Motor Driven Patents (Class 49/349)
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Patent number: 8893437Abstract: A window lifter is provided. The window lifter having: first and second guide rails; first and second sliders for driving a window, the first and second sliders being guided in translation by the first guide rail and the second guide rail, respectively; a cable system for driving the sliders along the first and second guide rails, the cable system comprising a cable extending between the first and second guide rails for connecting to corresponding ends of the first and second guide rails, respectively, the first guide rail comprising a holder for fastening the cable between the two corresponding ends of the first and second guide rails that the cable connects.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Inteva Products France SASInventors: Nicolas Galliot, Michael Fever, Eric Simonneau, Stephane Hemond
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Patent number: 8887443Abstract: An X arm type window regulator includes a lift arm, a lift arm bracket, an equalizer arm, and an equalizer arm bracket. The window regulator opens and closes window glass through pivotal movement of the lift arm. The lift arm has two stress-dispersing elongated protrusions provided in respective regions which are located in the vicinity of an annular protrusion provided around a through hole formed in a central portion thereof, the regions being located on the side toward a proximal end portion of the lift arm and located toward two respective edges of the lift arm. The stress-dispersing elongated protrusions have a function of dispersing stress caused by a load imposed on the distal end portion of the lift arm.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Shiroki CorporationInventors: Atsushi Horibe, Takeshi Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20140331560Abstract: A platform screen gate system having a tower, a gate secured to the tower. The gate is movable between an open position, to facilitate access to and from the platform, and a closed position, to block access to and from the platform. The system further includes at least one roller secured to the tower and a track secured to the gate. The track is supported by and movable on the least one roller such that the door cantilevers from the tower and remains above the platform when the door is moved between the open and closed positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATIONInventor: Federico Romero
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Publication number: 20140327353Abstract: A door coupling and rotation assembly and a refrigerator having the same are provided. The refrigerator may include a main body having a storage compartment, at least one door to open and close the storage compartment, and a door coupling and rotation assembly that rotatably couples the at least one door to the main body. A door opening/closing determination device may determine whether or not a user wishes to open the door, and a controller may drive at least one motor in response a signal sensed by the door opening/closing determination device to open or close the at least one door. The assembly may include a hinge bracket coupled to the main body, a hinge shaft coupled to the hinge bracket and defining an axis of rotation of the door, and a motor coupled to the hinge shaft to rotate the at least one door in a forward or reverse direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Woonkyu SEO, Soonho Jung, Jinhee Park
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Publication number: 20140319992Abstract: A refrigerator, includes a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment therein; a door pivotably coupled with the cabinet to open or close the refrigerating compartment; and an auxiliary door-opening device. The auxiliary door-opening device includes: a swing arm, a servo driver which is disposed on the cabinet, has an output shaft coupled with the swing arm, and is configured to drive the swing arm to swing between a first predetermined position in which the swing arm pushes the door to separate from the cabinet and a second predetermined position in which the door is closed onto the cabinet; and a controller configured to actuate the servo driver when receiving a door-opening instruction, so that the servo driver drives the swing arm to move to the first predetermined position and then to return to the second predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicants: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao Chen, Yanping Xu
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Publication number: 20140298725Abstract: There is provided a window regulator in which there is no need to provide a bracket for fixing a stopper and which can surely support an impact caused when the stopper abuts a carrier plate. The window regulator includes: a carrier plate, a guide rail, a direction changing member, a drive unit, a raising wire, and a lowering wire, where the drive unit has a drum, a motor for driving the drum and a housing, and the housing has a drum housing portion for housing the drum, a guide rail connecting portion to be connected to the guide rail, a stopper which abuts the carrier plate when the carrier plate reaches its lower limit position and prevents the carrier plate from further lowering therefrom, and a stopper supporting portion provided below the stopper in the lowering direction of the carrier plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: HI-LEX CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Imaoka
