Patents by Inventor Dirk A. Wilson
Dirk A. Wilson 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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Publication number: 20240169173Abstract: A method for dynamically modifying an image during a printing process. The method includes executing a digitized pre-process wherein a submitted image is prepared to be a printable image, identifying what marking options are to be applied to the printable image, and executing a real-time feed operation wherein the printable image is modified based on the marking options and applied to a printed article.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Nicholas Fields, Dirk Lavoy, Nicholas Diblabi, Robert Wilson, Mike Luttrell
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Patent number: 10760354Abstract: An assembly for a torque-transmitting connection in an inner pipe string of a dual-member drill string is formed from a collar, a retaining ring, and an inner pipe member. An endless internal groove having adjacent shallow and deep sections is formed in the collar. Formed in the inner pipe member, an external grooved region is situated in adjacent relationship with the internal groove. The retaining ring, situated within the grooves, resists disconnection of the collar from the inner pipe member. When the assembly is subjected to an axial force that might otherwise tend to pull it apart, the retaining ring resists the tendency by wedging between the bottom of the shallow section of the internal groove and the crest of the external groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.Inventors: Dirk A. Wilson, Greg L. Slaughter, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200018126Abstract: An assembly for a torque-transmitting connection in an inner pipe string of a dual-member drill string is formed from a collar, a retaining ring, and an inner pipe member. An endless internal groove having adjacent shallow and deep sections is formed in the collar. Formed in the inner pipe member, an external grooved region is situated in adjacent relationship with the internal groove. The retaining ring, situated within the grooves, resists disconnection of the collar from the inner pipe member. When the assembly is subjected to an axial force that might otherwise tend to pull it apart, the retaining ring resists the tendency by wedging between the bottom of the shallow section of the internal groove and the crest of the external groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Dirk A. Wilson, Greg L. Slaughter, JR.
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Patent number: 10487595Abstract: An assembly for a torque-transmitting connection in an inner pipe string of a dual-member drill string is formed from a collar, a retaining ring, and an inner pipe member. An endless internal groove having adjacent shallow and deep sections is formed in the collar. Formed in the inner pipe member, an endless external groove is situated in concentric relationship with the internal groove. The retaining ring, situated within the grooves, resists disconnection of the collar from the inner pipe member. When the assembly is subjected to an axial force that might otherwise tend to pull it apart, the retaining ring resists the tendency by wedging between the bottom of the shallow section of the internal groove and the crest of the external groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.Inventors: Dirk A. Wilson, Greg L. Slaughter, Jr.
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Publication number: 20180002990Abstract: An assembly for a torque-transmitting connection in an inner pipe string of a dual-member drill string is formed from a collar, a retaining ring, and an inner pipe member. An endless internal groove having adjacent shallow and deep sections is formed in the collar. Formed in the inner pipe member, an endless external groove is situated in concentric relationship with the internal groove. The retaining ring, situated within the grooves, resists disconnection of the collar from the inner pipe member. When the assembly is subjected to an axial force that might otherwise tend to pull it apart, the retaining ring resists the tendency by wedging between the bottom of the shallow section of the internal groove and the crest of the external groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Dirk A. Wilson, Greg L. Slaughter, JR.
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Patent number: 5553676Abstract: Several designs of reversible expanders (10, 50, 100, 150) are disclosed for use on an underground boring tool (14) of the type using an air impact hammer. The reversible expanders allow a borehole of larger diameter than the tool to be formed. The reversible expander (10) is interference fit on the outer surface of the boring tool by either pressing the expander onto the tool or by shrink fit. A reversible expander (50) has a split which allows the expander to be slid over the tool and then clamped in place by bolts. A reverse expander (100) is formed of two members (102, 104) which, when bolted together, form a taper lock engagement with the tool. Finally, a reversible expander (150) can be threaded onto threads on the outer surface of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Inventors: Kelvin P. Self, Dirk A. Wilson
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Patent number: 5327636Abstract: A reversible impact-operated boring tool and a method for reversing the direction of operation of the same rapidly and safely is disclosed. The tool according to the invention possesses a second supply line for supplying pressurized fluid to the tool. The second supply line provides pressurized fluid to a directional valve within the tool. The tool operates in the forward mode for burrowing into the soil when pressurized fluid is supplied to this directional valve. When the pressurized fluid supply is terminated and the fluid is exhausted from the valve, the tool operates in the reverse mode. The tool according to the invention can be reversed safely without any need for hose manipulation and without turning off the primary fluid supply line.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1992Date of Patent: July 12, 1994Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.Inventor: Dirk A. Wilson
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Patent number: 5172771Abstract: A reversible impact-operated boring tool and a method for reversing the direction of operation of the same rapidly and safely is disclosed. The tool according to the invention possesses a second supply line for supplying pressurized fluid to the tool. The second supply line provides pressurized fluid to a directional valve within the tool. The tool operates in the forward mode for borrowing into the soil when pressurized fluid is supplied to this directional valve. When the pressurized fluid supply is terminated and the fluid is exhausted from the valve, the tool operates in the reverse mode. The tool according to the invention can be reversed safely without any need for hose manipulation and without turning off the primary fluid supply line.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1990Date of Patent: December 22, 1992Assignee: Charles Machine Works, Inc.Inventor: Dirk A. Wilson
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Patent number: 4907658Abstract: A percussive mole boring device with a location transmitter is disclosed. The transmitter is located in a forward end of a drilling assembly attached to a mole to accurately transmit the location of a boring element or cutting surface to surface detector. The transmitter is surrounded on each end by isolator means which protect the transmitter from damage due to shock created by the percussive device, e.g., a hammer driven by compressed air. In one embodiment the transmitter is located beneath a single window transparent to the transmission frequency, and the cutting surface of the bore is angled. Therefore, the travel direction of the mole can be controlled by rotating the cutting surface to a desired inclination and terminating rotation during forward motion for a short period. The mole travels in a straight path during ordinary travel due to rotation. In a second embodiment, the transmitter is located beneath three equiangularly displacent windows to create a continuous field for detection.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1988Date of Patent: March 13, 1990Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Gerald A. Stangl, Douglas W. Lee, Dirk A. Wilson
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Patent number: 4872516Abstract: An improved air-driven ground impact borer including an air valve assembly constructed of a flexible, high-lubricity plastic material such as phenolic-impregnated linen; and a reciprocal striker including, on its posterior end, a sealing bearing in the form of a split ring made of a long-wearing, resilient, high-lubricity material such as oil-filled nylon and, on its anterior end, two or more spot bearings of relatively small surface area and made of a long-wearing, resilient, high-lubricity material such as oil-filled nylon.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1988Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Assignee: Oklahoma Airrow, Inc.Inventors: Ronald L. MacFarlane, Dirk A. Wilson
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Patent number: D851688Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.Inventors: Clinton T. Cosgrove, Cole J. Rush, Pete Ramos, Dirk A. Wilson, Seth T. Matthesen, David Thimm, Josiah LaColla