Patents by Inventor Stephen Bosshart

Stephen Bosshart 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: 11772937
    Abstract: An elevator car door control system includes a clutch and an interlock assembly. The clutch may include a stationary base and a slidable base movably attached to the stationary base. The stationary base may be adapted for attachment to a car door of an elevator car. The interlock assembly may include a locking arm operatively connected to the slidable base of the clutch and moveable from a locked position preventing translation relative to the elevator car to an unlocked position. When the car door is in a closed position, a door opening sequence may commence causing the slidable base to move relative to the car door, but the car door will only open if the slidable base presses against an object, such as a roller on a hoistway door, in which case the locking arm of the interlock assembly moves from the locked to the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: G.A.L. Manufacturing Company, LLC
    Inventors: Charles MacKenzie-Smith, Matthew Perillo, Stephen Bosshart, Andrew Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20230271810
    Abstract: An elevator car door control system includes a clutch and an interlock assembly. The clutch may include a stationary base and a slidable base movably attached to the stationary base. The stationary base may be adapted for attachment to a car door of an elevator car. The interlock assembly may include a locking arm operatively connected to the slidable base of the clutch and moveable from a locked position preventing translation relative to the elevator car to an unlocked position. When the car door is in a closed position, a door opening sequence may commence causing the slidable base to move relative to the car door, but the car door will only open if the slidable base presses against an object, such as a roller on a hoistway door, in which case the locking arm of the interlock assembly moves from the locked to the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Charles MacKenzie-Smith, Matthew Perillo, Stephen Bosshart, Andrew Goodwin
  • Patent number: 10835903
    Abstract: The system and method requiring a diverter plate for an in-line mill. The plate for use with the in-line mill includes an aperture for passage of particulate laden fluid therethrough and a plurality of tabs such that the fluid and the particulate entrained thereon is deflected at a variety of axial angles. The diverter plate thus provides a reliable method such that the milling process and component wear resistance is made more efficient thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: UCC Dry Sorbent Injection, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Engelmann, Stephen Bosshart, Eric Fleckten, Harun Bilirgen, Robert LeDain
  • Patent number: 10544010
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a locking system for an elevator car door that includes a locking apparatus mounted to the elevator car door. The locking apparatus includes an elevator door latch arm, a sensing vane, and a fixed vane. The elevator door latch arm has one end configured to be inserted into a catch to lock the elevator car door. The sensing and fixed vanes are generally parallel to one another. When the elevator car door is aligned with a hoistway door, an outer surface of the sensing vane is configured to engage with a roller on the hoistway door, and an outer surface of the fixed vane is configured to engage with another roller on the hoistway door. When both the first and second rollers are engaged by the sensing and fixed vanes, the locking apparatus is configured to remove the elevator door latch arm from the catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: G.A.L. Manufacturing Company, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bosshart, Andrew Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20190084806
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a locking system for an elevator car door that includes a locking apparatus mounted to the elevator car door. The locking apparatus includes an elevator door latch arm, a sensing vane, and a fixed vane. The elevator door latch arm has one end configured to be inserted into a catch to lock the elevator car door. The sensing and fixed vanes are generally parallel to one another. When the elevator car door is aligned with a hoistway door, an outer surface of the sensing vane is configured to engage with a roller on the hoistway door, and an outer surface of the fixed vane is configured to engage with another roller on the hoistway door. When both the first and second rollers are engaged by the sensing and fixed vanes, the locking apparatus is configured to remove the elevator door latch arm from the catch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Bosshart, Andrew Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20170001171
    Abstract: The system and method requiring a diverter plate for an in-line mill. The plate for use with the in-line mill includes an aperture for passage of particulate laden fluid therethrough and a plurality of tabs such that the fluid and the particulate entrained thereon is deflected at a variety of axial angles. The diverter plate thus provides a reliable method such that the milling process and component wear resistance is made more efficient thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Dennis Engelmann, Stephen Bosshart, Eric Fleckten, Harun Bilirgen, Robert LeDain
  • Patent number: 9446383
    Abstract: The system and method requiring a diverter plate for an in-line mill. The plate for use with the in-line mill includes an aperture for passage of particulate laden fluid therethrough and a plurality of tabs such that the fluid and the particulate entrained thereon is deflected at a variety of axial angles. The diverter plate thus provides a reliable method such that the milling process and component wear resistance is made more efficient thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: UCC Dry Sorbent Injection LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Engelmann, Stephen Bosshart, Eric Fleckten, Harun Bilirgen, Robert LeDain
  • Publication number: 20150306569
    Abstract: The system and method requiring a diverter plate for an in-line mill. The plate for use with the in-line mill includes an aperture for passage of particulate laden fluid therethrough and a plurality of tabs such that the fluid and the particulate entrained thereon is deflected at a variety of axial angles. The diverter plate thus provides a reliable method such that the milling process and component wear resistance is made more efficient thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis Engelmann, Stephen Bosshart, Eric Fleckten, Harun Bilirgen, Robert LeDain
  • Patent number: 9079185
    Abstract: The system and method requiring a diverter plate for an in-line mill. The plate for use with the in-line mill includes an aperture for passage of particulate laden fluid therethrough and a plurality of tabs such that the fluid and the particulate entrained thereon is deflected at a variety of axial angles. The diverter plate thus provides a reliable method such that the milling process and component wear resistance is made more efficient thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: UCC DRY SORBENT INJECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Engelmann, Stephen Bosshart, Eric Fleckten, Harun Biligren, Robert LeDain
  • Publication number: 20140014185
    Abstract: The system and method requiring a diverter plate for an in-line mill. The plate for use with the in-line mill includes an aperture for passage of particulate laden fluid therethrough and a plurality of tabs such that the fluid and the particulate entrained thereon is deflected at a variety of axial angles. The diverter plate thus provides a reliable method such that the milling process and component wear resistance is made more efficient thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Dennis Engelmann, Stephen Bosshart, Eric Fleckten, Harun Bilirgen