Patents by Inventor Samuel Hinckley

Samuel Hinckley 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).

  • Searchlight having pull-in bezel retention for marine applications
    Patent number: 8297806
    Abstract: A searchlight is provided featuring a bezel pull-in retention assembly having a frame and a housing. The frame has a back plate configured with at least one opening to receive a fastening device. The housing is configured with a front end opening for receiving the frame, configured with a back end opening having an outer rim for receiving a seal plate, the seal plate configured to be adapted in the rim of the back end opening, to receive the fastening device and to fixedly couple the frame to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Xylem IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Leary, Samuel Hinckley, Robert King, Kenneth J. LeBlanc
  • Searchlight having rotational beam focus for marine applications
    Patent number: 8118452
    Abstract: A searchlight is provided featuring a searchlight having a searchlight assembly and a searchlight control circuitry module. The searchlight assembly has a central axis and includes a ramped insert and a light source socket arrangement. The ramped insert is configured with an angled surface that is oblique in relation to the central axis. The light source socket arrangement is configured to receive a bulb or light source for providing the light beam, is also configured with a corresponding angled surface that is also oblique in relation with to the central axis, and is also configured to respond to an applied force and rotate so as to move axially along the central axis in relation to the ramped insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Leary, Samuel Hinckley, Robert King, Kenneth J. LeBlanc
  • SEARCHLIGHT HAVING PULL-IN BEZEL RETENTION FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20100135033
    Abstract: A searchlight is provided featuring a bezel pull-in retention assembly having a frame and a housing. The frame has a back plate configured with at least one opening to receive a fastening device. The housing is configured with a front end opening for receiving the frame, configured with a back end opening having an outer rim for receiving a seal plate, the seal plate configured to be adapted in the rim of the back end opening, to receive the fastening device and to fixedly couple the frame to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph LEARY, Samuel HINCKLEY, Robert KING, Kenneth J. LeBLANC
  • SEARCHLIGHT HAVING ROTATIONAL BEAM FOCUS FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20100118539
    Abstract: A searchlight is provided featuring a searchlight having a searchlight assembly and a searchlight control circuitry module. The searchlight assembly has a central axis and includes a ramped insert and a light source socket arrangement. The ramped insert is configured with an angled surface that is oblique in relation to the central axis. The light source socket arrangement is configured to receive a bulb or light source for providing the light beam, is also configured with a corresponding angled surface that is also oblique in relation with to the central axis, and is also configured to respond to an applied force and rotate so as to move axially along the central axis in relation to the ramped insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph LEARY, Samuel HINCKLEY, Robert KING, Kenneth J. LeBLANC