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US 12,680,334 B2Granted
Recessed door handle control
AssigneePanda Windows and Doors Operations LLC
InventorAvi Shoshan
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Abstract
A handle for sliding panels has a handle shell with a recess, where the handle shell is fixedly attached to a slidable panel. A clutch is housed within the handle shell, and an elongated square bar is in mechanical communication with the clutch. The elongated square bar extends outward from the handle shell and into the panel. A retractable handle is housed in the recess, the retractable handle having a circular hinge with a slot that provides a hinged and rotatable attachment to the clutch.
Claims18
A handle for sliding panels comprising:
- a handle shell with a recess, the handle shell fixedly attached to a slidable panel;
- a clutch housed within the handle shell;
- an elongated square bar in mechanical communication with the clutch, the elongated square bar extends outward from the handle shell and into the panel;
- and
- a retractable handle housed in the recess, the retractable handle having a circular hinge with a slot that provides a hinged and rotatable attachment to the clutch;
- wherein the clutch comprises:
- a square bar holder that is fixedly attached to the elongated square bar;
- a bar holder in which the square bar holder sits and is free to rotate, the bar holder having opposing winglets, each of the opposing winglets having a ball bearing that is inwardly biased toward the square bar holder by a ball helical spring;
- a hook biased by a torsion spring in a default engaged position with the slot of the circular hinge of the retractable handle;
- and
- wherein the square bar holder has rounded indents on opposing sides that interact with the ball bearings to provide a locking action when the ball bearings are positioned in the rounded indents;
- wherein the handle shell has a cavity that is shaped to correspond to the shape of the bar holder with opposing winglets so as to hold the bar holder in a stationary position when the retractable handle is rotated;
- and
- wherein when the elongated square bar and square bar holder are rotated the ball bearings are pushed away and compress the helical springs allowing the square bar holder to rotate.
11 more elements
A sliding panel system comprising:
- one or more sliding panels and a set of one or more tracks on which the one or more panels slide on with a set of wheels;
- a gear box that raises and lowers the set of wheels of the one or more sliding panels;
- at least one handle shell with a recess, the handle shell fixedly attached to at least one slidable panel;
- a clutch housed within the handle shell;
- an elongated square bar in mechanical communication with the clutch and the gearbox, the elongated square bar extends outward from the handle shell and into the panel;
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- a retractable handle housed in the recess, the retractable handle having a circular hinge with a slot that provides a hinged and rotatable attachment to the clutch;
- wherein the clutch comprises;
- a square bar holder that is fixedly attached to the elongated square bar;
- a bar holder in which the square bar holder sits and is free to rotate, the bar holder having opposing winglets, each of the opposing winglets having a ball bearing that is inwardly biased toward the square bar holder by a ball helical spring;
- a hook biased by a torsion spring in a default engaged position with the slot of the circular hinge of the retractable handle;
- and
- wherein the square bar holder has rounded indents on opposing sides that interact with the ball bearings to provide a locking action when the ball bearings are positioned in the rounded indents;
- wherein the handle shell has a cavity that is shaped to correspond to the shape of the bar holder with opposing winglets so as to hold the bar holder in a stationary position when the retractable handle is rotated;
- and
- wherein when the elongated square bar and square bar holder are rotated the ball bearings are pushed away and compress the helical springs allowing the square bar holder to rotate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.