Patents by Inventor Daniel H. Kindstrand

Daniel H. Kindstrand 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).

  • Publication number: 20180142503
    Abstract: Portable lock mounting assemblies including straps or connectors for securing each assembly to a bicycle or the like. Each mounting assembly having a structure defining a retaining assembly to securely retain a lock and easily release the lock from the mounting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Robert D. Zuraski, Daniel H. Kindstrand, Donald H. Warren, John D. Fiegener, David B. Miller
  • Publication number: 20180119451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a lock cylinder having a rotatable spindle with at least one disc and at least one wafer housing rotatingly engaged therewith. A slidable wafer is carried on the wafer housing. A locking bar is operable to prevent rotation of the lock cylinder in a locked position and permit rotation of the lock cylinder in an unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Robert D. Zuraski, Mary T. Sarich, Daniel H. Kindstrand, David B. Miller
  • Publication number: 20180058106
    Abstract: A cable lock including a lock body having a locking mechanism with a locked state and an unlocked state. A ceramic body cable includes a plurality of nested ceramic bodies and a cord, wherein each one of the plurality of ceramic bodies includes a center portion having an aperture. Each aperture of the plurality of nested ceramic bodies forms a channel through which the cord is positioned. Each of the ceramic bodies also includes a projection and a space such that the projection of one of the ceramic bodies overlaps the space of an adjacent ceramic body. A mesh sleeve is positioned on an exterior of the ceramic body cable and a shrunken heat shrinkable tube is positioned over the mesh sleeve. The combined ceramic body cable, mesh sleeve, and shrunken heat shrinkable tube are coupled to the lock body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas A. Holmes, Daniel H. Kindstrand, Jonah S. Eidman, Gideon Hou, Thomas Y. Liu, Ryan T. Stolz
  • Publication number: 20170306655
    Abstract: A hoop lock including a shackle and a crossbar, with the shackle having a pair of legs extending from a body portion, and each of the legs having a foot including a tip with a non-circular cross-section. The cross-bar includes a housing having a pair of foot-receiving openings and a pair of tip-receiving openings substantially aligned with foot-receiving openings. The tip-receiving openings are configured to matingly engage the tips such that the tips are rotationally coupled to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel H. Kindstrand, Hassan Charan Kumar, Manjunatha Ramakrishna, David B. Miller
  • Patent number: 5493755
    Abstract: A caster has a stationary hub with a bearing between the hub and a floor engaging wheel ring which allows the wheel ring to rotate relative to the hub. Torsional elastomeric elements mount the hub between spaced support arms radially inward of the bearing and are positioned eccentrically relative to the axis of rotation of the wheel ring so as to suspend the hub resiliently between the arms. In an alternate embodiment, the hub is cantilevered from a single support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Applied Power Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel H. Kindstrand, David F. Cerqua, Paul R. Gagnon