Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Hammond

Daniel L. Hammond 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: 7601000
    Abstract: A device for determining the position of at least one of a dental patient's dental midline and incisal plane relative to the patient's facial midline. The device includes an impression/bite tray for obtaining a dental impression of at least one of the patient's maxillary arch and mandibular arch, and a plane indicator including at least one of a vertical alignment bar and a horizontal alignment bar, pivotally mounted to the impression/bite tray for rotatable movement relative to the impression/bite tray. The at least one of the vertical alignment bar and the horizontal alignment bar can be aligned with the dental patient's facial midline and an imaginary plane perpendicular to the facial midline, respectively, by rotating the plane indicator relative to the impression/bite tray while the impression/bite tray is retained in the patient's mouth during positioning and securing of the at least one of a vertical alignment bar and a horizontal alignment bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Incisal Edge Products LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Hammond, Derek M. Draft, Stuart D. Bowman
  • Patent number: 4257658
    Abstract: A cable shield connector assembly for making electrical connections to the shield of a multi-conductor communications-type cable includes a split cylindrical sleeve having circumferentially spaced contact ridges for insertion about the conductors and within the shield and further includes clamp halves positioned about the sleeve with a portion of the shield and the external insulation sheath of the cable therebetween. The clamp halves are drawn together by screws to urge the shield into electrical contact with the ridges of the sleeve. The sleeve includes a tab projecting through a slit in the shield and sheath to receive a screw for connection of a ground conductor thereto. The tab preferably extends between a portion of the clamp and receives one of the clamping screws therethrough to thereby locate and fix the clamp halves around the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Inventors: Daniel L. Hammond, Philip G. Jeffries