Patents by Inventor Jimmy L. Schmidt

Jimmy L. Schmidt 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: 6034466
    Abstract: The amplifier assembly includes a driver bellows and an output bellows. The driver bellows includes a first end and a second end. The first end is positionable adjacent a microactuator. The output bellows includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the output bellows is securely attached to the second end of the driver bellows. The second end of the output bellows is positionable adjacent a device to be actuated. The output bellows has a smaller volume than the driver bellows. Each bellows is filled with a working fluid. When the driver bellows is compressed by the microactuator the fluid displacement of the driver bellows is translated to the output bellows causing a displacement in the output bellows equal to the fluid displaced in the driver bellows. Thus, an amplified output stroke is provided of the desired magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Boeing North American, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Blanding, Jimmy L. Schmidt