Brian J Ott

US Patent:

7126066, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Mar 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/079400

Inventors:

Baltazar S. Corcino - Chicago IL, US
Brian M. Ott - Huntley IL, US

Assignee:

The Eastern Company - Wheeling IL

International Classification:

H01H 9/28

US Classification:

200 4313, 200566, 2003182, 70360, 70367, 292198, 292129

Abstract:

A push button actuator unit has a housing which defines a through passage that extends along an axis of the housing, and a slot that extends in a plane which transversely intersects the axis and communicates with the passage for supporting in the housing-defined slot a disc-shaped member having a central opening that aligns with the passage. Movable in the aligned passage and opening is a push button sub-assembly of the unit which includes a front element that, when depressed rearwardly, may cause a rear element of the push button sub-assembly to extend rearwardly from the housing to release a latch or to operate a switch or the like. If the unit is to be lockable, an optional locking mechanism is added to the elements of the push button sub-assembly to selectively drivingly connect the front and rear elements so that depression of the front element will cause rearward extension of the rear element only when the unit is unlocked. The disc-shaped member interacts with other components of the unit to regulate the movement of selected elements of the push button sub-assembly relative to the housing, for example by limiting element translation along the axis and/or by inhibiting the turning of selected elements of the push button sub-assembly about the axis.

US Patent:

7205492, Apr 17, 2007

Filed:

Sep 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/519108

Inventors:

Baltazar S. Corcino - Chicago IL, US
Brian M. Ott - Huntley IL, US

Assignee:

The Eastern Company - Wheeling IL

International Classification:

H01H 9/28

US Classification:

200 4313, 200566, 2003182, 200520, 200341, 70360, 70367, 292129

Abstract:

A push button actuator unit has a housing which defines a through passage that extends along an axis of the housing, and a slot that extends in a plane which transversely intersects the axis and communicates with the passage for supporting in the housing-defined slot a disc-shaped member having a central opening that aligns with the passage. Movable in the aligned passage and opening is a push button sub-assembly of the unit which includes a front element that, when depressed rearwardly, may cause a rear element of the push button sub-assembly to extend rearwardly from the housing to release a latch or to operate a switch or the like. If the unit is to be lockable, an optional locking mechanism is added to the elements of the push button sub-assembly to selectively drivingly connect the front and rear elements so that depression of the front element will cause rearward extension of the rear element only when the unit is unlocked. The disc-shaped member interacts with other components of the unit to regulate the movement of selected elements of the push button sub-assembly relative to the housing, for example by limiting element translation along the axis and/or by inhibiting the turning of selected elements of the push button sub-assembly about the axis.

US Patent:

20130112677, May 9, 2013

Filed:

Oct 18, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/655134

Inventors:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL, US
Brian Lee Ott - Sherwood WI, US
Michael P. Vandenberg - Kaukauna WI, US

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc. - Glenview IL

International Classification:

B23K 9/12
B23K 9/32

US Classification:

21913771, 2191372

Abstract:

Provided herein are systems including a wire spool having a core with a core diameter and wire wound around the core and having a wire diameter. An outer diameter of the wire spool is defined by a sum of the core diameter and the wire diameter. The systems may also include a sensing system having a sensor component disposed on the wire spool and/or a wire spool hub. The sensing system is adapted to acquire data corresponding to a parameter indicative of the outer diameter of the wire spool.

US Patent:

57995206, Sep 1, 1998

Filed:

Mar 7, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/612086

Inventors:

Timothy P. Laabs - Palatine IL
Brian M. Ott - Streamwood IL
John J. Crocco - Gurnee IL

Assignee:

The Eastern Company - Naugatuck CT

International Classification:

E05B 2904

US Classification:

70360

Abstract:

A combined lock/actuator for providing linear actuation including a lock barrel having an opening extending along a longitudinal axis, a spline in the opening extending along the longitudinal axis, a plug mounted in the opening, and a key-retractable tumbler carried by the plug and extending into the spline. The plug is rotatable within the opening over a fixed annular displacement between an actuation position and a release position. Further, the plug is translatable within the opening over a fixed axial displacement along the longitudinal axis between a first position and a second position. The tumbler extends into the spline when the plug is in the actuation position in the first position, when the plug is in the actuation position in the second position, and when the plug is in the actuation position in translating between the first and second positions.