Patents by Inventor Barton Davis

Barton Davis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240316734
    Abstract: A sensor installation tool for installing a sensor in a pocket in a cap end of a hydraulic cylinder may include an elongate portion configured for reaching through a hydraulic cylinder from outside a rod end to a cap end thereof and having a proximal end and a distal end. The tool may also include a delivery head arranged on a distal end and comprising a centering portion and a positioning portion. The centering portion may be configured to engage an inner surface of the hydraulic cylinder to hold the positioning portion in a centered position within the cylinder and the positioning portion may be configured to hold the sensor at the centered position to align the sensor with the pocket and drive the sensor into the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Barton Davis, William E. McCoy, Henry Torosyan
  • Publication number: 20210301840
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder may include a cylindrical tube, a piston head with a piston rod disposed within the cylindrical tube, a cylinder head secured in one tube end of the cylindrical tuba and having the piston rod extending through a piston rod opening, and a cylinder cap with a cap sealing portion inserted in the opposite tube end of the cylindrical tube. The tube end is crimped down onto the cap sealing portion so that a tube material of the cylindrical tube is disposed within the plurality of annular cap grooves in the cap seal portion to retain the cylinder cap. The cylinder head may have a similar plurality of annular head grooves, with the corresponding tube end being crimped down onto the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Barton Davis, Thomas Kwok Fai Yeung, Richard Griffith Marsh
  • Patent number: 11131330
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder may include a cylindrical tube, a piston head with a piston rod disposed within the cylindrical tube, a cylinder head secured in one tube end of the cylindrical tuba and having the piston rod extending through a piston rod opening, and a cylinder cap with a cap sealing portion inserted in the opposite tube end of the cylindrical tube. The tube end is crimped down onto the cap sealing portion so that a tube material of the cylindrical tube is disposed within the plurality of annular cap grooves in the cap seal portion to retain the cylinder cap. The cylinder head may have a similar plurality of annular head grooves, with the corresponding tube end being crimped down onto the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Barton Davis, Thomas Kwok Fai Yeung, Richard Griffith Marsh
  • Publication number: 20060260430
    Abstract: An improved adjustable rotary locking and unlocking device that utilizes a pushbutton to unlock teeth on a spring loaded hub drive that mesh within a swivel member. Once the hub drive and swivel member are disengaged by pressure on the pushbutton, the swivel member is freely moveable to any other position. Release of pressure on the pushbutton allows the teeth of the spring loaded hub to re-engage the teeth of the swivel member, thereby rigidly locking the device in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Gard, Barton Davis
  • Publication number: 20060071521
    Abstract: A forward leaning stadium seat having a padded seat; a vertical support sleeve with an arm support device and quick release locking clasp to allow quick and easy up and down positioning of the arm support device and an adjustable hub to stop the forward and backward movement of the vertical support device at prescribed locations within a prescribed arc of travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventor: Barton Davis