Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Kovach
Joseph A. Kovach 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).
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Publication number: 20220074266Abstract: Methods and apparatus to operate a covering of an architectural covering are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a clutch to disengage a motor when the motor is not in use. The dual control architectural covering further includes a clutch to disengage a motor from moving a covering to facilitate manual operation of the covering of an architectural covering when the motor is not in use; and a controller: to track a covering position based on a first encoder measurement from a first encoder; and to track a motor position when the motor disengages based on a second encoder measurement from a second encoder different from the first encoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Kevin Dann, Joseph Kovach, Wendell Colson, Daniel Fluckey, Matthew DiFrancesco, Michael Siebenaller, Jeffrey Spray
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Patent number: 11187036Abstract: Methods and apparatus to operate a covering of an architectural covering are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a clutch to disengage a motor when the motor is not in use. The dual control architectural covering further includes a clutch to disengage a motor from moving a covering to facilitate manual operation of the covering of an architectural covering when the motor is not in use; and a controller: to track a covering position based on a first encoder measurement from a first encoder; and to track a motor position when the motor disengages based on a second encoder measurement from a second encoder different from the first encoder.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Kevin Dann, Joseph Kovach, Wendell Colson, Daniel Fluckey, Matthew DiFrancesco, Michael Siebenaller, Jeffrey Spray
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Patent number: 10842953Abstract: An improved medicant delivery system is disclosed wherein the carrier for the medicant is a fluid that can be atomized or vaporized by exposure to heat. The system provides for repeatable dose of medicant, can be stored in any orientation, and/or has an ability to maximize energy efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: XTEN CAPITAL GROUP, INC.Inventors: Jack Goodman, William O'Neill, Alexander ChinHak Chong, William P Bartkowski, Peter Joseph Kovach, Larry Gawain Linde, Randy Eugene Berg
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Publication number: 20200232275Abstract: Methods and apparatus to operate a covering of an architectural covering are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a clutch to disengage a motor when the motor is not in use. The dual control architectural covering further includes a clutch to disengage a motor from moving a covering to facilitate manual operation of the covering of an architectural covering when the motor is not in use; and a controller: to track a covering position based on a first encoder measurement from a first encoder; and to track a motor position when the motor disengages based on a second encoder measurement from a second encoder different from the first encoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Kevin Dann, Joseph Kovach, Wendell Colson, Daniel Fluckey, Matthew DiFrancesco, Michael Siebenaller, Jeffrey Spray
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Patent number: 10648231Abstract: A dual control architectural covering is disclosed. A dual control architectural covering includes a clutch to disengage a motor when the motor is not in use. The dual control architectural covering further includes a manual control to move the covering of the architectural opening while the motor is disengaged. The dual control architectural covering further includes a braking element to resist movement of a drive element of the covering when the motor is disengaged.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Hunter Douglas, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Dann, Joseph Kovach, Wendell Colson, Daniel Fluckey, Matthew DiFrancesco, Michael Siebenaller, Jeffrey L. Spray
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Patent number: 10571334Abstract: An optical system includes a spectrograph having a concave diffraction grating and a detector. An aperture is selectively positioned by an associated actuator or positioning mechanism either into, or out of, an optical path of the input light beam downstream of a sample and prior to entering the spectrograph. A slit plate having a plurality of different size entrance slits is positioned downstream of the aperture and movable by an associated actuator or positioning mechanism to position one of the plurality of entrance slits in the optical path of the input light beam. A controller coupled to the detector and the actuators is configured to control the actuators to selectively position the aperture and the slit plate to provide a selectable resolution of the spectrograph. The aperture setting and slit plate setting may be determined from a lookup table in response to a request for finer or coarser spectral resolution.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: HORIBA INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Harry Jerome Oana, Xiaomei Tong, Ronald Joseph Kovach
