Motor Driven Patents (Class 49/349)
  • Patent number: 11732521
    Abstract: An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door, having an electric drive and an actuating means, wherein the actuating means can be adjusted by means of the drive and wherein the motor vehicle door can be opened by means of the actuating means and at least one sensor for detecting the actuating movement (S), wherein continuous detection of the actuating movement (S) can be rendered possible by means of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Uwe Reddmann
  • Patent number: 11387723
    Abstract: A method of hot drop fastening components and a product thereby made is described. Machine components are provided. A first machine component defines a passageway and carries a coating. The first machine component is caused to expand by delivering a predetermined amount of energy to the first machine component, wherein the predetermined amount of energy is based on a property of the coating. A second machine component is inserted into the passageway of the expanded first machine component. Thereafter, the first machine component is permitted to cool with the first machine component inserted in the passageway thereby fastening the first machine component with the second machine component by the first machine component contracting as it cools. Properties such as adhesion and/or rust prevention properties of a primer coating in a motor manufactured using a hot drop process are preserved during the hot drop process in the manufactured product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Marcus L. Kuhl, Clayton P. Neumann, Roger W. Burjes
  • Patent number: 11286705
    Abstract: A cable guide assembly adapted for use with a guide rail for a motor vehicle, for redirecting a cable of a window regulator, includes a cable guide formed with an arc-shaped body having a cable guide groove on an outer perimeter of the arc-shaped body and a cable guide receiving site formed in the guide rail adapted to receive and mount the cable guide. The cable guide includes a cable holding tab extending outward from the arc-shaped body along a longitudinal axis and a pair of side hooks extending from an end portion of the arc-shaped body along a transverse axis. In an intermediate-installed state of the cable, the cable is set under the cable holding tab, and in a fully-installed state of the cable, the side hooks are configured to prevent the cable from coming off from the cable guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HI-LEX CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventor: Masayuki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11279209
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass elevating/lowering device performs elevating/lowering operation of window glass by a driving force of a drive source along a sash member along one of front and rear edges of the window glass in a door sash forming a window opening. The glass elevating/lowering device includes: a guide rail on the sash member; a slider having a glass support secured to the glass and a sliding part guided movably in the elevating/lowering directions with respect to the guide rail; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force of the drive source, in which a first sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least one direction of the vehicle front-rear directions and a second sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least the other direction of the vehicle front-rear directions are provided at mutually different positions in the elevating/lowering directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ishiguro, Katsuhisa Fukui, Tomoaki Fukatami, Kazuhito Nakajima, Masako Sekine, Natsuki Ito, Kimihiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11273690
    Abstract: A door sash surrounding a window opening of a vehicle door, the door sash including: a design part located on a vehicle exterior side; a frame part located on a vehicle interior side with respect to the design part so as to form a sash interior space surrounded by a wall; and a mounting part located inside the sash interior space and to which door-related components can be mounted. According to this door sash, it is possible to achieve high functionality around the vehicle door while improving the space efficiency of the vehicle door by effectively utilizing the sash interior space as a portion to which the door-related components are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoaki Fukatami
  • Patent number: 11253084
    Abstract: The museum showcase comprises a casing with at least one open side, a sliding door for closing the open side of the casing, a guide system to allow the horizontal displacement of the sliding door with respect to the casing, and an actuation system to cause the displacement of the sliding door on the guide system. The actuation system comprises a rack, integral with the sliding door and extending in the direction of its width, two drive pinions rotatably mounted on the casing and in meshing engagement with the rack. The two pinions are arranged spaced apart from each other in the direction of the width of the open side of the casing. It follows a very wide opening of the showcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GOPPION S.p.A
    Inventor: Alessandro Goppion
  • Patent number: 11236538
    Abstract: A drive apparatus for an adjusting device for adjusting a vehicle part, in particular a window lifter, comprising a carrier element, a transmission element which can be driven by means of a motor unit, and a drive housing which is arranged on the carrier element and which has a bearing element for rotatably bearing the transmission element about an axis of rotation. The carrier element has at least one first positive-locking element and the drive housing has at least one second positive-locking element, which are in engagement with one another for a rotation-preventing securing action, wherein an elastic dampening element is arranged between the at least one first positive-locking element and the at least one second positive-locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Roland Kalb, Gabriele Lange
