Patents by Inventor Daniel James Helein

Daniel James Helein 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).

  • Transportation carts for gas bottles
    Patent number: 11052810
    Abstract: A cart is disclosed for carrying a gas bottle. The cart includes a wheeled frame and a bottle support platform. The support platform is configured to pivot between a loading position in which a gas bottle may be loaded and/or unloaded from the bottle support platform and a cradle position in which the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated. A bottle rest may support the bottle when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position. A bottle support spine may also, or alternatively, support the bottle during transportation and act as a lever for pivoting the bottle support platform between the loading position and the cradle position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: David Paul Marcusen, Nicholas James Dessart, Daniel James Helein
  • TRANSPORTATION CARTS FOR GAS BOTTLES
    Publication number: 20200156526
    Abstract: A cart is disclosed for carrying a gas bottle. The cart includes a wheeled frame and a bottle support platform. The support platform is configured to pivot between a loading position in which a gas bottle may be loaded and/or unloaded from the bottle support platform and a cradle position in which the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated. A bottle rest may support the bottle when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position. A bottle support spine may also, or alternatively, support the bottle during transportation and act as a lever for pivoting the bottle support platform between the loading position and the cradle position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: David Paul Marcusen, Nicholas James Dessart, Daniel James Helein
  • Transportation carts for gas bottles
    Patent number: 10576864
    Abstract: A cart is disclosed for carrying a gas bottle. The cart includes a wheeled frame and a bottle support platform. The support platform is configured to pivot between a loading position in which a gas bottle may be loaded and/or unloaded from the bottle support platform and a cradle position in which the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated. A bottle rest may support the bottle when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position. A bottle support spine may also, or alternatively, support the bottle during transportation and act as a lever for pivoting the bottle support platform between the loading position and the cradle position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: David Paul Marcusen, Nicholas James Dessart, Daniel James Helein
  • Impending thermal shutdown alert system and thermal shutdown process
    Patent number: 10307855
    Abstract: A welding-type system with a programmed controller and alert devices for alerting a user as to the impending thermal shutdown of the welding-type system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Milad Pashapour Nikou, Craig Steven Knoener, Daniel James Helein, Alan Manthe
  • TRANSPORTATION CARTS FOR GAS BOTTLES
    Publication number: 20190092210
    Abstract: A cart is disclosed for carrying a gas bottle. The cart includes a wheeled frame and a bottle support platform. The support platform is configured to pivot between a loading position in which a gas bottle may be loaded and/or unloaded from the bottle support platform and a cradle position in which the gas bottle and the bottle support platform are elevated. A bottle rest may support the bottle when the bottle support platform is in the cradle position. A bottle support spine may also, or alternatively, support the bottle during transportation and act as a lever for pivoting the bottle support platform between the loading position and the cradle position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: David Paul Marcusen, Nicholas James Dessart, Daniel Jame Helein
  • IMPENDING THERMAL SHUTDOWN ALERT SYSTEM AND THERMAL SHUTDOWN PROCESS
    Publication number: 20170282275
    Abstract: A welding-type system with a programmed controller and alert devices for alerting a user as to the impending thermal shutdown of the welding-type system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Milad Pashapour Nikou, Craig Steven Knoener, Daniel James Helein, Alan Manthe