Patents by Inventor Stephen Michael O'Brien

Stephen Michael O'Brien 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).

  • Patent number: 11993446
    Abstract: A dispenser system for a pressurized canister including an actuator including components such as an external housing, a valve having a top stem connector for attachment to an output hose, support pins, and a one way ball check valve having a stem fitting with an extended valve stem for engaging the pressurized canister, a pivoting actuator control or trigger, having a trigger return spring, to bias the trigger out of engagement with the valve, unless a stop pin is removed and the trigger is pivoted into operating engagement under compression of the trigger and trigger return spring by a user. The sensor may communicate with a mobile device to indicate when to stop dispensing contents from the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AC AVALANCHE, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Michael Coleman, Sheila Dingledine, Stephen William O'Brien, Irene Williams, Michael E Quest
  • Patent number: 11981201
    Abstract: A drive mechanism that connects to a rotary drive component for transferring rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may be a conversion assembly to facilitate a connection to an existing rotary drive component and transfer the rotary motion to another component. The drive mechanism may include a drive shaft, a housing with a rotary bearing and seal, an enclosure and a drive pulley or other transfer component. The drive shaft may include a cap and flange to connect to a rotary drum and extend to a drive pulley in an enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TSI Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen William O'Brien, Todd Michael Coleman, Christopher Delmont Corfman, Charles J. Martis, Kerry Wayne Whitaker
  • Patent number: 4032193
    Abstract: This invention is a process for treating an underground formation of coal by contacting the coal with a basic aqueous solution for a time sufficient to disintegrate at least a portion of the coal formation. Subsequently, at least some of the disintegrated material is removed to create permeability in the coal formation. The coal is then treated with a heat carrying fluid to recover energy values from the coal. Another aspect of this invention is a process for slurry mining coal which comprises contacting the coal with the basic aqueous solution for a time sufficient to disintegrate the coal and form a slurry, then conveying said slurry to a receiving terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Gary Drinkard, Michael Prats, Stephen Michael O'Brien