Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Knecht

Joseph A. Knecht 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).

  • Patient support apparatus with integrated patient therapy device
    Patent number: 11974964
    Abstract: A therapy system that includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Turner, James L. Walke, Eric D. Benz, Joseph T. Canter, Robert M. Zerhusen, Michael A Knecht
  • User interface for a patient support apparatus with integrated patient therapy device
    Patent number: 11931312
    Abstract: A therapy system includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric D. Benz, John G. Byers, Scott M. Corbin, Richard H. Heimbrock, Michael A. Knecht, Bradley T. Smith, Lori Ann Zapfe, Robert M. Zerhusen, Kenneth L. Lilly, Jonathan D. Turner, James L. Walke, Joseph T. Canter, Richard J. Schuman, Sr., John V. Harmeyer
  • Modular hearth arrangement for cold hearth refining
    Patent number: 5922273
    Abstract: In the particular embodiment described in the specification, a cold hearth arrangement has a hearth plate forming a floor above the bottom of a melt chamber enclosure and a hearth is removably mounted on the hearth plate. Coolant supply and return lines are connected through the hearth support plate to the bottom of the hearth so that no utility lines are exposed above the floor plate. A mold, which also has water supply and return lines connected to it beneath the floor plate extends through the bottom of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Titanium Hearth Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Knecht, Dana C. King, Richard R. Roth, Alan E. Blackburn
  • Electron-beam furnace with magnetic stabilization
    Patent number: 4616363
    Abstract: An electron-beam furnace for melting and refining metals in a trough-like hearth by scanning high-intensity, narrow electron beams across the hearth is provided with a wire coil located near the hearth for producing a relatively weak magnetic field in the vicinity of the molten metal in the hearth to prevent erratic local beam deflections caused by fluctuations in the plasma that forms in the vicinity of the molten metal. The use of the weak magnetic field allows the electron beams projected by remotely positioned electron guns to be accurately scanned across the hearth by deflection yokes associated with the electron guns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: A. Johnson Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Howard R. Harker, Joseph A. Knecht, II