Patents by Inventor Harley J. Shawen

Harley J. Shawen 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: 4850657
    Abstract: A cabinet which houses electronic modules and provides a low-cost assembly of the modules in the cabinet. The cabinet includes a base portion, cover portion, and a locking portion which are used to prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to critical modules within the cabinet. A vent system provides cooling while preventing objects one millimeter in diameter, or larger, from being inserted into the cabinet, as a safety measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Dale L. Placke, Harley J. Shawen, Harry L. Howett, Donald L. Adelberger
  • Patent number: 4482057
    Abstract: A record media transporting or dispensing mechanism comprising a first moving endless belt system having an advance side and a return side and also having a diversion point therebetween. The mechanism also includes bill cassettes and pickers for supplying record media to the advance side and also for cooperating with the advance side to transfer the record media to the diversion point. Also included is a second moving endless belt system cooperating with the return side to provide an entry area and a discharge area with regard to the record media and also for transporting record media from the entry area to the discharge area. A buncher is used for receiving and accumulating the record media received from the diversion point and a diverter, located at the diversion point, is used for diverting the record media into the entry area or the buncher accumulating in response to a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Harley J. Shawen, Richard P. Marvin
  • Patent number: 3984049
    Abstract: A back-up member is provided wherein a single bracket supports an elongated member at several points therealong, one face of the elongated member serving as a flat surface for a plurality of resilient pads which are positioned to be formed in a curved manner by a spring member which is adjacent slant-edged portions of the bracket and secured at the several points thereof. The spring member thereby presents a pair of surfaces for applying pressure on record media to maintain such media in close proximity to associated read and write heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: NCR Canada Ltd. -- NCR Canada Ltee
    Inventor: Harley J. Shawen
  • Patent number: D245777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1977
    Assignee: NCR Canada Ltd - NCR Canada Ltee
    Inventors: Harley J. Shawen, Ralph D. Haney, Jerry L. Kohli