Patents by Inventor Richard L. Belinda
Richard L. Belinda 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).
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Publication number: 20230203817Abstract: A roof mount assembly includes a bottom plate securable to a roofing structure and a top plate mounted on top of the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a first compressible sealing pad affixed to a bottom surface and compressed between bottom plate and roofing surface. The top plate includes a second compressible sealing pad affixed to its bottom surface that is compressed when the top plate is secured mounted over the bottom plate via fasteners extending through holes in the top plate and threaded into bores in the bottom plate. The top plate may include a central crown and a connector projecting upward therefrom to secure an object over the roofing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda
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Patent number: 11668095Abstract: Disclosed herein is a roof mount installation assembly. The roof mount installation assembly includes a roof mount, a flashing patch, and an adapter cap. The roof mount has a base and a threaded post. The flashing patch has an opening. The flashing patch is configured to surround the base. The opening is configured to allow the threaded post to extend therethrough. The adapter cap is configured to be removably mounted over the flashing patch. The adapter cap is configured to apply a force to the flashing patch for sealing the flashing patch around the roof mount.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda
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Patent number: 11598098Abstract: A roof mount assembly implements a stabilized fastener matrix which functions to stabilize the fastener connection with a roof. In one embodiment, a base has a one-piece construction with angularly spaced stepped bores. Roofing fasteners each having a flat head are receivable in the bores and securable therein. Plugs each having a flat lower surface are threadably engageable in the threaded bore wherein the flat lower surface of the plug engages the flat head of the fastener. In a second embodiment, the base has a two-part construction comprising a bottom plate and a top plate. The bottom plate has a plurality of arcuate slots which are angularly spaced from one another. Elongated fasteners are received in the slots. A top plate has a crown and a connector projects from the crown. The top plate mounts onto the bottom plate to provide a stabilized connection with the roof. The mount assemblies are also efficiently sealable with the adjoining roof.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda
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Patent number: 11407042Abstract: A drilling tool has a working piece retained by a retainer mounted to a collar. The working piece includes a distal shank and a cutting section and is rotationally fixed relative to the retainer. The retainer may include an engagement protrusion positioned outward of the shank with the protrusion engaging an inner surface of the collar or the collar may include an engagement protrusion with the protrusion engaging an inner surface of the retainer to create a quasi-floating relationship between the retainer and collar. The cutting section may have a distal primary bore cutting sub-section and a proximal counterbore cutting sub-section. The collar includes a lower surface for abutment against a building member during drilling operation to halt axial movement of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Belinda, Peter Barenski, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220034093Abstract: Disclosed herein is a roof mount installation assembly. The roof mount installation assembly includes a roof mount, a flashing patch, and an adapter cap. The roof mount has a base and a threaded post. The flashing patch has an opening. The flashing patch is configured to surround the base. The opening is configured to allow the threaded post to extend therethrough. The adapter cap is configured to be removably mounted over the flashing patch. The adapter cap is configured to apply a force to the flashing patch for sealing the flashing patch around the roof mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda
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Publication number: 20200248457Abstract: A roof mount assembly implements a stabilized fastener matrix which functions to stabilize the fastener connection with a roof. In one embodiment, a base has a one-piece construction with angularly spaced stepped bores. Roofing fasteners each having a flat head are receivable in the bores and securable therein. Plugs each having a flat lower surface are threadably engageable in the threaded bore wherein the flat lower surface of the plug engages the flat head of the fastener. In a second embodiment, the base has a two-part construction comprising a bottom plate and a top plate. The bottom plate has a plurality of arcuate slots which are angularly spaced from one another. Elongated fasteners are received in the slots. A top plate has a crown and a connector projects from the crown. The top plate mounts onto the bottom plate to provide a stabilized connection with the roof. The mount assemblies are also efficiently sealable with the adjoining roof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda
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Publication number: 20200215624Abstract: A drilling tool has a working piece retained by a retainer mounted to a collar. The working piece includes a distal shank and a cutting section and is rotationally fixed relative to the retainer. The retainer may include an engagement protrusion positioned outward of the shank with the protrusion engaging an inner surface of the collar or the collar may include an engagement protrusion with the protrusion engaging an inner surface of the retainer to create a quasi-floating relationship between the retainer and collar. The cutting section may have a distal primary bore cutting sub-section and a proximal counterbore cutting sub-section. The collar includes a lower surface for abutment against a building member during drilling operation to halt axial movement of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Richard L. Belinda, Peter Barenski, JR.
