Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Carter

Daniel E. Carter 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).

  • Rear impact guard assembly for trailers
    Patent number: 10525920
    Abstract: A semi-trailer has a rear impact guard including an elongated horizontal member that attaches to a trailer by a pair of vertical guards. The horizontal member may have a top surface, a bottom surface, and a leading edge from which a surface of the guard member extends rearward to the top or bottom surface. The rear impact guard may include a pair of gussets that extend from the vertical guards. Each gusset may include a main generally planar portion, a first stiffening flange perpendicular to the main portion, and a second stiffening flange perpendicular to the first stiffening flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Great Dane LLC
    Inventors: Charles R. Fetz, Daniel E. Carter, Matthew M. Gunzburger, Bradley W. Stephens, Christian S. Lee
  • REAR IMPACT GUARD ASSEMBLY FOR TRAILERS
    Publication number: 20180345891
    Abstract: A semi-trailer has a rear impact guard including an elongated horizontal member that attaches to a trailer by a pair of vertical guards. The horizontal member may have a top surface, a bottom surface, and a leading edge from which a surface of the guard member extends rearward to the top or bottom surface. The rear impact guard may include a pair of gussets that extend from the vertical guards. Each gusset may include a main generally planar portion, a first stiffening flange perpendicular to the main portion, and a second stiffening flange perpendicular to the first stiffening flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Charles R. Fetz, Daniel E. Carter, Matthew M. Gunzburger, Bradley W. Stephens
  • Door-mounted gasket for comb-type rear frame
    Patent number: 5964499
    Abstract: An improved sealing device has a base platform supporting at least an inner sealing member and an outer sealing member. The outer sealing member has a main body portion of substantially uniform thickness along its height, which is taller than the inner sealing member. The improved sealing device can be used to seal the edges of doors that close the opening of a comb-style rear frame of a container, especially wherein the doors are mounted on universal hinges. Each universal hinge has a leaf portion defining a plane surface disposed to face the exterior surface of the door. Each hinge also has an off-set rearward portion, a normal leg and a parallel leg, wherein the hinge is configured such that each of the plane surface of the leaf portion and the edge of the door is disposed in a particular relationship when the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Great Dane Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Daniel E. Carter