  • Patent number: 11193320
    Abstract: A window regulator may include a first guide rail assembly, that may be coupled to the door panel and including a first guide rail, a first pulley and a second pulley. The first slider may be configured to receive the window pane and translate along the first guide rail to move the window pane between an open position and a closed position. The first cable may be coupled to a drive and engaged with the first pulley and may be fixed to the first slider such that actuation of the drive moves the first slider and the window pane into the opening. The spring may be disposed between an end of the first cable and a portion of the first slider. The spring may be configured to bias the slider and an edge of the window pane towards the A-side beam or the B-side beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: James Trevarrow, Jeffrey Murtfeldt, Michael Kidd, Terrence Costigan
  • Patent number: 11111713
    Abstract: An operator for a vehicle side door including a metallic outer panel, a metallic inner panel, and a door glass partitioning a storage space between a downward movement locus line of the door glass and the metallic inner panel, the operator including: a drive unit provided in the storage space such that the drive unit overlaps with the downward movement locus line of the door in a width direction of the door; a pinion gear fixed to an output shaft of the drive unit; a rack including a rack gear configured to engage with the pinion gear; and a connecting arm pivotally supported on a vehicle body side bracket fixed to the vehicle body, the connecting arm being connected to a front end of the rack, wherein the side door moves in a direction of opening the door and closing the door in accordance with the movement of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiichi Noguchi, Shungo Ikeno, Shintaro Okawa, Kazuyuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11028629
    Abstract: A door glass assembly is configured to reduce an impact noise generated when a door glass is moved upward/downward and may include a carrier plate coupled to a glass holder to which a door glass of a vehicle is secured. The carrier plate is installed inside a door of the vehicle so as to be movable upward/downward. A module plate, on which the carrier plate is installed so as to be movable upward/downward, is installed inside the door of the vehicle. A driving motor is provided to move the carrier plate upward/downward. The module plate and the carrier plate are provided with an impact noise preventing means for gradually decelerating and stopping the carrier plate when the door glass is being maximally moved upward or downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seok-Hyun Hong, Kwan-Hui Kang, Kuk-Hoon Lee, Soo-Bok Kim, Hee-Won Kang, Hoon-Ju Jo, Jun-Hee An, Ki-Su Kim, Nam-Hee Yun
  • Patent number: 10953731
    Abstract: A door assembly for a motor vehicle comprised of an outer door panel and an inner door panel interconnected to define a door panel structure having an internal door cavity. A collapsible carrier module is configured to be oriented in a collapsed arrangement to facilitate installation into the door cavity through an opening in the inner door panel. The collapsible carrier module can be moved from its collapsed arrangement into an expanded arrangement upon installation within the door cavity to facilitate subsequent mounting to the door panel structure. The collapsible carrier module includes a barrier configured to close off the opening in the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Magna Closures Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Edward Fortin, Eric V. Kalliomaki, Amandeep Kalra
  • Patent number: 10927589
    Abstract: A window regulator includes a metal guide rail provided along an ascending/descending direction of a window of a vehicle, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and moves together with the window, a drum rotationally driven by a motor, a cable that is routed between the drum and the carrier plate via a direction changing member provided at an upper end of the guide rail and pulls the carrier plate, and a cable support that supports the cable between the drum and the direction changing member. The cable support includes a resin slide member allowing the cable to slide thereon and an attached-member receiving portion to which the slide member is attached. The attached-member receiving portion is integrated with the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: JOHNAN MANUFACTURING INC.
    Inventors: Hideo Kashiwabara, Hiroki Shimizu, Yukihide Yamazaki, Wataru Murata
  • Patent number: 10927588
    Abstract: A window regulator includes a guide rail provided along an ascending/descending direction of a window of a vehicle, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and moves together with the window, cables that pulls the carrier plate, a drum that is rotationally driven by a motor, and a housing that includes a drum housing accommodating the drum and a motor housing fixed to the drum housing and accommodating a portion of the motor. The drum housing includes a fitting portion including a fitting hole to insert a lower end of the guide rail and a fastening hole used to fasten the motor housing. The fastening hole of the drum housing is provided at a position overlapping the guide rail in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: JOHNAN MANUFACTURING INC.
