Patents by Inventor Walter B. Pipp
Walter B. Pipp 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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Publication number: 20170045072Abstract: A smart material actuated fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener includes a shape memory material and a non-shape memory material with the shape memory material being a minority of the total fastener materials. A further aspect provides a fastener having workpiece-engaging surfaces made of an inactive and non-shape memory material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: A. RAYMOND ET CIEInventors: Todd L. Hemingway, Nicholas Jackson, Todd Murray, Walter B. Pipp, JR., Michael Richard Danby, Jason F. Reznar
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Publication number: 20170045071Abstract: A smart material actuated fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener includes a shape memory material and a non-shape memory material with the shape memory material being a minority of the total fastener materials. A further aspect provides a fastener having workpiece-engaging surfaces made of an inactive and non-shape memory material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: A. RAYMOND ET CIEInventors: Todd L. Hemingway, Nicholas Jackson, Todd Murray, Walter B. Pipp, JR., Michael Richard Danby, Jason F. Reznar
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Publication number: 20170045064Abstract: A smart material actuated fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener includes a shape memory material and a non-shape memory material with the shape memory material being a minority of the total fastener materials. A further aspect provides a fastener having workpiece-engaging surfaces made of an inactive and non-shape memory material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: A. RAYMOND ET CIEInventors: Todd L. Hemingway, Nicholas Jackson, Todd Murray, Walter B. Pipp, JR., Michael Richard Danby, Jason F. Reznar
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Patent number: 9567984Abstract: A rotary actuator includes a plurality of plate members stacked and coupled together for rotation relative to each other. A biasing member provides a biasing force tending to cause a rotatable end plate member to rotate in a biasing direction relative to a non-rotatable end plate member. Each plate member has a plurality of notches at its periphery. A SMA wire extends through the plurality of notches so that as the SMA wire is heated, the SMA wire rotates each rotatable plate member from a cold position in a direction opposite the biasing direction to a hot position. As the SMA wire cools, the biasing member rotates each rotatable plate member in the biasing direction from the hot position and returns each rotatable plate member to the cold position.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: A. Raymond & CieInventor: Walter B. Pipp, Jr.
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Patent number: 9511544Abstract: A fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener is made of layers of material, a light curable material and/or multiple built-up materials. Another aspect uses a three-dimensional printing machine to emit material from an ink jet printing head to build up a fastener.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Inventors: Todd L. Hemingway, Walter B. Pipp, Jr., Todd Murray, Nicholas Jackson, Jason F. Reznar, Jimmy Voniez
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Patent number: 9488208Abstract: A smart material actuated fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener includes a shape memory material and a non-shape memory material with the shape memory material being a minority of the total fastener materials. A further aspect provides a fastener having workpiece-engaging surfaces made of an inactive and non-shape memory material.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: A. Raymond & CieInventors: Todd L. Hemingway, Nicholas Jackson, Todd Murray, Walter B. Pipp, Jr., Michael Richard Danby, Jason F. Reznar
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Patent number: 8916085Abstract: A component is provided that includes at least one passageway. In another aspect, a component, such as a lamp or a vehicular washer jet, is made of layers of material, a light curable material and/or multiple built-up materials. Another aspect uses a three-dimensional printing machine to emit material from an ink jet printing head to build up a component.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: A. Raymond et CieInventors: Nicholas Jackson, Todd L. Hemingway, Walter B. Pipp, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140210219Abstract: A rotary actuator includes a plurality of plate members stacked and coupled together for rotation relative to each other. A biasing member provides a biasing force tending to cause a rotatable end plate member to rotate in a biasing direction relative to a non-rotatable end plate member. Each plate member has a plurality of notches at its periphery. A SMA wire extends through the plurality of notches so that as the SMA wire is heated, the SMA wire rotates each rotatable plate member from a cold position in a direction opposite the biasing direction to a hot position. As the SMA wire cools, the biasing member rotates each rotatable plate member in the biasing direction from the hot position and returns each rotatable plate member to the cold position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: A. Raymond & CieInventor: Walter B. PIPP
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Patent number: 8756870Abstract: Roof clamps and methods of securing roof clamps are provided. The roof clamps include a saddle, a wedge, and a securing member. The securing member facilitates engaging a seam of a roof with the clamp and removably fixing the roof clamp to the seam through the camming action of the wedge against a region of the saddle. The securing member also serves as the connection point for an auxiliary item, such as a solar panel or a snow guard. The placement of the securing member allows the roof clamp to be secured from, and the auxiliary item to be attached at, a top surface of the saddle.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: A. Raymond et cieInventors: William Teller, Dorian J. Kilgore, Walter B. Pipp, Elio G. Evangelista
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Publication number: 20140086704Abstract: A fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener is made of layers of material, a light curable material and/or multiple built-up materials. Another aspect uses a three-dimensional printing machine to emit material from an ink jet printing head to build up a fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: A. RAYMOND ET CIEInventors: Todd L. Hemingway, Walter B. Pipp, JR., Todd Murray, Nicholas Jackson, Jason F. Reznar, Jimmy Voniez
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Publication number: 20140017025Abstract: A smart material actuated fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener includes a shape memory material and a non-shape memory material with the shape memory material being a minority of the total fastener materials. A further aspect provides a fastener having workpiece-engaging surfaces made of an inactive and non-shape memory material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: A. RAYMOND ET CIEInventors: Todd L. Hemingway, Nicholas Jackson, Todd Murray, Walter B. Pipp, JR., Michael Richard Danby, Jason F. Reznar
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Publication number: 20120304556Abstract: Roof clamps and methods of securing roof clamps are provided. The roof clamps include a saddle, a wedge, and a securing member. The securing member facilitates engaging a seam of a roof with the clamp and removably fixing the roof clamp to the seam through the camming action of the wedge against a region of the saddle. The securing member also serves as the connection point for an auxiliary item, such as a solar panel or a snow guard. The placement of the securing member allows the roof clamp to be secured from, and the auxiliary item to be attached at, a top surface of the saddle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: A. RAYMOND ET CIEInventors: William Teller, Dorian J. Kilgore, Walter B. Pipp, Elio G. Evangelista
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Publication number: 20120304449Abstract: A component is provided that includes at least one passageway. In another aspect, a component, such as a lamp or a vehicular washer jet, is made of layers of material, a light curable material and/or multiple built-up materials. Another aspect uses a three-dimensional printing machine to emit material from an ink jet printing head to build up a component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: A. Raymond et CieInventors: Nicholas Jackson, Todd L. Hemingway, Walter B. Pipp, JR.
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Patent number: 5397270Abstract: A flexible drive cable assembly includes a flexible elongated outer sheath enclosing a flexible elongated inner drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected to a driving element, such as a motor at one end, and to a driven element, such as a transmission at the opposite end. The flexible outer sheath is connected to the housing of the driving element at one end, and to the housing of the driven element at the opposite end, such that the outer sheath is held stationary in the longitudinal direction with respect to the inner drive shaft and the two housings. The outer sheath is connected to the housing by an end fitting. The end fitting includes an elongated connector extending outwardly from the housing to an outer end. The connector has a longitudinally extending aperture for passage of a coupling end of the inner drive shaft for connection to the element disposed within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1993Date of Patent: March 14, 1995Assignee: ITT CorporationInventors: Walter B. Pipp, Jr., Anthony K. Carman