Patents by Inventor David Vance
David Vance 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).
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Patent number: 11833708Abstract: A clamp extension device adapted to extend the size range of materials that may be cut by a sawmill, the device being removably attachable to an existing clamp on the sawmill.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: David Vance Benner
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Publication number: 20210101305Abstract: A clamp extension device adapted to extend the size range of materials that may be cut by a sawmill, the device being removably attachable to an existing clamp on the sawmill.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventor: David Vance Benner
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Patent number: 10072972Abstract: A non-contact method of measuring an insertion loss of a DUT connector is disclosed. The DUT connector has a first ferrule with a first optical fiber and a first end face. The method utilizes a reference connector having a second ferrule with a second optical fiber and a second end face. The method includes: axially aligning the first and second ferrules so that the first and second end faces are confronting and spaced apart to define a gap with an axial gap distance d; measuring values of the insertion loss between the first and second optical fibers for different gap distances d>0; and estimating a value for the insertion loss for a gap distance of d=0 based on the measured values of the insertion loss when d>0.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Adam Joseph Fusco, Daniel Ohen Ricketts, James Scott Sutherland, Neil David Vance, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
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Patent number: 9989170Abstract: A strap assembly which may be attached to an overhead hanger is molded with three components used for suspending wires or pipes from an overhead structure such that the three components may be sold and shipped as a single unit, then singulated by the user to use separately. One component is a strap for forming a saddle to hold wires, pipes, and the like; a second component is a dual-function fastener which may be used to permanently attach the strap to a connector, such as a multifunction clip and temporarily fasten the other end of the strap to itself; a third component is a protective tip which may be pushed onto the end of the hanger. The dual-function fastener may be used alone for other purposes.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Inventors: David Vance Newcomb, Glen William Osterhout, Charles H. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20170284568Abstract: A strap assembly which may be attached to an overhead hanger is molded with three components used for suspending wires or pipes from an overhead structure such that the three components may be sold and shipped as a single unit, then singulated by the user to use separately. One component is a strap for forming a saddle to hold wires, pipes, and the like; a second component is a dual-function fastener which may be used to permanently attach the strap to a connector, such as a multifunction clip and temporarily fasten the other end of the strap to itself; a third component is a protective tip which may be pushed onto the end of the hanger. The dual-function fastener may be used alone for other purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: David Vance Newcomb, Glen William Osterhout, Charles H. Reynolds
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Patent number: 9709192Abstract: A strap assembly which may be attached to an overhead hangar is molded with three components used for suspending wires or pipes from an overhead structure such that the three components may be sold and shipped as a single unit, then singulated by the user to use separately. One component is a strap for forming a saddle to hold wires, pipes, and the like; a second component is a dual-function fastener which may be used to permanently attach the strap to a connector, such as a multifunction clip and temporarily fasten the other end of the strap to itself; a third component is a protective tip which may be pushed onto the end of the hangar. The dual-function fastener may be used alone for other purposes.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Inventors: David Vance Newcomb, Glen William Osterhout, Charles H. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20170131140Abstract: A non-contact method of measuring an insertion loss of a DUT connector is disclosed. The DUT connector has a first ferrule with a first optical fiber and a first end face. The method utilizes a reference connector having a second ferrule with a second optical fiber and a second end face. The method includes: axially aligning the first and second ferrules so that the first and second end faces are confronting and spaced apart to define a gap with an axial gap distance d; measuring values of the insertion loss between the first and second optical fibers for different gap distances d>0; and estimating a value for the insertion loss for a gap distance of d=0 based on the measured values of the insertion loss when d>0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Adam Joseph Fusco, Daniel Ohen Ricketts, James Scott Sutherland, Neil David Vance, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
