Patents by Inventor Benjamin Booth Edinger

Benjamin Booth Edinger 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).

  • Self-tensioning drive belt system
    Patent number: 8887644
    Abstract: A self-tensioning drive belt system includes first and second gears rotatable relative to each other about a common first axis. A drive belt is fixedly secured to the first gear at a first location on the drive belt, and is fixedly secured to the second gear at a second location on the drive belt. A biasing member is disposed between the first and second gears. Various methods of using and assembling the self-tensioning drive system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Booth Edinger, Jeffrey Dennis Roetman
  • SELF-TENSIONING DRIVE BELT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120199051
    Abstract: A self-tensioning drive belt system includes first and second gears rotatable relative to each other about a common first axis. A drive belt is fixedly secured to the first gear at a first location on the drive belt, and is fixedly secured to the second gear at a second location on the drive belt. A biasing member is disposed between the first and second gears. Various methods of using and assembling the self-tensioning drive system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: BENJAMIN BOOTH EDINGER, JEFFREY DENNIS ROETMAN
  • Seating structure having flexible support surface
    Patent number: 7472962
    Abstract: A seating structure includes a plurality of boss structures arranged in a pattern and a plurality of web structures joining adjacent boss structures within the pattern. At least some of the web structures are spaced apart such that they define openings therebetween. Adjacent rows of said web structures are spaced or staggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Herman Miller Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Carmel Caruso, Steven Jerome Caruso, John Fredric Aldrich, Andrew Keith Hector, Thomas William Granzow, Dean Thomas Miller, Richard Thomas Peek, Benjamin Booth Edinger, Chad D. Aerts