Patents by Inventor Evan Whitney
Evan Whitney 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).
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Publication number: 20240035422Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a dual fuel system with a recreational vehicle electric battery for use with a power generation assembly. The system comprises a combustion engine with a stator assembly for generating power and further having a gasoline pump, an LP shutoff valve, and a carburetor valve. The system further comprises a recreational vehicle battery, a DC rectifier in electrical communication with the stator assembly, a fuel selection switch, and a digital fuel valve control module (DFVCM). Multiple fuels are safely controlled while interchanging power between a battery and the DC rectifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Evan Whitney, Mike Roll
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Patent number: 11781495Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a dual fuel system with a recreational vehicle electric battery for use with a power generation assembly. The system comprises a combustion engine with a stator assembly for generating power and further having a gasoline pump, an LP shutoff valve, and a carburetor valve. The system further comprises a recreational vehicle battery, a DC rectifier in electrical communication with the stator assembly, a fuel selection switch, and a digital fuel valve control module (DFVCM). Multiple fuels are safely controlled while interchanging power between a battery and the DC rectifier.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventors: Evan Whitney, Mike Roll
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Publication number: 20230258138Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein provide a dual fuel system with a recreational vehicle electric battery for use with a power generation assembly. The system comprises a combustion engine with a stator assembly for generating power and further having a gasoline pump, an LP shutoff valve, and a carburetor valve. The system further comprises a recreational vehicle battery, a DC rectifier in electrical communication with the stator assembly, a fuel selection switch, and a digital fuel valve control module (DFVCM). Multiple fuels are safely controlled while interchanging power between a battery and the DC rectifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Evan Whitney, Mike Roll
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Publication number: 20220416623Abstract: In the disclosure herein, an electric generator system is shown and comprises a housing assembly, an electric generator positioned within the housing assembly, an engine positioned within the housing assembly and operatively coupled to the electric generator, a muffler assembly positioned within the housing assembly, and a dividing plate positioned between the engine and the muffler assembly. Exemplary embodiments include an engine fan positioned within the housing and driven by the engine with an engine fane inlet opening formed radially around the engine fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Michael Roll, Barry Ousley, Evan Whitney
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Patent number: 11437887Abstract: An electric generator system may include a housing assembly that forms an inlet vent opening and an outlet vent opening, an electric generator, an engine, and at least one fan positioned within the housing assembly, an electrical component, and an electrical component fan that is positioned proximate to the inlet vent opening and configured to draw air from externally of the housing assembly through the inlet vent opening and direct air to the electrical component during operation of the electric generator system. The at least one fan may be positioned generally opposite of the electrical component fan relative to the electrical component to draw air across the electrical component during operation of the electric generator system.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: RV MOBILE POWER, LLCInventors: Michael Roll, Barry Ousley, Evan Whitney
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Patent number: 11437850Abstract: A wirelessly electrically-coupled deployable apparatus comprising a deployable structure supported on a supporting structure for motion between a stowed position and a deployed position, an electrically-powered device carried by the deployable structure, a wireless electrical power receiving circuit carried by the deployable structure and connected between the device and a wireless electrical power receiver, and a wireless electrical power transmitting circuit carried by the supporting structure and connected between an electrical power supply and a wireless electrical power transmitter. The wireless electrical power transmitter is carried by the supporting structure, and the wireless electrical power receiver is carried by the deployable structure, in respective positions where wireless electrical power transfer between the wireless electrical power transmitter and receiver powers the device via the receiving circuit when the deployable structure is in its deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Lippert Components Inc.Inventors: Patrick Quigley, Vishwatej Mane, Brian Carlson, Evan Whitney, Nathaniel Fuller, Scott McKinnon
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Patent number: 11375822Abstract: A folding bed system includes a bed frame having a head section, a center section, and a foot section. The center section is connected to first and second slide mechanisms, and the head section is connected to first and second guide mechanisms. The slide and guide mechanisms are connectable to opposed walls of a structure. In some embodiments, a hinge assembly for a folding structure includes a center post securable to the center section, and a connecting bracket movably coupled with the center post that is vertically displaceable on the center post between a down position and an up position. A forward bracket is secured at one end to the connecting bracket and is securable at an opposite end to the head section, and an aft bracket is secured at one end to the connecting bracket and is securable at an opposite end to the foot section.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.Inventors: Joseph Wesolowski, Jeremiah R. Bradley, Evan Whitney, David G. Skinner, Dominic Layne, Brian Carlson
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Publication number: 20220169486Abstract: A tongue jack includes a drive screw and a lifting assembly coupled with the drive screw. A first bevel gear is secured to the drive screw with a rotation axis aligned with a rotation axis of the drive screw. A second bevel gear engages the first bevel gear with a rotation axis perpendicular to the rotation axis of the first bevel gear. A drive head is connected to the second bevel gear, and a coupler is selectively engageable with and disengageable from the drive head. A handle assembly may be connected to the coupler that is rotatable about the rotation axis of the second bevel gear, where the handle assembly includes a crank handle spaced from and parallel to the rotation axis of the second bevel gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Samuel Evans, Evan Whitney, Victor Ortiz
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Publication number: 20210083553Abstract: An electric generator system may include a housing assembly that forms an inlet vent opening and an outlet vent opening, an electric generator, an engine, and at least one fan positioned within the housing assembly, an electrical component, and an electrical component fan that is positioned proximate to the inlet vent opening and configured to draw air from externally of the housing assembly through the inlet vent opening and direct air to the electrical component during operation of the electric generator system. The at least one fan may be positioned generally opposite of the electrical component fan relative to the electrical component to draw air across the electrical component during operation of the electric generator system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Michael Roll, Barry Ousley, Evan Whitney
