Skewed Track Patents (Class 49/213)
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Patent number: 12257886Abstract: A track extender for a sliding door track of an OEM passenger vehicle having a passenger opening, and a door operatively coupled to a sliding mechanism configured to slide along the sliding door track of the OEM vehicle. The sliding door track includes a track channel extending from the passenger opening toward a rear portion of the vehicle, wherein the sliding door track includes a first end located toward the passenger opening and a second end located toward the rear portion of the vehicle. The track extender includes a track extension body located at the second end of the track wherein the track extension body defines an extension channel. The extension channel is aligned with the track to lengthen the track and to extend a travel distance of the sliding mechanism along the track and to increase a width of the passenger opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: The Braun CorporationInventor: Michael R. Pugh
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Patent number: 12196022Abstract: A vehicle door device includes: first and second link arms; a door-side engagement portion that is provided at a close-side end portion of the door that opens and closes a door opening of the vehicle; and a vehicle body-side engagement portion that is provided at a close-side end portion of the door opening that the close-side end portion of the door comes into contact with and separates from, in which one side of the door-side engagement portion and the vehicle body-side engagement portion includes an axial engagement portion extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle, the other side of the door-side engagement portion and the vehicle body-side engagement portion includes a guide groove having a pair of side wall portions, and the axial engagement portion is disposed inside the guide groove at an opening-and-closing operation position in the vicinity of a fully closed position of the door.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Kajino, Seiichi Sumiya, Masato Kumano
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Patent number: 12146356Abstract: In a door hinge device for the vehicle, in a vehicle without a B pillar, a hinge slider connected to a hinge portion of a door slides and moves in an external diagonal direction of a vehicle body along upper and lower rails by a driving torque of a motor inside a case, securing a rotation trajectory of the door, and then a striker fixed to the hinge slider is restrained by a latch portion fixed to the case to fix the slide movement position of the hinge slider, ensuring stability of the opening/closing operation of the door.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.Inventors: Chungsik Yim, Soo Bok Kim, Hyungin Yun, Ki-Ryun Ahn
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Patent number: 12110737Abstract: An internally dismantled anti-typhoon soundproof horizontal sliding window, which is fastened to an outer frame body and is provided with at least one outer sliding window and an inner sliding window; it is characterized in that: the outer side of the outer frame body is provided with at least one outer fixing column, an elastically movable top plate is provided on the inside and outside of the outer fixed column; when the two windows are closed, a central control lock can be used to drive the top plate to move through the inner columns of the outer and inner windows inwardly, the top plate squeezes the two inner column clamps tightly; the outer column of the outer frame body is provided with a hook, which can be used for the outer sliding window and the outer column of the inner sliding window; a snap cover that seals the grooves of the outer frame; thus, the window structure can be tightly closed in an all-round way, so as to meet the requirements of windproof, rainproof and sound insulation of the strong tType: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Inventors: Wen-Yi Hung, Hao-Ting Hung
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Patent number: 12037839Abstract: A sliding door assembly includes a door frame with a top trim member, a bottom sill, and side jambs connected between the top trim member and the bottom sill, and a primary sliding panel secured in the door frame. The top trim member includes a track configured to support a weight of the primary sliding panel and prevent the primary sliding panel from coming off the track. Other features include an interlock mechanism to limit relative movement using multiple sliding doors and a brake mechanism to secure the doors in position when the door handle is released. A drop window includes features to accommodate for manufacturing tolerances and box frame assemblies that are out of square.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GROUP, LLCInventors: Philip A. Oakes, Edward J. Erskine, Todd Vincent
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Patent number: 12000186Abstract: A door assembly includes a door, a door actuator mechanism configured to transition the door between an open position and a closed position, a first latch configured to hold the door in the closed position, and a second latch engaging with a portion of the door actuator mechanism and being configured to hold the door in the closed position. The second latch includes a cam and a biasing member coupled to the cam. The biasing member is configured to transition the cam between a first position in which the cam engages the portion of the door actuator mechanism, and a second position in which the cam disengages the portion of the door actuator mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventor: Adam Christopher Mapson
