Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Boyce

Benjamin J. Boyce 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: 20230159013
    Abstract: An engine heater system for supplying compressed air to an air brake of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A compressor fluidly coupled to an air reservoir of the vehicle. The air reservoir fluidly coupled to an air brake of the vehicle. A shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the compressor, and when the gas turbine rotates the shaft, the compressor provides compressed air to the air reservoir of the vehicle for operating the air brake of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
  • Patent number: 11168888
    Abstract: An engine heater system for heating a diesel engine of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A heat exchanger communicatively coupled to an exhaust of the gas turbine. An electric generator including connection members to couple to a battery of the vehicle, and a shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the electric generator. The heat exchanger utilizes the exhaust of the gas turbine to keep the diesel engine of the vehicle within a desired temperature range, and the electric generator charges the battery when the gas turbine rotates the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HotStart, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200041130
    Abstract: An engine heater system for heating a diesel engine of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A heat exchanger communicatively coupled to an exhaust of the gas turbine. An electric generator including connection members to couple to a battery of the vehicle, and a shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the electric generator. The heat exchanger utilizes the exhaust of the gas turbine to keep the diesel engine of the vehicle within a desired temperature range, and the electric generator charges the battery when the gas turbine rotates the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200040762
    Abstract: An engine heater system for heating a diesel engine of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A heat exchanger communicatively coupled to an exhaust of the gas turbine. An electric generator including connection members to couple to a battery of the vehicle, and a shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the electric generator. The heat exchanger utilizes the exhaust of the gas turbine to keep the diesel engine of the vehicle within a desired temperature range, and the electric generator charges the battery when the gas turbine rotates the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
  • Publication number: 20200041131
    Abstract: An engine heater system for heating a diesel engine of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A heat exchanger communicatively coupled to an exhaust of the gas turbine. An electric generator including connection members to couple to a battery of the vehicle, and a shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the electric generator. The heat exchanger utilizes the exhaust of the gas turbine to keep the diesel engine of the vehicle within a desired temperature range, and the electric generator charges the battery when the gas turbine rotates the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
  • Patent number: 6213486
    Abstract: The step assembly (10) includes a housing (12) which is mountable to a recreational vehicle, typically underneath the door of the vehicle. A pair of linkage arms (14) and (16) are rotatably coupled at their lower ends to each side of the housing (12). The step assembly (10) contains an upper tread assembly (18), a center tread assembly (24), and a lower tread assembly (34), respectively including an upper step (20), a center step (28), and a lower step (40). The upper ends of the linkage arms (14) and (16) are rotatably connected to the upper portion of the upper tread assembly (18). The center tread assembly (24) is slidably engaged with the upper tread assembly (18) through a slideway assembly (26). The lower tread assembly (34) has a lower tread pivot arm (38) which is rotatably coupled to the center tread assembly (24) by a pin (30) mounted on the center tread assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Kwikee Products Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Kunz, Benjamin J. Boyce, Malcolm M. Maccabee
  • Patent number: D910717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: HotStart, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin J. Boyce
  • Patent number: D943003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HotStart, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin J. Boyce