Patents by Inventor Leonard Sands

Leonard Sands 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: 11530694
    Abstract: A module for a vacuum pumping and/or abatement system includes a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side, and two opposing lateral sides, which together define a space. The module comprises an apparatus located wholly within the space and one or more connection points coupled to the apparatus. Each of the connection points is for receiving an input for the apparatus or receiving an output from the apparatus. The one or more connection points are located at the top side. The module has a maximum size in a first system dimension that is equal to a first integer multiple of a fixed system value, the first system dimension being a dimension between the lateral sides. For each connection point, a distance between that connection point and each lateral side in the first system dimension is a respective second integer multiple of the fixed system value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Hammond Deo, Helen Shaw, Craig Leonard Sands
  • Patent number: 11519401
    Abstract: A vacuum pumping and/or abatement system for evacuating and/or abating fluid from an entity, the system comprising: a first module comprising a vacuum pumping apparatus for pumping the fluid from the entity and/or an abatement apparatus for abating the fluid evacuated from the entity; and a second module arranged adjacent to the first module in a first system dimension; wherein the first and second modules each have a maximum size in the first system dimension that is a respective integer multiple of a common fixed system value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Bailey, Craig Leonard Sands
  • Publication number: 20200340467
    Abstract: A vacuum pumping and/or abatement system for evacuating and/or abating fluid from an entity, the system comprising: a first module comprising a vacuum pumping apparatus for pumping the fluid from the entity and/or an abatement apparatus for abating the fluid evacuated from the entity; and a second module arranged adjacent to the first module in a first system dimension; wherein the first and second modules each have a maximum size in the first system dimension that is a respective integer multiple of a common fixed system value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicants: Edwards Limited, Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Bailey, Craig Leonard Sands
  • Publication number: 20200340466
    Abstract: A module for a vacuum pumping and/or abatement system includes a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side, and two opposing lateral sides, which together define a space. The module comprises an apparatus located wholly within the space and one or more connection points coupled to the apparatus. Each of the connection points is for receiving an input for the apparatus or receiving an output from the apparatus. The one or more connection points are located at the top side. The module has a maximum size in a first system dimension that is equal to a first integer multiple of a fixed system value, the first system dimension being a dimension between the lateral sides. For each connection point, a distance between that connection point and each lateral side in the first system dimension is a respective second integer multiple of the fixed system value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hammond DEO, Helen SHAW, Craig Leonard SANDS
  • Patent number: 5947873
    Abstract: A climber includes a driven bar revolvably supported in an upright support frame on a base frame and turned back and forth when two pedal bars are alternatively stepped up and down, a swivel holder revolvably supported on the driven bar and spaced between the upright support frame and a control block at the top of the driven bar to hold a handlebar unit, and an adjustment bar mounted in the swivel holder and moved between a first position where the swivel holder is turned with the driven bar, a second position where the swivel holder can be freely turned about the driven bar, and a third position where the swivel holder is fixed to the upright support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventors: Leonard Sands, Johnson Kuo
  • Patent number: 5743832
    Abstract: A fitness equipment including a base, an oblique support equipped with bottom wheels and pivoted to the base to hold a bench with a seat cushion and a headrest for supporting the user, two handlebars coupled to the oblique support, two actuating rods respectively pivoted to the handlebars, a bracing collapsibly connected between the base and the oblique support, two collapsible pedals pivoted to the base and the oblique support, upper links and intermediate links and bottom links respectively pivotably connected between the oblique support and the actuating rods, a damping mechanism connected between the oblique support, upper and intermediate links, wherein when the user sits on the seat cushion with the back supported on the bench and the hands holding on the handlebars and the legs pedaling the pedals, the bottom links and the intermediate links and the upper links are alternatively driven to move the actuating rods and the connecting frames, enabling the user to simulate the action of swimming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Inventors: Leonard Sands, Johnson Kuo
  • Patent number: D392702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Inventors: Leonard Sands, Johnson Kuo
  • Patent number: D396509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Inventors: Leonard Sands, Johnson Kuo
  • Patent number: D407769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventors: Leonard Sands, Johnson Kuo