Patents by Inventor James Nolan Ludwig

James Nolan Ludwig 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).

  • Conference table assembly
    Patent number: 8074581
    Abstract: A conferencing assembly for use with at least one computer, the assembly including a table top forming a table top opening, a leg support structure, a display screen supported adjacent the top surface, a switcher for controlling input to the display screen, a plurality of handsets, each hand set including a selector button usable to send a signal to the switcher thereby causing the switcher to link a computer associated with the selector button to the display, a plurality of handset cables, each handset cable having first and second ends linked to the switcher and an associated selector button, respectively, for passing signals from the selector buttons to the switcher, a take up assembly including a separate weight for each of the handset cables, the take up assembly disposed below the top member and aligned with the top opening, each handset cable linked to an associated weight, each weight applying a force tending to pull the second end of the associated handset cable into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis Mark Epstein, Kyle J. Doerksen, Matthew Robert Adams, Larry Cheng, Brian Joseph Mason, Thomas Overthun, Todd Allen Pelman, Vivek Mohan Rao, David John Rinaldis, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Mark D. Siminoff, Susanne Stage, Joerg Christoph Student, James Nolan Ludwig, Brett Robert Kincaid
  • CONFERENCE TABLE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20090260547
    Abstract: A conferencing assembly for use with at least one computer, the assembly including a table top forming a table top opening, a leg support structure, a display screen supported adjacent the top surface, a switcher for controlling input to the display screen, a plurality of handsets, each hand set including a selector button usable to send a signal to the switcher thereby causing the switcher to link a computer associated with the selector button to the display, a plurality of handset cables, each handset cable having first and second ends linked to the switcher and an associated selector button, respectively, for passing signals from the selector buttons to the switcher, a take up assembly including a separate weight for each of the handset cables, the take up assembly disposed below the top member and aligned with the top opening, each handset cable linked to an associated weight, each weight applying a force tending to pull the second end of the associated handset cable into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Lewis Mark Epstein, Kyle J. Doerksen, Matthew Robert Adams, Larry Cheng, Brian Joseph Mason, Thomas Overthun, Todd Allen Pelman, Vivek Mohan Rao, David John Rinaldis, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Mark D. Siminoff, Susanne Stage, Joerg Christoph Student, James Nolan Ludwig, Brett Robert Kincald