Patents by Inventor Robert D. Hind

Robert D. Hind 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).

  • Method and system for quickly connecting a 1U personal computer
    Patent number: 6711012
    Abstract: A system and method for blind-mateably electrically connecting a 1U industrial personal computer with an industrial PC receiving bay in a rack, where the 1U industrial personal computer has a protuberant printed circuit trace member extending therefrom for cooperation with a blind-mateable connector assembly having a plurality of conductive trace grasping contacts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Crystal Group Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Medin, Scott Kayser, Robert D. Hinds, Curtis R. Nelson
  • Method and system for quickly connecting a 1U personal computer
    Patent number: 6549400
    Abstract: A system and method for blind-mateably electrically connecting a 1U industrial personal computer with an industrial PC receiving bay in a rack, where the 1U industrial personal computer has a protuberant printed circuit trace member extending therefrom for cooperation with a blind-mateable connector assembly having a plurality of conductive trace grasping contacts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Crystal Group Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Medin, Scott Kayser, Robert D. Hinds, Curtis R. Nelson
  • Upgradeable system and method for connecting a 1U personal computer
    Patent number: 6496364
    Abstract: A system and method for blind-mateably electrically connecting a 1 U industrial personal computer with an industrial PC receiving bay in a rack, where the 1 U industrial personal computer has a first dedicated blind-mateable connector for standard equipment disposed on a bracket at the back end of an industrial PC and a second dedicated blind mateable connector for use with a later added expansion card, where the connectors are coupled to circuitry in the 1U industrial personal computer via jumper cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Crystal Group Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Medin, Scott Kayser, Robert D. Hinds, Curtis R. Nelson
  • Sliding gate valve with orifice-encircling spring
    Patent number: 4358034
    Abstract: Apparatus for applying a clamping force to slide gate valve plates to prevent leakage of molten metal therebetween. The apparatus applies the force uniformly about the annulus of the orifice of the plates and at a location close to the orifice itself, thus providing more effective clamping of the parts together. The apparatus may be either an annular mechanical spring mounted about the orifice of the plates or an annular chamber filled with gas under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Assignee: USS Engineers and Consultants, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert D. Hind
  • Sliding gate valve
    Patent number: 4199085
    Abstract: A slide gate valve for use with a molten metal teeming vessel is provided with elongated resilient supports that may be in the form of leaf springs, or the like, and are operative to resiliently bias the slide plate of the valve against the head plate thereof. The resilient supports are releasably secured to the vessel by linkages that facilitate disassembly of the valve elements for servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: USS Engineers & Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman H. Watts, Philip Weatherall, Robert D. Hind
  • Pouring of molten metals
    Patent number: 4131219
    Abstract: Oxidation of a molten metal pour stream is prevented by enclosing the stream in a shroud formed by one or more jets of inert gas arranged to envelope the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert D. Hind, Anthony Thrower, Joseph W. Cudby