    Inventors: Hideo Kashiwabara, Hiroki Shimizu, Yukihide Yamazaki, Wataru Murata
  • Patent number: 10890977
    Abstract: A haptic feedback device for virtual objects includes a head-mounted display unit, an HMD control unit, a haptic feedback unit, and a haptic information DB for storing haptic information in association with each type of virtual object. The HMD control unit includes a display controller that causes a virtual object and a user focus to appear on a display, and a haptic information transmitter that reads, when the user focus is placed over a selectable virtual object, haptic information associated with the type of the selected virtual object from the haptic information DB, and transmits the haptic information to the haptic feedback unit. The haptic feedback unit includes a movable portion movable with a user operation, a movement resistance generator that applies movement resistance to the movable portion, and a power feed controller (movement resistance controller).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Kurimoto, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuya Ueshima, Keisuke Kinoi, Shuichi Akaiwa, Hitoshi Tsuji, Katsutoshi Hata
  • Patent number: 10883301
    Abstract: A control apparatus controlling an opening and closing member for a vehicle, the control apparatus includes a control signal output portion configured to output a motor control signal, and an advance angle value set portion configured to set an advance angle value, the advance angle value being for advancing a phase of the motor control signal when an assist opening and closing operation is performed. The control apparatus is configured to perform the automatic opening and closing operation which causes an opening and closing member to open and close automatically with driving force of the motor, and the assist opening and closing operation which causes the opening and closing member to open and close in such a manner that the driving force of the motor assists a manual operation force applied to the opening and closing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Takenaka, Takeshi Nishikibe, Kohei Kobayashi, Noriyuki Kamiya, Wataru Watanabe, Naoki Sugito
  • Patent number: 10767394
    Abstract: A coupling device for coupling folding elements of a folding device has first and second coupling elements that lock the folding elements relative to each other. The coupling device has a locking device with sliding element whose rearward part, when the second folding element is not closed, is in a rest position in which a locking member of the sliding element engages a locking receptacle of the first coupling element when the coupling elements are latched. In the rest position, the locking member contacts a guiding contour of the second coupling element and unlocking of the locking member from the locking receptacle by pulling on the coupling elements is prevented. When the second folding element is closed, the rearward part of the sliding element contacts the frame causing the locking member to move along the guiding contour out of the locking receptacle; the locking action is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Solarlux GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Nußbaum, Uwe Niehausmeier
  • Patent number: 10619396
    Abstract: A vehicle including a window regulator system is disclosed. The vehicle may include a vehicle door with an outer panel and an inner panel, a window regulator rail positioned between the outer panel and the inner panel, a glass pane which moves along the window regulator rail between the base of the window regulator rail and the top of the window regulator rail, and a rod attached to the window regulator rail. A motor may be configured to move the rod, and the movement of the rod may vary the position of the window regulator rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FARADAY&FUTURE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Kapuskar, Cian John Francis Brogan
  • Patent number: 10604981
    Abstract: A window regulator includes a guide rail provided along an ascending/descending direction of a window, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and moves together with the window, and an ascending-side cable for pulling the carrier plate in the ascending direction and a descending-side cable for pulling the carrier plate in the descending direction. The carrier plate includes a descending-side housing portion and a pressing portion. The descending-side housing portion houses an end of the descending-side cable and a spring provided to apply a tensile force to the descending-side cable. The pressing portion is configured to press toward the guide rail the descending-side cable extending out of the descending-side housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: JOHNAN MANUFACTURING INC.
