Patents by Inventor Matthew F. Willkens

Matthew F. Willkens 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: 20110088979
    Abstract: A cargo transportation device includes a lift assembly for raising and lowering cargo and an operator cabin in which an operator controls the lift assembly. A load backrest is coupled to the cabin, and an automatic data collection device, which is configured to interrogate wireless communication devices, is coupled to the load backrest. The cargo transportation device includes a computing device having logic for controlling the automatic data collection device and logic for controlling the lift assembly, and a display device in communication with the computing device. The display device is coupled to the cabin and configured to provide the operator with information from the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: INTERMEC IP CORP.
    Inventors: John S. Bandringa, Ryan R. White, Jerry Allen Johnson, Christopher Charles Johnston, Michael J. Wells, Joshua Merritt Hansen, Matthew F. Willkens, Steven Tzu-Yun Peng, Jeffrey L. Hovorka, Cary Daniel Cronin
  • Patent number: 5928219
    Abstract: A needle guide mount has a main guide body, with a knob arm and a pivot arm each attached at one end to the main guide body. A gate assembly is pivotably in the pivot arm and has an open position, in which the gate assembly can pivot freely away from the knob arm, and a closed position, in which the gate assembly is secured in the knob arm. The gate assembly preferably has a shaft, a knob that can move longitudinally and rotatably on the shaft, and a locking arrangement that permits the gate assembly to enter the closed position only when the central axis of the gate assembly lies less than a predetermined maximum misalignment angle away from a correct mounting alignment axis. If the guide mount is not properly positioned on the probe, then the gate assembly is out of correct alignment and the locking arrangement is unable to engage. The operator can then easily feel that she is not able to mount the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Friend, Marc W. Bommarito, Matthew F. Willkens, Andrew L. Walston
  • Patent number: D391838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean J. Bidwell, Stephen B. Hooper, Andrew L. Walston, Peter Wung, Matthew F. Willkens
  • Patent number: D415099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew F. Willkens, Andrew E. Reynolds, Kevin C. Johnson
  • Patent number: D425014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew F. Willkens, Andrew E. Reynolds, Kevin C. Johnson
  • Patent number: D430147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew F. Willkens, Andrew E. Reynolds, Thomas O. Vikers