Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. Floer

Kenneth C. Floer 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).

  • Publication number: 20220213789
    Abstract: An air motor assembly includes an exhaust block with an exhaust port that conveys exhaust air into an exhaust manifold. The exhaust port includes an expansion chamber that creates a pressure drop in the exhaust gas, thereby decreasing the temperature of the exhaust gas. The expansion chamber is defined between a first wall that is tangential to the air motor cylinder and a second wall that is transverse to an axis of the exhaust port. Poppet valves control actuation of a shuttle. The poppet valves are disposed on the exterior of the air motor assembly and are thermally insulated from the air motor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Martin P. McCormick, Benjamin J. Dauwalter, Kenneth C. Floer
  • Patent number: 11306590
    Abstract: An air motor assembly includes an exhaust block with an exhaust port that conveys exhaust air into an exhaust manifold. The exhaust port includes an expansion chamber that creates a pressure drop in the exhaust gas, thereby decreasing the temperature of the exhaust gas. The expansion chamber is defined between a first wall that is tangential to the air motor cylinder and a second wall that is transverse to an axis of the exhaust port. Poppet valves control actuation of a shuttle. The poppet valves are disposed on the exterior of the air motor assembly and are thermally insulated from the air motor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Martin P. McCormick, Benjamin J. Dauwalter, Kenneth C. Floer
  • Publication number: 20200392949
    Abstract: An air motor assembly includes an exhaust block with an exhaust port that conveys exhaust air into an exhaust manifold. The exhaust port includes an expansion chamber that creates a pressure drop in the exhaust gas, thereby decreasing the temperature of the exhaust gas. The expansion chamber is defined between a first wall that is tangential to the air motor cylinder and a second wall that is transverse to an axis of the exhaust port. Poppet valves control actuation of a shuttle. The poppet valves are disposed on the exterior of the air motor assembly and are thermally insulated from the air motor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Martin P. MCCORMICK, Benjamin J. DAUWALTER, Kenneth C. FLOER
  • Patent number: 9221669
    Abstract: A pumping system comprises an internal combustion engine, a generator, a pumping unit and a heat recovery system. The generator is driven by the internal combustion engine. The pumping unit is powered by the generator. The heat recovery system thermally couples the internal combustion engine with the pumping unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Tix, Mark T. Weinberger, Richard D. Anderson, Jeffrey N. Velgersdyk, Nicholas K. Studt, Gregory A. Regenscheld, Matthew R. Theisen, Kenneth C. Floer, Mark J. Brudevold, Arthur T. Graf
  • Patent number: 9162866
    Abstract: A dual pump fluid proportioner having an adjustable motor position comprises a mounting plate, first and second positive displacement pumps, first and second tie rods, a pump yoke and a motor. The first and second tie rods fixedly connect the first and second pumps to the mounting plate. The first and second pumps each have a pump shaft. The pump yoke slidably couples to the first and second tie rods and the pump shafts. The motor adjustably couples to the mounting plate and includes a drive shaft. The drive shaft extends from the motor, through the mounting plate to adjustably couple to the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Martin P. McCormick, Ryan F. Butler, Kenneth C. Floer
  • Publication number: 20140084025
    Abstract: A pumping system comprises an internal combustion engine, a generator, a pumping unit and a heat recovery system. The generator is driven by the internal combustion engine. The pumping unit is powered by the generator. The heat recovery system thermally couples the internal combustion engine with the pumping unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Tix, Mark T. Weinberger, Richard D. Anderson, Jeffrey N. Velgersdyk, Nicholas K. Studt, Gregory A. Regenscheid, Matthew R. Theisen, Kenneth C. Floer, Mark J. Brudevold, Arthur T. Graf
  • Publication number: 20130064696
    Abstract: A dual pump fluid proportioner having an adjustable motor position comprises a mounting plate, first and second positive displacement pumps, first and second tie rods, a pump yoke and a motor. The first and second tie rods fixedly connect the first and second pumps to the mounting plate. The first and second pumps each have a pump shaft. The pump yoke slidably couples to the first and second tie rods and the pump shafts. The motor adjustably couples to the mounting plate and includes a drive shaft. The drive shaft extends from the motor, through the mounting plate to adjustably couple to the yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GRACO MINNESOTA INC.
    Inventors: Martin P. McCormick, Ryan F. Butler, Kenneth C. Floer
  • Patent number: 7578411
    Abstract: A bail grip for a pivotal bail of a bucket in which the bail has a pair of bail legs and a central hook with an inverted shape. The bail grip comprises an arcuate body that is installed onto the upper ends of the bail legs with the arc of the bail grip body conforming to a common curve or arc of the upper ends of the bail legs. When in place, the bail grip body does not completely close off a recess formed by the hook. Instead, a rear side of the bail grip body has a notch adjacent the recess such that a locking pin used on a wall bracket from which the bucket is hung is still able to pass downwardly through the recess and along the notch formed in the rear side of the bail grip body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Miller Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry J. Zien, Kenneth C. Floer
  • Patent number: D609927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Miller Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth C. Floer
  • Patent number: D891373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Martin P. McCormick, Benjamin J. Dauwalter, Kenneth C. Floer