Patents by Inventor Lerue C. Kleppinger, Jr.

Lerue C. Kleppinger, Jr. 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).

  • Vibration and impact isolator
    Patent number: 4830343
    Abstract: A vibration or impact isolator for use between bodies and/or structures, such as between a boat and a dock, is formed from a resilient elongated strip of resiliently flexible material of uniform lateral cross-section wherein longitudinal lateral portions of the strip are formed in the shape of open involutes extending through at least 270 degrees in the unbiased or undeformed condition. An intermediate portion or central portion of the strip between the two lateral edges, which connects the involutes, is deformable on mounting of the longitudinal strip to one of the bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Inventors: William G. Johnson, Lerue C. Kleppinger, Jr.