IP Library Granted Patent US 12,163,599
Granted Patent B2
US 12,163,599 · App. 17/905,788 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Non-contact actuation assembly

Inventors: Nir Refaeli (Kiryat Ono, IL); Mati Matityahu Aharonyan (Petakh Tikva, IL)
Assignee: Wall to Wall, LLC
F16K31/088E04C2/525F24D3/142F24D19/0075
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Patent No.
US 12,163,599
App. No.
17/905,788
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-contact actuation assembly configured to operate a communication line of an infrastructure system through a panel having an external face configured to be directed into an interior of a building structure, and an opposite internal face, said assembly comprising; an actuator configured to be positioned adjacent said external face by a user during operation, said actuator comprising an actuating member constituted by at least one of a magnetic member and a magnetizable member; and an operator configured to be disposed adjacent said internal face during operation, and control communication at said communication line, said operator comprising an operating member constituted by a matching one of said magnetic member and said magnetizable member; wherein upon said positioning of said actuator adjacent said external face, in register with said operator, said actuating member and said operating member are configured to be magnetically coupled such that said operator is switchable, upon disposition of said actuator member with respect to said external face, at least between a first state in which communication in said communication line is established and a second state n which communication in said communication line is obstructed.

Claims (13)

1. A non-contact actuation assembly configured to operate a communication line of an infrastructure system through a panel having an external face configured to be directed into an interior of a building structure, and an opposite internal face, said assembly comprising:

an actuator configured to be positioned adjacent said external face by a user during operation, said actuator comprising an actuating member constituted by at least one of a magnetic member and a magnetizable member; and

an operator configured to be disposed adjacent said internal face during operation, and control communication at said communication line, said operator comprising an operating member constituted by a matching one of said magnetic member and said magnetizable member;

wherein upon said positioning of said actuator adjacent said external face, in register with said operator, said actuating member and said operating member are configured to be magnetically coupled such that said operator is switchable, upon disposition of said actuator member with respect to said external face, at least between a first state in which communication in said communication line is established and a second state in which communication in said communication line is obstructed.

2. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the operator comprises a line portion of the communication line, so that at the first state, the line portion is aligned with the rest of the communication line, and at the second state, the line portion is misaligned with the rest of the communication line, thereby obstructing communication therethrough.

3. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said communication line is a fluid communication line.

4. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 3 , wherein said fluid is liquid.

5. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 4 , wherein said operator comprises a conduit portion configured to constitute a part of the liquid communication line at least at said first state of said operator.

6. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 1 , wherein both of said actuating member and said operating member are constituted by magnetic members.

7. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 6 , wherein said actuating member and said operating member have corresponding structures, such that upon said positioning of said actuator adjacent said external face, in register with said operator, said actuating member automatically acquires a position indicative of the state of said operating member.

8. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 7 , wherein said actuator comprises a housing accommodating said actuating member, allowing rotation thereof with respect thereto.

9. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said actuating member is elongated.

10. The non-contact actuation assembly according to claim 9 , wherein said housing comprises a legend configured to assist a user in indicating the state of the operator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2025
From: VEEV GROUP, INC.
To: WALL TO WALL, LLC
Reel/Frame 073348/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: REFAELI, NIR; AHARONYAN, MATI MATITYAHU
To: VEEV GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 061016/0381 →
Priority Claims (1)
IL 274196 · Apr 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230111883A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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