Patents by Inventor Robert M. Amundson

Robert M. Amundson 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: 9422142
    Abstract: The subject invention includes a lift system including a first scissor-type lift assembly and a second scissor-type lift assembly spaced from the first scissor-type lift assembly. The first scissor-type lift assembly includes a first base and a first platform coupled to the first base for movement between elevated and lowered states. The first scissor-type lift assembly includes a first motor operatively mounted to the first base. The second scissor-type lift assembly includes a second base and a second platform coupled to the second base for movement between elevated and lowered states. The second scissor-type lift assembly includes a second motor operatively mounted to the second base. The first and second motors move the first and second platforms between the elevated and lowered states. The lift system includes a controller in communication with the first and second scissor-type lift assemblies to synchronize operation of the first and second motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: HERKULES EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd J. Bacon, Robert M. Amundson, Scott F. Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20150034893
    Abstract: The subject invention includes a lift system including a first scissor-type lift assembly and a second scissor-type lift assembly spaced from the first scissor-type lift assembly. The first scissor-type lift assembly includes a first base and a first platform coupled to the first base for movement between elevated and lowered states. The first scissor-type lift assembly includes a first motor operatively mounted to the first base. The second scissor-type lift assembly includes a second base and a second platform coupled to the second base for movement between elevated and lowered states. The second scissor-type lift assembly includes a second motor operatively mounted to the second base. The first and second motors move the first and second platforms between the elevated and lowered states. The lift system includes a controller in communication with the first and second scissor-type lift assemblies to synchronize operation of the first and second motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Herkules Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Todd J. Bacon, Robert M. Amundson, Scott F. Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 4865130
    Abstract: A housing surrounds a portion of a tubular member forming a combustion chamber in the annulus between the housing and the tubular member. The housing has an upper end and a lower end with a port for the passage of hot gases. The tubular member has a port at a lower end portion. The tubular member and housing are located in a borehole and oxygen and hydrogen are injected into the chamber to form a combustible mixture which is ignited and burned to form combustion gases for flow through the port of the housing into the borehole. Steam is injected through the tubular member for cooling the housing and the combustion gases. After a period of time, the injection of the oxygen, hydrogen and steam is terminated and a pump is lowered into the tubular member for pumping fluids in the borehole upward through the tubular member to the surface. Instead of steam, an excess of hydrogen may be injected into the combustion chamber for cooling purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: WorldEnergy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Ware, Robert M. Amundson