Patents by Inventor Edward Whitaker

Edward Whitaker 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: 20240151093
    Abstract: A heated cabinet including door assembly having a door positioned between opposing jambs of a door frame, wherein the door is pivotable, about a pivot axis, between an open position and a closed position. The door assembly includes a motor assembly operably connected to the door to pivot the door about the pivot axis and a control board operatively coupled to the motor assembly. The door assembly further has a first break beam emitter mounted to one of the opposing jambs and a first break beam receiver mounted to another of the opposing jambs and operatively connected to the control board. The first break beam emitter and first break beam receiver are disposed along a beam axis extending parallel to the pivot axis and proximate to an edge of the door adjacent to the pivot axis. The door assembly is configured such that interruption of a beam projected between the first break beam emitter and the first break beam receiver alters operation of the motor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Craig WHITAKER, Edward Leonard WEAVER, II, Scott A. ZIEKER, Charles Eldon WARNER, Ronald G. KNOLLMAN
  • Patent number: 11913273
    Abstract: Motorized door assemblies having a door pivoting about a pivot axis extending across opposing jambs. In one aspect, the assembly includes a motor assembly having a motor, drive gears, slip clutch, and driven shaft connected to the door to pivot it about the pivot axis. The slip clutch includes a clutch plate slideable along the driven shaft, a drive plate driven by the motor via the drive gears, and a clutch spring urging the clutch plate into engagement with the drive plate, where the clutch and drive plates have profiled and counter-profiled faces. In another aspect, a break beam emitter and receiver are mounted to respective ones of the opposing jambs along a beam axis extending parallel to the pivot axis and proximate to an edge of the door opposite the pivot axis. Interruption of a light beam projected therebetween alters operation of a motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APEX INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Craig Whitaker, Edward Leonard Weaver, II, Scott A. Zieker, Charles Eldon Warner, Ronald G. Knollman
  • Patent number: 11002964
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a heads up display (HUD) unit assembly. The HUD unit assembly includes a HUD guard device. The HUD guard device has a first elongated member. The first elongated member is position on one or more surfaces of the HUD unit and along an edge of the HUD unit and is configured to protect the one or more surfaces of the HUD unit and the edge of the HUD unit during installation of an instrument panel. The HUD guard device has a first leg member and a second leg member. The first leg member and the second leg member each have a first end and a second end. The first ends are coupled to the first elongated member and the second ends are configured to couple and interface with the HUD unit to support the first elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Harvey, Jonathan Joseph Quijano, Thomas Edward Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20200379255
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a heads up display (HUD) unit assembly. The HUD unit assembly includes a HUD guard device. The HUD guard device has a first elongated member. The first elongated member is position on one or more surfaces of the HUD unit and along an edge of the HUD unit and is configured to protect the one or more surfaces of the HUD unit and the edge of the HUD unit during installation of an instrument panel. The HUD guard device has a first leg member and a second leg member. The first leg member and the second leg member each have a first end and a second end. The first ends are coupled to the first elongated member and the second ends are configured to couple and interface with the HUD unit to support the first elongated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew W. Harvey, Jonathan Joseph Quijano, Thomas Edward Whitaker
  • Patent number: 4101733
    Abstract: A duplex transmission circuit using electronic components in place of either the multiple winding polar relays or combinations of differential amplifiers currently being used. In the circuit, algebraic additions and subtractions of voltage are performed and the results compared within an operational amplifier to produce the known outputs for E and M signaling in telecommunications systems. An additional operational amplifier is provided to produce a delayed response to signals of longer than a predetermined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1978
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventor: Donald Edward Whitaker
  • Patent number: 4073462
    Abstract: An elongate rod is formed with an "S" shaped terminal portion at one end for providing an inner, or first, downwardly-open loop-adapted to be engaged by a member to be supported, and an outer, or second, upwardly-open loop adapted to restrain a member bearing thereagainst. The other end of the rod terminates in means for either securely, though releasably, anchoring the rod to a portable support base which is adapted to be affixed to a support surface, or means for securely, though releasably, anchoring the rod to a support surface, per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Inventor: Edward Whitaker