Patents by Inventor Robert A. Bresnahan

Robert A. Bresnahan 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: 4041609
    Abstract: A foot control for a dental unit having a control unit for the delivery of power to operate dental equipment, and including a plunger to effect a range of speeds for the equipment, said control unit being operated by an actuating member which engages said plunger to depress it, and said actuating member being universally actuated by a pedal selected from a series thereof arranged in spaced relationship upon a base and extending radially from the base and capable of being moved either pivotally in a horizontal plane or depressed vertically downward to actuate said actuating member in one direction to depress the plunger of said control unit to a degree corresponding to the speed desired for the dental equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Dentsply Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Bresnahan, Edward W. Bass, William G. Mader
  • Patent number: D1003216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Larson Electronics, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Bresnahan
  • Patent number: D1003805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Larson Electronics, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Bresnahan