Patents by Inventor Rupert O. Yantz

Rupert O. Yantz 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: 6244730
    Abstract: A spotlight assembly is disclosed, including a spotlight energizeable to transmit a beam of light and having a lens frame configured to support a lens, and a cylinder coupled to the lens frame and adapted to receive at least one light guide through an opening in a sidewall of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Phoenix Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Goldberg, Rupert O. Yantz
  • Patent number: 5404283
    Abstract: A luminaire especially adapted for use as an outdoor framing projector is weatherproof and has an optical system for projecting a beam of a variable size and focus. A housing made in extruded sections has a longitudinally continuous sealed joint between the sections formed by a dog-leg shaped lip on one adjacent section fitting into a correspondingly shaped recess on the other section, with a resilient sealing strip compressed between the lip and recess and a detent holding the lip and recess together. A fan forced interior air recirculation cooling system cools a lamp with the warmed air flowing longitudinally back to front past top and side walls of the housing provided with cooling fins and a return air duct adjacent to the bottom wall drawing air from the front of the housing back to the inlet of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Phoenix Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rupert O. Yantz, Richard A. Johnson, Martin J. Peck
  • Patent number: 4419721
    Abstract: A control system for positioning a searchlight (2) in azimuth and elevation including an upper torque tube (34) and a lower torque tube (39) which are coupled together; an upper push rod (46), push rod coupling (50) and lower push rod (54) which are coupled together; and control elements (65, 90 & 93, 100) operative to rotate the lower torque tube and also operative to reciprocate the lower push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: Phoenix Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian R. Gregoire, Rupert O. Yantz
  • Patent number: D348744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Phoenix Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Johnson, Rupert O. Yantz
  • Patent number: D392407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Phoenix Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Johnson, Rupert O. Yantz, Mark T. Dane, Richard C. Mayer