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Patent number: 11993968Abstract: A dual-guide-rail sliding door system for an automotive vehicle includes a sliding door movably connected to a body of the vehicle; a front rail connected to the body of the vehicle; a rear rail connected to the body of the vehicle rearward of the front rail; a door rail connected to the sliding door; a front arm assembly connected to the sliding door and movably connected to the front rail; and a rear arm assembly movably connected to the rear rail and movably connected to the door rail. A lateral distance travelled by the sliding door along the body of the vehicle from an open position to a closed position is greater than a length of the rear rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Chass Bakker, Brian Gase
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Patent number: 11987293Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a battery disposed in a lower central part of a vehicle body, a hollow side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and disposed outside the battery in a vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member configuring at least a part of a continuous tubular structure formed inside the side sill. The continuous tubular structure has a shape in which a plurality of octagons are continuously arranged as viewed from the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KOBE STEEL, LTD.Inventors: Shota Tsubaki, Kenichi Watanabe, Kazuya Yasui, Masatoshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11981191Abstract: An opening and closing structure of a sliding door for a vehicle includes: a sliding door disposed on a side surface of the vehicle and configured to be slidably open and closed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; at least one rail arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on one of a vehicle body of the vehicle and the sliding door; at least one roller arranged on the other one of the vehicle body and the sliding door, the at least one roller configured to slide while being fitted in the at least one rail; and a sliding unit disposed on a side of the vehicle body or the sliding door on which the at least one roller is arranged, the sliding unit configured to slide the at least one roller in a direction in which the sliding door slides. The at least one roller is configured to slide with respect to the vehicle body and the sliding door.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: In-Chul Baik
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Patent number: 11964547Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an arrangement configured to oppose movement of a vehicle door, and a corresponding method. An example motor vehicle includes a body, a door configured to slide relative to the body between an open position and a closed position, and a bracket connected to the door. The bracket includes a slot. Further, a locking arm is mounted to the body, and, when the door is in the closed position, the locking arm is configured to move such that the locking arm is received in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Antonio Dario Garay Serrano, Alejandro Sánchez Islas, Zhibing Deng
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Patent number: 11938797Abstract: A vehicle door system includes, among other things, a vehicle body and a slidable door that is slidable back and forth relative to the vehicle body between an open position and a closed position. The system further includes an alignment bracket assembly having a door-mounted portion and a body-mounted portion. The door-mounted portion and the body-mounted portion are wedged against one another when the slidable door is in the closed position to restrict movement of the slidable door relative to the vehicle body when the slidable door is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dan Ritz, Scott Nydam
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Patent number: 11864669Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser includes a case defining and separating a product display area from an ambient environment, the case having a frame defining one or more openings to the product display area. An upper track is connected to the case and extends at least partially along the frame. A first door and a second door are moveably connected to the upper track. The first door is configured to move between a closed positioned adjacent the frame and a first open position where the first door is positioned over the second door. The second door is configured to move between a closed positioned adjacent the frame and a second open position where the second door is positioned over the first door.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Hussmann CorporationInventors: Rick M. LaMontagne, Ye Tian
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Patent number: 11794817Abstract: A side sill for mounting a sliding door of a vehicle may support operations of opening and closing the sliding door without reducing an area of a space inside the vehicle. The side sill includes an inner panel that extends in forward and rearward directions and which is mounted at a side portion of a floor panel of a vehicle body, and an outer panel formed integrally with an upper end and a lower end of the inner panel so as to be disposed opposite the floor panel of the vehicle body based on the inner panel, the outer panel having a module mounting part for mounting a sliding module for the sliding door based on upward and downward directions, the module mounting part being open towards an outside of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Kwang Hee An
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Patent number: 11738852Abstract: A door assembly for a seat unit provided within a vehicle cabin, in particular an aircraft cabin, the door assembly comprising at least a fixed base structure, a door element movably mounted on the base structure and which is movable between a fully retracted position and at least one deployed position, and a door slide device provided between the base structure and the door element to movably support the door element on the base structure. Further, the door slide device comprises at least a slide carrier bracket fixed to the base structure or the door element, at least one slide unit which is coupled to the slide carrier bracket in a normal operation mode, and at least one separate auxiliary slide arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: ADIENT AEROSPACE, LLCInventors: Timothy Scotford, Kyle Bettenhausen, Paul Morgan, Matthew Vu Hoang
