Patents by Inventor Darice M. Morris

Darice M. Morris 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).

  • Anti-rotation worm gear clamp
    Patent number: 9541226
    Abstract: An assembly for clamping a tube includes a fitting including a land, a bolt housing, legs, and a tooth on each leg, a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band, and a bolt located in the bolt housing, including helical teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band and forcing the tooth toward the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Saunders, Robert J. Mohan, Jeffrey P. Luther, Scott M. Rollins, Erik H. Hermann, Darice M. Morris, Roger Khami
  • Hose clamp with wrap-around hose clamp positioner
    Patent number: 8607422
    Abstract: A hose clamp for forming an air tight seal between a hose and a connector projecting from a housing of an air cooler of a vehicle. The hose clamp including a band which encircles the hose at a location where the hose and the connector overlap and has an adjustable diameter. The hose clamp positioned by a wrap-around hose clamp positioner. The wrap-around hose clamp positioner including flat portions, which contact the outer surface of the hose, and a raised portion where the band passes through a space of the raised portion. The wrap-around hose clamp positioner further including a wrap-around portion and a crimp tab, the wrap-around portion extending over a lip edge of the hose such that the crimp tab pierces through at least the inner surface of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Mohan, Scott M. Rollins, Robert Howard Saunders, Darice M. Morris
  • Anti-Rotation Worm Gear Clamp
    Publication number: 20130174385
    Abstract: An assembly for clamping a tube includes a fitting including a land, a bolt housing, legs, and a tooth on each leg, a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band, and a bolt located in the bolt housing, including helical teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band and forcing the tooth toward the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Saunders, Robert J. Mohan, Jeffrey P. Luther, Scott M. Rollins, Erik H. Hermann, Darice M. Morris, Roger Khami
  • Hose Clamp with Wrap-Around Hose Clamp Positioner
    Publication number: 20120246882
    Abstract: A hose clamp for forming an air tight seal between a hose and a connector projecting from a housing of an air cooler of a vehicle. The hose clamp including a band which encircles the hose at a location where the hose and the connector overlap and has an adjustable diameter. The hose clamp positioned by a wrap-around hose clamp positioner. The wrap-around hose clamp positioner including flat portions, which contact the outer surface of the hose, and a raised portion where the band passes through a space of the raised portion. The wrap-around hose clamp positioner further including a wrap-around portion and a crimp tab, the wrap-around portion extending over a lip edge of the hose such that the crimp tab pierces through at least the inner surface of the hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Mohan, Scott M. Rollins, Robert Howard Saunders, Darice M. Morris