Patents by Inventor Benjamin R. Powers

Benjamin R. Powers 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).

  • IMPACTION HANDLE FOR IMPLANTING A TIBIAL TRAY OF A FIXED-BEARING ORTHOPAEDIC KNEE PROSTHESIS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240091027
    Abstract: An impaction handle for use during a surgical procedure to implant a fixed-bearing tibial tray into a surgically-prepared proximal end of a tibia is disclosed. The impaction handle includes an impact plate defining a proximal end of the impaction handle and an impact head defining a distal end of the impaction handle. The impaction handle also has an elongated shaft extending between the impact plate and the impact head, along with a locking mechanism to lock the handle to the tibial tray. The locking mechanism includes a thumbwheel positioned in the impact head and a locking shaft secured to the thumbwheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Cole T. Brown, Jason M. Chavarria, Jenna L. Faas, Colin M. Lank, Cory A. Shulaw, Christel M. Wagner, Alasdair J.J. Mercer, Benjamin R. Powers
  • Paint inspection lighting system
    Patent number: 10520447
    Abstract: An inspection lighting system including a first frame structure and a plurality of linear light arrays coupled to the first frame structure. Each of the linear light arrays have a plurality of integrated lights and at least one generally linear bracket. The integrated lights are arranged end-to-end, with each of the integrated lights having at least one T-slot along at least a portion of a length of the integrated light. The linear bracket coupling adjacent ones of the integrated lights together using the T-slots in the adjacent integrated lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Avid Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Joel A. Nichols, Alexander W. Tollington, Benjamin R. Powers, Michael H. Kretschmer
  • PAINT INSPECTION LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170268985
    Abstract: An inspection lighting system including a first frame structure and a plurality of linear light arrays coupled to the first frame structure. Each of the linear light arrays have a plurality of integrated lights and at least one generally linear bracket. The integrated lights are arranged end-to-end, with each of the integrated lights having at least one T-slot along at least a portion of a length of the integrated light. The linear bracket coupling adjacent ones of the integrated lights together using the T-slots in the adjacent integrated lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: AVID Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Joel A. Nichols, Alexander W. Tollington, Benjamin R. Powers, Michael H. Kretschmer