Patents by Inventor Patrick Thomas Henke

Patrick Thomas Henke 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).

  • Controlled descent safety systems and methods
    Patent number: 10166413
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system for controlled release of a descent line that can include a shaft secured to a first end of a descent line. Embodiments can include a magnet cradle housing fixedly coupled with the shaft, a first magnet retained by the magnet cradle housing, a coil assembly secured in magnetic proximity to the magnet assembly to generate an electric current by magnetic interaction with the magnet when the shaft is rotated. Embodiments can include a braking assembly powered by the magnet and coil assembly such that the decent of a user is slowed to a safe rate of speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BAILOUT SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Ragsdale, Troy S. Owens, Patrick Thomas Henke
  • PERSONAL ESCAPE DEVICE WITH EDDY CURRENT BRAKING
    Publication number: 20180296860
    Abstract: A personal escape device includes a main housing, a shaft, a magnet housing, and a plurality of magnets. The shaft is rotatably coupled with the main housing and is rotatable about a rotational axis. The magnet housing is positioned in the main housing and is coupled with the shaft such that the magnet housing rotates together with the shaft. The plurality of magnets is coupled with the magnet housing such that the plurality of magnets rotates together with the magnet housing. The stator assembly is coupled with the main housing and surrounds the magnet housing. The stator assembly and the magnet housing are radially spaced from each other to define an air gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Krupp, Michael Allen Ragsdale, Patrick Thomas Henke, James R. Hendershot, Troy S. Owens
  • Personal escape device with eddy current braking
    Patent number: 10022570
    Abstract: A personal escape device includes a main housing, a shaft, a magnet housing, and a plurality of magnets. The shaft is rotatably coupled with the main housing and is rotatable about a rotational axis. The magnet housing is positioned in the main housing and is coupled with the shaft such that the magnet housing rotates together with the shaft. The plurality of magnets is coupled with the magnet housing such that the plurality of magnets rotates together with the magnet housing. The stator assembly is coupled with the main housing and surrounds the magnet housing. The stator assembly and the magnet housing are radially spaced from each other to define an air gap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Bailout, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Krupp, Michael Allen Ragsdale, Patrick Thomas Henke, James R. Hendershot, Troy S. Owens
  • PERSONAL ESCAPE DEVICE WITH EDDY CURRENT BRAKING
    Publication number: 20170333735
    Abstract: A personal escape device includes a main housing, a shaft, a magnet housing, and a plurality of magnets. The shaft is rotatably coupled with the main housing and is rotatable about a rotational axis. The magnet housing is positioned in the main housing and is coupled with the shaft such that the magnet housing rotates together with the shaft. The plurality of magnets is coupled with the magnet housing such that the plurality of magnets rotates together with the magnet housing. The stator assembly is coupled with the main housing and surrounds the magnet housing. The stator assembly and the magnet housing are radially spaced from each other to define an air gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin T. Krupp, Michael Allen Ragsdale, Patrick Thomas Henke, James R. Hendershot, Troy S. Owens