Patents by Inventor Richard W. Martin

Richard W. Martin 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: 8720498
    Abstract: A fill head for depositing hazardous waste materials into a container movable between a filling position seated on the container, and a container exchange position withdrawn from the container; a control arm carried by the fill head directing movement of the fill head between the filling and exchange positions; a drip tray movably carried on a support platform adjacent the fill head for extending underneath the fill head to retain drippings of the hazardous waste material from the fill head when in the exchange position; and, a lifting arm carried by the drip tray engaging the control arm, wherein the lifting arm biases the control arm to raise the fill head from the filling position to the exchange position when the drip tray is extended underneath the fill head so that as the fill head is withdrawn from the container any dripping hazardous waste is captured by the drip tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: EnergySolutions, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: 7631984
    Abstract: A flashlight includes a flashlight head assembly that may be used with either one or two batteries. For use with one battery, a body receives a battery therein and the flashlight head assembly is secured to the body. For use with two batteries, an extension unit is secured to the body and the flashlight head assembly is secured to the extension unit. A switch assembly disposed in the body and electrically connected with the flashlight head assembly controls the delivery of power to the flashlight head assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard W. Martin, Thomas J. Chadwell, Philip W. Miller, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7559439
    Abstract: A tool for self-defense and safety includes a body defining a canister compartment and a flashlight compartment. A flashlight head is securable to the body at a first end. A switch assembly is housed by the body and regulates power delivery to the flashlight head from a battery disposed in the flashlight compartment. A nozzle is securable to the body at a second end. Actuation of a trigger assembly ejects spray through the nozzle from a spray canister disposed in the canister compartment. The trigger assembly is mounted on the body proximate to the switch assembly such that either the trigger assembly or the switch assembly may be actuated without changing grip on the body. In addition, a user may strike with the tool without changing grip on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Vito Cellini, Richard W. Martin, L. David Parker
  • Publication number: 20090020181
    Abstract: A fill head for depositing hazardous waste materials into a container movable between a filling position seated on the container, and a container exchange position withdrawn from the container; a control arm carried by the fill head directing movement of the fill head between the filling and exchange positions; a drip tray movably carried on a support platform adjacent the fill head for extending underneath the fill head to retain drippings of the hazardous waste material from the fill head when in the exchange position; and, a lifting arm carried by the drip tray engaging the control arm, wherein the lifting arm biases the control arm to raise the fill head from the filling position to the exchange position when the drip tray is extended underneath the fill head so that as the fill head is withdrawn from the container any dripping hazardous waste is captured by the drip tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: 7309147
    Abstract: A flashlight includes a body, a flashlight head assembly, and a switch assembly. The body includes a first end securable to the flashlight head assembly, a second end, and a substantially cylindrical portion between the first end and the second end. The switch assembly, which is located at the substantially cylindrical portion of the body adjacent the second end, electrically connects with the flashlight head assembly to regulate the delivery of power thereto. The flashlight head assembly includes a first end and a second end securable to the body, a lens disposed in the flashlight head at the first end, a reflector disposed in the flashlight head adjacent the lens, a heat sink disposed in the flashlight head adjacent the reflector, and an LED assembly disposed within the heat sink such that the heat sink substantially completely surrounds the LED assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: 7000807
    Abstract: A baton suitable for use in self-defense includes a body adapted to receive a canister of spray therein, a nozzle securable to the body and adapted to receive spray therethrough, and a trigger mounted on the body. The trigger mounts on the body in a location that permits grasping of the body underhanded with the thumb positioned over the trigger to permit movement of the trigger from an unfired position to a fired position that facilitates ejection of spray from the canister through the nozzle. The trigger includes an actuator and a lock coupled therewith. One motion performed with the thumb releases the lock and moves the actuator from the unfired position of the trigger to the fired position of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Vito Cellini, Richard W. Martin
  • Publication number: 20040188471
    Abstract: A tool for self-defense and safety includes a body defining a canister compartment and a flashlight compartment. A flashlight head is securable to the body at a first end. A switch assembly is housed by the body and regulates power delivery to the flashlight head from a battery disposed in the flashlight compartment. A nozzle is securable to the body at a second end. Actuation of a trigger assembly ejects spray through the nozzle from a spray canister disposed in the canister compartment. The trigger assembly is mounted on the body proximate to the switch assembly such that either the trigger assembly or the switch assembly may be actuated without changing grip on the body. In addition, a user may strike with the tool without changing grip on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Vito Cellini, Richard W. Martin, L. David Parker
  • Patent number: 6786368
