Patents by Inventor Dana Hawthorne

Dana Hawthorne 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).

  • Locking device with solenoid release pin
    Publication number: 20060091683
    Abstract: A locking device with a solenoid release actuator includes a housing, a plunger axially slidable within the housing, a biasing member for biasing the plunger in a first direction, one or more locking balls, and the locking balls disposed in an aperture in the housing, the plunger having a portion thereof containing at least one recess for receiving the balls, a member to be locked being held in a first locked position with the plunger in a first locking position and the balls in a radially outward position, the plunger being positioned axially such that the recesses therein are not in alignment with the apertures, and a solenoid coil disposed in the housing around the plunger, for inducing a magnetic force to move the plunger against the biasing member such that the recesses align with the apertures and the balls are movable radially inward into the recesses thereby releasing the locked member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: HR Textron, Inc.
    Inventor: Dana Hawthorne
  • LOCKING DEVICE WITH SOLENOID RELEASE PIN
    Publication number: 20050103926
    Abstract: A locking device with a solenoid release actuator includes a housing, a plunger axially slidable within the housing, a biasing member for biasing the plunger in a first direction, one or more locking balls, and the locking balls disposed in an aperture in the housing, the plunger having a portion thereof containing at least one recess for receiving the balls, a member to be locked being held in a first locked position with the plunger in a first locking position and the balls in a radially outward position, the plunger being positioned axially such that the recesses therein are not in alignment with the apertures, and a solenoid coil disposed in the housing around the plunger, for inducing a magnetic force to move the plunger against the biasing member such that the recesses align with the apertures and the balls are movable radially inward into the recesses thereby releasing the locked member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Dana Hawthorne
  • Collator for an electrophotographic apparatus
    Patent number: D245166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Michael Bevilacqua, Allen Dana Hawthorne, Eliot Fette Noyes
  • Electrophotographic copier or the like
    Patent number: D245847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Michael Bevilacqua, Allen Dana Hawthorne, Eliot Fette Noyes
  • Electrophotographic copier or the like
    Patent number: D245848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Michael Bevilacqua, Allen Dana Hawthorne, Eliot Fette Noyes
  • Electrophotographic machine or the like
    Patent number: D245911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Michael Bevilacqua, Allen Dana Hawthorne, Eliot Fette Noyes
  • Electrophotographic apparatus or similar article
    Patent number: D246046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Allen Dana Hawthorne