Patents by Inventor Frans E. N. Geelhoed

Frans E. N. Geelhoed 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: 5702117
    Abstract: A trolley intended for a medical apparatus and comprising wheels for displacement on a floor surface. In order to push aside cables running on the floor of the working environment, the wheels are provided with a cable pusher having a pushing edge. The plate constituting the cable pusher is provided with approximately triangular cut-outs which receive stationary cams. If no external forces act on the plate, it is pressed onto the cams by springs in such a manner that the apex of the triangular cut-outs bears on the cams. The springs are proportioned so that an obstructing cable is pushed aside by the plate; however, when this plate comes into contact with a fixed obstacle, for example a threshold, the plate is pushed upwards. Damaging of the cable pusher is thus avoided and the risk of overturning of the trolley is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Frans E. N. Geelhoed