Patents by Inventor Brad P. Thorstensen

Brad P. Thorstensen 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).

  • Publication number: 20090040866
    Abstract: A water bath for laboratory use capable of two mixing motions is disclosed. Master magnets are mounted on eccentric shafts turned in a circular orbit by an electric motor beneath the bath. Slave magnets are mounted on a basket within the bath. The basket rides on spherical bearings within the bath. The bearings are received within tracks on the basket. A first set of the tracks are linear. A second set of the tracks are endless. When the bearings are received in the linear tracks, the basket moves in linear reciprocal motion in response to motion of the master magnets. When the bearings are received in the endless tracks, the basket moves in an orbit in response to motion of the master magnets. The tracks and the bearings are positioned so that a particular motion may be selected by orienting the basket within the bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: William A. Rollin, III, Brad P. Thorstensen