Patents by Inventor Andrew R. Johnson

Andrew R. Johnson 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: 11949294
    Abstract: An assembly comprises a resistor plate for a rotating rectifier assembly (RRA). A shaft bore is defined through the resistor plate for passage of a shaft of an electrical machine, and the resistor plate defines a main annular body around the shaft bore. A first protrusion extends radially outward from the main annular body, so that a first pin bore extends through the first protrusion. At least one contact band is seated in a the pin bore of the resistor plate for mounting a direct current (DC) pin to the resistor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle S. Sirbasku, Dhaval Patel, Andrew R. Wilkinson, Mary Christelle Ann Calacal, Yaser J. Isa, Edward C. Allen, Duane C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11934210
    Abstract: A handheld computer device is configured to selectively receive a plurality of fluid output values from a paint sprayer and configured to operate in an accessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a first location where wireless connectivity, via a continuous or near continuous communication path, to at least one of a network server or the paint sprayer is accessible or operate in an inaccessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a second location out of range of the continuous or near continuous communication path to at least one of the network server or the paint sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GRACO MINNESOTA INC.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano, Benjamin R. Godding, Mark T. Weinberger, Michael J. Mansheim, Nicholas H. Reath, Andrew J. Kopel, Daniel R. Johnson, Kevin C. Robb, Robert J. Gundersen
  • Patent number: 11934212
    Abstract: A handheld computer device is configured to selectively receive a plurality of fluid output values from a paint sprayer and configured to operate in an accessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a first location where wireless connectivity, via a continuous or near continuous communication path, to at least one of a network server or the paint sprayer is accessible or operate in an inaccessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a second location out of range of the continuous or near continuous communication path to at least one of the network server or the paint sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GRACO MINNESOTA INC.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano, Benjamin R. Godding, Mark T. Weinberger, Michael J. Mansheim, Nicholas H. Reath, Andrew J. Kopel, Daniel R. Johnson, Kevin C. Robb, Robert J. Gundersen
  • Patent number: 11934211
    Abstract: A handheld computer device is configured to selectively receive a plurality of fluid output values from a paint sprayer and configured to operate in an accessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a first location where wireless connectivity, via a continuous or near continuous communication path, to at least one of a network server or the paint sprayer is accessible or operate in an inaccessible mode in which the handheld computer device is in a second location out of range of the continuous or near continuous communication path to at least one of the network server or the paint sprayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GRACO MINNESOTA INC.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Lange, Nicholas A. Pagano, Benjamin R. Godding, Mark T. Weinberger, Michael J. Mansheim, Nicholas H. Reath, Andrew J. Kopel, Daniel R. Johnson, Kevin C. Robb, Robert J. Gundersen
  • Patent number: 9416525
    Abstract: A water closet bolt comprises an upper end and a lower end with a threaded body extending therebetween. The lower end includes an oblong foot and the upper end includes a male or female notch for visually indicating the orientation of the long axis of the oblong foot. The notch also serves as a gripping surface to aid the installer in the installation of the toilet. Furthermore, the bottom of the notch acts as a break-off point to aid the installer in removing an excess portion of the bolt after the completing the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Shurset Corp.
    Inventors: Charles W. Johnson, Andrew R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110214227
    Abstract: A water closet bolt comprises an upper end and a lower end with a threaded body extending therebetween. The lower end includes an oblong foot and the upper end includes a male or female notch for visually indicating the orientation of the long axis of the oblong foot. The notch also serves as a gripping surface to aid the installer in the installation of the toilet. Furthermore, the bottom of the notch acts as a break-off point to aid the installer in removing an excess portion of the bolt after the completing the installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Shurset Corp.
    Inventors: Charles W. Johnson, Andrew R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7954179
    Abstract: A water closet bolt comprises an upper end and a lower end with a threaded body extending therebetween. The lower end includes an oblong foot and the upper end includes a male or female notch for visually indicating the orientation of the long axis of the oblong foot. The notch also serves as a gripping surface to aid the installer in the installation of the toilet. Furthermore, the bottom of the notch acts as a break-off point to aid the installer in removing an excess portion of the bolt after the completing the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventors: Charles W. Johnson, Andrew R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080184469
    Abstract: A water closet bolt comprises an upper end and a lower end with a threaded body extending therebetween. The lower end includes an oblong foot and the upper end includes a male or female notch for visually indicating the orientation of the long axis of the oblong foot. The notch also serves as a gripping surface to aid the installer in the installation of the toilet. Furthermore, the bottom of the notch acts as a break-off point to aid the installer in removing an excess portion of the bolt after the completing the installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Charles W. Johnson, Andrew R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5524743
    Abstract: A selectively-operable drive device for drive action including a drive input member to put drive into the device, a drive output member to supply drive action from the device, the input and output members being electrically isolatingly spaced, the device being selectively operable to put the input member and output member into driving relation by electric field electrodes on the input and output members and between the spaced members a quantity of electric field responsive fluid subject, on energisation in operation, to an electric field between the electrodes, the output member being of material of lower density than the input member and the output member having a lower mechanical time constant than the input member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: British Technology Group Ltd.
    Inventors: William A. Bullough, Riazallah Firoozian, Ahmad Hosseini-Sianaki, Andrew R. Johnson, John Makin, Shi Xiao