Patents by Inventor TIMOTHY J. MUHL

TIMOTHY J. MUHL 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).

  • ENGAGED BIASED HOOK
    Publication number: 20170066607
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to the restraining of a rear impact guard (“RIG”) attached to a vehicle or trailer with a hook and also with a hook as part of an impactable vehicle restraint. Contact between the hook and the RIG creates a reactant force that promotes rotation of the hook in the engaged direction, thereby further promoting positive engagement of the RIG by the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: MULTI-FAB PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: TIMOTHY J MUHL
  • IMPACTABLE VEHICLE RESTRAINT
    Publication number: 20160369876
    Abstract: Systems and methods and methods relating to the control and operation of an impactable vehicle restraint. The impactable vehicle restraint has a vertically movable barrier. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system having three switch signal inputs that is compatible with two switch input systems. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system to stop the motion of its drive system for the based on either sensing that the restraining device is at its limits of motion or that the drive system has been activated for a predetermined amount of time, whichever occurs first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MULTI-FAB PRODUCTS,LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. MUHL, Robert J. HENSEL
  • Impactable vehicle restraint
    Patent number: 9428349
    Abstract: Systems and methods and methods relating to the control and operation of an impactable vehicle restraint. The impactable vehicle restraint has a vertically movable barrier. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system having three switch signal inputs that is compatible with two switch input systems. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system to stop the motion of its drive system for the based on either sensing that the restraining device is at its limits of motion or that the drive system has been activated for a predetermined amount of time, whichever occurs first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: MULTI-FAB PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Muhl, Robert J. Hensel
  • Impactable Vehicle Restraint
    Publication number: 20150191319
    Abstract: Systems and methods and methods relating to the control and operation of an impactable vehicle restraint. The impactable vehicle restraint has a vertically movable barrier. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system having three switch signal inputs that is compatible with two switch input systems. The impactable vehicle restraint has a control system to stop the motion of its drive system for the based on either sensing that the restraining device is at its limits of motion or that the drive system has been activated for a predetermined amount of time, whichever occurs first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: MULTI-FAB PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: TIMOTHY J. MUHL, ROBERT J. HENSEL