Patents by Inventor Richard Calvin Lute, Jr.

Richard Calvin Lute, Jr. 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).

  • Multiple degree of freedom adjustable MRI radio frequency array coil system
    Patent number: 6784665
    Abstract: A MRI array coil for imaging a patient having a head, and a torso, includes a base; a left handle extending from the base; a left head coil array attached to the left handle for proximity to the head; a right handle extending from the base; and a right head coil array mounted on the right handle for proximity to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pei Hsuon Chan, Mark Xueming Zou, Richard Calvin Lute, Jr., Scott Anthony Masiella
  • Service method for automated banking machine
    Patent number: 6010065
    Abstract: An automated banking machine (10) includes a housing (12) with a top assembly (40). Rollout trays (46) are mounted in the top assembly and have serviceable components supported thereon. Servicing is accomplished through method steps which include opening a service door (18) and separately extending and retracting the trays to render the serviceable components thereon accessible for servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Gerald T. Sedlock, Kim Raymond Lewis, Charles D. Price, III, Richard Calvin Lute, Jr.
  • Automated teller machine with enhanced service access
    Patent number: 5788348
    Abstract: An automated banking machine (10) includes an enclosure (12). The enclosure has an interior area (14) in which serviceable components (48, 52, 64, 68) are positioned on rollout trays (46, 50, 62, 66). The enclosure has a rear opening (18) which is selectively accessible through service doors (54, 58, 60). The enclosure further includes a front opening (16) which is bounded by a frame (20). A fascia (22) having input devices thereon is removably positionable in said frame. The fascia is held in engagement with said frame by a disengageable latch including locks (94, 98) and latching brackets (92). The locks are connected to release arms (102, 110) which enable releasing the disengageable latch once access to the interior area has been gained by opening the service doors. Serviceable components may be readily serviced by extending the components out of the interior area of the machine on the rollout trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: InterBold
    Inventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Kim Raymond Lewis, Gerald T. Sedlock, Charles D. Price, III, Richard Calvin Lute, Jr.
  • Automated teller machine monitor mount
    Patent number: 5642922
    Abstract: An automated teller machine (10) includes a monitor (188) having a selectively movable mount. A slide bracket (200) is movable in guide slots (204) that extend in a base surface of a tray (198). A pivot bracket (210) is supported on the slide bracket. A face plate (194) is movably mounted on the monitor by side pieces (192). The monitor and face plate are selectively movably positionable to engage a screen opening in a fascia (18) in gapless relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: InterBold
    Inventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Gerald T. Sedlock, Kim Raymond Lewis, Charles D. Price, III, Richard Calvin Lute, Jr.