Bruce E Frohman

US Patent:

6942259, Sep 13, 2005

Filed:

Dec 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/316357

Inventors:

Ricci L. Marzolf - New Hampton IA, US
Joe Daniel Knight - Nashua IA, US
Bruce E. Kallevig - Monticello MN, US
Bruce E. Frohman - Robbinsdale MN, US

Assignee:

Tri/Mark Corporation - New Hampton IA

International Classification:

E05C003/06

US Classification:

292216, 292 24

Abstract:

A latch assembly is provided for a movable closure element. The latch assembly has a housing and a first rotor that is movable relative to the housing selectively between a) a first latched position and b) a release position. The first rotor is biased towards the release position and has a first throat to receive a strike element. The latch assembly further consists of an operating assembly having a latched state and an unlatched state The operating assembly in the latched state releasably maintains the first rotor in the first latched position. The operating assembly has a catch arm that is movable relative to the housing from a first position into a second position to thereby change the operating assembly from the latched state into the unlatched state. The operating assembly further has a catch block that is movable floatingly relative to the catch arm from a) an engaged position with the catch arm in the first position into b) a disengaged position as an incident of the catch arm moving from its first position into its second position. The catch block in the engaged position causes the first rotor to be maintained in the first latched position.

US Patent:

7338097, Mar 4, 2008

Filed:

Apr 23, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/421045

Inventors:

Ricci L. Marzolf - New Hampton IA, US
Joe Daniel Knight - Nashua IA, US
Bruce E. Kallevig - Monticello MN, US
Bruce E. Frohman - Robbinsdale MN, US

Assignee:

Tri/Mark Corporation - New Hampton IA

International Classification:

E05C 3/06
E05C 3/16

US Classification:

292216, 292 11, 292DIG 23

Abstract:

A latch assembly for a movable closure element. The latch assembly has a housing with first and second rotors each movable relative thereto between a first latched position, a release position, and a second latched position. The first and second rotors in their first and second latched positions define a receptacle with an effective diameter and a center line that is angularly disposed to the line of a straight edge on the housing. With the rotors in their first latched positions, the center line of the receptacle is spaced from the first line a first distance. The center line of the receptacle is at a first location with the rotors in their first latched position and a second location with the rotors in their second latched positions. The first and second locations are spaced a second distance. The effective diameter of the receptacle, with the first and second rotors in their first latched positions, varies from each of the first and second distances by no more than 40%.

US Patent:

7726581, Jun 1, 2010

Filed:

Jan 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/306841

Inventors:

Christopher Naujok - Hudson WI, US
Rachael Tix - Hastings MN, US
Janis Skujins - Minneapolis MN, US
Kyle Gudmunson - Richfield MN, US
Bradley Lohrding - Edina MN, US
Brett R. Johnson - Roseville MN, US
Bruce Frohman - Saint Louis Park MN, US
Shaohui Oiu - Shoreview MN, US
Micah Somers - Minneapolis MN, US

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

F24F 11/053
G05D 23/12
G05D 23/00

US Classification:

236 1C, 236 94

Abstract:

An HVAC controller may include an upper housing having a front and a back, the back including a center. A lens dial including an engagement portion may be rotatably secured relative to the upper housing. A set point operator may include a first portion that is disposed about the upper housing center as well as a second portion that is adapted to interact with the lens dial engagement portion. A mechanical movement to electrical signal converter such as a potentiometer may be disposed within the HVAC controller such that the first portion of the set point operator communicates with the potentiometer.

US Patent:

7267377, Sep 11, 2007

Filed:

Mar 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/386350

Inventors:

Ricci L. Marzolf - New Hampton IA, US
Joe Daniel Knight - Nashua IA, US
Bruce E. Kallevig - Monticello MN, US
Bruce E. Frohman - Robbinsdale MN, US

Assignee:

Tri/Mark Corporation - New Hampton IA

International Classification:

E05C 7/00

US Classification:

292 25, 292 26, 292 27, 292 48, 292216, 292 29

Abstract:

A latch assembly for a movable closure element. The latch assembly has a housing, a first rotor movable relative to the housing selectively between a) a first latched position and b) a release position, and a second rotor movable relative to the housing selectively between a) a first latched position and b) a release position. The first rotor has a first throat to receive a strike element. The latch assembly further has an operating assembly with a latched state and an unlatched state. The operating assembly in the latched state releasably maintains the first rotor in its first latched position and the second rotor in its first latched position. The first rotor is movable substantially parallel to a reference plane as the first rotor moves between its first latched and release positions. The first rotor has a non-uniform thickness taken orthogonally to the reference plane.