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Patent number: 10697483Abstract: The tension bracket is configured to receive an elongated fastener to provide a connection under tension between a secondary structure and a principal support structure. The bracket has a mounting base with two substantially coplanar base sections having complementary opposed adjacent edges. The sections define a plurality of fastener openings and a profile opening. A guide member integrally extends from the sections and has parallel walls disposed above and extending perpendicular to the base sections. A pair of laterally spaced reinforcement ribs project perpendicularly from the base sections. In one embodiment, the tension bracket is formed from a single sheet of metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Belinda, Mark A. Dicaire, Mark J. Guthrie, Timothy F. Gillis, R. Timothy Irwin
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Patent number: 10538909Abstract: A tension tie assembly for attachment of a first building member to a second building member under tension. The assembly includes a tie with a ball on one end that attaches to a first anchoring member on the first building member and a threaded stud on the opposite end that attaches to a second anchoring member on the second building member. A cable extends between the ball and the stud. The ball may be retained in a rotatable engagement by the first anchoring member. The force of tension on the tie can be adjusted after attachment to the first and second building members. The adjustability of tension can be provided by a threaded connection between sub-elements of the tie such a nut threaded to the stud.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Dicaire, Richard L. Belinda, Mark J. Guthrie, Timothy F. Gillis, R. Timothy Irwin
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Publication number: 20190360513Abstract: The tension bracket is configured to receive an elongated fastener to provide a connection under tension between a secondary structure and a principal support structure. The bracket has a mounting base with two substantially coplanar base sections having complementary opposed adjacent edges. The sections define a plurality of fastener openings and a profile opening. A guide member integrally extends from the sections and has parallel walls disposed above and extending perpendicular to the base sections. A pair of laterally spaced reinforcement ribs project perpendicularly from the base sections. In one embodiment, the tension bracket is formed from a single sheet of metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Richard L. Belinda, Mark A. Dicaire, Mark J. Guthrie, Timothy F. Gillis, R. Timothy Irwin
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Patent number: 10486875Abstract: A collating strip for holding plugs prior to insertion of the plugs into a hole such as a screw hole or nail hole after the screw or nail has been driven. The collating strip comprises an elongated strip having a plurality of perforations spaced along its length; and a plug positioned in each of the perforations, each plug having an insertion end and an external end, the insertion ends projecting from said strip. The strips may be in sheet form of a plurality of strips side by side with an individual strip being separable from the remaining strips of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Handy & HarmanInventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda, Timothy F. Gillis
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Patent number: 10415614Abstract: The tension bracket is configured to receive an elongated fastener to provide a connection under tension between a secondary structure and a principal support structure. The bracket has a mounting base with two substantially coplanar base sections having complementary opposed adjacent edges. The sections define a plurality of fastener openings and a profile opening. A guide member integrally extends from the sections and has parallel walls disposed above and extending perpendicular to the base sections. A pair of laterally spaced reinforcement ribs project perpendicularly from the base sections. In one embodiment, the tension bracket is formed from a single sheet of metal.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: Richard L. Belinda, Mark A. Dicaire, Mark Joseph Guthrie, Timothy F. Gillis, R. Timothy Irwin
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Publication number: 20190249417Abstract: A tension tie assembly for attachment of a first building member to a second building member under tension. The assembly includes a tie with a ball on one end that attaches to a first anchoring member on the first building member and a threaded stud on the opposite end that attaches to a second anchoring member on the second building member. A cable extends between the ball and the stud. The ball may be retained in a rotatable engagement by the first anchoring member. The force of tension on the tie can be adjusted after attachment to the first and second building members. The adjustability of tension can be provided by a threaded connection between sub-elements of the tie such a nut threaded to the stud.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Mark A. Dicaire, Richard L. Belinda, Mark J. Guthrie, Timothy F. Gillis, R. Timothy Irwin
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Publication number: 20180334299Abstract: A collating strip for holding plugs prior to insertion of the plugs into a hole such as a screw hole or nail hole after the screw or nail has been driven. The collating strip comprises an elongated strip having a plurality of perforations spaced along its length; and a plug positioned in each of the perforations, each plug having an insertion end and an external end, the insertion ends projecting from said strip. The strips may be in sheet form of a plurality of strips side by side with an individual strip being separable from the remaining strips of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda, Timothy F. Gillis
