Patents by Inventor Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen 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).

  • Patent number: 12632835
    Abstract: A hard drive destruction device includes a kiosk having: a user interface, a hard drive portal, a camera, and a crushing unit; and a software for managing the hard drive destruction device. The software includes: an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning software component that detects and analyzes a hard drive inserted into the hard drive portal using the camera; and a back-end software component comprising a memory that stores a captured image of the hard drive, a verification information, and a chain-of-custody documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Inventor: Chris Hansen
  • Publication number: 20250360513
    Abstract: A hard drive destruction device includes a kiosk having: a user interface, a hard drive portal, a camera, and a crushing unit; and a software for managing the hard drive destruction device. The software includes: an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning software component that detects and analyzes a hard drive inserted into the hard drive portal using the camera; and a back-end software component comprising a memory that stores a captured image of the hard drive, a verification information, and a chain-of-custody documentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventor: Chris Hansen
  • Publication number: 20250094940
    Abstract: A hard drive destruction device includes a kiosk having: a user interface, a hard drive portal, a camera, and a crushing unit; and a software for managing the hard drive destruction device. The software includes: an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning software component that detects and analyzes a hard drive inserted into the hard drive portal using the camera; and a back-end software component comprising a memory that stores a captured image of the hard drive, a verification information, and a chain-of-custody documentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventor: Chris Hansen
  • Patent number: 7188383
    Abstract: An engagement structure adapted for securement to the end of an aircraft boarding bridge includes a floor, a first floor panel rotatably associated with the floor, and a second floor panel displaceably associated with the floor. The second floor panel is preferably mechanically associated with a drive assembly adapted for displacing the second floor panel relative to the first floor panel to provide a dimensionally adjustable floor area of a boarding bridge proximate the interface of the bridge and an aircraft serviced by the bridge. The engagement structure is adapted to accommodate the docking of the boarding bridge with aircraft having varied entry door configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Trent D. Tholen, Glen O. West, Daniel D. Pohly, Thomas Chase, Kenneth Jensen, Catharine Wofford, Chris Hansen
  • Publication number: 20050217039
    Abstract: An engagement structure adapted for securement to the end of an aircraft boarding bridge includes a floor, a first floor panel rotatably associated with the floor, and a second floor panel displaceably associated with the floor. The second floor panel is preferably mechanically associated with a drive assembly adapted for displacing the second floor panel relative to the first floor panel to provide a dimensionally adjustable floor area of a boarding bridge proximate the interface of the bridge and an aircraft serviced by the bridge. The engagement structure is adapted to accommodate the docking of the boarding bridge with aircraft having varied entry door configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Trent Tholen, Glen West, Daniel Pohly, Thomas Chase, Kenneth Jensen, Catharine Wofford, Chris Hansen
  • Patent number: 6898816
    Abstract: An engagement structure adapted for securement to the end of an aircraft boarding bridge includes a floor, a first floor panel rotatably associated with the floor, and a second floor panel displaceably associated with the floor. The second floor panel is preferably mechanically associated with a drive assembly adapted for displacing the second floor panel relative to the first floor panel to provide a dimensionally adjustable floor area of a boarding bridge proximate the interface of the bridge and an aircraft serviced by the bridge. The engagement structure is adapted to accommodate the docking of the boarding bridge with aircraft having varied entry door configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Trent D. Tholen, Glen O. West, Daniel D. Pohly, Thomas Chase, Kenneth Jensen, Catharine Wofford, Chris Hansen
  • Publication number: 20020100128
    Abstract: An engagement structure adapted for securement to the end of an aircraft boarding bridge includes a floor, a first floor panel rotatably associated with the floor, and a second floor panel displaceably associated with the floor. The second floor panel is preferably mechanically associated with a drive assembly adapted for displacing the second floor panel relative to the first floor panel to provide a dimensionally adjustable floor area of a boarding bridge proximate the interface of the bridge and an aircraft serviced by the bridge. The engagement structure is adapted to accommodate the docking of the boarding bridge with aircraft having varied entry door configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Trent D. Tholen, Glen O. West, Daniel D. Pohly, Thomas Chase, Kenneth Jensen, Catharine Wofford, Chris Hansen
  • Patent number: D1003873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Yanyang Jia, Alexander Demin, Tao Lu, Hoyean Kim, Chris Hansen, Karam Kaul