US Patent:

6357078, Mar 19, 2002

Filed:

Jun 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/594913

Inventors:

Ricci L. Marzolf - New Hampton IA
Bruce E. Kallevig - Monticello MN
Bruce E. Frohman - Robbinsdale MN
Craig J. Helton - New Hampton IA

Assignee:

Tri/Mark Corporation - New Hampton IA

International Classification:

E05F 502

US Classification:

16 82, 16 86 B, 16 85, 16DIG 17, 29234115, 292DIG 15

Abstract:

An assembly for releasably holding a movable closure element in a desired position relative to a support. The holding assembly has a first part with a first element and a first actuator and a second part with a second element and a second actuator. The first part is connectable to a closure element, with the second part connectable to a support for the closure element. At least one of the first and second elements is movable relative to a support and/or closure element to which the at least one of the first and second elements is connected to allow the first and second elements to act, one against the other, so that the first and second elements realize a holding position as a closure element to which the first part is connected is moved towards and into the desired position. The first actuator is operable to move the at least one of the first and second elements relative to a support and/or closure element to which the at least one of the first and second elements is connected to a release position wherein a closure element to which the first part is connected can be moved from the desired position. The second actuator is operable to move the at least one of the first and second elements relative to a support and/or closure element to which the at least one of the first and second elements is connected to the release position wherein a closure element to which the first part is connected can be moved from the desired position.

US Patent:

20210059815, Mar 4, 2021

Filed:

Nov 13, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/097173

Inventors:

- St. Paul MN, US
Bruce Edward Frohman - Plymouth MN, US
Michael William Metz - Minneapolis MN, US
Janis Paulis Skujins - Minneapolis MN, US
David John Copeland - Minnetonka MN, US
Spencer Patrick Brown - Providence RI, US

Assignee:

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. - St. Paul MN

International Classification:

A61F 2/24
A61F 2/95

Abstract:

A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, the delivery device including an inner shaft, a distal sheath disposed about a portion of the inner shaft and forming a compartment with the inner shaft, the compartment being adapted to receive the prosthetic heart valve, the inner shaft and the distal sheath being movable relative to one another, and a handle including a frame having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end, the handle further including a deployment actuator and a hub, each of the deployment actuator and the hub being independently capable of opening and closing the compartment, the hub further including a hub actuator coupled to the inner shaft.

US Patent:

20200363116, Nov 19, 2020

Filed:

May 11, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/872219

Inventors:

- Cleveland OH, US
Rakesh Ramachandran - Solon OH, US
Christopher Robert Bruns - Seven Hills OH, US
Christopher John Hayes - Fishers IN, US
John A. Corey - Melrose NY, US
Troy M. Coolidge - Victoria MN, US
Bruce E. Frohman - Plymouth MN, US
Joseph Gordon - Mansfield MA, US
Thomas R. Ruth - South Easton MA, US
Jacob T. Williams - Golden Valley MN, US
Gregory E. Kramer - Minneapolis MN, US
Nathan A. Abel - Minneapolis MN, US
David J. Copeland - Minnetonka MN, US
Matthew R. Gill - Ridgewood NY, US
Steven F. Shane - Edina MN, US

International Classification:

F25D 11/04
F25D 25/04
F25D 29/00
B25J 21/00
B01L 7/00

Abstract:

An apparatus for cryostorage and manipulation of a plurality of container units includes a cryochamber having a cryo-access port. The cryochamber is electrically cooled at cryogenic temperatures. A unit holder is located inside the cryochamber and is configured to hold a plurality of container units. A user access area is provided for selectively permitting access to a chosen container unit by an authenticated user who has been authenticated by the apparatus. A motive grasper is provided for selectively removing the chosen container unit from the cryochamber through the cryo-access port, and selectively placing the chosen container unit into the user access area.

US Patent:

20190125564, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Oct 24, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/169793

Inventors:

- Baar, CH
Bruce Frohman - Saint Louis Park MN, US

Assignee:

Cardinal Health Switzerland 515 GmbH - Baar

International Classification:

A61F 2/966
A61M 25/06

Abstract:

Various embodiments are described for a stent delivery device that utilizes a push button using a slot and pin on a shuttle with a rack for slow retraction of the outer sheath as well as a flanged member connected to the outer sheath for fast retraction of the outer sheath during delivery of a self-expanding implantable device such as a stent or stent graft.