Patents by Inventor Carl M. Rasmussen

Carl M. Rasmussen 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: 4630163
    Abstract: An electrical circuit and method for use in suppressing source and load-side transients appearing on a power-supply line. The circuit includes a high-speed clamping stage, a high-energy clamping stage, and a highly efficient LC filter for dissipating harmonic voltage and current caused by clamping the transient. A third clamping stage may be included so as to provide for common-mode suppression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: EFI Corporation
    Inventors: Howard C. Cooper, Carl M. Rasmussen, Perry N. Law
  • Patent number: 4257570
    Abstract: A tie down assembly for use in securing one object to another, such as a camper to a truck, the tie down assembly including a specially configurated anchor member rigidly secured to a surface and having a head spaced from the surface by a diametrally reduced neck portion. A bracket member is provided with an interlock slot configurated to permit removable attachment of the bracket member to the anchor member only when the interlock slot in the bracket member is oriented in a predetermined complementary way with respect to the special configuration of the camper anchor. Once attached to the anchor member, the bracket member may be freely rotated with respect to the anchor member but can be removed only when properly aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Inventor: Carl M. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 4015822
    Abstract: A camper jack for mounting on a camper body, the jack having an extensible leg projectable from a hollow jack housing and attached to the camper body along the length of the housing. A piston cooperating in a cylinder in the extensible leg extends the leg from the housing. A hydraulic fluid reservoir is formed in the extensible leg in an annular space surrounding the cylinder. A valve block is coextensive with the extensible leg at the foot of the leg and contains the valves and pumping piston for the jack. Valving in the valve block permits manual extension and retraction of the extensible leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Inventor: Carl M. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: D245312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Inventors: Reed Rasmussen, Carl M. Rasmussen