Patents by Inventor Adan Akerman

Adan Akerman 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).

  • Quick-adjust tensioner
    Patent number: 10427850
    Abstract: Quick-adjust tensioner that exerts a braking torque on a spool. The tensioner includes a stop configured to fit onto a rod supporting the spool. The location of the stop on the rod is adjustable by the user. The stop is connected to a foot by a biasing member. The biasing member presses the foot against the spool to create a braking torque on the spool. The force of the biasing member on the foot is predetermined by adjusting the distance between the stop and the foot, thereby adjusting the foot's braking torque on the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Akerworks, Inc.
    Inventor: Adan Akerman
  • Quick-adjust Tensioner
    Publication number: 20180111732
    Abstract: Quick-adjust tensioner that exerts a braking torque on a spool. The tensioner includes a stop configured to fit onto a rod supporting the spool. The location of the stop on the rod is adjustable by the user. The stop is connected to a foot by a biasing member. The biasing member presses the foot against the spool to create a braking torque on the spool. The force of the biasing member on the foot is predetermined by adjusting the distance between the stop and the foot, thereby adjusting the foot's braking torque on the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Adan Akerman
  • FILM STRETCHER
    Publication number: 20120146276
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • FILM STRETCHER
    Publication number: 20120144655
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • Film stretcher
    Patent number: 8141855
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Inventure Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • FILM STRETCHER
    Publication number: 20090104299
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • VARIABLE DOSE INHALATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20070240712
    Abstract: An inhaler containing one or more vibrator mechanisms in one or more powder dispensing chambers for delivery of varying doses of a therapeutic agent or drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Scott FLEMING, Anand V. Gumaste, Leo B. Kriksunov, Adan Akerman