Patents by Inventor Jacob W. Snyder

Jacob W. Snyder 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).

  • WORK PLATFORM WITH PROTECTION AGAINST SUSTAINED INVOLUNTARY OPERATION
    Publication number: 20190210855
    Abstract: A work platform for a personnel lift includes a floor structure, a safety rail coupled with the floor structure and defining a personnel work area, and a control panel area. A protection envelope surrounds the control panel area and enhances protection for an operator from an obstruction or structure that may constitute a crushing hazard. In one arrangement, the protection envelope includes protection bars on either side of the control panel area extending above the safety rail relative to the floor structure. In another arrangement, the protection envelope includes a platform barrier that is configured to trip upon an application of a predetermined force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Hong Hao, Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Jacob W. Snyder, Alan Gillman
  • Work platform with protection against sustained involuntary operation
    Patent number: 9586799
    Abstract: A work platform for a personnel lift includes a floor structure, a safety rail coupled with the floor structure and defining a personnel work area, and a control panel area. A protection envelope surrounds the control panel area and enhances protection for an operator from an obstruction or structure that may constitute a crushing hazard. In one arrangement, the protection envelope includes protection bars on either side of the control panel area extending above the safety rail relative to the floor structure. In another arrangement, the protection envelope includes a platform switch that is configured to trip upon an application of a predetermined force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: JLG INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ji Hong Hao, Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Jacob W. Snyder, Alan Gillman
  • WORK PLATFORM WITH PROTECTION AGAINST SUSTAINED INVOLUNTARY OPERATION
    Publication number: 20130233645
    Abstract: A work platform for a personnel lift includes a floor structure, a safety rail coupled with the floor structure and defining a personnel work area, and a control panel area. A protection envelope surrounds the control panel area and enhances protection for an operator from an obstruction or structure that may constitute a crushing hazard. In one arrangement, the protection envelope includes protection bars on either side of the control panel area extending above the safety rail relative to the floor structure. In another arrangement, the protection envelope includes a platform switch that is configured to trip upon an application of a predetermined force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: JLG INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ji Hong Hao, Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Jacob W. Snyder, Alan Gillman