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Patent number: 11725448Abstract: A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus includes a rail configured to be mounted on a vehicle body, a roller unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle door, move along the rail, and allow the vehicle door to open and close in a sliding mode and a swing mode, a center rail configured to extend from a rear edge of a door aperture of the vehicle body, a center roller unit configured to be guided along the center rail, and a flap mechanism configured to prevent the center roller unit from being separated from the center rail in the sliding mode, and to allow the center roller unit to be released from the center rail in the swing mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Je Won Choi
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Patent number: 11719030Abstract: A fastening arrangement for fastening a vehicle sliding door to a vehicle body while enabling opening and closing of the sliding door. The fastening arrangement includes a motion element configured for being movingly arranged within or on a vehicle body guiding rail for enabling movement of the motion element along the vehicle body guiding rail, and a variable-length motion mechanism connected to the motion element and configured for being fastened to the sliding door at a lower attachment area of the sliding door. The variable-length motion mechanism is configured for enabling variable distance between the motion element and the lower attachment area of the sliding door.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd.Inventor: Luca Marega
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Patent number: 11629541Abstract: A versatile door system for a vehicle having a frame with an opening. The door system includes a door assembly including a hingeable door and a slidable door. The hingeable door is hingeably coupled to the frame proximate the opening. The slidable door is slidably coupled to the hingeable door. A rail system includes a segmented upper rail having a first portion coupled to the frame and a second portion formed on an exterior side of the hingeable door. The slidable door includes a slider bearing configured to sequentially engage the first and second portions of the segmented upper rail along a path of travel of the slidable door. In a closed configuration, the hingeable door and the slidable door are securably disposed within the opening. The hingeable door and the slidable door are configured to collectively provide access to selectable portions of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Kirk Landon Groninga, Daniel Bryan Robertson
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Patent number: 11525293Abstract: A device for operating opposite sliding doors of a vehicle includes a center rail mounted at a center inside a door and formed in a curved shape so that the door moves to the outside of a vehicle interior of the vehicle when the door is opened. A center roller is mounted on the vehicle body so as to correspond to the center rail. The center roller is configured to move the center rail by being coupled to the center rail when the door is opened or closed as a center bearing unit formed at one side of the center roller is seated on the center rail. The center roller has a center shaft formed at a position spaced apart from the center bearing unit such that the center shaft can rotate the center roller.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyung-In Yun
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Patent number: 11505045Abstract: A structure for preventing opposite sliding doors from swaying is provided. The structure includes a lower rail mounted in a longitudinal direction at a lower side of a vehicle body, a lower rail roller unit rollably connected to the lower rail, a lower rail swing arm rotatably connected to the lower rail roller unit and a door, a guide roller unit fixedly connected to the lower rail, the guide roller unit including a guide roller rotatably connected to the lower rail, and a guide stopper fixedly connected to the door. The guide stopper includes a guide route formed inside the guide stopper and configured to serve as a rolling movement route for the guide roller, an exit/entrance portion formed at a first end of the guide route, and a stop portion formed at a second end of the guide route.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyung-In Yun
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Patent number: 11499360Abstract: A guide mechanism for a sliding door includes a rail configured to be mounted on the sliding door, a roller carriage configured to move along the rail, and including a roller bracket and a roller configured to be rotatably mounted on the roller bracket, a hinge arm configured to be pivotally connected to a vehicle body, a first shaft configured to pivotally connect the roller carriage to the hinge arm, and a second shaft configured to pivotally connect the hinge arm to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Sang Cheon Kim
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Patent number: 11473264Abstract: Enclosure cover assemblies for use with direct burial enclosures are provided. The enclosure cover assembly includes a frame that is secured to the enclosure and a cover separately secured to the frame. The frame and cover are made of metal while the enclosure is made of a high strength material.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATEDInventors: Gregory Glenn Isaacson, Robert Brian Denning
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Patent number: 11466496Abstract: A device configured for opening and closing a charging door may include a guide rail mounted to be long in a charging hole in a longitudinal direction thereof, an actuator configured to provide a driving force, and a charging door engaged to the actuator and configured to be concealed and moved in the charging hole along the guide rail according to the driving force received from the actuator in a state of being closed to open the charging hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Dong Shin, Seung Jun Yang
