Patents by Inventor Charles E. Studebaker

Charles E. Studebaker 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: 9358163
    Abstract: A detachable electric drive unit for a wheelchair is provided. The detachable electric drive unit includes a housing having an interior volume and two guide rails disposed on opposing sides of the housing. Each guide rail includes a channel to receive a wheelchair wheel and has at least two wheels attached to opposing ends of each guide rail. A roller assembly is disposed within the channels of each guide rail. An electric motor is coupled to the roller assembly in each guide rail. The electric motor drives the roller assembly imparting rotational motion to the wheelchair wheels supported within each channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Charles E. Studebaker
  • Publication number: 20160136019
    Abstract: A detachable electric drive unit for a wheelchair is provided. The detachable electric drive unit includes a housing having an interior volume and two guide rails disposed on opposing sides of the housing. Each guide rail includes a channel to receive a wheelchair wheel and has at least two wheels attached to opposing ends of each guide rail. A roller assembly is disposed within the channels of each guide rail. An electric motor is coupled to the roller assembly in each guide rail. The electric motor drives the roller assembly imparting rotational motion to the wheelchair wheels supported within each channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Charles E. Studebaker
  • Patent number: 5556366
    Abstract: A device is provided to protect one's fingers from abrasion and paper cuts whenever forming a creasing line. The device consists of a pair of hinged, open-ended laterally-positioned elongated arms which are capable of providing a controllable creasing pressure at inwardly-facing opposed creasing surfaces. One of the arms is provided with a finger-gripping means to enable firmly holding the device against slippage during use. The finger-gripping means can also be provided with a stiletto-type letter opener. One form of the device can be made to stand upright on a desk for ready grasping in the identical position in which it will be used, and also has outwardly-facing surfaces carrying an advertising message or logo which are easily readable when the device is placed in such upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Inventor: Charles E. Studebaker
  • Patent number: 5336155
    Abstract: A method and device are provided to protect one's fingers from abrasion and paper cuts whenever forming a creasing line. The device consists of a pair of laterally-positioned elongated arms which are capable of providing a controllable creasing pressure at inwardly-facing opposed creasing surfaces. One of the arms is provided with a finger-gripping means to enable achieving a firm hold on the device during use as well as to prevent slippage of one's fingers from the device as it is moved while the crease is being formed. A stiletto-type letter opener and a sheet comber can also be provided with the device. The device can be made to stand upright on a desk for ready grasping in the identical position in which it will be used, and also has surfaces which are capable of carrying an advertising message or logo which are easily readable when the device is placed in such upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Inventor: Charles E. Studebaker
  • Patent number: 5203557
    Abstract: The anchor utilizes a pair of horizontally-offset male/female connections between the base and the anchor, the outer one of which connections is adjacent the outer edges of the base so as to minimize the effects of torque applied as when a player slides into a base while attempting a "steal". The horizontal surface area of the anchor is relatively large to enable a dirt-covered anchor to be easily located. Important advantages of the design are to avoid anchor obstruction of dragging equipment when the bases are removed, protecting both the equipment and the anchors, and to minimize risk to a player stepping over an anchor which does not have a base covering it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Inventors: Charles E. Studebaker, William Weigl