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Patent number: 10386232Abstract: An optical instrument for spectroscopy applications includes a compact arrangement having a three-dimensional folded optical path. A plate configured as an optical reference plane is secured to a housing and is configured to secure optical components above or below the plate. A modular light source module may be secured within the housing without fasteners. A monochromator and spectrometer are secured below the plate. Mirrors disposed above the plate are configured to direct light from the monochromator passing through a first opening in the plate through a sample disposed above the plate, and to direct light from the sample through a second opening in the plate to the spectrometer. A controller is configured for communication with the monochromator and the spectrometer. The controller may control an entrance slit actuator for the spectrometer and positioning of an aperture upstream of the spectrometer to adjust resolution and throughput.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Horiba Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Ronald Joseph Kovach, Salvatore Hauptmann Atzeni
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Patent number: 10358870Abstract: A dual control architectural covering is disclosed. A dual control architectural covering includes a clutch to disengage a motor when the motor is not in use. The dual control architectural covering further includes a manual control to move the covering of the architectural opening while the motor is disengaged. The dual control architectural covering further includes a braking element to resist movement of a drive element of the covering when the motor is disengaged.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Hunter Douglas, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Dann, Joseph Kovach, Wendell Colson, Daniel Fluckey, Matthew DiFrancesco, Michael Siebenaller, Jeffrey L. Spray
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Publication number: 20190186991Abstract: An optical instrument for spectroscopy applications includes a compact arrangement having a three-dimensional folded optical path. A plate configured as an optical reference plane is secured to a housing and is configured to secure optical components above or below the plate. A modular light source module may be secured within the housing without fasteners. A monochromator and spectrometer are secured below the plate. Mirrors disposed above the plate are configured to direct light from the monochromator passing through a first opening in the plate through a sample disposed above the plate, and to direct light from the sample through a second opening in the plate to the spectrometer. A controller is configured for communication with the monochromator and the spectrometer. The controller may control an entrance slit actuator for the spectrometer and positioning of an aperture upstream of the spectrometer to adjust resolution and throughput.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Ronald Joseph KOVACH, Salvatore Hauptmann ATZENI
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Publication number: 20190186990Abstract: An optical system includes a spectrograph having a concave diffraction grating and a detector. An aperture is selectively positioned by an associated actuator or positioning mechanism either into, or out of, an optical path of the input light beam downstream of a sample and prior to entering the spectrograph. A slit plate having a plurality of different size entrance slits is positioned downstream of the aperture and movable by an associated actuator or positioning mechanism to position one of the plurality of entrance slits in the optical path of the input light beam. A controller coupled to the detector and the actuators is configured to control the actuators to selectively position the aperture and the slit plate to provide a selectable resolution of the spectrograph. The aperture setting and slit plate setting may be determined from a lookup table in response to a request for finer or coarser spectral resolution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Harry Jerome OANA, Xiaomei TONG, Ronald Joseph KOVACH
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Patent number: 9913950Abstract: An improved medicant delivery system 100 is disclosed wherein the carrier for the medicant is a fluid that can be atomized or vaporized by exposure to heat. The system provides for repeatable dose of medicant, can be stored in any orientation, and/or has an ability to maximize energy efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: CHONG CORPORATIONInventors: Jack Goodman, William O'Neill, Alexander ChinHak Chong, William Bartkowski, Peter Joseph Kovach, Larry Gawain Linde, Randy Eugene Berg
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Publication number: 20180015242Abstract: An improved medicant delivery system is disclosed wherein the carrier for the medicant is a fluid that can be atomized or vaporized by exposure to heat. The system provides for repeatable dose of medicant, can be stored in any orientation, and/or has an ability to maximize energy efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Jack Goodman, William O'Neill, Alexander ChinHak Chong, William P. Bartkowski, Peter Joseph Kovach, Larry Gawain Linde, Randy Eugene Berg
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Patent number: 9770564Abstract: An improved medicant delivery system is disclosed wherein the carrier for the medicant is a fluid that can be atomized or vaporized by exposure to heat. The system provides for repeatable dose of medicant, can be stored in any orientation, and/or has an ability to maximize energy efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: CHONG CORPORATIONInventors: Jack Goodman, William O'Neill, Alexander ChinHak Chong, William P Bartkowski, Peter Joseph Kovach, Larry Gawain Linde, Randy Eugene Berg