    Inventor: Tomotaka Shiroma
  • Patent number: 10577849
    Abstract: A cable guide for use with a window regulator assembly includes a body with a first rail support surface and a second rail support surface in a guide rail region, and a cable support surface and a cable retention arm in a cable region. The first rail support surface is configured to pass through an aperture in a guide rail and be placed on a first side of the guide rail and a cable retention arm configured to receive a tensioned drive cable of the window regulator. The cable guide with the first and second rail support surfaces is steadily secured to the guide rail by utilizing the pushing force from the tensioned drive cable. The aperture is located along the guide rail such that the aperture is out of the slide path of the window carrier of the window regulator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: HI-LEX CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventor: Shigeki Arimoto
  • Patent number: 10526832
    Abstract: It is provided a window regulator assembly of a motor vehicle, comprising: a carrier; a guiding device provided on the carrier for guiding a flexible traction means via which an adjusting force produced on an adjustment drive can be transmitted to a window pane to be adjusted; a flexible traction means guided on the guiding device on which at least one driver is fixed, via which the window pane to be adjusted can be connected with the flexible traction means, so that when a force is introduced into the flexible traction means, the driver together with a window pane attached thereto is adjusted by an adjustment drive along a longitudinally extended adjustment path defining an adjustment surface a socket for bearing a deflection element by means of which the flexible traction means can be deflected; and a deflection element pivotally mounted on the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Jan-Wolfgang Gruca, Matthias Heppner
  • Patent number: 10472876
    Abstract: A window regulator (1) provided in a door (9) of a vehicle to raise and lower a windowpane (90) in the door (9) includes a guide rail (20) arranged along the travel direction of the windowpane (90), a wire (3) extending along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail (20), and a traveling body (4) that is guided by the guide rail (20) and travels together with the windowpane (90). The traveling body (4) includes a drum (40) with a part of the wire (3) wound thereon, a motor (5) generating a drive force that rotates and drives the drum (40), and a housing (6) that holds the drum (40) and the motor (5). The motor (5) is more outwardly situated in a vehicle width direction than the guide rail (20) in the door (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: JOHNAN MANUFACTURING INC.
    Inventors: Hiroki Shimizu, Manabu Shimomura, Seiichi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10337231
    Abstract: A powered actuator unit for use in a closure system of a motor vehicle. The powered actuator unit includes a common housing configured to house a brushless DC (BLDC) electronic motor unit, a gear drive unit, a shift support arrangement, and a controller arrangement. The motor unit has a stator unit that includes a plurality of electromagnetic subassemblies each having a carrier and a winding unit. The carrier includes an outer ring segment being planar and an inner ring segment being arcuate and a web segment interconnecting the outer ring segment and the inner ring segment and the plurality of electromagnetic subassemblies are each adapted to abut one another in an annular arrangement upon assembly. The outer ring segments define an outer peripheral surface of the stator unit having a polygonal cross-section and the inner ring segments define a rotor cavity having a circular cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.
    Inventors: Liping Wang, Steven J. Liu, Michael Bayley
  • Patent number: 10190352
    Abstract: This window regulator 1 is provided with a guide rail 31, a carrier plate 32, an ascending-side cable 33, and a descending-side cable 34. The carrier plate 32 has an ascending-side end holder 79 that houses an end 33a of the ascending-side cable 33, and a descending-side end holder 71 that houses an end 34a of the descending-side cable 34. The ascending-side end holder 79 is provided such that the ascending-side cable 33 is outside the guide rail 31. The descending-side end holder 81 is provided such that the descending-side cable 34 is on the guide rail 31. When the carrier plate 32 ascends and descends, the carrier plate 32 ascends and descends along the edges of the guide rail 31. Therefore, in the window regulator, abnormal noise can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Imaoka
  • Patent number: 10166846
    Abstract: A vehicle door module includes a base attached to an opening of an inner panel; a window glass lifting-lowering device attached to the base, the window glass lifting-lowering device provided with a window glass cable for pulling a window glass, a window glass drum for winding the window glass cable, a window glass lifting-lowering motor for rotating the window glass drum, and at least one pulley for guiding the window glass cable; and a support for supporting the pulley, the support being provided to the base and supported by an edge part of the opening of the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki Makino, Hidefumi Katayama, Katsumi Chono, Satoshi Shibayama, Kenta Mori
