Patents by Inventor David Wayne Raffler

David Wayne Raffler 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 NUT DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180112704
    Abstract: A locking nut device includes a body having a locking tab feature at a first end and a threaded aperture and antirotation tab feature at a second end. The locking nut device may be utilized in a method of mounting a first work piece to a second work piece where that second work piece includes first and second adjacent apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Siler, Patrick Reed, Michael J. Presley, David Wayne Raffler
  • Mounting systems for solar panels
    Patent number: 8413944
    Abstract: Mounting systems for mounting solar panels to a surface are disclosed and can include panel clamp assemblies and rail clamp assemblies. Panel clamp assemblies can comprise a panel clamp having a base and arms extending from edges of the base, the base having an aperture, a rail clamp having a central portion with an aperture and two flexible tabs extending from the central portion on opposing sides of the aperture and a fastener threaded through the apertures such that that flexible tabs contact a head of the fastener and the arms extend in an opposite direction from the flexible tabs. Rail clamp assemblies can comprise a base member having a bottom and two side walls, the bottom having at least one aperture and each side wall having an elongated aperture, two clamping members and a fastener, wherein the side walls of the base member are positioned such that the opening is of sufficient size to receive the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Energy Technologies
    Inventors: John Henry Harberts, Aaron Faust, John Edward Klinkman, Ronald Paul Katt, David Wayne Raffler
  • MOUNTING SYSTEMS FOR SOLAR PANELS
    Publication number: 20100276558
    Abstract: Mounting systems for mounting solar panels to a surface are disclosed and can include panel clamp assemblies and rail clamp assemblies. Panel clamp assemblies can comprise a panel clamp having a base and arms extending from edges of the base, the base having an aperture, a rail clamp having a central portion with an aperture and two flexible tabs extending from the central portion on opposing sides of the aperture and a fastener threaded through the apertures such that that flexible tabs contact a head of the fastener and the arms extend in an opposite direction from the flexible tabs. Rail clamp assemblies can comprise a base member having a bottom and two side walls, the bottom having at least one aperture and each side wall having an elongated aperture, two clamping members and a fastener, wherein the side walls of the base member are positioned such that the opening is of sufficient size to receive the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Aaron Faust, John Henry Harberts, John Edward Klinkman, Ronald Paul Katt, David Wayne Raffler