Patents by Inventor Michael Asher

Michael Asher 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: 20050172594
    Abstract: An apparatus for moving particulate matter includes a body having a drive mechanism that operatively connects a motor to a shaft of a paddle assembly. A drive housing is disposed on the body and houses the drive mechanism. A cavity having a first side, a second side, and at least a partial semi-circular cross-sectional shape is disposed in the body, and the paddle assembly includes the shaft and a plurality of paddles disposed therefrom. Each paddle includes a bottom wall that is sized and shaped to extend along a width of the paddle in a substantially planar manner between the first side wall and the second side wall of the cavity, and a distal end that travels along the semi-circular cross-sectional shape of the cavity during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Barry Algren, Michael Asher
  • Publication number: 20040250684
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air or other gas, which includes a vertical gas absorption reactor containing loosely packed mixing units submerged in a carbon dioxide absorbent liquid; gas to be treated is admitted at or near this base of the rector, is broken into small bubbles by the mixing units, and passes through the absorbent liquid to remove a high percentage of carbon dioxide; treated gas leaves from the top of the reactor, a regenerator associated with the reactor continually or intermittently regenerates the absorbent liquid and is arranged to receive absorbent liquid to be treated through an outlet from the reactor which is located higher up the wall of the reactor than the inlet for returning treated liquid to the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Susan Pran Krumdieck, Kenneth Neil Marsh, Matthew Lloyd Brill, Michael Asher Brown, James Richard Cleland, Matthew Donald Green, Jamie Stuart Wallace
  • Patent number: 5285038
    Abstract: A low part count momentary push-button assembly having an integral indicator lamp for indicating activation of a controlled circuit or device. The push-button assembly comprises a switch unit and indicator lamp mounted side-by-side on a central region of a printed circuit board, a push-button having a contact area disposed in axial alignment with the switch unit, and a light transmissive passage disposed in axial alignment with the indicator lamp, and a unitary interface element disposed intermediate the circuit board and the push-button. The interface element includes an integral sleeve for locating the indicator lamp in relation to the light transmissive passage of the push-button, and a cantilevered structure which is maintained in resilient engagement with the contact area of the push-button. The interface element snaps onto the circuit board, and the circuit board is snapped into a housing cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Delco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Asher, Charles E. Kidwell, Robin L. Truesdell