Patents by Inventor Kevin Lonergan

Kevin Lonergan 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: 20110088274
    Abstract: A jig for use in positioning steel furring rails in a suspended ceiling construction is disclosed. The jig comprise an arm having at each end a receptacle for receiving a respective furring rail transversely of the arm. A first of the receptacles has an inwardly extending member on its outer edge for supporting the weight of that end of the jig by hooking the member around the edge of a furring rail proximate the first receptacle. The second receptacle has a magnet for supporting the weight of that end of the jig by magnetic attraction to a furring rail in the second receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Kevin Lonergan
  • Patent number: 5775418
    Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a heat sink to a mounting board. The arrangement includes a heat sink and a locking member. The heat sink has a bottom surface and a passageway extending therein from an entrance opening on the bottom surface in a direction normal thereto and terminating with a closed end at its inner end. The passageway has an entrance region tapering toward the closed end and an inner region defined by generally parallel side wall portions. The side wall portions defining the entrance region including an engagement surface facing the closed end of the passageway. The locking member is T-shaped with the member crossing the stem of the T adapted for snug fit engagement with the generally parallel walls of the passageway's inner region. Moreover, the crossing member has an engagement member at each of it's ends that extend toward the base of the stem. The engagement members interlock with the engagement surface when the locking member is inserted into the passageway of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Lonergan, Karl Cunha, John Kosatschkow, Ralph Michael Tusler