Patents by Inventor Ronald Alan Metzger

Ronald Alan Metzger 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).

  • Housing and method of making same
    Patent number: 9702736
    Abstract: A housing for encapsulating a power supply for a sonde is disclosed. The housing includes an inner support over-molded with an outer sleeve. The inner support may be metal or plastic and may include an outer tube and an inner tube that are integral with one another with the outer tube providing the exterior surface of the inner support and being spaced apart from the inner tube except where the inner and outer tubes share a common arc. When both the inner support and the outer sleeve are plastic, the inner support includes a reinforced plastic and the outer sleeve includes a non-reinforced plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: YSI INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Ronald Alan Metzger
  • HOUSING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20130264918
    Abstract: A housing for encapsulating a power supply for a sonde is disclosed. The housing includes an inner support over-molded with an outer sleeve. The inner support may be metal or plastic and may include an outer tube and an inner tube that are integral with one another with the outer tube providing the exterior surface of the inner support and being spaced apart from the inner tube except where the inner and outer tubes share a common arc. When both the inner support and the outer sleeve are plastic, the inner support includes a reinforced plastic and the outer sleeve includes a non-reinforced plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: YSI INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Ronald Alan Metzger