A system comprising an opening comprising a door or a window, wherein the opening comprises a door or a window frame is provided. The opening comprises at least one movable door panel or at least one movable window panel based on if the opening is the door or the window respectively. The system also comprises a deadbolt inbuilt in the door panel or the window panel, a guiding device and a mechanical moving mechanism, wherein the guiding device and the mechanical moving mechanism are both housed in a guiding device housing, a guide block, and an attachment mechanism.

A drive mechanism for imparting movements to a door which pivots about a generally vertical axis between open and closed positions. The drive mechanism includes a frame, a power source mounted on the frame or positively driving an output shaft of the drive mechanism and thus, moving the door from a closed position toward an open position. The drive mechanism also includes an output shaft mounted for rotation about a fixed axis disposed generally parallel to a fixed axis of a power source drive shaft. A drive train including a plurality of intermeshing gear sets is arranged between the power source drive shaft and the output shaft. At least one gear set in the drive train includes a clutch mechanism selectively operable in either an engaged condition or a disengaged condition. When in a disengaged condition, the clutch mechanism operably transfers rotational movements of the power source to the output shaft so as to forcibly open the door. When operated in an engaged condition, the clutch mechanism operationally disconnect the power source and at least one gear set from the drive train thereby minimizing the manual effort required to open the door.

A port-door release assembly includes a door and a linkage coupled to the door to support the door during movement between open and closed positions. The port-door release assembly includes a drive shaft coupled to the linkage to drive movement of the linkage. The port-door release assembly includes a motor configured to rotate the drive shaft which moves the linkage and the door to the open and/or closed positions. The port-door release assembly includes a back-up release assembly movable relative to the linkage to disconnect the drive shaft from the linkage which allows the door to move to the open position without actuation of the motor. A door assembly includes the port-door release assembly as described above and a housing defining a port in which the door is movable relative to the housing between the open position that uncovers the port and the closed position that covers the port.

Present invention relates to an automatic door operator 10 and method of operating said automatic door operator 10. The automatic door operator 10 is arranged to operate the movable door member D1, said automatic door operator 10 comprising a drive unit 24 for moving the movable door member D1 between a closed position and an open position, a controller 32 configured to control said drive unit 24 and a sensor S1 operatively connected to said controller 32. The sensor is configured to monitor the operation of the movable door member D1 and transfer sensor data to said controller 32.

An actuator producing an active movement between fastening elements of the actuator and damping a counter movement contains a main body having a first fastening element, an actuating body movable relative to the main body along an axial direction and having a second fastening element, and an electric motor for actively driving the actuating body exclusively in a driving direction along the axial direction and for passively damping a counter movement of the actuating body counter to the driving direction being brought about by external action on the fastening elements. An object assembly contains an object and the actuator in which the spring element is structurally separate from the rest of the actuator, and an interaction between the spring element and the rest of the actuator is achieved in an object to be operated by the actuator, at least in a correctly mounted state of the actuator.

The present disclosure relates to a storage compartment for a motor vehicle. The storage compartment has an improved mechanism for opening and closing a lid. The storage compartment is particularly suitable for a passenger compartment, such as a storage compartment in an armrest of a center console or as a glove compartment.

A refrigerator and a controlling method thereof are provided. The refrigerator includes a main body including first and second doors, a first motor for opening the first door and a second motor for opening the second door, and a processor configured to, based on a user command for opening the door being obtained, start driving the first motor to open the first door, and after a first time from the time when the first motor has started being driven, start driving the second motor to open the second door.

A self-stowage device may comprise: a housing comprising a slot, the housing having a blind hole disposed in the first end extending to the second end, the housing including an outer surface extending from the first end to the second end, the slot disposed through the outer surface, the slot extending axially and circumferentially about the outer surface; a spring disposed in the blind hole, the spring having a first spring end and a second spring end, the second spring end configured to compress against the second end of the housing; a shaft disposed in the blind hole, the shaft disposed adjacent to the first spring end; and a pin coupled to the shaft, the pin disposed in the slot, the pin and the slot configured to convert a rotary motion of the shaft into a linear motion of the shaft.

The overhead door lift assembly integrates a traditional torsion spring and an electrically powered operator into a small package mountable in the available head space of conventional tractor trailers, cargo vehicles or other structures. The lift assembly includes a torsion spring counterbalance, electrical operator, and back tension mechanism. The electrical operator uses an electromagnetic clutch and gearbox that couples directly to the cable drums of the counterbalance. The electromagnetic clutch allows the overhead door to be manually raised and lowered in the event of a power interruption or operator malfunction. The back tension mechanism prevents cables from inadvertently unspooling from cable drums as the operator starts to move the overhead door from its horizontal open position to its vertical closed position.

A decelerated hinge for supporting, so as to oscillate, a door of an item of furniture, which comprises a first hinge part which can be affixed to a fixed part of the item of furniture, a second hinge part which can be affixed to a door of the item of furniture and connected to the first hinge part by way of an articulation system which comprises a plurality of connecting levers and at least five articulation axes, and a deceleration device which comprises an actuating member that is moveably arranged in a first connecting lever of the articulation system, and at least one actuation surface for the actuating member of the deceleration device is provided inside a second connecting lever which is adjacent to the first connecting lever of the articulation system.