Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Cole

Daniel D. Cole 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).

  • Patent number: 11944531
    Abstract: Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a soft tissue repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device configured to couple to soft tissue is provided. The repair device includes a capture portion and an anchor portion. The capture portion configured to extend with radial portions. The anchor portion includes a base with multiple legs extending therefrom. The multiple legs are configured to move from a linear position to a formed position such that, in the formed position, the multiple legs couple to structure of the capture portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONEXTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Erik N. Kubiak, Roy M. Taylor, Zackery K. Evans, Cody L. Gehrke, Daniel K. Smith, Richard J. Linder, Scott D. Miles, Tyler J. Cole
  • Patent number: 5702316
    Abstract: A split sprocket assembly mountable on a shaft comprises a pair of substantially semi-circular sprocket halves, each of the sprocket halves having a mating face joined at a split line between the sprocket halves and having a concentric bore. Each of the sprocket halves further has a plurality of teeth provided about its periphery and a series of tooth pockets also formed about its periphery between each pair of adjacent teeth. A hub having a throughhole disposed around the shaft is disposed in the concentric bore. The sprocket halves and the hub include two sets of diametrically opposite, aligned apertures, each of the aligned apertures extending radially inwardly from one of the tooth pockets on the periphery of the sprocket halves and into the hub. A fastener is provided within each of the aligned apertures for joining the sprocket halves and the hub together to form a split sprocket assembly readily attachable and detachable from said shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Inventor: Daniel D. Cole