  • Patent number: 10038314
    Abstract: There is provided a wire harness structure which prevents an extraordinary displacement of a wire harness, and immediately discharges water from the wire harness when the water such as rain water splashes on the wire harness so that the freezing of the residing water and undesirable cutting of wires due to the freezing can be prevented. At an extending portion 13c of the wire harness, a strip-like plate spring 27 and the wires 31 are integrally combined together, and are covered with a mesh-like protective member 33 so that water will not reside therein. Even when water such as rain water splashes on the extending portion 13c, the water is discharged through mesh holes of the protective member 33, and will not reside in the extending portion 13c. Therefore, the freezing of the residing water can be prevented, and the cutting of the wires 31 can be prevented from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Satou, Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9803683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sheath stop including: a hole through which a window lift cable is to pass; and a sheath abutment for locking the sheath of the window lift cable on one side of the sheath stop and wherein, on the other side of the sheath stop, the sheath stop includes a shaft provided so as to be mounted onto a bracket of the sheath stop such that the sheath stop has a freely rotatable mounting configuration on the bracket. The shaft extends transversely to the main orientation of the passage hole, and the passage hole has a partial side clearance that allows the cable a degree of bending freedom within a plane perpendicular to the shaft when the sheath stop freely pivots about the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Eric Simonneau, Nicolas Galliot, Eric Remond, Jean-Louis Robalo
  • Patent number: 9771746
    Abstract: A window regulator includes a guide and an elongated carrier attached to the guide. A drive cable is driven by an actuator to move the carrier relative to the guide. A support cable includes a first end that is attached to a forward edge of a window opening of a door structure. The support cable includes a second end that is attached to a lower end of the guide. A first direction control device is attached to and rotatably supported by the carrier, proximate to a forward edge of the window opening. A second direction control device is attached to and rotatably supported by the carrier, and is disposed rearward of the first direction control device, between the first direction control device and the guide. The support cable is engaged with and guided by the first direction control device and the second direction control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Terrence P. Costigan, Priyank Kodandaram
  • Patent number: 9707827
    Abstract: A window lifter assembly is provided which comprises at least one carrier component and a guide rail fixed at the carrier component, which defines a path of adjustment for a window pane to be adjusted. At least three geometrically differently designed first, second and third fixing regions are provided at the guide rail, which in the properly connected state with a tab each engage into a cutout of an associated fixing region at the carrier component. Identically formed screws are used at the different first, second and third fixing points defined thereby, in order to fix the guide rail at the carrier component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanitgesellschaft, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Rainer Kroack, Frank Wagner, Klaus Hampel, Carsten Haering, Philipp Barthelmann, Heike Wolf
  • Patent number: 9428956
    Abstract: A drive arrangement (1) for actuating a roller sun blind (21) of a motor vehicle has an actuation rod (2) with external thread (3) and a hollow cylinder (4) with internal thread (5). The actuation rod (2) is arranged coaxially in the hollow cylinder (4). The external thread (3) of the actuation rod (2) meshes with the internal thread (5) of the hollow cylinder (4). Thus, relative rotation of actuation rod (2) and hollow cylinder (4) displaces the actuation rod (2) axially relative to the hollow cylinder (4). The actuation rod (2) is guided in non-rotatable fashion, and the hollow cylinder (4) can be rotated by a drive (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Johann, Rainer Hilt, Jonas Kirchner
  • Patent number: 9290077
    Abstract: A system includes a controller and a sensor. The controller is configured to transmit a panel control signal to a motor for the motor to move a movable panel of a vehicle along a path between opened and closed positions. The sensor is configured to detect an object in the path of the panel without monitoring the motor. The sensor is further configured to generate an object signal indicative of an object detected in the path of the panel. Upon receipt of the object signal, the controller is further configured to transmit a panel control signal to the motor to move the panel along the path in an opening direction towards the opened position in order to prevent the panel from entrapping the object. The controller is further configured to communicate with at least one vehicle module over an in-vehicle local area network (LAN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: UUSI, LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. Newman, John M. Washeleski
