Patents by Inventor Dennis Braun

Dennis Braun 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: 8327583
    Abstract: A pulley assembly for an overhead counter weight door features a base plate and a support arrangement carried on and spaced from the base plate so that the base and support arrangements face toward one another. A shaft is carried on the base plate and the support arrangement to extend therebetween with a pulley supported on the shaft between the base plate and the support arrangement for rotation about an axis defined by the shaft. A plurality of wall sections extends between the base plate and the support arrangement to establish connection therebetween radially outward from the shaft beyond an outer periphery of the pulley on more than two sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hanover Door Systems (1996) Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Reimer, Dennis Braun, Richard Klassen, Walter Toews
  • Patent number: 7724549
    Abstract: A device for conditioning power delivered to operate a motor is disclosed. The device includes a sealed housing having at least one input terminal extending through the housing and configured to receive an input power and at least one output terminal extending through the housing and configured to deliver an output power conditioned to power a motor coupled to the output terminal. The device also includes a filter inductor arranged in the housing and that has an input configured to receive the input power from the input terminal. The filter inductor output terminal has a tap that is extended through the housing to allow coupling of various external filter components, such as resistors capacitors and inductors. Accordingly, the filter inductor is configured to suppress voltage changes in the input power and deliver a filtered power to an output of the filter inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Skibinski, John Wilkins, Rick Hoadley, Nick Guskov, Dennis Braun
  • Publication number: 20090272039
    Abstract: A pulley assembly for an overhead counter weight door features a base plate and a support arrangement carried on and spaced from the base plate so that the base and support arrangements face toward one another. A shaft is carried on the base plate and the support arrangement to extend therebetween with a pulley supported on the shaft between the base plate and the support arrangement for rotation about an axis defined by the shaft. A plurality of wall sections extends between the base plate and the support arrangement to establish connection therebetween radially outward from the shaft beyond an outer periphery of the pulley on more than two sides thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Greg Reimer, Dennis Braun, Richard Klassen, Walter Toews
  • Patent number: 7564703
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting DC voltage across positive and negative DC buses to three phase AC voltages on first, second and third AC output lines, the method comprising the steps of providing first and second three phase inverters that include a first subset of inverter switches and a second subset of inverter switches, respectively, linking a first choke in series with the first three phase inverter between the positive and negative DC buses and the AC output lines, linking a second choke in series with the second three phase inverter between the positive and negative DC buses and the AC output lines and synchronously controlling the first and second inverter switch subsets so that switching of first and second inverter switch subsets is substantially synchronized among the three phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Braun, Rangarajan Tallam, Ajith Wijenayake, Robert J. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080074074
    Abstract: A device for conditioning power delivered to operate a motor is disclosed. The device includes a sealed housing having at least one input terminal extending through the housing and configured to receive an input power and at least one output terminal extending through the housing and configured to deliver an output power conditioned to power a motor coupled to the output terminal. The device also includes a filter inductor arranged in the housing and that has an input configured to receive the input power from the input terminal. The filter inductor output terminal has a tap that is extended through the housing to allow coupling of various external filter components, such as resistors capacitors and inductors. Accordingly, the filter inductor is configured to suppress voltage changes in the input power and deliver a filtered power to an output of the filter inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Gary L. Skibinski, John A. Wilkins, Rick Hoadley, Nick Guskov, Dennis Braun
  • Patent number: 6684931
    Abstract: A counter weight door has a plurality of counter weights each associated with a respective one of the panels and an interconnecting spring connecting each of the weights to the next. At least one of the counter weights has a cradle which is arranged to receive a plurality of weighted members. The spring arrangement connecting one counter to the next is housed within the cradle and includes a shaft on which the spring is mounted. The door has a pulley system which has a first pulley on one side of the door, a second double pulley on the other side of the door, a first cable fixed at a first end to the door extending through the first pulley and a second cable fixed at a first end to the door extending through the second pulley to the counter weight system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hanover Door Systems (1966) Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Reimer, Abram H. Enns, Dennis Braun, Richard Klassen, Walter Toews, Len Neufeld
  • Publication number: 20020104624
    Abstract: An improved counter weight door comprises a guide means arranged to be located on respective sides of an opening on a building, a door which is arranged to be supported on respective side thereon by the guide means, the door has a plurality of panels each connected to the next one of the panels for common movement vertically in the guide means, a counter weight system coupled to the door for providing counter weight for the weight of the door, the counter weight system has a plurality of counter weights each associated with a respective one of the panels and an interconnecting means connecting each of the weights to the next. The counter weight system has a weight adjustment arrangement on at least one of the counter weights and the counter weights have a support means which is arranged to receive a plurality of weighted members. The interconnecting means provides a spring arrangement connecting one counter to the next.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Greg Reimer, Abram H. Enns, Dennis Braun, Richard Klassen, Walter Toews, Len Neufeld