Patents by Inventor Eric Phipps

Eric Phipps 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).

  • Motorcycle fork restraint device
    Patent number: 9394963
    Abstract: A restraint device for being secured on a telescopic suspension comprising a first portion, which may be a fork band comprising a first restraining hook, a second portion comprising a body, a trigger, at least one magnetic member, and a second restraining hook, wherein the first restraining hook and the second restraining hook are configured to selectively engage one another to secure the suspension in a compressed position, and wherein the at least one magnetic member is configured to retract the second restraining hook when the device is disengaged to permit normal operation of the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Works Connection, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Phipps
  • MOTORCYCLE FORK RESTRAINT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140360827
    Abstract: A restraint device for being secured on a telescopic suspension comprising a first portion, which may be a fork band comprising a first restraining hook, a second portion comprising a body, a trigger, at least one magnetic member, and a second restraining hook, wherein the first restraining hook and the second restraining hook are configured to selectively engage one another to secure the suspension in a compressed position, and wherein the at least one magnetic member is configured to retract the second restraining hook when the device is disengaged to permit normal operation of the suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Works Connection, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Phipps
  • Motorcycle fork restraint device
    Patent number: 8727081
    Abstract: A restraint device for being secured on a telescopic suspension comprising a first portion, which may be a fork band comprising a first restraining hook, a second portion comprising a body, a trigger, at least one magnetic member, and a second restraining hook, wherein the first restraining hook and the second restraining hook are configured to selectively engage one another to secure the suspension in a compressed position, and wherein the at least one magnetic member is configured to retract the second restraining hook when the device is disengaged to permit normal operation of the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Works Connection, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Phipps
  • MOTORCYCLE FORK RESTRAINT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120292148
    Abstract: A restraint device for being secured on a telescopic suspension comprising a first portion, which may be a fork band comprising a first restraining hook, a second portion comprising a body, a trigger, at least one magnetic member, and a second restraining hook, wherein the first restraining hook and the second restraining hook are configured to selectively engage one another to secure the suspension in a compressed position, and wherein the at least one magnetic member is configured to retract the second restraining hook when the device is disengaged to permit normal operation of the suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: WORKS CONNECTION, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Phipps
  • DEVICE MODELING FOR PROXIMITY EFFECTS
    Publication number: 20080022237
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a software model for a given structure of interest for a variable imposed by an adjacent structure. First determine the spatial extent of the variable imposed by the adjacent structure. Then assign a value to the spatial extent, which varies as a function of distance from the adjacent structure to the given structure. Finally, attach that value to the model of the given structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Eric Adler, Serge Biesemans, Micah Galland, Terence Hook, Judith McCullen, Eric Phipps, James Slinkman
  • Control lever perch
    Patent number: D546740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Works Connection, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Phipps