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Patent number: 8844196Abstract: A curtain integrated door regulator structure includes a motor, a drive gear, a drum retainer, a glass driving drum, a curtain driving drum, gear keys and key grooves. The motor generates a rotational driving force to rotate a driving shaft. The drive gear has a shaft receiving hole into which a driving shaft of the motor is fitted. The drum retainer has a spiral groove shaft supporting part spirally coupled to a spiral protrusion disposed on an outer circumference of the drive gear. The glass driving drum and the curtain driving drum are rotatably received in the drum retainer and disposed at an outer side of the drive gear. The gear keys are disposed on the outer circumference of the drive gear. The key grooves are formed in the glass driving drum and the curtain driving drum, respectively, and have a shape corresponding to that of the gear keys.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hoo Sang Park, Jung Ho Han
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Patent number: 8844198Abstract: A multilayer window guiderail is disclosed. The window guiderail includes a rail portion having an outer edge, a rail surface and an opposing rear surface. The rail portion includes a core and an integral rail cover layer disposed on the core. The core includes a first polymer material and the rail cover layer includes a second polymer material. An apparatus for making a multilayer guiderail includes a plurality of die portions having respective cavity portions. The cavity portions are configured to define a die cavity having the shape of the guiderail, at least one of the die portions being a slidable die portion and at least one of the die portions being a fixed die portion. The parting surface of the slidable die portion is configured for sliding translation of its parting surface over the parting surface of the fixed die portion along a translation path.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Inteva Products, LLCInventors: Jayprakash U. Raisoni, Suresh D. Shah, Geoff Barr
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Patent number: 8844199Abstract: A door module for a motor vehicle door includes: a cantilever arm for a railless window lifter, wherein the cantilever arm is formed in one piece with the door module, where the cantilever arm projects beyond an outer edge of the door module, and the cantilever arm has, at at least the end which projects beyond the edge of the door module, a receptacle for a deflection means of a window lifter cable.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbHInventors: Marian Scharf, Frank Böcker, Carles Reig, René Zemmrich
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Publication number: 20140259930Abstract: An example portable gate includes a platform. A frame is mounted to the platform, the platform configured to support a portable weight. A gate is movably supported by the frame. A drive system is configured to open and close the gate in both right-hand operation and left-hand operation based only on direction of travel of the drive system without other modification. A control panel may be operatively associated with the drive system to operate and/or configure operation of the portable gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Chester A. Gilliam
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Publication number: 20140250790Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Thomas Huelsebusch, Silvia Enders, Pierre-Dominique Bernard
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Patent number: 8827027Abstract: A motor car (10) has windows (28, 49) which can have a first H1 fully closed position and a lower H2 position in which water tightness is still provided but opening of a frameless window assembly/door assembly can be achieved more quickly from the point in time in which the door handle 44, 46) is operated. The Hi position may be selected as the vehicle accelerates above a given speed and the H2 position may be selected when the vehicle door is closed, and the window may also have a short-drop H3 lower re-spool H4 position or in the case of a rear window a three quarter lowered H5 position.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.Inventors: Andrew John Syvret, Adrian Charles Morgan Jenkins, William Manuel Walsh
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Patent number: 8826592Abstract: A window regulator device including an object pinching detection unit which includes an input-side rotational member; an output-side rotational member coupled to an output shaft; an elastic member interposed between the input-side rotational member and the output-side rotational member; a cam formed respectively on opposed surfaces of the input-side rotational member and the output-side rotational member; and an object pinching detection switch for performing a switching operation based on the axial movement of the output-side rotational member.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidefumi Katayama, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Ryujiro Akizuki, Koichi Hirota
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Patent number: 8826595Abstract: A window regulator including a drive gear connected to a drive motor, an elongate push-pull member which is open ended and flexible, meshes with the drive gear, and can be pushed and pulled by bidirectional rotations of the drive gear, a carrier which is connected with one end of the elongate push-pull member and is also connected with window glass, and a guide rail which guides the elongate push-pull member and the carrier in a drive path. The window regulator further includes a frame in which a means for fixing and supporting the drive motor, a means for fixing and supporting the guide rail, a means for holding an orbit of the elongate push-pull member in an idle path, and a means for mounting on an object are integrally formed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Teruyuki Nakamura, Tsutomu Iwaya, Toshiyuki Kanai, So Takakura
