Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Boone

Kenneth R. Boone 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).

  • Adjustable damping control with end stop
    Patent number: 7942248
    Abstract: A damper device comprising a first mode having a first level of damping, a second mode having a second level of damping corresponding to a predetermined function, a sensor system having a first output corresponding to a normal position and a second output corresponding to an end stop approaching position, and a control system operable for receiving the first output and the second output and executing the first mode and the second mode. The damper device is operable in the first mode when the control system receives the first output and is operable in the second mode when the control system receives the second output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: LORD Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth A. St. Clair, Kenneth R. Boone, Douglas E. Ivers
  • Adjustable damping control with end stop
    Publication number: 20040124049
    Abstract: A damper device comprising a first mode having a first level of damping, a second mode having a second level of damping corresponding to a predetermined function, a sensor system having a first output corresponding to a normal position and a second output corresponding to an end stop approaching position, and a control system operable for receiving the first output and the second output and executing the first mode and the second mode. The damper device is operable in the first mode when the control system receives the first output and is operable in the second mode when the control system receives the second output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth A. St. Clair, Kenneth R. Boone, Douglas E. Ivers
  • Method of operating a vibration attenuating system having semiactive damper means
    Patent number: 4936425
    Abstract: The system includes at least one semiactive damper whose switching between high damping and low damping states is at times delayed until the relative velocity across the damper is no greater than a preselected low magnitude, or until the energy stored by a resilient deformable system member is no greater than a predetermined magnitude, or until the first to occur of either of the foregoing events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Boone, Lane R. Miller, Warren R. Schroeder, Charles M. Nobles