Patents by Inventor George Vitale

George Vitale 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: 20230054949
    Abstract: A footpad for a self-balancing vehicle comprising a low durometer elastomeric material body for enhanced ride comfort and a support structure comprising at least one stiffer reinforcing member having at least a portion embedded in the elastomeric material body and in close proximity to the elastomeric material body edges for improved footpad response and fixation integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas John Vitale, Michael George Vitale
  • Patent number: 4488279
    Abstract: A video recorder-playback machine is provided for recording and/or playing back video information from an information disc. The machine includes a "write" laser and a "read" laser respectively for generating record and playback optical beams which are focused upon the disc by an optical record-playback head. An optics carriage movably positions the head with respect to the disc in moving optical alignment with the "write" laser and carries the "read" laser in fixed optical alignment with the head. The machine includes apparatus for monitoring the record optical beam during operation in a record mode, and for substantially simultaneous operation in a playback mode to monitor the playback optical beam during the recording process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Richard L. Wilkinson, George Vitale
  • Patent number: 4467467
    Abstract: A video recorder-playback machine is provided for recording and/or playing back video information from an information disc. The machine includes a "write" laser and a "read" laser respectively for generating record and playback optical beams which are focused upon the disc by an optical record-playback head. An optics carriage movably positions the head with respect to the disc in moving optical alignment with the "write" laser and carries the "read" laser in fixed optical alignment with the head. The machine includes apparatus for monitoring the record optical beam during operation in a record mode, and for substantially simultaneous operation in a playback mode to monitor the playback optical beam during the recording process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: Richard L. Wilkinson, George Vitale
  • Patent number: 4422169
    Abstract: A lens assembly is positionally adjusted for precisely focusing a light beam upon a video information disc in a video recorder-playback machine. The lens assembly includes a focusing lens supported on an air bearing within an assembly housing for movement toward and away from the disc. A current conducting coil is movable with the focusing lens and is adapted to receive an electrical current indicative of instantaneous focusing error of the light beam upon the disc. A fixed magnetic field formed by a permanent magnet mounted on the housing between opposite pole pieces comprising portions of the housing is magnetically coupled with the coil whereby variations in the current result in adjustment of the position of the focusing lens with respect to the disc to correct the focusing error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventors: George Vitale, Richard L. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 4347599
    Abstract: A spindle clamp assembly for a video recorder-playback machine is provided for securely clamping a video information disc in a precisely centered position upon a rotatable drive spindle for the machine. The clamp assembly comprises a radially expansible sleeve mounted on the spindle and sized for reception into a central opening of the disc. The expansible sleeve cooperates with a wedge collet biased downwardly by a spring within a clamp housing for uniform radial expansion of the sleeve and centering the disc upon the spindle. The clamp housing further includes means for locking engagement with the spindle to position a clamping ring in spring biased engagement with the disc to clamp the disc securely upon the spindle for rotation therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Discovision Associates
    Inventor: George Vitale
  • Patent number: 4241698
    Abstract: A substrate carrier assembly is described which employs a frame, a plurality of rollers, a plurality of substrate carrier rings, captively held within the frame and a carrier support track. The substrate carrier assembly provides support and constraint to a plurality of substrate members, while the substrate members are coated with a thin evaporated layer. The physical configuration provided insures that a uniformly thin metal layer is formed over the substrate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: MCA Discovision, Inc.
    Inventor: George Vitale