    Abstract: A baton suitable for use in self-defense includes a body adapted to receive a canister of spray therein, a nozzle securable to the body and adapted to receive spray therethrough, and a trigger mounted on the body. The trigger mounts on the body in a location that permits grasping of the body underhanded with the thumb positioned over the trigger to permit movement of the trigger from an unfired position to a fired position that facilitates ejection of spray from the canister through the nozzle. The trigger includes an actuator and a lock coupled therewith. One motion performed with the thumb releases the lock and moves the actuator from the unfired position of the trigger to the fired position of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Vito Cellini, Richard W. Martin
  • Publication number: 20020162852
    Abstract: A baton suitable for use in self-defense includes a body adapted to receive a canister of spray therein, a nozzle securable to the body and adapted to receive spray therethrough, and a trigger mounted on the body. The trigger mounts on the body in a location that permits grasping of the body underhanded with the thumb positioned over the trigger to permit movement of the trigger from an unfired position to a fired position that facilitates ejection of spray from the canister through the nozzle. The trigger includes an actuator and a lock coupled therewith. One motion performed with the thumb releases the lock and moves the actuator from the unfired position of the trigger to the fired position of the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Vito Cellini, Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: 5927470
    Abstract: A pair of parts formed in a first stamping operation is removed from a first die press and placed on a separator assembly carried by a shuttle. As the parts are carried by the shuttle to a pair of secondary die presses, they are transversely separated by a stationary cam and a pair of cam followers carried by the shuttle. Once separated, the parts are automatically transferred into the secondary die presses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Steve N. Petropoulos, Jerry Killikevc, Donley Townsend, Richard W. Martin, John Jackson
  • Patent number: 5636887
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a lifting device having a gas-attachment end and a lifting end, two pins each attachable to the gas-attachment end of the lifting device, and a gas-supply coupler for connecting a gas supply to the lifting device. Each pin has a longitudinal bore extending therethrough and an extending portion which extends beyond the gas-attachment end of the lifting device when the pins are attached thereto. One of the pins has an exterior annular notch on the extending portion. The gas-supply coupler is connectable to the two pins and has a locking element which releasably locks into the annular notch on the pin having the annular notch. The lifting device, the two pins, and the gas-supply coupler together have two passages leading from the gas-supply coupler, through the longitudinal bores of the two pins and to the lifting end of the lifting device. One passage is designed such that, when gas flows therethrough toward the lifting end, suction is created at the lifting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Steven N. Petropoulos, Richard W. Martin, Edward J. Sands
  • Patent number: 5003888
    Abstract: An applicator for applying two rail fasteners at right angle to a rail. The applicator incorporates a pair of applicator arms pivoted midway between their ends and having an hydraulic ram connected between their upper ends. This enables the abutment faces on the lower ends of the applicator arms to be moved in unison toward the rail fasteners or away from them. The applicator also incorporates a brake mechanism which contacts the wheel of the applicator which rides the rail. This brake mechanism is adjustable to adjust the height of the applicator arms above the rail tie so that when the applicator is stopped the applicator abutment faces are at the correct height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignee: McKay Australia Limited
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: 4947351
    Abstract: An ultrasonic echo scanning apparatus having operator determined software controlled gated sampling of individual radio frequency excursions in the reflected ultrasonic energy waveform. Use of the system to obtain heretofore images of damage layers, resident in close physical proximity to large echo regions of a workpiece and images of good correlation with physical inspection of a disintegrated workpiece is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Thomas J. Moran, Charles F. Buynak, Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: 4875277
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a formed metal blocking, for mounting within wedge-shaped gaps between coils of a toroidal transformer, including butterfly-shaped top and bottom core blockings. The blockings are formed from identical stampings, each stamping having a pair of U-shaped coil-engaging faces joined along their inner legs by a center web. The stampings are joined back to back and have a number of flanges which are bent over for securing the stampings to one another. The stampings have an apertured tab at the end of the center web used to form a lifting eye for the top blocking. With the bottom blocking, the tabs are folded over for mounting to a base plate. The outer legs of the U-shaped faces are longer than the inner legs and center web to create a gap in the electric path surrounding the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Kuhlman Corporation
    Inventors: Richard W. Martin, John L. Fisher, William R. Fortenberry, Randall L. Schlake, Ronald F. Dornbrock, James D. Richerson, Kenneth E. Marrett, Sr.
  • Patent number: D530599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: D535417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: D535418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: D562548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: D640946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin
  • Patent number: D640947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Lightstick Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Richard W. Martin