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Publication number: 20140245666Abstract: A door opening/closing device for use in a vehicle is provided with a driving member. The driving member has a permanent-magnet motor provided with two terminals and an output member, which is rotationally driven by the permanent-magnet motor. The driving member is mounted on either a vehicle body or a vehicle door and is coupled to the other via the output member. As the output member rotates, the vehicle door opens or closes. The door opening/closing device is also provided with a switching device configured to switch the permanent-magnet motor between an energizable state, in which the permanent-magnet motor can receive electricity through the two terminals, and a brake state, in which the terminals are short-circuited. The switching device switches the permanent-magnet motor into the brake state when the vehicle door is in any position other than the fully closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiko Ishida, Wataru Otake, Takeshi Nishikibe
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Patent number: 8819995Abstract: A window regulator and a jig to facilitate assembly. The window regulator includes a drum configured to be able to rotate in a normal direction/reverse direction, an annular wire 71 partly wound around a drum, guide members 81, 83, 91 and 93 configured to guide the wire 71 in such a manner that the wire 71 is arranged along a direction of upward and downward movement of a window glass 53, slack preventing means configured to urge the wire 71 in a stretching direction and eliminate the slack of the wire 71, and window glass mounting means 101 and 103 configured to mount the window glass 53 to a portion of the wire 71 extending along the direction of upward and downward movement of the window glass 53, and a bracket 131 being mounted rotatably on the inner panel and having the guide member 83, and being configured to guide the guide member 83 to a mounting position on the inner panel is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Shiroki Kogyo Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha KabushikiInventors: Kimihiro Kinoshita, Koji Kawamatsu
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Patent number: 8818646Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling and adjusting a motor-driven adjusting device, especially a window lifter, a seat adjusting device or a sliding roof of a motor vehicle, comprising an anti-jamming protection. The motor drive is switched off or blocked at a value below a predetermined load limit when said predetermined load limit is exceeded. The aim of the invention is to provide a method with which the adjusting device is subjected to as little loads as possible under all operating conditions. To this end, state variables of the motor drive are continuously detected and the load actually generated by the motor drive is determined from said state variables on the basis of a mathematical model of the drive.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2001Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Peter Heinrich, Mike Eichhorn
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Publication number: 20140230963Abstract: Mechanism for controlling a device for sealingly connecting an enclosure and a container, with the enclosure comprising a door (10) and the container comprising a door (14), with the door (10) of the enclosure containing the control mechanism (D), with that comprising a male element (34) cooperating with a recess of the door (14) of the container, with this male element (34) being rotatably movable about and translatably movable along a longitudinal axis (X) and is capable of being accommodated in the recess of the door (14), of locking the two doors (10, 14) together and of unlocking the door (14) of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Getinge la CalheneInventors: Jean-Pierre Simon, Bernard Chavrot, Christophe Dufour
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Publication number: 20140190081Abstract: A delivery door may include a frame having a slot, an interior flange and an exterior flange. A panel may be attached to the frame and comprise a closed configuration and an open configuration. A securing device may be connected to the frame and the panel. The securing device may be a remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly. In certain embodiments, the panel may have a handle and a stopper. The panel may also be motorized. The delivery door may include a receptacle attached to the internal flange and the frame. The delivery door may be attached to a cut out portion of the structure. The securing device may be controlled from a wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventor: Samuel Solomon Wanjohi
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Patent number: 8763323Abstract: An grain silo lid including a frame surrounding a grain silo roof lid and having a slidegate member mounted within the frame that operationally engages an actuation mechanism within the frame and that slidingly engages a plurality of roller-element bearing assemblies disposed within the frame first and second sides upon activation of the actuation mechanism to cover a top end of a grain silo.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Inventor: Westley A. Even
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Patent number: 8739467Abstract: A guide cover that guides attachment of a window pane to a mounting bracket includes a body operable to removably attach to a first portion of the mounting bracket to position the body in an attached position relative to the mounting bracket. The body, the mounting bracket, and the window pane are operable to be moved as a unit by the regulator assembly with the body in the attached position. Moreover, the guide cover includes a guide surface included on the body. The guide surface and the second portion of the mounting bracket define an opening into a channel when the body is in the attached position. The guide surface is operable to guide the window pane through the opening into the channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Chrysler Group LLCInventors: Christopher D. Reno, Robert E. Ciborowski, Mihaela Colfescu
