Patents by Inventor Robert Earl Bettcher, III

Robert Earl Bettcher, III 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).

  • Publication number: 20240058187
    Abstract: A ramp assembly includes a guide rail at least partially disposed in a void space between ramp platform edge guards, above a ramp platform, and below a ramp cover to reduce the overall height/thickness of the ramp assembly as compared to prior art ramp assemblies that locate guide rails below the ramp platform. A transition flap assembly provides lateral guidance for the ramp platform and carriage assembly. The transition flap assembly and ramp platform assembly engage to ensure at least approximate contact between the transition flap and ramp platform when the ramp platform is deployed and to maintain a spaced relationship between the two when the ramp platform is between the deployed and stowed positions. A sliding door track is configured to provide structural reinforcement to a track pan area of a floor. The guide rail may include an enhanced end stop to decelerate the ramp platform over a distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Stranko, Robert Earl Bettcher, III, Justin Hargraves
  • Publication number: 20220176858
    Abstract: An armrest assembly for a seat in a modified OEM vehicle. The armrest assembly includes an armrest support having a grommet and a detent pin, wherein the grommet includes a grommet aperture. An armrest includes an armrest aperture and a pin aperture; wherein the armrest aperture is configured to receive the grommet and the pin aperture is configured to receive the detent pin. A quick release connector extends through the grommet aperture and the armrest aperture, wherein the quick release connector includes an actuator to release the armrest from the armrest support. Engagement of the detent pin with the pin aperture prevents rotation of the armrest with respect to the armrest support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Beck, Robert Earl Bettcher, III, Michael Todd Zindler
  • Patent number: 10426673
    Abstract: A lift platform assembly coupled to a floor and capable of transitioning a lift platform between a stow position and a ground level position. The lift platform assembly has one or more arms coupling the lift platform to the floor, a gate mount coupled to the lift platform at an outboard end, a retention gate coupled to the gate mount at a first terminus, and a mount pivot axis defined through the gate mount and parallel to a lift platform plane. The retention gate pivots about the mount pivot axis as the lift platform assembly transitions from the ground level position to the stow position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: The Braun Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred Lewis Budd, II, Robert Earl Bettcher, III
  • Publication number: 20170252234
    Abstract: A lift platform assembly coupled to a floor and capable of transitioning a lift platform between a stow position and a ground level position. The lift platform assembly has one or more arms coupling the lift platform to the floor, a gate mount coupled to the lift platform at an outboard end, a retention gate coupled to the gate mount at a first terminus, and a mount pivot axis defined through the gate mount and parallel to a lift platform plane. The retention gate pivots about the mount pivot axis as the lift platform assembly transitions from the ground level position to the stow position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred Lewis Budd, II, Robert Earl Bettcher, III