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Patent number: 11458819Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass including a glass portion and a frame, and a locking device including an operation handle installed on the frame, an upper lifting member installed on an upper side of the frame and including an upper cam groove and an upper locking pin, an upper operation shaft having a lower side connected to the operation handle and an upper side entering the upper cam groove and including an upper protrusion, an upper spring, a lower lifting member installed on a lower side of the frame and including a lower cam groove and a lower locking pin protruding to the lower side of the frame, a lower operation shaft having an upper side connected to the operation handle and a lower side entering the lower cam groove and including a lower protrusion, and a lower spring.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Patent number: 11414905Abstract: A locking structure for a rectilinear center rail is provided. The locking structure includes a rectilinear center rail mounted on a sliding door, a center roller unit rollably connected to the center rail, and a center swing arm rotatably connected to the center roller unit and a vehicle body. The center roller unit includes a first lever and a second lever that are configured to rotate about rotation axes formed in a width direction of the center rail. The locking structure is configured to switch between a first posture in which the first lever is configured to be caught by a catching portion formed on the center rail, rotated, and then locked with the second lever and a second posture in which the second lever is configured to be caught by a catching portion formed on the center swing arm, rotated, and then locked with the first lever.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung-In Yun, Byung-Woo Kim, Ji-Hak Yoo
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Patent number: 11199043Abstract: A horizontally sliding window can block a draft, rainwater, dust, and noise from being introduced through a gap between a window casing and a window while the window is closed, thereby improving indoor heat insulating and soundproof functions of the window. A horizontally sliding window includes a square frame-shaped window casing having a transverse frame and a longitudinal frame assembled therein and a window disposed on an inner side of the window casing. Moving frames are respectively interposed between the transverse frame and an upper end portion of the window and between the transverse frame and a lower end portion of the window, each including first and second cover members extending from opposite sides thereof to cover indoor and outdoor sides of the transverse frame, respectively, and having a roller rotatably coupled between the first and second cover members so as to operate in contact with the transverse frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Inventor: Choong Kuk Kim
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Patent number: 11085224Abstract: A vehicle door actuator assembly includes a base plate having a first portion and a second portion, a first gear disposed proximate the first portion of the base plate, a second gear disposed proximate the second portion of the base plate, a third gear connected to the base plate, and a linkage engaging the first, second, and third gears. The base plate of the vehicle door actuator assembly is rotatable between a first position and a second position. As the base plate rotates between the first and second positions, the vehicle door actuator assembly maintains an outer surface of the vehicle door substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle at all points along a travel path of the vehicle door.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Brandon Loeb, Johannes Edren
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Patent number: 11002054Abstract: A sliding door mechanism includes a track that is fixed in position relative to a door opening, a post fixed in position relative to the track, and a member that is moveable longitudinally with respect to the track, the member being configured to be guided by the track. The mechanism further includes an arm mounted to the member, the arm rotatable about a vertical axis and configured to be pivotably attached to the sliding door. The arm defines a slot that is configured to receive the post as the door is moved from an open position toward a closed position such that the post urges the arm to rotate relative to the carriage such that the arm transmits a force to the door to urge the door to move laterally into the door opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Robert D. Stoepker
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Patent number: 10889307Abstract: The door device is provided with an opening frame defining an opening and a door for operating between a first door position and a second door position, the door making contact with the opening frame when at the first door position, the door being separated from the opening frame when at the second door position. A movable receiving portion constituted by at least part of the opening frame operates so that the opening is larger when the door is at the second door position than when the door is at the first door position.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Nabtesco CorporationInventors: Genta Sakaki, Hitoshi Akiyama