  • Patent number: 9233599
    Abstract: A door module for a vehicle door comprises an aggregate carrier for holding functional components of the vehicle door and at least one guide section arranged on the aggregate carrier for guiding an adjustment part along an adjustment direction on the aggregate carrier. The at least one guide section is formed at least sectionally flexible and movable perpendicularly to the adjustment direction relative to a rigid section of the aggregate carrier. In this way a door module with an aggregate carrier is provided which can be produced in an easy and cost efficient manner and can be used substantially without structural modifications in different conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Olaf Kriese, Markus Schultz, Yasuo Ohyama, Werner Stammberger
  • Patent number: 9127810
    Abstract: An injection molding machine has a motor power interruption function such that it is determined whether or not the respective contents of preset first and second interruption criterion settings are different from each other. If the contents of the two settings are determined to be different from each other, then a third motor power interrupt signal is output so that at least one of first and second motor power interruption units is cut off in response to the output signal, thereby interrupting power supply to a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Koyama
  • Publication number: 20150143750
    Abstract: A method and system is provided that controls pet access to various different locations and/or objects. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides an automated system whereby pets are identified by sensors and allowed access to various locations and/or objects, such as food contained within a feeder dish for example. The feeder further includes a door structure and control system that keeps the pet safe through the use of a door which is made up of several repeated panels which together move to cover the food when access is not allowed and having a jam sensing system in order to protect pets from being caught in the closing door. Further embodiments employ the system to control access to litter boxes, pet toys, pet watering systems, pet gate access, pet containment systems or pet doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: VET INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: David B. Jalbert, Diane Eaker
  • Patent number: 9021741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a path-controlled adjustment device for a window pane of a motor vehicle, with a carrier assembly, with at least two guideways provided at the carrier assembly, which define an adjustment path for an adjustable window pane and which are spaced from each other transversely to the adjustment path, and with a driver which on the one hand includes means for connection of the window pane to be adjusted and which on the other hand is in engagement with the guideways so as to be longitudinally movable. The carrier assembly consists of at least two carrier elements which are connected with each other at a plurality of fixing points. On at least one carrier element fixing points, via which that carrier element is to be fixed at a further carrier element of the carrier assembly, are connected with each other by reinforcement paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Thomas Huelsebusch, Silvia Enders, Pierre-Dominique Bernard
  • Publication number: 20150101252
    Abstract: A mechanism is obtained for raising and lowering a windowpane, which makes it possible to achieve a satisfactory mounting of a guide rail to a drum housing by visually checking the mounted state of the guide rail to the drum housing without needing a special solution such as providing the drum housing with an inspection hole, and to securely restrict relative movement between the guide rail and the drum housing in the vehicle widthwise direction after completion of the mounting of the guide rail to the drum housing. An engaging projection which projects toward the guide rail is formed at the end of the drum housing on the guide rail side, and an engaging portion, which restricts relative movement between the guide rail and the drum housing in the vehicle widthwise direction by being engaged with the engaging projection from outside to be fixed to the drum housing, is formed at the end of the guide rail on the drum housing side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanao Baba
  • Publication number: 20150096233
    Abstract: In an opening control device in a vehicle door, in order to stop the door at a desired position, a control unit stops power supply to a motor, and a short circuit is made in an electric circuit between a first terminal and a second terminal of the motor. In the electric circuit, there is formed a regenerative brake circuit in which regenerative braking can be applied to rotation of the motor. When the door is positioned within a fully-open-position-adjacent range that is adjacent to a fully-open position of the door, regenerative braking is applied to normal rotation of the motor for opening the door and is not applied to reverse rotation of the motor for closing the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Ayahito Kojima, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Kazuhito Yokomori
