Patents by Inventor Lawrence D. Moye

Lawrence D. Moye 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: 7429091
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit with improved storage and accessibility features has a thermally insulated cabinet and door defining a storage space with a plurality of support elements. The support elements include easily removable door shelves and horizontal cabinet shelves that can be removed or repositioned without the door being fully opened due to dished regions adjacent the shelf supports that allow the shelves to be pivoted and removed rather than slid straight out of the cabinet. Indicia on one of the shelves follows the contour of one of the door shelves to indicate approximately the shelf space occupied by an adjacent door shelf and thus where items can be set without interfering with the closure of the door. The refrigeration unit also includes a cam assembly at the lower door hinge which biases the door closed when open approximately 35 degrees or less. The refrigeration unit also includes features for attaching an overlay panel to the door easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: U-Line Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Reed, Thomas W. Rand, Joseph E. Braun, Andrew J. Doberstein, Lawrence D. Moye, Jack L. Vaughn, Jeffrey A. Ziminski
  • Patent number: 7380410
    Abstract: A wine cooler unit has a refrigerated cabinet housing two pull-out assemblies, each having a door panel and one or more wine racks. One rack can be mounted to the door panel, and one or more follower racks can be extended and retracted by movement of the door panel mounted rack, or by independent manual movement thereof. Two or more racks can be pulled out from the cabinet in a staggered or cascading fashion in which an upper rack extends from the cabinet to a lesser extent than a next lower rack to provide access to the bottles on each rack. The door panels can be made of a glass thermopane allowing visual inspection of the contents inside the cabinet. The cabinet can be cooled by a refrigeration system having two evaporators, which provide two independent cooling zones, one for each pull-out assembly. A capacitance-operated control can be provided under the glass front of one door panel for controlling the temperature zones inside the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: U-Line Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Rand, Lawrence D. Moye, Andrew J. Doberstein, Jack L. Vaughn
  • Patent number: 6935712
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit with improved storage and accessibility features has a thermally insulated cabinet and door defining a storage space with a plurality of support elements. The support elements include easily removable door shelves and horizontal cabinet shelves that can be removed or repositioned without the door being fully opened due to dished regions adjacent the shelf supports that allow the shelves to be pivoted and removed rather than slid straight out of the cabinet. Indicia on one of the shelves follows the contour of one of the door shelves to indicate approximately the shelf space occupied by an adjacent door shelf and thus where items can be set without interfering with the closure of the door. The refrigeration unit also includes a cam assembly at the lower door hinge which biases the door closed when open approximately 35 degrees or less. The refrigeration unit also includes features for attaching an overlay panel to the door easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: U-Line Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Reed, Thomas W. Rand, Dean G. Byczynski, Joseph E. Braun, Andrew J. Doberstein, Lawrence D. Moye, Jack L. Vaughn, Jeffrey A. Ziminski
  • Publication number: 20030151339
    Abstract: A refrigeration unit with improved storage and accessibility features has a thermally insulated cabinet and door defining a storage space with a plurality of support elements. The support elements include easily removable door shelves and horizontal cabinet shelves that can be removed or repositioned without the door being fully opened due to dished regions adjacent the shelf supports that allow the shelves to be pivoted and removed rather than slid straight out of the cabinet. Indicia on one of the shelves follows the contour of one of the door shelves to indicate approximately the shelf space occupied by an adjacent door shelf and thus where items can be set without interfering with the closure of the door. The refrigeration unit also includes a cam assembly at the lower door hinge which biases the door closed when open approximately 35 degrees or less. The refrigeration unit also includes features for attaching an overlay panel to the door easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: William A. Reed, Thomas W. Rand, Dean G. Byczynski, Joseph E. Braun, Andrew J. Doberstein, Lawrence D. Moye, Jack L. Vaughn, Jeffrey A. Ziminski
  • Patent number: 4889505
    Abstract: The invention provides a terminal for a coil. One embodiment of the invention is a housing made of molded insulating material: a projection molded into the housing; a lug made of electrically conductive material and having a recess therein for accepting the projection molded into the housing for preventing motion of the lug in a first direction; a support molded into the housing for supporting the lug and for preventing motion of the lug in a second direction; a lip, molded into the housing, and the lip accepts a first end of the lug for preventing motion of the first end of the lug in a third direction; and, a finger molded into the housing for securing a second end of the lug and preventing motion of the second of the lug in the third direction, thereby retaining the lug in the housing. The lug may snap under the finger. The housing may be a cup for retaining at least one coil bobbin, and there may be two coil bobbins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: James P. Schmiedel, Lawrence D. Moye
  • Patent number: 4834680
    Abstract: The invention provides a terminal for a coil. One embodiment of the invention is a housing made of molded insulating material; a projection molded into the housing; a lug made of electrically conductive material and having a recess therein for accepting the projection molded into the housing for preventing motion of the lug in a first direction; a support molded into the housing for supporting the lug and for preventing motion of the lug in a second direction; a lip, molded into the housing, and the lip accepts a first end of the lug for preventing motion of the first end of the lug in a third direction; and, a finger molded into the housing for securing a second end of the lug and preventing motion of the second of the lug in the third direction, thereby retaining the lug in the housing. The lug may snap under the finger. The housing may be a cup for retaining at least one coil bobbin, and there may be two coil bobbins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: James P. Schmiedel, Lawrence D. Moye
  • Patent number: 4820205
    Abstract: The invention provides a terminal for a coil. One embodiment of the invention is a housing made of molded insulating material; a projection molded into the housing; a lug made of electrically conductive material and having a recess therein for accepting the projection molded into the housing for preventing motion of the lug in a first direction; a support molded into the housing for supporting the lug and for preventing motion of the lug in a second direction; a lip, molded into the housing, and the lip accepts a first end of the lug for preventing motion of the first end of the lug in a third direction; and, a finger molded into the housing for securing a second end of the lug and preventing motion of the second of the lug in the third direction, thereby retaining the lug in the housing. The lug may snap under the finger. The housing may be a cup for retaining at least one coil bobbin, and there may be two coil bobbins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: James P. Schmiedel, Lawrence D. Moye
  • Patent number: 4705341
    Abstract: A terminal for a coil has a housing made of molded insulating material; a lug made of electrically conducting material and having at least three fingers protruding from a first end; a support molded into the housing for supporting the lug, the lug being capable of rotation about the support; and a shelf. The shelf has a first surface and a second surface, the shelf is capable of accepting at least one of the three fingers along the first surface, the shelf is capable of accepting at least two of the at least three fingers along the second surface, and the at least three fingers touch the shelf and prevent the first end of the lug from rotating about the support; and a hook is molded into the housing for securing a second end of a lug and for preventing rotation of the lug about the support in order to secure the lug to the housing. The first surface and the second surface of the shelf may be substantially planar parallel surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventors: James P. Schmiedel, Lawrence D. Moye
  • Patent number: D472882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: U-Line Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Moye, Jeffrey A. Ziminski, Michael J. Nickel, David H. Roland, Brett J. Vladika
  • Patent number: D487576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: U-Line Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Reed, Joseph E. Braun, Lawrence D. Moye, Michael J. Nickel, David H. Roland, Brett J. Vladika
  • Patent number: D495346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: U-Line Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Reed, Joseph E. Braun, Lawrence D. Moye, Michael J. Nickel, David H. Roland, Brett J. Vladika