Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Crawford

Christopher L. Crawford 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: 8616360
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: MEI, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Patent number: 7789214
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: MEI, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Publication number: 20100156036
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: MEI, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Patent number: 7481308
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Mei, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Publication number: 20040233983
    Abstract: A security system. The security system comprises N surveillance nodes, where N is greater than or equal to 17 and is an integer. Each surveillance node providing a video source of a scene of a location of the surveillance node. The security system comprises a monitoring node having a display in communication with the N surveillance nodes. The security system comprises a controller which simultaneously continuously shows on the display a live scene of the surveillance node when a predetermined event occurs at the surveillance node, and a recorded scene of the node for a predetermined time which spans before, during and after the predetermined event, the controller in communication with the monitoring node and the N surveillance nodes. Alternatively, N is greater than or equal to 2 and is an integer, and the security system comprises an ATM network through which the N surveillance nodes, the monitoring node and the controller communicate. A method for maintaining security.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Marconi Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Crawford, Cesar M. Guzman, Patrick T. McNeeley, Hector L. Robles, Ivor Petrie
  • Publication number: 20040213620
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Mars Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Publication number: 20040155102
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Mars Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Patent number: 6712352
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Publication number: 20020056960
    Abstract: A lockable, removable cassette is described. In an implementation, the cassette includes a plastic shell and a currency access door. The cassette may also include a flexible handle and/or an integrated grip. In addition, the cassette may include at least one of an aperture and a transparent window positioned to reveal the contents of the cassette. In an implementation, the cassette includes a stacking mechanism which may include a drive means having non-circular drive gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Michael D. Nunn, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Kenneth B. Wood, Stephen R. Watrous
  • Patent number: 6094290
    Abstract: A light-reactive thermal window is disclosed having external and internal panes. The external pane is composed of photochromic glass, while the internal pane is composed of clear glass. The panes are separated by a space having a uniform thickness. Each of the panes has a peripheral edge, with a spacer located between the peripheral edges of the external and internal panes. A sealant seals the peripheral edges of the external and internal panes. The window may include a frame securing together the spacer, the sealant, and the peripheral edges of the panes. Also disclosed is a method of preventing glare on a screen while minimizing climate control costs by installing a light-reactive thermal window near the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Inventors: Christopher L. Crawford, Cheryl Lynn Crawford
  • Patent number: 4652930
    Abstract: A television camera includes a front bracket to which the pickup lens is secured. A pickup tube and yoke assembly including a yoke holder are slidably attached to the bracket in a mating circular cylindrical cavity. The tube is back focussed along the lens optical axis by a camming mechanism coupled between the bracket and the yoke holder. The yoke holder has a flange attached to the camming mechanism, the flange having a plurality of alignment slots for angularly positioning the pickup tube relative to the pickup lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher L. Crawford
  • Patent number: 4643493
    Abstract: A plastic television chassis adapted for use in combination with a cathode-ray tube within an enclosure includes a base having integral snap-together parts disposed at opposite ends thereof. A pair of side frames are attached, respectively, to the opposite ends of the base in a substantially orthogonal orientation. Each side frame has integral snap-together parts disposed adjacent a first edge thereof for mating with the snap-together parts of the base, and also has integral slidable-groove parts disposed along a second edge thereof adjacent the first edge. A panel is attached to the side frames by integral slidable-groove parts disposed along opposite sides thereof for mating, respectively, with the slidable-groove parts of the side frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Sides, Sr., Christopher L. Crawford, Raymond J. Nunweiler, Jr., David L. Muth, George P. Hope
  • Patent number: 4491378
    Abstract: A zero insertion force dual-in-line plug and socket assembly comprising a socket housing having spaced rows of finger-proof terminal-receiving compartments and a dual-in-line plug supported by an insulating carrier with barriers extending between and beyond respective plug leads defining a finger-proof enclosure. The dual-in-line plug assembly is receivably as a free fit between the compartment rows and the socket assembly includes a closure member having a series of cams which urge the terminals into engagement with the plug leads on movement to a closed condition. The terminals include sinuous intermediate portions to provide desired flexural characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher L. Crawford
  • Patent number: 4455058
    Abstract: An electrical connector housing for flat cable comprising first and second members movable between mutually adjacent and remote positions corresponding to closed and open conditions of the housing respectively. Latching means comprise a latch bar and a release bar supported for deflection adjacent an end of one member and extending spaced apart in side-by-side relation interconnected by a plurality of transverse struts to defining an eye. A catch means on the other member is receivable in the eye in latching engagement with the latching bar in the closed condition of the connector housing, movement of the release bar in the direction of the latch bar deflecting the latch bar, thereby to disengage the catch means from the latch bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald R. Harner, Robert C. Kaley, Christopher L. Crawford
  • Patent number: 4426125
    Abstract: The invention is a hinged electrical connector for terminating conductors of flat cable, using finger pressure to close the hinged parts of the connector over the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher L. Crawford
  • Patent number: D482056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert J. Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., Michael D. Nunn, John D. Snider, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Raymond M. Walker, William H. Wurz
  • Patent number: D483057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert J. Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., Michael D. Nunn, John D. Snider, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Raymond M. Walker, William H. Wurz
  • Patent number: D490101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert J. Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., Michael D. Nunn, John D. Snider, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Raymond M. Walker, William H. Wurz
  • Patent number: D490839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron, Robert J. Clauser, Christopher L. Crawford, David C. Deaville, Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., Michael D. Nunn, John D. Snider, Jeffrey T. Thawley, Raymond M. Walker, William H. Wurz
  • Patent number: D339327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Cardinal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Crawford, Joel Carpenter, Duncan McArdle