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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7185458 | Protective flange for a window opening The present invention is directed to a flange attached to a window panel with an opening. The flange prevents an object from contacting the bottom edge of the opening as the object is passed through the opening. Moreover, the cargo rests on the flange rather than th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7114389 | Rain sensor arrangement Rain sensor arrangement for an operator for a window, said window comprising a frame, a sash pivotable with respect to said frame, and a pane mounted in said sash. The operator is adapted for pivoting said sash between a closed and an open position and vice versa, a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7069696 | Assembly An assembly including a door panel, a window regulator housing component, and a window regulator drive system component. The door panel is secured to the window regulator housing component by a deformed portion to provide a subassembly. The deformed portion is utili... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7003916 | Horizontal slider window assembly A vehicular rear window assembly for a vehicle comprises a first fixed pane, a second fixed pane, and a sliding pane, which is supported for horizontal movement between open and closed positions. The window assembly includes a support system with an upper horizontal... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6955009 | Power slider window assembly A vehicular sliding window assembly of the present invention includes first and second spaced apart fixed window panes and a polymeric member provided on perimeter portions of the fixed window panes. The polymeric member forms a gasket and includes at least one lowe... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6430876 | Door hardware interconnected with overlying reinforcement plate A system for reinforcing door hardware used to associate a door with a door jamb. The door hardware includes a substantially flat body and a projection extending transversely to the body. The hardware is coupled to the jamb and the projection is at least ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6125773 | Cable system for operating furnace doors A cable system for raising and lowering a door of an industrial furnace utilizes a pair of vertically extending cables having lower ends connected to the door and upper ends connected to shaft-carried sheaves that are rotated concurrently to cause upper p... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6119401 | Dual-slider window regulator with three flexible, inextensible drive members A window regulator for moving a pair of slidable window panes toward and away from one another utilizes three flexible, inextensible members such as cables to achieve a pull open/pull closed mode of operation of the slidable panes. First and second of the... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6021605 | Connector arm for power window assembly A power window assembly in a vehicle includes a slidable window pane mounted to the vehicle for movement in a first lateral direction to an open position and in a second lateral direction to a closed position. The assembly includes at least one mounting b... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5784833 | Silding window with motor-driven regulator A motor-driven window regulator for use with a horizontally sliding window installed in the rear window opening of a pickup truck cab. The sliding window is moved between a closed position wherein it fills a gap between two fixed, outboard mounted windows... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5502925 | Window sash actuating mechanism A mechanism for opening and closing the sash of a window which includes first and second sash brackets, a drive mechanism, first and second flexible timing belts, structure for connecting the timing belts to the sash brackets and mechanisms for connecting... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5435101 | Operating mechanism for sliding window and door sashes An operating mechanism for sliding a sash of a window or door. The mechanism includes an open spiral having a hollow, longitudinally extending center; rotator for rotating the open spiral around its center; and coupling element for coupling the open spira... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5301734 | Window mechanism A window assembly is disclosed which provides for automatic raising, lowering and locking of a window unit. The assembly includes a lower window frame having threaded holes in the side members thereof and an upper window frame having a motor mounted there... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5191993 | Device for the shifting and tilting of a vessel closure A cylindrical vessel is closed at its end by a cover. To facilitate opening, the cover is tiltably mounted at its sides on supporting blocks. By means of spindles, the two supporting blocks can be raised and lowered. At least one swivel arm is tiltably ar... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5040332 | Pneumatic door operator An operator system for a counterbalanced door includes a rodless fluid cylinder that has a cylinder body and a rodless piston adapted for reciprocation in the cylinder body. A carriage which is adapted for reciprocation externally along the length of the ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4901474 | Pneumatic door operator having novel pneumatic actuator and lock A power door operator for transit vehicles utilizing a rodless pneumatic cylinder as a prime mover in opening and closing doors in the sidewall of a transit vehicles. Door movement having a controlled, predetermined door edge force is achieved through mec... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4370826 | Shutter shields (R), auto-mated thermal shutters for glass areas This disclosure is an automated method of opening and closing thermal insulation shutters used in combination with glass windows, glass sliding doors, glass walls or solar panels and the like disposed, in large buildings such as green houses, high rise co... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4365441 | Shutter shields (TM) in combination with an outer and inner glass area means A thermal Shutter Shield (R) device comprised of an outer periphery support frame which supports an outer glass area means and an inner glass area means in a parallel mode, the glass area means are normally called windows, glass sliding doors or glass wal... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4211039 | Door assembly A door assembly including a door associated with a guide which is disposed in an orientation perpendicular to the plane of a door opening formed in a wall, and a guide follower mounted on the door to run along the guide. In one embodiment the guide follow... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4186523 | Skylight operating means A drive system for a movable closure member movable along rail sets carried on opposed sides of the frame of a structure includes a rail set on each side of at least one pair of opposed sides of the frame. Each rail set includes first and second laterally... | 02/05/1980 |
