Patents by Inventor Eric Wendling

Eric Wendling 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: 10188215
    Abstract: A lounge assembly for supporting a portable electronic device having a display screen in a viewable position, the assembly including a base, a hood including a wall structure that includes an internal surface that forms a substantially downwardly opening cavity, the cavity including a front portion and a rear portion, the cavity opening circumscribed by a lower edge that has a front edge portion adjacent the front portion of the cavity and a support device supported by the base adjacent the front edge portion, the support device configured to receive and support the portable electronic device with the device display screen facing at least one of the cavity and a space below the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Massaud, Robert Arko, Jesse Menayan, Eric Wendling
  • Publication number: 20170150821
    Abstract: A lounge assembly for supporting a portable electronic device having a display screen in a viewable position, the assembly including a base, a hood including a wall structure that includes an internal surface that forms a substantially downwardly opening cavity, the cavity including a front portion and a rear portion, the cavity opening circumscribed by a lower edge that has a front edge portion adjacent the front portion of the cavity and a support device supported by the base adjacent the front edge portion, the support device configured to receive and support the portable electronic device with the device display screen facing at least one of the cavity and a space below the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Massaud, Robert Arko, Jesse Menayan, Eric Wendling
  • Patent number: 9603457
    Abstract: A lounge assembly for supporting a portable electronic device having a display screen in a viewable position, the assembly including a base, a hood including a wall structure that includes an internal surface that forms a substantially downwardly opening cavity, the cavity including a front portion and a rear portion, the cavity opening circumscribed by a lower edge that has a front edge portion adjacent the front portion of the cavity and a support device supported by the base adjacent the front edge portion, the support device configured to receive and support the portable electronic device with the device display screen facing at least one of the cavity and a space below the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Massaud, Robert Arko, Jesse Menayan, Eric Wendling
  • Publication number: 20140354019
    Abstract: A lounge assembly for supporting a portable electronic device having a display screen in a viewable position, the assembly including a base, a hood including a wall structure that includes an internal surface that forms a substantially downwardly opening cavity, the cavity including a front portion and a rear portion, the cavity opening circumscribed by a lower edge that has a front edge portion adjacent the front portion of the cavity and a support device supported by the base adjacent the front edge portion, the support device configured to receive and support the portable electronic device with the device display screen facing at least one of the cavity and a space below the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Massaud, Robert Arko, Jesse Menayan, Eric Wendling
  • Patent number: 5304012
    Abstract: A drive shaft fitting or coupling having multiple symmetrically disposed spaced apart splines. The splines are configured with substantially flat perpendicular lateral surfaces, with defined upper corners, and the spacings between adjacent splines have radiused bases terminating in defined lower corners at the point of intersection with the lateral surfaces of the splines. The corners of the splines retard slippage and the radiused bases provide load distribution thereby reducing the stress imposed on the tubing at the interface between the coupling. In a specific embodiment, a circumferential recess is additionally formed in the fitting or coupling adjacent the inner ends of the splines to provide axial retention. In the coupling embodiment, one end is formed with exposed radially extending splines and spacings for engagement with a drive shaft and the other end is formed with an appropriate geometry for connection with other fittings and drive line components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Curtiss Wright Flight Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Wendling