Patents by Inventor Robert B Hardy

Robert B Hardy 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: 6439635
    Abstract: The present invention 10 discloses a hydraulic seat lift 20 for an all-terrain vehicle 26 having the driver's seat 16 located on a top portion of a platform 20 and the superior end of the hydraulic scissor-lift mechanism 44 fastened to a side portion of the platform 20 in a manner that would raise the driver seated on the platform as the hydraulic scissor-lift mechanism 44 is extended and would lower the operator as it retracts. The hydraulic scissor-lift mechanism comprises two hydraulically powered scissor-lifts 44 located on opposing sides of the seat lift platform 20 with each scissor-lift comprising inversely paired diagonal cross-members that are medially connected to one another with the distal ends of each pair of cross-members pivotably connected to the distal ends of the next pair of cross-members which can be repeated to form a vertically stacked series of interconnected cross-members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventors: Robert B Hardy, David G Patterson, Richard Smith
  • Patent number: 4722225
    Abstract: An ultrasonic inspection system for performing in-service inspection of atomic reactors and the like includes a remote inspector including a transducer holding device of novel design and function. The holding device basically comprises an outer housing; an inner housing rotatably retained within said outer housing; an ultrasonic transducer retained within said inner housing; retention means for selectively positioning said transducer within said inner housing; and means for locking said transducer within said inner housing at a selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Robert B. Hardy, Charles D. Richards, Paul H. Waite