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Patent number: 9645044Abstract: A controlled-contact method of measuring an insertion loss of a compressible DUT having a first ferrule with a first optical fiber and a first end face is disclosed. The method utilizes a compressible reference connector having a second ferrule with a second optical fiber and a second end face. The method includes: axially aligning the first and second ferrules to define a gap with an axial gap distance of greater than 150 ?m; moving the reference connector at a connector velocity in the range from 1 mm/s to 5 mm/s; when the gap distance is less than 150 ?m, reducing the connector velocity to between 10 ?m/s and 500 ?m/s until contact while continuing to measure the coupled optical power; after contact, increasing the connector velocity as the reference and DUT connector axially compress. The insertion loss is determined from ongoing measurements of the coupled optical power.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Adam Joseph Fusco, Daniel Ohen Ricketts, James Scott Sutherland, Neil David Vance, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
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Patent number: 9442005Abstract: A non-contact method of measuring an insertion loss of a DUT connector is disclosed. The DUT connector has a first ferrule with a first optical fiber and a first end face. The method utilizes a reference connector having a second ferrule with a second optical fiber and a second end face. The method includes: axially aligning the first and second ferrules so that the first and second end faces are confronting and spaced apart to define a gap with an axial gap distance d; measuring values of the insertion loss between the first and second optical fibers for different gap distances d>0; and estimating a value for the insertion loss for a gap distance of d=0 based on the measured values of the insertion loss when d>0.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLCInventors: Adam Joseph Fusco, Daniel Ohen Ricketts, James Scott Sutherland, Neil David Vance, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
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Publication number: 20160091392Abstract: A controlled-contact method of measuring an insertion loss of a compressible DUT having a first ferrule with a first optical fiber and a first end face is disclosed. The method utilizes a compressible reference connector having a second ferrule with a second optical fiber and a second end face. The method includes: axially aligning the first and second ferrules to define a gap with an axial gap distance of greater than 150 ?m; moving the reference connector at a connector velocity in the range from 1 mm/s to 5 mm/s; when the gap distance is less than 150 ?m, reducing the connector velocity to between 10 ?m/s and 500 ?m/s until contact while continuing to measure the coupled optical power; after contact, increasing the connector velocity as the reference and DUT connector axially compress. The insertion loss is determined from ongoing measurements of the coupled optical power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Adam Joseph Fusco, Daniel Ohen Ricketts, James Scott Sutherland, Neil David Vance, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
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Publication number: 20160033325Abstract: A non-contact method of measuring an insertion loss of a DUT connector is disclosed. The DUT connector has a first ferrule with a first optical fiber and a first end face. The method utilizes a reference connector having a second ferrule with a second optical fiber and a second end face. The method includes: axially aligning the first and second ferrules so that the first and second end faces are confronting and spaced apart to define a gap with an axial gap distance d; measuring values of the insertion loss between the first and second optical fibers for different gap distances d>0; and estimating a value for the insertion loss for a gap distance of d=0 based on the measured values of the insertion loss when d>0.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Adam Joseph Fusco, Daniel Ohen Ricketts, James Scott Sutherland, Neil David Vance, Elvis Alberto Zambrano
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Publication number: 20130199362Abstract: A bent axis, variable displacement inline drive device may comprise: a port plate having fluid passages; a cylinder block rotatably mounted adjacent the port plate and having axial cylinders having openings in alternating fluid communication with the fluid passages; a rotatable shaft coupled through the port plate to the cylinder block, pistons in the cylinders and having a connecting rod extending from the cylinder block; a rotatable spindle having receptacles for receiving the connecting rods; a pivotable yoke having the spindle rotatably mounted thereon, whereby the rotating group comprising the spindle, pistons and cylinder block are connected by the connecting rods for rotating together, the yoke being pivotable for angling the spindle relative to the cylinder block. The device may be employed as a pump, or as a motor, or as both a pump and a motor, and the yoke may be pivoted over center.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Triumph Actuation Systems - Connecticut, LLC doing business as Triumph Aerospace Systems - SeattleInventor: David Vance Hoover
