Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Fuller

Douglas R. Fuller 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: 20220311121
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a telecommunications structure including a plurality of mounting members each having a length and a diameter, the plurality of mounting members includes one or more vertically-oriented mounting members that intersect with one or more horizontally-oriented mounting members to form a frame that is configured to have telecommunications equipment mounted thereto. Each of the one or more vertically-oriented mounting members or each of the one or more horizontally-oriented mounting members includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart recesses configured to receive an intersecting horizontally-oriented mounting member or vertically-oriented mounting member and form a mechanical connection therebetween. A press tool for forming the recesses and methods of using the same are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Douglas Cross, Douglas R. Fuller, Roger K. Hanson, Charles J. Mann
  • Patent number: 5865235
    Abstract: A counterbalance mechanism for a sectional garage door includes an elongated shaft mounted above the door opening and supporting spaced apart cable drums connected to respective cables which are connected at one end to the door for exerting a counterbalance force thereon. Opposed torsion springs are connected to the cable drums at one end, respectively, and to respective hub members which are axially slidable on but nonrotatable with respect to the shaft. The cable drums are provided with detachable bushing members for engagement with the support brackets. The shaft is connected to a non-reversible worm gear drive at one end. The worm gear drive may be actuated to selectively vary the torsional deflection of the counterbalance springs by rotating the worm and a ring gear meshed therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventors: LeRoy G. Krupke, Foad Vafaie, Douglas R. Fuller, Pierre-Louis Foucault
  • Patent number: 5632317
    Abstract: A flexible roll-up door assembly includes opposed, elongated frame members supporting guides for longitudinal side edges of the door and for slide members connectable to a bottom beam of the door closure member by a latch mechanism which includes opposed latch members which engage the slide members, respectively. The slide members rotate to permit the latch members to separate in response to a predetermined force acting on the door closure or the bottom beam. The latch members are spring biased to retract out of or extend into cooperating slots in the slide members and may be reinserted in the slide members to reconnect the door to the guides. The latch members may include retaining projections cooperable with reentrant edges or other surfaces in the slots to retain the latch members engaged with the slide members. Alternate embodiments include latch members formed on the slide members and engaged in slots formed in a transverse bottom beam for the door closure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventors: LeRoy G. Krupke, Douglas R. Fuller, Dennis A. Kalgren, Anthony J. Shelton
  • Patent number: 5601133
    Abstract: A flexible roll-up door assembly includes opposed, elongated frame members supporting guides for longitudinal side edges of the door and for slide members connectable to a bottom beam of the door closure member by a latch mechanism which includes opposed latch members which engage the slide members, respectively. The slide members rotate to permit the latch members to separate in response to a predetermined force acting on the door closure or the bottom beam. The latch members are spring biased to retract out of or extend into cooperating slots in the slide members and may be reinserted in the slide members to reconnect the door to the guides. The latch members may include retaining projections cooperable with reentrant edges or other surfaces in the slots to retain the latch members engaged with the slide members. Alternate embodiments include latch members formed on the slide members and engaged in slots formed in a transverse bottom beam for the door closure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventors: LeRoy G. Krupke, Douglas R. Fuller, Dennis A. Kalgren, Anthony J. Shelton