Patents by Inventor Thomas Shope

Thomas Shope 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: 11986753
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes a filter housing, a filter housing lid, a filter cartridge, an endplate, and a seal member. The filter housing defines a first cavity and comprises a return passage in fluid communication with the first cavity. The filter housing lid is selectively coupled to the filter housing and defines a second cavity coextensive with the first cavity. The filter cartridge is positioned within the first cavity. The endplate is coupled to a first end of the filter cartridge. The endplate is configured to interface with the filter housing. The seal member is coupled to the endplate and is configured to be received in the return passage. The endplate is configured to partially separate the filter housing from the filter cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Swati Sakharam Yesane, Hariprasad Mohan Bhalerao, Wassem Abdalla, Gerard Malgorn, Mehvish Jamil, Sunny Nabhiraj Masutage, Gregory D. Shope, Travis E. Goodlund, Prethi Thomas, Philip Wayne Martin, Joshua Luther Young, Nilay Shah, Alain Olier, Gauthier Hochart
  • Publication number: 20120146276
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • Publication number: 20120144655
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • Patent number: 8141855
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Inventure Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • Publication number: 20090104299
    Abstract: A film stretcher utilizes a spring bias to clamp the film. The film stretcher may include a stretch head having one or more clamps positioned about the film in locations necessary to clamp the film for stretching in one or more axes. The clamp may utilize a spring to provide the clamping force. The stretch head may include structures that operate to counter the spring bias to move the clamp to one state and then to allow the spring bias to move the clamp to another state. Thus, the stretch head may effectively clamp and unclamp the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: John McCracken, Mike Carroll, Adan Akerman, Thomas Shope
  • Patent number: 4333494
    Abstract: A valve box consisting of a generally vertically elongated tube, pipe or cylinder having formed on the body thereof a hollow housing adapted to receive and cover an underground valve, more particularly a valve fabricated of a synthetic material having a unitary valve body and inlet and outlet conduits in which the housing is provided with at least two inwardly projecting ribs adapted to engage the valve body thereby positively limiting its upward movement in the housing to preclude the inlet and outlet conduit from engaging the top of the opposed openings in the side of the housing through which the said conduits extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: CP Test Services - Valvco, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Shope
  • Patent number: 4239056
    Abstract: A valve or curb service box having different sized pairs of opposed openings shaped to conform to the cross section of a valve body thereby securing the valve against substantial rotation from a desired vertical orientation, each opening being provided with a detachable cover which may be removed from any pair of opposed openings to accommodate a valve of complimentary shape and dimension and which when unremoved on adjacent openings provides bearing surfaces for back-fill thereby providing both structural strength for the valve housing against distortion and a barrier against intrusion of fill around the valve housed therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: CP Test Services-Valvco, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Shope