Patents by Inventor Orrin Ryan Lanz

Orrin Ryan Lanz 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: 10276932
    Abstract: An antenna positioning system has a spindle with a bearing surface extending upward from a base. An azimuth gear is centered on the base around the spindle. An antenna support rotatably supports the antenna to allow elevational rotation of the antenna. The antenna support also has a recess with a shape complementary to the bearing surface of the spindle so that the antenna support is rotatably supported on the spindle to allow azimuth rotation of the antenna. The bearing surface and recess can be substantially conical in shape. An azimuth motor on the antenna support engages the azimuth gear to control azimuth rotation of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Winegard Company
    Inventors: Brent Lee Venghaus, Orrin Ryan Lanz
  • Publication number: 20180301784
    Abstract: An antenna positioning system has a spindle with a bearing surface extending upward from a base. An azimuth gear is centered on the base around the spindle. An antenna support rotatably supports the antenna to allow elevational rotation of the antenna. The antenna support also has a recess with a shape complementary to the bearing surface of the spindle so that the antenna support is rotatably supported on the spindle to allow azimuth rotation of the antenna. The bearing surface and recess can be substantially conical in shape. An azimuth motor on the antenna support engages the azimuth gear to control azimuth rotation of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Winegard Company
    Inventors: Brent Lee Venghaus, Orrin Ryan Lanz
  • Patent number: 9000999
    Abstract: An enclosure system for antennas including satellite dish antennas and single frequency, narrowband and broadband ones. The system includes at least upper and lower housing portions mounted to each other for rotational movement about a first axis inclined to the vertical. The portions have respective, peripheral sections extending about the first axis and substantially perpendicular to the inclined, first axis. The satellite antenna dish is mounted to the upper housing portion to extend substantially about a second axis substantially intersecting the first axis at an inclined angle. The upper housing portion can be rotated about the inclined, first axis relative to the lower housing portion wherein the second axis of the dish essentially forms or defines a cone about the first axis to position the plane of the dish rim portion in any of a plurality of orientations essentially between a substantially horizontal one and a substantially vertical one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Winegard Company
    Inventors: Brent Lee Venghaus, Orrin Ryan Lanz