Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Soyka

Thomas J. Soyka 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).

  • Aiming light mount and system for shotgun
    Patent number: 5913669
    Abstract: A system and mount for releasably coupling an infrared aiming light beneath he barrel of a shotgun, including a gun barrel and an extended tubular magazine. The mount includes four clampable opposing mount surfaces, where two of the surfaces approximates a curvature of the firearm barrel and two that approximates a curvature of the extended tubular magazine. A rail mating surface and draw screw releasably couples a rail, integral with an infrared aiming light, to and below the mount surfaces. The system includes optional activation of the aiming light using a tape switch located on the hand grip of the shotgun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Charles L. Hansen, Thomas J. Soyka
  • Multi-cable storage and retrieval device
    Patent number: 5265815
    Abstract: A multi-cable storage and retrieval device including a housing, multi-cable pool inside the housing, and lockable handle coupled to the spool which projects out one side of the housing. The multi-cable spool includes a spindle with at least two disks centered on the spindle for separating the various cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Thomas J. Soyka, Edwin W. Wentworth, Lawrence T. Marshall, Edward A. Antesberger