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Patent number: 8726573Abstract: A position detection unit includes a rotational member rotatable by a rotational drive force of an output shaft, an operation lever configured to avoid engaging with the rotational member when an a position of a window glass is situated out of an insensitive area, and engage with the rotational member when the position of the window glass is situated within the insensitive area, the operation lever being rotated by the rotational drive force of the output shaft transmitted via the rotational member when the operation lever engages with the rotational member, and an insensitive area detection switch for performing a switching operation based on a rotational operation of the operation lever.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidefumi Katayama, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Ryujiro Akizuki
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Patent number: 8720114Abstract: A window regulator prevents a carrier plate from derailing from a guide rail by preventing the generation of a force which is applied when the carrier plate and a stopper member collide with each other and which lifts up the carrier plate. In the window regulator, an impact absorption body is installed in a press fitting recess of the carrier plate. The impact absorption body is made of an elastic material for absorbing an impact caused by a collision between the carrier plate and the stopper member that regulates a slide position of the carrier plate. A collision surface formed on the stopper member is tilted toward the carrier plate with respect to a plane that is perpendicular to an axis of the guide rail such that the collision surface pushes the carrier plate down toward the guide rail when it collides with the impact absorbing body.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Hi-Lex CorporationInventor: Masayuki Matsushita
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Publication number: 20140123559Abstract: A non-handed door operator comprising a motor connected to a mounting plate; at least one gear assembly coupled to the motor and having a driven gear and a driving gear; a gear coupled to the at least one gear assembly; a shaft fixed to the gear and rotatable around an axis in a first rotational direction, the shaft having a first end and an opposing second end; at least one cam positioned on the shaft and having a shell of revolution about the shaft axis; at least one switch intersecting the shell of revolution of the at least one cam; and an arm attachable to the first end and the second end of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Inventor: Paul Jules Krivoy
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Patent number: 8707623Abstract: A window opening device for use in an automobile door. The device including a motor having a drive gear comprised of a tooth region and a head region. The diameter of the head region is greater than the diameter of the tooth region. A sector gear engages the tooth region and the head region overlaps the sector gear. A first lever arm has a drive end engaging the sector gear and a window end engaging a window. The motor is secured to a body plate configured for mounting to a door. The body plate includes an opening through which the drive gear passes to facilitate engagement with the sector gear.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masatoshi Mori, Kenichi Kitayama
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Patent number: 8701347Abstract: A carrier for connection of a window pane to a window lift of a motor vehicle comprises guiding claws spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of a guide rail of the window lift for guiding the carrier on the guide rail. The carrier includes a window pane holder for connecting the window pane with the carrier and an adjusting device for adjusting the position and/or orientation of the window pane with respect to the guide rail. To ensure an exact bearing of the window pane on an associated sealing contour on a motor vehicle body with simple constructive means, little mounting effort and few components, at least one guiding claw is adjustable in a direction vertical to the longitudinal extension of the guide rail or in longitudinal extension of the guide rail and vertical to the longitudinal extension of the guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Klaus Hampel, Juergen Knorr, Erik Langmann, Michael Rattei
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Publication number: 20140102006Abstract: An internally powered sliding panel has a power source and drive train contained internally within the stiles and rails of a frame. A driven wheel is rotatably mounted on the frame and connected to the power source via the drive train. The panel may further include a lift system including a second power source, a lift mechanism, and a lift drive which are contained internally within the stiles and rails of the frame. The power sources, drive train, lift mechanism, and lift drive may be contained completely inside the stiles and rails of the frame. The movement of the panel along a fixed path, and the raising and lowering of the panel, may be regulated by a control system. The control system includes a microcontroller and sensor used to determine the position of the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Inventor: Brad Mickelson
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Patent number: 8661735Abstract: The invention, in certain embodiments, specifies an actuation method for an electric window winder (10) of a front window (1) of a vehicle (3) without a B-pillar and with a moveable rear window (2), which actuation method allows all the windows to be closed in a particularly rapid and reliable manner. According to the method, provision is made for the front window (1) to be closed by the window winder (10), taking into consideration a trapping-prevention means (25). Furthermore, a closing condition is checked during the actuation method. If, on account of this closing condition, it can be assumed that trapping prevention-related reversing of the front window (1) has been caused by a collision with the rear window (2), the front window (1) is closed again after the trapping prevention-related reversing operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., KG., HallstadtInventor: René Zellmer
