Patents by Inventor John A. Kivisto

John A. Kivisto 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: 11685019
    Abstract: A management device simultaneously clamps both the power cord and the vacuum tube of a floor preparation machine to appropriately direct the power cord and vacuum tube and protect from damage the power cord, vacuum tube cord plug and machine socket associated with the power cord and fitting associated with the vacuum tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: National Flooring Equipment Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Patent number: 11685018
    Abstract: The temperature of the chamber housing a shot wheel of a shot blaster is controlled by positioning a fan exterior to the chamber that creates air flow across a mounting plate defining the chamber. The air flow created by the fan may also pass around the bearing surrounding the drive shaft that turns the shot wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: National Flooring Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Patent number: 11628538
    Abstract: The adverse effects associated with high temperatures and warpage of parts of a shot blaster are ameliorated by providing a telescoping sleeve and valve mount and an orifice adaptor to regulate the area of the flow path from a shot reservoir to a metering valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: National Flooring Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Kivisto, Mark D. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11618128
    Abstract: The temperature of the chamber housing a shot wheel of a shot blaster is controlled by positioning a fan exterior to the chamber that creates air flow across a mounting plate defining the chamber. The air flow created by the fan may also pass around the bearing surrounding the drive shaft that turns the shot wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL FLOORING EQUIPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Patent number: 11498184
    Abstract: The temperature of the chamber housing a shot wheel of a shot blaster is controlled by positioning a fan exterior to the chamber that creates air flow across a mounting plate defining the chamber. The air flow created by the fan may also pass around the bearing surrounding the drive shaft that turns the shot wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: National Flooring Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Publication number: 20220296843
    Abstract: A removable gas separation cartridge includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by using an absorption process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Perry B. Lonnes
  • Publication number: 20220297263
    Abstract: The temperature of the chamber housing a shot wheel of a shot blaster is controlled by positioning a fan exterior to the chamber that creates air flow across a mounting plate defining the chamber. The air flow created by the fan may also pass around the bearing surrounding the drive shaft that turns the shot wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Publication number: 20220288745
    Abstract: The temperature of the chamber housing a shot wheel of a shot blaster is controlled by positioning a fan exterior to the chamber that creates air flow across a mounting plate defining the chamber. The air flow created by the fan may also pass around the bearing surrounding the drive shaft that turns the shot wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Patent number: 11389614
    Abstract: A removable gas separation cartridge includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by using an absorption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Vbox, Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Perry B. Lonnes
  • Patent number: 11338674
    Abstract: Control of a self-powered floor preparation machine is provided by an ergonomic controller having a guarded control stick which has various characteristics, including its pitch, roll, yaw and height, that may all be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: National Flooring Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Publication number: 20210001720
    Abstract: Control of a self-powered floor preparation machine is provided by an ergonomic controller having a guarded control stick which has various characteristics, including its pitch, roll, yaw and height, that may all be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Publication number: 20210001451
    Abstract: A management device simultaneously clamps both the power cord and the vacuum tube of a floor preparation machine to appropriately direct the power cord and vacuum tube and protect from damage the power cord, vacuum tube cord plug and machine socket associated with the power cord and fitting associated with the vacuum tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Publication number: 20210001449
    Abstract: The adverse effects associated with high temperatures and warpage of parts of a shot blaster are ameliorated by providing a telescoping sleeve and valve mount and an orifice adaptor to regulate the area of the flow path from a shot reservoir to a metering valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: John A. Kivisto, Mark D. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210001448
    Abstract: The temperature of the chamber housing a shot wheel of a shot blaster is controlled by positioning a fan exterior to the chamber that creates air flow across a mounting plate defining the chamber. The air flow created by the fan may also pass around the bearing surrounding the drive shaft that turns the shot wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: John A. Kivisto
  • Publication number: 20200269004
    Abstract: A removable gas separation cartridge includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by using an absorption process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Perry B. Lonnes
  • Patent number: 10702669
    Abstract: A removable gas separation cartridge includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by using an absorption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: VBOX, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Perry B. Lonnes
  • Patent number: 10357628
    Abstract: A removable gas separation cartridge includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by using an absorption process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: 3B MEDICAL MANUFACTURING LLC
    Inventors: Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Perry B. Lonnes
  • Patent number: 10335570
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing oxygen rich gas. Oxygen is separated from ambient air with an oxygen separator in discrete pulses, one pulse at a time. The start of the pulse is synchronized with the beginning of an inhalation of a person. The oxygen rich gas in each pulse is separated from the ambient air in real time during a nitrogen adsorption step concurrent with each inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: 3B MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas P. Van Brunt, Theodore W. Jagger, Perry B. Lonnes, John A. Kivisto
  • Publication number: 20180289917
    Abstract: A removable gas separation cartridge includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by using an absorption process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Theodore W. Jagger, Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Perry B. Lonnes
  • Publication number: 20180023551
    Abstract: A gaseous fluid pump includes a compression chamber, a plurality of pistons, a plurality of electric coils, and a magnet. The chamber contains at least one inlet and one outlet and a plurality of open volumes created by an inner surface of the compression chamber. The plurality of pistons are within the compression chamber and each piston containing a body with at least a first diametrically polarized magnet centered in the body such that the first magnet attracts or repels depending on the relative position of the first magnet. The plurality of electric coils wound around laminations on an outside of the compression chamber with each of the plurality of electric coils configured to create flux paths centered around each of the pistons when provided electricity to act as a polarizing motor stator. A second magnet is centered within the compression chamber between two of the plurality of pistons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholas P. Van Brunt, John A. Kivisto, Theodore W. Jagger