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Publication number: 20170204661Abstract: A dual control architectural covering is disclosed. A dual control architectural covering includes a clutch to disengage a motor when the motor is not in use. The dual control architectural covering further includes a manual control to move the covering of the architectural opening while the motor is disengaged. The dual control architectural covering further includes a braking element to resist movement of a drive element of the covering when the motor is disengaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Kevin Dann, Joseph Kovach, Wendell Colson, Daniel Fluckey, Matthew DiFrancesco, Michael Siebenaller, Jeffrey L. Spray
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Publication number: 20160331915Abstract: An improved medicant delivery system is disclosed wherein the carrier for the medicant is a fluid that can be atomized or vaporized by exposure to heat. The system provides for repeatable dose of medicant, can be stored in any orientation, and/or has an ability to maximize energy efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Jack Goodman, William O'Neill, Alexander ChinHak Chong, William P. Bartkowski, Peter Joseph Kovach, Larry Gawain Linde, Randy Eugene Berg
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Patent number: 9399110Abstract: An improved medicant delivery system 100 is disclosed wherein the carrier for the medicant is a fluid that can be atomized or vaporized by exposure to heat. The system provides for repeatable dose of medicant, can be stored in any orientation, and/or has an ability to maximize energy efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: CHONG CORPORATIONInventors: Jack Goodman, William O'Neill, Alexander ChinHak Chong, William P. Bartkowski, Peter Joseph Kovach, Larry Gawain Linde, Randy Eugene Berg
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Publication number: 20150051037Abstract: A motor vehicle 10 includes a hydromechanical powersplit transmission 11, a prime mover 13, an engine drive shaft 14, drive wheels 15, a differential 16, a differential drive shaft 17, and frame rails 18. The transmission 11 includes a connecting plate 25 having a hydraulic side 25a with a pressurized hydraulic chamber 36 filled with hydraulic fluid and a gear set side 25b with an atmospheric pressure gear side chamber 37 partially filled with lubricating oil. The connecting plate 25 provides a hydraulic manifold. A prime mover input shaft 41, 62 extends through the hydraulic chamber 36 and connecting plate 25 and is drivingly connected to one of the planetary gear components 71. Hydraulic pump motor units 42, 43 include hydraulic pump motor unit drive shafts 44, 45 that extend through connecting plate 25 and are drivingly connected to planetary gear components 71.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Kovach, Matthew Simon, Stephen Horsfall, Brian Ralph, Thomas Finsel, Christopher Phillips, John Loeffler
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Publication number: 20140041658Abstract: An improved medicant delivery system 100 is disclosed wherein the carrier for the medicant is a fluid that can be atomized or vaporized by exposure to heat. The system provides for repeatable dose of medicant, can be stored in any orientation, and/or has an ability to maximize energy efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Jack Goodman, William O'Neill, Alexander ChinHak Chong, William P. Bartkowski, Peter Joseph Kovach, Larry Gawain Linde, Randy Eugene Berg
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Patent number: 8596165Abstract: A hydraulic drive comprising multiple gear motors each having a gear motor output shaft, and a common gear engaged by the output shafts of the multiple gear motors. Each hydraulic motor has a characteristic sinusoidal torque ripple out of phase with the characteristic sinusoidal torque ripple of at least one other hydraulic motor for cancelling torque ripple and thereby reducing the torque ripple at the common gear.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Joseph A. Kovach, Lisa K. Furches, Richard D. Kimpel, Hao Zhang, Raymond E. Collett, Lori A. Martinelli
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Patent number: 8517133Abstract: A powersplit transmission having a compact configuration that readily can be incorporated in a vehicle, particularly within the vehicle frame, includes (a) a mechanical transmission having a rotatable input shaft, a rotatable output shaft, and multiple gears for mechanically transmitting power between the input shaft and the output shaft; and (b) a hydraulic transmission containing a fluid for transmitting power between the input shaft and the output shaft. The mechanical transmission has a housing from which the input shaft and the output shaft extend. The hydraulic transmission includes first and second hydraulic units, each of which can function as a pump or a motor. The first hydraulic unit is coupled to the mechanical transmission system and the second hydraulic unit is coupled to the output shaft. The first and second hydraulic units are offset to the same side of the input shaft and the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Blake A. Carl, Stephen Horsfall, Joseph A. Kovach