Patents by Inventor Harold M. Zimmermann
Harold M. Zimmermann 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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Patent number: 11917359Abstract: A feeder/interconnection/return (FIR) Cable Loop System vastly improves the distribution, equalization, efficiency and power delivery of high performance multiple speaker systems, without the complexities and inherent inefficiencies of existing systems. This is achieved by a feeder cable which connects from an amplifier to the first speaker, while interconnecting cables connect all the speakers to each other. A return cable connects the last speaker back to the amplifier. This results in balanced power, significant improvement in frequency response, and dynamic range.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: COASTAL SOURCE, LLCInventors: Franco L D'Ascanio, Sean P Snowden, Harold M. Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20240064465Abstract: A thermally efficient speaker is attached to a thermally conductive, e.g. aluminum, speaker casing which has been thermally engineered to transfer heat generated from the speaker to the casing. As a result, the casing becomes an interactive heat sink to cool the speaker; thus, greatly improving the power, handling, reliability, and longevity of the speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Franco L D'Ascanio, Sean P Snowden, Harold M. Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20240031732Abstract: A feeder/interconnection/return (FIR) Cable Loop System vastly improves the distribution, equalization, efficiency and power delivery of high performance multiple speaker systems, without the complexities and inherent inefficiencies of existing systems. This is achieved by a feeder cable which connects from an amplifier to the first speaker, while interconnecting cables connect all the speakers to each other. A return cable connects the last speaker back to the amplifier. This results in balanced power, significant improvement in frequency response, and dynamic range.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Franco L. D'Ascanio, Sean P. Snowden, Harold M. Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11470410Abstract: An elliptically shaped speaker has a driver assembly which may include a woofer driver and a tweeter driver. The speaker has a uniquely designed bridge member. The bridge member acts both as a structural element and waveguide for the tweeter. It has a specific elongated, elliptical shape that allows the speaker to be inserted into a corresponding cut-out opening in a wall, ceiling or any other structural panel, then rotated behind the panel and re-inserted from behind into the opening, thereby providing a secure seal and exact positioning within the panel. The resulting system allows for a low frequency speaker to be installed behind the panel with a noticeably smaller opening than the total size of the speaker.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: COASTAL SOURCE, LLCInventors: Franco L D'Ascanio, Sean P Snowden, Igor Levitsky, Franco C D'Ascanio, Harold M Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11394134Abstract: A camlock electrical connector has a first connector member with a bottom platform having an opening and an upstanding wall. Pin elements extend outwardly from the wall and a cable connector extends outwardly from and externally of the wall. A second connector member has a connector body with a fulcrum peg extending downwardly from the body. The peg is inserted into the opening in the platform, such that the second connector member is rotatable in relation to the first connector member. When electrical wiring is positioned between the wall of the first connector and the body of the second connector member, rotation of the second connection member and its peg in relation to the first connection member causes the pin elements to pierce the electrical wiring, thereby securing the wiring to the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: COASTAL SOURCE, LLCInventors: Franco L D'Ascanio, Sean P Snowden, Harold M. Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11051100Abstract: A fully integrated, smart, under/over water speaker system has two dedicated transducers which deliver sound directly to underwater and above water environments. A transducer which is optimized to couple sound to the air is positioned on top of a speaker and another transducer optimized to couple sound below the water is located on the bottom of the speaker. The speaker is watertight and waterproof and is completely sealed and self-righting when thrown into the water. It is wireless, has built-in integrated amplification, communication sensors and signal data processing, and is battery powered. Music streaming can be provided via wireless methods such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, along with solid state storage. Integrated RGV lighting which beats to the music can be optional both above and under the water.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: COASTAL SOURCE, LLCInventors: Franco L D'Ascanio, Franco C D'Ascanio, Sean P Snowden, Harold M Zimmermann
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Patent number: 6595387Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing individual sheets of stack of adhesive coated sheets is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a carriage for receiving the stack of adhesive coated sheets; reciprocating means for intermittently driving the carriage from a first rest position to a second rest position and vice versa; and guiding means for directing the distal edge of a sheet from a guide input to a guide output as the carriage is driven by the reciprocating means from the first rest position to the second rest position or vice versa. The invention is useful for dispensing said sheets without requiring that each sheet be pulled through or drawn out the guide output under the force of the releasable adhesive bond between adjacent sheets. Using the invention, one may cause a sheet to be dispensed to a position where it is accessible to the user only when the sheet is actually needed.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Inventors: Harold M. Zimmermann, Michael Waters, Gary Reuther
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Patent number: 5116012Abstract: A clip board including a generally rectangular flat board for supportively receiving writing paper or the like thereatop and a pivotally movable paper clamp connected adjacent one end of the board and spaced above the board's writing surface. The paper clamp is pivotally interconnected to the board about a transverse axis parallel to the one end of the board by at least one downwardly extending retaining bracket which is inserted into a mating longitudinal slot in the board and pivotally held thusly by a transverse retainer pin. The retainer pin engages transversely through the lower end of the retaining bracket and extends in either direction beyond the width of the slot to engage against the bottom surface of the board adjacent the slot. A simple generally V-shaped spring acting in compression is positioned between the paper clamp and the board so as to pivotally bias the paper clamp against the board along the paper clamp's paper engaging edge which faces toward the central portion of the board.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1991Date of Patent: May 26, 1992Assignee: Laser Works, Inc.Inventors: Keith L. Offenhauer, Harold M. Zimmermann, Jr.
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Patent number: D332114Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 1991Date of Patent: December 29, 1992Assignee: Laser Works, Inc.Inventors: Keith L. Offenhauer, Harold M. Zimmermann, Jr.
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Patent number: D1008999Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: COASTAL SOURCE, LLCInventors: Franco L D'Ascanio, Sean P Snowden, Harold M. Zimmermann