Patents by Inventor Richard A. Mink

Richard A. Mink 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: 6547020
    Abstract: A battery mounting assembly for mounting batteries to a vehicle. The battery mounting assembly has lower battery tray and an upper battery tray disposed below and above one another respectively. The battery mounting assembly is constructed to move and deform in predetermined ways when it is subjected to relatively large forces such as might occur when the vehicle is involved in a traffic accident. The battery mounting assembly has one or more bumper components intended to protect batteries mounted to the battery mounting assembly from being subjected to a direct impact. Steel components of the battery mounting assembly are coated with an elastomer that has a high electrical resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jeremy P. Maus, Richard A. Mink, Nathan L. Schuler, Steven W. Weissner
  • Publication number: 20020162696
    Abstract: A battery mounting assembly for mounting batteries to a vehicle. The battery mounting assembly has lower battery tray and an upper battery tray disposed below and above one another respectively. The battery mounting assembly is constructed to move and deform in predetermined ways when it is subjected to relatively large forces such as might occur when the vehicle is involved in a traffic accident. The battery mounting assembly has one or more bumper components intended to protect batteries mounted to the battery mounting assembly from being subjected to a direct impact. Steel components of the battery mounting assembly are coated with an elastomer that has a high electrical resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Jeremy P. Maus, Richard A. Mink, Nathan L. Schuler, Steven W. Weissner
  • Patent number: 6158774
    Abstract: An anchor for a seat belt for a seat for a mobile vehicle such as medium or heavy-duty truck, the vehicle with the seat belt anchor installed, and the process of back fitting an existing vehicle with a seat with a seat belt. The seat belt anchor may be installed in a vehicle cab either during manufacture of the vehicle or in the after market. The anchor provides the surface area required for providing the strength required by Federal Law and fits around existing components of the cab. The anchor has at minimum three sides to roughly form a `U` shape to fit around a vertical gusset and mounting surfaces or flaps or engagement to the cab structure. The critical geometry is that the anchor will fit around a vertical gusset or cab support. In the primary embodiment, the anchor has 5 sides. The three center sides generally form a `U` shape when viewed at a downward angle from the rear of the cab. The `U` will fit around a rectangular cross-sectioned vertical gusset or cab support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Navistar International Transportation Corp
    Inventor: Richard A. Mink
  • Patent number: 4131472
    Abstract: An improvement in the process of manufacturing integrated circuits to enhance the yield, including the steps of tracking which of the individual dies on a photomask or related series of photomasks has produced a predominance of defective chips on the semiconductor wafer, then correcting the die images on the master photomasks and then producing new working masks. This procedure may be repeated several times, each time reducing the number of defect-bearing die images on the photomask and thereby providing a means by which a semiconductor device manufacturer can obtain better yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: Align-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: James L. MacDonald, Jr., Richard A. Mink