US 12,264,521 B2
Door hanger system and method
Eric Rochefort, Saint-Laurent (CA)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,374.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,788, filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127179 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. E05D 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 15/0643 (2013.01) [E05Y 2201/10 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/628 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/708 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door hanger system comprising:
a housing comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the housing extends from the first end to the second end along a longitudinal axis;
a bearing assembly operably coupled with the housing, the bearing assembly comprising a cage, wherein the cage further comprises a third end and a fourth end and extends from the third end to the fourth end along the longitudinal axis and including plural bearings disposed within the cage;
a slider coupled with the bearing assembly and comprising a bearing interface portion disposed within the bearing assembly and a door interface portion configured to be coupled with a door panel, wherein the slider and the bearing assembly are configured to move in a first direction toward the second end of the housing to move the door panel toward a closed position or in a second direction toward the first end of the housing to move the door panel toward an open position, wherein the plural bearings are arranged in plural rows within the cage along the longitudinal direction, wherein a first row of the plural bearings is disposed on a first side of the bearing interface portion of the slider, and a second row of the plural bearings is disposed on a second side of the bearing interface portion of the slider; and
a reset device disposed within the bearing assembly and positioned between the third end of the cage and the slider, the reset device comprising a fifth end and a sixth end and the reset device extends from the fifth end to the sixth end along the longitudinal axis, the reset device extending within the cage of the bearing assembly and configured to engage with the plural bearings within the cage,
wherein the slider is configured to interfere with the sixth end of the reset device at a location within the cage of the bearing assembly between the plural bearings to move the reset device in the second direction as the slider moves in the second direction, and
wherein the fifth end of the reset device is configured to interfere with the third end of the cage to push the third end of the cage toward the first end of the housing responsive to the slider moving in the second direction and the slider interfering with the sixth end of the reset device, wherein the reset device is positioned between the slider and the third end of the cage such that the reset device is configured to stop movement of the slider in the second direction at a distance away from the first end of the housing and maintain contact with the plural bearings while the door panel is in the open position responsive to the third end of the cage reaching the first end of the housing.