Patents by Inventor Achilleas Bardakas

Achilleas Bardakas 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).

  • Parallelogram arm vehicle lift
    Patent number: 10195977
    Abstract: A lift for transferring a user to and from a vehicle, the lift including a lift platform for receiving the user, the lift platform being arcuately movable between a first position and a second position; a vertical arm coupled to the lift platform, the vertical arm having a profile that is progressively convex along the entire length of the vertical arm; and a pair of parallel arms extending from the vertical arm, wherein each of the parallel arms is pivotally coupled to a bracket mounted to the vehicle; wherein the vertical arm has a generally U-shaped cross-section that forms a channel configured to receive at least a portion of the pair of parallel arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Braun Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Bettcher, III, Justin M. Kline, Austin D. Metzger, Haiyan Henry Zhang, Cong Liao, Achilleas Bardakas
  • PARALLELOGRAM ARM VEHICLE LIFT
    Publication number: 20180126889
    Abstract: A lift for transferring a user to and from a vehicle, the lift including a lift platform for receiving the user, the lift platform being arcuately movable between a first position and a second position; a vertical arm coupled to the lift platform, the vertical arm having a profile that is progressively convex along the entire length of the vertical arm; and a pair of parallel arms extending from the vertical arm, wherein each of the parallel arms is pivotally coupled to a bracket mounted to the vehicle; wherein the vertical arm has a generally U-shaped cross-section that forms a channel configured to receive at least a portion of the pair of parallel arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Robert E. Bettcher, III, Justin M. Kline, Austin D. Metzger, Haiyan Henry Zhang, Cong Liao, Achilleas Bardakas