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Closure fasteners January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/10

20100019509 - Fastener: One exemplary embodiment can be a fastener. The fastener can include a body. Generally, the body, in turn, includes a first end, a second end, and a protrusion. Usually, each end is adapted to engage a respective catch, where the at least a portion of the ends are generally aligned... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100019510 - Door handle apparatus: A door handle apparatus includes first and second handle cases constituting a door handle, a rotational-portion extending portion, an operational-portion extending portion, and a lock detection electrode of an electrostatic capacity sensor detecting that a door lock command is inputted, on the basis of a fluctuation of electrostatic capacity. The... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100019511 - Cover assembly for a vehicle storage compartment striker: An improved method and apparatus relating to vehicle storage compartments is disclosed. Specifically, the apparatus relates to the concealment of vehicle storage compartment strikers and the method of manufacturing the apparatus. The improvement relates to the elimination of some metal components while maintaining durability of the apparatus.... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

20100019512 - Vehicle side door assembly: A side door of a motorized vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to a latch mechanism being adapted to cooperate and to engage with a latch member disposed at a door frame. The side door assembly further has an actuator for unlatching the latch mechanism. Further, the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20100019513 - Window lock keeper: The sash lock includes an actuator for engaging a keeper. The keeper is mounted on a style of one of the sash windows. The actuator has an actuator arm and a cam. The cam has a cam surface for engaging a keeper surface. When the cam surface engages the keeper... Agent: Attn: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20100019514 - Component assembly with a retaining function, holding-open system and method for the operation thereof: The invention relates to a component (10) with a retaining function, comprising at least one first element (16) and at least one second element (26) which are arranged movably with respect to each other, at least one magnetizable component (18) with residual properties, a magneto-rheological fluid (38) or magnetic powder... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100019516 - Door furniture mounting assembly: A door furniture mounting assembly (10, 10′) including a relatively smaller rosette (12) with a handle side and a door side. The door side of the rosette (12) includes at least one exterior recess (24) adapted for rotational and axial engagement with at least one inwardly extending protuberance (32) on... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100019515 - Resilient device for door handle and knob: The resilient device contains two intermediate plates stacked and sandwiched between two outer plates. The intermediate plates have a center opening for accommodating a rotational seat and a spiral spring in the gap between the rotational seat and the intermediate plates. The ends of the spiral spring are attached to... Agent: Leong C Lei

20100013244 - Lock system: A post-like portion 32 which projects in an axial direction and double side projecting portions 33, 33 which project from end portion of the post-like portion to both sides are provided at a connecting end portion 3c of a slide pin 3 into a cam member 4 of the lock... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20100013245 - Auxiliary power unit inlet door actuation mechanism: An inlet door and actuation mechanism for an auxiliary power unit has an actuation mechanism mounted within a housing. The housing includes a bearing mount for allowing a bearing on the mechanism to adjust angularly as the inlet door pivots. The bearing mount and bearing provides a fireproof enclosure between... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100013246 - Double lock override mechanism for vehicular passive entry door latch: In a particular embodiment, the door latch system includes a ratchet, a pawl, a release lever, a lock link, a double lock lever and a double lock override lever. The ratchet is movable between a closed position for holding a striker, and an open position. The pawl is movable between... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20100013247 - Recessed latching device for breakout sliding doors and patio doors: A recessed latch handle is provided that permits one sliding door to fully open and slide over another sliding door, and it permits a trackless breakout sliding door to fully open in the breakout position. The latch handle is designed with an adjustable hook and it extends from the latch... Agent: Robert L. Rispoli Clayman, Tapper & Baram, LLC

20100013248 - Sentinel event reducing safety knobs: There is disclosed herein a suicide prevention door handle and shower handle wherein each is designed to eliminate any area or structure that could be used to hold a belt, piece of clothing or the like as an aid in committing suicide by hanging. In each case, the safety knob... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20100007154 - Exit device: An exit device includes a housing, a latchbolt coupled to and movable relative to the housing, and an auxiliary bolt coupled to the housing and movable relative to the latchbolt. The exit device also includes a deadlock link coupled to the housing and movable relative to the latchbolt and the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100007155 - Foldable electronic device: An exemplary foldable electronic device includes a first cover, a second cover coupled to the first cover and a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism includes a hooking portion disposed on the first cover and a latching portion formed on the second cover. The hooking portion has a hook, the latching... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100007156 - Glove box striker with box clip attachment feature: The present invention provides a striker with a box clip feature. The striker may be mounted to a support structure for engagement with a latch mechanism. The striker may include a body for mounting to a support structure, such as an instrument panel in a vehicle. The striker may include... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20100007157 - Latch assembly for bi-fold doors: A latch assembly for locking one or more bi-fold doors in a frame which has a bracket for pivotably securing the latch assembly in a selected position relative to the doors and frame; and the latch assembly has a stepped bar having an intermediate section pivotally arranged in the bracket,... Agent: Martin Faier, Faier & Faier, P.C. #600

20100001538 - Case locking device: The present invention relates to a case locking device. For example, the outer case and the inner case used for various types of electronic devices such as set-top boxes (STB) are connected by a locking means using a resilient force exerted from an elastic material such as a spring so... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100001539 - Lid lock structure of storing box for vehicle: A lid lock structure of a storing box for a vehicle includes: an elongated sliding hole (35) formed in an arm portion 33R for rotatably connecting a lid (24) to a box main body (23); a slide restraining device, when force (F5) acts in a sliding direction on a slider... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.