Richard R Wolf

US Patent:

6590171, Jul 8, 2003

Filed:

Jul 2, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/188501

Inventors:

Richard J. Wolf - Andover MN
Alex Ginzburg - Mendota Heights MN
Peter Chatman Leuty - Saint Louis Park MN
Stephen Richard Reichow - Eden Prairie MN
Ronald Clarence Celander - Loretto MN

Assignee:

ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

H01R 1370

US Classification:

200 51LM, 200 6 A

Abstract:

A machine control ( ) for controlling machinery, is disabled unless the hand (H) of a person grasps a handgrip ( ) of the control, and thereby increases the capacitance at each of two electrodes ( ) lying within the handgrip surface and spaced about the handgrip axis ( ). The handgrip is formed on a handle of a joystick ( ) that can pivot about two perpendicular horizontal axes ( ). The joystick has a lower end ( ) that lies in a cavity ( ) where the joystick is pivotally mounted, the joystick has an upper end ( ) forming a handle, and the joystick has a middle portion ( ) that projects through an upper end of the cavity that lies within an aperture ( ) of a housing top wall ( ). A plurality of joystick detents ( ) are mounted on the joystick middle portion, and a plurality of housing detents ( ) are mounted on the housing to each engage a joystick detent. The joystick detents are formed on a collar ( ) that is biased downwardly by a coil spring ( ), to provide high resilience in deflection of the joystick detent when it engages and disengages a housing detent.

US Patent:

7977658, Jul 12, 2011

Filed:

Jun 12, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/137691

Inventors:

Robert M. Stuba - Macedonia OH, US
Michael S. Epstein - Annapolis MD, US
Richard M. Wolf - Hudson OH, US

Assignee:

Precision Endoscopic Technologies - Annapolis MD

International Classification:

A61B 18/18
A61N 5/06

US Classification:

250504H, 606 15, 606 16, 606 17, 607 88, 607 90, 607 93

Abstract:

A flexible infrared delivery apparatus useful for endoscopic infrared coagulating of human or animal blood and tissue or for other uses employs a source of infrared radiation which is not a laser and an elongated flexible fiber optic member which transmits radiation from the source to a contact portion at a distal end of the member and to a material such as human or animal tissue proximate the contact portion. The elongated member has an outer diameter which enables it to be inserted into and through an accessory channel of an endoscope to view the human or animal tissue or material to be treated with infrared radiation. A connector on the proximal end of the member allows the elongated member to be quickly connected to and disconnected from the apparatus where the member is aligned for receiving infrared radiation from the source. The contact portion defines a size, direction and shape of a radiation delivery area from the member to the human or animal tissue or material proximate the contact portion.

US Patent:

20100065389, Mar 18, 2010

Filed:

Sep 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/560714

Inventors:

Lawrence Frank Gilboy - University Heights OH, US
Richard A. Wolf - Ravenna OH, US
Aaron M. Morey - Pataskala OH, US

Assignee:

HAWK CORPORATION - Cleveland OH

International Classification:

F16D 69/00
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

188251 R, 29428

Abstract:

A brake pad assembly is provided, including a friction lining providing a wear surface for contacting a brake rotor and a back plate coupled to the friction lining. The back plate is made of a carbon fiber reinforced carbon matrix composite. In one example, a majority of the carbon fibers of the back plate are oriented in a x-y in-plane direction resulting in a structure where the thermal conductivity is at least 2 times greater in the x-y in-plane direction versus a z through-plane direction. In another example, the back plate is provided as at least one sheet of a carbon fiber reinforced carbon matrix composite. A method of manufacturing the brake pad assembly is also provided.

US Patent:

20200217800, Jul 9, 2020

Filed:

Sep 19, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/648609

Inventors:

- Brea CA, US
Creigh Thomson - Chaska MN, US
Richard Wolf - Savage MN, US
Laura Holmes - Minnetonka MN, US
Savid Sorrentino - Chaska MN, US

International Classification:

G01N 21/76
G01N 21/27

Abstract:

Assays (100) may be performed with a luminometer (400) having a chassis (405) that may include a reaction vessel chamber (610). The luminometer (400) may also include a light passage (640) that intersects the reaction vessel chamber (610). The luminometer (400) may also include a cap (415) that, when in a closed configuration, prevents light emitted by external sources from entering the reaction vessel chamber (610) and from entering the light passage (640). The cap (415) may provide access to the reaction vessel chamber (610) when in an open configuration. The luminometer (400) may also include a calibration light source (460) optically coupled to one end of the light passage (640) and a light detector (630) optically coupled to another end of the light passage (640). The light detector (630) may include a sensing element for receiving light from the light passage (640).

US Patent:

20150066297, Mar 5, 2015

Filed:

Aug 29, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/013496

Inventors:

- Ames IA, US
Richard J. Wolf - Delano MN, US
Michael Olson - Brooklyn Park MN, US
Scott Lee Kessler - Brooklyn Park MN, US
Jack Zeng - Eden Prairie MN, US

Assignee:

SAUER-DANFOSS INC. - Ames IA

International Classification:

H04B 17/00
B62D 6/00

US Classification:

701 41, 367188, 367129

Abstract:

A multi-sonic sensor having a housing, a removable clamp member, a sonic sensor array, and a magnetically connected temperature bail that operates in three modes—a running average, an outlier average, and a string line steering mode.