Patents by Inventor David J. Hancock

David J. Hancock 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).

  • APPAREL THERMO-REGULATORY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240122276
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an apparel item that promotes thermo-regulation through the use of engineered openings, venting, and/or stand-off structures. In exemplary aspects, 20-45% of the apparel item may comprise the engineered openings. Vents may be positioned on the apparel item in areas that experience high amounts of air flow to help channel air into the apparel item. The stand-off structures may be positioned on an inner-facing surface of the apparel item where they help to create a space between the apparel item and the wearer's body surface in which air can flow and help cool the wearer by promoting evaporative cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Collin Bailey, Kim D. Baschak, Olivia A. Echols, Stacey L. Hansen, Lucas Hartman, Rebecca P. Hurd, Adam Parkinson, Shannon K. Redell, David Sagan, Susan L. Sokolowski, Stuart B. Brown, Matthew J. Hancock
  • Roller drive system for a fruit oil extractor
    Patent number: 6994018
    Abstract: Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via a rotatable shaft that is mounted to the frame. A plurality of motors are secured to the frame, each of the plurality of motors are mechanically coupled to a corresponding shaft of the rolls, wherein each motor independently rotates the shaft and roll. The apparatus also includes a controller for individually controlling the rotational speed of each of the rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Brown International Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, Scott R. Alexander, David J. Hancock
  • Roller drive system for a fruit oil extractor
    Publication number: 20040007105
    Abstract: Apparatus for extracting oil from the peel of whole citrus fruit includes a frame and a plurality of parallel horizontal rolls including toothed projections for piercing the outer surface of the whole fruit. Each of the plurality of rolls is rotatably supported via a rotatable shaft that is mounted to the frame. A plurality of motors are secured to the frame, each of the plurality of motors are mechanically coupled to a corresponding shaft of the rolls, wherein each motor independently rotates the shaft and roll. The apparatus also includes a controller for individually controlling the rotational speed of each of the rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Brown International Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, Scott R. Alexander, David J. Hancock
  • Closed circuit media capture and recovery head for the portable wheat starch media blast system
    Patent number: 5957761
    Abstract: A blast head for abrasive blasting has a nozzle for directing a blast media at a surface being treated and a housing for containing the blast media after it passes through the nozzle and for facilitating recirculation of the blast media. An adjustment mechanism facilitates varying of the orientation of the nozzle with respect to the surface being treated, so as to facilitate enhanced blasting thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond E. Miller, James J. Allard, David B. Tracy, David J. Hancock, Brent R. Meredith, Gregory N. Stein