Patents by Inventor Roger OVENDEN

Roger OVENDEN 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).

  • Panel unit with multiple integrated and commonly adjustable blind assemblies
    Patent number: 10641036
    Abstract: A panel unit includes an interconnected first and second pair of juxtaposed panels, a spacer joining together opposing inner faces of the pairs of panels about a periphery of the interconnected pair to define common air space therebetween, first and second blind assemblies positioned in the air space between the first and second pair of panels respectively, a first drive shaft coupled to a first set of louvers of the first blind assembly and a second drive shaft coupled to a second set of louvers of the second blind assembly, an actuator connected to the first drive shaft, and an interface structure rotationally fixing together opposing ends the first and second drive shafts, wherein the first drive shaft is responsive to actuation of the actuator to axially rotate and thereby cause simultaneous rotation of the first and second sets of louvers between the open and closed positions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventors: JiaXin Fan, Roger Ovenden, James Sealey, Ke Wen
  • PANEL UNIT WITH MULTIPLE INTEGRATED AND COMMONLY ADJUSTABLE BLIND ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20180010385
    Abstract: A panel unit includes an interconnected first and second pair of juxtaposed panels, a spacer joining together opposing inner faces of the pairs of panels about a periphery of the interconnected pair to define common air space therebetween, first and second blind assemblies positioned in the air space between the first and second pair of panels respectively, a first drive shaft coupled to a first set of louvers of the first blind assembly and a second drive shaft coupled to a second set of louvers of the second blind assembly, an actuator connected to the first drive shaft, and an interface structure rotationally fixing together opposing ends the first and second drive shafts, wherein the first drive shaft is responsive to actuation of the actuator to axially rotate and thereby cause simultaneous rotation of the first and second sets of louvers between the open and closed positions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: ODL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: JiaXin FAN, Roger OVENDEN, James SEALEY, Ke WEN