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Publication number: 20180291616Abstract: A tension tie assembly for attachment of a first building member to a second building member under tension. The assembly includes one or more ties that attaches at a first end to a first member and attaches at a second end to a second member. The force of tension on the tie can be adjusted after attachment to the first and second building members. The adjustability of tension can be provided by a threaded connection between sub-elements of the tie such as one or more of a turnbuckle or threaded stud in a nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Mark A. Dicaire, Richard L. Belinda, Mark J. Guthrie, Timothy F. Gillis
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Patent number: 10023373Abstract: A collating strip for holding plugs prior to insertion of the plugs into a hole such as a screw hole or nail hole after the screw or nail has been driven. The collating strip comprises an elongated strip having a plurality of perforations spaced along its length; and a plug positioned in each of the perforations, each plug having an insertion end and an external end, the insertion ends projecting from said strip. The strips may be in sheet form of a plurality of strips side by side with an individual strip being separable from the remaining strips of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Handy & HarmanInventors: Peter J. Shadwell, Richard L. Belinda, Timothy F. Gillis
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Patent number: 10017946Abstract: A tool for marking the location of a bonding plate concealed beneath a roof membrane. The tool has a magnetic attraction to the bonding plate and causes a marking assembly to vertically lower toward the roof membrane and rotate on an axle. Rotation of the marking assembly and vertical lowering causes the marking implement to come into contact with the roof membrane at a location corresponding to the location of the bonding plate beneath the roof membrane. A brake restricts the rotation of the marking assembly on the axle by coming into contact with an inner edge of a chassis. Contact between the marking implement and the roof membrane and the restriction of rotation of the marking assembly by the brake cause the marking implement to create a visible mark at a position corresponding to the location of the bonding plate beneath the roof membrane.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: OMG, Inc.Inventors: David H. Allor, Richard L. Belinda, Tamilselvan Samiappan, Joshua S. Kelly, Stanley W. Choiniere, Tad A. Weiss
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Publication number: 20170254090Abstract: A tool for marking the location of a bonding plate concealed beneath a roof membrane. The tool has a magnetic attraction to the bonding plate and causes a marking assembly to vertically lower toward the roof membrane and rotate on an axle. Rotation of the marking assembly and vertical lowering causes the marking implement to come into contact with the roof membrane at a location corresponding to the location of the bonding plate beneath the roof membrane. A brake restricts the rotation of the marking assembly on the axle by coming into contact with an inner edge of a chassis. Contact between the marking implement and the roof membrane and the restriction of rotation of the marking assembly by the brake cause the marking implement to create a visible mark at a position corresponding to the location of the bonding plate beneath the roof membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: David H. Allor, Richard L. Belinda, Tamilselvan Samiappan, Joshua S. Kelly, Stanley W. Choiniere, Tad A. Weiss
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Publication number: 20170234481Abstract: The tension bracket is configured to receive an elongated fastener to provide a connection under tension between a secondary structure and a principal support structure. The bracket has a mounting base with two substantially coplanar base sections having complementary opposed adjacent edges. The sections define a plurality of fastener openings and a profile opening. A guide member integrally extends from the sections and has parallel walls disposed above and extending perpendicular to the base sections. A pair of laterally spaced reinforcement ribs project perpendicularly from the base sections. In one embodiment, the tension bracket is formed from a single sheet of metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Richard L. Belinda, Mark A. Dicaire, Mark Joseph Guthrie, Timothy F. Gillis, R. Timothy Irwin
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Patent number: 9695860Abstract: A screw for securing dense wood material has a head with a specially configured drive socket and an underside with an array of lobes. The lobes preferably have a left-handed orientation and have chamfered extremities. The shank is specially configured with an upper thread, an intermediate unthreaded portion and a lower thread which terminates with a half-point tip. In one embodiment, the upper thread major diameter is slightly smaller than the major diameter of the lower thread. The upper thread has a greater thread density than the lower thread. The upper to lower thread-per-inch density is preferably in the range of 1.3:1 to 1.7:1. The screw is specifically configured to assist in applications where there are wet fibers near the wood deck surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Handy & HarmanInventors: Joseph A. Pieciak, Jr., Richard L. Belinda, Michael W. Maziarz, Tad A. Weiss