Patents by Inventor Daniel Engerer

Daniel Engerer 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: 20240363308
    Abstract: An apparatus for thermal ablation testing is provided. The apparatus comprises a chamber; an optically transparent window in the chamber; a sample holder inside the chamber; a test sample in the sample holder; a number of bare-wire thermocouples connected to the test sample, wherein the thermocouples generate temperature data in the form of voltage; a mass balance inside the chamber, wherein the mass balance is configured to hold the sample holder and dynamically detect changes in mass of the test sample; an external radiant heat source configured to heat the test sample through the window; a plasma source configured to generate a number of atomic species in the chamber; and a pyrometer directed at the test sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Daniel ENGERER, Nicholas Andrew ANDERSON, Lindsay LAWLESS
  • Publication number: 20240361220
    Abstract: An apparatus for thermal ablation testing is provided. The apparatus comprises: a chamber; an optically transparent window in the chamber; a sample holder inside the chamber; a test sample in the sample holder; a number of bare-wire thermocouples connected to the test sample, wherein the thermocouples generate temperature data in the form of voltage; a mass balance inside the chamber, wherein the mass balance is configured to hold the sample holder and dynamically detect changes in mass of the test sample; an external radiant heat source configured to heat the test sample through the window; and a pyrometer directed at the test sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Daniel Engerer, Kimberly D. Wakefield, Michael J K Abere, Charles Hanks, Joshua Mark Christian
  • Patent number: 9903420
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, a disconnect assembly for a power transfer unit includes a cam and a cam follower. The cam is driven for rotation and has a cam surface that is inclined relative to an axis of rotation and a void spaced from the cam surface. The cam follower has a cam engagement surface and is arranged to be engaged by the cam surface so that the cam follower is displaced axially during at least a portion of the rotation of the cam. One or both of the cam and the cam follower includes an interface surface provided at an angle to the axis of rotation to control axial movement of the cam follower during at least a portion of the rotation of the cam when the cam surface is not engaged with the cam engagement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: GKN Driveline North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Engerer, Austin Gerding, Tony Arden, Rick Ohsiek, Samuel Oram, Joseph Palazzolo
  • Publication number: 20160061274
    Abstract: In at least some implementations, a disconnect assembly for a power transfer unit includes a cam and a cam follower. The cam is driven for rotation and has a cam surface that is inclined relative to an axis of rotation and a void spaced from the cam surface. The cam follower has a cam engagement surface and is arranged to be engaged by the cam surface so that the cam follower is displaced axially during at least a portion of the rotation of the cam. One or both of the cam and the cam follower includes an interface surface provided at an angle to the axis of rotation to control axial movement of the cam follower during at least a portion of the rotation of the cam when the cam surface is not engaged with the cam engagement surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Engerer, Austin Gerding, Tony Arden, Rick Ohsiek, Samuel Oram, Joseph Palazzolo