Patents by Inventor Palmer Hubbard Beam

Palmer Hubbard Beam 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).

  • Descent device with automatic and manual control
    Patent number: 9168399
    Abstract: A descent device according to embodiments of the present invention includes a housing; an inlet capstan; a drive wheel coupled to a centrifugal brake, the drive wheel rotatable with respect to the housing about an axis, the drive wheel including a groove formed along its outer perimeter, the groove having a first inner side wall, a second inner side wall, and a bottom, a distance between the first and second inner side walls decreases from the outer perimeter to the bottom in a direction toward the axis, wherein at least a portion of a radial extent of the inner side walls includes a pattern of protrusions positioned between inner side walls to form an irregular rope path along the groove; an outlet capstan; and a rope extending through the rope inlet, around the inlet capstan, around the drive wheel, around the outlet capstan, and through the rope outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: DEUS Rescue GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kent Aldred, Alexis Stuart Foreman, Palmer Hubbard Beam, James E. Fay
  • DESCENT DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL CONTROL
    Publication number: 20140299411
    Abstract: A descent device according to embodiments of the present invention includes a housing; an inlet capstan; a drive wheel coupled to a centrifugal brake, the drive wheel rotatable with respect to the housing about an axis, the drive wheel including a groove formed along its outer perimeter, the groove having a first inner side wall, a second inner side wall, and a bottom, a distance between the first and second inner side walls decreases from the outer perimeter to the bottom in a direction toward the axis, wherein at least a portion of a radial extent of the inner side walls includes a pattern of protrusions positioned between inner side walls to form an irregular rope path along the groove; an outlet capstan; and a rope extending through the rope inlet, around the inlet capstan, around the drive wheel, around the outlet capstan, and through the rope outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kent Aldred, Alexis Stuart Foreman, Palmer Hubbard Beam, James E. Fay