Patents by Inventor James E. Clapp

James E. Clapp 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: 9981836
    Abstract: Controlling a functional system of a materials handling vehicle includes monitoring a current delivered by an energy storage system for powering the functional system, wherein the energy storage system may include at least one of a battery and a fuel cell. When the current delivered by the energy storage system exceeds a first predetermined amount, performance of the functional system is reduced from a first operating level to a second operating level for at least one task of the functional system to attempt to reduce the current delivered by the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony T. Castaneda, James E. Clapp, Nicholas D. Thobe, Eric L. Schnipke
  • Publication number: 20160289056
    Abstract: Controlling a functional system of a materials handling vehicle includes monitoring a current delivered by an energy storage system for powering the functional system, wherein the energy storage system may include at least one of a battery and a fuel cell. When the current delivered by the energy storage system exceeds a first predetermined amount, performance of the functional system is reduced from a first operating level to a second operating level for at least one task of the functional system to attempt to reduce the current delivered by the energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony T. Castaneda, James E. Clapp, Nicholas D. Thobe, Mark E. Addison, Eric L. Schnipke
  • Patent number: 8252246
    Abstract: A portable steam sterilizer for surgical and dental instruments includes an outer casing and a pressure chamber configured to receive steam therein. A tray is configured to hold the instruments and is releasably received within the pressure chamber while a boiler is in fluid communication with the pressure chamber for providing steam thereto. The sterilizer further includes a container for receiving condensed steam evacuated from the pressure chamber. The container is spaced from the outer casing and includes a main body and a lid that is substantially non-rotationally coupled to the main body. A conduit is coupled to the lid and fluid communicates the container with the pressure chamber. The main body of the container may include a base while the lid may include a wall oriented generally orthogonal to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Coyle, Ronald A. Gatchell, Richard L. Jones, Philip Marc Stewart, James E. Clapp, Dennis L. Harris
  • Patent number: 8236253
    Abstract: A portable steam sterilizer for surgical instruments includes a tray configured to hold the instruments and a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber includes a cavity portion and a handle portion. The cavity portion includes a set of walls and is configured to releasably receive the tray, while the handle portion is coupled to the tray for selectively inserting and removing the tray respectively into and from within the cavity portion. The handle portion is sealingly engageable with the cavity portion to thereby define the pressure chamber. A steam inlet fluidly communicates the pressure chamber with a source of steam to selectively permit steam to flow from the source of steam and into the pressure chamber. A steam outlet fluidly communicates the pressure chamber with a steam management assembly to selectively permit steam to flow from the pressure chamber and into the steam management assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Midmark Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Coyle, Ronald A. Gatchell, Richard L. Jones, Philip Marc Stewart, James E. Clapp, Dennis L. Harris
  • Publication number: 20080299003
    Abstract: A portable steam sterilizer for surgical instruments includes a tray configured to hold the instruments and a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber includes a cavity portion and a handle portion. The cavity portion includes a set of walls and is configured to releasably receive the tray, while the handle portion is coupled to the tray for selectively inserting and removing the tray respectively into and from within the cavity portion. The handle portion is sealingly engageable with the cavity portion to thereby define the pressure chamber. A steam inlet fluidly communicates the pressure chamber with a source of steam to selectively permit steam to flow from the source of steam and into the pressure chamber. A steam outlet fluidly communicates the pressure chamber with a steam management assembly to selectively permit steam to flow from the pressure chamber and into the steam management assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: MIDMARK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Coyle, Ronald A. Gatchell, Richard L. Jones, Philip Marc Stewart, James E. Clapp, Dennis L. Harris
  • Publication number: 20080267817
    Abstract: A portable steam sterilizer for surgical and dental instruments includes an outer casing and a pressure chamber configured to receive steam therein. A tray is configured to hold the instruments and is releasably received within the pressure chamber while a boiler is in fluid communication with the pressure chamber for providing steam thereto. The sterilizer further includes a container for receiving condensed steam evacuated from the pressure chamber. The container is spaced from the outer casing and includes a main body and a lid that is substantially non-rotationally coupled to the main body. A conduit is coupled to the lid and fluid communicates the container with the pressure chamber. The main body of the container may include a base while the lid may include a wall oriented generally orthogonal to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: MIDMARK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Coyle, Ronald A. Gatchell, Richard L. Jones, Philip Marc Stewart, James E. Clapp, Dennis L. Harris