# US 9,435,152 B2 · Acceleration and deceleration arrangement

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- Number: US 9,435,152 B2
- Document ID: US9435152B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/962,894
- Filed: 2013-08-08
- Published: 2014-01-30
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2011-02-09
- Applicants: Guenther Zimmer; Martin Zimmer
- Inventors: Guenther Zimmer; Martin Zimmer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435152B2

## CPC

- E05F 1/16: for sliding wings
- E05F 5/003: {for sliding wings (Fasteners specially adapted for holding sliding wings open E05D13/04)}
- E05Y 2201/412: for the final closing movement
- E05Y 2800/205: forming a unit
- E05Y 2800/21: of identical elements, e.g. of identical compression springs
- E05Y 2800/24: of springs and brakes
- E05Y 2800/75: intermediate
- E05Y 2900/00: Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
- E05Y 2900/20: for furniture, e.g. cabinets
- E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF

## Abstract

In a combined acceleration and deceleration arrangement with a support and guide structure supporting a carrier element movable between a park position and an end position and an energy store which is charged when the carrier element is in the park position and discharged when it is in the end position, the carrier element has a guide part and a securing part and each has an engagement stop, the energy store being connected to the securing part and an operating element being connected to the guide part.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A combined acceleration and deceleration arrangement (10, 210) comprising a support and guide arrangement (30) including two guide tracks (37, 237) which are arranged opposite each other, each having two guide track sections (38, 39, 238, 239) extending at an obtuse angle with respect to each other; a carrier element (71, 271) movably supported by the support and guide arrangement (30) between a park position (11, 211) and an end position (12, 212) and having at least two carrier engagement stops (94, 104; 294, 304) adapted in shape for engaging a carrier (5); an energy storage device (121, 321) which is arranged on the support and guide arrangement (30) and the carrier element (71, 271), and which is repeatedly chargeable and dischargeable and is charged when the carrier element (71, 271) is in the park position (11, 211) and discharged when the carrier element (71, 271) is in the end position (12, 212); and an operating element (44, 244) of the combined acceleration and deceleration arrangement connected to the carrier element (71, 271),
the carrier element (71, 271) comprising a guide part (81, 281) and a securing part (101, 301) having a carrier stop (104) and being pivotally supported by a support section (92) of the guide part (81, 281) so as to be pivotable about the support section (92) away from, and toward a stop (94) of the guide part (81, 281) for firmly engaging the carrier (5),
the guide part (81, 281) and the securing part (101, 301) each forming one of the carrier engagement stops (94, 294, 104, 304) and the securing part (101 including opposite pins (102) spaced from the support section (92) and also accommodated in the opposite guide tracks (37, 237) to retain the engagement stop (104) in abutment with the opposite carrier stop (94), wherein, with the carrier element (71, 271) in the park position (11, 211), the guide part (81, 281) is disposed in the guide tracks (37, 237) which extend parallel to the stroke direction (55) of the operating element (44, 244) and the pins (102) of the securing part (101, 301) are disposed in the obtusely inclined guide track section (39, 239) for tilting the securing part (101, 301) away from the end part (81, 281) and for securing the carrier element (71, 271) in its park position,
the energy storage device (121, 321) being connected to the securing part (101, 301), at an area thereof, with respect to the support section (92), opposite the engagement stop (104, 304), and
the operating element (44, 244) of the deceleration arrangement (40) being connected to the guide part (81, 281).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The combined acceleration and deceleration arrangement (10, 210) according to claim 1, wherein at least one carrier stop (94, 104) includes a form-locking element (96, 98).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The combined acceleration and deceleration arrangement (10, 210) according to claim 1, wherein the deceleration arrangement (10, 210) includes a pneumatic cylinder-piston unit (41, 241).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The combined acceleration and deceleration arrangement (10, 210) according to claim 1, wherein the engagement stops (94, 104, 294, 304) have engagement surfaces (95, 105, 295, 305) which are displaced relative to each other In a transverse direction (13) relative to the stroke directions (35).

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A system comprising two pull and brake arrangements (21) formed by two combined acceleration and deceleration arrangements (10, 210) according to claim 4, wherein the engagement surfaces (95, 295) and opposite engagement surfaces (305, 105) of the two carrier elements (71, 271), which are facing each other, form at least in a partial stroke range of the acceleration and deceleration arrangements (10, 210) in each case a contact engagement (25, 26), whereby, upon movement of one of the pull and brake arrangement in one direction, the carrier element of one of the pull and brake arrangements is moved out of its rest position to its park position while the storage device thereof is charged and, upon movement of the other of the pull and brake arrangements in the opposite direction, the carrier element of the other of the pull and brake arrangements is moved to its park position while its storage device is charged, and, in each case, upon return of the respective pull and brake arrangement to the rest position, the respective storage device is discharged.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The system according to claim 5, wherein the two acceleration and deceleration arrangements (10, 210) are identical.