Patents by Inventor William S. Dworzan

William S. Dworzan 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: 7409741
    Abstract: A toothbrush provides a head with bristles, a neck and a handle. An eccentrically rotational weight is engaged for rotation with a motor, the weight disposed within the head. The motor is disposed within the handle. The head and neck are integrally formed with a natural resonance frequency of vibration approximately equal to the rotational speed of the motor and synchronized therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: William S. Dworzan
  • Patent number: 7326156
    Abstract: A gyroscopic exercise device has a pair of handles attached to a housing. A user holds and rotates the handles along a cone-like path causing precession of a rotor, which is rotating about its spin axis, to provide resistance to the user. The device has a ring guide that holds ends of a shaft, which is coupled to the rotor. The periphery of the ring guide and the ends of the shaft are within a circular race defined by the housing. A motor attached to the ring guide drives a wheel that rotates the rotor about a spin axis by using energy provided by batteries in one of the handles. The energy passes through a conducting conduit that rotates about the precession axis. The ring guide, motor, and rotor can rotate together during precession of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Inventor: William S. Dworzan
  • Publication number: 20040261203
    Abstract: A toothbrush provides a head with bristles, a neck and a handle. An eccentrically rotational weight is engaged for rotation with a motor, the weight disposed within the head. The motor is disposed within the handle. The head and neck are integrally formed with a natural resonance frequency of vibration approximately equal to the rotational speed of the motor and synchronized therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: William S. Dworzan
  • Patent number: 6775940
    Abstract: A safety device for use with a toy guns, less-lethal guns (such as non-powdered guns) and lethal guns detects motion of the gun, and causes light emitting diodes or other light sources incorporated into the gun to prominently flash. The flashing light sources alert bystanders in a way that distinguishes lethal firearms from toy guns and less-lethal guns. The flashing diodes can also be activated when the gun is armed, cocked or otherwise ready to be fired. Motion is detected through the use of an electric circuit that includes a spring, an oscillating mass, and a ring adapted to surround the oscillating mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: S/R Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Dworzan, Lawrence J. Zadra
  • Publication number: 20040025392
    Abstract: A safety device for use with a toy guns, less-lethal guns (such as non-powdered guns) and lethal guns detects motion of the gun, and causes light emitting diodes or other light sources incorporated into the gun to prominently flash. The flashing light sources alert bystanders in a way that distinguishes lethal firearms from toy guns and less-lethal guns. The flashing diodes can also be activated when the gun is armed, cocked or otherwise ready to be fired. Motion is detected through the use of an electric circuit that includes a spring, an oscillating mass, and a ring adapted to surround the oscillating mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: William S. Dworzan, Lawrence J. Zadra
  • Publication number: 20030079304
    Abstract: Toothbrushes that utilize a rotating eccentric weight positioned in or near the head of the toothbrush to cause movement of the head, and methods relating to same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: William S. Dworzan
  • Patent number: 5222327
    Abstract: A side mount garage door operator capable of being positioned on either the ceiling or end wall of a garage at either side of the garage door on a frame unit, the operator providing a clutch for disengaging the drive motor from the garage door in the absence of electric power and having a manual graspable handle operated by a solenoid when power is present and operable manually in the absence of power. Novel limit means having limits which is on the end of an axially movable bar which is moved by a follower riding in a spiral groove in the base of a disk such as a gear connected to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Inventors: Donna M. Fellows, William S. Dworzan
  • Patent number: D617467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventor: William S. Dworzan