42 patents
Utility
Curtain Wall System Accommodating Wiring
14 Dec 23
A system includes a structural member providing front and back faces, and first and second webs extending between the front and back faces and laterally offset from each other to define a hollow space therebetween.
Ion-Horatiu BARBULESCU, Gregory B. MCKENNA
Filed: 11 Nov 21
Utility
New 6XXX Aluminum Alloys
23 Nov 23
New 6xxx aluminum alloys are disclosed.
Lynette M. Karabin, Timothy A. Hosch, Dirk C. Mooy, Russell S. Long
Filed: 21 Jul 23
Utility
Projecting, Compression Seal, Window Designs
9 Nov 23
A window system includes a frame that includes a head, a sill, and opposing left and right vertical jambs, the left and right vertical jambs extending contiguously between the head and the sill, a fixed lite assembly fixed to the frame, a vent pivotably mounted to the frame and vertically offset from the fixed lite assembly, and a meeting rail interposing the fixed lite assembly and the vent.
Stephen Michael MONTZ
Filed: 11 Apr 22
Utility
Water Evacuation System for Façade Systems
26 Oct 23
A water evacuation system includes a sill providing a dam that defines one or more drain ports, an accumulation chamber defined within the interior of the sill and in fluid communication with the dam via the one or more drain ports, and one or more discharge ports defined in a front face of the sill and in fluid communication with the accumulation chamber.
Ion-Horatiu BARBULESCU, Emmanuel DELGADO, Ahmed Hassan FAEQ, Thuan NGUYEN, David SALAZAR, Huong Ngoc TRAN, Thanh Nhan TRAN
Filed: 14 Apr 23
Utility
Collapsible Element for Façade Systems
12 Oct 23
A façade system includes a mullion having exterior and interior portions and defining a glazing pocket between the exterior and interior portions, a thermal break arranged within the glazing pocket and extending between the exterior and interior portions, the thermal break dividing the glazing pocket into a shallow pocket and a deep pocket larger than the shallow pocket, and a collapsible element arranged within the deep pocket and extending between the thermal break and a lateral side of a panel introduced into the deep pocket.
Ion-Horatiu BARBULESCU
Filed: 14 Mar 23
Utility
Corrosion Resistant High Strength Brazing Sheet
31 Aug 23
An apparatus, material and method for forming a brazing sheet has a high strength core bonded with corrosion protection layer on the coolant side and/or layers on both airside and coolant side.
Baolute Ren
Filed: 8 May 23
Utility
5XXX Aluminum Alloys
31 Aug 23
New 5xxx aluminum alloys and products made therefrom are disclosed.
Cagatay Yanar, Gregory B. Venema, Wei Wen
Filed: 14 Apr 23
Utility
6XXX Aluminum Alloys
17 Aug 23
New 6xxx aluminum alloy products and methods and systems of making the same are disclosed.
Yimin Ruan, John S. Maskell, Bryan K. Murphy, Patrick Berube
Filed: 17 Apr 23
Utility
7XXX Aluminum Alloys
10 Aug 23
New 7xxx aluminum alloys alloys are disclosed.
Lynette M. Karabin, John M. Newman, Carolyn G. Norwood
Filed: 13 Apr 23
Utility
Pre-glazed Window Wall System
25 May 23
A window wall system includes a sill receptor secured to an upper surface of a first floor slab, the sill receptor providing a base and an upright member extending from the base, a head receptor secured to a bottom surface of a second floor slab vertically offset from the first floor slab, and a glazing unit providing a sill, a head, and one or more panels extending between the sill and the head.
Leonard WILCOX
Filed: 18 Oct 22
Utility
Thermal Dampening Devices for Window Systems
11 May 23
A window system includes a frame, a glazing assembly held within the frame and including a glass stop attachable to the frame, wherein attaching the glass stop to the frame defines an air pocket between the glass stop and the frame, and a thermal dampening device positioned within the air pocket and defining one or more discrete cavities.
Stephen MONTZ, Ion-Horatiu BARBULESCU
Filed: 15 Apr 22
Utility
New Aluminum Alloys Having Bismuth And/or Tin
23 Mar 23
New aluminum alloys having an improved combination of properties are disclosed.
Douglas S. Bae, Patrick Berube, Jen C. Lin
Filed: 17 Nov 22
Utility
Cylinder Dry Lock Assembly
16 Mar 23
A door assembly includes a door having opposing first and second surfaces and a hole defined in the door and extending between the first and second surfaces, a cylinder lock mounted to the second surface at the hole, and a cylinder dry lock assembly mounted to the door at the hole adjacent the first surface.
Michael David MITCHELL
Filed: 7 Sep 22
Utility
Aluminum Material for Fluxfree Cab Brazing
2 Feb 23
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a 3XXX, 1XXX or 6XXX core, an interliner and a 4XXX brazing layer without added Mg.
Stephen F. Baumann, Michael P. Danz, Ning Sun
Filed: 30 Sep 22
Utility
Methods of Preparing 7XXX Aluminum Alloys for Adhesive Bonding, and Products Relating to the Same
20 Oct 22
Methods of preparing 7xxx aluminum alloy products for adhesive bonding and products made therefrom are disclosed.
Ali Unal, June M. Epp, James M. Marinelli, Marissa Menanno
Filed: 24 Jun 22
Utility
Methods of Cold Forming Aluminum Lithium Alloys
29 Sep 22
New methods of making cold formed, extruded aluminum lithium alloys, and unrecrystallized products made therefrom are disclosed.
Logan Kirsch, Les A. Yocum, Diana K. Denzer, Douglas S. Bae, Andreas K. Kulovits, Ronald G. Cheney
Filed: 4 Oct 21
Utility
Improved Aluminum Alloy Brazing Sheets for Fluxless Brazing
8 Sep 22
New aluminum alloy brazing sheets are disclosed.
Andreas KULOVITS, Tao ZHOU, Baolute REN, Harry R. ZONKER
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Utility
Preparation of 7XXX Aluminum Alloys for Adhesive Bonding
11 Aug 22
A preparation method for adhesive bonding of magnesium-containing aluminum alloy products includes a magnesium-containing aluminum alloy product including a matrix and a surface oxide layer overlying the matrix.
June M. Epp, Ali Unal
Filed: 26 Apr 22
Utility
Curtain Wall Drainage Vent
21 Jul 22
A curtain wall for a building comprising: a frame anchored to the building and including a plurality of frame units; infill panels, which are supported by the frame units and at least partially define an outer face of the curtain wall; wherein the curtain wall comprises at least one drainage vent for venting fluid from inside the curtain wall to outside the curtain wall, the drainage vent comprising a fluid flow path, wherein an opening for the fluid flow path is provided in the outer face of the curtain wall.
Raymond GLOVER
Filed: 17 Dec 21
Utility
Ventilator
14 Jul 22
A ventilator for a window frame profile, the ventilator having an air intake opening and an air passage opening to ventilate a hollow member of a window frame profile, and a window frame profile system comprising a window frame profile and at least one such ventilator.
Paul KINSELLA
Filed: 17 Dec 21