Patents by Inventor Kurt J. Janecek

Kurt J. Janecek 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: 5566132
    Abstract: An acoustic transducer comprising a housing, and first and second stacks of ransduction plates disposed within the housing for engaging opposed wall portions of the housing, the first and second stacks being adapted to be held in compression between the housing opposed wall portions. A threaded stud extends from the first stack to the second stack, and a nut is threadedly engaged with the stud and adjacent one of the stacks. Movement of the nut on the stud operates to move the stacks toward the housing walls, respectively, to compress the stacks, and operates to relax compressive force on the stacks to enable withdrawal of one of the stacks and replacement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: The United Sates of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert S. Janus, Kurt J. Janecek, Robert A. Roush
  • Patent number: 5415047
    Abstract: A weld joint test fixture for testing the strength of a weld joining seve members forming a test specimen is provided. The fixture includes a base which supports the test specimen and an attachment for applying a testing force to the test specimen while the test specimen is supported by the base. The fixture further includes holding elements attached to the base for holding the test specimen on the base during the application of the testing force. The holding elements preferably engage one of the members forming the test specimen without engaging another of the members. The fixture may also include the holding elements being designed to oppose the testing force substantially only by forces directed in a plane parallel to the applied testing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Wendell C. Maciejewski, Kurt J. Janecek, George J. Kavarnos, Elizabeth A. McLaughlin