Patents by Inventor Curt H. Blaszczyk

Curt H. Blaszczyk 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: 7510302
    Abstract: A light assembly including a socket, a housing, and a mounting member. The socket is connected to the mounting member, which is pivotably secured to the housing and constructed to allow rotation of the socket, and thereby a lighting element engaged with the housing, relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: SPI Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig T. Curtis, Robert T. Allen, Curt H. Blaszczyk
  • Patent number: 5727659
    Abstract: A caliper brake assembly adapted to be mounted on a frame or housing in a position to engage each side of a brake disc, the assembly including a pair of bushings mounted on the frame, a one piece caliper housing mounted on the bushings, a brake pad assembly mounted on the bushings on each side of the brake disc, a ball ramp rotor assembly mounted on one side of the caliper housing for moving the brake pads into engagement with the brake disc, a flat spring mounted on the brake pad assemblies to prevent vibration of the brake pad assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Hayes Industrial Brake, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald D. Brown, Curt H. Blaszczyk, James A. Buckley, Eric R. Buckhouse
  • Patent number: 5647459
    Abstract: A heavy duty brake assembly including a caliper mounted on a housing in a position to bridge a brake disc, a pair of screws mounted on the housing, a bushing and a washer mounted on each of the screws, a notch formed in the periphery of each of the bushings intermediate the ends thereof, a self-adjusting repeatable retraction device mounted on each of the bushings for supporting the caliper, the device including a plastic sleeve mounted on each of the bushings, a pair of tabs formed in each of the sleeves and aligned with the notches to limit the paths of travel of the sleeve with respect to the bushings, a bell spring formed on one end of each of the sleeves for biasing the caliper to a neutral position with respect to the disc and a seal formed on each end of the plastic sleeve to seal the sleeve to the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Hayes Industrial Brake, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Buckley, Curt H. Blaszczyk, James J. Dimsey
  • Patent number: 5529150
    Abstract: A heavy duty caliper brake assembly mounted in a position to engage a brake disc, the caliper including means for supporting the caliper on the housing, a brake pad mounted on the caliper on each side of the disc, a rotor mounted on one leg of the caliper in a position to engage one of the brake pads and a ball ramp assembly positioned between the caliper and the rotor for moving one of the brake pads into engagement with the brake disc on rotation of the rotor with respect to the caliper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Hayes Industrial Brake, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Buckley, Curt H. Blaszczyk
  • Patent number: 5390771
    Abstract: A caliper brake assembly for a bicycle having a fork, a wheel having an axle mounted in said fork, and a brake disk mounted on the wheel, the assembly including a caliper housing mounted on the fork in a position to bridge the brake disk, the housing including an arm connected to the axle and a blind bore in the housing having a closed end and an open end, a piston mounted in the bore on each side of the disk, each piston including a brake pad, a master cylinder assembly connected to the bore, the caliper housing including passages connecting the open end of the blind bore to the closed end of the blind bore, and a lever assembly mounted on the bicycle for actuating the master cylinder assembly to pressurize the bore and move the pistons into engagement with the disk to brake the rotary motion of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Hayes Industrial Brake, Inc.
    Inventors: George H. Hinkens, Curt H. Blaszczyk
  • Patent number: D566876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: SPI Lighting
    Inventors: Robert T. Allen, Curt H. Blaszczyk, Craig T. Curtis, Jeremy J. Wittig