Patents by Inventor John A. Bugel

John A. Bugel 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).

  • Temperature compensating insert for a mechanically leveraged smart material actuator
    Patent number: 7132781
    Abstract: An apparatus having a smart material actuator, a support structure and at least one temperature compensating material insert, either externally mounted to the support structure, integrally formed with the support structure, or any combination thereof. The apparatus includes a mechanically leveraged electrically stimulated smart material. The support structure and actuator are susceptible to the effects of differences in thermal coefficients of expansion of the materials used in the construction. The smart material typically displaces less than 0.001 inches and is leveraged up to fifty times to obtain useful movement. The temperature effect on the smart material is therefore leveraged and amplified producing undesirable motion in the apparatus with ambient and/or operating temperature changes. A method for dimensioning and placement of a compensating insert with respect to the support structure provides an accurate and cost effective compensating insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Viking Technologies, L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Moler, John A. Bugel, Mark Oudshoorn
  • Temperature compensating insert for a mechanically leveraged smart material actuator
    Publication number: 20040035106
    Abstract: An apparatus having a smart material actuator, a support structure and at least one temperature compensating material insert, either externally mounted to the support structure, integrally formed with the support structure, or any combination thereof. The apparatus includes a mechanically leveraged electrically stimulated smart material. The support structure and actuator are susceptible to the effects of differences in thermal coefficients of expansion of the materials used in the construction. The smart material typically displaces less than 0.001 inches and is leveraged up to fifty times to obtain useful movement. The temperature effect on the smart material is therefore leveraged and amplified producing undesirable motion in the apparatus with ambient and/or operating temperature changes. A method for dimensioning and placement of a compensating insert with respect to the support structure provides an accurate and cost effective compensating insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Jeff Moler, John A. Bugel, Mark Oudshoorn
  • Folded back arm actuator with enlarged central anvil
    Patent number: D512085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Viking Technologies, L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Moler, Aaron Dickey, John A. Bugel
  • Integral actuator with folded-back arms
    Patent number: D483335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Viking Technologies, L.C.
    Inventors: John A. Bugel, Jeff Moler
  • Integral actuator with folded back arms and hollowed out force transfer member
    Patent number: D493135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Viking Technologies, L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Moler, John A. Bugel
  • Folded back arm actuator
    Patent number: D493417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Viking Technologies, L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Moler, John A. Bugel
  • Integral actuator with hollowed out force transfer member
    Patent number: D496330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Viking Technologies, L.C.
    Inventors: Jeff Moler, John A. Bugel