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Patent number: 10174541Abstract: When a main switch (82) is in an on-state, a controller (80) allows an electric motor (41) to drive a sliding door to open and close an opening, and when the main switch (82) is in an off-state and a half latch switch (66) is in an on-state, the controller (80) performs a braking control to allow the electric motor (41) to generate a braking force. When the main switch (82) is in the on-state, the sliding door can be opened and closed automatically. When the main switch (82) is in the off-state and the sliding door is closed manually, the improperly-closed state detecting switch is switched on before a full-latch state, the controller performs a braking control of the driving source. In this manner, damage to components caused by the inertial force of the driving source which results from an abrupt stop of the opening and closing unit can be certainly prevented without enhancing the rigidity of a casing, etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Mitsuba CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Urano, Yoshitaka Sekine, Katsuhiro Tanino, Takayuki Ikeda, Arata Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9834970Abstract: A door opening and closing apparatus includes a rail module including: a rail member extending along a front-and-rear direction; a drive device mounted on the rail member; and a supporting member coupled to one end portion of a closing cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device and one end portion of an opening cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device. The rail module is provided with the drive device fastened to an outside of a vehicle body such that a part of the drive device goes inside the vehicle body through an opening provided on the vehicle body. At least the opening inversion member is provided at an upper portion of the other end portion of the rail member.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Seto, Shuntaro Kimura, Hiroshi Ishigaki
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Patent number: 9822579Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes a door lock unit configured to lock a sliding door and a swing door when the sliding door is in a fully opened state, and a lock detection unit configured to detect a locked state between the sliding door and the swing door by the door lock unit. The door lock unit has a locking pin disposed at a guide body, a locking pin biasing member configured to bias the locking pin toward the swing door, and a fitting section formed at a slide rail and fitted onto the locking pin. The lock detection unit detects the locked state between the sliding door and the swing door by detecting the locking pin being fitted into the fitting section.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Katsuya Maruyama, Hiroshi Kuno
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Patent number: 9540851Abstract: An apparatus of a slide door for a vehicle may include a rail formed at a frame of a vehicle body and a striker formed at one side of the rail, a latch arm formed at the door and a roller that is connected to the latch arm to be slid along the rail to open/close the door, and a latch of a hook shape which is connected to the latch arm to be caught over or released from the striker.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Kyeong Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9506282Abstract: A support arm for a sliding door of a mobile platform may include a first housing slidably attached to the mobile platform proximate to an opening of the mobile platform and a second housing attached to the sliding door of the mobile platform and to the first housing. The second housing may be moveable relative to the first housing between a retracted state and an extended state.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: FCA US LLCInventor: Robbie M Linkner
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Patent number: 9487065Abstract: A sliding window assembly includes a window frame supporting a main glass with an opening, and a carriage coupled in the window frame and supporting a slider glass sized to fit into the opening in the main glass. The carriage is displaceable in the window frame between an open position, a ready position, and a closed position. The slider glass is disposed in the opening when the carriage is in the closed position. A lever assembly connects the carriage and the window frame. The carriage is linearly displaceable in a first direction between the open position and the ready position, and the carriage is linearly displaceable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction between the ready position and the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GROUP, LLCInventor: Thomas J. Bender
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Patent number: 9068383Abstract: A hinge device for mounting a motor vehicle door on a bodywork is proposed. The hinge device includes a hinge component which is screwed to the vehicle door. By means of two articulated joints, the component is articulated on the bodywork. Each of the two articulated joints has an axis of articulation. The two axes of articulation are intersecting and extending preferably perpendicular to each other. The hinge component to be mounted to the door is provided with a protrusion which is moved, during the opening movement, in a guideway attached to the bodywork. The form of the guideway is decisive for the opening movement of the door.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Klaus WohlfarthInventors: Thomas Wurst, Gerlando Pace, Michael Spinner
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Patent number: 9027282Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a sliding window assembly (e.g., of the type found in utility cabs or other vehicles), and methods of making the same. A slidable window panel includes at least one top pin and at least one bottom pin attached thereto. A single fixed window panel includes a hole being defined therein for receiving the slidable panel. Elongated upper and lower rails connected to the fixed panel include upper and lower rail channels defined therein for slidingly receiving the at least one top and bottom pin attached to the slidable panel. Forward and rear end details are provided to each of the upper and lower rails proximate to the hole for slidingly receiving, in respective channels formed therein, the at least one top and bottom pins. The slidable panel is laterally movable when being opened via the respective rail channels provided to the upper and lower rails.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.Inventors: Mark A. Schreiner, Darrin Neitzke, Duane O. Recker
