Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Machenheimer

Daniel E. Machenheimer 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).

  • Apparatus and method for pulling a strand of hair
    Patent number: 10736398
    Abstract: A hair pulling apparatus includes a frame having a longitudinal axis, a first leg extending from the frame, a movable leg spaced apart from the first leg, the movable leg extending from the frame and movable, linearly, relative to the frame, a control system comprising a processor to execute a plurality of pulling profile instructions stored in memory, a linear actuator operatively coupled to the control system and constructed to move linearly along the longitudinal axis relative to the frame, a gripper coupled to the linear actuator, and a load cell coupled to the linear actuator. When one or more of the plurality of pulling profile instructions stored in memory are executed by the processor, the control system causes the linear actuator to retract along the longitudinal axis, applying a pulling force to a strand of hair gripped by the gripper in order to measure the pulling force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Keith Fisher, Daniel E. Machenheimer, Richard Craig Maupin, William Alphonso Bennett
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PULLING A STRAND OF HAIR
    Publication number: 20180160788
    Abstract: A hair pulling apparatus includes a frame having a longitudinal axis, a first leg extending from the frame, a movable leg spaced apart from the first leg, the movable leg extending from the frame and movable, linearly, relative to the frame, a control system comprising a processor to execute a plurality of pulling profile instructions stored in memory, a linear actuator operatively coupled to the control system and constructed to move linearly along the longitudinal axis relative to the frame, a gripper coupled to the linear actuator, and a load cell coupled to the linear actuator. When one or more of the plurality of pulling profile instructions stored in memory are executed by the processor, the control system causes the linear actuator to retract along the longitudinal axis, applying a pulling force to a strand of hair gripped by the gripper in order to measure the pulling force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Keith FISHER, Daniel E. Machenheimer, Richard Craig Maupin, William Alphonso Bennett
  • Structure modifying apparatus
    Patent number: 9751070
    Abstract: An apparatus for activating a chemistry disposed upon a target structure includes a handle having an axis of orientation; a structure contacting element attached to the handle a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet adjacent to the structure contacting element wherein a vector associated with the application of the apparatus to a structure intersects and is normal to the axis of orientation and passes through the structure contacting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan David Willey, Jacob Robert Adams, Earl Osborne, Daniel E Machenheimer, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Randall Alan Watson
  • Structure modifying apparatus
    Patent number: 9675989
    Abstract: An apparatus for activating a chemistry disposed upon a target structure includes a handle; a structure contacting element rotatably attached to the handle and adapted to roll without slipping upon a target structure; and a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet at least partially within the structure contacting element wherein said contacting element is at least partly transparent or translucent to said radiant energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan David Willey, Jacob Robert Adams, Earl Osborne, Daniel E Machenheimer, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Randall Alan Watson, Philip Andrew Sawin
  • Structure Modifying Apparatus
    Publication number: 20160067669
    Abstract: An apparatus for activating a chemistry disposed upon a target structure includes a handle having an axis of orientation; a structure contacting element attached to the handle a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet adjacent to the structure contacting element wherein a vector associated with the application of the apparatus to a structure intersects and is normal to the axis of orientation and passes through the structure contacting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Alan David Willey, Jacob Robert Adams, Earl Osborne, Daniel E. Machenheimer, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Randall Alan Watson
  • Structure Modifying Apparatus
    Publication number: 20160067734
    Abstract: An apparatus for activating a chemistry disposed upon a target structure includes a handle; a structure contacting element rotatably attached to the handle and adapted to roll without slipping upon a target structure; and a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet at least partially within the structure contacting element wherein said contacting element is at least partly transparent or translucent to said radiant energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Alan David Willey, Jacob Robert Adams, Earl Osborne, Daniel E. Machenheimer, Vanessa Marie Melendez, Randall Alan Watson, Philip Andrew Sawin