Patents by Inventor Andy Sanders

Andy Sanders 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).

  • Powered clamp
    Patent number: 6877730
    Abstract: A powered clamp includes a pair of moveable members which engage one another to maintain, at least temporarily, a locking position of an arm when actuating fluid pressures have been decreased or lost. In another aspect of the present invention, the apparatus is simplified by engaging a slide rod with a rotatable hub. Furthermore, the overall packaging envelope required by the clamp is reduced by aligning the transverse axis of the rotatable hub with a longitudinal axis of an actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: BTM Corporation
    Inventors: Edwin G. Sawdon, Andy Sanders
  • Powered clamp
    Publication number: 20040239023
    Abstract: A powered clamp includes a pair of moveable members which engage one another to maintain, at least temporarily, a locking position of an arm when actuating fluid pressures have been decreased or lost. In another aspect of the present invention, the apparatus is simplified by engaging a slide rod with a rotatable hub. Furthermore, the overall packaging envelope required by the clamp is reduced by aligning the transverse axis of the rotatable hub with a longitudinal axis of an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Edwin G. Sawdon, Andy Sanders