Morgan W Weinberg

US Patent:

7475633, Jan 13, 2009

Filed:

Nov 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/984238

Inventors:

Morgan Weinberg - Alexandria VA, US

International Classification:

B30B 1/20
B30B 1/22

US Classification:

100289, 100226, 100245, 100902, 222 95, 222105, 222386

Abstract:

An exemplary method, apparatus and system of crushing a bottle may include a barrel for surrounding a bottle. The barrel may have a main body with a threaded outer surface. A plate may be slidably engaged with an inner surface of the barrel at a first end of the barrel. A nut may be operably engaged with the threads on the outer surface of the barrel. A tab portion may be integral with the plate and the tab portion engaged the nut. A cap may be repeatably attachable to an end of the barrel opposite the plate. Movement of the nut may facilitate movement of the plate and moving the plate in the direction of the lid may crush a bottle within the barrel.

US Patent:

8272538, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Jul 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/458236

Inventors:

Morgan William Weinberg - Alexandria VA, US
Burton Allen Miller - Washington DC, US

International Classification:

B67D 1/08

US Classification:

222152, 222399

Abstract:

The wine bottle sealing and dispensing device provides for the dispensing of wine from a wine bottle, or any other liquid from a corresponding liquid container, without exposing the wine or liquid in the bottle to environmental air at any time. The device includes a housing adapted for mounting above a cork of a corked wine bottle. An upper open end of a hollow needle is mounted in the housing, the needle projecting downward from the housing and terminating in a tip adapted for insertion through the cork. A first end of a spout projects outwardly from the housing, and a second end of the spout is in fluid communication with the upper open end of the hollow needle. A cartridge of pressurized, inert gas is mounted to the housing. The cartridge is in communication with an upper end of a gas conduit, which is mounted within the hollow needle.

US Patent:

53905580, Feb 21, 1995

Filed:

May 3, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/055322

Inventors:

Morgan W. Weinberg - Washington DC

International Classification:

F16H 2904

US Classification:

74124

Abstract:

An input shaft includes a cam configured to have a variable diameter profile. An oscillating arm tracks the cam profile. Oscillating motion of the arm is converted by roller clutches back to rotary motion. Speed variation is accomplished by moving the arms axially so that they contact the cam at points of varying cam diameter. The cam is configured to eliminate torque surges at all speed ratios, resulting in smooth delivery of torque under all conditions. An appropriate cam surface providing this result is disclosed.

US Patent:

57995621, Sep 1, 1998

Filed:

Mar 13, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/614544

Inventors:

Morgan W. Weinberg - Alexandria VA

International Classification:

F01B 302

US Classification:

92 122

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for braking a rotating element including a reversible eccentric ring or axial piston pump which may be selectably operatively connected to a rotating element. When either pump is configured to compress ambient fluid into a reservoir, the compressive resistance is transmitted to the rotating element, braking it. When either pump is configured to expand fluid from the reservoir, the resultant torque generated is transmitted to the rotating element, driving it. The invention provides mechanisms for rapidly configuring either pump to compress or expand fluid, and for adjusting pump displacement, respecting a user's demand.

US Patent:

20230061598, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Aug 27, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/459106

Inventors:

Morgan William Weinberg - Fairfax VA, US
Burton Allen Miller - Washington DC, US

International Classification:

A63G 31/16
A63F 13/28
A63G 31/02
A63F 13/90

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a motion platform that moves in two degrees of rotational freedom that can be used to simulate board activities such as skateboarding and surfing and is readily extended to simulate other experiences such as skiing, driving, flying, and even boxing, through the attachment of the appropriate apparatus. The motion platform comprises a pivotable table attached to a base with two toothed belts attached at quadrants of the table, with the belts attached to a pair of ball-screws mounted orthogonally in the base. Pulleys mounted in the quadrants of the base redirect the belts so that they travel parallel to the ball screws. Cams maintain proper tension in the belts as the table pivots. The motion platform includes a programmable controller that can drive the table in terms of position but can also drive the platform according to a mathematical model where the physical table is attached to a virtual table through virtual springs with dynamic virtual spring rates and virtual dampers with dynamic virtual coefficients of damping. Here, position commands are applied not to the physical table but to the virtual table with the final position of the physical table determined through the solution of spring-mass-damper equations of motion using the dynamic spring rates, dynamic coefficients of damping, measured torque on the table, and where the mass corresponds to virtual moments of inertia of a simulated board such as a paddle board with the moment of inertia of the physical table and connected moving parts factored out; the mathematical model able to simulate a variety of environments such as a paddle board on water with waves, a snowboard on fresh powder, or even quicksand.

US Patent:

20210163193, Jun 3, 2021

Filed:

Nov 30, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/699599

Inventors:

Morgan William Weinberg - Fairfax VA, US
Burton Allen Miller - Washington DC, US

International Classification:

B65D 51/28
B65D 39/12
B65D 39/16
B65D 39/00
B65D 51/24
C12H 1/14

Abstract:

The bottle-sealing and preservation device provides for the sealing of necked bottles, including those designed to hold pressure such as champagne bottles, using mechanical advantage to compress an O-ring against the inner surface of the bottle neck. The device can accommodate a wide range of bottle-neck diameters and includes a stabilizing ring that engages the bottle mouth. Optionally, the device may be fitted with a cylindrical cage in which an oxygen-scavenging sachet may be inserted to pull oxygen out of the bottle headspace, thereby preserving any remaining liquid therein that is susceptible to oxidation.