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Patent number: 8661738Abstract: A door frame for a vehicle includes a door frame, a window regulator mounted to the door frame for opening and closing a window pane, and a door lining mounted to the door frame. A plurality of mounting apertures is defined in the door frame, including at least one first mounting aperture for mounting the window regulator and at least one second mounting aperture for mounting the door lining. An isolating aperture is defined in the door frame between the at least one first aperture and the at least one second aperture for isolating the at least one second aperture from the at least one first aperture to thereby reduce lateral forces imparted to the door frame from the window regulator from transferring to the door lining.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Trent Bozzo, Kozo Kusumoto, Kenichi Kitayama
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Publication number: 20140047768Abstract: A motorized closure assembly is provided that includes 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: NEW VISION YEZIROT ALUMINUM LTD.Inventors: Oren Vaknin, Yoav Rodan, Giora Silne
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Publication number: 20140047770Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: New Vision Yezirot Aluminum Ltd.Inventors: Oren Vaknin, Yoav Rodan, Moti Levi, Giora Silne
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Publication number: 20140041303Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.Inventors: Douglas G. Broadhead, Raymond Edward Fortin, Traian Miu, Thomas Mellary, James J. Ferri, Donald Harry Smith
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Publication number: 20140020299Abstract: Provided is a small plug door device capable of performing an opening/closing operation and a plugging operation with a door drive mechanism for causing a force in a vehicle front-rear direction to act on a door, and further applicable also to a one-panel sliding door. A slide base 12 is installed slidably in a vehicle width direction relative to a fixed base 11. A door drive mechanism 13 for moving one door 104 in a vehicle front-rear direction via a connecting portion 19 has a drive portion 13a including an electric motor 21, a drive wheel member 13b, a follower wheel member 13c, and an endless member 13d, and is installed on the slide base 12. A guide portion 15 guides a shaft portion 14 provided on the connecting portion 19 so as to move the shaft portion 14 in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: NABTESCO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutama Takahashi, Atsuhito Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140007507Abstract: Disclosed is a window regulator that reduces thrust-down noises by minimizing the moment of rising even when the window glass reaches the lower edge, and improves the durability of an elastic member. The window regulator (10) is provided with: a carrier plate (12) that holds the window glass; a guide rail (11) that freely guides the carrier plate up and down; a direction switching member (13) disposed at the top end of the guide rail; inner cables (16, 17) that pass over the direction changing member, and are connected to the carrier plate (12); and a drive mechanism (14) that reciprocatingly drives the inner cables. An elastic member (28) is disposed on the lower edge of the carrier plate (12). A receiving section (27), which comes into contact with the elastic member (28) and controls the descent of the carrier plate, is disposed on the drive mechanism (14) housing (25). The receiving section (27) has an inclined surface (44) inclined in such a manner as to rise with increasing distance from the guide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: HI-LEX CORPORATIONInventor: Taiji Umemura
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Publication number: 20140000169Abstract: In a planetary gear mechanism of a vehicle door closer device, a planetary gear meshes with a sun gear and a ring gear. When the ring gear turns in one direction, the planetary gear orbits while it turns on its own axis. A closing lever is pivoted on the planetary gear and turns with orbiting of the planetary gear to move the latch to a full-latch position to enable the door to close. When the ring gear turns in the other direction, the planetary gear turns on its own axis and the sun gear turns to allow the ratchet to release from the latch to to enable the door to open. The planetary gear mechanism slows down a motor and a motion is transmitted to the ratchet to enable the ratchet to release from the latch. When the motor stops, the motion is disconnected to enable the ratchet to return to engagement with the latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Kazuhito Yokomori, Kohei Yamashita
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Publication number: 20130333290Abstract: A vehicle door opening device comprises a drive unit, an opening cable and a closing cable. The drive unit comprises a housing, a motor mounted to the housing and having armature, and a drum rotated by the motor. At a vertex of the housing, an exterior angle was approximately right angles. The axis of the armature is perpendicular to a side of the housing having the vertex at the end. The drive unit can be made smaller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Hiroshi ISHIGAKI, Kazuhito Yokomori
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Publication number: 20130326957Abstract: A sliding door drive assembly is provided for a vehicle. The assembly includes at least one grooveless drum. The drum has a cable wrap surface and is rotatable to wind cable thereon and unwind cable therefrom. A guide is positioned to be aligned generally with a first axial edge of the cable wrap surface. As cable is wrapped on the drum, the angle of the cable (due to the position of the guide) biases the cable towards the first axial edge, so that successive wraps of cable are snuggly positioned adjacent prior wraps. In another aspect, a cable drum includes a ramp at a second axial edge of the cable wrap surface, which guides the cable radially outwardly to start a second layer of wraps of cable on the first layer of wraps. In another aspect, an absolute position sensor is provided for a powered sliding door.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Magna Closures Inc.Inventors: Nebojsa Djordjevic, Kristopher B. Rogers
