Patents by Inventor Edwin D. Slota

Edwin D. Slota 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: 8807532
    Abstract: A lifting bracket assembly is disclosed. The lifting bracket assembly includes a motor, a pair of gear heads mechanically coupled to the motor such that each of the gear heads is coupled to a jack screw connector, a first and second jack screw, wherein each of the jack screws is coupled to one of the jack screw connectors and one of the gear heads, a first lifting bracket rotatably coupled to the first jack screw, a second lifting bracket rotatably coupled to the second jack screw, wherein the first and second jacks screws are different, a first guide tube fixedly coupled at a first end to the first lifting bracket and coupled to a first rail beam at a second end, and a second guide tube fixedly coupled at a first end to the second lifting bracket and coupled to a second rail beam at a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Whiting Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Horwath, Thomas J. Fairbairn, Edwin D. Slota
  • Patent number: 8657694
    Abstract: A jack screw connector includes a first clevis including a pair of first clevis legs, an eye block including a first bore and a second bore such that the first and second bores are formed substantially perpendicular to each other, a first pin configured to be supported within the first bore and rotably carried by the pair of first clevis legs when a first end of the eye block is carried therebetween, a second clevis including a pair of second clevis legs sized to engage a second end of the eye block, and a second pin configured to be supported within the second bore and rotably carried by the pair of second clevis legs when aligned therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Whiting Corporation
    Inventors: William Allen Horwath, Thomas John Fairbairn, Edwin D. Slota
  • Publication number: 20120193590
    Abstract: A lifting bracket assembly is disclosed. The lifting bracket assembly includes a motor, a pair of gear heads mechanically coupled to the motor such that each of the gear heads is coupled to a jack screw connector, a first and second jack screw, wherein each of the jack screws is coupled to one of the jack screw connectors and one of the gear heads, a first lifting bracket rotatably coupled to the first jack screw, a second lifting bracket rotatably coupled to the second jack screw, wherein the first and second jacks screws are different, a first guide tube fixedly coupled at a first end to the first lifting bracket and coupled to a first rail beam at a second end, and a second guide tube fixedly coupled at a first end to the second lifting bracket and coupled to a second rail beam at a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: William A. Horwath, Thomas J. Fairbairn, Edwin D. Slota
  • Publication number: 20090170615
    Abstract: A jack screw connector includes a first clevis including a pair of first clevis legs, an eye block including a first bore and a second bore such that the first and second bores are formed substantially perpendicular to each other, a first pin configured to be supported within the first bore and rotably carried by the pair of first clevis legs when a first end of the eye block is carried therebetween, a second clevis including a pair of second clevis legs sized to engage a second end of the eye block, and a second pin configured to be supported within the second bore and rotably carried by the pair of second clevis legs when aligned therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Whiting Corporation
    Inventors: William Allen Horwath, Thomas John Fairbairn, Edwin D. Slota