Patents by Inventor Casper Van Dijke

Casper Van Dijke 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: 10379580
    Abstract: A storage medium accommodating apparatus for accommodating at least one storage medium of an industrial computer is provided. The accommodating unit includes at least one side wall including at least one guide groove, where the at least one guide groove includes an engagement section; and at least one support unit, where the at least one storage medium may be accommodated inside the at least one support unit, the at least one support unit includes a guide rail that is supported in a manner of being movable on the at least one guide groove, the at least one support unit includes an elastically deformable counter-engagement section, and the counter-engagement section is automatically engaged into the engagement section in a shape-fitting manner in a state that the at least one support unit is pushed into the accommodating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus, Nard Louws
  • Patent number: 10234912
    Abstract: A drawer apparatus (10) for use in an expansion card (9) of an industrial computer (1) includes a drawer (22) used for accommodating the expansion card (9), where the drawer (22) includes a bottom portion (23) and at least one side wall (24) connected to the bottom portion (23), and a fixing element (57), where the fixing element (57) is adapted to at least sectionally buckle the at least one side wall (24) and the expansion card (9) in a shape fitting manner, so as to fasten the expansion card (9) on the drawer (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus
  • Patent number: 9927848
    Abstract: A housing for a monitor of an industrial computer is installed in/on a plate and includes a basic section, a frame section, an engagement element, a spring element, a guide element and a fixing element. The frame section is attached on the plate. The engagement element optionally moves from an unlocked position where the engagement element is detached from engagement with the plate to a locked position where the engagement element is engaged with the plate in a shape fitting manner. The spring element pretensions the engagement element in a direction toward the locked position. The engagement element is linearly guided along the guide element. The fixing element fixes the engagement element at the unlocked position or the locked position, and is releasable, so that the engagement element automatically moves from the unlocked position to the locked position by means of the spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus, Nard Louws
  • Publication number: 20170255237
    Abstract: A housing for a monitor of an industrial computer is installed in/on a plate and includes a basic section, a frame section, an engagement element, a spring element, a guide element and a fixing element. The frame section is attached on the plate. The engagement element optionally moves from an unlocked position where the engagement element is detached from engagement with the plate to a locked position where the engagement element is engaged with the plate in a shape fitting manner. The spring element pretensions the engagement element in a direction toward the locked position. The engagement element is linearly guided along the guide element. The fixing element fixes the engagement element at the unlocked position or the locked position, and is releasable, so that the engagement element automatically moves from the unlocked position to the locked position by means of the spring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus
  • Publication number: 20170199551
    Abstract: A storage medium accommodating apparatus for accommodating at least one storage medium of an industrial computer is provided. The accommodating unit includes at least one side wall including at least one guide groove, where the at least one guide groove includes an engagement section; and at least one support unit, where the at least one storage medium may be accommodated inside the at least one support unit, the at least one support unit includes a guide rail that is supported in a manner of being movable on the at least one guide groove, the at least one support unit includes an elastically deformable counter-engagement section, and the counter-engagement section is automatically engaged into the engagement section in a shape-fitting manner in a state that the at least one support unit is pushed into the accommodating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus, Nard Louws
  • Publication number: 20170199552
    Abstract: A drawer apparatus (10) for use in an expansion card (9) of an industrial computer (1) includes a drawer (22) used for accommodating the expansion card (9), where the drawer (22) includes a bottom portion (23) and at least one side wall (24) connected to the bottom portion (23), and a fixing element (57), where the fixing element (57) is adapted to at least sectionally buckle the at least one side wall (24) and the expansion card (9) in a shape fitting manner, so as to fasten the expansion card (9) on the drawer (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus
  • Patent number: D794628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus, Bas Groenendaal
  • Patent number: D808381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper Van Dijke, Jeremy Wirkus, Bas Groenendaal
  • Patent number: D873225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Casper van Dijke, Stan Vriezenga