  • Publication number: 20150089876
    Abstract: A carriage assembly is disclosed for a garage door drive belt. The assembly includes first and second carriage elements each having inner and outer members adapted to retain an end of the drive belt therebetween. An articulated connection extends between the first and second carriage elements. Also disclosed is a support arrangement for a garage door drive unit, comprising a drive unit hanger for attachment to a garage door structure, the hanger further having a weight-supporting connection to the drive unit, wherein the drive unit position is adjustable while the weight of the drive unit is supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: DAYLEE PTY LTD
    Inventors: Gregory Brian James, Benjamin John Field
  • Publication number: 20150075076
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to motorized closure assembly, comprising: an opening frame configured to fit around the opening; a substantially rectangular closure slab having a closure slab frame configured to surround the substantially rectangular closure slab and sealingly fit within the opening frame; and a motorized driver, wherein the motorized driver is entirely embedded within the closure slab frame or within a combination of the closure slab frame and the opening frame, the motorized driver configured to slidably move the slab between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Yoav Rodan, Giora Silne
  • Publication number: 20150059250
    Abstract: A power door actuation system for moving a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body between an open position and a closed position includes a motor assembly connectable to one of the vehicle door and the vehicle body that is configured to generate a rotational force. A drive shaft is interconnected to the motor assembly and extends from a first end disposed adjacent the motor assembly to a second end. The second end of the drive shaft is rigidly attached to one of a body strap or a door strap of a hinge for transferring the rotational force from the motor assembly to the respective rigidly attached strap to rotate the respective rigidly attached strap relative to the other of the door strap and the body strap for automatically moving the vehicle door between the open and closed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Traian Miu, J. R. Scott Mitchell, Gabriele Wayne Sabatini
  • Patent number: 8966820
    Abstract: In an aspect, a lifter plate is provided that is capable of a relatively strong connection to a vehicle window. The lifter plate includes a lifter plate body including a first side wall and a second side wall configured to receive a vehicle window therebetween, a window holding member positionable in a locking position to prevent the withdrawal of the vehicle window from between the first and second side walls, and a locking member positioned to prevent the movement of the window holding member out of the locking position in the event of a force urging the withdrawal of the vehicle window from between first and second side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Magna Closures, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Broadhead, Raymond Edward Fortin, Traian Miu, Thomas Mellary, James J. Ferri, Donald Harry Smith
  • Patent number: 8935885
    Abstract: A coupled structure with high separation strength and a window regulator. A lift arm (5) is provided with a tapered through-hole (35) provided with a first inner wall portion (33) work-hardened due to plastic deformation and a swell portion (45) having an inner wall surface (41) continuing to an inner wall surface (31) of the tapered through-hole (35) and provided with a second inner wall portion (43) work-hardened due to plastic deformation. A driven gear (3) is provided with a protrusion (51) fit in from the tapered through-hole (35) to the swell portion (45), provided with an outer wall portion (53) work-hardened due to plastic deformation, and having an outer wall surface (55) in close contact with the inner wall surface (31) of the tapered through-hole (35) and at least a part of the inner wall surface (41) of the swell portion (45).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Shiroki Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke Nagai, Tomohiro Kamiura
  • Patent number: 8935886
    Abstract: In an aspect, a window regulator module kit is provided, comprising a guide rail having substantially no helical twist, a carrier plate having a selected mounting arrangement configured to bring the guide rail to a selected helically twisted position when the guide rail is mounted to the carrier plate, a lifter mountable to the guide rail, wherein the lifter is configured to hold a window glass, and a cable drive assembly connectable to the lifter so as to slide the lifter along the arcuate rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Magna Closures Inc.
