Patents by Inventor B. JAY LARSON

B. JAY LARSON 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).

  • Lightweight fire resistant composite utility pole, cross arm and brace structures
    Patent number: 11001682
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include hollow composite utility pole, cross arm, and brace structures and methods of manufacture of the same using fire retardant materials. Poles, cross arm, and brace structures may be manufactured using a fire resistant resin impregnated, or resin wetted, filament roving that is wound onto a mandrel, pultruded or otherwise formed into a structural part. Various pole structures and manufacturing methods are described, including chemically bonded sleeve joint structures for poles of varying size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: COMPOSIPOLE, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Sorenson, B. Jay Larson
  • LIGHTWEIGHT FIRE RESISTANT COMPOSITE UTILITY POLE, CROSS ARM AND BRACE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20200140631
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include hollow composite utility pole, cross arm, and brace structures and methods of manufacture of the same using fire retardant materials. Poles, cross arm, and brace structures may be manufactured using a fire resistant resin impregnated, or resin wetted, filament roving that is wound onto a mandrel, pultruded or otherwise formed into a structural part. Various pole structures and manufacturing methods are described, including chemically bonded sleeve joint structures for poles of varying size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas J. Sorenson, B. Jay Larson
  • LIGHTWEIGHT ECO-CONSCIOUS COMPOSITE UTILITY POLE
    Publication number: 20190119938
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include hollow composite utility pole structures and methods of manufacture of the same using ring winding process. Poles may be manufactured using a resin impregnated, or resin wetted filament roving that is wound onto a mandrel from several delivery points arranged circumferentially around mandrel axis. Various pole structures and manufacturing methods are described, including chemically bonded sleeve joint structures for poles of varying size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: THOMAS J. SORENSON, B. JAY LARSON