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Publication number: 20070275646Abstract: A head meat processing system and a head meat processing method. The processing system includes a rod for receiving and positioning the head, a fastener for grasping a portion of the head and a member for advancing the head onto a horn assembly while the portion is clamped and a horn assembly. The head meat processing method includes positioning a hog head above a fastener, grasping a portion of the head with the fastener, removing the portion from the head, advancing the head having the portion removed along a horn assembly and separating a lower jaw from the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Richard Robinson, Lincoln Woods, Michael Dallan, David Vance
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Patent number: 7301066Abstract: Methods of treating ground water and methods for reducing contaminants (e.g., chlorinated compounds in contaminated ground water) to harmless compounds in the presence of an elemental metal treatment composition. Said methods comprise injecting a treatment solution comprising a colloidal suspension of elemental metal particles (e.g., iron, a tin, a zinc, a palladium and mixtures thereof) having a nanoscale particle size and a carbohydrate in an organic liquid (e.g., dodecane, butyl acetate and polypropylene glycol ethyl ether acetate and mixtures thereof) into the ground, proximate to the contaminated ground water.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Arcadis G&M, Inc.Inventors: David Vance, Suthan S. Suthersan, Peter Palmer
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Publication number: 20050217427Abstract: The invention provides methods of producing colloids of nanoscale metallic particles particularly useful in the in situ environmental remediation of chlorinated solvents. The methods include ball milling an elemental metal to form a colloid of nanoscale metallic particles having ideal size and metallurgical properties to enhance the reductive dehalogenation of halogenated hydrocarbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Suthan Suthersan, David Vance, Peter Palmer
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Publication number: 20040245187Abstract: When elemental iron is in the presence of chlorinated compounds (contaminants) a naturally occurring reaction takes place and the chlorinated compounds are reduced and form harmless compounds. The production of extremely small metal particles containing elemental iron or a mixture of elemental iron and a second metal is imperative to this method of treating contaminants and is the subject of the present invention. When the particle is small enough a surfactant is not required for the particle to do its job. The elemental metal may be kept in an elemental state by keeping it in an oxygen-scavenging environment. This is achieved by either suspending the nanoscale metal in a carbohydrate solution or by injecting a carbohydrate solution in atomized form into the gas used to inject the metal into the subsurface soil. Additionally, the present invention is to a method of using elemental metal to reductively dehalogenate halogenated hydrocarbons, to reduce soluble metals and to treat metalloids in subsurface soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Applicant: Arcadis G&M, Inc.Inventors: David Vance, Suthan S. Suthersan, Peter Palmer
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Patent number: 6777449Abstract: When elemental iron is in the presence of chlorinated compounds (contaminants) a naturally occurring reaction takes place and the chlorinated compounds are reduced and form harmless compounds. The production of extremely small metal particles containing elemental iron or a mixture of elemental iron and a second metal is imperative to this method of treating contaminants and is the subject of the present invention. When the particle is made small enough a surfactant is not required for the particle to do its job. The elemental metal may be kept in an elemental state by keeping it in an oxygen-scavenging environment. This is achieved by either suspending the nanoscale metal in a carbohydrate solution or by injecting a carbohydrate solution in atomized form into the gas used to inject the metal into the subsurface soil.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Case Logic, Inc.Inventors: David Vance, Suthan S. Suthersan, Peter Palmer
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Publication number: 20020151602Abstract: When elemental iron is in the presence of chlorinated compounds (contaminants) a naturally occurring reaction takes place and the chlorinated compounds are reduced and form harmless compounds. The production of extremely small metal particles containing elemental iron or a mixture of elemental iron and a second metal is imperative to this method of treating contaminants and is the subject of the present invention. When the particle is made small enough a surfactant is not required for the particle to do its job. The elemental metal may be kept in an elemental state by keeping it in an oxygen-scavenging environment. This is achieved by either suspending the nanoscale metal in a carbohydrate solution or by injecting a carbohydrate solution in atomized form into the gas used to inject the metal into the subsurface soil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Applicant: ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller, Inc.Inventors: David Vance, Suthan S. Suthersan, Peter Palmer
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Patent number: D899777Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventors: Adele Penelope Fulton, David Vance Fulton