    Inventors: Milos Pavlovic, Vesna Pavlovic
  • Publication number: 20150013226
    Abstract: An access system for a temperature-controlled storage device includes a perimeter frame and least one display case door mounted within the perimeter frame. The perimeter frame and the at least one display case door are configured to move substantially vertically along a surface of the temperature-controlled storage device between a raised position and a lowered position. The at least one display case door is further configured to move substantially horizontally between an open position and a closed position when the perimeter frame is in the lowered position. The access system further includes a torsion spring and motor assembly coupled to the perimeter frame and configured to move the perimeter frame and the at least one display case door between the raised position and the lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Artwohl, Jack R. Christensen, Virginia Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20150007500
    Abstract: A powered garage door opener is provided for operating a garage door between an open and closed position. The powered garage door opener comprises a main housing mounted adjacent the garage door. An electric motor and gear train assembly is mounted within the main housing and coupled to the garage door to drive the garage door between the open and closed positions. A power supply is mounted within the main housing and electrically connected to the electric motor and gear train assembly. A control module is mounted within the main housing and electrically connected to the power supply and the electric motor and gear train assembly for controlling selective actuation of the electric motor and gear train assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kurt Schatz, J.R. Scott Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20140373454
    Abstract: A power door opening/closing apparatus includes: a first unit including the motor, a first unit case including the motor, a first transmission mechanism received in the first unit case, and a rotation sensor which is received within the first unit case, and which is one of electrical components; and a second unit which includes a second unit case connected to the first unit case by a fixing member, a second transmission mechanism rotatably received within the second unit case, and connected to the first transmission mechanism, and an output shaft connected to an output side of the second transmission mechanism, and arranged to transmit a rotation of the second transmission mechanism to the door, and which does not include an electrical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
  • Patent number: 8915021
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an integrated regulator device of a glass and a curtain for a door, including: a motor provided in a door panel; a drive gear inserted into the motor in a vertical direction, rotatably provided, and having a shaft shape; a glass drum operated together with a glass provided in the door and inserted into the drive gear to move in the vertical direction according to rotation of the drive gear; and a curtain drum operated together with an electric curtain provided in the door, inserted into the drive gear, positioned beneath the glass drum, and moving in the vertical direction according to the rotation of the drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jung Ho Han, Hoo Sang Park
  • Publication number: 20140366450
    Abstract: An opening and closing apparatus includes: a drive unit provided in an opening and closing body which is openably and closeably attached to a main body, and opening and closing the opening and closing body with respect to the main body by driving the opening and closing body using electric power; a secondary energy storage device provided in the opening and closing body and electrically connected to the drive unit in such a manner that the secondary energy storage device can be inductively charged and can supply electric power to the drive unit; and an electric power receiving coil provided in the opening and closing body so as to be capable of facing an electric power transmitting coil which is provided on the main body, and is electrically connected to a primary energy storage device installed on the main body, and electrically connected to the secondary energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kotaro MIZUMA, Gang Xie, Takashi Nakamura, Seiichi Sumiya, Michihiro Asai, Tomio Yasuda, Kazuhiko Ida, Hiroyuki Kishi
  • Patent number: 8904711
    Abstract: A device (1) for attaching a glass pane (200) to a carrier (100) of a window regulator (51) uses a holder (11) mounted in a hole (201) of the glass pane (200). The holder (11) has a first part (12) on a face of the glass pane (200) and a second part (13) on another face of the glass pane (200). The first part (12) and said second part (13) are attached to one another by a hinge (17). The holder (11) has a coupler (16) for coupling and retaining the first part (12) and the second part (13) to one another. The attachment device (1) has a flexible retainer (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Grupo AntolĂ­n-IngenierĂ­a S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Revilla Lopez, Felix Debreda de la Iglesia, David Camara Gomez
  • Publication number: 20140352600
    Abstract: A sliding window assembly includes a window frame and a window cooperable with the window frame and displaceable on the window frame between an open position and a closed position. Operating components of the assembly include a counterbalance connected between the window frame and the window and an optional motor that drives a cable connected to the window. The counterbalance is biased to assist the motor in displacing the window relative to the window frame toward the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Taylor Made Group, LLC
    Inventors: Edward J. Erskine, Michael Trajlinek
  • Publication number: 20140352216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle doors closer comprising a working unit of a vehicle doors closer, comprising a housing, having at least two mounts with clamping holes; at least two guiding elements fixed within the housing; a movable rack with a lock plate, placed within the housing of the door closer so as to move along the guiding elements; an actuation mechanism, transmission element transmitting power from the actuation mechanism to the working unit, connected with one end to the movable rack with a lock plate of the working unit, and connected to the actuation mechanism with the other end; a state detector; a control unit; and a bracket placed on the car body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Viktor Mykolaiovych KAPUSTNYK, Volodymyr Vitaliiovych SAMSONENKO, Serhii Valeriiovych KLIEPCHEV