Patents by Inventor Tom Zemanek

Tom Zemanek 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).

  • Damping and support device for electrical equipments
    Patent number: 10539204
    Abstract: A device (1) for supporting an equipment (2), especially an upstanding electrical equipment from vibrations is disclosed. The device comprises a base plate (3), a set of support adapters (7), a set of viscous dampers (5) connecting the base plate to the support adapters and a set of wire rope dampers (6), wherein the set of wire rope dampers bear the base plate and connect the base plate to the support adapters. Further, the set of support adapters connect the viscous dampers and the wire rope dampers to a foundation plate by bolts or alternatively to a shake table via shake table adapters. A set of angular fixtures connect the support adapters to the base plate by means of the viscous dampers. In a preferred embodiment of the device the base plate is orthogonally shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Juan Arias-Acosta, Helmut Holler, Antonios Kopanoudis, Christos Kotanidis, Shubin Ruan, Jörg Teichmann, Tom Zemanek, Achim Von Seck
  • DAMPING AND SUPPORT DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS
    Publication number: 20170307045
    Abstract: A device (1) for supporting an equipment (2), especially an upstanding electrical equipment from vibrations is disclosed. The device comprises a base plate (3), a set of support adapters (7), a set of viscous dampers (5) connecting the base plate to the support adapters and a set of wire rope dampers (6), wherein the set of wire rope dampers bear the base plate and connect the base plate to the support adapters. Further, the set of support adapters connect the viscous dampers and the wire rope dampers to a foundation plate by bolts or alternatively to a shake table via shake table adapters. A set of angular fixtures connect the support adapters to the base plate by means of the viscous dampers. In a preferred embodiment of the device the base plate is orthogonally shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Juan Arias-Acosta, Helmut Holler, Antonios Kopanoudis, Christos Kotanidis, Shubin Ruan, Jörg Teichmann, Tom Zemanek, Achim Von Seck