Patents by Inventor Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer 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).

  • Multi-functional apparatus employing an intermittent motion mechanism
    Patent number: 6018223
    Abstract: A multi-functional apparatus employs an intermittent motion mechanism. An electromagnetic device selectively causes movement of the intermittent motion mechanism thereby moving a mechanical device coupled thereto. In another aspect of the present invention, a single electric motor selectively actuates two or three intermittent rotary motion mechanisms thereby causing separate mechanical devices coupled thereto to operate within an automotive vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghu Oruganty, Daniel D. Kilker, William Carl Zimmer, James Wayne Gibson
  • Multi-functional apparatus employing an intermittent motion mechanism
    Patent number: 5949206
    Abstract: A multi-functional apparatus employs an intermittent motion mechanism. An electromagnetic device selectively causes movement of the intermittent motion mechanism thereby moving a mechanical device coupled thereto. In another aspect of the present invention, a single electric motor selectively actuates two or three intermittent rotary motion mechanisms thereby causing separate mechanical devices coupled thereto to operate within an automotive vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: UT Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghu Oruganty, Daniel D. Kilker, William Carl Zimmer, James Wayne Gibson
  • Multi-functional apparatus employing an intermittent motion mechanism
    Patent number: 5905345
    Abstract: A multi-functional apparatus employs an intermittent motion mechanism. An electromagnetic device selectively causes movement of the intermittent motion mechanism thereby moving a mechanical device coupled thereto. In another aspect of the present invention, a single electric motor selectively actuates two or three intermittent rotary motion mechanisms thereby causing separate mechanical devices coupled thereto to operate within an automotive vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: UT Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
    Inventors: William Carl Zimmer, James Wayne Gibson
  • Multi-functional apparatus employing an intermittent motion mechanism
    Patent number: 5841249
    Abstract: A multi-functional apparatus employs an intermittent motion mechanism. An electromagnetic device selectively causes movement of the intermittent motion mechanism thereby moving a mechanical device coupled thereto. In another aspect of the present invention, a single electric motor selectively actuates two or three intermittent rotary motion mechanisms thereby causing separate mechanical devices coupled thereto to operate within an automotive vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: UT Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
    Inventors: William Carl Zimmer, James Wayne Gibson
  • Flow-controlled calibration syringe
    Patent number: 5827941
    Abstract: A calibration syringe is constructed like a single stage manual pump having a plunger. The input manifold has a duckbill valve that functions to maintain a fixed air flow rate through the syringe even with variable forces acting on the plunger. The duckbill valve has a pair of flexible lips which face upstream against the air flow. As a vacuum is formed inside the pump's input chamber, ambient air pressure closes the flexible lips. Thus, variable plunger forces creates a variable orifice inversely proportional to the plunger force. The result is a constant flow rate syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Pulmonary Data Service Instrumentation, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Good, Carl Zimmer