William F Andersen

US Patent:

44062117, Sep 27, 1983

Filed:

Jul 28, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/287611

Inventors:

William F. Andersen - San Jose CA

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

F41F 304

US Classification:

89 1816

Abstract:

A shock absorbing pad system for a missile launch tube, wherein the shock absorbing pad system comprises a continuously acting inner sheet, an outer segmented sheet and a plurality of chevron shaped struts disposed between the sheets. The continuously acting inner sheet provides compressive, shear, and tensile forces or a combination thereof to resist lateral shock loads and to restore the missile to its central location within the launch tube.

US Patent:

51258900, Jun 30, 1992

Filed:

Jun 28, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/724473

Inventors:

Daniel C. Merrill - Walnut Creek CA
William B. Andersen - Antioch CA

Assignee:

Bak Medical Products - Martinez CA

International Classification:

A61F 500

US Classification:

600 39

Abstract:

To simplify and increase the efficacy of tubular vacuum chamber (6) used to induce and maintain erections in impotent men, a penile sealing diaphragm (7) forms an airtight seal between the tubular chamber (6) and the penis (28). A constriction band dislodging mechanism comprising a flexible strap (36) which is attached to the sealing diaphragm (7) provides a simple method for transferring any constriction band (8) from the chamber (6) onto the penis (28). A constriction band dislodging-vacuum release mechanism is used to simultaneously dislodge a constriction band (8) and relieve the vacuum within a chamber with an air hole (38). A unique constriction band (44) is formed from an inexpensive rubber band and two strips of glass tape which is easy to dislodge from the vacuum chamber (8) and easy to remove from the penis (28).

US Patent:

55539777, Sep 10, 1996

Filed:

Dec 16, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/357954

Inventors:

William F. Andersen - San Jose CA
Andrew B. Boyd - Houston TX
Russell L. Baldwin - Houston TX
Bisuddha N. Datta - Katy TX

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

E02B 1708

US Classification:

405204

Abstract:

A method is described for using a particular spring element to facilitate the transfer of deck modules to a hull or jacket during the construction of an off-shore well platform. The spring element not only absorbs energy from the compressive loading expected during the transfer, but also resists any shear loading caused by relative motion between the module and the jacket or hull caused by the operation being performed in a body of water. The spring element includes two significantly different resistances to crushing when subjected to compressive loading including an initial resistance during which significant energy is absorbed. The spring element is also provided on the carrier barge between the barge and the deck module so that if the carrier barge should reengage the module once the transfer has been started, damage will be inhibited.