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Publication number: 20200361546Abstract: A fifth wheel pin box includes a torsion axle having an outer tube connected to a towed vehicle mounting bracket and an inner bar connected by pivot arms to a coupler plate bearing a coupler pin. The pin box may be connected between a towed vehicle and a tow vehicle in an orientation in which both chucking loads and bounce loads cause the inner bar to rotate with respect to the outer tube. Resilient, compressible members disposed between the inner bar and outer tube absorb the loads.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey Few, Vishwatej Mane, Evan Whitney
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Publication number: 20200274391Abstract: A wirelessly electrically-coupled deployable apparatus comprising a deployable structure supported on a supporting structure for motion between a stowed position and a deployed position, an electrically-powered device carried by the deployable structure, a wireless electrical power receiving circuit carried by the deployable structure and connected between the device and a wireless electrical power receiver, and a wireless electrical power transmitting circuit carried by the supporting structure and connected between an electrical power supply and a wireless electrical power transmitter. The wireless electrical power transmitter is carried by the supporting structure, and the wireless electrical power receiver is carried by the deployable structure, in respective positions where wireless electrical power transfer between the wireless electrical power transmitter and receiver powers the device via the receiving circuit when the deployable structure is in its deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Patrick Quigley, Vishwatej Mane, Brian Carlson, Evan Whitney, Nathaniel Fuller, Scott McKinnon
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Patent number: 10731736Abstract: A cable-operated mechanism for actuating a slide-out room includes a column, an endless chain loop disposed with the column, first and second drive blocks engaged with the chain loop, and first through fourth cables attached at first ends thereof to the drive blocks. The cables are attached at second ends thereof to inboard and outboard ends of a slide out room. Operation of the chain loop in a first direction tensions the cables attached to the inboard end of the room and slackens the cables attached to the outboard end. Operation of the chain loop in a second direction has the opposite effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.Inventors: Mark Howie, Jeffrey K. Albrecht, Evan Whitney, Patrick W. Quigley
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Publication number: 20200196768Abstract: A folding bed system includes a bed frame having a head section, a center section, and a foot section. The center section is connected to first and second slide mechanisms, and the head section is connected to first and second guide mechanisms. The slide and guide mechanisms are connectable to opposed walls of a structure. In some embodiments, a hinge assembly for a folding structure includes a center post securable to the center section, and a connecting bracket movably coupled with the center post that is vertically displaceable on the center post between a down position and an up position. A forward bracket is secured at one end to the connecting bracket and is securable at an opposite end to the head section, and an aft bracket is secured at one end to the connecting bracket and is securable at an opposite end to the foot section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Joseph WESOLOWSKI, Jeremiah R. BRADLEY, Evan WHITNEY, David G. SKINNER, Dominic LAYNE, Brian CARLSON
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Patent number: 10500913Abstract: An equalizer for a suspension system includes a pivot arm pivotably connected to first and second plates at a pivot point, first and second bump stops connected between the first and second plates on one side of the pivot point, and third and fourth bump stops connected between the first and second plates on the other side of the pivot point. First through fourth shock absorbers are disposed between the pivot arm and the first through fourth bump stops, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.Inventors: Evan Whitney, Dominick Bilancio
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Publication number: 20190277035Abstract: An articulating coupler includes first and second pivot members that may be pivoted with respect to each other. A locking member and a locking lever are configured to selectively lock the first pivot member to the second pivot member in a plurality of relative positions. The locking member is configured to float over a pivot range in a first direction with the locking lever in a lock position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Stevan Smoot, Brian M. Worthman, Michael J. Fiwek, Samual Evans, Evan Whitney
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Patent number: 10343654Abstract: A trailer tongue jack is convertible between operation by an integral actuator and an external actuator. The jack includes a clutch mechanism or coupler operable to selectively engage a drive screw with the integral actuator or the external actuator.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.Inventors: Samual Evans, Evan Whitney, Nathan Brunck
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Publication number: 20190154121Abstract: A cable-operated mechanism for actuating a slide-out room includes a column, an endless chain loop disposed with the column, first and second drive blocks engaged with the chain loop, and first through fourth cables attached at first ends thereof to the drive blocks. The cables are attached at second ends thereof to inboard and outboard ends of a slide out room. Operation of the chain loop in a first direction tensions the cables attached to the inboard end of the room and slackens the cables attached to the outboard end. Operation of the chain loop in a second direction has the opposite effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Mark HOWIE, Jeffrey K. ALBRECHT, Evan WHITNEY, Patrick W. QUIGLEY
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Patent number: 10288153Abstract: A cable-operated mechanism for actuating a slide-out room includes a column, an endless chain loop disposed with the column, first and second drive blocks engaged with the chain loop, and first through fourth cables attached at first ends thereof to the drive blocks. The cables are attached at second ends thereof to inboard and outboard ends of a slide out room. Operation of the chain loop in a first direction tensions the cables attached to the inboard end of the room and slackens the cables attached to the outboard end. Operation of the chain loop in a second direction has the opposite effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.Inventors: Mark Howie, Jeffrey K. Albrecht, Evan Whitney
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Patent number: 10239372Abstract: An equalizer includes a pivot arm pivotally connected between first and second spaced-apart plates fixedly connected to each other. First and second bump stops extend from one of the first and second plates to or toward the other of the first and second plates. A first shock absorber is disposed and selectively compressible between the pivot arm and the first bump stop. A second shock absorber is disposed and selectively compressible between the pivot arm and the second bump stop.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC.Inventors: Dominick Bilancio, Evan Whitney
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Publication number: 20180312143Abstract: A trailer tongue jack is convertible between operation by an integral actuator and an external actuator. The jack includes a clutch mechanism or coupler operable to selectively engage a drive screw with the integral actuator or the external actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Samual Evans, Evan Whitney, Nathan Brunck