Patents by Inventor Steven B. Piacsek

Steven B. Piacsek 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).

  • Publication number: 20230417097
    Abstract: A door operator including a drive motor having a motor housing and a drive shaft selectively rotatable via electric power, a drive tube for receiving therein the drive motor, wherein the motor housing is secured to the drive tube to prevent rotation therebetween. The door operator further including a first side plate and second side plate with the drive tube rotatably supported therebetween, at least one drive cog secured to the drive tube, wherein the drive cog is engageable with a door to provide translation of the door. The door operator further including a locking gear secured to the drive shaft, a locking plate slidingly coupled to the first side plate, including a gear engagement portion, and a locking lever secured to the locking plate and operational to selectively disengage the gear engagement portion of the locking plate, allowing the locking gear to be rotatable with the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Dynatect Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. Poikonen, Steven B. Piacsek
  • Patent number: 7297392
    Abstract: A multi-sided bellows cover has panel sections formed of extruded plastic panels that are connected end-to-end by bead-in-slot connections. The panel sections can be made of one or more rigid wall sections that are connected at the fold lines by flexible web sections or by the bead-in-slot connection. The panel sections are integrally molded by extrusion, and many serial wall sections alternating with web sections may be integrally co-extruded with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: A & A Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Day, Gary E. Mattson, Steven B. Piacsek
  • Patent number: 6986938
    Abstract: A multi-sided bellows cover has panel sections formed of extruded plastic panels in which rigid wall sections are connected at the fold lines by flexible web sections. The web sections are integrally molded by extrusion with at least one adjacent wall section, and many serial wall sections alternating with web sections may be integrally co-extruded with one another. Intermittently, a bead of one of the flexible web sections of one of the panel sections is captured in a slot of one of the rigid wall sections of another panel section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: A & A Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Day, Gary E. Mattson, Steven B. Piacsek
  • Publication number: 20030064193
    Abstract: A multi-sided bellows cover has panel sections formed of extruded plastic panels in which rigid wall sections are connected at the fold lines by flexible web sections. The web sections are integrally molded by extrusion with at least one adjacent wall section, and many serial wall sections alternating with web sections may be integrally co-extruded with one another. Intermittently, a bead of one of the flexible web sections of one of the panel sections is captured in a slot of one of the rigid wall sections of another panel section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Steven D. Day, Gary E. Mattson, Steven B. Piacsek