| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 292000000 | BOLT RELEASERS | 7 |
| 292254000 | Free-end-engaging means | 5 |
| 20090152878 | RESETTABLE RELEASE LATCH - A resettable securement latch for a panel which allows release of the panel upon a predetermined pressure across the panel and includes means incorporating a frangible element which can be quickly restored to resecure the panel to its original position and condition. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090289462 | COVER LATCH MECHANISM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A cover latching mechanism ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100026015 | Appliance Access Door Strike Assemblies For Addressing Latch Operation Issues Arising From Dimensional Variances - A technique and various door/latch structures are provided to deal efficiently and effectively with excessive appliance door closure/opening forces that can arise in the case that the door strike extension depth is not ideally matched to the relative location of the mating latch mechanism. This is particularly useful in connection with the use of a push-push style access door that must be compressed against a compressible seal gasket in order to effect both opening and closing of the door. A strike member is mounted to one of an appliance cabinet and door so as to be engagable with a latch mechanism when the door is in the closed position. The installing involves initially tentatively mounting the strike in a first of at least two provisioned ways, to thereby provide a first of at least two different strike extension depths. The door operation is then tested to determine whether an excessive operation force is required in order to open or close the door. Upon determining that an excessive operation force is required to open or close the door, the strike member is removed from its initial mount and remounted in a second of the at least two provisioned ways, to thereby provide a second of the at least two different strike extension depths. In another aspect, a limited amount of z-axis play of the strike is permitted to avoid inadvertent unlatching, e.g., of a push-push latch, upon a slam of the door shut. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100237634 | Adaptive Door Handles - A force adjustment system that inhibits door handle actuation is provided. The force adjustment system includes a sensor configured to provide a signal in response to an input. An energy source is configured to provide an output in response to the signal. A force adjustment component is configured to be linked to a door handle assembly. The force adjustment component comprises a material having a property that is changed in response to the output provided by the energy source to change a force applied to a handle of the door handle assembly. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20160024822 | PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - In a push-button switch device for a vehicle including a case fixed to a vehicle body or a lid openably and closably mounted on the vehicle body, a push-button that forms a housing chamber in cooperation with the case and supported on the case configured for a pushing operation, and a switch housed in and fixed to the housing chamber for changing a switching mode thereof in response to a pushing operation of the push-button, a through passage is formed in the case, the through passage having one end part thereof communicating with the housing chamber, and an air vent hole is provided in the case, the air vent hole providing communication between the other end part of the through passage and the outer panel. Such configuration prevents water from entering a housing chamber thereby avoiding deterioration of the push-button, and enabling the housing chamber to breath. | 01-28-2016 |
| 292255000 | Foot operated | 2 |
| 20130207406 | FOOT-OPERATED DOOR-OPENER - A foot-operated door-opener, includes a foot-operated actuator element provided in a lower region of a door for opening the door. The foot-operated actuator element includes an upper and a lower foot surface element that are connected to each other by a hinge and, when operated by a user's foot, each upper and lower foot surface element pivots at least partially into the interior of the door. The one or more upper and lower foot surface elements are guided in a guide slot, and the guide slot may have a course which is diagonal, vertical, paraboloid-like, or a combination of such. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140353985 | Foot-Operated Door-Opener - A foot-operated door-opener, includes a foot-operated actuator element provided in a lower region of a door for opening the door. The foot-operated actuator element includes an upper and a lower foot surface element that are connected to each other by a hinge and, when operated by a user's foot, each upper and lower foot surface element pivots at least partially into the interior of the door. The one or more upper and lower foot surface elements are guided in a guide slot, and the guide slot may have a course which is diagonal, vertical, paraboloid-like, or a combination of such. | 12-04-2014 |
