Patents by Inventor James Dean Davis

James Dean Davis 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).

  • Apparatus and method for winding a substantially continuous heating element about a substantially continuous wick
    Patent number: 9210738
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatuses configured to pre-form atomizers. The apparatus may include wick and heating element supplies configured to respectively provide a substantially continuous wick and a substantially continuous heating element. A winding mechanism is configured to wind the heating element about the wick. An adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a position at which the winding mechanism winds the heating element about the wick. Additionally a synchronization mechanism synchronizes winding the heating element about the wick with adjustment of the position at which the heating element is wound about the wick such that the heating element defines a coiled heating element segment wound about the wick. This process may be repeated to produce multiple coiled heating element segments wound about the wick. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Reeder N. Ward, Kenneth D. White, James Dean Davis
  • Apparatus and Method for Winding a Substantially Continuous Heating Element About a Substantially Continuous Wick
    Publication number: 20140157583
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatuses configured to pre-form atomizers. The apparatus may include wick and heating element supplies configured to respectively provide a substantially continuous wick and a substantially continuous heating element. A winding mechanism is configured to wind the heating element about the wick. An adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a position at which the winding mechanism winds the heating element about the wick. Additionally a synchronization mechanism synchronizes winding the heating element about the wick with adjustment of the position at which the heating element is wound about the wick such that the heating element defines a coiled heating element segment wound about the wick. This process may be repeated to produce multiple coiled heating element segments wound about the wick. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Reeder N. Ward, Kenneth D. White, James Dean Davis