REAR DOOR ASSEMBLY
    32.
    发明公开
    REAR DOOR ASSEMBLY 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230243202A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-03

    申请号:US17589851

    申请日:2022-01-31

    Abstract: A rear door assembly includes a motor having a shaft with a first gear attached thereto. A first end of a lever is rigidly fixed to the first shaft for rotation therewith proximate the first gear. A belt is engaged with the first gear. A rear door is pivotally supported to the vehicle and is movable between a door closed orientation and a door open orientation. The rear door has a gear assembly coupled to the lever. The rear door and the gear assembly are moved by the lever upon rotation of the lever by the motor. The gear assembly receives rotary motion from the belt such that angular displacement of the rear door caused by the rotary motion of the belt during movement between the closed orientation and the open orientation occurs at half the rate of the angular displacement of the lever.

    OVERHEAD DOOR OPERATOR SYSTEM
    35.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230220715A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17928981

    申请日:2021-06-17

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method at a control device (100) for controlling an overhead door operator system, the overhead door operator system (1) being configured for opening and closing an opening (2), and comprising a door frame (3) comprising a first frame section (4) at a first side (7) of the opening (2) and a second frame section (6) at a second side (5) of the opening (2). The operator system further comprises a door (8) arranged to be moved between an open and closed (C) position, the door (8) being movably connected to the door frame (3) and a drive unit (10) mounted on the door (8), the drive unit (10) comprising at least one motor (11) arranged to move the door (8) from the closed position (C) to the open position (O). An elongated transmission member (19) extends along the first side (7) of the opening (2) and the first frame section (4). The drive unit (10) further comprises a driven transmission member (18) in driving connection with the motor (11). The method comprises the steps of: detecting door movement; determining if detected door movement relates to unexpected door movement; and, if so, taking action so as to prevent more extensive damages. The disclosure further relates to an overhead door operator system for opening and closing an opening.

    Capacitance sensor
    36.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11698276B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-11

    申请号:US17311498

    申请日:2019-12-09

    Inventor: Satoshi Koda

    Abstract: A capacitance sensor includes a switch control unit that performs a first switching process that turns on a first switch and then repeatedly performs a second switching process that complementarily switches off and on second and third switches that are respectively connected to second and third capacitors; an obtaining unit that calculates, as a sensor output value, a number of times the second switching process is repeated until a magnitude relationship reverses between an intermediate potential and a reference potential; a calculation unit that calculates a sensor output corrected value obtained by correcting the sensor output value such that a resolution becomes uniform; and a determination unit that determines whether a detection target exists from a magnitude relationship between a sensor output difference value and a determination threshold value.

    SECTIONAL DOOR OPERATOR SYSTEM
    38.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230184022A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US17793240

    申请日:2021-02-04

    Abstract: A sectional door operator system (1) for opening and closing an opening (2) is provided herein. The sectional door operator system (1) comprises a door (8) arranged to be moved between an open (O) and closed (C) position and comprising a plurality of horizontal and interconnected sections (9a-e), and a door frame (3) comprising a first frame section (4) at a first side (5) of the opening (2) and a second frame section (6) at a second side (7) of the opening (2), wherein the plurality of horizontal and interconnected sections (9a-e) are connected to the door frame (3). The sectional door operator system (1) further comprises a drive unit system (100) mounted on a section (9e) of the plurality of horizontal and interconnected sections (9a-e), wherein the drive unit system (100) is arranged to move the sectional door (8) from the closed position (C) to the open position (O), wherein the drive unit system (100) comprises at least a first drive unit (10a) comprising a first motor (11a) and at least a second drive unit (10b) comprising a second motor (11b), and wherein the first drive unit (10a) and the second drive unit (10b) are mounted at different vertical sides of the horizontal and interconnected section (9e). Further, the sectional door operator system (1) comprises at least one sensor device (40a, 40b) mounted on a section (9e) of the plurality of horizontal and interconnected sections (9a-e), and at least one control unit (20a, 20b) being in operative communication with the drive unit system (100) and configured to control the operation of the drive unit system (100) at least based on sensor data (42) from the at least one sensor device (40a, 40b), wherein the sensor data (42) relates to an angle (φ) of the door (8) in relation to a true horizontal plane of the sectional door operator system (1).

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