Patents by Inventor Craig A. Kauffman

Craig A. Kauffman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6135404
    Abstract: A keyboard supporting mechanism employs a parallelogram linkage secured to a mounting member by a single pivot connection for supporting the whole of the linkage and a keyboard support for vertical swinging movement relative to a base, and a locking mechanism for retaining the keyboard support in a desired vertical position, which includes cooperating locking surfaces carried by the linkage and mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Weber Knapp Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Wisniewski, Carl H. Little, R. Craig Kauffman
  • Patent number: 6017379
    Abstract: A cartridge filter is adapted for mounting on a tube sheet in a baghouse filter system and can be configured for removal from either the top or the bottom of the tube sheet. The cartridge filter includes a filter tube with proximate and distal ends and a filter tube passage extending therebetween. The filter tube includes a media element and mounts a tube mounting assembly on its proximate end and a cap on its distal end. The tube mounting assembly includes a boot for attachment to either the tube sheet in a top removal configuration or to a bagcup mounted on the tube sheet in a bottom removal configuration. The tube mounting assembly also includes a connector which is molded onto the boot and which pots the filter tube proximate end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Mac Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig A. Kauffman