Patents by Inventor JOHN R. SAINIO

JOHN R. SAINIO 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).

  • Publication number: 20170172358
    Abstract: The wall-mounted back scrubber is temporarily or permanently installed on a shower wall for convenient scrubbing of the back of a bather. Several different embodiments are disclosed, each having a plurality of elongate parallel brushes having bristles extending radially from flexible spiral wire cores. One embodiment includes suction cups extending from mutually opposed brackets, the brushes extending between the brackets. In another embodiment, the suction cups telescope through the ends of the brackets to urge the apparatus closer to the wall. In another embodiment, opposed arms can be adjustably extended or retracted from each bracket. The suction cups can include mounting tabs for screw attachment to the wall. Another embodiment comprises permanently attached rails, the brush assembly being adjustably positionable on the rails. Another embodiment includes permanently attached anchors, the brackets having escutcheons that secure to the anchors. A shower head suspension cord can provide additional security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: JOHN R. SAINIO
  • Patent number: 8624409
    Abstract: The shock absorber electrical generator includes a piston adapted for reciprocating motion within a cylindrical piston chamber as a vehicle's suspension system deflects. A working fluid is contained within the piston chamber. During the compression stroke of the piston, working fluid is forced through a circuit having at least one chamber in the cylinder opposite the piston. The working fluid communicates with at least one fan turbine motor disposed in the chamber, and with the piston chamber, which captures the working fluid on the return stroke. Upon compression of the piston, the working fluid passes through the fan turbine motor, thereby turning a shaft connected to a DC generator. The electric energy generated is routed to vehicle electrical components and/or charges the vehicle battery. Multi-generator systems, fan, and housing units are deployed in a plurality of shock absorber electrical generators that are attached to the vehicle's wheel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventor: John R. Sainio
  • Publication number: 20110266801
    Abstract: The shock absorber electrical generator includes a piston adapted for reciprocating motion within a cylindrical piston chamber as a vehicle's suspension system deflects. A working fluid is contained within the piston chamber. During the compression stroke of the piston, working fluid is forced through a circuit having at least one chamber in the cylinder opposite the piston. The working fluid communicates with at least one fan turbine motor disposed in the chamber, and with the piston chamber, which captures the working fluid on the return stroke. Upon compression of the piston, the working fluid passes through the fan turbine motor, thereby turning a shaft connected to a DC generator. The electric energy generated is routed to vehicle electrical components and/or charges the vehicle battery. Multi-generator systems, fan, and housing units are deployed in a plurality of shock absorber electrical generators that are attached to the vehicle's wheel system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: JOHN R. SAINIO