Patents by Inventor Paul E. Maass

Paul E. Maass 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: 6922913
    Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drying chamber, a door assembly, a blower assembly and an air passage for directing an airflow to the drying chamber. A media holder is removably positioned in the air passage to suspend a volatilizable media in the path of the airflow. The media holder includes a main body having rear wall formed from a latticework frame, an interior for receiving the volatilizable material, and a door member. The door member is also formed from a latticework frame. With this arrangement, both the rear wall and door member include a plurality of openings to allow an airflow to carry a fragrance or other substance from the volatilizable material through the air passage to treat clothes placed in the drying chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa J. Hood, Troy A. Johnson, Joseph M. Keeler, Paul E. Maass, Jeffrey D. Rupe, Dean L. Schaffran, Stephen D. Schober, Curtis J. Tremel
  • Patent number: 6386803
    Abstract: A drill (100) for drilling a material (104) with a drill bit (102) which is specially adapted for use by inexperienced users is provided. The drill (100) includes a rotatable helix screw (132) having a helix groove (134). A support block (136) travels up and down the helix screw (132) when the helix screw (132) is rotated via a handle section (120). A key pin (138) is mounted in the support block (136) to ride in the helix groove (134). Preferably, the center of mass of the support block (136) is tangential to the helix screw (132). A short level section (304) is formed in the bottom of the helix groove (134) such that the key pin (138) rests in the level section (304) when not in use. The drill (100) may comprise an overhead support mechanism (108) for rotatably supporting the drill (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: DuPage Children's Museum
    Inventors: Richard Sparber, Paul E. Maass
  • Patent number: 5504657
    Abstract: A face plate with an elastomeric, electrically-conductive gasket to provide electromagnetic radiation and control air flow for a front panel of an electronic equipment frame. The metallic face plate has a plurality of edge surfaces which are capable of providing electrically conductive contact with the frame wherein one of the edge surfaces has the gasket. The gasket is an electrically-conductive contact with the face plate and an adjacent face plate which forms a thermal seal and an electrically-conductive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Richard A. Bellino, Paul E. Maass, William J. Harvey, Frank C. Stocco