Patents by Inventor Howard H. Plude
Howard H. Plude 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: 9142365Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLCInventors: Myron Moroz, Howard H. Plude, Jr.
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Patent number: 8830018Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLCInventors: Howard H. Plude, Jr., Myron Moroz
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Publication number: 20140240064Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Howard H. Plude, Myron Moroz
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Publication number: 20140232491Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLCInventors: Myron Moroz, Howard H. Plude, JR.
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Publication number: 20140232490Abstract: A solenoid-driven automatic bus transfer switch may automatically transfer one or more electrical loads from a first power source to a second power source, or vice versa, in the event of a power failure or other casualty that affects either power source. The transfer switch may be operated in response to the energization of a solenoid coil, which causes a main shaft having a transfer element to rotate from being in contact with the first power source to being in contact with the second power source. The transfer element may be spring-mounted to the shaft, which ensures that a sufficient electrical contact exists between the surfaces of the transfer element and the respective leads of the first and second power sources, regardless of any wear or degradation that may be experienced at any of the surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Ward Leonard Investment Holdings, LLC.Inventors: Howard H. Plude, JR., Myron Moroz
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Patent number: 6680743Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Kapushinski, Howard H. Plude, Charles M. Hevenor
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Patent number: 6603497Abstract: A wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material; and methods and apparatus for controlling the tension of the donor sheet during printing with a wide format thermal printer. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.Inventors: Charles M. Hevenor, Howard H. Plude, William J. Tortora, Edward M. Oscarson, Kenneth O. Wood
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Patent number: 6452620Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1999Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Kapushinski, Howard H. Plude, Charles M. Hevenor
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Publication number: 20020057325Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: Ronald A. Kapushinski, Howard H. Plude, Charles M. Hevenor
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Patent number: 6243120Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.Inventors: Charles M. Hevenor, Howard H. Plude, William J. Tortora, Edward M. Oscarson, Kenneth O. Wood
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Publication number: 20010000055Abstract: Disclosed are the following: a wide format thermal printer for printing a multicolor graphic product on a printing sheet; a vacuum workbed for supporting a sheet material for performing work operations, such as cutting, printing or plotting, thereon; a replaceable donor sheet assembly, which includes a memory, for use with a thermal printer; methods and apparatus for improved thermal printing, including methods and apparatus for conserving donor sheet and reducing the amount of time required to print a multicolor graphic product; a thermal printhead including a memory; and methods and apparatus for the alignment of a sheet material for printing or performing other work operations on the sheet material. The wide format thermal printer can include provision for the automatic loading of cassettes of donor sheet from a cassette storage rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2000Publication date: March 22, 2001Inventors: Charles M. Hevenor, Howard H. Plude, William J. Tortora, Edward M. Oscarson, Kenneth O. Wood
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Patent number: 6014221Abstract: In a process for choosing a color most closely replicating an object's actual color, a computer processor programmed with a database of sets of digital color data and the corresponding formulas for producing those colors using one or more thermal transfer foils, or vinyl sheet materials, is provided. The process includes sensing an object's color and producing a set of digital color data representing the sensed color. The set of digital data representing the sensed color is then supplied to the computer processor which is operated to compare the supplied set of digital color data to the digital color data stored in the database. The computer processor then outputs, to a display, a listing of the closest color matches found in the database, to the sensed color. The user then selects the color and formula defined by the digital information stored in the database corresponding to a color producible using thermal transfer foils or vinyl sheet materials, to that most closely matching the sensed color.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1997Date of Patent: January 11, 2000Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.Inventor: Howard H. Plude, Jr.