Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Vasicek

Joseph A. Vasicek 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).

  • Non-hydraulic, integrated damping mechanism in an electronic controller assembly
    Patent number: 10678290
    Abstract: A dampened electronic control for manual operation to control a machine includes a housing, a movable element pivotally supported in the housing upon a shaft with a rotation axis, and an electronic sensor configured to detect rotational movement of the shaft. A non-hydraulic damping mechanism is coupled to the moveable element, wherein the damping mechanism includes a piston disposed in a cylinder of the housing and configured to operate with air inside the cylinder as the working fluid and a spring to resiliently bias the piston towards the moveable element. Movement of the moveable element towards the piston causes the piston to compress the air inside the cylinder to thereby provide a resistance force against the moveable element to thereby dampen the movement of the moveable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: WILLIAMS CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventors: Colt Kincade Stuart, Joseph A. Vasicek, Kenneth Randall Barton
  • NON-HYDRAULIC, INTEGRATED DAMPING MECHANISM IN AN ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180253121
    Abstract: A dampened electronic control for manual operation to control a machine includes a housing, a movable element pivotally supported in the housing upon a shaft with a rotation axis, and an electronic sensor configured to detect rotational movement of the shaft. A non-hydraulic damping mechanism is coupled to the moveable element, wherein the damping mechanism includes a piston disposed in a cylinder of the housing and configured to operate with air inside the cylinder as the working fluid and a spring to resiliently bias the piston towards the moveable element. Movement of the moveable element towards the piston causes the piston to compress the air inside the cylinder to thereby provide a resistance force against the moveable element to thereby dampen the movement of the moveable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Colt Kincade Stuart, Joseph A. Vasicek, Kenneth Randall Barton