Patents by Inventor Richard A. Heidelberger

Richard A. Heidelberger 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: 11858116
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Publication number: 20230057776
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders is provided. The organizer has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 11491638
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Publication number: 20210316443
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders is provided. The organizer has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 11059164
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders is provided. The organizer has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Publication number: 20200290195
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders is provided. The organizer has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 10675750
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 9073201
    Abstract: An under hood service tray is provided that includes a base with a pair of longitudinally extending legs that are spaced from one another in a lateral direction and that engage a laterally extending leg. The base has an end leg located on a closed first end of the base. The end leg has a first portion that has a component that extends in the lateral direction, and a second portion that has a component that extends in a longitudinal direction. The under hood service tray also has a vertical member attached to the base, and a tray attached to the vertical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KKU, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Foley, Richard Heidelberger, Michael Staples
  • Patent number: 6878049
    Abstract: A pneumatically operated, random orbital sander is disclosed as having an upper seal adapted to retard the entry of dust into an exposed or lowermost motor shaft supporting bearing and a lower seal adapted to retard the entry of dust into a motor shaft mounted bearing serving to couple the motor shaft to a sanding pad or disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Dynabrade, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Heidelberger, Bryan D. Decker
  • Publication number: 20040102145
    Abstract: A pneumatically operated, random orbital sander is disclosed as having an upper seal adapted to retard the entry of dust into an exposed or lowermost motor shaft supporting bearing and a lower seal adapted to retard the entry of dust into a motor shaft mounted bearing serving to couple the motor shaft to a sanding pad or disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Dynabrade, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Heidelberger, Bryan D. Decker
  • Patent number: 6190245
    Abstract: A hand operated orbital sander having a hand grip portion provided with a fluid supply inlet connected to a source of pressurized fluid and a fluid discharge; a base portion for mounting a sanding pad and having a chamber, a fluid inlet for directing fluid into the chamber and a fluid outlet for discharging fluid from the chamber; a resiliently deformable sleeve portion for connecting the base portion to depend from the hand grip portion and defining a conduit for placing the fluid outlet in flow communication with the fluid discharge; a fluid operated rotor rotatably supported by the base portion within the chamber and mounting an eccentric weight for imparting orbital movement to the base portion; and a flexible conduit for connecting the supply inlet to the fluid inlet to apply pressurized fluid to the rotor to effect rotation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Dynabrade, Inc
    Inventors: Richard A. Heidelberger, David E. Baran
  • Patent number: 5839764
    Abstract: An air line connector includes a hose block having first and second passageways disposed in flow communication; a connector block having third and fourth passageways disposed in flow communication; a pivot member having opposite ends rotatably received within the second and third for pivotally connecting the hose and connector blocks; a connector member having one end rotatably received within the fourth passageway; first and second attaching arrangements for connecting the ends of the pivot member to the hose and connector blocks to prevent separating movement of such blocks axially of the pivot member; and a third attaching arrangement for connecting the connector member to the connector block. The first attaching arrangement may include a locking pin supported by the hose block for engagement with the pivot member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Dynabrade, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 5823862
    Abstract: A dual action sander having a manually manipulated housing, a motor supported by the housing, a motor shaft balancer driven by the motor for rotation relative to the housing about a drive axis, a balancer shaft carried by the motor shaft balancer for rotation relative thereto about a second axis radially offset relative to the drive axis and for mounting a sanding device, a latch pin slidably supported by the motor shaft balancer for movement in alignment with the drive axis between unlatched and latched positions, the latch pin having a first end and a second end with the first end being engageable with the balancer shaft when the latch pin is in latched position for preventing rotation of the balancer shaft relative to the motor shaft balancer about the second axis, a manual operator carried by the housing for engagement with the second end of the latch pin and being movable to force the latch pin into latched position, and a spring for biasing the latch pin for movement towards the unlatched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Dynabrade, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 5595530
    Abstract: A reciprocating abrading, polisher or buffing tool is disclosed in which a counterweight for a shoe adapted for the mounting of an abrading, polishing or buffing member is driven by the shoe for oppositely directed reciprocating movement. Pairs of guides for supporting the shoe and counterweight for reciprocating movement are mounted on a shroud having halves fixed to each other and to depend from a rim of a body of the sander or polisher, so as to permit selective rotational displacements of the shoe and counterweight relative to the body. In one form of the invention employing suction to withdraw dust from adjacent the shoe, the shroud is employed to positionally locate an L-shaped connecting duct relative to a dust discharge opening in the shoe and a dust collecting duct leading to an aspirator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Dynabrade, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: D608176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Professional Tools Products, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Heidelberger
  • Patent number: D674673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: KKU, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Heidelberger
  • Patent number: D799850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: KKU, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Heidelberger, Michael Staples, Alexis Barfoot