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Patent number: 9015996Abstract: A tilt-up door for a building having an opening, a pair of substantially vertically juxtaposed members, cam surfaces extending laterally from the vertical members at the upper portion and a door sized to span the opening. The door can be pivotally coupled to carriages arranged for vertical movement along the vertical members and can have cam followers extending laterally from the upper portion of the door to contact the cam surfaces. An actuator or actuators can be connected to the carriages to move the carriages along the vertical members. When the actuator or actuators are operated to move the carriages vertically along the members the cam followers can move along the cam surfaces to tilt the door to a horizontal position as the door is moved vertically upward into an open raised position.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: HP Doors, LLCInventor: Roland W. Betker
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Patent number: 8984810Abstract: A device for sliding door leaves with co-planar closure, particularly for furniture and the like, including a bracket system for connection to each one of the door leaves and with which a first pair of wheels is associated in a lower region. The device includes a second pair of wheels which are, together with the first pair of wheels, slideably engaged with the head respectively of a first guide and of a second guide which are T-shaped in cross-section, arc-shaped in plan view and the stem of which protrudes from the top of the piece of furniture.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Bortoluzzi Lab S.R.L.Inventors: Guido Bortoluzzi, Adriano Girotto, Bruno Sponga, Rodolfo Dal Castel
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Publication number: 20150068125Abstract: A hingeless door system for a pressure vessel; especially, aeronautic and astronautic crafts. The door system has the following major components: a contour in a pressure vessel wall, a doorway opening, a seal, an upper track, a lower track and a door. The door translocates laterally along the tracks from an open position to a closing position and moves radailly along the tracks to a sealing position against the contour which closes the door opening. The problem solved by the invention is to reduce weight, operational volume and complexity and increase durability of a door system for pressure vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventor: Arthur Richard Daniel Thompson
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Patent number: 8955260Abstract: A headwall for a patient's room includes a panel having a vertically-extending front surface, an opening defined in the front surface of the headwall, and a door sized to be received in the opening. The door is vertically movable from a first position where an outer face of the door is flush with the front surface of the panel to a second position where the outer face extends parallel to the front surface and the door is positioned behind the front surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: David C. Newkirk, Charles L. Thomeczek, Jr., Joseph F. Meyer, Charles R. Belser, Colt M. Weberding, Dale F. Meyer
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Patent number: 8881458Abstract: A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes a frame portion having an upper rail and a lower rail, at least one fixed window panel that is fixed relative to the frame portion, and a movable window panel that is movable along the upper and lower rails. The movable window panel is movable between a closed position and an opened position. The movable window panel may include a panel portion and a carrier element integrally formed with the panel portion, with the carrier portion slidably received in the lower rail and movable along the lower rail as the movable window panel is moved between its closed and opened positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.Inventors: Darin J. Snider, Michael J. Hulst
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Patent number: 8776435Abstract: A vehicular window assembly includes a frame, a fixed window panel bonded to a lower frame portion and a movable window assembly. The side frame members of the movable window include upper and lower guide elements that are slidably received in respective channels along opposite portions of the frame. The channels are configured to move the movable window along the fixed window panel when the movable window assembly is at least partially opened and to move the movable window to a position where the movable window panel is generally coplanar with the fixed window panel when the movable window assembly is closed. When the movable window is in its closed position, a seal sealingly engages an inboard surface of the side frame members and an inboard surface of the upper frame member and an inboard portion of an upper perimeter region of the fixed window panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. Hulst
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Patent number: 8769871Abstract: A tilt-up door for a building having an opening, a pair of substantially vertically juxtaposed members, cam surfaces extending laterally from the vertical members at the upper portion and a door sized to span the opening. The door can be pivotally coupled to carriages arranged for vertical movement along the vertical members and can have cam followers extending laterally from the upper portion of the door to contact the cam surfaces. An actuator or actuators can be connected to the carriages to move the carriages along the vertical members. When the actuator or actuators are operated to move the carriages vertically along the members the cam followers can move along the cam surfaces to tilt the door to a horizontal position as the door is moved vertically upward into an open raised position.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: HP Doors, LLCInventor: Roland W. Betker
