Patents by Inventor Paul J. Altnether

Paul J. Altnether 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: 9302543
    Abstract: A trolley for use in a cable lift having a mast with a generally rectangular hollow cavity forming a track in which the trolley may be reciprocated upwardly and downwardly. The trolley is connected to a cradle outside the mast upon which an object to be lifted may be placed. The trolley has trolley wheels which make rolling contact with a front and back side of the track to resist a forward bending moment in down direction on the cradle. The trolley has spacer wheels which make rolling contact with a right and left sides of the track to resist a lateral bending moment on the cradle such that the cradle may be mounted on the mast offset from centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventors: Peter J. Pierce, Paul J. Altnether
  • Patent number: 4897926
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel turning angle gauge having a base to support a wheel engaging turnable plate which supports an optical encoder device mounted in non-rotary position so an operating shaft can engage and turn with the turnable plate to generate signals of the degree of turn and the direction of that turn. The base provides a structure for limiting the maximum displacement of the turnable plate without restricting its direction of motion so it will accommodate the range of vehicle wheel movement as required for alignment purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Altnether, Timothy A. Strege
  • Patent number: 4625723
    Abstract: A pencil for electrosurgical generators includes a push button switch structure useful in selectively bridging spaced printed circuit contacts in spite of oxidized film on the contact surface. A movable concave disk has a sharp peripheral edge that is forced against the contact surface during switch actuation to cut through the oxidized film and reliably bridge the contacts. The disk is carried by an axial projection forming part of a resilient dome surrounding the projection. The dome includes a radial flange which is compressed against the printed circuit board by an annular member projecting axially inwardly from the housing wall around the outside of the dome. The closed end of the dome is connected to the flange by a frusto-conical connecting wall adapted to flex to permit the closed dome end to be pushed toward the open dome end during switch actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Medical Research Associates, Ltd. #1
    Inventors: Paul J. Altnether, Frederick W. Rexroth
  • Patent number: D570888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Hunter Engineering Company
    Inventor: Paul J. Altnether
  • Patent number: D303148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Concept, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Rexroth, Paul J. Altnether