Patents by Inventor Jeffrey P. Crouch

Jeffrey P. Crouch 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: 6336691
    Abstract: A storage cabinet includes a housing having at least one exterior port, at least one interior port positioned above the exterior port, and a convection passageway connecting the exterior port and the interior port such that warm air will rise within the passageway by natural convection from the exterior port to the interior port. The cabinet also includes at least one drawer received within the housing and moveable between a closed position wherein a storage space within the drawer is inaccessible from outside the housing, and an open position wherein the drawer extends out of the housing such that the storage space is accessible. The drawer has at least one inlet for allowing airflow to pass from the interior port of the housing to the storage space of the drawer when the drawer is in the closed position. Another storage cabinet provided by the present disclosure includes a housing and at least one drawer received within the housing and moveable between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Plug-In Storage Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralf P. Maroney, Jeffrey P. Crouch
  • Patent number: 5208675
    Abstract: A video camera comprises a video camera body and a light module. Structure is provided, integral with the video camera body, for selectively positioning the light module. The light module can be removably connected to the video camera body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Anton/Bauer, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Wilson, Jeffrey P. Crouch
  • Patent number: 4984135
    Abstract: An interchangeable mount for a light housing or module adapted to be mounted on a video or film camera or other support surface includes interchangeable shafts, one of which is affixed to a thumbwheel rotatably mounted in the light housing. Should the camera be provided for the receipt of a threaded fastener to mount the light housing on the camera, the shaft received and fixed to the thumbwheel can have an integral, depending threaded connecting element received in the threaded bore in the camera to mount the housing, upon rotation of the thumbwheel. Should the camera be provided with a U-shaped clip in cross-section or "shoe" for mounting the light module, the shaft may include a threaded fastener or screw having an elongated head depending and threadably connected to the bottom of the shaft fixed to the thumbscrew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Anton/Bauer, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Crouch
  • Patent number: 4871169
    Abstract: Two hemispherical ball components are joined to permit one to be rotated relative to the other. Each component not only defines the ball's spherical surface but also defines a "flat" minor spherical segment. By manually manipulating the flat on one component relative that on the other one can provide any number of trick throws or pitches to confuse a batter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Inventors: Joseph A. Autorino, Jeffrey P. Crouch
  • Patent number: 4871168
    Abstract: A hollow plastic ball bat has an internally mounted swing metering device that provides a visual indication of swing velocity. The bat is defined by inner and outer members that are coupled to one another to define a recess that receives a transparent annular barrel. A bore in this barrel has a weighted piston that moves in the bore, as a result of its inertia, During a swinging or other movement of the bat itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Inventors: Joseph A. Autorino, Jeffrey P. Crouch