Patents by Inventor Thomas Sandberg

Thomas Sandberg 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: 11969615
    Abstract: A concealable sprinkler head includes a frame having a body mountable to a fire suppression liquid source, a pair of frame arms and a pair of corresponding drop pins slidably engaged with a respective frame arm. A thermal trigger is supported within the sprinkler frame. A fluid deflector is secured to the drop pins and includes a generally horizontal surface. The drop pins extend substantially orthogonally from the horizontal surface. An inclined surface of the fluid deflector extends angularly upwardly from the horizontal surface. A concealing cup surrounds the frame arms. A cover plate is attached to the concealing cup, covering the distal end thereof, wherein the drop pins and the deflector are positioned within the concealing cup. The cover plate is removable from the concealing cup permitting the drop pins and the deflector to axially slide out of the concealing cup into an operational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: VICTAULIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen J. Meyer, Thomas Wancho, Thomas Sandberg, John Desrosier, Kevin Desmond Maughan
  • Patent number: 11938359
    Abstract: A concealable sprinkler head includes a frame having a body mountable to a fire suppression liquid source, a pair of frame arms and a pair of corresponding drop pins slidably engaged with a respective frame arm. A thermal trigger is supported within the sprinkler frame. A fluid deflector is secured to the drop pins and includes a generally horizontal surface. The drop pins extend substantially orthogonally from the horizontal surface. An inclined surface of the fluid deflector extends angularly upwardly from the horizontal surface. A concealing cup surrounds the frame arms. A cover plate is attached to the concealing cup, covering the distal end thereof, wherein the drop pins and the deflector are positioned within the concealing cup. The cover plate is removable from the concealing cup permitting the drop pins and the deflector to axially slide out of the concealing cup into an operational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VICTAULIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen J. Meyer, Thomas Wancho, Thomas Sandberg, John Desrosier, Kevin Desmond Maughan
  • Publication number: 20230103174
    Abstract: A concealable sprinkler head includes a frame having a body mountable to a fire suppression liquid source, a pair of frame arms and a pair of corresponding drop pins slidably engaged with a respective frame arm. A thermal trigger is supported within the sprinkler frame. A fluid deflector is secured to the drop pins and includes a generally horizontal surface. The drop pins extend substantially orthogonally from the horizontal surface. An inclined surface of the fluid deflector extends angularly upwardly from the horizontal surface. A concealing cup surrounds the frame arms. A cover plate is attached to the concealing cup, covering the distal end thereof, wherein the drop pins and the deflector are positioned within the concealing cup. The cover plate is removable from the concealing cup permitting the drop pins and the deflector to axially slide out of the concealing cup into an operational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen J. MEYER, Thomas WANCHO, Thomas SANDBERG, John DESROSIER, Kevin Desmond MAUGHAN
  • Publication number: 20210197001
    Abstract: A concealable sprinkler head includes a frame having a body mountable to a fire suppression liquid source, a pair of frame arms and a pair of corresponding drop pins slidably engaged with a respective frame arm. A thermal trigger is supported within the sprinkler frame. A fluid deflector is secured to the drop pins and includes a generally horizontal surface. The drop pins extend substantially orthogonally from the horizontal surface. An inclined surface of the fluid deflector extends angularly upwardly from the horizontal surface. A concealing cup surrounds the frame arms. A cover plate is attached to the concealing cup, covering the distal end thereof, wherein the drop pins and the deflector are positioned within the concealing cup. The cover plate is removable from the concealing cup permitting the drop pins and the deflector to axially slide out of the concealing cup into an operational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen J. MEYER, Thomas WANCHO, Thomas SANDBERG, John DESROSIER, Kevin Desmond MAUGHAN
  • Patent number: 11027161
    Abstract: A concealable sprinkler head includes a frame having a body mountable to a fire suppression liquid source, a pair of frame arms and a pair of corresponding drop pins slidably engaged with a respective frame arm. A thermal trigger is supported within the sprinkler frame. A fluid deflector is secured to the drop pins and includes a generally horizontal surface. The drop pins extend substantially orthogonally from the horizontal surface. An inclined surface of the fluid deflector extends angularly upwardly from the horizontal surface. A concealing cup surrounds the frame arms. A cover plate is attached to the concealing cup, covering the distal end thereof, wherein the drop pins and the deflector are positioned within the concealing cup. The cover plate is removable from the concealing cup permitting the drop pins and the deflector to axially slide out of the concealing cup into an operational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VICTAULIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen J. Meyer, Thomas Wancho, Thomas Sandberg, John Desrosier, Kevin Desmond Maughan
  • Publication number: 20200346061
    Abstract: A concealable sprinkler head includes a frame having a body mountable to a fire suppression liquid source, a pair of frame arms and a pair of corresponding drop pins slidably engaged with a respective frame arm. A thermal trigger is supported within the sprinkler frame. A fluid deflector is secured to the drop pins and includes a generally horizontal surface. The drop pins extend substantially orthogonally from the horizontal surface. An inclined surface of the fluid deflector extends angularly upwardly from the horizontal surface. A concealing cup surrounds the frame arms. A cover plate is attached to the concealing cup, covering the distal end thereof, wherein the drop pins and the deflector are positioned within the concealing cup. The cover plate is removable from the concealing cup permitting the drop pins and the deflector to axially slide out of the concealing cup into an operational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen J. MEYER, Thomas WANCHO, Thomas SANDBERG, John DESROSIER, Kevin Desmond MAUGHAN
  • Patent number: 6230877
    Abstract: A safety package is disclosed which includes a tubular member having first and second opposed end openings, a layer of heat insulative material inside the tubular member and a layer of heat insensitive material overlying the insulative material. Explosives or other volatile materials are placed in a depression in the heat insulative material and covered with the heat insensitive material to protect them from heat and fire to make transportation of such materials safer. In the event that the explosive materials are ignited, the gasses generated by the ensuing explosion will be vented in a non-unidirectional manner through the end openings and optional vent openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Team Safepac i Karlskoga AB
    Inventors: Thomas Sandberg, Anders Larsson, Tommy Bengtsson
  • Patent number: 4535432
    Abstract: A device of the prior art has an elongated arm, on the underside of which is a porous cleaning pad that cleans a phonograph record when the arm is rotated around the record. The novel device is similar, but has a small reservoir pivotably mounted in the handle. To use the novel device, one fills the reservoir with cleaning fluid and pivots it to dump the fluid which saturates the cleaning pad. Then one rotates the arm to clean the record, repeating this procedure for each record side to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Niles, Thomas A. Sandberg