Patents by Inventor Thomas Vanek
Thomas Vanek 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).
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Patent number: 11965709Abstract: A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position. The buffer tube can also include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein relative to the one or more pin holes to urge a pin out of a respective pin hole and/or to block a pin from being received by the pin holes.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Vantac Technologies LLCInventor: Joede Thomas Vanek
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Publication number: 20230384055Abstract: A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position. The buffer tube can also include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein relative to the one or more pin holes to urge a pin out of a respective pin hole and/or to block a pin from being received by the pin holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Vantac Technologies LLCInventor: Joede Thomas Vanek
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Patent number: 11740041Abstract: A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring, and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position, and a trunk opening defined at an end of the rail forming a first rail sidewall and second rail sidewall configured to receive a trunk of an actuator. The first and/or second rail sidewalls can include a slot defined therethrough configured to receive a pin associated with the trunk of the actuator to linearly guide the actuator. The rail can include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein relative to the one or more pin holes to urge a pin out of a respective pin hole and/or to block a pin from being received by the pin holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Vantac Technologies LLCInventor: Joede Thomas Vanek
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Patent number: 11592263Abstract: A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position. The buffer tube can also include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein relative to the one or more pin holes to urge a pin out of a respective pin hole and/or to block a pin from being received by the pin holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Vantac International LLCInventor: Joede Thomas Vanek
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Publication number: 20220397357Abstract: A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring, and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position, and a trunk opening defined at an end of the rail forming a first rail sidewall and second rail sidewall configured to receive a trunk of an actuator. The first and/or second rail sidewalls can include a slot defined therethrough configured to receive a pin associated with the trunk of the actuator to linearly guide the actuator. The rail can include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein relative to the one or more pin holes to urge a pin out of a respective pin hole and/or to block a pin from being received by the pin holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Vantac Technologies LLCInventor: Joede Thomas Vanek
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Patent number: 11499794Abstract: An adjustable stock system for a firearm can include a buttstock slider configured to be slidably attached to the firearm for moving relative to the firearm between a collapsed position and at least one extended position. The buttstock slider can include a plurality of buttstock grooves defined therein. The system can include a lower stock assembly that is configured to mount to a firearm and a latch assembly disposed within the lower stock assembly. The latch assembly is configured to be moveable between a latched position where the buttstock slider cannot slide relative to the firearm and an unlatched position where the buttstock slider is free to slide relative to the firearm. The latch assembly can include at least one latch tooth configured to mate with the plurality of buttstock slider grooves when the latch assembly is in the latched position. The latch assembly is biased to the latched position.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Vantac Technologies, LLCInventors: Joede Thomas Vanek, Bret Pitman
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Publication number: 20210199404Abstract: An adjustable stock system for a firearm can include a buttstock slider configured to be slidably attached to the firearm for moving relative to the firearm between a collapsed position and at least one extended position. The buttstock slider can include a plurality of buttstock grooves defined therein. The system can include a lower stock assembly that is configured to mount to a firearm and a latch assembly disposed within the lower stock assembly. The latch assembly is configured to be moveable between a latched position where the buttstock slider cannot slide relative to the firearm and an unlatched position where the buttstock slider is free to slide relative to the firearm. The latch assembly can include at least one latch tooth configured to mate with the plurality of buttstock slider grooves when the latch assembly is in the latched position. The latch assembly is biased to the latched position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: RBK II, LLCInventors: Joede Thomas Vanek, Bret Pitman
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Publication number: 20200400403Abstract: A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position. The buffer tube can also include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein relative to the one or more pin holes to urge a pin out of a respective pin hole and/or to block a pin from being received by the pin holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventor: Joede Thomas Vanek
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Publication number: 20060016935Abstract: A spacecraft architecture and accompanying standard allows for the creation of a spacecraft using an assortment of modules that comply with the standard. The standard preferably includes both mechanical and electrical compatibility criteria. To assure physical/mechanical compatibility, the structure of each module is constrained to be compatible with any other compatible module. To minimize the interference among modules, the extent of each module in select dimensions is also constrained. To assure functional compatibility, a common communication format is used to interface with each module, and each public-function module is configured to respond to requests for function capabilities that it can provide to other functions. Each module is preferably designed to provide structural support to the assemblage of modules, and an anchor module is provided or defined for supporting the entire assemblage and coupling the assemblage to other structures, such as a launch vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2005Publication date: January 26, 2006Inventors: Luis Jordan, Thomas Vanek, Scott McDermott, Jonathon Miller, Simon Weiss, Robert Summers
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Publication number: 20050211828Abstract: A method and system for deploying a spacecraft into a target orbit includes the use of controllable aerodynamic surfaces that can be deployed to facilitate a change in the inclination angle of the trajectory of the spacecraft. In a typical embodiment, the spacecraft includes an orbit transfer vehicle containing the aerodynamic structure, and a satellite that is to be placed into the target orbit. The spacecraft is launched to a higher-energy orbit than the target orbit, and the energy released by traveling to the target orbit is used to change the inclination angle. After entering a transfer orbit that includes a passage through the upper limits of the earth's atmosphere, the orbit transfer vehicle deploys the aerodynamic structure, and controls the aerodynamic surfaces of the structure to induce lift forces that alter its inclination angle each time the vehicle enters the atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Paul Gloyer, Thomas Vanek, Joel Pedlikin