Patents by Inventor Roger A. Schaefer

Roger A. Schaefer 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: 8371545
    Abstract: An adjustable lamp holder has a mounting structure arrayed about a longitudinal axis. A pair of hollow pivot pillars extends from the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and a receptacle is positioned on the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and substantially opposite the pivot pillars. A body with a body axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis has a pair of pivots formed thereon for engaging the pivot pillars. A projection is formed on the body substantially opposite the pivots and an angle adjuster, having a proximal end and a distal end, has the proximal end positioned in the projection and the distal end positioned in the receptacle. Movement of the angle adjuster tips the angle of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Sylvania LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Schaefer, Roger L. King, Marcus H. Hess
  • Patent number: 7975974
    Abstract: An adjustable lamp holder has a mounting structure arrayed about a longitudinal axis. A pair of hollow pivot pillars extends from the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and a receptacle is positioned on the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and substantially opposite the pivot pillars. A body with a body axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis has a pair of pivots formed thereon for engaging the pivot pillars. A projection is formed on the body substantially opposite the pivots and an angle adjuster, having a proximal end and a distal end, has the proximal end positioned in the projection and the distal end positioned in the receptacle. Movement of the angle adjuster tips the angle of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Valeo Sylvania LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Schaefer, Robert L. King, Marcus M. Hess
  • Publication number: 20100142214
    Abstract: An adjustable lamp holder has a mounting structure arrayed about a longitudinal axis. A pair of hollow pivot pillars extends from the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and a receptacle is positioned on the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and substantially opposite the pivot pillars. A body with a body axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis has a pair of pivots formed thereon for engaging the pivot pillars. A projection is formed on the body substantially opposite the pivots and an angle adjuster, having a proximal end and a distal end, has the proximal end positioned in the projection and the distal end positioned in the receptacle. Movement of the angle adjuster tips the angle of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Valeo Sylvania LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Schaefer, Roger L. King, Marcus H. Hess
  • Publication number: 20100140432
    Abstract: An adjustable lamp holder has a mounting structure arrayed about a longitudinal axis. A pair of hollow pivot pillars extends from the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and a receptacle is positioned on the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and substantially opposite the pivot pillars. A body with a body axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis has a pair of pivots formed thereon for engaging the pivot pillars. A projection is formed on the body substantially opposite the pivots and an angle adjuster, having a proximal end and a distal end, has the proximal end positioned in the projection and the distal end positioned in the receptacle. Movement of the angle adjuster tips the angle of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: VALEO SYLVANIA LLC
    Inventors: ROGER A. SCHAEFER, ROBERT L. KING, MARCUS M. HESS
  • Patent number: 6513956
    Abstract: A lamp housing assembly as provided which includes a lamp housing and a shield. The shield includes a first portion which extends into the cavity of the lamp housing and a second portion which extends out of the lamp housing. The first portion extends to a blocking end adapted to be positioned adjacent to a lamp disposed within the lamp housing cavity. The second portion includes an attachment end coupled to the lamp housing external of the lamp housing cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Sylvania LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Schaefer, Eric A. Roth
  • Patent number: 3992786
    Abstract: Apparatus for sequence training including control switches for actuation by an operator, logic circuitry for programming the apparatus to undergo a particular sequence, indicators adjacent the control switches for manifesting the proper control switches to be actuated by the operator, error recognizing circuitry for recognizing improper actuation of the control switches, and a manifesting element responsive to the error recognizing circuitry for manifesting improper actuation of said control switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Assignee: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel J. Greenberg, Marvin P. Fischthal, Elliot E. Blond, Roger A. Schaefer