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Publication number: 20130318876Abstract: A method of fixing a drive motor in a window regulator is provided which enables mounting operations to be facilitated. The window regulator includes the drive motor, an elongate push-pull member, and a frame. The frame has a guide portion for guiding the elongate push-pull member, a motor-fixture portion for mounting the drive motor, a motor mounting hole, and a positioning regulating portion for positioning the drive motor. The method includes the steps of: mounting the drive motor on the motor-fixture portion; rotating the drive motor with an output shaft of the drive motor as a center of rotation to bring a portion of the drive motor into contact with the positioning regulating portion; and connecting the drive motor with the frame through the motor mounting hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: So Takakura, Tatsuaki Uehara
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Publication number: 20130318875Abstract: A power actuator for a window in a building includes a drive unit, a cable system, and a controller. The drive unit is positioned within a sill of the window. The cable system is engagable with the drive unit for moving a pane of the window relative to a window frame between an opened position and a closed position. The controller is electrically coupled to the drive unit and a power outlet located in the building and connected to an external power grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventor: Eric Hansen
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Patent number: 8595979Abstract: A vehicle rear door includes a door panel, a door frame, a division bar, and a movable window. The movable window has a flange portion formed with teeth. The division bar includes upper and lower division bars which are separately arranged and respectively guide the flange portion so that a part of the teeth is exposed between the upper and lower division bars. Each of the upper and lower division bars has a guide wall that guides an end surface of the flange portion which is opposite to the teeth. Each of the upper and lower division bars has a mount portion. The vehicle rear door further includes a motor unit bracket fixed to the mount portions of the upper and lower division bars and supporting a pinion that is engaged with the exposed teeth between the upper and lower division bars.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota JidoshokkiInventors: Yasushi Iimori, Kenji Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8595977Abstract: A driving system for an automatic sliding door includes a driver and a rack and pinion mechanism. The pinion is selectively attachable to the driver in a first position to cause sliding movement of the door in the first direction and in a second position to cause sliding movement of the door in the second direction. A device for indicating whether a driving system is suitable for driving a sliding door includes a first end, a region including one or more calibrations; and a second end. The first end is adapted to be pulled by a user. The second end is adapted to be selectively and detachably attached to one of the calibrations. The region is located between the first end and the second end.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Autoslide Pty LtdInventors: Mark Steven Hancock, Tim Gulliver
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Publication number: 20130305609Abstract: A pet door with locking flaps, or lockable pet door. The lockable pet door includes a barrier flap surrounded by one or more locking flaps mounted in the pet door frame. The locking flaps, the barrier flap, and the pet door frame cooperate to provide selective direction control allowing ingress, egress, both, or neither. Each locking flap is independently and selectively attached to the frame of the pet door to prevent movement of the locking flap. Each locking flap defines a through opening. In use, the animal passes through the locking flap on the entry side of the pet door and the locking flap on the exit side moves with the barrier flap. When locked, each locking flap prevents the barrier flap from pivoting to that side of the pet door blocking passage in that direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Radio Systems CorporationInventor: Jason R. Graves
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Publication number: 20130283692Abstract: A method is provided for lowering a window pane that is lowered from a starting position by a defined distance by means of a window lifter in a motor vehicle door body after a state signal is received. The state signal is triggered by the actuation of a seatbelt buckle. By using the seatbelt buckle for the purposes of emitting the signal, the window panes are lowered by a defined distance only if the motor vehicle operator or other motor vehicle occupants want to exit the motor vehicle with a high degree of probability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Torsten ZAWADE, Ralf BORNGRAEBER, Michael WISTRACH
