Patents Assigned to Grand Rapids Controls, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6877597
    Abstract: A clutch mechanism for seating units of the type having an adjustable support member. The clutch mechanism includes a housing having first and second opposite ends, and a generally cylindrical inner sidewall. A clamp member is movably interconnected with the housing, and the clamp member is adapted to secure the housing to a frame member of a seating unit. A rotor is rotatably mounted within the housing, and the rotor has a generally cylindrical outer surface. The rotor defines an axis of rotation, and has a channel with opposed sidewalls in the cylindrical outer surface extending generally parallel to the axis. A handle extends from the rotor, and a pulley is rotatably interconnected with the rotor. The pulley has an annular groove and an extension disposed in the channel of the rotor. The pulley is adapted to be operably coupled to an adjustable support member of a seating unit to provide adjustment of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Grand Rapids Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: David F. Bach, James W. Bach
  • Patent number: 4898046
    Abstract: A highly flexible and cost effective stranded conduit for a control cable assembly comprises about twenty-one (21) to thirty (30) individual strands of low carbon SAE 1005 to 1040 steel wire wrapped in a contiguous helical configuration about a plastic resin liner at a pitch of 0.5 to 3.0 inches, with the individual strands of wire having a diameter of 0.008 to 0.020 inches. The wire layer is surrounded by a jacket material formed of an abrasion resistant plastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Grand Rapids Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Mancewicz, William R. Bosworth, Jr.