Patents by Inventor Eric C. Rathbun

Eric C. Rathbun 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).

  • Patent number: 7535605
    Abstract: A targeting device suitable for mounting an optical scanner includes a frame, a linkage slidably mounted on the frame, an actuator arm secured to the linkage, which actuator arm has an outer surface configured to slidingly engage the surface of the object to be scanned and a holder mounted on such that the actuator arm moves in tandem with the linkage along the frame when the object to be scanned is inserted between the actuator arm and a support surface below the actuator arm so that an optical scanner in the holder is held at a predetermined scanning distance from the object to be scanned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Cykana, Ann M. Maslyk, Eric C. Rathbun