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Patent number: 8555550Abstract: A method of fabricating a window regulator includes the step of providing a cable, a window connection on the cable, sheaths for protecting the cable, cable direction-changers, a cable winding drum, a drum support plate, and springs. The method further includes the steps of passing the cable between the direction-changers, inside the springs, inside the sheaths, and around the drum. The method further includes the steps of tensioning a first cable run extending through a first sheath between a first direction-changer and the drum, tensioning the first cable run urging the first sheath against the drum support plate, and compressing a first spring between the first sheath and the support plate. The method further includes the steps of locking the drum against rotation, compressing a second spring between a second sheath and the support plate, and locking the second spring. A window regulator can include the above features.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Inteva Products France SASInventors: Jean-Louis Robalo, Michel Mounie
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Patent number: 8555549Abstract: A window regulator cable tensioner includes a screw and nut assembly having an irreversible thread lead angle, a first spring to absorb reversible slack in the cable, and a second spring to actuate movement of the screw and nut assembly. The stiffness of the first spring is greater than the stiffness of the second spring. The cable tensioner absorbs the reversible slack in the cable differently from irreversible slack in the cable.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Inteva Products France SASInventors: Patrice Cardine, Denis Chevy, Christophe Gavaret
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Publication number: 20130212948Abstract: An operating assembly for use with a door is disclosed. The operating assembly has a motor housed in an enclosure that is positioned in a floor cavity. The motor rotates a drive spindle. An actuator assembly is attached to the floor. An actuator track is attached to the enclosure and has a slot configured to receive at least a portion of the drive spindle. A first converter is positioned at one end of the actuator track and is coupled to the drive spindle. A second converter is positioned at the other end of the actuator track. A drive element attached to a bottom surface of the door is positioned in the track. A transfer device couples the first and second converters to the drive element. During operation, the motor rotates the drive spindle and the first converter to move the transfer device to move the drive element and the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: Opcon International Holdings, L.P.Inventor: Opcon International Holdings, L.P.
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Publication number: 20130205669Abstract: A window regulator including a drive gear connected to a drive motor, an elongate push-pull member which is open ended and flexible, meshes with the drive gear, and can be pushed and pulled by bidirectional rotations of the drive gear, a carrier which is connected with one end of the elongate push-pull member and is also connected with window glass, and a guide rail which guides the elongate push-pull member and the carrier in a drive path. The window regulator further includes a frame in which a means for fixing and supporting the drive motor, a means for fixing and supporting the guide rail, a means for holding an orbit of the elongate push-pull member in an idle path, and a means for mounting on an object are integrally formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Teruyuki Nakamura, Tsutomu Iwaya, Toshiyuki Kanai, So Takakura
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Patent number: 8453383Abstract: A window clip for connecting a window to a window lift includes a clip body having a generally U-shaped profile and a window lift connector attached to the clip body. The clip body includes a pair of generally opposed side walls connected at a closed bottom portion with an opening opposite therefrom, each opposed side wall having an inner face and having a single concave curvilinear surface on the inner face. An isolator is adapted to fit into a clip body. The isolator has a convex curvilinear portions adapted to fit and nest within the concave curvilinear surfaces on each inner face.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Inteva Products, LLCInventors: Geoffrey Barr, Kristopher M. Flowers
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Publication number: 20130133263Abstract: A high-speed door assembly for selectively permitting and prohibiting access through an opening in a wall, or other blocking structure, the door assembly having a shaft or drum located proximate the wall or other blocking structure and outside of the opening, and the shaft or drum having a longitudinal axis, and, a flexible door panel attached to the shaft or drum so as to be capable of being wound and unwound about the drum for selectively permitting and prohibiting access through the opening, the door panel being wound on the shaft or drum in an orientation such that the door panel defines at least one vertical plane when unwound from the shaft or drum, the vertical plane being spaced farther from the wall than the longitudinal axis of the shaft or drum is spaced from the wall or other blocking structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: RYTEC CORPORATIONInventor: Rytec Corporation
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Publication number: 20130118079Abstract: A door assembly includes a first door skin, a second door skin spaced apart from the first door skin and a door operator disposed between the first door skin and the second door skin. An arm extends from the door operator. The door operator includes a motor moving the arm to move the door between a closed position and an open position and between the open position and the closed position. A current sensor generates a current signal corresponding to the current to the motor. A position sensor in communication with the door arm generates a position signal corresponding to the position of the door relative to the frame. A controller communicates with the sensor and the motor. The controller controls a motor current to the motor in response to the current signal and the position signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Leon Yulkowski, Gerard Edwards, Steve Gebhart