Patents by Inventor Roland Seipel

Roland Seipel 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).

  • Spring arm and body support
    Patent number: 7562851
    Abstract: A spring arm (1) for a camera body support is provided with a parallelogram guide (3, 5) which is made up of two opposing legs (10, 11) disposed parallel to one another and two likewise opposing connecting elements (12, 13) that connect the respective ends of the legs (10, 11) with one another, and an energy storage mechanism (15), which is supported on two pivot points (17, 19) on the parallelogram guide (3, 5), in order to compensate a load acting on the parallelogram guide (3, 5). At least one (19) of these pivot points (17, 19) is adjustable in relation to the parallelogram guide (3, 5) such that both the energy storage mechanism's (15) pretension and also its action of force direction change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Camera Dynamics GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hein, Curt O. Schaller, Roland Seipel
  • Spring arm and body support
    Publication number: 20060258495
    Abstract: A spring arm (1) for a camera body support is provided with a parallelogram guide (3, 5) which is made up of two opposing legs (10, 11) disposed parallel to one another and two likewise opposing connecting elements (12, 13) that connect the respective ends of the legs (10, 11) with one another, and an energy storage mechanism (15), which is supported on two pivot points (17, 19) on the parallelogram guide (3, 5), in order to compensate a load acting on the parallelogram guide (3, 5). At least one (19) of these pivot points (17, 19) is adjustable in relation to the parallelogram guide (3, 5) such that both the energy storage mechanism's (15) pretension and also its action of force direction change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Sachtler GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Hein, Curt Schaller, Roland Seipel