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Patent number: 8701348Abstract: Provided is a slide door device for a vehicle, including: a body side lower rail disposed below a door opening formed on a side of a vehicle body and extends in a front-rear direction; a body side rail disposed above the body side lower rail and behind the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction; a door side lower guide roller unit and a door side guide roller unit connected to a slide door and configured to slide on the body side lower rail and the body side rail respectively; a door side lower rail disposed in a lower portion of the slide door positioned below the floor surface in the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction; and a body side lower guide roller unit connected to the lower portion of the door opening and configured to slide on the door side lower rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshichika Ito, Junji Yamaguchi, Tomohide Kato
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Patent number: 8539716Abstract: A tilt-up door for a building having an opening including a door frame with vertical track members, cam surfaces extending laterally from the vertical tracks at the upper portion of the tracks and a door sized to span the opening. The door can be pivotally coupled with rollers disposed within the vertical tracks and cam followers extending laterally from the upper portion of the door to contact the cam surfaces. When an upwardly directed motive force acts on the door the cam followers come into engagement with the cam surface to lift the door generally vertically and then rotate the door inwardly as the door is raised into an open raised position.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: HP Doors, LLCInventor: Roland W. Betker
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Patent number: 8484898Abstract: A natural ventilation apparatus 1 includes a window frame 2 which is installed in a building; a framed panel 4 disposed in an opening portion 3 defined by the window frame 2; and opening/closing means 5 for opening and closing the opening portion 3 on the basis of an air current. The opening portion 3 is adapted to be opened by the opening portion opening movement of the framed panel 4 moving toward a building exterior 7 side, and to be closed by the opening portion closing movement of the framed panel 4 moving toward a building interior 8 side.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Oiles CorporationInventor: Mamoru Ohishi
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Patent number: 8381444Abstract: A sliding door assembly has a frame with a movable panel and a fixed panel. The movable panel has a pair of rollers that roll along a header located above the panels with the rollers attached to the movable panel via posts that pass through a channel on the header. The posts pass through a curved section of the channel whenever the movable panel is proximate its closed position and a straight section of channel when the movable panel is traveling laterally. The movable panel presses against a gasket located on the frame components surrounding the movable panel wherein one or more latches press the movable panel against the gasket whenever this panel is in the closed position. Valve is positioned within a weep hole on the threshold in order to prevent water from seeping into the building via the bottom of the door assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: EAS Doors and Windows, Inc.Inventors: Timothy J. McDonald, Jerry Osborne, Jerald Bunyan, Giorgio Giuriato
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Patent number: 8375646Abstract: A headwall for a patient's room includes a panel having a vertically-extending front surface, an opening defined in the front surface of the headwall, and a door sized to be received in the opening. The door is vertically movable from a first position where an outer face of the door is flush with the front surface of the panel to a second position where the outer face extends parallel to the front surface and the door is positioned behind the front surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: David C. Newkirk, Charles L. Thomeczek, Jr., Joseph F. Meyer, Charles R. Beiser, Colt M. Weberding, Dale F. Meyer
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Patent number: 8375645Abstract: A sliding door device has a first pin body provided, at a floor surface; a guide member provided at the door and having a guide groove in which the first pin body fits when the door is closed; and a second pin body that is provided on the floor surface and can be fit in a door groove formed at the door bottom. When the closed door slides in an opening direction and toward the back side of the wall surface, the guide member moves relatively along the first pin body while the first pin body is fit in the guide groove of the guide member. When the door slides further in the opening direction, the second pin body gets in the door groove of the door, and the door slides along the second pin body while the second pin body is fit in the sliding groove of the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignees: Niitech Co., Ltd., Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Iwauchi, Masazumi Morishita, Masahito Yamada
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Patent number: 8303028Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of vehicles and vehicle body assemblies incorporating slide rail reinforcements. One embodiment of a vehicle body assembly comprises an inner body panel and an outer body panel spaced a distance from the inner body panel in an outboard direction of a vehicle. The outer body panel has an outer surface and an opposing inner surface. An elongated slide track is mounted on the outer surface of the outer body panel. A force distribution member has a support surface fixed to the inner surface of the outer body panel directly opposite a portion of the elongated slide track and first and second distribution legs extending from the support surface and fixed to the inner body panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jonathan Domlovil, Naga Ananthachandra Narayana