Patents by Inventor Dale Deger

Dale Deger 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).

  • Hermetically sealing a container with crushable material and reactive multilayer material
    Patent number: 7143568
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for sealing a container. The method includes, providing at least two components of the container, positioning a crushable material between the at least two components, positioning a reactive multilayer material between the at least two components, deforming the crushable material so as to form a seal between the at least two components, chemically transforming the reactive multilayer material so as to join the at least two components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Reactive Nano Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Peter Van Heerden, Dale Deger, Timothy P. Weihs, Omar M. Knio
  • Container hermetically sealed with crushable material and reactive multilayer material
    Patent number: 7121402
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for sealing a container. The method includes, providing at least two components of the container, positioning a crushable material between the at least two components, positioning a reactive multilayer material between the at least two components, deforming the crushable material so as to form a seal between the at least two components, chemically transforming the reactive multilayer material so as to join the at least two components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Reactive Nano Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: David Peter Van Heerden, Dale Deger, Timothy P. Weihs, Omar M. Knio
  • Hermetically sealed product and related methods of manufacture
    Publication number: 20060108365
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for sealing a container. The method includes, providing at least two components of the container, positioning a crushable material between the at least two components, positioning a reactive multilayer material between the at least two components, deforming the crushable material so as to form a seal between the at least two components, chemically transforming the reactive multilayer material so as to join the at least two components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: David Van Heerden, Dale Deger, Timothy Weihs, Omar Knio
  • Hermetically sealed product and related methods of manufacture
    Publication number: 20060032193
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for sealing a container. The method includes, providing at least two components of the container, positioning a crushable material between the at least two components, positioning a reactive multilayer material between the at least two components, deforming the crushable material so as to form a seal between the at least two components, chemically transforming the reactive multilayer material so as to join the at least two components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: David Peter Heerden, Dale Deger, Timothy Weihs, Omar Knio
  • Methods of controlling multilayer foil ignition
    Publication number: 20050142495
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method of simulating an ignition of a reactive multilayer foil. Other embodiments include various methods of igniting a reactive multilayer foil by transferring energy from an energy source to a reactive multilayer foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: David Peter Van Heerden, Etienne Besnoin, Stephen Spey, Timothy Rude, Michael Brown, Dale Deger, Ellen Heian, Somasundaram Valliappan, Omar Knio, Timothy Weihs
  • Hermetically sealed product and related methods of manufacture
    Publication number: 20040200736
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for sealing a container. The method includes, providing at least two components of the container, positioning a crushable material between the at least two components, positioning a reactive multilayer material between the at least two components, deforming the crushable material so as to form a seal between the at least two components, chemically transforming the reactive multilayer material so as to join the at least two components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: David Peter Van Heerden, Dale Deger, Timothy P. Weihs, Omar M. Knio