Patents by Inventor Richard A. Whitaker

Richard A. Whitaker 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).

  • Ski binding having present means and detent trigger for said present means
    Patent number: 4063752
    Abstract: A snap lock modification which can be applied to various types of present day releasable ski bindings in which one component of the binding is connected to or forms a part of a ski boot and the other component is attached to the ski. One of the components includes latch means movable from inoperative position to latching position in engagement with a receiver formation on the other component. A resilient force unit is adjustable after the boot is in place to yieldingly urge the latch means into engaging position to retain the boot in position during normal maneuvers and to release the boot in response to excessive loads produced during a fall. The modification provides a detent trigger which restrains the action of the loaded force unit and which is actuatable upon placing the boot in skiing position to release and allow the latch means to snap into latching engagement with the receiver formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Inventors: Richard A. Whitaker, David H. Stuart
  • Contour formed metal matrix blade plies
    Patent number: 3942231
    Abstract: This invention deals with composite articles of predetermined contour and with methods for their manufacture. The basic method involves providing a plurality of plies of a consolidated monotape, with each of the plies being precontoured in terms of size and degree of twist such that upon stacking the plies together, the plies provide a composite article of predetermined contour. The plies are stacked in predetermined relationship and then diffusion bonded together under heat and pressure to provide a complex shape such as a turbine engine blade to within close tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Whitaker
  • Ski binding having preset means and detent trigger for said preset means
    Patent number: RE33350
    Abstract: A snap lock modification which can be applied to various types of present day releasable ski bindings in which one component of the binding is connected to or forms a part of a ski boot and the other component is attached to the ski. One of the components includes latch means movable from inoperative position to latching position in engagement with a receiver formation on the other component. A resilient force unit is adjustable after the boot is in place to yieldingly urge the latch means into engaging position to retain the boot in position during normal maneuvers and to release the boot in response to excessive loads produced during a fall. The modification provides a detent trigger which restrains the action of the loaded force unit and which is actuatable upon placing the boot in skiing position to release and allow the latch means to snap into latching engagement with the receiver formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Inventors: Richard A. Whitaker, David H. Stuart