6) of the drawer (2) and provided with an oscillating command lever (12) for a hooking member (13) of the support body (4) to the guide (3), the hooking member (13) being moveable between a hooking position and an unhooking position, the lever (12) exhibiting a first surface zone (16) and respectively a second surface zone (17) for manual gripping configured in such a way as to be selectively subjectable to a first manual activating force (F1) or respectively to a second manual activating force (F2) in reciprocally transversal directions and destined to generate an oscillation torque of the said command lever (12) in a same direction in order to bring the hooking member (13) into the unhooking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ARTURO SALICE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Publication number: 20130249368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for attaching a functional unit (3, 4, 5) to a rail (21, 22, 23) of a drawer pull-out guide (2), said device (1) having at least one coupling element (6,6?, 7, 8), by means of which at least two different functional units (3, 4, 5) can be selectively fixed to the drawer pull-out guide (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Emanuel NETZER
  • Publication number: 20130249367
    Abstract: A synchronizing device includes a pair of guiding units, a pair of rotating units, a synchronizing linking unit, and at least one anti-wobbling unit. Each rotating unit includes a pinion gear. The synchronizing linking unit interconnects the rotating units to synchronize movements of the pinion gears on the guiding units, and includes at least one synchronizing spindle and at least one synchronizing spindle extension connector that is connected to the synchronizing spindle and that includes an annular contact surface with a non-circular cross-section to interlock with the synchronizing spindle. The anti-wobbling unit includes a resilient anti-wobbling pad member to prevent wobbling of the synchronizing linking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SLIDE MEI YAO INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TSUNG-YAO CHEN
  • Patent number: 8474924
    Abstract: A rail device and a server are provided. The server includes a rack, at least one chassis, and a rail device. The rail device is disposed on the rack and the chassis that the chassis moves between a first position and a second position relative to the rack. The rail device includes a first rail, a second rail, a bracket, a driver, and a first latch. The first rail on the rack has an actuator, a first stopper, and a second stopper. The bracket has two ends slidably disposed at the first and the second rails individually. The driver is slidably disposed on the bracket. The first latch disposed on the chassis latches and pushes the driver forward when the chassis moves away from the first position. The first and the second stoppers then block movement of the driver and the bracket that the chassis moves to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Yung-Chin Hsu
  • Patent number: 8469467
    Abstract: A rail device and a server are provided. The server includes a rack, at least one chassis, and a rail device. The rail device includes a first rail and a bracket. The first rail is installed in the chassis. The bracket includes a second rail and a supporter, and the second rail is mounted onto the rack. The supporter has a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the second rail, and the second end is slidably disposed at the first rail, so that the chassis moves between a first position and a second position relative to the rack. When the chassis is located at the second position, the first end leans against the second rail, and the second end leans against the first rail, so that the supporter supports the chassis on the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Lin-Wei Chang, Yung-Chin Hsu, Chi-Chun Yang
  • Patent number: 8444236
    Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a body rail to be fastened to a furniture body and at least one pull-out rail slidably supported relative thereto. The rail is supported so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. At least one carriage having at least four load-transmitting rolling elements is supported between the rails. The rolling elements run on a runway of a rail, and the runway has a first substantially horizontal, straight guide section in the rear end area and a second substantially horizontal, straight guide section in the front end area. The first and the second guide sections are interconnected by a third guide section that extends downward at an angle from the first to the second guide section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Emanuel Netzer
  • Patent number: 8437123
    Abstract: A server cabinet includes a cabinet, a first slide rail, and a second slide rail. The cabinet includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear wall, two sidewalls, and two doors. The first slide rail is mounted on an inner surface of one of the sidewalls. The first slide rail has a first end and an opposite second end. The first slide rail defines a first slide groove. The first end is adjacent to the doors, and the second end is close to the rear wall. The second slide rail has a first and a second connection ends. The second slide rail defines a second slide groove. The first connection end is rotatably coupled to the first end so that the second slide rail is capable of rotating relative to the first slide rail to a position where the second slide rail aligns with the first slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Publication number: 20130069515
    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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: FULTERER GESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventor: Gunter Bonat
  • Patent number: 8371667
    Abstract: A slide rail includes a first rail, a second rail, and a third rail. The first rail defines two recesses. The second rail forms two first sliding portions and two second sliding portions. The third rail defines two slide channels for slidably receiving the first sliding portions. The second sliding portions of the second rail are received in the recesses of the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mo-Ming Yu, Ze-Hong Chen, Guang-Hua Gu
  • Patent number: 8356865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerator having two telescopic extensions. A carrier for refrigerated goods is held on each telescopic extension by an adapter that bridges the space between the carrier for refrigerated goods and the telescopic extension, the width of the space being at least equal to the width of the telescopic extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Karl-Friedrich Laible
  • Publication number: 20130002115
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers has a carcass rail, a drawer rail, and a central rail which is moveably mounted between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage is mounted in moveable manner between at least two rails of the pull-out guide. A synchronization apparatus avoids running faults of the pull-out guide, and the synchronization apparatus has at least one synchronization wheel which interacts firstly with the one carriage and secondly with a running surface which is arranged on one of the rails. The synchronization wheel is in the form of a gear with two pinions with different diameters. The first pinion and the second pinion are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein, when one pinion moves, the other pinion also moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald FRIESENECKER, Ulrich Greussing