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Bolender
Danny L. Bolender, Sardinia, OH US
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| 20090090759 | FASTENER DRIVING TOOL USING A GAS SPRING - A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting position by use of a rotary-to-linear lifter, and the piston again compresses the gas above the piston, thereby preparing the tool for another driving stroke. The driver has protrusions along its edges that contact the lifter, which lifts the driver during a return stroke. A pivotable latch is controlled to move into either an interfering position or a non-interfering position with respect to the driver protrusions, and acts as a safety device, by preventing the driver from making a full driving stroke at an improper time. | 04-09-2009 |
Franz Bolender, Kandel DE
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| 20090192671 | Electric Auxiliary Heating Unit for a Motor Vehicle - An electric auxiliary heating unit for a motor vehicle reliably avoids temperature overshoots of the heated air, especially during acceleration phases of the vehicle. The temperature of adjustment the discharged hot air is adjusted in dependence upon the vehicle speed. This is preferably done via a stored characteristic field via which a plurality of vehicle parameters, such as the vehicle speed, the opening condition of the convertible top, the outside temperature, etc., can easily be taken into account. The temperature of the incoming air can also be derived from temperature values which are already available in the vehicle. This heating can preferably be used locally in the vehicle, e.g. in the vehicle seat or in the rear of the passenger compartment. Temperature fluctuations in the heated air can be avoided reliably and easily even in the case of dynamically varying operating conditions of the motor vehicle. | 07-30-2009 |
Lars Bolender, Hamburg DE
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| 20100307442 | ENGINE INTAKE FLAP FOR BEING ARRANGED ON THE HOUSING OF AN AIR INTAKE OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE, AS WELL AS ENGINE WITH SUCH AN ENGINE INTAKE FLAP AND AIRCRAFT SYSTEM - An engine inlet flap for mounting on the housing of an air inlet or air inlet duct of an engine of an aircraft, having a first end and a second end arranged in opposition thereto at a distance therefrom in the longitudinal direction of the inlet flap, where the longitudinal direction in the given installation is aligned against the flow direction of the air flowing into the engine; and the inlet flap includes an inlet flap base body with a connector device for a jointed connector for jointed connection of the inlet flap base body to the housing of the air inlet or air inlet duct, with a rotational axis running along the second end, an inlet flap extension piece structurally integrated with the inlet flap base body, with a first and a second lateral piece, which extends from the inlet flap base body on the two opposed lateral edges of the inlet flap running in the longitudinal direction with a number of transverse struts or longitudinal struts, arranged in the leading region of the engine inlet flap. | 12-09-2010 |
Robert Bolender, Davis, CA US
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| 20090184940 | POSITION SENSOR - A low-cost x-y digitizing system for use in consumer electronic devices, such as portable digital assistants, mobile telephones, web browsers and the like. The digitizer includes a resonant stylus, an excitation winding for energizing the resonant stylus and a set of sensor windings for sensing the signal generated by the stylus, from which the x-y position of the stylus is determined. A novel stylus design is described together with novel digitizer windings and novel excitation and processing circuitry. | 07-23-2009 |
Robert J. Bolender, San Jose, CA US
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| 20110278078 | INPUT DEVICE WITH FORCE SENSING - Devices and methods are provided that utilize a first electrode disposed on a first substrate and a second electrode disposed on a second substrate, where the first electrode and the second electrode define at least part of a variable capacitance. A third substrate is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, the third substrate having an opening arranged such that at least a portion of the first electrode and the second electrode overlap the opening. A transmission element is provided that partially overlaps the opening. The transmission element is physically coupled to the second electrode such that a force biasing the transmission element causes the second electrode to deflect relative to the first electrode, thus changing the variable capacitance. A measurement of the variable capacitance may then be used to determine force information. | 11-17-2011 |
Robert J. Bolender, Guelph CA
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| 20100253645 | INPUT DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE FORCE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - Input devices which include a capacitive force sensor, along with methods of making and using such, are provided. The input device includes a structural component having first and second substantially opposing sides, a plurality of sensor electrodes located on the first side of the structural component, the plurality of sensor electrodes configured to capacitively sense positional information associated with user input in a sensing region, a first capacitive electrode located on the second side of the structural component, the first capacitive electrode being configured to capacitively couple to a second capacitive electrode that is separated from the first capacitive electrode by a gas and moveable relative to the first capacitive electrode, and a biasing member configured to be physically coupled to the structural component such that a force associated with the user input causes a change in a separation distance between the first and second capacitive electrodes based on the force. | 10-07-2010 |
Robert J. Bolender, Davis, CA US
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| 20090160682 | CAPACITIVE SENSING DEVICE FOR USE IN A KEYPAD ASSEMBLY - One embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a capacitive sensing device for use in a keypad assembly of an electronic system. The capacitive sensing device includes a substantially transparent single sheet capacitive sensor. The substantially transparent single sheet capacitive sensor is configured to be disposed within the keypad assembly without requiring the formation of key post holes therethrough. Additionally, the substantially transparent single sheet capacitive sensor has a flexibility which enables desired tactile response during use of keys of the keypad assembly. | 06-25-2009 |
Robert J. Bolender, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110080366 | RESOLUTION AND SENSITIVITY BALANCE METRIC - In a method for determining a resolution metric, sampled touch input data is accessed for at least one of a plurality of capacitive sensor channels in capacitive touch sensors. A resolution metric is determined based on a ratio of a required resolution and a channel resolution of at least one of the plurality of capacitive sensor channels, where for a plurality of channels the resolution metric is set to a minimum of determined individual resolution metrics for each of the plurality of channels. The resolution metric is provided as an output. | 04-07-2011 |