Patents by Inventor Aaron J. Palumbo

Aaron J. Palumbo 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: 9446421
    Abstract: An irrigation sprinkler can include a riser and a nozzle turret rotatably mounted at an upper end of the riser. A drive assembly supported in the riser can be coupled to the nozzle turret for rotating the nozzle turret. The drive assembly can have a reversing gear drive, a reversing mechanism, and a manually adjustable arc setting mechanism including a pair of arc tabs. A position of one of the arc tabs is adjustable through the arc setting mechanism to change a size of an angle through which the nozzle turret oscillates back and forth. The manually adjustable arc setting mechanism is further adjustable to allow the nozzle turret to continuously rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald H. Anuskiewicz, Aaron J. Palumbo
  • Patent number: 8939384
    Abstract: An irrigation sprinkler includes a riser and a nozzle turret rotatably mounted at an upper end of the riser. A drive assembly is supported in the riser and is coupled to the nozzle turret for rotating the nozzle turret. The drive assembly has a reversing planetary gear drive, a reversing mechanism, and a manually adjustable arc setting mechanism including a pair of arc tabs. A position of one of the arc tabs is adjustable through the arc setting mechanism to change a size of an angle through which the nozzle turret oscillates back and forth. The manually adjustable arc setting mechanism is further adjustable to allow the nozzle turret to continuously rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald H. Anuskiewicz, Aaron J. Palumbo
  • Patent number: 7806382
    Abstract: A valve assembly comprises a diaphragm valve, a pressure regulator and a solenoid. The pressure regulator is operatively coupled to the diaphragm valve for maintaining a predetermined pressure in water exiting the diaphragm valve despite fluctuations in the pressure of water entering the diaphragm valve. The solenoid is mounted on the pressure regulator so that a plunger axis of the solenoid extends through a coil spring of the pressure regulator. The solenoid is operatively coupled to the diaphragm valve through the pressure regulator for opening and closing the diaphragm valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron J. Palumbo, Satoshi Kuwahara, Mohammad Dairi, Matthew G. Beutler
  • Patent number: 5801928
    Abstract: A circuit board guide and retaining apparatus to facilitate the alignment and installation of a circuit board within an electronic assembly chassis is disclosed. The circuit board guide and retaining apparatus includes a combination of alignment structures for aligning the circuit board in a prescribed orientation parallel to the base of the electronic assembly chassis and retention structures for preventing the circuit board from substantial displacement in lateral and/or vertical directions during and after the installation of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas C. Burstedt, Aaron J. Palumbo, Robert S. Haider, Tony A. Reyes