Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Trautman

Timothy J. Trautman 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: 10364835
    Abstract: A system for tensioning a stud that projects from a structural member is provided. The system comprises a safety guard including a guard housing and a hydraulic interlock assembly, and a tensioning system coupled with a first end of the stud. The guard housing surrounds at least a portion of the tensioning system and is coupled with a second end of the stud and the hydraulic interlock assembly. The hydraulic interlock assembly is coupled with the guard housing and the tensioning system. The hydraulic interlock assembly provides fluid communication of a hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic source to the tensioning system to tension the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Riverhawk Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Trautman, Richard Joseph Donegan
  • Patent number: 9506492
    Abstract: A tensioning system for tensioning a stud is provided. The system includes an adapter ring having an external surface, an internal surface engaging the external surface of the stud or puller screw, and at least two bores defined therein. The posts have first and second ends and are disposed in the bores. The first ends are supported by a stop surface, and the second ends extend outwardly from the bores. A cylinder includes an internal surface engaged with the external surface of the adapter ring. First and second pistons are movably positioned within the cylinder with an intermediate cap disposed therebetween to define first and second hydraulic chambers. The first piston is configured for being supported by the second ends of the posts. The hydraulic chambers are hydraulically connected to one another, whereby providing a hydraulic fluid in the chambers operates to apply a tension force on the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Riverhawk Company
    Inventor: Timothy J. Trautman
  • Patent number: 9361496
    Abstract: A user is audibly guided to a selected target from an array of targets, by successively aiming a handheld housing at successive targets in the array, manually actuating a trigger between an aiming state and a reading state, and capturing over a field of view an image of each successive target at which the housing is successively aimed. A controller is operative, in the aiming state of the trigger, for processing the image to detect when each successive target is located in the field of view and for responsively controlling an auditory annunciator to generate an audible aiming sound for each detected successive target. The audible aiming sound for each detected successive target is operative to audibly guide the user to aim the housing at the selected target. The controller is further operative, in the reading state of the trigger, for transmitting away from the housing data indicative of a processed image of the selected target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Darran M. Handshaw, Timothy J. Trautman
  • Publication number: 20160069372
    Abstract: A system for tensioning a stud that projects from a structural member is provided. The system comprises a safety guard including a guard housing and a hydraulic interlock assembly, and a tensioning system coupled with a first end of the stud. The guard housing surrounds at least a portion of the tensioning system and is coupled with a second end of the stud and the hydraulic interlock assembly. The hydraulic interlock assembly is coupled with the guard housing and the tensioning system. The hydraulic interlock assembly provides fluid communication of a hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic source to the tensioning system to tension the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Riverhawk Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Trautman, Richard Joseph Donegan
  • Publication number: 20160069373
    Abstract: A tensioning system for tensioning a stud is provided. The system includes an adapter ring having an external surface, an internal surface engaging the external surface of the stud or puller screw, and at least two bores defined therein. The posts have first and second ends and are disposed in the bores. The first ends are supported by a stop surface, and the second ends extend outwardly from the bores. A cylinder includes an internal surface engaged with the external surface of the adapter ring. First and second pistons are movably positioned within the cylinder with an intermediate cap disposed therebetween to define first and second hydraulic chambers. The first piston is configured for being supported by the second ends of the posts. The hydraulic chambers are hydraulically connected to one another, whereby providing a hydraulic fluid in the chambers operates to apply a tension force on the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Riverhawk Company
    Inventor: Timothy J. Trautman
  • Patent number: 9188146
    Abstract: A tensioning system for tensioning a stud is provided. The system includes a nut having an external surface, an internal surface engaging the external surface of the stud or puller screw, and at least two bores defined therein. The posts have first and second ends and are disposed in the bores. The first ends engage a stop surface, and the second ends extend outwardly from the bores. A cylinder includes an internal surface engaged with the external surface of the nut, and has a bore defined therein. A locking screw may be threadably positioned within the cylinder bore and engages the nut. A piston is positioned within the cylinder to define a hydraulic chamber and is configured for being engaged with the second ends of the posts. Further, a biasing member is disposed between the nut and piston. A tensioning system safety guard is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Riverhawk Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Trautman, Patrick Shawn Reilly, Richard Joseph Donegan, Robert Michael Whitney
  • Publication number: 20140312119
    Abstract: A user is audibly guided to a selected target from an array of targets, by successively aiming a handheld housing at successive targets in the array, manually actuating a trigger between an aiming state and a reading state, and capturing over a field of view an image of each successive target at which the housing is successively aimed. A controller is operative, in the aiming state of the trigger, for processing the image to detect when each successive target is located in the field of view and for responsively controlling an auditory annunciator to generate an audible aiming sound for each detected successive target. The audible aiming sound for each detected successive target is operative to audibly guide the user to aim the housing at the selected target. The controller is further operative, in the reading state of the trigger, for transmitting away from the housing data indicative of a processed image of the selected target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Darran M. Handshaw, Timothy J. Trautman
  • Patent number: 6685406
    Abstract: A stud tensioning device includes a nut having internal threads and external threads. The internal threads engage corresponding threads on the stud. At least two axial bores are defined by the nut, and posts are disposed in the bores. Each post at a first end thereof engages a stop surface, and at a second end thereof extends external to the bores and axially beyond a free end of the stud in a direction away from the structural member. A load cell threadingly engages the nut applying an axially-directed force on the posts in a direction toward the structural member and on the nut in a direction away from the structural member to thereby tension the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Riverhawk Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Whitney, Charles B. Gibbons, Timothy J. Trautman
  • Publication number: 20030086770
    Abstract: A stud tensioning device includes a nut having internal threads and external threads. The internal threads engage corresponding threads on the stud. At least two axial bores are defined by the nut, and posts are disposed in the bores. Each post at a first end thereof engages a stop surface, and at a second end thereof extends external to the bores and axially beyond a free end of the stud in a direction away from the structural member. A load cell threadingly engages the nut applying an axially-directed force on the posts in a direction toward the structural member and on the nut in a direction away from the structural member to thereby tension the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Robert M. Whitney, Charles B. Gibbons, Timothy J. Trautman