Patents by Inventor Aaron Ayers

Aaron Ayers 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).

  • Method and apparatus for releasing a cable tie
    Patent number: 10035246
    Abstract: One example of the present disclosure relates to a tool for releasing a cable tie. The tool includes a front member having a front indexing surface and a front extension member. The tool includes a rear member movably coupled to the front member, with the rear member including a rear indexing surface and a rear extension member. When the front member and the rear member engage a head of the cable tie in a closed state, the front extension member protrudes into an opening in the head, in an insertion direction, a front extension distance that is less than the length of the head minus a distance from the rear surface to a pawl of the cable tie along the insertion direction, and spaces a contact portion of the pawl, along a transverse direction, by a distance sufficient to disengage the cable tie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald Coffland, Christine Anderson, Curt Backman, Aaron Ayers, David Wright, Scott Shapiro, Donald Young
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASING A CABLE TIE
    Publication number: 20150343609
    Abstract: One example of the present disclosure relates to a tool for releasing a cable tie. The tool includes a front member having a front indexing surface and a front extension member. The tool includes a rear member movably coupled to the front member, with the rear member including a rear indexing surface and a rear extension member. When the front member and the rear member engage a head of the cable tie in a closed state, the front extension member protrudes into an opening in the head, in an insertion direction, a front extension distance that is less than the length of the head minus a distance from the rear surface to a pawl of the cable tie along the insertion direction, and spaces a contact portion of the pawl, along a transverse direction, by a distance sufficient to disengage the cable tie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald Coffland, Christine Anderson, Curt Backman, Aaron Ayers, David Wright, Scott Shapiro, Donald Young
  • Tie-down strap system
    Publication number: 20090241307
    Abstract: A tie-down strap system designed to be integrated with the plurality of tie-down straps that are currently on the market. A system for the protection of the tightening mechanism, the storage of excess strapping during use, a storage device when not used as a tie-down strap, a hanging system when not in used as a tie-down strap, and a termination feature that prevents the free end of the strap from sliding through the tightening mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Aaron Ayers, Donald Young
  • Wrench
    Patent number: D584585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Inventors: George Juelch, Aaron Ayers, Rodney Cordero, Parry Ray